New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-13
BlYARD TiYLOR'S LEITERS,mSO. XVII.
Caiifos nia hts Of the Iuinuh-A Ride 20
stockton.
sq-...l CerissTo1se-e. q! Tue Tra.1s
srcCKroS, Valley Of the San Joaquin,

H,ssrs Gtteify q McEyah
Aacr i9a-aey Of 10 miles. since leaving
San Ersn sisco 1 ind here, IN tn. heart q C,'-
iJ,nis where iss: Winter ssood 2 solitary
ra.cae ia the mids: OF Tue marshes ca-yss.
town Of three or lo1r hundred inhabitants aud a
port with - vessels 81 sncaor TIE mingled
noises of labor sroonc--tne click o. hsmU = and
the grating Of savs--tbs shozts OF mule 5rivers-
the juggling # sy1rs--.he az and jJs,e 0. wares
ia the tents-G,laoit CHEAT me into the oeiei tn''
tasis some Cd Commercial mart familiar With
such sounds ior Yeas past. -Four m3It,s only
have suticed q make tbs place whatiti Is ana in
tat time a wholesale firm established here lohs
olt OF dozen nss done business 70 TIE en- VT
o. 500 600. Tbs same party hss JUS. po'ct as~d
a l5t 20 b. ioo on the principal street III s',y'.
The est q erecting sommoH one t'''y ca:-
board house on Il = 100 be slJ 900
Bot let m NJ. set 10 adya,cs Of ny Soy.
Welel, ssa Frencisco week sgo, At Iooa. al
tsr . tires ne ss,k u chasing Up or " AL al''
and 2rccaroe equipments We could bid no
paekss3a.s hrt 50 shouldcred cur baggage a-'.
" should be sblot purchsS one i,om soce Meg
loan on tae rosd. Luckily party Of 5oa'r.ats IN
| toa Happy Valley, Just outside the town, haf one
which wcg5t for -. In getting of % e pack.
lag my N sxican spurs c,sslt Ia the blank :, and
/ | Vss thrown ingloriolsly al - bscs Al "'s
| finally arranged snd we urged or mules along IN
| tho sand over hills covered viii ta y Is Of ever
green OAK The guns If TIE Ohio, fred 81 me o.
seq1ies Of ex President Pok, echoed among + e
mountains of the bay, and companies Of ho'Eemer
c1ning in from the interior, appeared s'meThat
start cd at the sound A ride o. iou- miles ooh us
TO The Mission Of -in Francisco where re found
ass instead Of sand snd some attempt n cu'ti-
walton. The mountains sroull i, are bleak end
barren, ard the dire noI'h-vest sind, swcePirg
ia f.3m tho ses through their gorges, chilled u 70
The b mes 81 we rode over them.
Without any incid .1ts bat those Il packs clip.
p.pe III and mules taking & stand, VIC kept on .or
/ fifteen miles. over a country gred1ay improving
n appearance and az tu1set reached ssn-.'z
! Hauche. Large herds Of ctt,ls arc ps''gr-d 30
tts neie, borhood the grass in the damp fate ard
| ~ d osts on the moultsius, nil.,dlng them suit
! c.e,t fool during the dry season. At tie rane.
q ere was neither eress nor barley and We tu-ne'
our mules suoperless into the corral. Fortunately
we did no. iamish Likewise, a1d altcrward, haFiI
spread our blankets on the lo'r, W should have
| slept. had heas been Holsters But as they were
! He1s of the largest and savafest kiud We nearly
persisted before moruiug Rather than stsrt 81
or the day with starved animals, We purchas o
| half faqega-s little more than bnsDei-o'
wheat, ior g. Nj. Besles horse was the only
one who did Justice to this costly feed, and " @
| packed the rest on the back Of LITTLE PIcayune,
i hon "a M al tFt I'D
his load. The road led over broad plains, through
&C ,asionsl belts Of timber. Tee grass was almost
entirely burnt up, aud dry grayolly arroyos, is
eud out IL which VS. went with plunge ani q
,cramble marked the courses Of the Winter
streams. The al was ~ warm and ba'ny IS
Nav, auI lfsgront nth tue aroma Oh species Ct
erapbaium, which made it delicious 60 inhsie-
Nots cloud was b be seen Ia the sky, snd the
higr, sparsely wooded mountains on citl rr ha-c,
snow cd sot,euod and indistinct through blge
haze. TIE character OF the scenery as entirely
new 90 me. The splendid valley, untcnauted *
c-pt By a lew solitary rancheros, liyiug many
miles apart, seemed to be some deserted location
of ancient civilization sud culture. The wooded
slopes oi the mountains are laws, plated by Ma
tare nth q taste TO which art could add nothing.
! The trees have nothing Of the wild growth OF our
forests they ar1 compact. picturesque HnJ
grouped 10 every vsriety ct graceful outline. Tho
hl,ls are covered 10 the summ,, wiEA fields Vi 4ii
oa's, coloring them as far as the eye can fes,h'
with taNuy sold, against which the dalk, glossy
green of Che OAK ana cyrofs shows with pccU lar
effect. As We aivaeced further these natural
hsryests extended over the plain, mixed " IT.
vast beds O. Wild mustard, eight feet ia his T.
ader tins, thick crop Of srass had sprung up,
furnishing subsistence to large herds @! cattle.
The only cultivation saw was q small field o.
maize, green and with good ears. The lAtense
drync,s OF the warm season, however, will reader
4, bod crops impossh bic except along the edgeoi ire
marshes.
Alter ride OF fifteen miles without grass or
water We stopped at rancho for reat, Ia the gar
den Of which found = fine patch Of grape vines
| laden with hourshiag punches. At Whlsman' $
! raache, two miles farther, We stopped g dlcaer
The sight OF wooden house gsddened oar eyes,
and stiu more 50 that Of the home made bread,
! resh butter and milk which M1s Whisman SET be
| fore US The family have lived there nearly tTo
wears and are We'll coatcutci with the country -
The men 90 occasionally to the mines and dig, bu.
are pruden; enough not 90 negi,c, tleir farming
operations. TIE g'sss O. the vega before Toe
house is still thick AMI e-csn. ali wei oLly hi-
! teen Il etGeS PsappAgs them with socd water TIE
vegetables IN their garden, though planted late
are srowias very finely. Tbe appearance OF the
valley led me TO think II an excellent country !o-
tue cultivation OF wheat. The soii Is a rich, darn
loan. now as csSeked asd dry as cindsr, bot
which, under the Winter and Spring rains, is hid
den by deluge Of vegetable bloom.
| As evening drew on toe white sPire OF sa1sa
| { ara Mission showed in ths distance aud al
hour sharp riding bfouch! US 10 float OF rs o.,
whlteWashed walls. The buildings, once very
spacious ia extent, are fsl iag into ruin, ana 8
single monk. in 4 very dirty cow AMI cAss,eE
was the on.y sanity inhsoitan, We saw IuS
/ Mission estate, containing know not ho~ naly
square LEAGUES OF land aud $4,000 head OF cattle
belongs to the Mexican Government, and IS nc I"
offered Tor ssle at 500 900. a besaina. ToAd
three miles ia length, shaded by an avenue O
evergreen oass, leads to P0ebla San jose, whle.
we rekched at dusk and qaarterea ourselves At TIE