The Placer herald., 1870-07-09
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
FOURTH OF JULY IN SAN FRANCISCO
The CITY Draped in FlaSA--MOnster Pro.
cessIOn..-lsram Dfsplaysss.rhe Regatta
1.-The Fireworks.


1.-The Fireworks.
SAN FRANcECo. July 9Th.
For the past week preparatory explosions OF
patriotism have been adventng the coming of
the GLORIOUS Fourth" Juvenile San Francisco
commenced several days ago to MAIN and mutt
late itself by discharging suupowder from cast
iron pistols and some half dozen ingerless hands
early attcsted the danger of allowing the young
idea 10 shoot For fortnight back every small
specimen OF humanity, from baby in nurses arms
70 baby big brother oefat ten. has bad ins,,-
table craving tor Star. Spangled Banners; and
popping crackers. bursting OF pombs, and gener
warlkc noisiness has ittingly overturned the great
performance of yesterday. Early on
SUNDAY
Flags. banners streamers and National devices
were thrown 10 the breeze, and in many cases
stores and private residence were gaily decorated.
Throughout the afte. noon and evening small
boys built small stands or the sidewalks, and
drove thriving trade with brother Juveniles in
crackers. bombs and other fireworks and it WIS
with great d fficulty that the feeble church bells
could be beard above the dim OF explosions eebly
ringieg their usual UNDECIDED Sunday evening in.
vita,ion. On sunday night small army OF work.
men commenced systematic decoration OF
MONTGOMERY STREET,
And though many time and oft has our local
Broadway put On holiday attire. all former al
tempts at adornment were in comparison TO this
but rs clean shirt to a new wedding suit
Mont gomeIy street was fluttering mass OF flags
Thousands of small banners were stretched at
regular intervals across the street they waved
iron every flag staff. hoated from every window,
| fes,ooned every doorway, drapcd every corncc.
and hung in rows from store to store. The fronts
oil many of the buildings were literally covered
| from roof to basement with the starry banner,
| while immense arches erected at the corners OF
| Market. Bush and Jackson streets, displayed the
Nations colors in rich protuson. BY happy
| thought fac sin,le signatures OF the ssners oi
the Declaration oil lndepen lcnce were written Gu
calico in large letters and strung across the street.
making pleasing contrast to the sea OF red aud
blue that rose aud feel on all sides 1t was early
on Monday morning before these preparations
were completed, and the
GUNS OF ALCAiRAz
Were already laundering s.lutaion to the day
| when the last tired worker gathered up hammer
and nail and FASTENED home to don his holiday
garb. Long before the sun had dispeled he
| usual morning mist the streets began to he busy
with the unaccusomed traffic OF pleasure seekrrs.
| The early boats came in crowded with country
| able to accommodate the rush from its way sta.
| tons and every Dad init the city was tbronged
! with n stream OF misc CellaneOus vehicles. loaded
| in a manner that showed an extraragant estiml-
| ton of what a reasonable horse could pull. BY
| seven O'Clock the
| STREETS WERE THRoNGED WITH PEOPLE.
Some strolling round the City Front looking
at the gay wrea hing Of the shipping; others star
ing with astonshment ut the ftiry like transior
nation Montgomery street bad undergone. AMI
some providentiy taking time by the forelock
and selecting choice posi- ions to view th" process
| sion. Soon after eight. mounted ai's. hesished
! with many colors began to gaiop recktessly to
and fro Struggling uniforms began to appear
here and there, and street musicians. carrying all
kinds OF geometricahy shaped Instruments. com
menced to hurry to appointed meeting places
Hall an hour afterwards. the musicin having
consolidated into brass binds. drummei and
,rmpetrd the struggling uniforms nov con
verted into companies TO the corner OF Market
and Kearny streets. where these were still further
consolidated into regiments, and then into d!v-
sions, and then again ntoa
PROCESSION
That must have been almost three miles in length
1t was a congloneralion Of cavalry. infantry. ar
lilery. Irish American, american Irish, Tenn
perance, Religious and Benevolent Societies, Fire
Department. brass bands, Goddess of Liberty,
school boys, butcher wagons, and harp of Erin,
welded into mass by patriotism at ten clock,
disntegratcd Ivy appetite ut three. The Goddess
| OF Liberty was there seated as OF old in her tri
umpha car looking ~ fresh and blooming AZ il
It is WAS her fourteenth Instead OF her ninety
fourth birthday. Jack Stratman WAS there, n
perfect mous,uehed hero, leading school hoy
brigade with all the fercencss of his martial
arer The american Eagle was there. so badly
s'utf,d that its internal anatomy of stwdust ran
out and the unfortunate bird dropped aud col
l.pscd into dummy. The other Mooney WAS
there, riding in carriage. his eyes ieamng ln-
surance and his tongue talking Swings aud Loan
Society. Clergy of both the FalliEle and lnlalli-
Bile Churches were there. looking unctuously
pous and orthodoxically foolish, and. not last.
nor least, His Exceilency Governor Haight was
there. looking ior all the world like decent
American citiz.n and Il gentlemtn. The process
sion was one hour in passing given point and
being well organized. promptly on time and un
swellcd by The shop keeping patriotism that has
hitherto converted these prades into cheap ad
ver,ising mediums. will long be remembered rs
the most splendid dirplay ever witnessed in San
Francsco.
REGATTA
Was one of the features of the day. Twenty
seven craft spreading their canvas to the breez'
and careening over the surface OF the beautiful
bay in a style that gave one a temporary insight
into the feelings oil the MIN who wrote "A lite
on The ocean wave" and induced modified ap
proval of the sentiment contained in that much
abused song.
ID" THE EVENING
Was cold, foggy and cheerless, but that did not
prevent the weary thousands from trampins up
to the acreage of sand at the corner OF Market
and Mc.fllister streets, where numerous indesrcib
able locking ercctious gave evid .ncc that several
thousand dollars of the peoples money had been
spent for Il most unsatisfactory small amount Of
powder.
THE FIREWORKS,
As is always the case were the only failure Of toe
celebrat ion, but as that is now an annual occur
renee no one was disappointed at the result
Mort Of the large pieces got so thoroughly satu-
rated with moisture from the damp sea iog that
they had not spark of ambition TO be a success,