Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-15
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10, 1864.

Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Is, 1864.
EDS. GOLD HILL NEws-BeIOued bretn'
rem 1T is with pain l say it, but 1t must be
said San Francisco is duller, dirtier, and
more stupid to-day than have ever seen 1t
before and what is worse, the aforesaid mai
aides are apparently becoming chrome. Nev-
ertheless, we will take passing glance At IL
THE SITUATION.
Business, in a strictly legitimate point OF
view, is at this time quotable as nowhere ana
we are therefore compelled to fall back on
first principles, and look for passing excite.
ment to make life endurable. The list OF
these may be summed up very quickly they
are The Steamboat Opposition, The Stock
Panic, The War News, Robberies,. The Co.
manche Imbroglio, and strictly legitimate
amusements, such as Theatres, Churches,
etc. First, then, and briefly,
THE STEAMBOAT WAR.
The telegraph has of course given you al
ready the main features of the late war be-
tween the rival steamboats, Chrysopolis and
Washoe. I will therefore content myself,
and you, with remarks that the people of
California seem to have arrived at last at the
conclusion that they have labored long enough
under the incubus of a monster monopoly,
which has tied up capital in steamboats, rot
ting in idleness at wharves, checked the pro-
ductiye energies of the State by keeping
large number Of experienced captains, pilots
and engineers idle on heavy salaries, laid an
embargo on travel, and kept back the settle
ments of the interior by the heavy rates main
tanned for shipping produce down, and mer-
chandise of all kinds up the river; and last,
but not least, hesitating not a moment to de-
stroy life and property BY wholesale to get
rid of rivals. The Washoe, last night, is adj
mitted to have beaten the ChrysopOlis by
quite a number Of minutes, running time, as
she made all the landings, while the Chrys-
opolis barely touched at Benicia, without
even throwing out line, and then just got
into her wharf ahead of the Washoe. Cap
tain kidd's reception at the wharf was an
ovation worthy Of n conqueror, and must
have been terribly bitter pill for the c. S.
n. Co. to swallow. He brought down fully
four times as many passengers as the Chrys-
opolis, and will go back loaded down to-
night. Not passenger would go on board
c. S. n. Co.'S boat, to or from Benicia, for
love or money.
STOCKS.
Gould & Curry rallied stoutly to-day, 60
ing up to 81, 500, but beyond this there is no
favorable change in the market, nor do |
look for one in the present depressed condi-
ton of the money market, and the terribly
uncertain condition Of our National affairs.
We can work the dividends out of many OF our
mines with the means at our command, those
requiring immense capital for their develop
| ment must lay dormant until better times
dawn upon us. The Montgomery street
stock sharps who are nothing, did for
a time fiourishing business, at raking
in greenhorns on worthless claims, or swim
ding honest miners out of valuable ones,
find their occupation gone. Their dream of
sudden wealth is over, let them learn to
labor and to wait" hereafter, while better
men get their dues. Some Of them have al
ready ran away; others will do so as soon as
they can raise stake. 1t is reported, and
believe on good authOrity-that the rs. +.
Stock and Exchange Board" appropriated
| 81 900 from its surplus funds some days
since for the relief of its members who we're
in actual want through disastrous specula-
tons. A few months since these disagreed
bly, short gentlemen could have realized
| 81, 500 each for their seats in the Board
which are now worth practically nothing.
| THE WAR NEWS.
The population of San Francisco as rule
look upon the monster raid into Maryland as
a matter of course, and are not inclined to
become frightened as they used to do on the
| announcement of such disasters. Grant is
still before Petersburg or Richmond and this
raid is regarded here By military men, as but
a monster rally of beleaguered garrison for
food to sustain life, furious struggle for
breath on the part Of man whose wiudpipe
is compressed by the hand of a giant. New
ertheless, greenbacks go down faster in San
Francisco than gold advances in New York,
not SO much, however, on account of the news
as the belief that the gold market has got
beyond the reach Of the Congressional re-
strictions of the expedients of the Secretary
of the Treasury, and that hereafter there will
be no check on spectators and no limit to
speculation.
| RoBBERIES.
The extraordinary number Of robberies all
over the State, and the increase in the evil
dent number and audacity of the street rob-
bers and burglars in San Francisco in par
ticular, are attracting much attention. There
has evidently been an Eruption OF the worst
sort Of Vandals from the East into our city
and State within the past few weeks, and the
police are a little puzzled at first how to go
| to work, as the new corners operate in diff
ferent manner from the old professionals
with whose faces and style they are familiar,
| but in a little time they will get into working
shape again, and then SO far as San Fran
cisco is concerned, it will be short work
cleaning out our unwelcome visitors. Don't
let your police be alarmed, however, at the
| idea that ours are to carry off all the glory,
for two-thirds of the thieves will leave here
as soon as the pursuit gets hot, and a goodly
share will visit your section of country be-
fore returning home to the East.
THE coMANcHE IMBRoGLIo.
This quarrel now stands as follows. First
the Aauila sinks with the Comanche on
board, the Contractors who have made bad
20, on account of the fall in greenbacks, but
have got nearly the entire amount of their
stipulated pay in advance, in one manner or
another, abandon the property to the Under
writer's, and claim damages as for a total loss.
| Underwriters decline to accept abandonment
but 20 on and raise the vessel and cargo,
then tender the material to Contractors
Contractors refuse to accept the same, UNI
less paid $50, 900 in gold for damage claim
| ed, as resulting from the sinking in the bay.
| Underwriters refuse to "see" them on this
proposition, and say the damage is not
$4,000. Contractors appeal to Board of
| Supervisors; Board agrees to stand treat and
come down with $4,000 gold, if the Con-
tractors will be good boys and go to work at
once. Contractors telegraph to New York
to withdraw their abandonment, intending to
proceed to put the vessel together at once,
but are met with notice that Uncle Samuel,
tired of all this fooling, has stepped in him
self, and will put the Comanche up without
the assistance Of the Contractors or any other
man, claiming the full forfeiture of the con:
tract. Contractors go to the foot Of Third
street and make show Of commencing work,
but the Federal authorities and Underwriters
agents refuse to let them go on with the bust
ness, and repossess themselves of rights
which they had abandoned. The Comanche,
may here add, par pareRtheSis, is not yet
built Thus the matter stands to-day. Who
is to blame' Me no shabbe, John Spose
you catchee, may bee you no catchee. Me
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