New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-28

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Ihsvenor beer here nearly four weeks, AID ND
every d.y additional Cause 70 retrso. my assertion
made in former letter, consuming the c1'ness Oh
the place. QUE, i certainly Is, TO one conias
from Gan Francisco bu: 1t Is 90 dal 10 Ehe sense
:n.t Nice Nd Pisa are da ci.ief. Tie b1iiie o.
trade is wanting, but 70 one not bent on go.d'ha-i
iag. 1. delicious climate, beautiful scenery, anf
pleasant society are faI compensation. Ihoss
VINO stay here Gr auy length u time, iove TIE
place before they leave (which Is more tatn
have yet heard any say Of Ssn Franci'oo' greai
a. il . des,iu:d 70 become.
TIE situation Of Monterey is a3mifsbls. Toe
houses are built Oh broad, gentle slope Of and
abJlr two miles from POINT Pines. shs 5o7;i sfa
extremity Of tho Bag. They are scattered oVe'
an extent Of three q7srte:s OF e mile leaving
ample rom ios the gro 9Th Of the town Tor inany
wears n come. The outline Of the hills 10 the
bQs they increase " height IS they run 70 TIE
south-esst TIL at the distance Of four miles they
are merged IN the high mountains OF the Coss'
Range. The northern shore Of tho bay Is twenty
miles distant curving fer TO .he west, that the
Pacific IL not visible from any par. Of she town.
Eastward, high, ROCKY ridge, called the Toro
Mountains, makes prominent objec! IN the view,
and when the sir i, clear the Sierra lie Gsviao,
beyond tue .nas plains, is distinctly vlsiole
Stree / have beer here, the climsse has been
mid and bslmy beyond that o; the same reason IN
Italy. The temperalar. 10 that Of midway At
home. the ,ky, tor tie greater part OF the time
without a cloud, and the winds sc pleasant - u
tempered exactly 70 the warmth OF tho blood.
thermometer hanging In my room hss only varied
between 52o snd 81, which il about 10 lower tnsn
the air without The sroccos OF san Francisco
are unknown here. Tire mornings are frequently
Egsy, but, II always clears about 10 o'clock, and
remains so t near sanset. TIE SKY at MONDAY
is pare, soft blue.
The hsrbor of Monterey 10 tue best Ia California
The blight In which vessels anchor 10 entirely PFC
tected from the northwesteTs by ees-dui POINT
and from the south-e astern winds by mountains 10
therssr In the absence Of lighthouses, the dense
fog renders navigation dangerous on this cossl'
aud in spite Of an entrance twepty five miles IN
breadth vessels frequently run below Point Pinos'
and are obliged 90 anchor on unsafe ground In %
mel BAY. A road leads from this place over the
bills TO The ex Mission Ct Carmel, 'l'uIted - we
mead Of Tie bay, about miles distant. Just ne-
vond il is Point Lob0s, prom ntory OF the COST
fAmou. for .he number Of seals and ses-hons Which
c,ngrrRste there a. low tide. Hundreds OF these
animals, scme OF them upward OF hitsen iSes IN
length msy be seen wsllowing IN the smootn va
ter, betv cen a large rock and the shore, sna ire
sound Of their snorting and believing car be heh'G
for hsf mile. A light house on Port plnos snd
another GA Point Lobos would be suth oiens pro-
lection to navigation for he present, and under-
stand the agents Of the tOVerhine1S nave 'eOO-i''
mended their erection.
rode 10 Point Plnos the other day, Ia company
" N Major Hi. Oar way vas through the ZINE
Forest. We followed 10 regular path. bu; pushed
or horses through chslpsr.l, ieaPed them over
trees that mad been uprooted IN !ast winter
storms snd spurred them a. gtliop through the
cleA-ed intervals. A narrow rdse OF sand IN
tervenes between the pines AID the sea. Be
youd it, toe Points rssged mass oil gray sahd
stone rock vsShed into fsItAstic shapes, Juts ou'
into the Pacific. The tide was at I,s eoo' out
strong wiE5 was blowing, and the shock ana iosm
# the syels was magnificent. We scrsmo,e co
from ledge TO ledge till we gained the extremity
of the Point and there, behind the last rock u Al
fronts tna open sea, found little sheltered cove
shose aides ,nd bottom were covered with star
fish avelones, muscles and polypi OF oriAaat col
o-s There were prcsly balls Of purple, ray &C
fish Of orange and scarlet, broad flower lse a.
nsls OF green aud unlber hue, suc myrlaos OF l'Ie
crabs and snaii' all shining through the Gear
green water TIE velone, which Is a uhl'slse'
bud cinsing to the side. Of rocks furnishes the
B-.st mother of-pearl. We had come provided
With 4 small iron bar which was more than
match for III suction power, ano In asnor' sPaoe
Of tire secured eunber of their beautiful sheiis
Among tho Sand hills and even N some paris 81
the forest, the earth is stseved VIII them. Inc
natives were formerly IL tue habit OF gathering
the m into large heaps and masking lime OF them
Too exi.tence Of these smells in the soil 10 bat
one Of the facts " hich tend TO prove the recen
ssoogie. formation Of this part OF The COAST
There IL every reason 20 believe that great part
Of the promonsory On which Monterey 10 oulls
wsr At no very remote period c! time covered oy
the sea A sGggiss sslt lagoon, AIT Of the Catho-
lie Church, WAS not more than twenty years ago
part ot tho bay, from which il IL nov separated
by sandy meadow. quarter Of a mile In breadth
According - az Indian tradition, OF comparatively
modern origin, the waters q Ssa Francisco Bay
once commune sted with the 'Ny OF Monterey BY
the valley o. San Jose snd the bio del PsIEo.
should tnins level OF % feet, or Ee.haPs less
sbove the present one, would tafiise 20 have
affected this. The sloughs and marshes in the
v.Uay Of san JOAQUIN, and sr0und tbs Talare
Lakes present every spPearance q having eesu
'at nv ths drainage 4 a tubsiding ocean. A
thorough geological plOEstion OF Caliornii "ouiG
andou6tedly bring u lignt mary strange ee1
Interesting iEcts connected WIKI he' phys'e
form atom.
ON our way home, We discovered sea otter
bsskirg on "a isolated rock. Ma Hill 1ePt
,,eA,hily 70 within 90 ysrds Of hiia took COED
ain aud fred He gave q convslsive leap ana
tatb ed into the ses evidently badly wounded, II
not killed. HIS BODY Aosted out on the waves, AID
acck VI seamews, attracted BY the blood, nsS
round him, uttering their piping cry and dsrung
down 20 the water The skin o, an otter 10 worth
sio. even In tins country. They are rare on MS
part Of the coast.
Tne trade OF Monterey isrspidiy on TIE increase
Since nv arrival here ssyersl houses have been
built, haEa-do zen stores opened and four hotels
established, one VI which Is kept BY Chinansa'
There have been at least ten arrivals and depart
Urea OF vessels exclusive o! the steamers, within
tina, time. and sm credibly informed that the
Collector Of the PORT has. during the past nve
mo tbs. received about $50 900 in duties Pro
Wis ous u ell kinds cheaper than AZ San tfsn'
C 80. bu, merch Andize brings higher prices ~
the Washington House, kept by NJ. Kemp Woo
came oat As = private IN Col. S:evenson'f rel
nen,, get excellsn, board 81 sl2 per week
TIE building. which belongs 10 an Italian named
Alberto Tasconi, rents for 81 200 monthly. Rents
| OF & kinds are high. $500 4 month having teen
usit for % during the session OF tie Couveu-