New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-14
Sacramento Rive, aud City.

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.ci San Francisco on FRIDAY Morning lss,
lew hours alter the California had started ~
Panama aud went on board tie Schooner Jins
2 Day. in company wlth y DoGfsw and 7 Z
NcUiroth Ct youS city. and some seventy stherpas
.euqers The wind was fresh from the south
brinrin- M a heavy ram We Passed tie islands
Yer5a Baona and Alcausz looked out through the
Golden Gstc on the Pacific, AMI dashed into the
SRA connecting the Bay OF San Friucisco with
P,bo Rav. before ten knot breeze This s,rst
SIX miles IN length md about three bresdtt
presents constant variety q scene, from tire
rrsrulauty OF itg mopnteiu-shoros IN tie middle
~ i stanig GA island oi re- volcanic rock. hsr
,hicn are two smaller ores, white with euaro
cal ed tic Brother, At the entrance 4 Pablo Ray
are two others he sisters. slmia, IN size ard
om
PsloiBay IS sriy circular, AID sboutt~e.ye mcs
IN tametor The crsoss Of Espa, Petaluna aud
san Rafael emp,y into II on the north side opposite
Mare Island, 80 c-lej from wild mpre who Wa
ormer.y soon at tie head OF band Of elk, sS.oPiHg
over 10, broad uieaIUws VIC LSd 0ut din glimpse
Of he shore through the rain. Our schooner bent
90 the gale, aud cut the alter So swiftly that far'
ly wLs,lei under her sharp PROV very good
iinrer al ST. was served up in tho eighty ten
cabin, and taeFe was quite run upon the cooks
gaioy, Tor pies, AT o. apiece
Wo speedily made the entrance 70 the straits OF
Curquinez, where the mountains approach 20 Tilh.
IN tlTee-quaTters Of a NILS Several strangers.
arrived by the Psuams, were on board sna express
ed themselves delighted with the barren shores
and seanty patches Of ehsppsrsl We passed
small sal boat, bound for Sacramento and filed
wth emgrants Half cf them were employed IN
Daiiing out ,he scud thrown over tho glnwale BY
csor surge. We shot By them hAe Cash snd
came in sight 81 BenicIa, once thought 10 b.
usal 10 San Francisco. In glen on the opposite
shore Is the little town OF Martinez Beuica u q
very pretty place the situation Is vel chosen ,bs
land gradually soping back from the water with
ample space tor the spread Of The town. The
anchorage Is excellent, vessels Of tho largest sue
being able to ho go near shcre ~ Ia land gvo,s
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the Napa and SOnoma alleys. j. one Of the lnest
agricultural districts Of California Notwithstand
lug these advantages, Benica must always remain
Inferior, IN commercial importance both 10 san
Francisco and this place. hsye been much amused
lately, in reading the letters respecting H. which
have been sent home aud published. many a them
predicting the speedy downfall Of Fan Francisco,
account OF the superior advantages Of Benics
On the strength u these letters, understand YES
sells have cleared for the latter place, with large
caIgoes. Now anchorage is one thing and god
market another. a ship may lie ia greater saley
AZ Albany, but the sensible merchant charters h,
vessel Tor New York San Francisco is marked BY
Naiare and Fate ithOush many VIII disagree with
10 the first halt OF the assertion for the greet
commercial mart ~ ,hc Pacific. and whatever
adv antages il may lack viii soon b. amply provided
tor b. rs wealth and enterprise
benic!a-ycry properly, As ! think---bas been
made Tie naval and military station ior the Bay
Gen Smith and Commodore Jones both have thep
headquarters here The Generals hOuse and the
military barracks are built on a headand Of the On.
trance Of -uisun Bay--a breezy and healthy sitoa
ton. Monte DiaD.e. tic giant Of tie Coast Range,
shoots up high and blue On the other side OF tie
stair, and away beyond the waters Of the Bay
beyond the waste marshes Of tule nnd the breed
grazing plaias and above the low outlines o. many
sn intermediate chain, loOnl up, fentsnd Tar aid
si.yery, the SHOWS VI the Sierra Nevada.
We cane 10 Of New YOrk Of the Pacific ia four
hours alter leaving San FrsnciscD-a distance Of ~
miles The forner piece with is aspiring bat most
awkward name s ocated On level plain on he
southern shore VI Suisun Bay, backed By range VI
barren mountains. IL cousists Of three houses 0ls
u which is ! three story one and several yesses a.
sDcboE near the shore. The anchorage Is good sr6
we're II lot Scr the mos Fuitoes the crews rniett
i've peassntly enough, IA theiT sec.asion. There
never VII Be large town there lor the simple res
son that there IS No possible cause Why there
sh0ald be one. Stockton ard Sacramento City sap
~ the MiEes, San Frsrcisco takes the commence,
Benlcis tie agriculture. proc1ce, with tar sisrs
q tie inland trade, and THIS Gotbam-fthe.W esL
ear must coaiinue 70 beie its tit.e
We anchored. waiting Sor he STEAMBOAT Saeyo
Nento, which meets tie James 4 Day ard re-
ceives Der passengers she cane slongside sitsf
DARK, but, owing 70 the rain. did not lesve urtli
after midnight She was a sansl light crat bulk
IA tie as, and shipped here There were Q few
benhs n her small cabin. 10 be h&l a, Is esch
We ianclea ae.ther the pnce nor the dirty osn.
.sis ard rapiang ourselves IN CIR ssrapes' passed
the night n state Of tonid endurance
As tie day dsvned, gloomy eEd wet ] went On
deck We were near the head a Ire ecugt,
a b.osd nsvigsbls cut-o6 which saves twesty mites
10 l-sk;rx the trip The bepks are ined vHn
ID clsts. behind winch extends nencw eet q
timber Principally csk Snd sycamore here ana
there, 10 clear spo,s were the cabins Of Ihs "ooo
men, or ct sguEtters, wro intend claiming w
emts.oa rishts. The wood. which brings si@ "
sls u cord is piled up on ths bluff banks, snd u's
steamer back AZ 70 Il, whenever they rs cehgeo
&c wood up" At the jcaction Of the sloagn s1in
the river proper. there is small village OF indisH
huts -
The Sacramento Is bssutial strearn. Its sidh
varies from two 10 three hundred yards, snd ~
banks hinged with neh foisge, preseaf by the1
con,ipuUus virdings q fne succession OF ylew.
In Appearance IL reminds ne somewhat o. M
Delaware Bs:oxe reaching the sown 81 s1sIo',
we passsd 9 ranehe, ths produce Of vtid " 'sss