New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-22
The PRESS.

periodicals. published IN Cahfornh AHf'' VI
tn fortyfye Coau:ies have esca one OF more
journals. OF .be.e, twenty Are I~1ei dAh!-'h o.
lem Of lie Buchabsa-LeeouP:o' ''nP- II po.-
ties. three anti Leconp.on. sad only one nc
San FrsEei.co TlE.l,) decidedly RePusheAa- l0e
remainder are Indep,ndent-mos; Of them WIZ
..ropr ,us. Lecompton prochvines- Al the bead
ef he's. ,..p5s The Ss<rsneaio UnsSH iaiiy aha
xseklyL which BY means Of eItenaTe aud system
ate reporting presents the falies. soi arrest
account Of whatever IL ssd or done II CahiorhA
Of .ny journL AID Skieh h.s, very os'drAny' me
t.-ee.t and widest circulation. Mex. n importance
and iuasenee stand. The Ala California the Oldest
o,n4r IN the State, And believe the first ever
s.u-d In San Francisco. TIE B~eiiH s ne oniy
evening paper issued IN that city, and IS a"1ln-
,ui.t.d for The faIlness Of is correspondence. he
CGhfor..a Farmer, BY Col. Warren. Is the pioneer
worn ia i. Inc and hss hardly eeen exceeded u
u.efulneu 20 CaIfornia By any other. l tra''
j, Ia. 3 Iopg and prosperous career before IL
OF tie weekly newspaper issued IN the s','e'
sxsut; i've ssp,or. Leeonp;on Democracy, iou'-
teen are Att LeeomPton, only two or three "ePu0-
bcsn; the residue Independent-severai OF Tue"
With strong sDd outspoken ans-Lecoup''n 'enaen-
eie. Nw1u thu. be seen ihsi he influence oil 'ne
zeal pres, leans strongly TO the SIDE oil Whatever
may for tie time being be commended 81 hesuiA
D.rocrsry. No State is more intensely scourge1
~ ofsca ,eekipg than California; Offices being here
cameron. and salaries and piekngs very TAT. hence
..ch county h.. it, powerful uoio Of off, seekers
who understand. III little else that the way 20
their goal lie. through sticking 70 tie party
risbt or wrons-in fact, if il be wrong tue mer'
of sticking TO !. is, IN the party sense, 20 nuen
greater. and the reward Is likely 10 be larger. In
telljgeut asa msjorty Of the people OF this Sa'e
are known 70 be, !, !. .tiIl deporsoy true that the
great MAJ. Of the fscts which impell.d and necess-
lated the Republican moyemen! and organization
have never been made known through their journals
not even through those of the Independent order
To tbs kour, Calf Jruisns otherwise welLlniormed
imagine tina. there was 20 serious struggle IN kan-
m-or If there was that one eide WAS about ~
much in fault a. the o.ber-thst Ksusas was in
ysded, Der people driven from the polls, Ter ballot
boxes stuffed and tie verdict Of her settlers fssi-
fed If at ALL IS much BY Republicans whence y
&c BY the Missouri Border RutIiansl One Democrat
with whom / discrs''d tie matter supposed they
came over FROM Iowa Had the Indeoe ldent
Press done its simple duty in the premises, such
monstrous fabrications could neither be credited
nor proitably coined. But rejoice in the hope
that tie break on Lecoupton insures 8 more ample
and truthful presentment OF the current history Of
the great struggle hereafter. am confident that
the People Of this State are not much longer 10 be
held in the leading s.riBss Of Slavery and Sham
Democracy
OF the ninety odd periodicals in California three
are printed 10 the French language, two in Spanish
one in German; and at least one in Chinese.
(whoever would subscribe to The Chinese Ners"
should address its editor, Hung Tai at Sacramento
Six are devoted TO Religion, two TO Agriculture;
nine or ten TO Literature, Mining, Medicine, sc.
About one third Of the whole number are issued
from San Francisco alone.
SAN FRANCISCO.
TIE CITY OF San Francisco is built along the
eastern base and up the side Of row Of high sand
hills which stretch southwsrdly from the
Golden Gate, between the Pacific Ocean on the
we,t and the Bay Of San Francisco on the east
The city has been bulk out into the bay some 50
10 lo0 rods by csrting in sand from the eastern
slope of the hills, which are thus left more abrupt
than they originally were. The compacty built
district seems rather more than two miles north
and south, by somewhat less east and west. I
Judge that the city is destined to expand in
the main southwardly, or along the bay, avoiding
the steep ascent toward the west. The County
cover. &c, 900 scres Of which ore half will prob
ably be covered in time by buildings or country
seats. estimate the present population at about
$1,000 1t s<ems not 10 have increased very
rapidly for some years pa,t and this is a. it should
be- San Frsncsco has the largest trade Of any
city Oh the Pacific; but yet she is the emporium
Of California and Oregon only. Railroad CON-
munication with the Atlantic States would make
her the New-York Of this mighty ocean; tho focus
of the trade of all America west of the Andes aud
Rocky Mountains, and Of Polynesia IS well, with an
active and increasing Australian commerce.
Without an Interoceanic Railroad, she must grow
slowly, because the elements of her trade hare
been measured and their limits nearly reached
The God Product Of this region has for years
averaged about Fifty Millions per annum, and is
not likely soon 70 rise much above that amount.
That SUN does not require, and will not create,
larger mart than San Francisco now is. The hor.
rible anarchy Of Land Titles foroids any rapid e.
pabsion Of Agricultural industry heresbouts; but if
i were 10 expand where is its market Wheat
is cheaper here to day than in New-York or Liver.
pool yet whittier can any considerable amount Of
it be exported at profit do not know.
With an efficient Protective Tariff, San Fran
cisco would becsme, what she ought now to be, q