New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-05

was peace and harmony To my view II was
such an exhibition Of the working Of pODuia
government as the world never before saw The
world, 10y its representations, was looking on
Such a motley group OF spectators, no other spot
under heaven could produce There's a bloody
fight coming-thOught the lrlshman, as the s1in
grew tighter over his knucl,lcs The Freedman
shrugged his shoulders, convinced that dis
grand cment popularc mus, end Ia trcmcn-
doUs revolution IN less than three days span
arts and Mexlcans and Chans stood ln SIS
pcnsc, wondering that some great General came
not dashlng forward on horseback TO take com
mand and ride into power Indians thought the
transparencles curious, the banners pretty and
the music charming. The Chimes were delight
ed, and their little eyes twinkicd apprOvIngly,
though they were too much wOndeF-slrIcs 70
think at all
As for the fighting that was ali done q, the
election and not from pure political excitement.
Had not men taken INTO the stomach an enemy
that stole away their brains, no disturbance
would have maned the canvass from beginning
to end
When | began this letter, intended to fiji it
mainly with notices of agriculture and climate.
But space is LETT me only for a few remarks on
the soil and productions of the country. Cali
fOnla has been regarded mainly desert, dot
ted with a few garden spots But her agricul-
tural resources are about being developed with
astonishing rapidity. The high prices Of vege-
tables and fruits and grains, Is stimulating the
tlllage of the soil IN every quarter True the
dry season presents an obstacle, but even the
dry season does not interfere with the growth OF
good crop per annum. We have hundreds Of
thousands of acres, which YOU may plant with
potatoes, simply plOughing them into the virgin
soil without manure or previous preparation, and
then, without the slightest tlllage YOU may
gather from every acre three 10 five hundred
bushels of the best potatoes IN the world The
valleys of San Jose, SOnOma and Napa, and
scores of similar valleys, are garden spots that
cannot be excelled in fertility and soiuJr'y.
There are now in this market beets weighing
from twenty to forty pounds raised IN the first
named location from seed planted last August.
These beets readily bring - to 20 cents pound
for table use, and they are sweet and tender.
New potatoes have made their appearance,
grown at the Mission near this city. Cahbages
are common, and various other vegetables In
observing the numerous gardens near TINS city,
and the great quantities of horticultural proiuc-
lions brought here by water from various points,
sometimes hundreds of miles distant, one Is sur
prlsed at the high prices they command ! saw
lettuce to-day IN fine order ust arrived from the
Sandwich Islands A large lot of sweet pOta-
toes, in good order, from the same place, sold al
auction for cents a pound The wholesale
price of an article IN this market has no strict
relation to the retail; the retailer would pro3ab
" sell them at to y cents.
Those who have seen the country IN all the
burnt up harenness Of Autumn, can form no idea
Of its appearance IN Spring Indeed, no one who
does not see il can imagine the floral beauty of
the landscape at this moment. Every spot OF soil
is covered with flowers few days since stood
on a hill, up which the city Is climbing 10 the
south, and turning my eyes southwark | could
see with perfect plalnness the yellow carpetng
Of flowers which covered the beautifully undu-
latmg country five miles dlStani-taT beyond the
Il hill
before YOU reach the city limits, You tread on q
foWcr-bcd. The lrs is III great proiusion-the
California Poppy everywhere spreads It's bright
yellow petalS-the Towering Currant, the wild
Lilac, The Beach Cactus, the yellow Violet, al
most as beautiful as the Hearts Ease the Gcra- .
MUM MallOw, the COlumblne, the Forget -me-nOt, /
and many other more delicate and humble Spe- |
cies, mostly unknown to the Atlantic States, are
laviShly distributed. About the middle of April
took a walk with friend, and we counted no less
than fifty-one plants IN bloom, though our walk
did not extend more than hall mile from the
outskirts A gentleman, who rode few days
ago about "A miles over the plains near Sacra-
meno City, describes the entire field as one gor-
geous hower-bed. Such Is the condition Of one /
half the surface of California at this moment. /
VIII a soil like this refuse a profitable recon- /
pensc to labor
Your readers have heard of the gigantic cedars /
of the Pacific Coast They are found to the |
Bay and the famous Gold Bluffs. 1t Is hard to
credit the stories that everybody brings home /
who goes there 4 tree sixteen feet III dame /
ter. and having trunk of two hundred feet IN
length bcnfqth fhe branches, Is of moderate size.
am assured that the largest are thirty feet IN
diameter 4 friend Of NINE, Robert Lammot'
ESD. of this city, informs me that he and his |
brother measured tree near Humboldt, passing
round II with tape as high as they could reach.
and found the circuit to exceed ninsfy ted
These monsters are apt to be hollow, and 1t Is
not uncommon to find them converted into hu-
man habitations Red,rood is the name commonly
applied to tins species of cedar, from the color
OF the wood, which is very soft, and has re-
markably straight grain, so that thin and per
fectly even strips may be split of many feet IN
length | should have mentioned that the en-
tire length of the largest OF these trees exceeds
500 feet
In the same region raSpberreS grow TO an
inch and more IN length, and strawberries also
TO an enormous Size-of course mean without
cultivation. The soil of California is remarkably
adapted to these fruits. In places near tins city
the ground is now white with strawberry BIOS
SONS. and the blossoms are much larger thah
any have ever before seen.
am possessed of other information as 10 the
soil. and the agricultural capacities OF the STATE
its mineral resources and Its climate, all winch
must be deferred Tor the present.
Yours, SC, SAN FRAN