, 1865-07-22
Gbteage Qr1bn11e,
a1TUpAY. JULY 2, =. 1SG'.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
PrenaHatfoDs to Receive the Over
land Tourists,
Mlkrt presentations Corrected-Pfos.
rerity Of Californta-ASc Scrap OF FYts-
tory-Ne*s from Westefu Mextco-
Frcnch 6arbhrittes-Dessru OF
Gen. sntter's Property by Fire.
lFtom Our Own Correspondent I

t
/ = SAN FAAxc1sco, June Is, ia6T.
IeieSraphic dispatches without number ar
being sent to Speaker Colfax and party a
Salt Lake, Austin and Virginia City md 9th
er points along their route by committee
1lom san Francisco, Sacramento and doze1
other places, soliciting their attendance al
thc celebration Of the Fourth Of July, and II
some cases asking them to oflciate as osstor:
on that occasion. They hsve concluded t.
bs here on the Fourth, but will not take part
N the celebration, except. as spectators
Ike3r COURSE will be series Of perfect oya
tons through Neyada and California, The
citizens Of Gold Hill and Virginia City, In
Ncvada, and Placeryille and Sacramento, Cal.
Ho1r}a, are preparing to feast and welcome
them as they arrive, and at San FraucIsco
they will he surrounded with friends from
morning to night, all anxious to greet them
and show them every possible cou5tcsy
and attention. Mr. 3lcCtelsish, Of the
Alta, who met 1lf. Bross In Chicago.
last season has already notified them BY tele.
graph that at Virginia City they will ba met
By si1-horse stage coach, sent out specially
~ the Pioneer Line, to bring them over the
Sierra Nevade, at flying speed, and TINT the
sacramento valley Ra,lroad Company will
som to Sacramento In the quickest time a.
tainable by steam. may here ada thst 1
have informed tbs "hcAd meu'' Of the Ws1x
eomFanies,' - or six great societies Into which
all the Chinese Of California arc divided, OF
nc approach Of these .'Grsat Mandaeins OF
thorizcd to tender them q Celestial state
dinner ut tho Ming. YeoaC Buddhist ternple.
ut which / 900 dishes, comprising eFrry deli.
eary, ftSm BIRDS nest soup TO roasted snarhs'
hIs, will be served up In profusIpn. They
hare new sensation in store for them ut
here almost too carly In the season to sec
our fruit markets in tneir glory, but will lux
rtiate on the fat Of the land, neyertheIes5,
g.. GENERAL PROSPERITY.
The crop ct 1865 Is yielding fully up to tho
expectations formed in tariy sprfrE. New
flour has already fallen from $1G per barrel to
$40 lat wholesaleh and there Is now cer-
tainty Of an abundance Of ali the neccss.rIes
q Life, at living rates, throughout the Pacific
States for twelve months 10 come, al least,
we Are IN clover at last, although business
has not yet fully revived from the great de-
preston consequent upon the rccktes eanb-
ling IN mining stocks, md consequent finan-
cisl crash OF THO years since, and the success
'hiFe failures Of the grass and breadstuffs
crops, through the long continued drought
Of the past season..
Mining Ia unusually active all over the Pa
clf1c slope, and the yield or the pteciou.
metals Will be greatly Increased another sea.
eon.
Iwns somewhat surprised to see in the
columns OF the TRIBUNE, Of recent dute, q
letter from yunr correspondent ''W. S..''
dated Ean Francisco, April 9Th, In which he
gives his experience and conclusions as to San
Francsaco, after two weeks tol ou1n in the
metropolis Of the Pacific. 4 greater number
o. absurd mistakes or Misrepresentation
neyc1 saT In single letter.. His account OF
the -
"y1cuNs or TIE HoRRoEs,n
Who are to be found roaming around the
streets By hundreds, "piteously Begging, for
wo1k, - Is regarded here as q tirstrclass Joke.
Mdta Mr. Bfoss a1rtycs he will have a chance
to Judge TOR himself Of the absurdity
without trade. or profession at home, and
who c21ne here fobdly hoping that something
might turn up TO enable them to become
suddenly riCh. Such are to be found eyerr-
where, In Chicago as veil as In San Francis
60, and wherever found they are to be piled;
work need not, as general rule, be lcns out
o. tmPio. ment at rcmunefetiyc prices Gese.
Again, hc.says:
or xIxna,
tppe:suon1 are now confined to The working Of
quarts leads. which esn only be done oy ihe e4.
pendllure Of heavy capitai, and hence m,IiuR IN
iLin seRlcn IL carried On exclusively b. men Of
ample N. Ane, who make no tcruple il taking ad-
e.ttet.'t @e
Nov there VAS never time When the pla-
CIR Mines Of California yielded 70 ereat an
aggregate as At present. It Ia true that a.
the ground Is worked to q greater depth,
more extensive machinery and greater out.
lay tor wster Is required, 50 that more work
must be done By companies having cop1.
bined capital. and less can be ACCOMPLISHED
BY individual labor bnt the idea that mininr
IN California te confined to quartz crushing.
