New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-09
Tpm Our Own Correspondent.

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From Our Own Correspondent
SAN Francisco, Friday, March l6, 1855.
Buiiness OF ali kinds has been very dull during the
past two weeks. The suspension of some of the
banking houses caused tuch check Of credit aud
created such degree Of distru-t that every person
seems disposed TO wait and see what will be the end
of the present state Of affairs. One thing is CERTAIN
that Ibis city has not presented such dull appearance
during the lAst two years as it nov does Matters
are undergoing. severe ordeal, and it is difficult 20
tell who will come out with a whole skin.
Adams & Co.'S affairs are 10 in The Courts to fee
Iawyers and squander what little the poor cred
itors might under fair management, have obtained.
never saw or heard Of more sretchedl y-min aged
concern than this has oeen The house did very
exiersivs business and had branches in ever mining
district in the State. By this means it obtained the
hard earnings Of thousands of laboring people, many
of whom will lose the last DOLLAR they possessed.
The attempt to unravel A. 4 Co e affairs neoessa.
lilly briIg 10 light other rascally transactions
noted Law frm-Hallecs, Pc schy ~ Is liiogs-Ne &C.
cuse6 OF having e1toited money from Adams X Co
and Jon ca kDg by Threatening TO expose their pscu-
naIy CONDITION unless they were paid handsome
cum as hush-money The suit ins stated for the re-
covery Of what was unlawfuly received asks for
Indictment OF SIS 000, although the sum psid by
Adams & Co is supposed to have been much larger
lpmor FAYE more than $50 600.
Probably there is no State in the Union where law
yers have mad richer pcknss and stea logs than they
have had in California. AZ the value of lands be-
came enhanced, the honorable profession began to
nove-eDd the way they walked into the pockets OF
every person who employed Them need not be told 10
spy person who really knows what the legal pro'es-
zion is The amount Of perjury and cOrrution n the
Courts the BLOODY fights sud murders tsst have been
committed, are fir gbuul 10 the extremes and to no
one clafs Of the community sre we so much indeoed
for all this, as to the lawyers
Mr.. q. j. Hubert Ssnders-snother Ia vyer-has
been rspsacting great business of late, tre out
side .f his profession In ADDITION to his practice,
be was Notary Public Like some of our bankers,
he offered bis services TO those who had money aud
didn't know how TO take care OF it, while he did
lie has obtained over 300 000 upon mortgages
signtd with fictitious names aud ackno Hledged be-
fore himself. His business was mostly with the
French He was arrested and held TO bail in the
sum Of $40 coo but has since fled. Sanders was
very fashionable man.
We have in this goodly City State Marine Hos
ptsl for the purpose of taking Of such of the
ejck as are unable TO take care of themselves. The
object Of the institution Is, OF course commen1aole
An alton has recently been made con oerning
Its mans cement, and the following testimony elected
EF FusricK-Ws storeseeper from July TO Angus, '5i
have Known the steward receipt 'or Hundred
SJ Dr. Mills snd were ps'.ed BY Tru.iee
by s & ws. .Se ss for
purposes double the quantity of brandy es sson
sSsmpa.Ss and s.Ts Tor the use Of Mills and himself
sane Ssns charged Hospitals his orders from the Trustees
esR Dr. Mis- .sd S.SsSs; the later sent
CARPET sss s1 .sda. ETC.
hi. on no p.l seeoGrt
daily Occurrences h.y. been ordered oy the p,CseSt
them soon ssss which in nine e..e. out o.
~ sess 30 1eh he s.hsn ed of it; articles
bos,h for pr Ms woman aud CHARGED to the hosots =.
Amounted 70 s7ser sac per month and the same also
.,S I o s ss.Ss.a br cssS b. s:, w..
sabmse the Trustees boh 10 smous and articles have
sss bss :. %oaa s.S. them Oal S.
h.s-n men Dot p.es': to Ss..a :: The ..ss .s
tan rchet otherwise they would be discharged patient. oh,
ss {. se' S1 70 o s.% o D
nss eshe e at the Trc'surers once -" entered IS
Eve dollsis ehss-d for brandy when one WAS used
Doctor 4. h. Mills lie the resident ply stefan, aud
james A. Ciaughey the steward Of the hospital.
There u other testimony OF the sort. For the
credit Of California GLAD to stats tn.t the nsti.
tuition 10 about TO be closed.
Having had The frankness to expose all these dark
tposs character trust DO self righteous Ph.r-
isee will at once jump to tue conclusion III there Is
nothing good In California There are good AMI bad
men, here the same as every where else. More vice
and corruption are apparent here because there
II lese attempt at conceslm-nt. Yoa see exsctly
what people aredoing without fear or restraint just
what Their natural impulses inclination 10 lead them
TO do. This unlimited freedom ~ do as yoa please
exhibits great vsriety and great excess Ii word bs
strange were il ohersiss do not ssy that il is the
beet state Of society Of affairs but is it so ne
thing 10 live outside OF the strsig scket system
which is imposed upon al, because portion Is too
weak to stsDd alepe.
i must not omi, to state, what will he gratifying to
your numerous readers tsst tue news Of the return
OF Mr.. Seward 70 the United States Senate was re-
cevtd by hundreds Of persons 10 this city with great
grstihcafion He 10 looked upon as the leader OF toe
great progressive movems Mt opposition to the DON
ipeerpg and degrading influences Of those who have
charge of the peculiar Institution"
The accounts Of the extreme cold weather and the
suffering Of the poor in your city, present marked
contrast it'll things here. We have the uss, westber
imsgieao and provisions in the greatest abundance
One Of our city papers thus speaks of the weather.
During The Gst ter In February the thermometer in
San Francisco lever marked lower then so midday
aree Gays sccs al So and three others So
bisbt ranged frCn age So The ssos sorou.y
bright, The air sot and hsmy the suns gents,
tempered by gentle esse sni the climate ,ensr.ly
hs that the OF existence pleasure Such
weather eesA not Be surpassed the weird IL exactly