, 1861-03-13


carpenters, brioklayers, plastereEs, aud all
mechanics engaged In house building, Clerks
get from $50 to $50 per month, according
to capaity and responsibility. Day laborers get
- per day. The wages Of farm hands range
from so to $66 per month. School teachers,
male and female, receive from So to e150 per
month. Servants have from $50 10 $50 per
month; girls to do plain sewing get $3.50 per
day: dress makers s. per day; they also ret
from S to SIS for making dresses in the shop.
Tho demand for female work in all the depart
hents mentioned is good
COST OF LvINa.
The cost Of living in San Francisco is not
very much higher than at the East. Fresh
meats, from 10 TO 1Sc per h.; best fo1lr, &c to
s. Per bbI; crushed I6 sugar. lbs ior Il; the
81 per gal; Kerosene, 81 -25 to SITS per gai.,
according to stock in market; butter, 50 to 75c
per h.; eggs, 40c per dog; lard, 16c per lb.,
and other things in proportion. House rent,
from so to $50 per month for respectable
tenemeats, Vegetables, Of III kinds, are very
low, and are gathered fresh from the garden
tthe year round. Fresh fish, Of the finest quail
ty, are aiHays Es!.eatsy at fair prices
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,
Liberal provisions have been made for the
support Of Common Schools in this STATE. In
this city they are organized On q basis, that is
calculated to make thdm equal in excellence
to the Schools Of the older cities Of the Union
The increase Of children in this State by birth
and emigration is rap5d; especially by thchor-
here In the year 1860. It viii require large
number Of teachers to learn all these 'syoung
ideas how to shoot"
The sound Of the churcl-soing bell is now
heard in every valley; the white spires Of the
meeting house" gEsten among all the hills
where busy Inen ate found. This city has
1nf rf1ard
Of ability md national reputation among
! whom may be nu1nernted the Rev. Dr. Scott,
Old School Presbyterian, aud T. Starr King,
Unitarian, The number Of church members
in this State in 1859 was III, 6ss2.. The value
Of church property, including Catholic, s2 o51,
is thirty-three:: : - -"
TIE cL1af41E. :; =: :
60 much has been said in praise Of
| the climate Of California, which BaFar,1
Taylor pronounced the: finest in the
world, that need add nothing more than to
say that for the last six weeks, which were in
| the middle OF the rainy season, 1t has mined
but four days. Roses and most all kinds Of
green house pants, arc in bloom in the gardens
| aud continue to blossom throughout the
year I have had no fire in my office, but have
had the window up every day !; and every night,
while you have slept amid the whistling Of the
gold north wind, + have been lui1cd
tunefal frogs, Pefsons Gmlgratins to this
State should bring all the money posi-.
bic, as it can be invested to excellent adran-
tage in securing a farm or city property.
Those who hare no trade ought to have snf:
ficient means to establish themselves in bust.
ness, or support themselves until they get en-
| ployment. Hundreds land here pennyless,
and without any occupation. Such persons at
many Seasons Of the year. find 1T difficult to
get employment, and become disgusted, before
they have given the country far trial = No
! get remunefative employment, if he is willing
to turn his hand to such honest work as may
offer. ]. T. H.