Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-03-03
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UPPER CALIFORNIA was discovered in l54S, by
Cavelio the Spanish Navigator. In 1878 the
northern portion of it was visited by Sir Francis
Drake. who called il. New Albion. 1t was first
coonized by the Spaniards in l76S, and formed
aprovnce until after the revolution in that country.
"a .#.7n. Its boundary and extent. n s-15d
|. is bounded by Oregon on the north the
forty second degree Of north latitude being The
boundary line of the two territories; op tho east
by the Rocky Mountains, on the south by Sonora
and old or Lower California, and on the west by
the Pacific Ocean its, extent from north to south
being about the same. The strip of country
along the Pacific Ocean, about 700 miles in
length. and an average of l25 miles in breadth.
bounded on the east by Sierra Navada, and on
the west by The Pacific, is the only fertile portion
Of this extensive territory, - .r .rar1H f- I'D
-'a It's rivers and noble Valley .a.s. |
The Sacramento and Joaquin rivers hnve each
| a course Of from 300 TO 400 miles the first flow
ing from the north, and the last from the south,
| and both emptying into the bay of San Fra ncisco
at the point. They water the large and fertile
valley between the Sierra Nevada and the coas,
range OF mountains. This noble valey the first
in California, and one of the most magnificent in
the world, is about 500 miles long and 50 wide.
|, is bounded on the east by the low range. which
III pIUCeS uWIUuI0 lUlO luslOUlIlcaD[ mis-.
and has its northern terminus al the strait of Car
quines, on the bay of San Francisco, and It's
southern near the Colorado river, which is the
| largest in Upper California, md has course Of
about 1000 miles, emptying itself into the Gulf
of California in latitude about 80 degrees north
| Bay Of San Francisco. -..
! The Bay of San Francisco is abou, 45 miles
long at its extreme points is taken in strait line
ina north-norhwest and south-soulheast direction,
and its greatest width about len miles. From its
position and extent, the city and port Of the same
name must become the depo, for al the produce
| of The great rivers and valleys. Ii will also be-
come the great naval station of the Pacific. and
here also will be the great rendezvous for whalers
| sn"-g Town of San Francisco. , .. ...:.
The town of San Francisco is regularly laid
out IN lots of fifty Varas square, generally six of
which form block; some, however, are in lots of
| 100 varas. and are in blocks in six. The streets
are from so 10 100 feet wide. There are large
hotels here, besides boarding and public houses
Two wharves are nearly completed, which are
indispensable to the mercantile houses, and othe.
important facilities for trade in process.
afu,a The climate and productions .....
! The thermometer ranges San Francisco from,
60 10 rs degrees. peach orchard bloomed in
January and the fruit unnjured. Culinary veg
etables are raised the year round. Wheat sue
ceeds admrnbly, yielding in quality equal to
Genesee or Egyptian. lngrapes and wine. this
land will, ere ong. challenge the world. 1t is
emphacally the land Of the vine.
| In selecting the port Of San Francisco for n
naval establishment upon the Pacific, our govern
ment has shown degree of sagacty worthy of
the highest craftsmanship; Without the succor
| which American ports could extend TO our com
merce, we have already four Efths of all the
shipping upon the Pacific under our own flag.
| with the assistance of n secure naval establish
ment on the western coast, under American laws,
our commercial interests must rapidly increase.
! 1t has been shown tina; about S32, 900 of the
| trade Of San Francisco for the three months end
ing 3lst December, IS47, was with the Sandwich
Islands, and mostly for articles moi the growth or
produce Of them. 1t would be moderate estimate
TO allow the same amount of trade with all the
other Califor nia ports for the same period, and
/ this would be annual Indirect and costly trnde
of about S25O.000. The amount of trade which
| the Sandwich Islanders have heretofore annually
enjoyed from men of war, whalers and mer-
chantmen, is about $450,000, which must be
transferred 10 our merchants on the coast of Cali
forna, and is mostly for beef, pork flour, poultry,
vegetables, DC. iso. aa 70 I"'" '.sf a' .E' .--.
"A recent arrival from Canton has shown the
practicability of voyages being made between San
| Fra ncisco and China in forty five davs and the
the Mexican ports down the coast, and to the
Sandwich Islands, is less than twenty days. e
Young edhors.-Our Young and sprighty cor
temporary OF the Dayton (Alo.) Argus thus dis.
courses on young ediors:. er. g... f. .rs, .fr
1--WE see the assertion going the rounds of the
press. that Seaton X. Gales. Of the Raleigh Reg
sler, is the youngest editor in the United States,
or perhaps in the world not having attained his
2lst year. l'Well, we reckon that we can come
under him in editorial precocity. When we took
our seat in the editorial chair of the Alabama
Argus, which on the 18th of October last,
we were lS years.7 months and % days old.
Weiare now lS years, months and 23 daysold.
We wanted 2 months and days of being is
years of age when we we're married. We were
born Feb. 18th, 1880; were married Decen,
Der 10Th, lS47, we are now the father, though moi
get mime,een, of fine fat boys TWO months Old
having been. born September the 9th, lS4S.
Beat tit; who can We want 10 know"
What will bachelor editors say to this?
1lg. Hgft ---A-- $500 .lis'1II ..l.l, |
The tables sturned.-Edward Mahan, arrested n |
short time since, on suspicion of murdering Mr..
Parker, at Manchester, N. H., in 1916, has been
Gischa rged from custody, and George Sherburn.
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