Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-08-14
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
MERcHANr's, New York Cir, |
- August Sd. 1868. (

the rates of fare on the California Steamers
I have concluded to send what have been
able to learn to you, that all who are in the
vicinity (all who take the GAzErrE) may be
equally posted. From the best information
am able to obtain here the opposition line
only sends out one steamer per month, and
will send 10 steamer August Sd; therefore
the rates are pretty high this trip by steam
ers Of the old line, via Panama being 70,
Storage, $l25; for second cabin, $175; 70,
first cabin, 1926. Whenever there is an op
position boat going out, doubtless, the old
line comes down to lower rates. will find
out and wlite you from the Isthmus, Or from
San Francisco, about the times of departure
from New York Of the Opposition Steamers
Persons wishing to take passage on the Cali
fornia Steamers Tor any otherO should 60 tc
the Office, where plan of the vessel is kept
on which such rooms and bcrths as are taken
are marked out; by taking list Of the mum.
bers already sold you can Of course 60 on
board the vessel and readily ascertain what
rooms and bcrths are not taken, and thus
make choice to suit yourself. There is con,
siderable difference in the rooms and berths,
as regards ventilation, light, and location in
the vessel Chose nearest the middle of the
ship being less affected by the tossing Of the
waves, and better for those much subject to
seasickness). Anyhow, don't buy 8" pig
in poke;" when you can so easily satisfy
yourself in regard to your room before sail.
ing. | don't think the passenger list will be
large this trip; judging from the number
who had bought tickets up to yesterday (Sat-
urday) I don't suppose there will be to ex-
coed two hundred passengers 60 out on Mon
day.
I have already found two or three Califor-
mia chums, who like myself are returning to
the Golden State
The city is at present perfectly quiet. One
can hardly realize that the town was so lately
the scene Of riot and bloodshed. The city
is at present rather dull, as regards business,
though latelya considerable number of coun-
try merchants have been arriving for the
purpose of selecting their Fall stocks.
Owing to this being the middle of the no.
season, not much in the way of amusements
can be found. A party of us from the Mer.
chants went up to Woods last evening and
roasted there for an hour or two while wit
Messing some darby antics of rather tame
order; indeed, some parts, and some of the
jokes, ETC., were what in California would be
termed very sick" The night before we
went to the New Idea theatre-pantomin
etc., the idea may be new here, but bet
ter performances in that line than they we
witnessed night before last certainly have
been played out for some time on the Pacific
Coast About the only satisfaction derived
during the evening was from hearing part
of the performance soundly hissed
The markets here arc well supplied with
peaches, pine apples, bananas, and many
other fruits you don't often see in the West.
There are considerable number of SOL
diers in the city at present, and squads of
artillery and infantry are to be seen nearly
every day on Broadway. Officers, arrayed
in all the pomp and circumstance of brass
and blue cloth are to be met with on every
street, and gently decline" on the steps of
al the hotels.
The draft is TO be " tried on" again in
this city Tuesday next. I don't think there
will be much trouble on the occasion. The
"huskies got about enough of the fun du-
ring their late uprising. At Woods last
night, while one of the burnt cork niggers
was enumerating our great men, some per.
son cried out hang him! !" when the name
of Horace Greeley was mentioned. 1t was
but a-single voice and nobody echoed the cry
or seemed to approve of it.
l have, nowhere seen as good crops as in
Iowa. Corn along the Lake Shore road, and
in fact clear through to this place, looks de-
cidedly hard. In many places through
Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio the blades have
oil been killed by frost, especially in the low
spots in the fields, and are dry enough to
burn. Much is coming out in tassel that is
not two feet high, and saw plenty of corn
that was not over one foot high and yellow
to the roots. Give me the prairie soil before
oil the clay or gravel land in the world, for
weathering out a drought. Along the line of
the New York & Erie r. R. saw field after
field of oats not above ten inches high ;
buckwheat out in blossom at four to six
inches high, and other crops on the like
magnificent ~ scale. Did an Iowa farmer
own these fields, he would not walk through
them more than once before, committing sui
eide. They beat US on mich cows though,
particularly in Orange county, where saw a
countless number of extra fine Though not
extra large) cattle. Coming through that
tactical shire, l saw rll of water leaping
down the side of precipitous hill, dashed to
milky whiteness by tumbling over rocks,
and putting on sober face and turning to a
lady from New York city, who occupied seat
behind me, pointed to the stream and asked
her if she would be " kind enough to inform
me as to whether what saw there was Or
anUa cnnntv milk ~ ov;doptl,, tool tho