The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1861-09-28
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE.
SAN Francisco, Sept. 22d 1861.

San Francisco. Sept. 22d 1861.
yMessrs Editors:--This being the Anniversary
of Commodore Perrys great victory on Lake
Erie j take my pen in hand, to inform you, OF
divers and sundry things In the first place the
weather is as fine as ever was got up out doors,
What power Of sunshine! genial day
What balm, what life are in thy ray!
To feel this is such Il real bliss,
That had the world no joy but this,
To set in sunshine calm and sweet,
1t were q world too exquisite
For man to leave it for the gloom,
The deep cold shadow of the tomb.
Thus, rather fancy the weather question, has
no cause of complaint, at my hands. Hereafter
suicide shall be inexcusable. You must Know we
are all in the military here. Soup is cooked in d
mortar newspapers DIRE fired out OF paXihn gu ms,
steaks are cooked upon grdirons OF bayonets
and ramrods, dumplings are stuffed with eagle
buttons. and the only drink is diluted gun pow
der. There are six or eight rooms in the city
where you can enlist, in either infantry or dra-
COON service. Ii you are too lazy to walk to one
of these offices, and will only stand still on the
side walk a recruiting party will come along and
take you sure, | expect Shocks will soon be
promoted to Coency, and jerks be made a
Brigadier General. This thing can't 60 on quietly
this way long somebody must he shot.
There's mighty row in the Church here,-
among Gods chosen vessels, and the burthern
of it is treason. 1t seems that the shepherds be-
longing to the flocks of the o. S. Gold style)
Pyesby terians, held convention in the city the
other day, and after the business OF the Church
proper was about completed, one Of these yes
sells sailed in, with set of resolutions upon the
questions involved in the present political aspect
OF the country denunciatory of the ''seceshers'
and pedging the vessels OF that faith. to stand
by uncle Link. to the bitter end Thcreupon DR..
Scott, regular three decker, who has a big
meeting house here and rich congregation,
with which heretofore. he has been very popular,
backed his main and cleared the deck for action,
run out his guns and blzed away broadside
into the rest of the vessels. Presto Change,
and at once the shepherds became men ot-war.
Quotha the Doctor.-who was built riged, and
tor q long time situated down in DiXie,-"these
vessels are sailing under charter of the King Of
Heaven, and are forbidden to take aboard any
such gross combustble freight politics. our
business is to convey souls to Heaven, it's our
mission to pilot them safe over the quick sands OF
temptation, and by the sunken and dangerous
rocks of damnation. into the Heaven of eternal
security and if Christ our great sailing-master
was here, he would soon inform you that these
resolutions are by no means, within the province
of our duties Here the three decker set a white
flag at his gatf, in token Of his peaceful mission
But now the blood was up, and the sloop-of-war
ycept Doct. Anderson (nOt the man that ,caS
your SENATOR having his l20 pound pivot gum
ers lea. fired the entire charge slap into the waist
Quotha DR.. Add not our great sailing mas
ter directly say, render unto Cazer the things
that are Cezer's? and will you now refuse to rem
der unto Link the what-do-you-c ALIENS that IRE
Links" Here the rest Of the vessels responded
Eyes, that are Links and gave three cheers
for the gallant sloo. But the three decker was
sgunky too,-and thereupon fired another round
Says Dr.. Scott, Eyes he did, and he did so, be-
cause certain Parisees and hypocrites took coun
sci how they might entangle him in his talk,
make him take sides Just rs these resolutions do
on politics: that they might have an excuse, to
denounce him as traitor and rebel, whilst in
this nOn-cOmmlttul manner, he answered them
and their cunning. He would not side with or
again his own countrymen--as against Cazer.
His mission was that Of mercy and to preach
ultimate salvation to men and women, and il we
are true followers. we will not wran9le about po-
litical matters in the church. declaring what is
or is not rebellion. and Who are or are not trait
ors, who are loyal or disloyal to duty politically.
1t is this intermedling OF the Church that has
been one Of the fruitful causes OF the unhappy
difficulties now madening men and sowing I'M
goodness broad cast in the land. Hi would not
himself decide as between Herod and Pilot and
he has nowhere authorized you to take part be-
tween Lincoln and Davis and you haze no where
authority from the Bible to declare Davis trait
or any more than George Washington Add
ing by way OF peroration,-put that in pipes and
smoke it.; aud the vessels OF wrath, jill took
vote. and they all said that DR.. Scott was wrong,
and the resolutions were right. and then with
one simultaneous groan, they declared that the
Doctors garments smelt of sulphur. So much
for the "wess Is" But now the newspapers
took up the cudgels; the .NirrOr-orgln OF the
irrepressibles came down on the Doctor like q
thous. nd of brick, said many harsh things OF him
and advised his arrest as traitor. Other papers
said-yes the Dr. deserves transportation by rail
perhaps to be Kissed out of the meeting house,
tho 10 IF Gnlfo nd
the reputation of the city. don't go to such vo
lence Sunday the 2lst was to test MATES Sun
day morning came bright and lovely, as if strife
and deformity never had visited earth. great
crowd convened at the church and to crafty them,
there was the DR.. hanged-in effgy. Eleven
o'clock came, and the three-decker was on hand,
and preached a sermon usual illustrative OF
the proper course to be pursued by wicked peo
pie, in order to reach that good place. where peo
never become hoarse but ore continually singing
praises TO the Lord
There were few ladies in attendance but the
house was crowded with men. Out in the street
was great crowd and there talk of demol-
ishing the house DC. &c. but except some vul gar
hootng at the Doct. and his daughter, as they
rode from the house in the carriage, nothing
ia Their worthy Of comment occurred. If the
property owners and business men Of this city,
had the sense they were born with, they would
see that these demonstrations will shortly under
mine the business. and permanent value of real
estate. here and use their endeavors to stop this
sort OF thing instead Of flaming the flames, as
some of them are said to be doing. The Bulle
tim and CAL are cussing and discussing, the poll
cy of the Texas expedition from California.
The cal says it was from the start mere
scheme of swindling contractors and Spectators,
who wished to feed on the vit;,ls OF Uncle Samuel,
and that so far as making it successful move
against the rebels in Texas and Arkansas, the
shearis Ounce living can see it is bound to prove
a failure.
Then comes the Bulletin under Simonton, and
declares the scheme is the very perfection of