, 1865-06-02
From Our Own Correspondent
=. SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 1885.
HH0IlGUE

= JAN FRANCISCO, may u 1btj.
PROLOGUE.
INN writing to-day from my quiet parlor
on Russian Hill, overlooking III. famous
Golden Gate and the Bay Of San Francisco,
with its green enameled hills mud islands,
and the valley of Alameda, beyond which
Mount Diablo, Monnt Tamalp:a,s aud the
Mission Mountains stand on different sides
Of II, SO many ornaments on the frame Of
picture such MS Bicrsta1t never p1inted to
the life. \ moment since l Was looking ont
upon the broad Pacific through the Golden
Gate, snd watching the white winged ships
come and 90. some from the lumber or Other
ports along the coast, some from Chill. 1aden
ten, rice and other products Of Asla. aud
others bourd for Europe OF the ustermost
parts Of the earth" Now the for is drifting
In from the ocean like a hcary snow bank
shutting ont all view of the water, and en-
yeiol'ing the vessels 10 completely tbst every
The harbor arc utterly lost. Tbs mist corncs
driving up the hay as the mournfu1 tolIIng of
the fog bell on AcatraL commences: and a.
Hook again only the summit Of Mount Tam-
a1rjas, ofaIl the woEdrous panorama a mo-
Dcnt since spread out before me to BE- seen.
eaya little Of what Il pass!n. or has passed
in San Francisco and the Pacific States since
last wrote to you.
TIE SEASON.
Quite unexpectedly, We had H1c rain in
The beginning OF April, aud the ground,
which had become parchea aud grey, from
tie long continued prevalence Of the dry
cold Winds. was sufficiently watered to change
the whole appearance Of tho country. Tne
crops are noW about month bealnd their
iegular time, but neveF Looked mora prom:s-
isinE, and abundant harrests will be gathered
Throughout the State this year. 0rer on the
souths asteln ehore Of the Bay, IL the San
the grain is already heading out, and The hut
vest viii soon commence. caa from my
windowa see men digging ful1.grown potatoes
: in the field down by the Loguna, in the Vest
err part OF the city The potatoes are retail
Ing a. l0e per ponnd, however. Strawberries.
such sB you never SAW in nltpots or the Eist-
elm States, a.e abundant In the market, and
goose eebefriss and other small fluits are begin.
ming to come b. In = few weeks more we
ehall be 1uxu'iatlng in fruit OF every descrlp.
tiou. The btst flour Is S16 per barrel (eoiu,)
and Chill flour about e15, bat this will not
again. and thr prices OF most Of the necessa-
res Of life arc GU the decline.
The mint8 OF Callfo1n mis- and Nevada were
never 80 productive as to-day, and prosperity
eetns once mu-e daWling On the PACIFIC
shores.
soRRowIE0 FOR TIE NA11oS'5 DEAD.
The news Of the foul assassination Of Pre-
s!dent Lincoln fill upon this community like
q thnnderlolt from clear sky. We were
e1orying in victory and the prospect Of In
mediate peace, when the fearful intelligence
came upon Us in an Instant, and, for the mo-
ment, the community was struck dumb with
the sho:k. A. soon as the telegraph COM
menced working on the details OF tho terri
bic news, The A'd eud Bt.ll<tin 1.-THE on.y pa-
In Nan Fra xH %kn i
patches, the Others copying tha dispatches
from them second handl began to thrDH of
extras BY the th0ugand, which were given to
the public without charge, Is fast ns they
could be thrown from the windows. The e1-
cited multitude read the sad details, and
hatred, and desire to be reveuged on some
one Ior the fearful outrsge cn freedom, justice
and humanity.
1uE skcEsn PRESS N RUINS.
Undar the mad intlusDces Of the moment
they attacked aud dsstroytd wholly or par
TALLY the Offices OF the Democratic Pfx..,
(Coppezhtad) 0ecidcsol, tabsolute secrsh);
perhead bear3ng); Uniot, Franco ..4mffteaiar,
{Frcneh and thoroughly secesh,} and the
N<scs Litter, (Epglfsh, and secesh u the Eilest
kina} aud would have destroyed the Echo
du Pac!fQut, the French Imperial organ, had
1t not net n 20 situated in the building in
HAlcA ~ 70 !oeAtea tnat toE AZ " tHe crowd
must pass through the premises occupied by
tue Ala, which paper was The firzt IN Call
fo,nia to advocate the reelection Mr., Lin
CON. The armed police, 100 strong, now
came upon the scene and prevented further
demonstrations until the military, State md
Federal, TO the numbsr Of some thousands
came out and the town MAS placed Ia the
charge Of General Mcdowell, commander Of
The Department Of the Pacific. A starving
radical or fapaticaf sheet, professedly loyal,
but edited and controlled By class
Of men whose antecedents, arc
known NIL over California, and only
seletred to with loathing By the detent por-
forts to keep mp the e1citsment and create
further disturbances. by asserting all sorts Of |
ta1seboods in regard to What was going On at |
the East, alleging that the Ala and bulletin I
were suppreaHsng The dispatches or dlstortiug |
them in order to prevent the putlic knowing
Copp rbeads in all parts Of the Land, and that |
the whole North vas one vast scene Of riot
ing aud bloodshed, but In vain. After tho /
fist 0utbu,st the people settled down into |
calmDeBa, reason reasserted her control over |
their minds, md grief not rage, has been on
since the murder, the whols city ofsan Fran
cisco Is In mourning, every house Is trimmed
with Grape md every hag Is ut halfmast, To
do the Southern men-of whom there are
6,,s nf ,he,o 81 tsr 80 nv Erov}a5s.s no'
Sife5 to cnndsmn M the mnr9rr nS H. Psas. 5oss.
1ent md nenonnce It in NJ 1,1tt4r te,,na
The most 1evotr3ir 1orsi naive nf the Nnr,h
Th.v ionk - uTo+, - - a 1rrea+er h,n~ ~ 49,
South itself than at the North. He was fast t
beeom'p to be looted upon by theGc peop {
a. thtir friend, and his violent death. l firmly
believe, has greatly strengthened the Union
feeling among Southern born men here, most
Of whom undoubtedly originally sympathized
with the rebellion.
THE oBsEQu1Es.