New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-09
LIFE IN THE GOLD REGIONS.
..,,-r,xp of A CALIFORNIA TRIP-A BANK
ihN rR;s Observation-Disclosures STATE pEMoCRAIiC
nSyrSTIoN - NEVADA SCENERY - TRAGIC
r.TF OF A MINING SUPERINTENDENT

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y,,crStA CITY. New, July 26.-l am Slowly
cdcing my way hOmeward having dohe III ,Vo ~
manner the Pacific coast, and the interior VI
For the sake of tourists, and especially lor INC
,noso who feel constrained TO read these letters c
- ,,, ,crc was no prescribed way OF seeing 'hIhES
~, ,bis occidental slope" But ever since hChaluNon
cot ..beyond the Mississippi" and more espeeia"S SIN
The Colfax party" with Richardson ana no"os "a
cbro,clcrs made its eventfu tour IN 1862 inc ro" Va
travellers 10 the Pacific seems TO he lana OUT III "",'n
Win the uniform precision of play. and every oe'a
,hao is likely 10 he carried out with little or no Varla
ton IN tbc text incident or scenery. Whatever dlneI
coce there NAV be- grows out Of the Increased t'eeso
travel beginning with the Pacific Railroad ana sN''u
ING to al pals Of the Western country now so Eeher
ony thrown open to the capitalist ana the SisheeI'
Thus Won are expected to get TO Chicago by Whatever
means you please and, after spending week OF u"'
in that city of magnificent promises aud ceaseles oS
"a start on the real tourney Ordinarily You Will De eN
uec.c1 IN take the "Souhem route" which embraces
the Chicago Burlington and Quincy the kansas l"'n'
and the Denver Pacific Railroads ana possesses inc a"
vantage Of securing 10 the Traveller a I"Noi'o'o ~
through Kansas and Colorado, which. experience PV'I
he will be far less likely take if he d'ters II uh MS
rturp From CHEYENNE TO san Francisco the programme
f. perfect and unvaring You reach Osdeh al cIooA
in the afternoon and have more doubt ABOUT dropping
down on salt Lake City for few days rest ana oDserNa
ton than YOU have as to the proprcty OF chewing good
Juicy bccfSCak, If you can GET IT, "heI Nou "ie "ne's'
CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS.
Arrived nj san Francisco you have placed before YOU
I Clid House and seals; q Gcysers; 3. Yosemite; A.
(optional and depending on time and money! Los An
apl1s and Home again. OF course you are not TO neg
Iect san Francisco and its immediate surroundings ana
this includes visit 10 tie Chinese Temple Tor Joss
House the Chinese Theaer and the Chinese Quarters,
or streets where they hudde together in inconcevaby
small places ana eat sleep, and vecetate in their own
peculiar way. will visit laundry, of course in or
der that yOu may verify what California writer's nave
said about the Chinese method of sprnklng clothes and
while you witnessing this interesting process-whch
consists of filing the mouth with clean water and pro
tcctng it in fine and almost impapahe mist over the
white linen waiting for ronyou will be told by your
guide that in the best families the Chinese cook serves
up the puddingsauce in the same way. This Is only
one among thousand stereotyped tales of Chinese pecu-
harties which will tend to enhance your appetite and
please your fancy and which in every you are eX
pected to listen and wonder at with becoming zes ana
poeness. You will not neglect visit TO the Bank OF
California which controls the financial interests OF the
Pacific Slope and actually handles theeIourths OF the
bullion produced here If you have friend who knows
the Cashier Mr. W c. RalSOn and that irend can assure
the said Cashier that you respectable Traveller ana
not sensational leter-wrer You will be invited to JON
party and receive the Inequalities OF his cohtIy-Sea
which Is situated in the jose Valley 2G miles ont from
the city. You may better accept this nvatlon-I you
are fortunate enough 10 receive itDecauSe yo amer
peace Of mind will depend greatly upon the ansWery YOU
can give TO the neverending query. Have
YOU been to Ralston's ?" To visit san Fran
cisco and not go 10 Raston's, j. az much
worse than cnacting the play of Hamlet without abiding
e. the Prince OF Denmark IL is possible TO conceive
A CALIFORNIA HOST
went to Ralstons; and only hope that Raston had
"a much pleasure in entertaining as had in being en-
tertancd And really think be had strange as il may
s,em But there is thing don't like about Ralston-
possibly because cannot understand it. He diskes
journalists. No, that isn't it, He likes journalists well
enough II they will only 10 be journalists while IN
ma presence but he has seems to have no patience
whatever with their work You are quite welcome TO
ride his cartckcs to the railroad station where his
four-horse team is i'll waiting for YOU; TO be driven
thence delightful ten miles ride through beautiful
groves and fruit orchards through private grounds OF
lbcralhearted California millionares whose luxurious
hOuesteads stretch along the lovely valley; 10 ms
own hospitable mansion, where hundred guests
may eat and sleep without disturbing the family OF
annoying the servants. YOu may sleep his bed, sit al
his table, drink his wue smoke his cigars, ride behind
his fast horses nincse equal terms with his dis
tinguished guests order his servants TO brush your
clothes and black your in fact make yourself
much at home and dsaEreeable as yOn please but
you speak Of it, IT, in of converse
ton II should appear that You are the representative,
however humble, of newspaper however insignificant,
you will he made 10 understand in plain terms. that
whatever you may please TO say about California; its
the OF W. alston confess to having been his
guest make this explanation tnat your readers may
Know why who have these 1000 miles TO see the
sights aud hear the sounds Of this wonderful country
and 70 speak OF what ! and hear, have failed
IN this important part of my work. I am
a pledged and therefore cannot say
what and everybody else felt that Ralston is brick
A. 1t were not for the pledge how l would like TO de-
scribe the home of this representative Californian, with
its wonderful calacity for making people comfortable
and HAPPY to give faint idea Of his method Of taking
his guests TO speak in unprofessiOna of
stables seeds and other etcenrs which make up
Californian gcntleman's establishment. And should
also like TO draw picture of the man-nOt general
host, simple and playful child hut as business
manageable financial aAtocrat of the Pacific coast
RalstOn is young man, apparently not more than 35
but possibly His prominence as banker seems TO
hale resulted rather Than 10 have been fOreseen u is
doubtful whether his natural inclined him to this
field Certain il is that in 1868 he resisted on attempt
made to secure his services in New-lork, feeling
that hc had not the capacity To compete with the
Old heads of Wal-st. His chief quality is prompt
ness Of decision. He wants time to make mp his
mind ia important gencies and when his mind Is
made Nh he lacks not the courage Yes or No, as
the case may require He often makes enemies as such
men but the enmity has TO be wholly on one SIDE
lie seems have earned that important lesson which
- many at, and so few attain, of separating
business nam social considerations. There are few
who have his powers Of concentration who eau sur
rcuJ, themselves so wholly TO the requirements Of bus
ines, In business hours and no boy let loose from school
Is more light hearted and free than the California Bank
Prince when he turns his back upon his office and his
face toward home. only wish could speak OF HIM III
tn, letter but cannot without positive breach OF con
1Icncc.
Ihaye done" the ClG House 70 Semitic, the Geysers.
the Chinese temple thcatcr and laundry have circum
navigated the Bay; the batteries Of Alcatraz Fort
Point and Prcsido passed outward through the Golden
Gate and performed varioes other penancos for the
good Of my soul and satisfy relentless pnblic opinion
But / have not thereafter gone directly home. am
tlrrying by the way thereby suRecung myself
.. ,,o,.c -u.,,cipus Of mental ObOuity NY name