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Show FLOATING AROUND. San 1'uav i-' ', May -7, 1:71. Til'! (V'-lii'li v-'' 'F:'jV':r..'l that jrruat c';ti-, ar: !wsj i l-uilt on (rr-.-at rivi.-ri n-'.rr i 1 hi.-a.-n, l)u!utl nrSan Krai,. : . It i: a mi-i'jrtufjt;, .".iinuiii'M, i!.a'. !i Lriliiaii'-y of i . 1 4 le. Ir:i'.':l Ilirr ft, Lut the I'll.: cf t -i II .' g-l.i'H oft 1:0 k it in lip: .!! t .-t a. ':.( of f H.ty, an'l it .,a.l'.y ii o h i j.rlufi:,y t. w.-e tli.: w.,r! 1 at U.-! w 'i'-1 really it. Tru:, tin: l .V. 1!' r or, 1 !.: I. ilii of tin: S::u or tli.: 'lh..:i. t lul.-lil i-at.ly iinaifiue i-illnr I 1 i :: 'Ait tl. : i:-:litfii oi' (f f:at-I,.-., f'.r tin: Worl 1, Imt tl.i.i .-! In.-rioJ ill' win 1.11 I..: :J wllinll, wln-n .v.::i an 1 in ,-'.ih,A, .'it to fl.U a !.,:. i:ny .,!' r'.M.'iiive .n.--p- t loll 1. A .-rti ii. . hylrau.i.; o:i:ia: ior,.H in ( 'alifor'i.u, a r-trunf.' oluiu: of w.iO-r -l r:. I aim.-.t a I, in', of ririli, uii'l n:.irnin lliat l.y Hi': ii i jr-ill w" ol.la.ii'.'l from tin: ''.lirt" aii'l i'i:i'.-l, Uiiwlit iuiaifiufi In: in l-'-ti .-I all ii'i mt mining all wr. Vet let hi'ii tr iv.-l to Wa-lni'-, or over lo I. in!.: ( '..Joir.io A in ilic Salt I.Ac all. y, mi 1 lie Mf.nill .-' .: anutlicr .ro- i -i'-.i of i-xll a III.-: 111! II' ill ri -IkS wllich wiiil I ti:i.:li liiiu a 1l-oii lie Lad Cot th mi lit of I' aniin. S with tliO lo-i-.iiioii uf lar :: ui'.ii.-i. Whim uiankiii'l k I t in .-:'!' Hn-iiM to the M-ahoanl, aii'l ui i'l.: i-i-iitr.it poind ea-iily reai-hed l.y .ihipi thuir marts of coinmen-e, the value of ha-i an.l liv.jrH colli J not Lut enter lare. -ly'into the eon-i.leratiori of tho.-e w ho iiinn .1 at Luihliiii; up leading lead-ing i-i t i -. li lt rai'r iad-i now aumc the inipui lai L-e fuinetly atlaelied cx-elii'iiely cx-elii'iiely to niaratiiiu im am of inter-omrv, inter-omrv, an 1 as at, one time a prominent point for the ai rival, reception and de-larturi! de-larturi! of r-hips was the centre of liiisiue n e.v, to an e-nial extent, the point at which c rtr.vrvMig linej of rail-' roa 1 ni-.-t L - mi'S a l--:l-lini? mart of, t'jmmr.v. In thi.s re p t S in Francisco is more than iluuMy l.le.-ej. Whilo it in not up ni the op n o -.ri, Lut Luilt upon a pcniii-u'a, f.ieini,' nil expanivo bay, it lias the treble advantage of Leinj af central point of deep pea commerce, liver tra in an 1 a railroad ejntre. The pa.-ae of the (1, u llato is open to the ttnild. II, re come .-hips from the far (hit lit In dia, Cathay and that Inline of id iio-t ha'f the human race, China and .lapin. Hero arriva .-hips ficihted with the merchandise and. manufacture of loilain and Kuropo. Here, too, cenlres the interior commerce, com-merce, by the Sacramento river and its nllltU'iHs, of the richc-t region inhabited inhab-ited by cisi'ii.ed beings; and here the: railiwnh fm.n the -outh and north convcie. 1 have met centlcmen here who pic'iie; thai within ten years grass will j:rw in the ftrvts of San Franeis-' c. I ha 1 no t .-n it prophets before; ' and have n move I'.ith in their predictions predic-tions than I had in one made by an individual indi-vidual .-mil years -. that he would re-1 duco Liverpool acain to tho condition of a li-hin v.i'a, '. I'll' fact is, the only, tiling which en pv. vent San Francisco and Salt Lake p'. iviiii; the roles of Xew Yelk an.l C':.ica;o i- the want of enterprise en-terprise 01 the par: of their inhabitants. inhabit-ants. I met a i.i.ui i-day and chronicle chron-icle it by all me ;ns who said Ins firm, had all the train :'c.