The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-18
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Editors InteNiQencer:

Editors Inteltigencer:
Soon after left the beautiful noun
tnins of your young and promising
State, L took passage at New York for
San Francisco. in fine steamer be-
| longing to the Pacific Mail Steamship
company. I This . Company not sonly
have line of steamers between these
4 ports. but also line from San Francis
\ co to China,-upan which. they have the
finest steamers In the world, ttis said
| that thew will soon start line from
New York to Europe, so as to make
through line from Europe to China, 4
had, nearly a thousand fellow. passen=
| nefs on board ahB steaL1ers Alter a
i pfeasaht passage of nine days, we ar
| rived at AspinwAll, where We took the
Railroad cars aud crossed tho 1sthmus
to Panama. This Railroad tSlonly AZ
| miles long, and for conveying each pas.
senger they charge S25 in gold. The
Pacific Mail Steamship Company alone
transports over four Thousand passen-
gers per month. This together with
il The other lines crossing here, makesthe
A EARNINGS OF the Pacific Railroad very
great. aa!9l.l asSl :: ;l., t,iass
to a stranger, the customso Of thenattves
4 being very peculiar. -Modesty Is a
stranger even among the females.-,
Their houses are framed of poles and
thatchcd over wifi q coarse grass. AT
:
for the passengers. We at once went
ON board and soon left for San Fran
, cisco; stopping however on the way At
Acapulco and Manzanillo, few hours
at each place, toy take in coal and dis
charge cargo. We arrived at San Fran
! cisco after a passage of fourteen days
from Panama Here we found every
, libody talking about earthquakes, hav-
ling had quite a severe shock few days
previously. There were few oqlIdlngs
thrown down, andsIpanY danagedi a
fey slight shocks have occurred since
INV arrival The sensation is not by
: any means pleasant one, however IL
is rather amusing TO witness the e3-
3 citement and stir produced by n mid
might shock in large hotel; especially
!, tpHe1l not frightened yourself:
Therpeople here are noted Tor thell
7 I4enersv and Industry. They MAXI
u money fast and at the same time IiVt
% fast. Specializing in lands, stocks anC
all kinds of gambling is carried on to 1
1 friRhtful extent, but not SO badly at
! formerly. The recent election was III
occasion for the making and losing Q
I, MANY fottunes.S Both parties were con
y fident hey would carry the State. In
e Democrats relied on the large ma1or
with which they had carried. the stat
10 on the psevions election; while the he
4 publicarss believing intie popularity Q
=, their chosen standard bearers were sci
III floTI1 bJttJed when bets were offered.
The prospect ofthe future is extreme
." ly 1attering in this State and the once
civ or the Pacific. The Pacific Raj
60 road Will soon unite San Fanclsco VIII
D. large cIiies the East, when AMIN
y. mense traGeJmuSi be opened Not onl
10 the inland trade but also that from ~
Fast Indies, which has always enrich
u ed it's fortunate possessor, viii centre :
us San Francisco: Immigration will b
greatly encouraged and business lacii
- lated. -
" Gold and silver coin is the cnrTel
money here, but green backs are ta Az
~ AT fair discount. This OF course Is
~ great benefit to the people as prices
ne not fluctuate with the gold market
they do ia the Esst.N The commerce
ne this coast is inctehsing and by stint
so iaiing aud by proper legislation woul
annn he very great. The climate is vel
d, fIns and ten pezate;7 wooden clothes, al
~ worn the yearroDndi but overcpalS q
lu seldom needed. The, rainy season ne
81; corresponds with the winter In we
eu Virginia, but 1t is not SO long. II sc
H. dom lasts more than three months
hs We have had but one or two rainy ga!
~ an far this season. L am delighted WI
the country and expect to remain mel
le. have not yet determined on the exn
M a,, locality of my future home SO maj
u places ofTering in ducements 70 settlS
W. who feels confident that he can write
ed, w. EUREKA.
, zen San Francisco, Dec, LIST, 1853.