The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
sACRanENro CORRESPONDENTS.
GOSSIP FROM CITIES.
SACRAMENTO, March, 10th, 1870.


CLOSING.
The I6es of April draw near. Already in
dications of the SESSIONS close are upon us.
The idlers are leaving. We miss the familiar
faces. Won Prag betook himself some weeks
ago to San Francisco. The legislator seems
somewhat weariej. Even this business at
$40 per day would be terrible thing to last
through all eternity. We ere tired Of the
stereotyped breakfasts at the hotels; the fare
is good enough: but. it has the curse of culi-
nary monotony; restaurant steak and coffee
gather a monotoueus flavor from surround
ings; from the eternal and combined steam of
so much meat and vegetables cooked together:
from being culinarily operated on in the same
pot or pan or by the same man; from being
perience renewal and freshness of appetite
when asked out to dine with some private
family.
We are tired of the inevitable bootblack
brigade pestering us in the morning nt the
botel entrances; tired of their ceaseless Have
shine Sir" "Want yer boots blacked %
They buzz around one like gnats and are as
ceaseless in their prosecutions. They follow
you half block. dabbing at the back of your
coat with brush broom; il You contract with
one for polish, half dozen of his unem ploy-
ed companions, box and brush in hand gath
er about, set on their boxes and inspect your
boots while the job is ii progression. We
are tired of all this.
The Legislative machinery also tires us
from the Chaplain's prayer down tn the last
motion to adjourn. We want to go home.
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
San Jose has the State Normal School.
ments and even sent delegation of young
ladies to lobby for it. They smiled on Sena-
tors and Assemblymen regardless of expense;
held levees and cracked champagne at their
hotel and didn't win. The cards were wax
ed and all could see them. Women must be
very clever indeed to play the lobbyist we'll.
Men won't Part with their votes merely for a
smile. That style of tactics has been exhaust
ed at Rag-Fairs If woman must come
into this political role, she must learn to de-
pend on something else than mere attractive
ness of person. That is fine thing, very
fine thing. But it doesn't cover the whole
ground. A mere face, be it ever so hand
some, wil tire after time. Young ladies
may cnt this out end paste it on their mir
rors. It's rough but it's true.
STOCKTON.
The Stockton delegation arc here often wor-
rying over bill, empowering Stockton to aid
in the construction of the Stockton and Visa
liza railroad. The Stockton delegation is
Tuolumne bred affair and generally consists
of Evans, DR.. Browne, Sedgwick and Mont
gomery, formerly of Smelling. whose former
nearness Of residence to our County, entities
him to all it's privileges and fame, Their
general bearing and behavior impress all be-
holders.
SAN Francisco, March, l4tb, 1870.
SAN DIEGO.
That San Diego gold fever HASN'T resulted
in rush vet. saw the Steamer off on Sun
day morning. Her decks were not crowded
the pier was; many had come down thinking
probably TO sec large advance guard bound
for the new diggings. But we do not bite so
eagerly as we used to. Gold Bluff, Frazer
River, Kern River, Idaho, Montana, Cariboo,
and White Pine have beat and banged eau
tion into us. We find one fat claim and ten
lean ones. And nowadays the first discov-
erers stake off claims by the mile, leaving but
little for those who come after them. We
must hear further from these San Diego dig
gings ere we swallow the bait, book and ali.
ON BOARD.
Yet some familiar figures were on board
familiar not rs to face but general external
characteristics; the man with long. gray, griz-
zled beard, gray shit, felt hat and pipe; the
man who has never failed one of these rushes;
who has led the vanguard from Carihoo to
Colorado; who will die at last in the desert
hunting for new leads. The young man was
there. new to the country; just over the Cen
trail Pacific; just in time to ship into the new
est and freshest excitement, If there be luck
for anyone, he's your man, he's green; that's
a passport in California to good fortune; give
me for luck young Eastern man; who does mt
know whether sluice-box be square or round:
who was baby in "49;" pu: him in a new
district; send him laundering, blind and 10
norant out to prospect; the less you tell him
the better; ignorance in these matters is not
only bliss, 1t is prosperity: send him out in
the hills and his chances of striking streaks
of pure god, cleaning out of quartz lodges
are an hundred fold superior to yours if YOU
be one cf those poor. miserable unluckv
wretches A Pioneer. Your golden DAYS of
grace expired way back in "52;" you put
your pile " raked in the winter from the
Chinese or Columbia or Shaw's Flat dry dig
gings in the " bed of the river" 1t was in
summer; fumes, wing-dams, head-dams side
walls, water-wheels; pork and beans, whisky,
beef, gin, tents. the early fall flood, drowned
out; cost you Sl2, 900 didn't it; never had so
much money since; never will again either
Destiny said as to your worldly fortune.
far ho1t ,I 20 rtI