, 1870-06-04

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Who is to blame for tie crushing out Of an
importa interest I do not know, but the
Central Pacific Company declare that they
are ready and willing to do tho fair thing il
the other company would do the Bnme. AZ
it il, the tariff IL practically an embargo on
shipments, and thousands Of tons Of such
fruit 9. you never raised, and never could
raise cast Of the Rocky Mountains, must bo
fed to hogs or rot on the ground in California
again this year. We are backwardstbis season
By some three weeks no peaches have get
come to market, and the cherries are only
fairl 5 in. The receipts Of Strawberries from
Santa Clara County in eiDglo day last week
aggregated 10000 pounds.
EXCURSIONS.
The season OF excursions ia now upon uH,
and for some months We look for lively times
receiving our EaAte1n friends and sending of
our California men, women, and children who
seek their old homes beyond tho mountains,
and go to renew. after the lapse Of many
years the associations Of their youth. How
many will find the changes which have taken
place during their absence so great
as to make their visit productive Of
fear! Az for you on the other side, every
thing will be fresh and now to yon; no empty
chairs, no old homesteada demolished, or oc-
cupied by atranGers no neglected graves in
the cemetery to bring Sadness to your hearts.
From the bottom Of my soul envy you! For
ure Of good long risit to the home Of my
youth and early manhood, when the railroad
waB finished, ind now that it is finished Visions
Of all the sad thinge have mentioned rise up
before me, and hesitate to 80 at all Ny
old home is desolate; the grave has closed
friend; am no longer young, and tho associ-
atoms Of my youth have passed away; why
should I 60 at all?
The teachers in tho public schools Of San
Francisco, to the number OF 100 or thereabouts,
| and 165 friends and acquaintances, making 2G5
a}l told, leave here on special excursion trAi,
Saturday next. the 28th instant, for Chicago
and tie East. They arc good people, and will,
trust, have good hmo but please remem~
Der that, with us, the young and tender achoot-
| ma'ams usually marty of and quit the busi-
ness very soon after entoring tho ranks, and
indurated only remain. Don't take them for
| fair representation Of tho fair se1 Of San
Francisco; that would be rank injustice to
those they leave behind.
About the 9th Of June second excursion
| gotten up "promiscuou," among our citizena
/ not acquainted with tho parties managing it,
and do not know whether it will turn ont a
fair representation Of our people or not. The
Pioneers Excursion, Last year, certainly did
not.
Extensive preparations are being made fol
the reception OF visitors to the Yosemite this
year: The faro has been reduced to ?12 b,
| the line rid Stockton, Chinese Camp and Hat'
| din's, for the round trip from San Francisco
and back; time, two days esch way; horse.
| back-1idipg, only ten miles. Allowing fol
meals and lodging Oh tho road, extras, etc, etc,
! the entire tnp, including bosId at the valley,
| ought not to cost more than 935 to $40, and fol
| this email sum one can hardly afford to miss
| the grandest scene on the continent OF Ameri'
| can now accessible to tourists.
| And get, strange as it may seem, many o.
/ our citizens here in California do miss it, yea1
| after year; many never see it at all. Would
you believe it, talked with en- old friend, yes
family, who start East on Saturday. l sskec
where be had been; ''Oh, only out to tht
] Cllff House on Point Lobaa; my family hav.
been here since 1885, and had never seen th'
| sea-lions; they thought they could not etlors
| to 60 East and have It said that they had neve
looked On one Of the great natural attraction
Of the country!" was his reply. Here he hat
been living, year after year, within half-an
hours ride Of the farorite haunt Of the mon
ste1s Of the deep, and never been to eco them
I Yon will come from the Atlantic coast tc
look upon them, and be well paid for youl
journey II an hour; but nature has baen q
become au1feited, and neglect them, as We d
the glorious fEuita which 20 astonish and de-
light our Eastern visitors. He has not ye
/ seen the Yosemite or the Geysera oyen; il
we're IN his place wonld not go East for Al
other year, snd would sec mora In tn
! meantime than he has seeu in tn
pAst u yeAxs- Tha Yosemite RATA ha