The weekly Arizona miner., 1870-01-08
From the Lo. Angelo. Star. Nov. a7tn, 1scc.l
Correspondence.


 EDIroR STAR; -- Were you ever in this, the "Ncw York of the Pacific" this "Western Lon. don,' or this Future Metropolis of the Civilized Worldg'
 These are but three of the many names the good people of this mighty city Of the future" love to bestow on their giant of the mysterious future.
 can most fully assure you that if high hopes, towering aspirations, and m utter disregard for the truth, will make great city, this san Diego has future before it that will make little cities like London, Paris and New York blush at their diminutyeness But, on the other hand, if good soil, good water, fine wood, lumber, grain, and in fact, agricultural resources Of every description, are necessary Co make city then San Diego has already reached the loiticst pinnacle Of her glory She Is now as high as unprinciped land spccula- tors, lying newspapers, and Ben. Holidays steamship line can ever make her.
 During the past year thousands of persons have been induced to come here, under the belief that the Southern Pacific railroad was fast approach Ing this point; that there were thousands-ycs, millions-of acres of the finest agricultural lnnd in the world for sale cheap, and only waiting for laborers to produce abundant haryests that there were many rivers and swollen streams of water flowing through the country, which only required labor to spread them over the rich valleys and fertile plains to produce speedy and abundant re- turns.
 Now what arc the factsy
 In regard to the railroad, it Is well known that John c. Fremont is at the head of this San Diego southern Pacific road, supported by such small fry as Rosecranz, Hunter, and others of the same class who are also Fremonts on a very small scale. It s well known that the chief of this party never attempted to do anything that was not the perfection of failure. In our Western States he Is known as the "Grcat Railroad Ob- structionist.h That Is, he will obtain the fran chise, and then keep the road back until he Is bought out It is useless to ailude to Fremont's assistants in this matter. But can assure you of this one great fact--thcre Is not and never has been the slightest probability of this company do- | -aN. .aF- here to the East. They will not only fail entirely themselves 10 build it. but their present franchise will enable them for many years to prevent any other company from doing so.
 In consequence Of false representations made by Fremonts agent in Paris, six or seven millions of this eompany's railroad bonds were sold, and the money actually paid for them but when the facts were made known, the agent was arrested by the police iu Paris for swindng and all the money secured, except about 0,0O0, which Ere mont captured.
 In regard to the agricultural resources of this country it Is absolute fact that farming land, except in small patches here and there, does not exist l speak from actual observation, having ! frequently been here before, and travelled much ! in the back portions of the county. High mountains and barren deserts abound In ! great proiuson, but good farming land flowing rivers and bright streams of water exist only in | the imagination of land sharks and Taggart, the | gassy editor Of the San Diego Union. San Diego | at this time imports her barley from Anaheim, | her cows from Los Angeles, her flour and vegeta- 1 bies of every description from San Francisco. | Everything she consumes is imported, and the money that pays for it is brought here by persons who have been deluded by the false promises of l lying spectators, assisted by Ben. Holladay, who, Of course, is well paid by carving them to and fro ! on his steamers.
 Many of the recent arrivals here are poor men ! with families, who have spent all or nearly all their means In getting here, and now find il utter ly impossible either to get employment or get ! away.
 IL is high time such barefaced and heartless swindling had come to end. Like all other towns on the Pacific coast from Sitka to Guyamas San Diego suffers much from the heartless man ncr in which she is treated by the great dictator o teamsters and steamers.
 Four days before the steamer sailed the other | day from San Francisco, every berth and state. room ca board was sold and all who came after ! that-men, women and children-had to sleep on the floor, but lit;le better of than the pigs and sheep that came as freight and were stored on the ! guards close to the passengers You can easily imagine that the perfume from these animals, ei.- | tering the windows where these women and children were sleeping, must have had a soothing effect. But l will pursue this portion of dis gusiing subject no further
 The provisions furnished on the ship arc on par with the sleeping accommodations. The fol
 lowing story may cause smile of disgust, al 1 though do not vouch for it's truth:
 One morning 2. :hc brcakfss; ta5is passenger asserted that a portion of the dinner was com posed of the remnants of previous meal; ''and now" says he, "to prove It. will take one of the
 flies out of this hash (which he accordingly did) and will mark it thus removing portion oi one of its wingsl and place it back in the dish
 Now" says he, "Ill bet you new hat l can find
 that same fly in the soup this afternoon at din
 ner" The bet was taken, and sure enough the
 fly with the mutated wing was that same day
 found
 Yours, vIAToR,