Daily national Democrat., 1858-11-28
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANcrsoo, Friday Nov.

SAN FRANcrsoo, Friday Nov 26th.
EDITOR DEMocRAr: :-Thanksgiving day
passed off among us in the usual manner, and
was celebrated by religious services in the
churches, in the early part of the day, by
eating and drinking and all sorts of festivi-
ties at later period, and 10y one of the most
severe earthquakes by which this city has
ever been visited, little after midnight.
The two slight tremblings of the earth,
which have been felt here within the past
few months, were as nothing, compared tc
this last visitation which startled half the
population of the city from their beds, and
| filled the streets with excitement and alarm
| myself, being reused from a sound sleep, by
the shock. started up in my bed, which seem
ed to heave and roll beneath me, like boat
tossed upon the waves, and fixing my eyes
upon the ceiling which 1 expected every mo
ment to see come tumbling down, waited in
anxious suspense fer the result
The Mexican population have tradition,
that San Francisco is to be one day swallow
ed up by an earthquake, and confess that
this prophecy flashing across my mind at the
moment, in connection with the two recent
visitations with which we have been favored,
caused me some exceedingly disagreeaGle sen
sations during the brief duration of this
strange internal spasm of our old mother
earth.
The shock having passed over, l dressed
hastily and rushed into the streets to take oG
servations; and the scenes that presented
themselves were well worth the trouble.
People were pouring out of their habita-
tions on every side, pale and breathless with
excitement and alarm. Even the canine
population seemed to have a vague percep-
tion that something of an unusual and omin-
GUS character had taken place. for all the dogs
in the neighborhood were bowling dolefully
with the exception of one huge mastiff at
taehed to the butcher shop at the corner, in
whose courageous breast, wrath seemed to
predominate over terror for instead of join
ing in the melancholy chorus of his fellows,
he barked fiercely and defantly Good
boy" exclaimed the segar dealer on the OPP
posite corner, "you can't frighten him with
your earthquakes"
The alarm soon passed away, but the ex-
,itement still continued. People gathered in
knots and groups, about the streets, and at
lhe bar rooms, discussing earthquakes in gen
eral, and comparing this last one with its
predecessors and for an hour afterwards the
segar shops and saloons did a brisk business.
With the exception of the Cooper NAL
practice case, now on trial in the Twelfth
District Court, nothing of any public interest
is going on in the Courts.
The New Almaden Mine affair still occu-
pies public attention, and forms the subject
IF conversation and discussion in all circles
The press of this city have taken up the matter
With great warmth, and are still busy dis |
ussing the merits of the action of the gov
in the premises. The Telegram,
Morning Call, Herald, and Times condemn
he interference of government, as being a
departure from its previous policy in regard
o the mines, and establishing an alarming
PRECEDENT while the National, the Alta, and
he Bulletin, have zealously taken up the
udges in defence of Uncle Sam, or as is be-
ieved land not without couse) for the Fos-
att & Berryesa spectators.
In the way of famusements, weat the "B w"
ave every reason at present to be satisfied.
laguires, the Lyceum, and the American,
re all in full blast, with opera, tragedy and
comedy to the hearts content fall lovers of
hese various kinds of advertisements.
SPEIGLEBIRD.