The union Democrat., 1870-04-16
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San FRAScrsco. April oh, 1870.

THE WEATHER.
The weather here is abominable. We suE.
fer about Is different shades of temperature
per day, cold, raw, damp, foggy, chilly. rain
in drops, rain in showers, rain By the bucket
ful aud always just enough of blue SKY visible
to hang hope on tina; i, may clear OF in an
hour or two. This with the earthquake last
Saturday keeps us in murderous frame Of
mind. We have a right TO expect good wealth
er at this season. We are neither taxed for
It, nor have we 10 buy il; hence there is no
reason that il should be adnlterated or that
we should in any way BIO swindled out OF 1t.
To-day it is clear and sun-shining. But said
sun has no effect in warming the atmosphere.
That is rs cold and raw as blast from the
Bsuks Of New Fauudland. Oar sun is like a
tnllow candle stuck in cold stove. Such
weather is humbug
NOT DEAD.
Jim Murphy is s'nt dead and am exces-
sively provoked. Hammond and Robson,
both former residents Of Tuolumne have seen
him within q few days. The next time
obituarate over anybody, | will make my
self sure Of their demise by post-morte,n ex-
animation rs all well enough saving nice
things Of dead man; it's against all prsce-
dent to saw them of live one.
YERBA BUENA, PARK.
The details of this official bungle are too
voluminous for ono letter. A crowd of men
cry out for work because in Happy Free
America, it .s the duty of the rich to provide
work for the POOR; official stupidity deeming
itself competent for any emergency or posi-
tion, bids the poor man to come on the Park
and work he comas by the hundreds by the
ment, no head; everybody pitches in and
works on his own hook or somebody el>e's
hook and gruhs and digs and hoes here, there,
anywhere fs he rleases; some of the crowd
are needy; soLie have bank accounts: poiti-
cal demngcgues hover around and amongst
them like fish-hawks over shoal Of herring;
in similar manner they draw their pay.
Tom. Dick Harry thrust in their hands at
the pay window for their DAYS wages; no one
knows whether they have worked or not III
all huge, childish swin!le: fruit peculiar
to cur present political system.
They were paving that crowd off for three
DAYS: IL is the easiest of ways to make two or
three dollars; go stick your hand in the pay
window; sing out ivan and q half DAVIS wur-
ruk;" get your three dollars; repeat the ope-
ration till you're tired.
We need not complain of such things. It
is the peoples business; they rule or think
,hcr AZ. tbo r,,lt I;os ,y;,b ,o;,hon a.. -.
that party; it is deeper down in human ma
ture.
| endeavor not to be of that family, who at
every evidence Of official Encouragement crv
out =" There see that did'rt tell yon SO?
Isn't it all pretty commentary on our boast
ed civilization, and what else could you ex-
pcct of this, that or the other party"
If n community of thousand men really
wish to SEQ a piece of work which concerns
them all properly performed. it will he pro-
perly performed and the gates of He'll shall
not prevail against them. If community Of
thousand. why not ten thousand or hun
dred and fifty thousand?
But this is the age for grinding axes; not
merely axes for dollars and cents, but axes for
position. axes to satisfy pride; axes of emula-
tion. Col. Holt, the Park Commissioner is
good, kind-hearted old gentleman; he would
do ahout "wha. is right but his axe is po-
sition; he likes to be in high seats before the
pcople; this Is natural. perhaps praiseworthy
when Joined to the proper ability; it is no sin
To aspire; hut It is an awful thing for mole to
crawl into the eagles place; Col. Holt with
an army of 900 clamorcus workmen at his
heels on the Park grounds loses his head; so
did kloppenburg the other commissioner; so
dti Daaatue; there was no power for man
acement or morGl Influence. Dan Patterson
IN similar position would have been worth
them ali; for Dan with all his ahomnable
roughness has a bead to supervise armies of
workmen, as chose two ruins, the New Ditch
mud the Sonora Road. confronting each other
In mournfal silence fre,a either hank of the
upper Stanislaus ahundantly testify.
RcaoRs.
1t is rumored that two new daily papers
are to be started here. one to emanate fran
the material of the old Times to be engineer
cd by Marcus u, Boruck, and to be in the
Watt interest for Governor. tI ask every
body's pardon if have misstated things or
my informant liedl The other is a bit morn
ing paper to he Published by an association
of printers. SO much for rumor. Anybody
has right to start paper and indulge in all
the journalistic destination they please, There
.sre two theatrical free sheets here now, and
another on the stacks Soma one else saws
the Alta is coming down to % cents per week,
Some one else asserts that tae Sacramento
si'aioa will do likewise. L, is certain that in
regard II prices things are getting from month
TO month or their "i9" perches.
THE AFRICAN.
1on know Of course that the Africans now
legal man brother and voter. He has
now the right he has SO long demanded.
shall take the liberty of becoming 2rephe:ical.
Tie will in few years 90, in public estima-
tion. just where he belongs. There will
3encetorth be for him no excessive sympathy,
to bolster him into prominence.
TUoHNS.
The long sought right will for him have a
long aud sharp thorn. 1t will clearer than
.'cver show him the distance between himself
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