Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-02
CALIFORNIA GOSSIP.
From Pirate Correspondence.
San FRAxcIsco, JuLY 80, 1854.
The following table win give Jon correct idea Of our
snmmer temneratpre:
CALIFORNIA GOSSIP.

5.........................52 10 81
O.... O4
s..... .'.......... q 81
This was the week in July for at least three
years. The greatest heat in July 1884, was 49, 1852
TO- and in 1853 7S The maximum temperature in any
month during those three years 49, excepting the
two memorable days in September 1852, which appear
to have slipped into our climate by mistake, when the
mercury reached the alarming elevation u 81 and 90 de-
grees. The fh Of the present month had temperature
Of ST. This is July weather. and any rain from the
lst Of June to the st Of Novmbe and what nights for
sound sleep The 81 here and yet
at Sacramento the heat is scorching Such climate
This city exists nowhere that am Of. The winters
are similar to those of Louisiana except that never
have any ice.
Raspberries and strawberries are very DEAR but big
as three Of yours Time win give remedy to
price as 1t has done many other things Mutton choice
bite ISL to 20 cents ditto the whole dressed
I4 cents Beef chsice % cents ditto, the whole quar-
ter 1S cents Came venson, &C. in winter plenty and
cheap. Fish always plenty and very cheap Vegetables
awful size and cheap; turnps weigh threeourhs to
b. carrots thick your arm Wheat, barley, and
oats large production and fail crop. We shah have
flour at So So. Potatoes to be had in any guam
titles and at 2e cents per bushel Immense quantities
will perish for want Of foregu export demand the guam
uty being beyoRd the nome consumption
Our gold experts reduced from the simple fact that
feeding ourselves and the miners by their
little gardens INSTEAD Of sendng money Of the country
for their " daily bread
The following is translated from the Chinese paper Of
this city We have forty thousand Of these Parahs
here their failure destiny is subject of deep interest
have but two three which could be called
respectable the females gross net say beasy
"THE FOURTH OF JULx AND THE CHINEsE RAcE.-The
National Festival this gear in San Francisco has given
addtioDsl evidence of the faith and adaptation of the Chi
the creed CT republicanism Though neither
invited encouraged though locally and socially op
pressed they nevertheless surmounted every discourage
ment and forgot evey unkndness and injury in their
anxietyto testify then appreciation Of the Declaration
Of and their hope that some day some Of
its blessings will reach even them.
However some ignorant and brutal natures might
sneer and scof at the Dress music snd arms Of the Chi
nese all sensible people admitted kst their turnout
the most costly picturesque and interesting feature of
the procession Of the Fourth of July Their order mag
nihcence good taste and hearncss the occasion
well eord to stand the criticism of oil who
chcese exercise it. But general vituperaton Of
them, refusal ITO translate the laws into their lam
guage Heaven scrgive Us for these! This neglect or
soorn is dark spot on Califoruias escutcheon but it
must fade beforehe light and hed and kindness Of the
days that tnecome.
Surely the turnout Of the Chinese to celebrate
national hoyGsy ought to be suggestive on the part Of
unprejudsed citizens know something certain Of
this portion othe human family ccngregated among u.s.
And do those who will earnestly about this
task that they will find that the Chinnman UNNECESSARILY
transcends s other colored in industry and nte
gence, and lie many points Of intellect and aspiration
pares favoraty with Angle Saxons. That they nge-
NOUS that twelve centuries before they
in possession Of geld and silver had money kept
accounts had Silks dyed many colors, had hemp Wines
jewels se-y carriages, korses umbrellas earthenware
had telescopes spheres could calculate eclipses 2,155
years before Christ and describe the earth obate
spherical form, understood typography and had tera
ture and board of history is little than proof The
of agriculture in China is unequaled by that Of any
race bet the Ango-Saxon. But agricultural knowledge
with ahem 10 uniform and far Widely DIFF
fused than in America Then again education is with
hensgeneray difused, and with such good effect that
few rneducated Chinese to be found Their religion
is d so harmless character that there is awful ha
tired Of creeds and terrible blood thrsness Of Chris
tan love- Love, honor and obey your parents is
Fundamental rule Of their moral sysem love your neigh
Dor yourself is another and more illustrated in the
observance than By any Christians read Of The
Chinese too cheerful lighthearted race good hu-
mored mild, and regardful Of social duties
In short, the Anglo-Saxors are locating themselves
the shores and in the cities Of China, the Chinese
coming out of their country to meet and all that is
qured is fair play and better acquaintance for BOTH They
ask for Ideas thoughts and innoculaton with
civilization. The Chinese ask to be acquainted
with new Lights IN their language and they will not
be SLOW in sending them home penetrate the darkness
of their counrymen. Californians, shall they receive
these republican IDEAS and shall be the first to confer
this benefit them and all China shall some other
nation do what VIC only talk about!"
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