Daily Republican., 1886-08-21
k7FRESTING LETTER.

INTERESTING LETTER.
.o. OF THE NATIONAL
ss.pepsmpMkNr GA. H. Il
commander in Chief In
''s '".aow The Chinese I'''
IN san Francisco
yc,soo, Aug. Last week
Fis yala week In San Fran
srsl.as .s. a rand Army Posts kept
Al =. AZ and engaged extra halls All
tisy Yea ,ss each post spending
conls,,I !, ,,oIIars for thst purpose,
|pSs p%Sss'jonsl ~ encsmpment held i1s
Nss.. . session ON Wednesday atl
an.os a.ost of the dms being occu.
ps SjSi ri0o the roll Of delegates and
.a', al'us 70 a long and eloquent re-
tlls :, X, Commapder in Chief Bot-.
W S.:,ro Y Wedpesdsy and Thurs
. Pu ii',Is important busipets was
W s,'d 1 the delegates being. very
.1' .SS consuming the time 10 dis-
~" Oo,nts of order, ETC., and at the
yere proceeding would have
y, ssss to have finished the bus'
,,o,s ib1m; but on Friday morn
~ siO'r ,bird day, new rules limiting
M EZRA adopted and business
,srouQn ~ a rapid rate. Ten
~ GERS allowed in which to settle
HssI tsksu by Poet 2 Of Delaware
!, a aecAbn of the commander In
:. hose decision was sustained by
ucampmeat. .o..,.s
The afternoon WAS the location
next nationa! encampment,
after several ballots, WAS settled
,o,, Of sl3 in favor Of St. Louis ,
sS.just III in favor OF Nashville,
,lsc,ion Of officers was com
"A AZ sbont q D. m, and after O
n contest ex Governor Lucious
ma. OF Wisconsin, was elected
.-copd ballot by a vote OF zz9
M 81 for Tanner, 81 for Burst aud
R+a. After the election Of COM
In IN Chief was declared the dele
commenced leaving the hall to
something to eat, and tho balance
hal the election and Installation OF
4. and adjourned zine die at about
u.
oe of The entertainments during
eek we're splendid. On Wedpes-
Evening the pavilion WAS crowded
about Is, 900 people, with as many
tursei away, 70 listen TO a concert
no thousand voices The concert
repeated on Thursday evening, and
friday evening the pavilion wac
pic! b. o grand camp fire, at which
SAID. Il comrades partuok OF re-
Imeuts and listened 10 oratious
! Gen Logan and others.
Ie siiud event OF the week was the
bid barquet given by Caliiornis
10 National Eucampment on Thurs
evening in the large basement oi
Fellows Hall. The "menu" con
u Of chicken galad, all kinds OF
tmests and chicken, with plenty ol
wine and champagne. The wiue
champagne flowed free az wster,
during the toasts that followed
" Of the comrades were noisy aud
lusasIiC.
Thursday, August 8. some of us
the excursion to Santa Cruz, o
erlng and bathing seaport about 8t
y sOOih Of San Francisco, where ]
Pyed the pleasure of a sea bath IL
Pacific Ocean. Tho water wal
Fh colder than the Atlantic at At
70 City, and very few 60 In to bathe
journey TO Santa Cruz WAS over &
foE gauge road through San Jose
Ps valley and over q mouGtai,
Pre- We saw very many large trees
lack from Santa Cruz via q brosi
60 through we'll cultivated whea
Esl orchards and vineyards.
u saturday, an excursion around tn,
Was .iveh to Tho encsmpment ant
llihR c0mrsdes on five large stssm'
s olrs, the flagship, being thu
Hesti went outside OF the bay int
OCEAN, ard had the pleasure of soc
spouting whale pursued by
Am wnAltr. The trip lasted from II
Y, ahl.l . p. m, during which tim,
elaenls With wine and champaign
n lfey served. On Sunday m,
flo ald myself accepted An invita-
70 di1usr at Oakland from Mr.
rull o former Wiimingtonian anl
a." MN. u the Episcopal church, whicl
a"eldei and listened to q volun
gwen by bliss Laura Bigger
~ VOICE fas very much improves
e'le Ie't WILMINGTON, and Is m ucl
~ ~ " The people Of San Francisco
Is a'eiEoon we tooz a ride to thei
sr u'T'! Which | think is not equal Ii
y " our Wilmington aud Bran
s"i. ntne cemetery, and back in th
aItsw san Francisco, where | tool
6n "a S, AZ night through Chinatown.
saturday evening, with an Ameri
H. su'ue and on Sunday evenin
ohinese guide, we saw ali tn
ksn;a uu' phases Of Chinese life; thei
kss,s ks.us apartments aud opium, den,
4 s s.nt 'toh ~ TO 40 men would slee
|tb 'm'Ae on In q medium sized room
M wy vl set OF hunks above the Other
IA, J,s Ja.s HltIe ventilation. We visite,
|os 40 20 loases, where they worshi
a ODi5o Ii'o Que OF their theatres, wher
|ev W. ws.a ,eu us IN the stage Will
|rss "o.'eperiormlng to an auG iencs O
M, W " IOnr hundred Chinese. Th
|tsrss.iDua' en- W u' seemed very tame and un
|,Is pHi = oae of the greatest faulti
n A '",Ao'o a. seems 10 be that the,
kss,s :, ,I'o~ded together in narroy
bout ..a,. ,Ia' some 90 900 of them occup.
|n,.. " 'hhhlt5.
Ice ana pS'a ~ h!tle attention to our pres
htbon,' ~ Us 20 where we pleased
Aev b,, mo'estation or interference
In. t,a,s Nsvs great many gamblin
Rs VIII ilea with heavy doors an
lok"D,o oae man on the outside o
lon SSa, Sai Tor oflicers OF the law.
b b,SSsasu1sy morning, August 9st
ip on s ~ vas already packed for
Po,,ias ae steamer State OF CaliioIpI
feat dss' daa, Oregon, having seen
|ished - Oh California, but not sll v
|ne and rec rec, and not able, for want {
b hsye apaee, 20 describe half Of VIII,
I,v, ID. Ross.
tDtct ttioeSIoS, " Aug. 14-s p. m w
18th Hc,p poSd TO night at the Man
Ark, auS nay Springs ia Yellow Stor
utusv N VIII briefly describe OF
be stesmauu us lar from San Francisc,