: The land of gold; reality versus fiction by Helper Hinton Rowan - California Description and travel; Voyages to the Pacific coast; Urbanization California; Real estate development California; California Gold discoveries; Law Political aspects California; E

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CALIFORNIA UNVEILED.

Introductory Remarks--Erroneous opinions respecting California--Sterility of the Soil--The Seasons--Destitution of Mechanical and Manufacturing Resources--Dependence upon Importations for the Conveniences and Necessaries of Life--No Inducement to become Permanent Residents of the country 13

THE BALANCE SHEET.

California statistically considered--Cost of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo--Price of Passage and Services of Immigrants--Total Yield of the Mines--Amount of Property destroyed by Fires, Freshets and Inundations--List of Sailing Vessels and Steamers Wrecked upon the coast--Public Debt of the State--Debts of San Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville--Loss of Life by violent measures--Extract from the Louisville Journal 23

SOCIETY IN CALIFORNIA.

Extraordinary Depravity and Corruption--Reasons assigned for the laxity of Morals--Much of the Degeneracy and Dissipation attributable to the absence of female society--The Case of an English gentleman--His Story--General Remarks concerning the different classes of Women 36

SAN FRANCISCO.

Importance of San Francisco--The Golden Gate--The Harbor--Long Wharf--A Motley Crowd--The Shipping--Names of Vessels--Vagrant Boys--Commercial Street--Wooden Tenements--The Jews--Fire-proof brick and stone structures--Montgomery street--Menial Employments--Professional Men washing dishes, waiting upon the table, and peddling shrimps and tomcods--Lawyers and Land Titles--Grog Shops and Tippling Houses--Bill of Fare of a California Groggery 45

SAN FRANCISCO--CONTINUED.

Clay street--Gazing in Ladies' Faces--The Gambling Houses--Heterogeneous Assemblage of Blacklegs--The Plaza--The City Hall--A Case of Bribery and Corruption--French Restaurants--Flour and other Provisions--Frauds and Adulterations 69

SAN FRANCISCO--CONCLUDED.

A Pistol Gallery--Doctor Natchez--Population of the City--Filling in the Bay--Lack of Vegetation--Yearning for the society of Trees 81

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