Middletown transcript., 1869-10-23

them, largely devoted to this character of
trade. The stores in these streets are
large and very elegantly fitted up, and
their contents arranged so as to display
them to the best possible advantage
and in their most attractive form-they
are kept open till a very late hour, say 10
and IL o'clock, with every gas jet burning
at its full height and the side walks crow
ded with ladies and gentlemen for many
blocks.
Most of the important streets of the city
are laid with the Nicholson pavement, and
consequently the carriage and buggy driv-
ing on them is very pleasant. Street cars
are running upon many of the streets, and
some to important points for miles out of
the city
The San Franciscans are evidently fond
of fine horses and elegantly finished car
riages. There are several splendid drives
in the neighborhood of the city. The AL
media road, from Almeda to San Jose, sha-
ded on each side by large trees, is great
attraction. The most popular drive, how
ever, is the drive to the "Cliff House."
which stands on high cliff, right on the
Pacific Ocean. 1t is distant about six
miles from the centre of the city, and one
of the finest roads for horse travelling you
can well imagine. A friend called for me
at six o'clock this morning, and we drove
out at the rate of about $40 all the way
AT the Cliff House we met another friend
who had three of the Representatives from
New York, and partook with them of
sumptuous breakfast which the two San
Franciscans had ordered These fellowsstop
at nothing in the way of expense to crafty
and please you After breakfast we went
out upon the large back porch overlooking
theocean, and you may imagine the scene
which presented itself-on a bright, sun
ny morning as it was. About half a
mile from the shore, though they seem
to be but stones throw off, are two i'm
mense rocks rising-I am afraid to say
how many feet above the top of the waves
These rocks are called the Seal Rocks, and
there you can see the seals laying about on
the rocks, basking in the sun, or working
their way over the rocks with their great
clumsy fins and tails, all the time barking
at great rate, so as to keep up contin-
uai olatter, which. whilst at breakfast,
sounded like some immense saw mill, as
the only thing I can now think of to COM
pare it with. There must have been at
least hundred seals scattered over the
two rocks this morning, some of them
weighing, we were told, 1900 to 1900 lbs.
When they come out of the water their
hair (for they are hair seals, or sea lions,
and not the fine fur seals that are found in
Aiaska) lies close and sleek upon them,
shining like glass, but it dries as they lay
thnra oDd haoop,o,
Besides the seals, large quantities of
seal fowls rest upon these rocks, and hun
dreds of them were seen there this morn
ing. Their deposit is kind of guano,
and gives to the top of the rocks white
or chalky appearance. The birds and
seals are protected by law, and severe
penalty inflicted upon any one found shoot
ing at them.
The great question to be solved here is |
the future result of Chinese emigration. |
There are now over 70, 900 in this State,
and at least $4,000 in this city, and they
are still coming. One or two emigrant |
ships have arrived since have been here.
The emigration cannot be stopped without
eoerciye measures which the government
will not, and perhaps cannot resort to.
They do not appear very likely to assimi-
late with our people. They maintain rig
idly their own customs and style OF dress,
and they import all their own clothing.
They require very little for their support,
and send away to their own country all the
balance of their earnings. They have
their own temple and perform their heath
en- ceremonies and the worship of the deity
"Jpsh," without interruption. They are
apparently very meek, quiet people.
Their countenances all indicate an inno-
cent, quiet, spirit. They pass along eyi-
IDENTIFY occupied with their own thoughts,
perfectly Indifferent about the curiosity
they excite. This, however, has almost
disappeared, and is found only in the new
arrivals from the East After you have
been here a day or two you take no notice
of them, though you may pass 80 or 40 in
walking single square They live to-
gether in certain streets both here and in
Sacramento, and the corruption and de-
bauchery among large portions of them is,
| am told, terrible and disgusting in the
extreme. There are, however, some very
and genteel people among them.
At the entertainment given to the Grand /,
Lodge by the merchants and business men
of the city, at the Chamber Of Commerce,
there were six Chinese merchants preseat,
one of whom made short speech. They
seemed to be, as we conversed with them,
gentlemen in their manners, and very in j
telligent men. The prejudice against them (
appears to have been excited by another
class of foreigners whose places they take
in the labors of the country and some Of
the politicians are unfayorable to them be- I
cause there seems to be no chance to make |
voters out of them while they supercede c
those out of whom voters may be made. S
The Chinaman has no desire to become a
voter. He knows nothing aboutsuch mat
ters. In the country Le comes from no
such privileges exist and he cares nothing |
about it. All he wants is to be let alone, |
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