The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05
Views and Prospects
CALIFORNIA:
THOMAS q. LARKiN, ESQ.,,
ate american Consul at Monterey. California.
HrsrEvEo ErrRrss1r ron TnE FREE TRADER.

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was abort ljou0 exclusive of Indians,--,n july
lSi9 ii Is about S5 20 10000; the Americans are
.he lesser iaifuf the people From July proximo
&" ta-mary 1859 10000 Americans, by land and
water vii reach this country and after September
lee EarupCuS viii commence arriving hereby
lauuary i>a9 We shal number 80 to 100000 peO.
V.e-aud in ISL from l75 to 200Oo0
snL The character Of thc natives prior to July
1916 was lrnrer5'al for inactivity, indolencc, in
ap;uas> 10 learn or improve, ard they had no de-
size "a indulge or enjoy themselves in any new or
foreign ,u'i'ms-thcy were happy and kind and
husr.Hhc 90 al strangers. Foreign residents
happily sihutoI among the natives, improving
their advantages, gradually became men Of prop
nr'v, and most of the principal Californians have
had married into tleir families foreign sonsin-law.
ihH present American emigrunts arriving here
wl'. n- cn'oVosed oE oar most restless active, and
ambitious confrlucn No faint heart will leave
lbs ho'D" tu essay n Journey Of 0Q0O miles when
none but tg stou'ost will reach the iourney's end,
tarrn again to be divided and whore the most ac.
rlre gnt bold a'onc viii te able to bold their way.
Very uHuy of our enigants are Mexirans and
South Observation-Disclosures, (reons) Of the most
abIe,. ca-s-ui'l end inofrn.ive in their general
manners aul are guided with ease They are how
ever, sod ful ignorant and from carly life addic-
ted to gambling They will sleep under the can.
opv OF tree. and enjoy themselves to the full if
they have hhuket or even hut sheet with
which 20 ouWmp themselves, and can rerose
sweety at night il they have only paper cigars TO
Inst them q week and Monte Rank to resort 10
at rhl tbs c'--- ci mcn are brought by their
employers from Chill Peru, and Mexico The
employers are men of ease and urbanitv who will
u time TAX" their departure from The country
most ui their hu'r,rs or poems, remaining behind
Co liyc anl die here.
3D. The climate Of the scacoast Of California
Is healthy. ~ San Francisco in the afternoons,
six months uf the year there ia 50 much wind as
Ia make the town 80 Gisggroeahe one to reside in
At this great md rapidly settling seaport four
fihs If the import, Of California arrive which
are mostly sent up the Sacramento and San Ioa-
Guiu rivers. One of the novel features of San
Francisco now is hat paid is actually being picked
up IN the .tr,ots Natives Of the Sandwich Is
lmds AMI Ch.iiar seen daily engaged in this oc-
cup"ton Whether it is dropped from peoples
pockets AMI rourh leather purses, or is produced
by the recent constant employ of carts with iron
tires, which have superedcd those tire.lcss broad
wheeled affair, previously in use | am unable adj
yscoly TO say The town Of Santa Cruz is warm
and extremely healthy, and for timber and grain
It possesses advantages over any other town in
California
Honicin ism newly formed town on the straits Of
Carquiaes, 80 miles from San Francisco, and a.
bout the same from the sea. This place is more
subject 10 cold and wind than Monterey. but not
so much So as san Francisco It's the chief point
of pa--iu" from one end Of California to the other
lis ferry will at some future day be Of immense
va!ue--its income constitutes IN Education fund
for tire school Of Boriri' Before the resources If
tie Sacramento and San joaquin valleys were
known the town Of san Francisco was considered
TO be one of the greatest importance,-the more
50 ~ il was said no large vessel could 60 any
higher up. Many merchant ships and men-of-war
have gone to and returned in safety from Benicia
The location and advantages Of the place now
promise that It will soon be of the first import.
unce lit may be the meeting place If ships from
the sea and Of the river steamers; which matter
time and scientific men will soon determine
The town Of Sonoma 90 miles from Benicia,
with the valleys Of the Napa md Susan nearly
fadjaccnt, offer inducements Of the highest order to
The most lazy of our roaming emigrant families
10 our cntcrpri.nr ones the difference will be AZ
parent in a i,w years, al.o Sonoma, Napa and Sui.
san valleys, where the land ia good and the coun.
try hcl!tIy-ncvcr very cold in winter-snow be-.
lng ,cen only On The highest mountains. This part
Of tie country contains the best kind of grazing
land, many places being covered with clover and
with Mild oats. Cattle and horses lose flesh but
a tutle in Che Wutor,-hugs not any. In Califor.
ma prior to 4j not one horse or hog out Of ore
hundred ever eats grain and not oc bullock cut
Of one hundred thousand has yet done so--yet the
horses and cattle were always seryceable The
proper time for killing cattle is from May 10 Sen.
tculyr; june and July are the best months
Wheat produces WE'LL is sowed from October 10
January, aud cut III june 10 August; the Weld is
large, 'ay 80 10 80 fold, Beans corn and wheat
hucpi years or mure,--lrut and vegetables less
time tD;n they Go in the Atlantic states