The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-09-02
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE
EsrxcIAI1r 10 rnrElAwAnAN GAsErTE
SAN FRAScEco. Aax. 18th, iSdS
s..aaK-fex.

am Informed hya pFscticlng physician
that this contagious skease Is On the spread
In this city, and hat iHore cases of II exist
than arr confessed ey the health officers,
The date of It's 6rs; lrPeSrsnec is officially
sci down for The irst of Jepe, but he de-
eisres that i, Developed itself as carly as the
ecginning,I April A nervousness IN refer
ease TO il Is displayed among the laeoSsng
classes. and In thS interior of the State,
WHERE exaggerated stories have been told
eoneeruiuS Il, aud some alarm created. No
thinS in the shape Of $ pSnic, however, hss
vet been developed, and our trade suffers no
diuinution On Account Of its prevalence. IL
has eou6ned itsslf-witA the single eScep-
ticr, Cso fr IS have hcsrsil Of Pe,aluma-
entirrly 10 this city, No statistics are yet at
tSinsele from which the exact number Of
cases and deaths TO date. can ee aseertained
We shall learn all the facts Of the case BY
and BY.
Meehanirss Industrial Fair.
This Institution is now in fun blast Not
vithstspdinS the immense sire Of the pa
vilio1-eovering. As it does, nearly an entire
public square OF the eity-its Interior space
: so crowded with articles ca exhibition, as
10 narrow the avenues down to eoupsss
quite inadequate 20 the demands Of the vast
malsitncss or visitors who nightly crowd
s.- N-u- i. --.eee0s, Tor grandeur, any OIs-
play Of similar character ever attempted in
this State, As spectacle, ii is brilliant to
thrilling admiration When liz up al night,
the fash OF l,sOo gas burners falling upon
the fzney goods, decorative tapestries, and
splSshing waters Of hundred jets dashed TO
spray, and faIliug into a marble basin, impars
10 the seene fAiry-like gorgeousness, which
must be seen to be at all appreciated. A
spirit Of emulation among the different pro-
duetive industries of the State, has led to an
extraordinarily large display Of articles, CON-
prising something from nearly every depart
nsnt-an kinds Of inventions and heavy
machinery; gold. silver, brass, iron, copper,
leather, woolen, eotton, and other manufae-
tures; textiles, huids, photographs, paint
ings, bindings, Esx-woTk, ueedle-wcrk-are
all represented; and he who would ascertain
4 mere earsOry knowledge Of each particular
article would require 10 spend a month in
the pavilion, and then not entirely accom-
pIish his object As this Fair viii probably
continue through the mouth Of September,
perhaps some Of yo1 Islanders will run over
and take 4 peep a it. The grcSs receipts for
i've nights of the exhibition have been about
sls,Ooo
CoafiagrafiOnS-
The interior towns Of California are gen
eraIly visited during the hot summer months
with destructive conhsgrations- This season
has proved 10 exception 10 the rule Tie
destruction Of dwellings, stores, and whole
blocks has occasionally been noted BY the
local press Now we hear Of the almost
total wipinz out Of the town of IAPorte, IN
Sierra County, BY FIRE. The losses in money
are estimated at $4,000 Only two or three
buildings have been left standing in the town
The Great Pacific RaIIro@d.
The work on this grand enterprise goes
forward so rapidly that one can hardly keep
pace with il. We were surprised not long
ago By being told taat the track Layers were
engaged beyond the Sierrzs, and pursuing
their way to the Truskee- Then, wonderful
TO tell, new town had sprung into exist
eues at one Of the stations ten or twelve
miles down that beautiful river Breaking
away from this point, Reno, onward they
pushed their s0u-Se, far cut into the deseTti
ard there they are now employed, accom-
Pgizhiug Prodigisz in the line Of their road
building vocation
There Is 50 uuct interest attached to this
subject, that you viii excuse ne if dwell
on it moment In Eastern correspondent,
writing to the AID, says;
Yesterday, l WIS with party Of men in
tsrssted in railway matters, and engaged in
discussing the prospects Of the Pacific Ii1e.
Al azreed that the Tudd would be completed
within rear from the present time, aud one
q them offered to let 4 b4zket Of champagne
that th- last rail E0ald Be hid and eOumuni-
cariGu completed before the arst Of January
1eu As be ( directly interested IN the
Central Paeif., and O1ghttO know what he
Vas about. made mental note Of the pro-
The saeTzneato UHios, of the 1ssh inst,
holds the ANNEXED language concerning our
.u6 of the line:
7 J. Henley. Of tie Pacific Railroad Com
rst1rusd yesterday from the trip
1f inSpectiau to tha eItreue e1d Of the road
u which Es zpoks 4 fcz days since From
lin We learn that three additional sections
have asea accepted Ehich- added to those
inspected prsEiOusE, makes q total OF about
50 niles accepted- AZ the time the Com
aizsiozers left. the track vas laid 10 within
.su OF twelve uilez Of Ors1nA Probably by
.hiz tine the road ( completed thr0Ggh to
Ihat plzes-
Th.d- Seevens l. dead!
A Washington telegram Of the 18th, with
o1t previous announcement, eommeuesz in
The middle Of is zorY to coGmHnieate the
partieulirz-
The death Of HOl Thzd- Stevens aEakeus
z0Fg zeasr1I ss1pathT than TOuld have
,=eE sIpscted frDu the bitterness ais course
sfssz provoked zE01z political OPpoae1fs- /
TIE news took us=z b. sUTPrize- a. his t1il 4
NJ coalition bad been concealed b. the few /
$50 were about his psrzoH- he had been I
i=elIziag is strength fOr several days, but 4
TeSfErl11r IserzE1 IN EEeeTfZl MANNER. ]
nd on beizx Informed IL Ey1rt-s opinion In I
he R0lIizz ease, rspIied- . l believe ETzrss 4
: zoz ooiy a sound laEysE bat 4 statesman, I
Eh3 I'll advise tire PrsSitsaE 50 70 at a. 70 I
Ifzsiaisrsr the lEEs in a E1r1er that viii 4
Nod the necessity Of C5uZrsss neefinz in /
septs1bsE- II be does zslzl feel Pro7dsr 4
Eaa ever thai 1rzsd his c0ufTEztiOn-7
Dzrinx the esslEz tT0 eIezZYueu u the 4
-s5foret Methodist Chzrrh ezIied- and praTed 4
I lis be13zi5e- Two Broshers 0f Charity
we're present. GzriHg his zst ho1Fs, shO adj
ufasztere6 the bapeiss1zI rte of the Cztholic
1bzrrA
sp<zkizE q pniI-iezl z1zlirz shorty before
= 1ezfh- ke SD the great nafiOl2l 41zstiozz
loE we're r-cezssTEefio1. 61z1ces, and TIE
zffszy syssen,L
Eiz rE1lzi1s have tee1 eUhaIl1ed, and Sill
= pi1est IN state N tie RStEHda q the Cap