-y waited to do. Vo gods auJ U:tw ti-hc-I A man whn.-o profc-icd b'.i.-in c.-s it is to sell to all b ivci's, di iu't want the prof-: its which the employment' of some; more ban is wcu' l brin-. I have no wish to.L'ive the xtx.i-. tor were all the San Fr.ui.'isc i r;cu like hitn, tho city uiijctu lui.J a sui.'.'.'.-.-i.'.cd uiui wall forthwith, a! say. "ihus fir will we go, but net a dn'.'.ar i;i re will we take unless you fee.' it upon us!" lie,, though, is an exception. Had I been druuimii: trade which I was not I misrht have taken on a '"labor" with him. to .-h - .v hitn how he cju'd increase his e.pi'p ie. pat o.i more ' style as a city ;u ..,-:iace. an J so forth ; but as I ha.l ccttic tc sec and look on quietly, such va'uab'.e ideas were with-he'd. with-he'd. This cc.se. th. ii;ti. is an excep- ; tional oc.e. San l'cauci-co merchants senera'.ly arc ive men. but wisely cautious. cau-tious. I tin J that Salt Lake merchants stand here as elsewhere I have traveled trav-eled above par. Merchants tell me they have never ibtc business anywhere any-where with se.e'r pee cent establishments as the rceee.'. ir I e.-ttie.-s he.ises of Salt Lake. The i iy ax! the hour briuf the money. Ani this itifonuation was tvea if.tso'.'.citeu anJ simply as a tribute tri-bute of re-pec: for Sal: Lake. Pou t ii make one fee": .ceec.i a'.', over to hear' such etreeniuxs ccxvrxx: his townsmen towns-men ? Havtn - introd-xvd you to ge-od, liv-inee. liv-inee. in the Grc.ti! att.l other hotels, an ad; ".net ef it. v.u:Vr:r.t::i:ciy in two many p'.ac-es, is f'.e.e v.tr.es ar.d Itouors. 1 have seen some Lre estab'ishmeats of this kit:! in or.c r'.aee aai another on the .s'.ebe. bu: I egress to beiaj surprised a: their s'ce atxi extent here. Uieitig diree- shippers and importers from Furore at: 1 other parts of 'he world, I Ca'.;:'.,rt.ia n.v.v tukine: a leading p'.c.c? atucr. c. the sreut Ttnta;e suppliers. I expected to find storace of a mamrjothchar-cte-t ye: rr t so extensive exten-sive as there exists- here. I cannot give space to ptt-.tlcr.'.e.rz::)-: Jruiv but must tEcsti.-ri sou;?. Our oid friends. Cheaery. Souther ci: Co., of oil Cray St.. who were xrtong the first advertisers adver-tisers in the He:: alp. hold a front position ia this trade. Col. Cheaery and Mr. Souther are ceat'.enren. with whom it is a pleasure to do business; and their position amcne: the leading firms ef San Fiaitei-cj is guarantee that their business is conducted upon the mcst eivsfaeiory basis. From personal per-sonal knowledge we enaorse the firm in the warmest mauncr. Their specialty is SafTell's Cedar Hun Whuky. Such firms as F. Martin & Co., Wilmerding k Keller?, Wm. T. Ileynolds k Co., J. ek J. Sj n-ar.:e, and Wand Kane ck Co., wln.s: irr.jet-acee irr.jet-acee in th'.- w.:-t n.:-.k.; ti...-m so-:ci.t after by all doin b'i:lr...-i in this rejfKin, ti-.-:d Lot L u.ore j artl.erla.-'y referred to. With ln.avy -t . ks m i a superior art!,;!.; ,'A at xod-.ra'e ra:,. -of t-rotit, they coiiiU-aid an ia.;:,.-a.-.e ot Lu-in;.-s and .-t,.ady tai . Mr. II jl'., of F. Martin ek (Jo., Lx t-n.-n extn.-r,:-- ' ly I'ri'.n by, ar,d d, .-erven w.-li of Salt J Iike and id tra i..-. F. U S. |