Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-03-23

Among the signs Of American ,,ro,.as, .ha "A.
c .sn-e y Cahiornla ought not 20 be oTerlooked.
OF Eastern emgrantz has been eeni r..e ...sao,
TO other heids. Nevertheless she has - - =.
thrive we'll It has been afscovereI ~ I-..-sea ~
her wealth ~ IN the agricultural richness sf ~
soil, and that the labor formerlv exnen5ed - -
mines will yield sufficient return in the =, sne
Of the earth. Such IS already the variety ah
dance of her productions that she seems 10 1e
almost all the elements Of an independent nation
The multitudes who first foeked to her shores m
search Of gold were not the most desirable coouisfs
for the nucleus Of young republic. We are told.
to be sure, that Rome was founded by robbers and
yet afterwards became great commonwealth but
this may have been owing to the fact and influence
Of the Sabine women No similar influence was
brought to bear on California. Such men go into
anew country to seize upon, not to create wealth;
and what surprises now IS that the people, with so
large an infusion of such characters, as well as
CLASS OF persons Of purer motive but restless and
rowing IN their disposition, should have been able to
turn from the gIttefing minerals to the more SUBJ
stantsl earth, and il few years produce grain and
otner vegetable productions of such quality and IN
suen abundance as TO supersede many Of the i'm
ports from other parts of the Union
m Inc cid element however, is by no means extinct
ne rccenLly hac occasion to refer to business d.
rectory OF San Francisco and discovered that that
CITY would equal New York in the prominence of |
certzia occupations which are supposed to indicate
me tenasnces Of portion Of the community. The |
2 ~D--AaA-Attcca N DAN fouclscU nave
not yet entirely purified that city but we trust that
otner portions Of the State have determined to be-
nave well without such an infection The dram |
shops Of the Golden City would turn out LIQUOR
enough to I'LL q basin large enough to float manv Of
the vessels at her wharves, and sufficiently charged
with acids to cut of the copper bottoms There
are 500 liquor dealers-more than twice the
number engaged in any other oceupatisn There
ere about 375 grecers and about 800 law |
Ters, from which it appears that the people are
nearly as wei. supplied with law as with food. !
Either because the inhabitants have but little fear
" dying natural DEATH or from the copious use Of
Iuaek medicines, or some unexplained cause, the !
lumber of physicians is comparatively limited. At |
er all, the permanent residents may be pretty !
God set Of people, for find evidence of sufficient
asual sojourners to keep fair proportion of the
quor dealers and lawyers in employment. Next /.
0 the classes we have mentioned, the boarding
ouse keepers are about as numerous as any. !
Some Of the other cities Of California, however,
re yet quite free from the representative of the
rIginai bruisers and appropriations of other mems
roperty. Night pedestrians in search of adyen- =
Ire or novelty, can sometimes be accommodated | u
passing dark alleys while their eyes arc vainly
eking curiosities in different direction One Of =
lose occurrences recently mentioned by Sacrs- "a
ento paper exhibits peculiar kind of shrewdness u
I'd foresight on thePart Of the victim, for which >.
sophisticated travellers IN this part of the land
e not remarkable. The complainant testified in y
'urt that he cooy bit the robbers cheek in order .
be able afterwards to identify him and cause his -
rest--Nep York JoeTH0l Of Commerce.