The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-23
wAsHISoroS Sept. 81, ls47

wAsHISoroN Sept 81, lea7
7ood 7ydines from the Pacific Borders Mrthodist
PIONEERS IN California Interesting Intelligence.
Under the Spanish vceroys there line Of Catholic
missions presidos, established in the CALIFORNIA;
Thew were highly prosperous and useful, and gave
general aspect Of prosperity to the whole country But
thirty years Of revolutions have broken up these
dos, and the half savage mixed population has fallen
back to the worst svn Of savage ignorance In their
worst exoessss.
Alta California 10 to be ours It must BE- The Indian
says that the honey bee leads the march Of the white
into the wilderness So does the Methodist pioneer
1t the Methodist that led the way in Texas they led
the way Oregon and they leading the way to civil
hzaton In Alta California
Mr. William Roberts Methodist missionary, sent
out to Oregon thus writes to the Methodist adroeae
and Journal, Of his stay in Alta California;
During my visit to Monterey brother Wilbur organ.
lied Sabbath school in San Francisco to which We
have presented Of the ten libraries Of primary sun
day school books furnished US by our own Sunday
school Union You may form some idea Of the value
primary books here when say that Webster's Eemen-
tary Spelling Book is sold for dollar, and only few
copies be had vt that know not how matters
stand 10 Oregon at present, in relation to primary
schools but in the OF the children this side Of
the send lot Of school books by the
vessel which comes t" California
We have also organized class of our own people at
the same place and left 1t under the care of brother
uHt shepherd IL sent to collect members scat
tered and peeled throughout the country
The country at present is under martial law, and In
very unsettled condition The Indians much In
against the Cahornians tor the in which
they been driven from the missions and deprived
OF their rights The Californians well pleased
with the manner in which OF our soldiers have
treated them in taking their horses and cattle from
Still Il the change in the
had conducted without any Of these outrag.s the
und der the Mexican laws would have been hailed with
ud impossi lie to obtain any accurate idea of the
NJ ha INV he uinpn ofa from
she Appen xix the hfh volume OF the Exploring Expe
diton may give light The author bad just given
the official statement OF the population of Upper Caiifor
mia, resident In each mission 1928, made by the
missionaries He r-marks -
Of the 3D. lO6 inhabitants, exhibited by this state
1912 people OF character (gene de rason dis
tributed among the following places Preside Of San
preside OF Monterrey 7OS villa OF Brancaforte 80 pre-
ido of Santa Barbara, Ola town of Regina dc los An
geos 1883 preside Of San Diego 6Os The remaining
MIR Larkin formerly our consul, now navy agent In
Monterey fxes the number Of tame domesticated In
dams at from eight to ten thousand and of Csfornans
thirteen fifteen thousand Aud Dr. Marsh thinks
there there nearly million of wild Indisns scarcely
degree above the bear chiefly the western slope
fornia, living phones fun six months Of the year.
1t rs computed that there 5000 smgrants in this
during ,hs last sesson It now remains to be what
the pr ty Of The church will say sending the Cos
pei to these thousands VI human beings for whom Christ
has shed his precious ol0od
This is destined TO be- grazpg rather than agr.
cultural country The very hills and mountains
uitsb for this and The valley better suitsd 10
raising cattle than hing else; although the
product Of ANY Of our mi ,ale States will doubtless
4row ABUNDANCE There = serious drawback to tn.
iertty some portions II he land ami that IL the OK
RENE dryners II the summer season THIS Can be r.
m-uied IN part irrigation; tut the capability Of III
land 10 sustain dec population may be we'll doubted
The IN neral wealth VI CALIFORNIA; has been but partial
y extl Fed gold can be found the Lover Pueblo
or City Of the Angels The Indians frequently bring
specimens Of lead remarkably rich Coal has bee
'uud ths coast, IN the vicinity of San Diego
Well in other places 70 that ABUNDANT supply fr
steamers aud other purposes oa BE- had. Iron and
quicksilver abound
Should heavy population ever be found here II IL
Wors than likely he agricultural districts Of Oregon will
furnish plentiful supply Of all staple modities
that Uay DC needed."
W. are indebted to the Rev Henry sicer late chap
lain to the Senate this interesting information. We
return him thanks and join With him in his prayer
for the OF the good work thus begun in Alta CAL
nornia. THE DOCTOR.