Weekly Trinity journal., 1873-07-26
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
[rRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE ]
SAN Francisco. July q. ;73.

DEAR JOURNAL Since my last letter
nothing Of startling interest has trans
pired in the Bay City. We have had
several suicides, but they were of the or
dinary class and none Of them involved
the usual tragedy of precedent murder.
This morning james Anderson was fish
ed out Of the bay and the Coroner is now
trying to find out whether he committed
suicide or fell off accidentally. Edward
! Lambert, clerk, failing to get employ
ment, concluded twas best TO try the Sc
crets of that undiscovered country
and dose Of poison sent him there. The
/ subject of suicide is not cheerful OBJ
ject to gaze upon at any time. Those
who die by self-inficted wounds have a
look of mingled agony and fearful de-
termination upon their features. Those
who take poison generally bear the ap-
pearance Of intense suffering, unless by
opium or morphine, when they seem to
be asleep. Suicide by hanging in this
city has gone out Of fashion. Cinnamon
try it occasionally, but it is out of date
with Caucasians.
Lizzie Cannon, the young woman who
shot so close to the left ear of the hand
some broker, G. i. McDermott, came
before the Municipal court to-day, smil-
ing complacently because she knew JUS
tiee was not ready to tackle" her case !;
McDermott being absent with his wife in
Europe. She will be tried in August.
Lizzie says she didn't shoot at him that
his father-in-a fired the shot, The dis
charged weapon, however, was in her
hand and several saw the shot fired.
We had small riot at the City Gar
dens yesterday amongst the hoodlums-
about fifty Of whom tried to force their
way into the place. The police resisted
with pistols and clubs-battered heads
and bruised fingers and faces resulted, and
about dozen were arrested. The police
received reinforcements and finally drove
the crowd off. L saw one of them in pris
on when his mother, respectab able-look-
ing lady, came to bail her hopeful
son. His treatment Of her may give your
readers some idea Of the hoodlum. As
she went to the bars Of his cell and asked,
William, what are you here for new
er thought l would have to look for you
in such a place." His reply was Here
for nothing at all, dye ye hear, old wo-
man. Now, you jist shut your jaw and
git out of this. Dry up now, and take a
walk round block on yer ear, ketch
yer wind and come back with sugar
enough in yer purse to bail me OUT"
Then his companions set up mocking
chorus Of vile epithets against the poor
woman. Grieved, mortified, shocked,
she could only reply, William, | came
to get you out, but now l will not give
you bail you shall stay here" Then
she left and the over-grown, cowardly
brute sat down in a corner and bawled
like cur. The Court to-day gave him
a chance to finish his "cry" in the coun-
ty Jail. You ought to see a collection Of
these hoodlums-coarse, ill-favored, sore
eyed. thick-lipped, lopjawed, sneaking,
dwelling creatures. They puff their hair
out behind, pull it down over and plaster
it on their foreheadS to the eyebrows or
fix it then in short frils la the blonde
demi-mond, wear peg-topped pants, short
coats, and boots with heels two inches
| high and set forward clear under the
instep. They always go in gangs with
hoodum girls, sometimes for compan-
ions. No place is safe from their incur
sions. They will insult ladies, rob, steal, g,
cut, shoot, stone Cinnamon and defy in
reference. One of our military compa-
nies " fixed crowd of them on a pic
mic once and it was the only time they
were ever treated just right The hood
lums tried to take possession Of the eXcur-
sion boat. The Captain Of the company
ordered his men TO arms and to charge
bayonet. They did charge, drove the
scoundrels to the forward guards like so
many hogs and held them there till the
boat reached the city. They let that
company alone now. These are the
wretches whom it is proposed by some of
our local statesmen to arm against the
Chinese. If it is ever done, there will
be such slaughter of hoodlums in this
city that we shall not hear much about
them for long time afterwards. They
will encounter worse foes than CHINA
men.
The three main political parties are
moving ahead slowly, taking soundings
cautiously, displaying colors very hesi-
tatingly. The policy worries the great
army Of candidates who begin already to
show signs Of impatience. But they
must wait, for "Rome was not built in Il
day, my boy" and it takes time to man
ufacture states
The mining stock market is knocked
almost to ilinders-weak, panicky, bear.
/, ish for ten days, and not much better
prospect for the immediate future. The
, crowd on California street looks like {
demoralized funeral procession. Wher
all stocks are "off" and going down
down, " deeper than plummet soundeth,
nobody is making anything and every
body in stocks" looks cross, surly, wor
ried and sorry. Margins are to be carried
or they will 60 overheard sure. There
must be more "mud and they mus
furnish it, 1t is hard on the fellows, bu
most of them stand it as losing gamblers
bear their financial troubles.
Tho friands of Chue A RueeoII ,,,,,r