Southern shield., 1855-05-26
SIX FITCH OF A CALIFORNIA MILLIONAIRE.

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 in our young State as 1t has been dur ling the past month. A true record oi
 events throughout the State would put
 the bursting of the South Sea Bubble.
 and the annals of old Newgate to the
 blush, and Benton's ssThirty Years ir |the United States Senate" would be but
 Ia primer in comparison of size.
 Banks failing, crashing, swindling:
 merchants suspending some from
 failure of the banks, others from rash |speculations, few from the absorp- 1 tion of their whole profits in the pay ment of high rates of interest, but lscarcely one from a fair legitimate
 cause. New systems of fraud and viii |lainy are almost daily exposed, and always does the exposure come justtoo late to afrd justice the arrest of the perpetrators. Meiggs- honest Harry Meiggs struck out in somewhat new line, although that elegant Wall street fnancier, Schuyler, gave him a cue; but these two pale before the brilliant accomplishment of the last operator G. Hubert Sanders.
 This gentleman came to our city some three years ago, poor and meek. | He hired small office, engaged with l a partner equally poor, and the two
 hung out a modest yellow. painted sign, (which told that they were "attorneys and counsellors at law'' Sanders is Frenchman, I believe, hence he soon got very fine practice from his coun- trymen. He had married an American |lady in one of the Eastern cities, a widow, the mother of two girls-one of dazzling beauty. The family nov
 ed to this city. The wonderful beauty of the daughter drew to their house crowds of admirers--the wealth and aristocracy of our city. A smile from the lovely fair one was bliss to pon- der on: With increased practice in his profession, Sanders plunged out in truly fashionable style. His handsome daughter, in winning suitors to herself,
 brought briefs to her father, as her
 admirers eagerly riyalled each each other in gaining his confidence and
 friendship, the better to succeed in their suit for the daughter. Soon the
 family became noted in high circles, and some even assigned to them the
 front rank among the ton.
 They rode in the finest carriage in town, had the best horses, and plunged into all the extravagance essential to support their newly assumed position. The beauty married lawyer of some wealth, a Mr. Alfred Wheeler. The party given on that occasion eclips- ed anything of the sort ever known in the country. With the accumulation of business. Sanders felt it necessary to purchase the appointment of Nota- ry Public, merely to facilitate his own practice; for he was now "convey- ancer, ,' and loaned other people, mon ey on "the best secured real estate,v 7 and by having the authority to take the acknowledgements of the borrow ing and loaning parties in his own office, he was saved the trouble and an- noyance of running here and there to to afix the Notarial seal. He did the largest business of the kind in town. Frenchmen especially con6ded in him. They were not going to put their money in banks, for sometimes banks failed; they were determined to invest safely, put their money in mortgages upon the best improved, well secured real estate in the city-so they went to Sanders, and he did the business for them all.
 G. Hubert Sanders was now one of our wealthiest citizens, certainly the most extravagant. He drove span of sorrels before a light buggy in the morning, a span of blacks to hand some rockaway in the afternoon, and in the evening he sported carriage
 and spanking pair of bays. His office hours were shortened "from 8 to 5'' down to from 10 to 2,'' but between those hours he was always in his office, |saye at lunch hours, when if any of his distinguished family were down shop |ping," he would escort them to the lice cream saloon, and the skill. of the catering artistes was taxed to their ut most in providing dainties for them. On one occasion last year, when strawberries first appeared in the mar |ket, 1t is said that himself and Mrs. Wheeler ate the moderate allowance of |$100 worth each, at one sitting. The |stories now told of his lavish expendi- lure would fill a fair octave. About two weeks ago the eldest daughter was
 married to gentleman of Sacramento. Another magnificent and costly enter tainment was given on the occasion.
 Young wife hunters mourned that there were no more daughters in the family, so that they too might form a matri- monial alliance with so distinguished a
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