The Placer herald., 1870-04-16
Regular Correspondence to the PLACER HERALD.
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
SAN FRANCIsCO. An


elut the market with crime, or else take a most
unreasonable recess, and as they are at present
having long vacation, my letter to day viii be
as devoid OF bloodshed as one OF Wordsworth 5
pastoral poems. wish it was possible to make
some arrangements with them.--say a nice h0ml-
eide on Tuesday morning. or good burglary on
Wednesday light, something out Of the ordinary
yun. so that one could always depend ON having
at least two spicy paragraphs but | am AFRAID
they woudn' It keep to terms. even il | did make
ba, gain, 50 lhcy must be dismissed from calcu-
lat, on. and must pother through my memory
for s.. nething to write about
OrcIuI Nc You have heard Of our great labor
novemc. :. thousands Of unemployed camoriDg
for bread tr " nh in this city OF san Francisco,
and. as Genesis syst WAS So Hard times
respect this 20 dc1 land just as little as Death.
Boib are uuwele ome and come unbidden and both
are in a moasure~ b, yond man ) control. Who
would have thodght q year ago When We we're
rejoicing so demonstrate Vely over the compile
tion OF the Continental RAJ Uoad That twelve
month would so change oar olnloh OF IT, ASK
'Gunnybags' on Front street VI he prefers the
new mode Of locomoton, and he VIII snake ms
head and talk about thieying Chic NSo' ana tNe
loss of his interior custom; ask the @Ih IN u IN
nybags' employment what be think. o. IT, ana ne
will tell dismal tale Of reduced sal anH III
creased expense; ask Nike Murphy. WI. ing at
Yclba Bucna with pick and shovel for lea7c 10
will shake his head ana wish the great high wa '
was at the bottom nv the say SO tie prncip,cs
OF political economy which govern this question
Of hard times, (ajtT,buted by all 70 the Railroad.
ard undoubtedly in great measure produced by
it) are not welcomed as wholesome truths, hut
we fret and lune and kick az inst the Inevitable,
and niue men out oi ten long for the good old
days of stage lines and STEAMBOATS,. This labor
movement viii do au Immense dead OF harm to
the State. People abroad can't discriminate, and
it has gone ali oytr tie Lad il an exaggerated
form that the destitutUn and poverty iu san
Francisco Is something appalling. The Great
Central West, ever anxious to divert population
to her own Territory will use this as an argument
TO stop The course ofthe eni9raut bound beyond
the Rockies. gents in ST. Louis and Chicago
will grndly repeat the tale for months to come.
and California can make up its mind that the
year 1871 will show but little increase oil pOpu-
htion from 1870.
Political matters at present arc considerably
mixed, md, although this will be read by good
Democrats and a good Democrat is writing it,
can't conscieniiOusly say much in favor oi the
departed legislature, so we had, perhaps, better
taboo it altogether, merely rcmarking that Mr.
Eugene McCarthy's S revelation on Saturday that
be paid twenty thousand dollars for five notes is
not generally credited, because it is known that
be ould get them for good deal less.
We have been on the qui Uive all the week for
the great Blossom Rock explosion 1t was in
tended to come of several days ago, hu some
hidden cause (to outsiders at leasD prevented it
and no date is now mentioned for the affair. Pco
pie have an idea that the sight will be 1 wonder
ul one, and il the day is only known, Telegraph
Hill viii receive a Large addition to its fJatiug
population.
huge dispute is now waging between the
California Thca,er on the one hand. aud litlie
Figaro, the gratutous advertising sheet on the
other Ftgaro is Il spicely edited paper, lull OF
goOd thugs but !or some rea on or other was
eXclHdld from the Bush street Temple Then
the propr cor stationed his carriers outside OF
the ! heatre door, so that all who would could
procure copy. This gave great offence to the |
=, udcnt and ACTOR Lawrence Barrett, and On |
Monday evening be was annoyed as to forget |
tor the noncc the dignity OF Art, and stepping |
from the tragic Stage (yc gods lis tlue) made u
raid on the small bO,s who were distributing the
obnoxious programme. The affair created much
and the remarks made are not very
complimentary to BOsedln' Writing oil matters |
jCuru lllstic understand the Chronicle eulargcs
next Tuesday, comes out in new type and viii |
have other noticeable Improvements, which |
proves that the newspaper business is not over
done in san francisco, and that enterprise still |
pays.
The Montgomery Avenue project will be Put |
through Immediately. Commissioners were APP |
pointed yesterday and active operations COM |
mcuce il week or two Il runs from the corner |
OF Montgomery ana Washington, to Union Square |
on Stockton Street, light hl)ush the beul OF
the worst portion 0. the city. 1t is the greatest !
puOlic Improvement yet proposed and vail rout
out as fire nest OF 0ecumul ttcd human filth ana |
degraded humanity as ever collected in one
quarter.
he British Irou-clld ZeaiouS, which has been
in port some weeks leaves tomorrow tor Nicto- |
Tia. The Officers have won much favor from the |
ladies' by The very nee balls given ubolrd and as /
the ship has spent Considerable money in pur
chasing stores, tn men are equally we'll pleased, !
aud don't care how soon another foreign war |
vessel puts in short OF supplies.
That report about the visit OF Prince Arthur |
to California, turns out to be telcgraphic lie, |
though no one here seriously believed that a |
scion OF Royalty ever heard OF the Golden State,
much more intended to honor it with his pres
enCe.
About a year ago great interest was excited
all over the world by the announcement that
Californian had at length solved the problem OF
Nrlal navigation. Enough WAS proved TO con
vince the most skeptical, as well rs to confirm
the theory Of the scientific that model had been
capable OF moyeing thIoug gh the air
Ly its own power, OF moving in any direction
to the will OF the engineer, and able
by its system OF pld1cs to obise adverse winds.
Thousands of people visited the model, aud
nearly all expressed themselves that aerial DAyi.
CATION was an established TACT. \ cOmpan- WAS
then Incorporated with capital OF ten thousand
. ollars to be solely applied 10 the construction
OF the machine. Hard times have iuterlered
with the disposal OF shares but conf.
dence in the ultimate realization of the project
never waned. | had conversation yesterday
with the inventor, Mr. Marrck. and he SAYS that
in about six weeks he viii commence building
the machine. lie has in his possession hundreds
of letters from the most celebrated English
French and German engineers. telling him that
he has made the greatest advance in aeronautc
science since the days ol Sluloler. and it is not
in the least improbable that this year, 1870, may
60 down to postelity IS the epoch OF most won
derul discovery.
Amongst other things disposed of by The late
Legislature was concurrent resolution to Con
sress, asking 4 subsidy ior an American Steam
line to Australia. 1t was understood that in case
OF sufficient encouragement, Mr. Webb, owner OF
the opposition steamers that lately conveyed
passengers via Nicaragua to this port, would
place his finest vessels on the route, but | am
afraid John Bul! is getting a little ahead OF all
opponents. The Smacy papers OF January 9th
advertise the w ongaN onga' to leave that place
early in March Tor San Francisco via Auckland
and Hon0lulu, and il the experimental trip is
at all 4 success, the service will be continued
monthly.