New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-22

The steamer OF today takes from AZ AiuoiH
Leonard, than whom a better or truer man mas
not lived among Us. He returns TO us again. be-
lieve. Being so well known as ne is IN New orA'
/ need say but little more about him. de enjoys
/ think, the universal esteem Of our community
As the head Of the company who came out Win
him-as a merchant-as a member Of the Common
Council in this city, and as a gentleman nave
seen him or known Of him only to find him gener'
ally esteemed Ny personal acquaintance win
Mr.. Leonard has not been particularly Intimate
| was near his Company in the mines; and SINCE
he was elected TO the Board Of Aldermen here
have been familiar with his views, and noted his
devotion to the interests of our city. In youth
was intimate with branch Of the Leonard lam
iy, and, as place much confidence in "blood,'
was not surprised to find in Moses 6. Leonard
the noble qualities Of the head and heart which ne
is everywhere known 70 possess
Since the date of my last, the cholera has
again been subsiding. and at present 1t IS well
nigh gone from US. The grave digger at feroa
Buena Cemetery informs me that over 6OOgraves
have been made there since the explosion OF the
Sycamore. The rains were interrupted from the
I'd to the 18th inst, since which they have again
commenced falling. All the hills are green and
this country as seen from now till next June Is
certainly one Of the finest to be found In the same
latitude in any part Of the world.
In regard to the future of this country, need
saw but little after so much has been said by
others. have no doubt of its progressive pros
perity. 1t is possessed Of abundant resources
10 insure this aside from its mineral wealth, which
is neither accidental nor temporary. In respect
to the fertility of SOIL as the cultivation oft here
within the last year has abundantly shown, 1t has
scarcely rival on the earth. In amounts pro-
duced to the extent Of the soil cultivated, 1t IS IN
eoualed. No gardens be more productive
than those of the Missions Dolores, Santa Clara
and San Jose Nor is the fertility limited to those
locations alone: the whole valley Of Santa Clara
is like them. So, too, are the extensive bottoms
along the valies of the Sacramento and San Joa-
ouin and their tributaries. Walter Cotton GER
tainly mistook in his letter to Mr.. Thurston OF
Oregon, in which he compared the quantity Of
arabic land in California to be about the same as
that of Massachusetts. 1t is true that irrigation
may be needful; and so is the removal of the
stones from the soil of Massachusetts, also
needful.
will not allow myself to speak in too fatter
ing terms of the land of my adoption but be-
eve that it is to enjoy its own advantages and to
prosper in them, for ages to come; and that IN
these advantages and prosperity it is not to be
surpassed by any other State or country on the
globe To give reasons for this belief is not my
present purpose. Suffice it, that many of US who
have been here longest concur in the same opin-
~ a. hair Ofu in
number of those who expect that every wind
that blows will serve to enrich only themselves.
ought not to close to-day without expressing
my many and great obligations to GREGORY
Co.'S and ADAMS x Co.'S excellent Expresses. All
in this community are indebted to these enterpris
ing firms on the arrival and departure Of every
steamer. And the immense amount of business
done by these Expresses here, is the best evidence
Of their appreciation by the public here and at
home. BY the last arrival GREGORY Co. brought
the Pacific Ners materials, the freight on which
amounted to nearly $4,000. Yours, &c. c. NIB.
P. 81 append the following memoranda on
the weather prepared by friend Dr. James Blake
of Sacramento City, late Professor of Anatomy in
the University Of St. Louis.
The WEATHER.-lt seems now the fashion
among certain class OF disappointed adventur-
ers to SANDER everything about California. Even
the weather has not escaped. But we
WINGED tbst'a reference to the meteorological re-
ports that are furnished US weekly by DR.. Blake,
will convince every one who takes the trouble to
investigate them, that even our Winter presents
advantages in point Of climate not TO be rpassed
by any country in the world The slight variations
in the temperature must render it extremely ben
efcia to invalids, particularly to those afflicted
with pulmonary complaints. We believe that
when these advantages become fully known
trip to California will be recommended by the
Faculty in the older States, as frequently as a
voyage to Italy or Madeira, is advised to the in.
valid in Europe.