Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-12
Our San Francisco Correspondence.
SAN Francisco, August 0, 1865.

"OuVAoeSl1 uCllhCJ uuu tuut IueIc cAioS
"a good healthy demand for all descriptions
of manufactured goods for home consump-
ton and foreign export" but to do SO I must
say what is not true, and that sort of thing
don't suit my style. Tho fact is, San Fran
cisco is sitting fat on her chair at this time,
and there is the next thing to nothing doing.
We have a few cases Of small pox, it is true,
and occasionally a 'whaler comes in loaded
with the crews of vessels burned by the Shen-
andoah ; butthese things only create a pass
ing sensation and go but a little way towards
making a show of business worthy of ga
great commercial metropolis" From one
cause and another we are down close to the
bedrock, and the town shows less signs of
life and healthy activity than it did a year
since, at least so it seems to me.
THE SPECIFIC CONTRACT MEETING.
Extensive preparations had been made last
week for a big meeting at Platt's Hall, in OPP
position to the gathering sentiment in favor
Of the repeal of the Specific Contract Act, on
Thursday evening". Well, there was q large
crowd there, althoughthe attempt to organize
mn outside meeting in the street in front OF
the Hall was u failure but the meeting was
not BY any means an enthusiastic one, nor
were the officers or speakers all of them above
the suspicion Of copperheadism If not abso.
lutte secessionism. Much had been done and
said to induce the friends Of the National
Banking system to go there to raise 4 dis
turbance and break up the meeting, but to
the honor of their good sense and the credit
of San Francisco, nothing Of the kind was
attempted save by a few disreputable dema-
gogues who were promptly Kissed down or
put out. For one, / am glad to see the timed
once more when those who differ with me in
politics, or questions Of policy, can hold
meetings undisturbed in San Francisco. II
the sentiment Of the people finally settles
down in favor of the establishment OF Ma
tional Banks and the introduction of the
National currency in San Francisco in place
Of the old European pawnbroker system of
business which now prevails, as l believe it
soon will, the change will come Of itself with
out violence or discord, and any attempt to
disturb public meetings called for the pur-
pose Of opposing the change, will delay the
event, as we'll as being radically wrong in
principle and practice.
THE MEXICAN MOVEMENT.
The Mexican emigration scheme which
made such u stir in San Francisco but a
a short time since seems to have died out
as thoroughly here as ut the East, and has
ceased to attract public attention. l am
sorry also to add that the sympathics Of our
people for the struggling patriots Of Mexico
seem also to be growing cold, and every day
we become more indifferent as to the fate Of
our sister Republic. The public meeting
which was to have taken place at Platts Hall,
on Thursday last, failed TO come off, simply
because the funds to pay hall rent, adver-
Using, gas-light, etc. etc., were not forth.
coming. The condition of some Of the pat
riot refugees among us is such as ought to
entitlc them to our ~livclicst sympathy, cspec-
tally il we take into consideration the sacri-
fees which they have made for the prescrva-
ton of their National liberty, and the prin-
ciples of Republicanism in America. Many
of them have sacrificed everything, money,
houses, lands, friends, homes, all which 4
man can sacrifice without dishonor for the
cause, and from my hearts core l pity them,
as l see them wandering through our streets,
strangers in n strange land, destitute, home
less and discouraged.
THE PRIMARIES.
As was anticipated the Primary Flee
ton" in San Francisco, proved the most
disgusting farce imaginable, and will I think
about finish up this sor. OF thing. Our
people have submitted to the dictation Of the
gang of shoulder strikers, bullics and r~ufians
Of which the late lamcntcd Billy Mulligan
was the best representative, long enough,
and are in earnest about demolishing the
whole system and recognizing the Union
party on 4 different basis. went around to
the different polls on Saturday last, and saw
enough of the operations Of the gang to
sickcn and disgust any honest man. The
crowd at every polling place was the same,
and for the life Of you, you could not divest
yourself Of theidca that the old days Of the
Broom Rangers" had come again in all its
| glory, and you were among them. | saw the
same men who carried brooms in the pro-
cession last year, peddling " Union tickets,
and making all the noise and doing all the
voting, while those who really voted for Lin
coin and johnson, were with very rare ex-
captions somewhere else, taking no part in
the proceedings. The crowd around each
poll were the same all day, nobody coming
or going save when 4 load who had voted at
one OF. the polls started out in wagons or
hacks to 90 the rounds and vote at all the
others. Whisky flowed like water, and the
roughs held high Carnival. Only in one
uAolAAC1 IA i AAoNp IN hymn ~ az w 4
position show ITSELF and there the words
Anti Negro upon the bottom Of the out
siders ticket, was apparently what carried the
day. It is q noticeable. fact that this district
polled nearly its full vote, and when you re-
member that the whole Of the destitute
whalemen recently arrived from the scene Of
the Shenandoah's dcpredations in the North,
are all domiciled there, you will I think find
no trouble in accounting for that fact. This
farce gives FELTON, 60 votes in the Conven-
ton, which is just enough TO establish the
fact that he is a candidate, and not enough
to give him any material aid in reaching the
Senatorship. Sargent and Phelps, are now
the candidates most talked Of. Low, proved a
very poor Indian indeed, and gave up the
fight badly demoralized.
WATERFALLS
Are becoming all the rage. Since l last
wrote, hundreds Of the graceful corkscrcw
arrangements have made their appearance on
the streets, and the hair dressers drive a
thriving trade in the products of the heads of
the peasant girls Of Brittany and Normandy
and the inmates of the houses Of correction
all over Europe. Well, ! cannot admire it,
but what of that? My daughters have their
own ideas on the subject and / must drift
with the current which / have not the strength
to stem or turn aside. Fashion Is a curious
thing, and
THE world IL. all affecting show,
For mans Illusion given :" 81 ~
Or at least the female part Of it is. | have
been there, and l know it! ...
RIFT l. THE CLOUD
The agricultural portions Of the State are
beginning to feel the. effects Of the 1fnc crops
Of this season, and trade in the great grain
producing valleys OF the State is looking up
already. The tide Of returning prosperity
will come in slowly, but San Francisco is
destined in the end to reap her full share
the lions share, l might say-of the benefit
which accrues to every part Of the State.
With the mines yielding well and the farm
ing interests generally prosperous,thc mer-
chants and manufacturers Of San Francisco