Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-12
FROM
The National Inlelligcncer has been iaVoieu WIN
tho following extract OF a letter from u fes'neH' ~
Sun Francisco to his friend in Washington:

The National Inleligcncer has been tavoreu VIZ
tho following extract OF a letter from Il resident III
Sun Francisco to his friend in Washington;
SAN FRAxcIsco, SEPTEMBER i, OBJ
Our crops are go fur beyond our own wynn, Hm'
shipments continue to 20 forward III large Iu"".r
One house here, who WINS very large steam noni,
ing mill, has shipped 9,NOU barrels to Lverpooi a.. )"
1000 to Australia, whittier they are now preparing ~
send 10000 barrels more. The crop there iast 49,
was very short, almost an entire failure; ana 40 w
know they havetwo and n nan inlliohso 0, a'""irn
Only think what a foundation Tor a iuthre e'nP'lo.
From natural increase and from Immigration oui
children now living will at the close OF the PIesellt
century see them number fifteen to twenty niiilniis'
or ono hundred millions, whilst at mo sane R uiod
,b.ra will ne within the present limits oi III Sh'''u
States three hundred millions OF peopie. ,ri,;or
Dut TO return from this digresslon. l am OF opan"n
,L,, n,,,r n,ui rrnin will not be very low this se"soN,
t. ! on lint little prospect of pence IN Europe anu
,,r brsdcs being n Fad waster OF io"u' "i,huraws Il
I,rr. number Of prodHccrs from lheir us""l :mpi ~
,n.nt. Still, however, the heavy crop witch i"'
m"" occurred in the United States may keep prices
nj moderate rates, particularly II thc! n"'' III '"-
like an average crop IN Europe
In rr,ly to your question as To the prospects LOT u
v,uup rInu 10 come out here, | would say that should
hesitate To any one 10 abandon Inc rF""-
-oii0g. so Ia spcnk, of the Atlantic Tor the bdr6"ri"W
of the Pucitic, and particularly n very young man, u
whom the temptations for evil would be so strong
here, Health and climate alone recommend this
place. Ii is almost impossible to conceive how one Is
reiuvcnutcd and invisorated by this truly delightful
climate. The thermometer one day went up lby arci-
dent supposed to 30; the next highest was ~, Dnt II
ranges IN summer from G3 TO IS. For the past SIX
weeks il has not varied from that range, and no ram
for six months, which gives asecurity for the rlpening
and ingatlering Of the crops POSSESSED by no other
country. Fevers are almost unknown, e~pldenlcs en-
tircly so. No spread of the cholera when the strait
rers arrive, on board of which there may have been
great mortality whilst Oh their passage up the Pacific;
Our markets nrc ubundnntly supplcd-beet 70 AMI
mutton ~ cents; vegetables very plenty, aud such
vegetables, melons and grapes very abundant ana
cheap; other fruits dear. You cnn live here at present.
ms to c%Ontori, better than In New York. But as 10
the moral stntr OF the country, it is horrible one
of our papers gives us II monthly chronicle "i deaths
by violence, principally by murder or lyncliing.-.-
From the LIST of January 10 the LIST Of August, This
year, they we're 322 in the State, including two Inv
fully hanged. Is not this awful Upwards OF ~ were
recently lynohed in one place for being concerned Tor
sHspected) III some Wholesale robooricS. ouce' en-,
counters are 80 common here that no one ID surprised
ut their announcement in the morning papers.
An attempt is l. being made TO rcsuscltnle the W ing
party, at the head of which il MIR. Slanly, formerly oi
North Carolina, who dcnounces the hiiow, N"thihS'
in no stinted terms. But it is of no avail; The Demo
Gratis will curry every thing before them. Whatever
the Know oihings mny have done, l consider that
before n year hence they will have ceased 10 exist
This abolition question ut the East has destroyed
them, and this State, | consider, Is bound hand and
foot 10 tho juggrrnaut of LocotOcniSin.
Two wears since any man could make money in
California, now it ID the reverse and tho scramble for
office. from the first TO the lowest, is truly terrific. The
-licrifrs office, even ut the reduced fees, is worth at
l.as, $dD,GO0 per annuIn, recorder Of mortgages
$2n,0OO, and so Of others. Think OF the numerous
nspirants and the desperate means they ARE willing to
employ in order 10 insure success. Tomorrow Is
the Grand lay for the shpuldcr-sirikcrs, the ballot
suffers, the rowdics, and the bGllirs, hnd they vii!
nil be let loose and houIdc! upon each other AMI III"
co immunity by their respective employers. Both
STEAMERS leave in the morning 20 you must nwail
The next mail for Tho result. Pray heaven II may not
liz Hs rnurrnllY nnfirinnted. l..