The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-08


icrowding each other back from their slip
perry hold in their attempts to ascend. Some
/ Of them succeeded in reaching very
considerable elevation, where they appeared
to be sleeping soundly in the sun. Those
that were chasing each other In the water,
and contending for positions on the rocks,
kept up constant barking and growing,
distinctly audible except when drowned ly
the dashing and roaring of tho waves. We
could see all their motions, free and swift
in the sea, and clumsy on the rocks-their
teeth and the long gray whiskers upon their
! jaws were clearly visible. Comparing judg-
ment with others in respect to their length,
size, and weight, do not think / exagge-
rate in saying that we saw some stretched
out on the rocks that would measure from
ten to twelve feet long, their bodies near
the fins about the circumference Of q good
sized horse, and their weight may have
been from twelve to fifteen hundred or
of integrity, long resident on the coast,
assured me that he had measured one that
was fourteen feet long. thought Of our
Sabbath-school children, and wished could
give them picnic at the Cliff House, and
study their expression as they should watch
the sea lions.
| A very noticeable feature of the popula-
! ton of San Francisco is the large number
of Chinese. They are estimated at about
q, 900 in the city, and some $4,000 or &c, 600
in the State of California and in the Terri
tory of Nevada. You meet them almost
everywhere, and find them engaged in
almost every department of industry. In
the city they have concentrated their resi-
dences, markets, shops, and commercial
houses, some of which are highly respecta-
BILE and much frequented, in one "quar-
ter" where, on several streets and squares,
almost everything you sec and hear is Chi
, nese.
We were very politely escorted 10y Mr..
; D., who had extensive business acqualnt-
ance among them, into several of their
places of business, in different branches OF
trade; to their joss. house, or place Of wOr-
. ship, and to their restaurants, where deli
cate and generous hospitality was rendered
. to us. At all times and everywhere, as we
, saw them constantly for two months, they
appeared quiet, courteous, and industri
Gus and, taking into account their various
employments, as neat in dress and habits
rs any other class of people.
I Imagine yourself taking a walk with me
street, and there, at No. $40, you see the
sign Of "Chy Lung & Co, >" an old and
, we'll accredited firm, importers and dealers
: in Canton grapes, silks, etc., etc. Then at
73O, "Yu Yuen, Ching kee & Co.." deal
] ers in teas. Dupont street, 7l6, " Lun ~
+ & Co.." drapers and tailors; across the
street, "Hop Yik g. Co.." dealers in Chi
tnese goods and provisions; there is ''Quone
Tuck" dealer in watches, clocks. jewelry,
, lrings, etc.; and for variety sake, ono more
there is, "Dr. Li-Po-Tai, Chinese Doctor
+ his card (which l have with some fifty
: others-all Chinese) the following item is
printed ''Patients charged ten dollars pei
week in advance, and medicine found"
, This much is given as specimen OF thu
, streets and squares of the Chinese quarter
!, Here they are, and more all the whllo
, coming. The questions of labor and capi'
tai, or politics and morals, which arc mINct
! up with their coming. do not undertake
) here and now to discuss; but If the de
! mands of labor are such that capitalist:
: cannot safely invest or build, there stanc
the Chinamnn, asking to be employed, ant
{ saying, "Me work we'll, HE work quick
we work cheap-try me-"
> The churches of different denomination;
= have established Sabbath schools for them
, which are quite largely attended. Many
, who attend arc doubtless attracted by tht
facilities offered TO learn our lanSuagc; bu
with it they learn much else Of religious
! truth and it was to us Il solemn thing II
uGdI sCOlSS VI ohS Aoho
, PRAYER together, and singing some of ou
. sweet Sabbath school hymns. Our laundr,
: work was done by them for two months
!, and we found them punctual, polite, ant
, anxious TO please, whilst their work wa
f uniformly better done than that OF other
: engaged in the SAME business and oilcrin!
' to compete with them.
! The atmosphere rs well as the tempera
/ ture on the coast was to me delightful
: Whether it be the blood Of the horses, o.
the atmosphere, OF both combined, 1t sur
: prised me to sec and hear Wnat WORK can d
performed on the road (and / suppose II
! other ways as welD by their horses. Calm!
: at an early hour in the evening upon ou
. mutual friend G.: NJ, he informed me tina
family party of four had been taking
\ drive "down to the ranch "-dStance, j.
: miles-performed out and in, "a miles, will
!, one pair of horses, between breakfast ant
f early tea. Speaking of this to friend (Mr
X, who rendered to us the use OF his Owl
fine "turn-out" during our stay, much tt
. our comfort, J he smiled, and said that hi
E team had performed ninety miles in day
:, and added that livery men would let som
= of their horses, to persons whom the,
:. knew, for drive Of eighty miles in day
+ Whilst we were among the stirring. people
, Of " Frisco we began to get little fast our
: selves that expedition planned for Il part.
. of us to Belmont by the generous, ,hospitablc
n cheerful, all alive w. c. R.-when Il quic
sentence to his driver" Il little lively now
o John, ,"-put fotr horses III hand, so T.
= their well-trained and even stepping, tina
we closed up the evenings drive at the rat
a of fourteen miles per hour, quickencd ou
a circulation somewhat more, perhaps, 0
y Belmont and its surroundings, and of Mr.
q r., intrepid in business and public spirit
a rs in generosity and hospitality, at anothe
p time. More, much more, would say o
n the goodly city of San Francisco but for tn
!. risk of being tedious, and much more OF tn
: hospitalities and kind offices shown to us
o | good in themselves, and so well done, bll
! the grateful recital of these would be to-
Il long for letter.
= III can command the time, must try t
: describe to you, in another letter, 9Th
q California Geysers," in Sonoma county, an
}. one most charming and exciting eNcllrsoG
q thither. The "Geyscrs deserve to b
- ranked amoug the wonders of the world
h Beautiful Lake Tahoe, i'll the Sierra NJ
n vadas, where we spent five days, also dt
serves q special notice, and hope to give i
o From thence we took the route homeWart
p over the same track which had borne u
= safeIy away from those We love and lovingl
|, remember, to scenes SO new and lntereS
II inc, and to new friends so kind, that not
n ing but the sacred affections and duties {
. home and home citations could reconcile L
II to the leaye-taking. Yours truly,
n c. II. READ.
THOUGHT 1T WAS HER UUsBAHD.-Or
;, dark night, not long ago, Il burglar entere
= a private residence in Sixth avenue On 4
j. cending one flight of stairs he observed
4 light in il chamber, and while hesitatil
= what to do a large woman suddenly descen,