The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-09-01
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE.
IrRoM OUR REGULAR coRREsroNDENr.l
SAN Francisco, Aug. 1S, 1869.
The Labor Exchange.

| vi luC SdlllOiuiA A@dOOi LANhohESr NhASA
was established little over a year ago in
this city The success of this institution
has been far greater than was anticipated by
| its founders. The demand for labor is always
far ahead of the supply. The Exchange has
been supported by the contributions of mer-
chants and others, and no charge whatever
is made, either to the laborer or the one ap-
| plying for help. In the month of July, 95S
| persons were furnished with employment: I:
629 men and 329 women. The business CT
the Exchange is attended to by Secretary,
who has a salary of 500 q month. He is in
constant correspondence with persons 10 va
rious parts of the world, who are anxious to
learn the prices of labor in California.
The Exchange has been already of great
benefit to the State in imparting useful in
formation about the labor market; in furn-
ishing employment to thousands; in making
the character and remarkable resources of
the State known throughout the world; and,
in fact, il has taught us our true condition.
Visitors from the East have been much
pleased with the working of this Exchange,
and intend to advocate the establishment of
similar institutions in their own cities. 1t
will not be long before free Labor Exchange
is established in every city of the United
States that has Merchants Exchange.
The subject of labor is so important to the
prosperity of every country, that it is sur
prising that an institution similar in character
to the California Labor Exchange has not
been established in Honolulu. The facts
gathered at such an Exchange in one year,
would present truths that you are now en-
tirely ignorant of and that are worthy of
being known to yourselves, and of being
made known to the world, to assist in deveI-
oping the resources of the country.
The demand for labor is, with you, as it is
with us, far ahead of the supply, but what
intelligent statistics can be presented to the
inquirer abroad, showing the demand, the
character of the labor in demand, the wages
paid, ETC., together with facts about lands,
and the extent, character and price of the
same.
A Nice Cane.
The Society of California Pioneers are GO
ing to present Mr. Seward with a beautiful
cane on his return from the North. aft is
made of iron wood, surmounted with head
of artistic design. The head is three and a
half inches in length, eight-square, and is
composed, in part, of Al triangular pieces Of
gold-bearing quartz, obtained from about
twenty of the leading mines in this State,
which are set in gold. Four of the sides
contain engravings. The top of the head
opens, like u watch-case, and inside are eight
compartments, covered by glass, containing
the following metals, products of California: {:
gold dust, iron dust, copper dust, platinum
dust, crushed quartz, black sand and gold,
crystallized quartz, and cinnabar." The cane
cost 81 900.
Drunken Women
are getting very common on our streets.
They reel about the sidewalks lay around
the street corners; and stagger into the
street cars If there is any sight melancholy
to behold, it is a drunken woman, half
dressed, laying on the sidewalk, swearing at
the taunts and jeers of crowd of children,
with no policemen around to disperse the
crowd, or take the woman away.
The Greatest story yet.
The people near Los Angeles have seen
something wonderful. The most reliable
men there say that at IL O'clock, NJ, on Sun
day last, shower of meat and blood, cover
ing an area of about two acres of ground,
took place. The shower lasted fully three
minutes, and the blood covered the blades of
corn and left them red. The blood was
mixed with a short, fine hair, resembling the
outer coating of furred animals. The meat
was in pieces, ranging from fine particles to
strips of six and eight inches in length. The
meat appeared to be the lights, liver and
heart of some freshly killed animals. The
day was perfectly clear, and the sun was
shining brightly, and there was no percepti-
BILE breeze at the time. 1t is said that all the
persons in the neighborhood vouch for the
above statement.
The California University.
The title to the site of the University, at
Berkley, has been confirmed by Judge Saw
yer, and it will soon be confirmed by the
Supreme Court. After this is done, the erec-
ton of the buildings will be commenced.
These will be substantial and imposing, and
great ornament to the opposite shore"
The Professors of the Institution have been
elected, and their salaries fixed at $500 a
month. The entrance fee for students is $40,
and their tuition is $50 per annum. The
University will be inaugurated on the 23d of
September next, and buildings have been
leased in Oakland for its use, until those
at Berkeley are finished. 1t is expected that
:he cornerstone of the new building will be
laid on the 22d Of next September, and Hon.
the address.
MeCoppin
Is now Mayor Of this young and fourishing
city, and be wants TO be elected for a second
term, and is laying his wires accordingly
The election for city and county officers will
take place now in week or two, and the
people are preparing for vigorous move to
throw MeCoppin and his crowd overheard,
place our municipal government in honest
hands, and save it, if possible, from the
disgrace that has overtaken the Irish city
of New York, and towards which we are fast
tending.
McCoppiD, who was elected by the Irish
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