Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-01-13
Cur San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. II, 1855.


SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. IL, 1865.
ED1roRs Con HILL NEws-Gsntls-
men The rainy season which saved the
agricultural interests of our State, and
spoiled the enjoyment Of our holidays
seems to be over, and we are now in the
full enjoyment of
.s-r-.f GLORIOUS WEATHER
Sunday last was thoroughly model
day. l have never seen it equaleo'
think, on this coast. Taking trip out 10
the Ocean House and that gem OF the SUD-
urban attractions of San Francisco, the
"Cliff House." at Point Lobos, where
Foster, the hale, hearty and sociable' en-
tertains his guests in style inimitaoie'
found all San Francisco on the road
everybody who could hire, borrow or buy
horse, being out on the McAdam; ana
those whose means or good fortune did
not allow of such luxuries, were crowd
ing the omnibuses to sufocation., Inc
cliffs at Point Lobos were covered win
visitors, watching the antics of the hum
dreds of seals, sea lions, or "LO6os de ma,
rina" literally Evolves of sea }; ana
the beach, for four or five miles, as smooth
and hard as q McAdamised road, was
black with vehicles of every description
men on foot, and men and women on
horseback. I doubt whether any city In
the world can boast of finer or more
attractive place of resort "by the sea-
side," so near its boundaries, than Point
Lobos, since its improvement, through the
energy and enterprise of the late John T.
Buckley, to whom belonged the honor OF
first discovering its eligibility and value
as a place of seaside resort, and IN this
fine weather, warm, sunshiney days, and
glorious moonlight evenings, our people
make the most CT it, I assure you.
A SHADOW ON THE PICTURE.
As the telegraph has already told you,
we had singular storm here last week,
if storm it could be called. The fog lay
so dense upon the bosom of the great Pa
cifc that nothing could be seen dozen
yards away, and while there was no wind
at all, there was aground swell " OF
terrific violence all along the coast, and
collisions and other mishaps to vessels at
tempting to get in or out OF the Golden
Gate were numerous, and in some cases
attended with serious damage and loss OF
life. Among others the bark Ann Parry,
missing the entrance, drifted ashore just
south of the Cliff House, and was left
high and dry, some hundred yards from
the water at low tide, when the storm
subsidized. Captain Trask and three Of
his crew persisted in the surf, and their
bodies have not yet been recovered. l
was out there on Sunday, and saw with
curious surprise the effects Of the tremend-
GUS sea which swept the unfortunate
vessel ashore. Probably four-ffths of the
500, 900 feet of lumber with which the
vessel was loaded lay in single pile;
fragments of the stout masts, and spars,
broken like SO many pipe stems in short
pieces, piled high on top as i placed there
by some careful hand for safety. Of the
vessel itself, hardly trace was in sight;
what had not been torn away and thrown
in fragments along the shore, having been
buried in the sand beneath. WreckerS
were busy pulling down the lumber and
removing it to point beyond the reach
of the waves in case of another storm. and
teams from the ranches along the coast
were busy hauling or the pieces of the
wreck and loose lumber scattered along
the shore. How like the wreck of n bust
ness man, is the wreck of a vessel! What
we admired and pointed out with pride
yesterday, is to-day the object of whole
sale scramble among birds of prey, human
jackalls, and hungry dogs on two legs.
all anxious to be in at the death, and
carry off some of the plumber which the
visitation of Providence, not their own
foresight or business tact and ability has
thrown in their way. The ship, sailing
white winged and beautiful as q thing of
life, and the merchant in the full tide of
prosperity, are objects of our admiration
and reverence but who is going to waste
time in sentimentality over the wreck of
either:
ANOTHER WRECK.
Your readers will nearly all remember
the fine store of VIM. Hazeltine, known
as the Japanese Bazaar" on Montgom-
cry street, between California and Pine,
which did a magnificent business for some
years, and was one of the lions of San
Francisco, few new comers, or people de-
parting from our shores, failing to pay it
visit and carry away some specimen Of
the curious handiwork of Japanese artists
to be found there in profusion. Well,
that trade was "played out" about the
time of the fall in stocks, and on Monday
the stock of the establishment was sold by
the Sheriff, at Platt's Hall. A card ITO
let" was stuck up in the window of the
store as I came down town in the morn
ing when l went back in the evening it
was down, and men were at work fitting
up the place for new tenant. "Sic tran
sit! !" said I, pointing my cane at the win
dow as I passed along with my adored
Elizabeth Jane that evening. "Yes,
very!" was her brief appropriate and
touching reply. So we go!
A NEW DRIVE.
The new ocean Beach Road" char
tered at the last session of the Legislature,
to run from Point Lobos along the beach
to the Ocean House, has been commenced,
and in sixty days more we can start from
town, go "a kiting" out to the Cliff
House, down the beach to the Ocean
House, and thence back home, distance
of some sixteen miles, without ever strik-
ing the sand. The Shell Road" famous
in the palmy days of New Orleans, could
not compare with this drive when finished.
BILHED. s....
As intimated last week, the attempted
assassination of the young man Robert
son, one of the witnesses against Hayes
in the alleged piracy case, turned out lit