Daily gazette and comet., 1860-09-13
THE GOLDEN GATE.
IA yisrp's piscRirrios o, CAtpoRsn.' -

tin pan, or wooden bowl. the dirt was
fret dug ont and placed In the bowl, the
contents was violently stirred in running
water. the dirt and muddy water was
thrown out by peculiar shake Of the hand
best understood by practice. while the
metal being heavier ''sank at the bottom"
Provisions and neeessa'ies re might
have been expected. socu raised in price;
NJ ret the rise was moderate, indeed per
cent frr nout. per cent for beef, and 9TH
or things IN proportion, but these mere
tribes. The time came so9n, eggs sold at
o. piece, coffee, tea and sugar at - per
pound, "a for medicines, ssy lsudsnum o.
drop, s25 was actually paid fcr dose If
! thst quality In my presence; spritous III
| quofs ut t20 per quart. small medicines
scales for weighing gold cost from tl5 10
| ESQ. For luyhtes of which there was not
many. II q lucky minor set his heart on
any thing nice II might be pickles, fresh
pork, sweet butter or new vegetables, be
was prepared 10 give any quantity of the
dust than he buuiIed I have often paid
! o. aud a. for single onion. md 5oc snd
spe. per pound Tor -four, ths, wee In the
winter Of 1850.
when these things aud the risk Of sick
ness. the iisccmforts Of living and tho nm
usual aud severe kind Of labor, are all bal
anced against the average gains, n may
appear that after ell, The miners were
badly enough paid.
within the first g weeks after the dig
ings v.re discovered over sS,50O feeched
San Francisco IN gold dust aud within the
next ten weeks more than $500 600 dollars
was shipped there. These sums we're 10
purchase provisions at any ptiee for the
mines.
Coin grew scarce. all that wss in the
country was insufficient 10 supply the in
creased wants Of commerce In one town
slone.
Goid duet therefore, became circufa-
ting medium, after some little demut IL
was readily received st slG per ounce.
The authorities would not receive " in
payment for custom dues only at slo per
oy with the privilege Of redemption by
payment in coin within limited time.
After little while, emigtants arrived
in numerous bands. and labor became
cheap tis per day for mechanics and sl0
for lsborers, at which terms most capital
ists were somewhat afraid 20 commence
any great undertaking The hesitation
was only for moment, very soon all Ia
Dor fell, and capitalist, taking advantage
Off t. streets we're graded, building LOT
surveyed, hills levelled. hollow, lsgoons
and the Bay itself piled. capped. filed up
and plsnked houses built. furnished and
unfutnished. Great Warehouses; aud stores
erected, whsrfs run far out in the Bay.
San Francisco made sudden change
every body was full of business. all excl
ted, plotting, working, buying aud selling
town lots, beach and water lots. shir
loads Of assorted merchandise we've bouph,
and sold. In short. speculation and rstt-
bling In every branch was carried on 10 Q
very great extent and every body was get
ting rich very suddenly. The loud voice
Of the eager seller and eager buyers, tha
laugh Of the reckless Gamblers. the siir
aud hum Of the active lsboter hurrying 10
aud from work. and the struggle of dray
horses aud mules through the dense mass
Of human beings, amongst the newly ar
rived emigrsnt, and his heart sank within
him a. he thought of the dreadful conflict
when he approached and mingled among
that confused aud tirrible business battle
Gambling saloons gltteriug like fairy
palaces, like them suddenly sprsng into
existence. studding nearly every side o
the plaza, and in nearly every street in
the city fortunes were won and lost on the
green cloth tables in tho twinklng Of ar
eye. Intoxicating drinks, and fine musi,
were used TO lend assistance TO madden the
brain ofthe reckless youth who had stray
ed from hIs parents only few week.
since, for tho land Of Goid. All classes
gsmbled in those days, from the stsrched
white neck clothed professor of religion
10 the verriest black rascal from the Pao ft
islsnds. Nobody had leisure.to think one
moment Of his occupation eRd how II ws'
viewed in christian lands. The heated
brain was nevor allowed TO get cool while
bit Of coin or dust was left. Those Ss
looms were crowded from morning til
morning again with excited individuals
osget TO make more or get poor, these
were the Gambling times Of lS49.
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AN EARLY jewish TEMPLE IN
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