, 1870-09-06
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
The I rip from San Ernucf>co 10 Saa
DtrEo-Tnc New nnd the Old City
Dtort1l-i DeIightfuf C!iuntr.

Ittc L rtr from van EfNucf>co 10 Shsa
DicEo-Tnc New nnd the Old CITY
Dtortll-A Detightfu1 Climate.
Correspondence ef Ihe tfhica,. Tri3uut.
new SAN DIEGO. Cal. Aug. -.
In comrli,uce With your request, l seud YOU
MT impressions Of this part OF California,
gathe.ed from few veeks' soJourn here
THE 1nir HITLER From SAN fRASc1sco
i. made by steamers of the North pscific
Transportation Company, and occupies three
days, nearly oue-hslf Of the time being con.
sumed in receiving aud discharging freight
and passengers at Santa barbara and San
Pedro. saho latter being the port OF Los
Angeles wlich lies twenty-five miles inland).
At both these points passengers and freight
arc transferred from tine steamer Qring in the
open occanl to Lighters, by which all arc
conveyed to the shore. At both plsces
.bc steamer rolls heavily, to tho
imminent danger OF those engaged in
lishtering. au!. particularly 20 At San
Petsc, where the tremendous swell makes
limb. It is very unfortunate for the Psciiic
Coast that there is not y ha1bor between San
francisco and San Diego, 4 distance Of more
than i've hrpdred miles. For the information
Of travellers, I will cay that the fare, first
Class, from San francisco to San Diego. By the
the line is rs. gold, which includes paasage,
state-Ioon, and meals. Tie table is e1col-
lieut.. the be1-linen fresh and clean, and the
n1l;ee:- all that can be desired. We hal about
sc|ent!-fye through Passengers, sad ~ many
more getting on At different stopping places-
I ! am told br Captain johnson, Of the Oriz2ba,
| ;LAt but for these ssorpages on the roate, the
| Trip can be easily made in forty horrs. or
c-u1se in khat case, tl,s expense will be PRO-
| poztionateiy reduced l. u generally under.
| s:o.d that on tue completion at tho Southern
Pacific Railroad, having it's terminus here,
san Fganclseo. making ,he trip in thirty
touls. ...-.-.
| THE HAaBoR OF SAN p1Et.o.
AZ we enter the hasbor Ut San Diego, we
| p:ss Oh our left j highland bluff (the south
ern se1mi1us OF the peninsula OK Foiut
mile beyond this is Ballast Point, long ueck
OF land rising Just above the water, on winch
the government is about erecting fortitica-
tions+ At this point IL the entrance to the
bay, about 900 rods wide, the opposite shore
bc,ns > low peninsula, stretching awaE to the
night as TAR as the eye can reach. those points
appearing like two great arms stretching out
to embrace u.s. The ha1t,or il VERY beautiful,
and, an told. has ample accommodations
for the cavise Of the World.
/ THE HoIEL AcooAAonA1IOSS
here are Of the beet; indeed, tha new hotel,
now completed. win be open none too soon
for the credit OF tie city in that reapect. !
understand from the proprietor, Mr.. Horton,
that it will be ready for the reception Of slsi.
tore about the first Of October. II appears to
he all that cau be desired {or hotel Ac-
commodatine, az It will, j, sumptuous STYLE
three hundred gaests, it il, by far, the fines,
hctel building in Southern California, and it
its .lanerse ssze is prophecy Of tho future
Of the city.
NEW sAS DIEGO
is 20 c,iled in distinction from old San Diego
which is email eettlemeut. more than oot
hundred years old, made By Mc1icans, and dis
taut from the present living San Diego abon
| four miles. The Meaicans have = custom O
building theit towns IL the interior, and awa,
| from high water, while Americans lug th
wxter line. Old San Diego is fast being dc
populated, and the desirable portion OF lis ia
hatisants have nearly al1 transferred thei
residences to the new town, where America,
enterprise is fast building up city which bid
fair to t1ya1, 1t no distant day, those Of th
I East md North
DRoraRT.
| Southern California has this year suffered
with Other portions Of the country. fror
drought. II has been pre-eninently / d1
seasou. an told by old settlers that nothin
| like il has teen experienced here for twen.
! ycs1s. As consequence the country for mil;
| uound has very barren and dried-up a,
!. | pearance: but tsst the soil Is good l. eyidei
, | f,om tLa gardens aud o:he7 irrigated Ian