The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-11
CALIFORNIA.

hnu pray Tor tho noble Confederate dead ,
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-, $50 CALIFORNIA .it|
An esteemed friend, an old morclian OF tths
city, hos kindly handed us several copes Of tho
San Francisco Netcs Letter and California Adpc,,-
user, from the perusal OF which We hayo obtained
o botter insight into American Lilo OH tho Paoilc
than from reading hulf dozon books Tho paper
is as handsomely printed any Of tho tirst-cluss
New York wecklios nnd in point Of literary ability,
at least, equal to tho average Of United States
Journalism. We know 30 little Of California, so
seldom nowadays meet either California men or
pcoplo in our out-oftho-way seaport that we are
necessarily struck with many Of the features OF
their social economy. For tho entertainment and
I INSTRUCTION therefore of our readers no propose
ito gve thcntho bonefit OF such points in these
papers ae seemed novel to US.
Tho very appearance .of tho Ne,os LeUe,. is
surprise. With tho story of California aud tho ad-
ventures connected with it in 1873 40 sud &C.
still fresh in our memories, wo arc surprised to
find hero all the evidences OF an old mud highly
developed state OF civilization. Some OF th "guo-
tations," however, unusual in these "dig-
gings;' such ns "Gold bars-s.5oaS.G0. Tho rc-
ceipts Of Gold dust during tho last few days has
bcen light" ''Silvcr bars-parai premium, for
average gradcs.' "Telegrams 81 per cent. pre-
mium." Wc arc ut . loss 10 understand the last
item. "Prico of money hero lat San Francisco
1a1l per cont. por month. Demand far." This
Wo have no difficulty in comprehon6ing as it
comes home" to us.
+. Under tho head OF "Intest Prices OF Import and
Export staples," find Australian coal quoted al
( sl2 ton, Cumberland s25, md Mount Diablo at
! 50. China Rice Ct; Patua 6. Sugar.: China No.
%; Sandwich Island 78a1oA; Peruvian sa9. Ame-
rcan Alcohol s3.25as.50. Seeing that tho Internal
Hevenue tax lis 81 gallon, this must bo consider
ed cheap Wheat per 100 lbs. s1.s5. Flour por 1876
lbs $4.75a6.25. These quotations wo take from the
Rcrs Letter for February %, 1867.
Under tho head of Underwriting in San Francis
co, VIC aud article showing that the Insurance
business, in the West, also, is decidedly oyerdonc.
Tho writer closes by saying " thoro is not much
above 800 900 OF iusurabo property in Califor
mia, Oregon and Nevada nrl tho amount already
taken in fire risks is upwards of s95, ,000, 600.
Among the advertisements wo find " PRATr'a
y Abolition OIL" which on furthor examination We
find the translation into Pacific OF our old friend
the Pain Kllor," Thcy havo grocors out yontlcr,
ablo to afford to keep their poets. There is one
BELpEN, for instancc, who ndvertisos in verso. As
we gavo somo specimens OF California poetry in
columns not long since, will now givo q few lines
merely, to show whnt style Of mrsc ia Intronized
by Paoilc groccrs.
nThe giblets pluck. of goose and duck,
- ss VI woodcock, Hnipo and plovcrs ".E.
81 " ParIidgc too and corGatoo-
II ecemB ABSURD there's scarce bird
NY rhyme this some whnt rulles-- lts
Tho LIvEn ofwith Tranies.' IL.
That last limo mHy be considored a Chef orrturc
OF tho culinary muse. Ono advertisement an
nounces "the Patent Mechanical Chair for brush
ing hair by machinery" In another column we
see that agents nre wanted for tho GO Lost Cause"
y From the general character of the advertisements
'wo should judge that tho malo population still
largely preponderatos over the other sex, their
being but n smaD number Of notices specially nd
dressed to the wants of the fair se1.
n Thers Is move among tho demagoguos and
some, also, of tho lnboring classes, against tho
Chinese. Tho Nctrs Letter, in speaking of q late
meeting held for this purpose, sums up tho argu-
ment (of Mr.. MONTGOMERY, the principal speak
er) in this wise: "1f in Boston, 30 far away from
China, it was sweet and decorous to spill tea for
your country, how much morn swoot in Ban Tran
cisco, 30 much nearer to China, to knock on the
s head tho Cinnamon who furnish teal ..
They have spiritunlist school, also, at the Ell
Dorado, ns witness the following advertisement:
ABBx nnn p hAEtM TE5 EERFE o.
70 those who wish to become developed
:: metric Reading 81; Directions for Development s2
!, But the great novelty in California. just now,
i appears to bo the great .Ayitor now flying ma
chine. The Ala Californian, paper belonging
I the opposite party, soenis to have fostered the
"Ayitor invention, and the Ne,rs Leie,- takos cor
responding pains to ridicue it. Tako the follow
4 ing for example: gt'a 1s' ~ 4e,.
t.s.aai h! !. REN1AHs AID TEE Ay1Ton. '.t
The proposition r puTP9stine TO smanato from the
: terms" for t6e use q the Hstor 'Hormos,i IL re.
iected with Indignation. Their scheme Of poising
armed with supply q Nitro aycsrne, S sq IS we'll
0EH S tho and they hereby assure the
party to no such flendish purpose, involving, it
docs, death and destruction to thousands OF inuo-
that government, which Is at onco the prido and
Europe. Aheml tss EfyNEI g.N# if','
a letter from tho Secretary Of the Aerial Steam
Navigation Company to our friord, who furnished
us these papers, describes tho A4itor He,n,es aB
being 80 feet long, 20 feet wide. supplied with
wings, and worked by small steam engine at the
tail end. &. 5f7f X 4 e .gI!a.l 4 IL,
d. Tho following jeur Tespra will giyo q further
insight into tho working OF tho machines: a.
]. - AyrToR LITERATURE -PRopABIE NgwspApEn
Z TOPICS lsT.mAnIious TO give both eides Of the
February, 1897: :ys!Sy
Cd observation-disclosures 4rnnrE3tALrA."l
'The speedwel Ayi.or which arrived at P. Ii.
or tho I'd, only hftoon hours from New York, ro-
ports that at A. ri. yesterday, at an altitude Of
1900 feet, sho picked up two OF tho crew. Of tho
aghSb5 n and They
chute. having boon In tho air oyor nvo hours. On
being taken aboard they alto heartily, and expross-
cd tiiemaeyes satsaed. This il tho High1ycr,
which ! sailed last week from Hongkong, and having
not yst boon hoard from had boon piyou I'D for
lost. Tho wrecked unforturates state that In
heavy gallo tho Highayer's ruddor became unman-
ageablo, and that entering rotary storn thoy
Z wore repeatedly driven round tho world within ths
tropic Of fCapricorn-severa attempts to cast thor
f. Brapnols at saD Francisco, Now York, Jerusalem
and Bqgdad, boing unsuccessful. Captain Blow
hard finally ordered all hands to tnko 10 tho para
ehutea They think that tho first mato and soye.
M Ial others OF tho crew landed In safety in Asia
" = "Aytor scudder, sl1adbelly ntaser states that
on the 5t instant, being of Cape Finistorro. an
10000 foet altitude. picked up coda water bottle
tied to balloon, with enclosed paper as follows:
Aia& 81 HOE DollD Ayrron LIVELY SALT Z
GAO A. NJ, 9th septorlber 4 :
!. Collapsed ribs and gas escaping. Paddles nm
manageable. Barometer and Avitor both falling