Is almost too absurd for discussion, In view
GIN g. me iaet thas ne noble sactaueuto rolls,
Garth washed from the ten Thousand klultces
which cover every hillside orer an exteut Of
country nearly as large as the Stste Of lii
Lois. Again be says,
~ 70 HEALrn.
"7ht hfa'th ef ful fornia, 10 far a. Iton 1to,n
ato es y e .f.st a.Stt goa1 70 u r.
the h AtakAfaa detetop,aesse Of the pulmonary svs
tf7r, but eI1tmely uniavorsble to the heath of
and neuratgic ettct,.ns are stat1iI civ pfcYaIsnt
and OF aB aRg11vated typ"
:, Now. we have more pulmonary disease here
than At the West; neatly as mnch might
say as In New Englard, while Of ''rhenmattc
and Ieu!aligic afectione Of m aggravated
typeh We have found next to none at al. tie
few cases found in the mining localities beinr
Invariably the result Of carelessrcss and ey.
Poenle not BY any means attributable to the
climate. -
hs says: -
'.1ae anupatby OF the Western peop1e to ths
nlFTattcn, the Leeislatuse Of this State has a.
eea;eo pol az On eaeh male rsaidens Of Ei5 IN.
The Chinese lay the same poll tax precisely
nj
yellow, or nl1ed, viz. s. per annum. There
Is ''Fo1eisn Miners Tax" Of 81 per nouth |
which all miners not citizens Of the United !
States are liable to pay, but this is assessed |
only upon miners, and not on persons other |
wise employed whether White, black or yel- |
low.
could 20 On al day poiptl out euch ab- |
eurditiee, but think / hare said ennnCb Ia
ehow that ''W. s." in whiting On Califorus |
after two weeks e.,journ in San Frnncisco.
hu1dreds ~ Of miles from the mines, ''went olf
lhl1 coc6eQ," to use common cxprcsslpn. |
1 SCRAP or HISTORY. |
The other day saw In the rooms Of The
CaHfo1nl Pioneers, 4 yellow old letter writ
len IL quaint but bold and lecible charncters.
the t1analation Of which is as follows:
y he ss;Sa, n = ns PET
y ss1d 70 belong to Gnl Wanghen'on, {Gen,
Washngtonl Of the Antr1csn Staies, under the
SeH1nsad of John Ksnartek, which ssIlea from
et1hE snd examining The eetah 1shntnts that The
have on the northern coa.t Of that r..
1;nsuta, y91 I'll eanee he same to be secured.
dieciehon and care be used in performing fhis
ruty, using IN the execn Ion of the k.me the
icing The tame with my other iorsen and rn:pic.
ous yefeel, giving me prompt notice Of tns same,
ICED p1slerse 'oaf 'lta nsay I. p1a5s ySs5s. r.a.
'ssnta Bssbaza. Nay 1stb, 17so. ~ = 1''
"Dos JOSEF AnauE11o.n
Nov Don Pedro FACES, "Heayen Grant
oeace to bis soul !" was Governor Of the
Province cf Alta Upper Califo.1ia, Under
inch Catios, King Of Spain, do not care to
nandante Of the Preside OF San Frapcssco,n
hen station juEt inside the Golden Gate,
Fhese score or 30 Of soldiers kept watch |
ed ward to see that no suspicious strangers !
anne to spy ont the riches Of the land. .Tse
colu!nbia, % eaid to belong to Gen. washing.
on" vas the first American vessel to enter
bis port. As sit at mp desk this afternoon |
look down the pathway Of fire made bv the !
citing run On the waters Of the OCEAN and
be BaT If San Francisco, snd near the waters
oRc zee long lows Of white barracks, and :
his came old "P1eddi0 dc San Francisco II +,
zee The flag Of Gen. Washington. WIN its !
hirty-six bright stars and thirteen stripes.
loati1g proudly cn the httcze. Just beyond, :
'ort Point. With its brist:ing guns, ffowns !
e1anee at lie Invader Of oarland and near =
r By. the Black Point and Angel Island bat 3
e7tts rise trim either shore, with the grim :
ock fortress cf Alcatraz between. L var I
teameE, floating the ensign Of Freedom md :
be Cn:on, the emblem Of "the American !
tates," now grown to bc the foremost na- I
~, and wtite-wmged shlps fteighted with J
be commerce Of the world come sailing ia !
nd out unchallenged by The Watchtul Span
b Csmmondante md the crew OF his .amau
oat-" What q change since old Don Pedro =
ages wro'e but eeventy.slx years ago :
Fen another seventy. siI years have passed, .
doubt If any other FLAG than that which 8
ow proudly tlaunts the breeze Of hearen =