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Show LETTER FROM THE BAY. 'Friat'O ami Siiuil l aeilal its (or Obtaining i:cliiguia The (iitrricus Popultitioii Ver-iu Ver-iu cry oi'thc Celestials, i:tc. San Francisco, Xov. l"th, 1?7. & UtniM U-intid: Possibly you have been wondering what has become of us, and how the air ot the Pacific agrees with our breathing apparatus, how we like T-'riiiCo, and the like. To carry out our promise, and possibly entertain some of your readers, we write. All the way down the west slope of the Sierras, in the cars, wc heard ladies and gentlemen talking of 'Frisco, the Bay, and the tiolden Gate; so that by the time we passed tiio "yam" on the Oakland wharf on to the Arry-boat, we found ourselves repeating over 'Frisco, Bay, Golden Gate; Golden Gate, Bay and 'Frisco. Of course these are tha lions of the coast, and we hope to tell you how they appear to us not as a critic, for we are none of that class. 'Frisco is situated on the easterly side of a number of hills sloping down to tlie Boiy. A portion of the city is built on made ground, much ol" its heavy trade being upn the fill. The water front from the northerly to tlie southerly point is something over three mile?. The piers are irregular and do not seem to be in the best condition. con-dition. There are enough, however, to accommodate all demands. The wharfs' of tlie Pacific Mail Steamship Company are in the southerly part of the city, are very largo and commodious, commo-dious, and supplied with the most modern conveniences tor loading and unloading their steamers. The lum-; lum-; her tra le of tho city U j-x tensive and no doubt profitable. Tho foundries and machine shops are quite extensive exten-sive and seem hilly employed. Wo are informed, however, that there is not so much mill machinery being built this season as lust year. The streets of .thy city arc not well paved, although some .of jhem are fine and attractive. Mo&t of iho i:Cienccs are wooden, built closely together or m blocks. All look nearly of the .color of the sand that continually hlnu-.; fmm the beach. With the n. sistauce of tlie it covers nearly everything, trees, fence:, lumped and people. In early times tho city crowded up on the hi'ls at the north end uf town; now it is spreading iii'ay Co )he west and southwest toward to-ward tii JXUriojj and Lone .Mountain. .Moun-tain. Tiie churches of the city are quite numerous, large and attractive. Dr. Stone's is the great attraction among our Congregational friends, Dr.Scott's itnougjhe Presbyterians, altiiuugh Calvary Presbyterian Church is a favorite favo-rite place of worship. Tho Catholie churches are largely attended. Their school.-, convents, Ac, arc numeruus, uiid exercise great inilucnce over their Communicants. Still Frisco is not famous for eiiunii going. Us gardens, especially Woodward's, are liberally patruuLed, thousands throng- ; ing its halls, green houses, galleries,, tic, especially on Sunday. Yester- 1 day some ten thoumd peoule as- seinbled in the Faviliun to sec the j Buialey brothers a::d oriii-ii pei'foj in. j Just inside the entrance i oodward j had plac:d a gold brick, worth 71,- I 4U0, to allure the multitude, and thev re?iK)iidtd by the thousand. Wovd"- ( ' ward's Garden is the great jjIjcc in . Frisco. The Germans and others j have their resorts; bands uf music pa-' rude the streets each Sabbath morn- ; ing drumming up their followers. Fruit stands, i:c.t tLc, are open, :ind i trade in spirituous liquors is especial- j ly lively, on Sunday. , The biisni'iao houses of Frisco are largo and liikM with good goods, and j i'roui wiizi we have souu their pric-s are rtisouable. AN'o cannot help ! thiukhi however, that the people of L'tart have a larger field ea-fto make I purchases in. Tiie grain crop of California s g-jin- forward to j market. Warehouses are1" mil, a::d I several line vessels are here loading, j Prices are good, and tanners proportionately propor-tionately happy. Tiie hotels ',, i!:i ; city have been so e'tb-n patroni'd bv your readers, and so frequently refer- j rul to by visitors here, that we wili only say that they are good so far as we know. 'n,c croWll6 u( Inil.in t-H-k br..k.-is that mn-n-.r.,,,,, corners to the great th.,cniifnrt "of many utjera aie .ur-ing tbnvanl, fi'.::iting the .-ame VM-h d.u- but .-o;ne of tue:ii are sjjU-Al m.u 11 'id t'nen. 1'irliap. i; ,i balane,. could lo struck teUlay. tin- k--- Wnllid Wl'l'il dnwn tiie g.dll.l. mo'le-a preU ii-iojis oi'tbe ritv ate shvwn by us claim to p-jpulatiou. "They say" thev have one hundnd and (i-a'tv tinnwind. If so, the, ! hi-t tiiirtv or t"ftv thousand ; I are in ' th- Cbine.-e quarters, j ! N'i'V the Chin.'-e ar not a dead let-. l r. even in T:is- o. They pddle i VrL'i-ta;-h - w.i-ii, m:.ke 1'H'i.s, tin- . ware, sl:s. Vc: in fa. t tliey are ituhistri.'U-: but of all the places i on the L'reen earth tbrsmells, tl.el'hi-! tl.el'hi-! in se quai't-'iN of t!iis city at lord tite 1 ''ivatet variety opium and onion-;, ariic and grease, cabbag.' anl carri-; carri-; on, sni'ikc and everything etse, name-; name-; less and hen-tofore unkowu. i St: eel railway are numerous, and ; a fiord convenience and ineansol Iran- ; j sit from one- oxtrwme of the city to the I other, lor five cuius. By the way, ! five cents brim; in the revenue to ! railways, ten cents empty purses. Ii i vi a know any ten-eee.t lines, advise "them to coine d.fwn. You will thank ' m1 to stop now, provided you can I learn about the Bay and Gate in the future. W. Ii. B. |