Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-15

We are indebted to our accommo-
dating friend Colorado" for the fol.
lowing translation of the editorial cor
respondence of La Cronica t
! EDITOR La CRoNICA: When we
boarded the small, uncomfortable and
not very clean steamer Constantine,
we should have bid goodbye to sun
shine, comfort and many other things
beside, were it not for the courtesy
and Kind Treatment we received from
the officers. Captain Mark Harloe
and the, Purser, Mr.. Coffee, the Chief
Mate and the rest of the officers Of the
ship, did all in their power to render
our position bearable, if not COM
Portable, during a voyage which, though
short, was vexatious, owing to the
unexpected circumstance of the SUBJ
stitution7 of the Constantine for the
splendid steamship Ventura, which is
undergoing repairs. soxlJt3 90 zfAre
The fog did not abandon US after we
sailed from Wilmington, and to this
inconvenience you must add the fact
that tie passengers were twice. as
many as the hunks provided for their
accommodations; that the agents at
the different ports had sold the same
staterooms, and you will not wonder
that we, for example, who had en-
gagged rooms 0 and P, should find six
or seven individuals with pretensions
to the same apartments. Neverthe-
! less, being veteran travellers, we saw
the utter uselessness of obliging the
| Purser to give us what he had not, and
OF blaming him for what others had
4 entangled; therefore, we took the
matter with the necessary philosophy.
There were some ignorant malcon-
tents who insisted--raved-and who
hurled threats against the company
andNthe world insgeneral. but all to no
effect. For our part we obtained an
| entire stateroom for Judge b. and
family; n bunk in another one for the
! Duke; the Senator had to accept the
Captains bed, who, with his natural
courtesy, obliged him to accept it; and
|, more inurat to war, or more of a
philosopher, perhaps, rolled myself in
! my blankets, which I had the fore-
4 sight to, include in my baggage, and
passed the first night on some bales of
wool which covered the after-deck of
the steamer. l can say this muchr--it
was the tlwooliest" bed 1 have ever
occupied; an opinion in which,, / be-
lieve, participates my friend Col. jeff.
Gatewood of San Diego, for he slept
] on it the greater part of the night.
Oh, tell you, 1t was a wide bed, soft
and commodious like unto few! A1
so Very early we arriyedin Santa Bar
rbara, and dseicouraged by the Captain,
I who said he was goiHg to town to
shave himself, the Duke, the Senator,
| and my humble self directed our steps
for the Occidental Hotel demanding
breakfast, although an excellend table
was spread on board. dOur real object
was view OF, we'll regulated and wide
streets-with magnificent sidewalks,
elegant residences. with gardens laid
out with exquisite taste. We halted
! at the Occidental and what break
| fast, it was! we had finished three
courses and were not, half through
when we heard the steamers 3 whistle; !;
| the viands were 80 excellent that we
fingered "a while before leaving the
table, ,abut prudence finally prevailed,
We We're paying our bill when once
more we heard the warning sound,
| and off We go! You would have
| thought we were walking for wager.
We were the last, and just in time TO
| Jump aboard before the steamer east
! loose from the wharf, Sasaalys0 a.
IN In Santa Barbara thirty passengers
| were shipped, iamong, whom some
| grumblers who clamor for their rights
| INnt 40 r,.Su ut h..
| les for the unhappy ,Purser but at last
/ he pacified them. AS regards our.
selves, the Senator and L could do no
less than accept the kind offer of his
bed The 80 insisted) and we would
| have slept like dormice but for the
Captains compliance with the law
which requires the sounding of the
whistle every three minutes in afoggy
| weather, as it happened to be during
! our voyage. +. We Were fortunate in
| many other things besides, such, as re-
| served seats at the table close to the
officers of the ship, and were therefore
better waited upon, while the discOn-
tented grumblers had theirkights and
| nothing more. dYah sdi. ~ 1frst tflsse,se
| / will not trouble you with more de-
! tails of a voyage which Is probably
like all others along the Coast. / will
only say that Tuesday We left Santa
Barbara and Wednesday we were near
San Francisco, having spoken the Or
izaba at 3P. NJ. bound south. The
night closed dark and foggy; but,
what mattered 1t when We have
aboard Captain prudent, ex-
| perienced and intelligent? Not
with the rashness of ignorance
but with the calmness and
security of an accomplished seaman
he piloted us through the Golden Gate
and landed US on the wharf; and |
overheard the observation that few
captains on the coast can do that in
such weather, and believe it; because
/, with my good sight and large expe-
rence in travelling, both by sea and
land (excuse my modestyl, could not
swear whether / was entering San
Pedro, Bilboa. or Canton.
have not yet visited the Mechan-
ics' Fair, but we have set apart to-
morrow for that purpose. Tonight
we attended performance by the
Vokes family at the California The
ater. Said family is composed of three
sisters and two brothers, and they de-
serve the applause they received. The
three sisters possess an agreeable phys
iognomy in the superior, and are well
developed in the inferior, az could be
Judged in the rapid whiris of q mimic
waltz. hH lc-t .TaiHsist %.
All have seen and observed In this
city does not change my opinion that
it does not possess One-tenth part of