The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-06-08
SACRAMENTO CORRESPONDENTS.
SACRAMENTO. June 9th, 1861

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Redington and Capt. Taylor, who are in the
Cabinet" on board tha hulk GLOBE, in this city,
! is proverbinl.
PROSPERITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
| In my last said very little about San Fran
cisco Tor anything else,) although my letter was
dated at the Bay pursued this course partly
from necessity and partly from choice. 10 DO
Justice, to approach the subject even. of fair
and liberal notice Of the great and growing San
Francisco. writer must be INDUCED with space
and time. The evidences of increasing popula-
ton and wealth must be given somewhat in de-
tail to be readily comprehended and appreciated
by the reader in the country; who perhaps never
saw tide-water, or "a city of small or large de-
mensiOns.
THE FIRST ATTRACTIONS.
That which first attracts the attention of
countrymun on entering the portals of this mod
ern city is the flow or circulation Of the inhabi-
tants. Take Il stand anywhere, and look which
way YOU will there goes the crowd always in
hurry. and proceeding in every direction To
anal we this moving mass-by closer observa-
ton, one finds the physiognomy bright and en-
terprsing. and the style Of dress and gait of car
riare characteristic of cosmopolitan lfe A
country member can as soon be identified and
distinguished as one familiar with piscntorial
affairs can identify aud classify string of fish
caught promiscously from the river. This differ
cnce OF appearance. action, life, being and in
short, living, must be witnessed to be appreciated
The eyes are better critics than steel pens
Well. Messrs. Editors, to go back a pace, was
speaking al ont the crowd of human beings. all
| strangers, never seen before and perhaps never
to be again. which ebb and flow like the tide
of the great Pacific So it continues to 90 from
morn till night. from day to day. and from year
to year. Everybody seems to move with an OBJ
icct. and u purpose is evident in every person.
1t is very easy to distinguish between the locomo
ton of a man of business and gentleman who
moves per rule and for exercise and exhibition.
Ofcourse, these rambling words are confined to eX
elusive to our sex. am afraid to talk much about
women: it revuires bold man nowadays to
write Of them and do the subject justice. But |
will not entirely slight 1.-The seX.'
THE LADIES OF SAN FRANCISCO.
To say that there are not plenty of women,
land pretty. too) in this city would be denying
the truth From about 10 o'clock A. NJ. to p. NJ
the principle streets adorned with these fair
creatures. Their personnel tar excels that of the
ords Of creation" but | fear at enormous eX
pense. Their ,s!yle of dress is very rich, but
not gay gaudy. | heard lady in Sacran ento
say il day or two since, while we were discussing
this important question. that she could distn
gaish San Francisco lady from Sacramentan
by the richness and plainness of her dress"
Your correspondent being no great connoisseur
in sucn matters, he very frankly acknowledges his
opinions not the most orthodox or profound. But
|, to free myself of the charge of ungalantry
ladies of Sacramento or Placer know will not
ccnsure me or feel agrieved at the above stale
ment when | say that many of the latter are bet
ter, and fill more properly their sphert-wives
and mothers
THE RAILROADS.
The prosperity and rapid growth of San
Francisco is greatly attributable to the railroads
which run from the center to the suburbs Of the
city. The road to the Mission. and to the evil
lows" seem to be crowded with passengers. For
ten cents one can take ride of three four
miles into the suburbs, where the city is being
rapidly, built up into hon stcads." At the
Willows" place of general resort and amuse
ment. and owned together with the railroad by
Phoebe Co., French capital sis ! found at II
o'clock NJ. a large number of ladies and gentle
men prcsent--and coming and going. by trains,
every ten minutes. Other railroads carry pleas
urc-scekers to other parts of the city. and to this
system may well be attributed share Of its
prosperity. Real estate in the outskirts, before
the tracks were laid, was of little value but
now are held !at high figures and not rod or
an acre in market. Perhaps the extension Of The
Sacramento Valley Railroad into the foothills of
Placer will be of as great relative value to your
people. So mote it be.
MANUFACTURES.
Most people are too ready to think that the
commerce of San Francisco is the Rgs Of her
wealth. But if such thinkers will pass
through the workshops and boundaries of the
city they will discover another great cause. /
visited for a few minutes the great iron works of
Peter Donahue Established at an early day
by Donahue Bros, and Charles Rce,-the
latter an old resident of Placcr.) These shops
are capable of turning out large amount of
work, and now being run night and day, on Or
ders from Mexico down the coast and Carson
Valley The works give employment to 60 or
10 mechanics. One of the largest blocks being
erected in the city is owned by one Of these broth
ers who has retired from the foundry.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
An immense quantity of Oregon and Washing
ton Territory lumber is also being consumed in
San Francisco This lumber comes into compe-
tion at San Francisco and Sacramento with your
Placer pines j. A. Kidd, late Of Rattlesnake, |
and of Wild Goose Flat notoriety, now living at
Seattle, Washington Territory. is interested in
this business. This Territory and British Colon
bia will supplant "thc State of Maine" by :ur-
nishng ship spars for the world
MILITARY LIKE.
The city presents, in small way, considerable
of II war-like appearance. All the military posts
garrisons and forts are manned and gunned-thosc
little black mouthed destructves poking out in
all directions. The streets are also paraded with
gents wearing "spurs and epaulcttes."
THEATRICAIs AND MELODEONs.
The legitimate drama seems to be on the de-
cline, but II elodeons (the advance of the worldly
are in high state of preservation" A man
can get disguised and amused every evening for
rs cents-the lager thrown in for bit or two
more. Revolutions in morals keep pace with
civil revolutions
EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT.
A stroll of half an hour through the various
markets OF the city satisfied me that all the good
things for the palate were brought 10 and sold
here whether fish, flesh or fowl" or vegetables
or fruit. My bump of alimcntatveness was con-
siderably exercised for few days, besides what
peculiar qualification was afforded TO the organ
rather vulgarly known by the name of stomach
tore myself from these sights with great grief,
regrettng the lack of greater physical capacity.
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