The union Democrat., 1870-07-30
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
SrccKrax, july 24th 1870.

Srcckrax. July 24th 1870.
Eplros rsNocRar Stockton like San
Francisco is complaining of dull times. We
uotice several very fne brick balldings 10
course of construction, and witness the ART
.sai daily Of numbers Of huge wagons loaded
with wheat; workmsn are busy at work hli-
ing in the slough at the head of navigation;
two -four mills are torning out daily. hun
dreds Of barrels Of -four; foundry employs
many hands, all the lumber yards appear
busy. The Yosemite Hotel, Welbar liMuse,
Tuolumne Restaurant, and the hundreds of
other boarding places are well patronised
The Tuolumne Saloon. Vanderbilt u Nc
,aush.in, Jack Douglass elegant billiard
Saln,n in the Yosemite lIael, and the thou
sand ano ane salonnS Of the city all seem to
thrive. The Independent Herald and Re
pnbl;caa all flourish. The Steam Navigation
Company's Steamers -4mador and Jaifa ar
rive aud depart ON alternate days With pas
sengers and freight; hundreds at sioaps and
schtone.s arrive with freight and depart la-
den with wheat, barley. woul and other ex-
ports: the Central Pacific cars dump ,tf
AT their depot, cut upon the suburbs, hun
dreds Of passengers each day of the week;
the eight different stage lines hrihs at every
trip, eight or ten passengers to eath coach.
Mayor Evans assisted by Chief of Palice
Fletcher, keep the city orderly and quiet. The
Century P!aus has "sprouted. Elton Ba-
ker is tep, busy putting up prescriptions f,F
o ,or devils whon. Dr.. Bruwn is aarryiag On
to their graves, and occasionally 5nx Of ,e-
yer and ague pills for Dixon. NJ Jamestown,
who wants ta phSsie the aia;cred mp hsa way.
| Stocksonians must make up their minds to
| he ccntented with small Iavnrs and doing we'll,
and not gromble il D,me Fortune does not IA
of old III the good old doya OF 40 and so.
shower down Ter riches into the laps OF each
and every one of them. Bat Stockton is not
alone. Grumblers infest every nook and cor
| ncr Of the State. Sano.a aud Columbia are
| full of them People never know when they
are well IF until they have disposed Of the r
| place of tu>ines aud traversed tie Srate frlm
one end to the other, and Ii "a gu. that each
they are and that ali branches Of business Is
over-inne.
| Stockton IL steadily going ahcad despite
her host of eroaaers, and when her c"n'em-
plated railroads, (the C,ppernuolis and Visa
| ha.) and her canal are completed, che will
with one hound step into Sacramen,o's shoes
and stsnd forth the second ci y IN the g"kfen
State. We take great pride in the welfare Of
Stockton. Tha gold frnm the gulches and
hills Of old Tuoumne helped to build her up.
and we dug some Of that gold out Of the bow
! els of the earth.
The Peoples line of stages from Sonora
and Columbia came in yesterday crowded
with passengers. Tommy Byrne the gentle
manly agent in this city infnrms us that the
| Penple's Line is getting all the travel. Torn
my is live agent and if any one il Sonnra
| hound he is sure to find them out and make
them take passage On the PEOPLES Line lie
has a snug little nffi:e et the Yosemite Hotel
lie tutu us tUAt al We WAtteu u iTee Tlue 10
Columbia tn get upon onr horse and travel.
Willie Davies. son of Gen. w. A. Davies.
| fnrmerly Gf Tunlumne. WAS one Of the fnr,u-
nate candiiates for Caietshipa' West Paint
(, Only thirty-rine cut of one hundred who ere
examined wars accepted. Bravo for Willie.
lie il modest. noble hny and his manv
friends in old Tuolumne will rejoice at bis
success.
The funeral Of John Murphy. one Of the
Pioneers. took place TODAY under tho auspi-
res of that s"e;e,y. II was the largest funer-
al ever seen in Stockton.