The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-11-12

appearance. ''snd upon working u the yield has
been at nrst very great fabulous sums have
been offered for the claim which have been re
refused and In short time the mine has ''shoal-
ell OUT" and the owner finds himself pennies,
High living and fast living we know to be pro
ductive Of insanity. Think Of the terrible strain
upon the nervous condition Of the man who in.
dulges in wine, fast women, gambling and horse
racing! These with others are the incidental
evils Of every new and quickly settled country,
and especially was II characteristic Of California
where gold had been 50 cheap, and the evil,
complained Of are not entirely obliterated. by
any means.
| made q remark a little above In regard to
the Irish. They form q large per cent. Of the
voting population, and are the backbone Of the
Democratic party. They are exceedingly intol-
Grant In California, which SONS to be charac-
teristic Of the race. Mscauley states that when
after long years Of oppression they were grant
ed an Irish parliament, their FIRST act was TO
confscste the property Of all foreigners. They
remind me Of German in New York. We
were jammed In an omnibus on . rainy day,
when burly German hailed the driver. We
all very naturally shouted to the driver that the
bus was full. but our wet friend was nevcrtho-
less admitted, who wedged his way to the fur
Their corner, where be managed to squeeze him
SELF into a seat. Very shortly the bus was
hailed by young woman who was standing In
the rain without protection, when none shouted
30 Justify against q further crowding Of the ON
nibus as did the burly last incomer with his wet
garments. The Irish, coming from oppression.
poverty and intolerance at home, are the first to
Cypress and impoverish others in this country.
Educate an Irishman and you make Republi-
can Of him in almost every instance; but un-
fortunately all Irishmen are not invariably cd
ucatel, and they naturally drift into the Demo-
cratic party, where the less man knows the
more valuable acquisition he Is. The same is
true on this coast. When the Chinese, engaged
for the laborers Of the Pacific road, landed in
this city. they were stoned all the way to the
Chinese part Of the town by the Irish, but by
no other foreigners. And the prejudice, and the
hate, and the intolerance to Chinese laborers are
confined exclusively to the Irish and the Demo
cratic demagogues who use them for political
purposes. They have ruled the city for a long
time until this year, when there was formed q
taxpayers ticket" which was barely elected,
and Patrick 0'Flibcrgarty was sent to the rear.
They arc chiefly employed in street labor which
here is immense on account Of the removal Of
50 many sand mountains, and ON street cars.
They form the "trade unions'' of the State,
and demand that Cinnamon shall not be en-
ployed by white capital. 1t is needless to say
that they think eight hours days labor. and
that the remaining hours should be spent in
improving their minds.
An old Californian, and the largest manufac-
turcr Of woolens upon this coast, remarked to
me yesterday: "The meanest emigrant who
comes here or goes anywhere else, is the man
who prefers to work two days in the week ruth-
or than six, and this is a characteristic Of no
emigrant here except the Irish. The first in
quries Patrick makes when arrived in Califor-
MIA is. 'whare is the post orrifce an the GUS
tom house WHARF is the Church Of the HoOly
Mither; WHARF can we get drink. an who's
goin' to be marc,' The German, on the contra
ry, asks, what car ! get for my labor, what
will il cost me to build house and what will 1t
cost me to liver" Evidently our friend is
prejudicei.
San Francisco must be the metropolis of the
Pacific, rs New York is OF the Atlantic coast.
with its harbor unsurpassed by any in the world.
A few years ago ships came to the port laden
with provisions and manufactured articles, and
sailed away in ballust, because there was MOTH
ing to return. In 1867 the value Of the grain
shipments alone was thirteen millions Of dollars,
and of the thirty millions worth Of various man
uiactured articles in the State by far the largest
part was cx ported. The city is built upon a
peninsula four miles wide. On the south side
is the bay into which the Sacramento and the
San joaquin rivers which drain the south and
north of the State, empty; while on the north
side is the narrows or "gOlden gatc' with thirty
feet Of water at low tide. This peninsula is
made up Of rocky hills with valleys intervening
and Of knobs Of shifting sand, barren dunes,
which change their form with every wind.
Many Of these hills and knobs have been cut
down, and the materials which formed them
used in making new lands along the shore.
Some are now in process Of excavation, and
prccipices and high banks startlc you in the
midst of the public streets; but others have
been thought too formidable for change, aud so
the city climbs rather than removes them.
shall not visit the 70 Semitic valley, or Los
Angeles, or San jose. or the Alemedan mines
objective points for the tourists; for my time is
too limited. The subject Of Chinese immigra-
ton and the Chinese is the engrossing subject Of
interest to this State, and as John viii surely
work his way east, II is well to know him before
he arrives. With this idea have improved
every facility to learn as much as possible Of
John Chiusman, his past habits, characteristics,
ability and future. by the invitation Of Ar
Ying, Chinese merchant and one Of the rich
est in the city, attend the novelty Of a Chinese
theatre this evening. .......
4 Proposition.