The herald., 1895-05-26

The general was seen yesterday. after
noon by Herald reporter, and while ne
declined positively to talk OF poiitical
matters. and was much averse to oe'ng
to be genial and kindly in the informal
chat that followed, His manner is most
unoste,, tatious, his bearing dignified, he is
one of those rare and delightful gentle
men OF the old school, and he prefers the
title of general because he fought Tor IT.
He seems to feel very kindly interest IN
of the identity of his family with the
state and in response to the question:
'.Is this your first visit to California;
He replied: "No, sir; | spent two or
three months in California with my fam
lily five or six years ago"
'"I saw you were here short time
since: have you been travelling over the
state?"-
''Yes, my wife and l were here the
week of your Fiesta and have been up the
coast since. Our visit is purely social
one to our son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. o. W. Childs Of your city. We
witnessed with infinite pleasure the y: varied
and interesting ceremonies OF your fiesta.
1t was novelty to US. and we were cap
tured by the variety, uniquencss and
good taste of the displays, and although
natives of the south and having lived
there ali our lives, where flowers SO great
ly abound, we had poor conception OF
their great variety. development and
abundance until we witnessed the. floral
carnival the last day OF your Fiesta.
Since then our visit has been extended up
the Pacific coast to San Francisco"
Ibid you visit the navy yard while
there?
..Yes, we spent a day at Mare island.
where is centered the large navy interests
of the government, and where SO much
money is annually spent by the govern.
ment. At the Union iron works near
there several magnificent ships have been
built and proved successful, among them
the Charleston and Olympia. while the
Oregon is now in course OF constructions.
One of the finest ship docks on the conti-
nent is at Mare island. 1t cost the gov
eminent more than 50, 100000. The ma
rine interests. indeed all commercial in
terests on this coast, will progress most
rapidly from this out.
"Were you at Palo Alto?"
Yss ssa MsD sy II spent at rsG
grounds, college buildings and the mu-
scum are all places Of attraction and fn-
terest. l saw nothing there though,
that would interest Tennessean
more than the thoroughbred horses at
the Palo Alto stables. 1t was something
which his owner had refused $l50,000-
the son OF Electioneer. Advertiser-and q
colt in the 1-year-old form which had
t1otted mile in two minutes and
twenty-three seconds. This is the colt
Adbell. and for which $4,000 was offered
and refused. There is there a small
round track, gotten up with great care,
which is called kindergarten. and the
very Young colts are put to work there.
/ was struck with the propriety and
unisOeness OF the name
sDid you visit any intermediate points
between the two great cities of our coast,
Los Angeles and San Francisco
'Yes. Mrs. Bate and stopped over at
Fresno. and were so pleased that we re-
mained q week. We visited some OF their
large vineyards. with which that part OF
the great San joaquin valley abounds.
Its dry, warm atmosphere. its adaptation
to irrigation ard the rivers running