Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-02-26

bsrbor dense with shipping
st,no and steau1ers are changing
U0o". .a-.noodi,ies Of foreign nations, for |
,bo ~, nroductions Of our own' while the
'ne - T oosst. bay and river craft, are
-,on,,y coming and departing with
= Industries of the State. This immense
| ,-afic is carried on mostly by foreign
ships, and seldom one is seen flying the
American flag. Our commerce seems to
have been swept from the seas. Six hun
dred vessels, of an average capacity of
1000 tons each, were required to carry
the cereal exports of this State, last sea-
son. Thirteen million dollars are paid
annually as freightage on this grain.
Capitalists have seen the keen prOws Of
foreign commerce enter the port and
snatch this money from their door, and
they are beginning 10 look about them
for some remedy.
The vast forests of this coast, with its
available timber, has heretofore been con-
sidered unfit for ship building, it being
only used In the construction of the small
er craft. But recent experiments have
shown the Oregon Fir TO be more durable
and. lasting than Eastern oak, and hereaf-
ter ship building can be reckoned among
the industries of this coast, two ocean
ships having already been built during
the past season in the vicinity of Puget
Sound Our forest clad bills, magnificent
harbors, inviting climate and the rapid
ingress OF skilled labor to these shores,
offer inducements in this respect, which
will readily be taken advantage ofby our
capitalists.
Notwithstanding this appearance Of
business activity. there are hundreds in
the city to-day out of employment. The
intelligence offices are thrOnged with
people, anxious TO labor at any price
The days of high ages, that has been the
great incentive to induce immigration to
this coast, has at last passed, and be who
is desirous of making here home, must
content himself with Eastern prices.
Charity is characteristic of the Cali
fornian, and San Francisco is said to be
the beggar's paradise. At nearly every
street corner of the principal thorough
fares. stand the halt, the blind, the par
alYzed and the lame, grinding their dis
cordant organs with persistency that is
a presumption that they are doing good
business
Kearney Street is the leading promon-
ade of the city, and at Christmas time its
windows fairly glistened with the splen-
dor ofexquisite things. Money was spent
with lavishness truly wonderful. The
simple toys for the children, and the cost
lY articles for the older ones. all seemed
to find a ready sale. The markets were
decorated with eVergreens, and the stalls
| groaned with the choicest meats, fruits
| and vegetables of this land. Back East,
if man had superior article of any
kind, be did not confine himself to his i'm
mediate locality or State. for name, but
rather sought one of a national reputa-
ton, and at fairs, 1 was wont to see enor-
nous bulls, fatted swine, or large squash
es, labelled with such names as Henry
Ward Beecher," "Old Abe" or "U. S.
Grant," but here, Californisn's idea of
greatness never extends beyond the linn
Its of his own State and the fat sheep,
turkeys, &C., bore the names of Senator
Jones, VIM. Ralston Suttrel, and others;
while and enormous bullock, said to
weigh 2,700 pounds, bore the name OF the
once humble Quaker lad-Wm. Sharon.
1t is this same California pride, which
Eastern horse jockeys take advantage Of,
and drain the pockets of our sports. They
back "Thad Stevens" and katie Pease"
wins the laurels. They buy pools on "Oc-
cident," and Judge Fullerton" wins the
race. Their better judgment tells them
better, but they go on the principle, 'NeV
er go back on your friends"
The King-he came, he saw, and he
has departed, and am among the for
tunates who gazed upon his Majesty.
| The Benicia, containing His Royal High
ness, steamed into the harbOr late one af-
ternOon in the latter part of Nov, and
| anchored in the stream. The news of his
arrival spread throughout the city, and
on the following mOrning-a beautiful
Sabbath-cIowds were vending their
way to Broadway Street wharf, TO see
him land. When l reached there the
mass had arrived; the streets and docks
were thronged The decks and rigging
of the shipping near by, was alive with
eager sight-seers. An impromptu recep-
ton had been arranged-a battery of ar
tillery and regiment of State Militia was
to receive the Nations guest. Soon
broadside from the BenIcia, which was
answered by the artillery from the dock
announced that the King had left the
| ship. Then commenced the straining and
surging to get glimpse of Royalty. /
mounted lumber pile, and from my ell
eYated position, felt that "even a cat had
right to look at King" The band
struck up "Hail to the Chief" and the
grand panorama passed in review before
me. In sn open carriage, with uncovered
head, sat Kalakaua, the king of the
Cannibal Islands," surrounded by the
dignitaries of the city. He was noble
speciman of the genus homo type, "Afri-
cana" Amid a whirl of excitement, he
was driven to the Grand Hotel, and for
ten days thereafter there was no rest for
David. Since then, he has done the
States, returned and departed, strongly
impressed, no doubt, with the toadyism
of Americans. and feeling that it is good
to be King, is hugely entertained in the
mind of Ed.
San Francisco, Feb: 8, 1875.