The union Democrat., 1869-01-30
LETTER FROM San FRANCISCO.
IFrou cur Regular Correspondeut.l
San Francisco, Jan. 25th, 1869.
Tu- BARBARY CoAsr.

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San Francisco, Jan. 25th, 1869.
Tn. BARBARY CoAsr.
| lam at present rooming very near the bar
harry Coast" The "Barbary Coast" proper,
NAV he said to commence, say near the cor
ner of Jackson and Kearny, extending from
thence little past Dupont, along Dupont to
Broadway, and from Broadway to kearny.
| 1t is characterized chiefly by dance cellars,
concert saloons and one horse female grogg9
ries. The "sound Of revelry" regularly strua
giles up to my window every night, and air
night. There is dance and concert saloon on
every corner, bar-room above and the Lord
only knows what goes on story further mp
At nine in tae evening, the blowing from
brass instruments attached to Germans COM
mence. The number and variety Of airs re-
srl,s in a musical tangle before they reach
nv ears. The big saloon directly opposite,
makes itself most successfully heard. fall
TO sleep tired and exhausted with the strains
of a certain diaboiical German waltz. There
are cries and shrieks, and drunken howls and
drunken laughter. At times, oil this COM
bination of noise rises to a climax. 1t seems
as if the advent of Satans kingdom was ut
hand. Somebody's brain becomes unmanage-
able. 1t is driven by the tornado OF hurri-
cane whisky. hear the sounds 1f hight,
the hasty exclamations, the trampllng. the
momentary silence of the scutfie. The music
from the caverns about ceases for moment.
the girls rush out, the saloons are deserted,
there is o sound of the watchman's whistle,
and by the time | raise my window, two po-
lieemen are forcing bare-headed limpy
wretch with torn and tattered clothing to the
Station House. Everybody then resumes bus
mess, the orchestra once more pipe up, and
the dance goes on, And so all through the
night the orgies never tire. You wake at
four and that trombone is footing the same
notes you heard at twelve. nor do these sounds
always cease until the twilight of the late win
ter morning has merged into the plain light
of day, and morning procession OF laborers,
mechanics and store-keepers has commenced
moving. This nightly clamor is quite sooth-
ing after one becomes accustomed to 1t. One
may sleep soundly you know, in on operating
quartz mill.
THE HERALD.
The Herald is at last q thing of reality, and
not of report. The question now is; what
do you think of the new paper? And of
course, some of us find fault with it. We ex-
pected more from such large editorial corps.
We think it might have a greater range of
topics we found fault because at first 1t did
not express itself sufficiently on national ques-
tons; it was too digni6ed the great forth
coming paper of the Pacific coast was not the
Herald it had not vet arrived we found
fault that the wholesale auctioneers had not
in drove left the Alta and gone over to it.
We grumbled at all this and much more.
Still we looked for it every morning: we
should have grumbled had it not come pune
tually to hand. The remainder of the dailies
have frightened up more or less since Its ad-
vent. They always do this on occasion of u
journalistic birth. After little, finding that
the new conner is after all but human, that it
expresses opinions which for the most part
have been expressed before, that it chronicles
the same old array of murders, thetts. burgla-
ries, arson, rape and drunks, they subslde by
degrees into the old track, and resume their
average dullness. All save the Chronicle.
That sheet has marked out iine tor Itself
and that line is sensation. 1t digs and delves
in the mines of private life, and at short inter-
walls energies with treasure-a private sean
dal or public wrong, pictures of high life
up stairs. 1t daguereotypes dance cellars ana
swoops down on astrologers and fortune tel
lers. This is lucrative track. People talk
about the impropriety of publishing certain
rich and racy matter. Legitimate journalism
clngs to its old fashioned dignity, and the
public take good care to buy and read the SEN
sation paper.
Possibly, the Herald does intend to dcvel-
op all its strength ut once. 1t may intend to
grow on the public.
IIoLY WILLIE.
The sensation this week has been " Holy
Wilhe.n or the commissions and omissions OF
the Rev. Dillon Eagan. This gentleman has
previously been before the public. lie came
here in 1866 and started an Episcopal Church
on the high-pressure, ritualiStic plan. lie
could not however produce the proper letters
from his former Diocese. In consequence,
Bishop Xipp would not recognise, and finally
suspended him frnm his ecclesiastical fnnc-
tions. Holy Willie then went back to his
former residence, Philadelphia. After while
he returned fortified with justifcatory letters
from his old congregation. 1t appeared rs
though screw might have commenced work
ing rather loosely there. He had not, says the
Chronicle actually been disregarded, but he
had so conducted himself that his ministra-
tions were no longer acceptable, and he had
been compelled to resign.
That paper further states that on his return
hither, he become snrt of martyr. The wo-
men espoused his cause. With them the
Bishops non-reccguition meant martyrdom.
And from this sympathy Of the sisterbood
there came to be built the stylish Church of
St. James. Here on Sunday was performed
service six parts Episcopslian to half doz
en- of Roman Catholic. Here were read and
poorly read too, succession of sermons enti-
tied "The First man." "The First Woman"
The First SIM and ''The First Child. Ev-
iaently. he believed in Number Oue. The
Chronicle accuses him of stealing his sermons.
If 50. nobody lost much. was myself ta-
tap ~ Savsral t;oeS hv this Reverend mems