The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-05
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ately interested The Frsnont men are
pretty sansuine in regard 70 this State !
noticed statistic ofthe papers published IN
California, by which the Republican party
have preponderance of one over any o'h'
er party. Politicians and ofice-hunters are
s,umping the entire State, among the noun
,ains and up the deep canons, wherever
few miners could be collected together.
presume there 10 more schemng and wfe'
working, more dishonest and illegal ma
nauyenng to secure few political hsnors
and the attached pay, and particularly tue
sr,rss which are to be derived from their Of
Ace, by fair means or By foul, than IN any
other portion OF the Union,
A person living for some time IN the ei-
ties OF California becomes habituated to the
aopesraaos and manner Of doing every
thing, and never realizes, in iaet can
not see, that there is any difference DC,
tween this city and the Atlantic or Western
cities. as would naturally be supposed, from
| me rapid growth and peculiar situation OF
this city Is the center Of the richest goid
mining country in the world But to man
| that v III look with other ideas than the mere
and mighty one OF the accumulation OF gold,
many strange features would be observed IN
the course Of day or two, that could net De
all taken in at glance.
Upon 6r.t arrival. say in San Francisco
he ia surprised at the elegance and style Of
everything. The finest public horses and
carriage ever saw were in that city, The
first hotels, for instance the "iniernatlon-
sr' is second only TO the st. Nicholas IN
New York. They serve morning and eve
ming lunch, making five meals per day, Of
the moderate charge of only three doilsrs
while plenty Of good hotels can oefonnd io'
one dollar per day. These support bigger
crowd of runners" than Chicago could
boast Of a few years ago. The runners
| Ike their precursors did in the States. guar
rel and fgh, over their unfortunate victims
| and in several cases with serious results
| The next thing noticed, is the great variety
Of dress and costume, and the number Of
persons in the toughest and coarsest Of
sarbs, totally indifferent to appearances
Tn, former 10 caused BY the great number
Of persons from ell quarters of the world
and the latter by the indep endent working
Americans, who feel that they are away
| from home, and have no Sally Ann to 60 u
see, consequently they have no Sunday SUIT
Every evening street, Sacramento, Is nlled
with this class Of persons. who PerambulatF
M and down, looking curiously into all
the stores, which are generally thrown en-
| rely open in front exposing the entire stock
10 the greatest advantage at a Glance, OF
looking wistfuIly in at TIE tempting fruit
displayed so lavi,hly in numbeTless fruit
stores.
There are more idle men, and more men
vi,hou, cent to bless themselves with, lr
Sacramento, than in any other city in the
world, except it be "Friscoe," asihe miners
universally term the Bay City. Thougll
frui, is apparently SO abundant yet 1t COM
msnds an exorbitant price. We had plenty
| Of the finest Of peaches, but an average one
could rot be bought less than from two to
| four bits, dimes pas. for I21 cts, no less
coin is currently or three bits to ak bits q
pound, though hucksrsrs peddle damaged
ones for a quarter pound. Apples, the
eommonest sort, very little larger than a
hens egg, sell for half dollar piece;
though barrels Of them are to be seen,
brought down iron Oregon. none can be
bought less than this rate Fine grapes are
plenty and sell for two bits pound bunch.
Melons have been very plenty and cheap.
This will eventually be great fruit coun-
try, and am glad to see that all take pride
IN growing only the fines, varieties. A strsn
ger il surprised at the number Of ladies net
on the streets every fine afternoon, and the
predominance OF silk tesses worn gen.
| lIemsn noticing this fact noticed that Of
| eighty eight ladies' passing Promiaent cor
ner, seyenty.nine vi them woFa silk, five
| wooden and only four cotton
street Is the B oadsay Of Sacramento
Every morning by sunrise this street sho WI
ar uninterrupted line Of open front stores;
the side walks packed with goods; team,
for the country loading; The siy o'clock
lines OF stages and omnibuses gathering up
their passengers; scsvenger carts gathering
| up the rsbbish swept from the stores; ana
the days delivering merchandise which had
arrived from the bay during the night.
Dr.. Med. purchased q lot, corner Of Thir-
| ty-Third street, few days ago; he says be
fore FIVE years there sill be omnibuses run
aing up and down this street every ten min
| utes, and then il vii be valuable IL the
| evening abou, every other block will be
heard the music OF the banjo eminatlnp
rom some store; these, the sign will tell
you, are the Original Cheap Johns. They
commence operations By concert upon
TIE banjo, ,smborine and bones, with one
| = two boys dancing till crowd s gathered
hen they sell all manner Of goods; gen
rally bidding themselves at double their
ralus and then decreasing till they 4 pur
shusers. I have seen goods cold 10 thss,
stores for what supposed about half home
cost. Mort Of the prominen, corners are
occupied o. bars" These are on the out.
side Of the building, and extend entirely
around on both streets. suppose there sre
nors bsrooms In California than all the
Their stores together. In the town Of Oso
.ilIe there are sizty-six Shis key shop. an d
| not one church.
The papers are full OF accounts Of high.
way robberics, Committed ell over the couu.
try. To-day man wac hung at Colusi.-
He wa. asked if he had any thing to say; he
answered HI; no, I've got nothing /,
say" Another man who was 10 have beer
hung at the sane time, having committed .
still worse murder, had his sentenca com
nuted three or six months time. by Inc Gov
srnor. He has had three trials, once will
change Of venue, and once before the g.,
preme curt, each one condsmning him, bu
he il worth $40 900 aad his brother s. 80,
900. He ssys he is not afraid Of beip:
hung, they don't hang men 10 this countr,