Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-05-07
Our San Francisco Letter.
s,xFpAxo1sco. Anril Doth. 1870.


Orleans receives them in regular batches-di-
rect mportations from the Flowery Kingdom,
and the Celestial ulcer or blemish (opinioas diff
fer) will soon be spread all over the Union. 1t
seems to be the fate of the United States to have
to settle all the most difficult problems of the
age and especially those which arise from the
contact of the so called superior and inferior
races. Our late Legislature tried to tackle the
subject but signally failed and conclave of
schoolboys would have done better than they did
In the meantime while waiting for the advent
of the coming statesman whose intellect is to
solve this Asiatic puzzle, each has his own idea
as to the best means to be adopted in conforming
their obsolete civilization to modern PROCESS.
Joseph Sanloff and Judge Sawyer hold diamet-
cally opposite opinions this important ques-
ton. Joseph is not celebrity, but merely
comes into temporary prominence as the victim
of circumstances. He believes in the moral in
Auence of brickbats aud differed with the Judge
to the amount of sixty dollars. The Rev. o.
Gibson, chairman of the Chinese Sunday school
association is an advocate for their Biblical edu
cation, and thinks that good crop of virtue can
be reaped by literally sowing Johns mind with
Scripture and hymns. At the third quarterly
meeting of this moral cultivation society, reports
were presented from thirteen schools, showing
an attendance of nine hundred and fity-seven
! scholars and proportionate teachers, though
complaints were made that the latter did not
come forward so readily they ought. DR..
Scudders ladies Bible class, it was hinted,
never short of the male instructive material
while Mrs Coles Chinese womans' school had
ne 'er volunteer. Perhaps a want of spiritual
affinity is the matter. These Sunday schools
are doing an immense amount of practical good.
No one with grain of sense really believes that
it is possible to convert ChinamaE to theOlogi-
cal christianity, but his intellect may be quick
| ened, his notions of a common property in chick
ems corrected, and habits of truth telling and
cleanliness nculcated. They might as well at
tempt to change the character of tobacconist's S
wooden Indian as regular opium -besotted Chi
naman So Mr.. Gibson and his fellow workers
take hold of the plianle bright-eyed youngsters
and hammer into their heads that Josh is u STU
pid numbskull his temples are insult to .onr
community and his worship played-out, abro-
gated superstition. In addition to this they are
taught how to WELD the pen, and name the al
phabet and who knows but that these small
small efforts to elevate our fellow may not
cumnate ia a mighty movement, that shall
shake all Asia with the throes of people get
ting rid OF AN intellectual thralldom. Great
| thOeity says that little leaven leaveneth the
OF scrap of Western knowledge, he tells to in-
creduous audiences the wonders he has seen,
they doubt but think and the end will surely be
much good, and perhaps eventually a great con-
quest over custom and tradition. Frank Leslie 5
illustrated has an artist here busily engaged
sketching Chinadom and several fun PACED pic
lures OF scenes familiar to every San Franciscan
will shortly be published.
Amongst the lncongruous elements composing
our population, who would have thought Of
meeting with a gang of Gypsies On Saturday
an encampment of them was discovered at Oak
land point, across the bay, as comfortably pro-
vided with donkies, darkey-eyed children, and
covered wagons as if they had just stepped cut
! Of a three volume romance. The females made
quite a sum of money by telling fortunes, but
Uaklanders have IL tradison derived doubt
from the responsible perusal of light literature)
that Gypsies are noted for lack Of knowledge
about the rights Of property, and so the heredit-
AIRY wanderers are ordered away.
As irrepressible as these nomades are two of
our city gentlemen, who, whatever betides, al
ways manage to attract to themselves a consid-
erabe share of the public attention. If Jack
/ Stratman aud Thomas Mooney don't head San
Francisco s delegation to heaven, it won't be for
lack of push and enterprise Since the demise
of the Tribune, Major Jack has not put in an
appearance in society-barroom and street soci-
ETY., mean, of course-but he now turns up in
the role of an associate in n street-car spec
ulaton, known the San Francisco Belt rail
road. 1t is to commence at the junction of Eley-
enth and Bryant and after meaudering through
more thoroughiares than decent-sized map
could hold, gets into Van Ness avenue and wan
ders back to the place of beginning. His CO.
partners the Smiley Brothers and J. NJ Yer
denal, the Chronicles late clever correspondent
Mt Sacramento, but now interviewing the saints
at Salt lake Mr. Mooney, with sharp eye to
business, takes advantage of the row amongst
] . ~.
on Monday next, at Patt's hall, for the purpose
of forming an independent company-Thomas
Mooney, Esq, chairman, Mr.. Mooney secretary,
and T. Mooney treasurer. The Shakesperian
mandate, " Put money in thy purse" is actively
understood by both Jack and Tom, and if a cold,
heartless, unappreciatiye world did not system
atically repress their energies, considerable
share of coin would long since have been gath
cred into their Golfers. Great genius is never
properly estimated till after death. and when
that eventuality occurs, the militia warrior and
anti-insurance monopolist may reasonably ex-
pect handsome eulogistic tombstones, but it Is
all too likely that while they tread this vale of
tears martyrdom of derision will be their only
reward.
From copies of official documents procured in
advance of publication, collect the following
interesting statistics relative to the agricultural
and mineral wealth of Trinity county. The
figures are for the year 1869 Acres enclosed,
1890; cultivated 4,2S4; comprising O35
acres Of wheat, l29 of barley, 10 of oats, 26 of
corn, l34 Of peas, II of beans, 1873 of potatoes,
81 of onions 2,4G7 of hay. "a tons of beets, 1872
of tuuips and "a of pumpkins and squash were
raised. 1870 pounds of butter, $40 of cheese
and 200 of honey were produced. Number of
apple trees, 5,499; peach, 1868 pear, 2,259
plum, l,256 cherry, 564 nectarine, 3O2 APP
ricot, 2s5; ounce, ia; fig, 7 almond, 90
walnut, l3 gooseberry bushes, l,734 rasp-
berry vines, 1, ,75l strawberry, lO2, ,4O5 grape,
20, 400 and l41 gallons of brandy were made
The number Of live stock consists of 568 horses,
209 mules asses, 978 cows 45l calves, 1852
beef cattle, 2l4 oxen, BAG sheep, 1888 hogs.
You had 99l chickens, 800 tuskess, 207 geese,