Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12

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are intervals of days, and sometimes
weeks, during which the sky is as
clear and the sun shines as warm as
IN South Carolina in the month of
May Although there are three win
Ter months now passed, I have vet TO
see the first frost in San Francisco.
AS California has thus far been on.
ly known to the world as mining
country the general impression a
broad is that it possesses no agricul-
tural resources, but this is a great
mistake. The country abounds with
great number Of the most fertile
valleys, that are as capable of pro-
dnclng the necessaries of life, as are
IN any of the States of the Union
The market of San Francisco is fur
nished with variety of Vegetables
not inferior TO that OF the city of New
Y OK; and as the t.uces oil these ami-
cies are, and must for considerable
time 10 come be very high, the pro-
ducl'on OF them is perhaps the most
lucrative business of any occupation
IN the country. What would a per.
son IN States say oil paying from 10
ID cents per pound for for Irish or
sweet potatoes, so to 81 cents for TO-
matoes, 20 TO 25 cents for onions, and
SO TO rs cents for cabbage head.
know a gentleman who cultiva-
ted some ten acres of ground last
summer, on 5 Of them he planted TO-
matoes, and he realized upwards OF
81 1000 for ! know three others
who planted about 35 acres with Irish
potatoes, and they realized $4,000.
When l arrived here last August, |
found the market supplied with as
line grapes as can be found on the
Rhine, and as fine pears, apples and
water melons, as can be raised in the
State of New York.
But by no means small item with
the farmer of California is the rails
ing of stock. There are many ofth
old settlers Of the country who own
immen'e herds of cattle and sheep.
And if we take into consideration The
high prices that are paid for stock of
eYeryz descriptinn- and rs the -hIAi. of
| tIe popuiat'uriTS-t turning IT'S attention
TO commercial and mining pursuits,
stock raising will continue to be a
very profitable business.
But experience has proven that
every variety of product that is rails
ed IN the same degree. in the other
States of the Union can he produced
on the rich sol! of California. The
lover of sport and fishing can also
hnd IN California an extensive and
profitable field TO operate. The noun.
tains and plains abound with myriads
of wild geese, ducks, elk, and deer,
the woods are perfectly alive with
sguirrels,with all of which the mar
ket Of San Francisco is always abun
dainty supplied. ! have seen men
who follow hunting. and they declar.
ed that they average from Is to Is
dollars per day. The grizzly bear
lis 10 be found larger than perhaps IN
any other part of the world, ] have
seen many weighing from 800 to l4oC
pounds.
/ It's here like every where, where
i ever American institutions have been
4 transplantedy the, press always has oc
B cupied a very conspicuous part in SO
3 clety. There are now 40 less thar
eight daily papers published in this
city; many of them will, in point o
i ability and circulation, compare ia
\ vorably with any other published il
i the older States of the Uuion. There
4 are besides thisseVen more published
init various smaller tov lis Of tbs
State, 'a''." q
Business is at present very mucl
! depressed; many articles of merchan
= disc can, owing to an over supply, be
bought here as low as in the States
Il with The exception, perhaps. of fine
q cigars, chewing and smoking ipbac
4 co, soap, and playing cards, which
& are paying now from 100 to 300 PEI
4 emit. profit. IL jhe spring Of tht
q year, however, a general revival il
II busnless is expected. -. - -"
d pALMosT7 AZ pRopHEcY LIN 1885,
Il John, G. Calhoun, IN nreplying t6 Dan
Il eltiWebster, th,:s addressed him
u ''if the princi|ies you contend for
i are correct, you will wakeu up spirit
Il of abolitionism in the north; you vii
make your people believe they are
u responsible for this institution, anc
Il the day that principle gets into theil
!, minds, and that feeling into their
: hearts, tins Union win Be at an end
And you yourself will be the very
i FIRST TO feel the effects of the doc
Z triHe you, ares now mainta,niBgs Isy
Il being estraeised aud scornedllFays.a