The weekly union record., 1864-03-12
From San Francisco.
SAS FRANclSCe, March

SeleEa.4E, IL NVliQ uO4Y De ftltSl a.&S1 Vi lax
eroakers' complaining. aud which means, in
ninety nine cases ont OK hundred, nothing at
all, except that ihe croaker feeling i encam-
bent on him 10 say something has nothing else
to say. With regard 10 sigus Of life in the
metropolis Montgomery street is as crowded
as ever. with all absorbed purSuers after
surely not vacancy; yea, 50 deusely crowded
that collisions resulting from mental abs;rac.
ton or faulty zampiilarostation occur at every
other step; for no one but an accomplished &C
robat. or,the most artfal dodger can possibly
perform the feat Of trayersing our Wallst. on
pleasant day ard come of intact Heavily
laden drays, trucks aad ca5s seem 10 require as
mach. as ever the Industrious exercise Of horse
power. Side walks contin1e TO be cucumber.
ed with articles of commerce, the docks are
alive with busy s'evedores disgorging the cav
ernous hulks from distant climes, vessels load
ing for every quarter of the globe, murders
intensified in cruelty, suicides exaggeraiing the
horror cf all ancient ideas Of felo De Sc. Ro
query which emaaies the genius Of science
and the arts in developing human Ingenuity.
Amusemenis, morals, politics speculation all
following the wand of progress, an-all are
rife in our midst, and yet We half open our
eyes and after sleepy, cursory glance over
affairs, despairingly sigh out, dull times" a"
/ The infant drummer who regularly "tattoos
the weary metropolitan and drives fatigue in
TO phrenzy and the army Of indeiatigable or
gan grinders-musical lazzaroai-the harp,
6ddles, ACCORDION and triangle of divers peri
patetic geni1sus, and the varied strains from
basement story heTs and four stored brothe's
all join in a wiered serenade of those spectre
gnomes tha. nightly spread over this nucleus
of everything a morar pail; oh, how horrible.
Ny dear friends, times are not duh. Every
/ channelis an oyerdowing torrent. We are
all, as the auctioneers say. going, going, going
one would think-bent on going to peFditioa
and the only reason why We are not al there
/ is because Of the inexbaustible feeders, that
pour Their uneudiug exodus in upon Us, q pc
reaaiaI Influx Of food for the moral caaker, this
grave where Internal gAoals may always fad
| fresh corpscS 10 bAuqgent on. Dan times!
Did the brave six bundled who furnished his
tory with a bloody page at Balaklaya, fancy
that times were dull with them daring that
hour Of carnage. yet We are every one of US
engaged in charge just as desperate, just as
mad, and all at the behest of cupidity, of lust.
| The cesspools OF the earth are stirred up, and
the polluting streams III centering 10 this great
receptacle have formed lake that might al
most be purified BY siygian waters. We're too
catholic to be good The incense of the pa
gan miugles with the oblation Of christians.
The lbidinous hypocrit joins the procession to
the temple of the living God, and unhallowed
Intrigue sanctmoniously joins with devotion in
the solemn responses Of the litany. But amid
all this there is another distinct element strug-
Cling bravely, effectively, sublinely, aud a
strong arm animated by bold heart bears
aloft a flaming banner, inscribed IN hoe signo
umch" lis genial, purifying influences inspire
US with hope for better day, and we lock
expecanily for its speedy dawn. Here ende;h
the first lesson.
AT TIE THEATRE.
The draEa languishes not in the lack OF an
audience, but performers are wanting sadly,
and since the paucity, or total absence Of stars
has reduced the procenlum to mere stage Tor
mountebanks, discriminating community are
pleased to 60 where budoouery and buflesque
are advertised, therefore Momus holds doml-
nance at present. The brilliant audiences that
nightly ihrong tie Eureka to witness the par
lor entertainments Of Maguire's minstTels.s show
how hungry our people are for dramatic en-
tertainments. Late reinforcements from the
east have added 10 the attractions at this place
WamboId has thrown half the city in;O hys-
teFics, and Lewis Mussey and the inevitable
ndomtable, the irTepressiB!e Birch are Glen
chers to the name and fame OF the Eureka
The New Idea" is an asylum for superaruated
stars and now since the demise of the late Ia
mented Gilberts meIodian, period is put to
its game of injunciions. So something else
sensational will have to be invented. Some
new idea TO make draw.
did intend to dish up for your readers an
ltemical melange, introducing generaEties, or
a sort Of miscellany Of news and small gossip
but the figure FIVE at the head of this page
stands like silent monitor warning of pro-
lixity. So ''not to put too fine point on 1t
III quit here, and in future letter circnm-
vent every person and every thing.
Hoping these few lines will find you enjoy
ing the same blessings. remain yours com
proroisiDrlv. San FRAYCIsC0.
UNPARALLELED MEAYNEss.-We invite The
attention Of liberal minded journalists TO tbs
following facts : Failing to receive the Bu!etit
in exchange we called at that office ard were
l. ~ os,ar6ar- fhaf the M htFSlPT.