Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-01-05
LRrrRR FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANclsco JanuarY3, 1862.

years which have preceded it. Midst
a population composed so largely Of
the people of Europe, every nerve will
ever be strained to Its utmost to cele-
brate those holidays, rs all who have
been in those countries know.
But few know how much Monte de
Piete,r or the gilded balls had to do
with the seeming prosperity OF the last
week. That there Is q depression, a
stagnation of business here heretofore
unknown, Is seen and conceded by all;
and the most sanguine can see no
source Of alienation for some time, ut
least. But it serves as a lesson to
rebuke the arrogant egotism of a GER
tain class of so-called political econo-
mists, who think they can originate
causes and govern effects. The rail-
road was to make San Francisco In the
present age what old imperial Tyre
was to tile ancient commerce OF the
world, and people were made to be
lieye IL would be done Immediately.
But instead of laudation, nothing Is
heard but disappointment; the senti-
ment Is almost universal. nu', w.
prehend, the raiiroa9 - not ai'ose..en
to blame. san Francisco may NOT envy
ancient Tyre. She ms aiiea1y iar
exceeded that almost my'u nsa oiea,
| through her hands far exceeds all the
| Old World ever saw. fit was deemed
a leat Oh wo.,igr any .I'a ahnsm, hstwcen
an aIin! 81 phn,n,c;a ond the
u nam i"i,u a,o. n,o,,id tha o[mc,ents
ancieIi. Si.S, "nn , ~. MILF on miles
say coniu .ney sec ,Hi from tha do,
OF anu "<es.eu ~ tsn,oO y, nooee
hiaih VI NeP.uL ,,;ntor;om, tIon'
Wilno"t .n9 "soSt,os oT Si,tor;oms
SINUS Ut ."S pE.SpSsnn w;SLos 10
arm! nmh r%nv So,r".s;nn che
KNOW ths c.ese u - os th;s
| must look over proaueu "IeI vi .ll'
State than the ROAD Will ever eU'e,'
She must 100 NJ the wrecks tllu sis..E
Ows OF hundreds OF once nouuisIh,is
mining towns, around the river banks
and mountain slopes, Wh,ch onee III
rich proflsion poured their wealth. OIL
treasure into the lap OF the queen city
of the land Of gold.
Fifteen years ago visited TINS place
twenty years ago iirst saw NJ. lhen
her hotels We're filled with miners anu
men who had been successful III otsl-
ness at the mines, all lavish In eX-
Expenditure, and all, as they waited Tor
the steamers, paying tribute at this
great toll house for the oceans Golden
Gate. That has all passed away. Then
Hundreds who came monthly from the
mines with the intention Of going East
ias I too well know were drawn into
the whirlpool which bubbled, and
seethed around. this mausoleum Of
buried hopes, and gave their all to her
and sought the hills again; In many
instances still vet again. AT that time
the wealth of the land was distributed
among the people; now 1t Is gathered
together and yarnered in the hands of
,.omnaratiyelv few. And although the
railroad is accelerating that condition
of things-although one hundred small
vessels hitherto employed OH the rivers
and the coast are now lying idle, their
crews discouraged-that IL not all the
cause of depression. II the law Of
compensation is the law Of nature,
there is another cause which now re-
yenres itself upon faithless and rot
ten policy. The millions Of treasure
which have gone to Asia has Of course
naid tribute here while impoverishing
ali the balance of the State. 'Tis her
self who has defended and inausurated
4 source of self.destruction, till now
In the very heart of this city Is the
nucleus of an Oriental city, as separate
and distinct from our civilization as It
l. nossible for antipodes to be. ! am
not preaching anti-coolieism. The
time Is mast for that. The inevitable
must nreyail. Let us hope that among
tbe ipscrutable purposes of the All
mighty there may be some beneticent
design i'm seeming calamity. There are
twenty thousand of them here, twen-
ty-five hundred women, creatures,
slaves. When l saw hundreds Of Mon
golians passing me on the streets DAY
BY day, apparently gentlemen OF leis.
ure, each having that self-complacent
look which is always the evidence OF
worldly success, | was puzzled to Know
their means Of support. But when IN
company with a policeman fexpiored
the lower levels OF this city, the dehs
and reeking avenues OF 0 tia "a
gan shame, Knew it an. ! wiii wis 9,
something on the i0wer leNeLs. ~ WI
he interesting, Us shoMing tie iIIuiILss
meiits Oh American cl'lia.Ition III sn.s
the nineteenth century ol tne CIi,istiail
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