Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-07-29
Productions and Climate Uf CaIifOr.

J. B. Crockel, SENIOR. editor of the ST..
Louis lnleiigencer, is now in California, and
wrlllu2 home Il series Of lellers Tor his pa
per. From long leller dated San Francisco,
ApnI 18Th, We select the following para.
graphs:
"Bul have seen IN the marke, here such
vegetables Us can be found nowhere else IN
the United Sta,es-beeis, iuruipS, pululueS.
caDbugrs, onions. and eau flower Of The
most enurmuus Size. aud of the finest quail
". And am assured that vegetables re-
quire less cultivation here, t" produce Them
in perfection, Than al any other place in the
Union. Some idea may be formed oi the
pruducliveneSS Of The soil and It's adaptation
10 the growth al small grain. from lhe Iacl
thar it wlIl bring from fiIiy 10 seventy five
bushels ui wheat ur barlry lo the acre. aud
will bring second crop Of forty or fily
bushels without re.Sowlug, aud ,hitd crop
in like manner, Of twenty five or Ihuy
bushels. Sn Ina! when unce suwn, it will
produce ihler successive crops before II is
re.sUwn. was almost mcreduluuS Ul tins
lacl. uniI was assured ui nOy gentlemen
ol the most unquesuUnub { veiaciy. have
not, US yet. been ouI Of The cIy since my
arrival, bui | learn from rcllabls source S
thar there are portions oi ials SIatr which,
for the pruducuvenrss OF ihe sUll, the de-
| iighllu temperature VI the cl'ma'e. nnu lhe
picturesque beauty oI the scenery, excel any
portion ul the Continent The valley vi
San Jose. which is ab0u, fily miles south
Of this pace, is represented as second
Eden, whilst Nuppa Valley is cons'dered
scarcely inferior - ii. | am assured that
in these valleys there is scarcely any variu'
ZION in the temperature, and ,huI perpetual
spring prevails, whist the soil is ierIlle al
mos, 6ey yond belief, aud The scenery us
beautiful us can be imagined.
"They are now becoming densel y popu'
aled, and are. doubtless, The most desirable
portions Of California. 10 me who have
been accustomed 10 the variable weather oI
| W Western SAFES the climate Ui IhlS clIy APP
pears delicious hey und measure. The lore
Moons are ctrlainly as delightful as IL is
possible 10 conceive of; bul III Ihe afternoon
u slung sea br ezr generally prevails, which
renders II somewhat chilly. whilst The hlghIs
are just COOL enough 10 be inNisoraIIng, and
lu cause one 10 sleep soundiy aud comIor'a'
! bly, under bankei. That il is perfectly
healthy climate is conc uSiveIy proved by
lhe bills ul mortality here. In Tins Guy
with u population oI over thirty thousand
The deaths average only about six per week,
whilst in 81. Louis, with population uI
nlnely thousand, The! range from til'y u
Two hundred per week. There are solne
very curious phenomena, however, in The
climate Of CuIlIornai for example, Ihe
months which IN The Atlantic States are The
hp,IeS. in The yeur, to wit, July and August
ars here the cuoes, and most unpleasant
with slrong winds. | learn also there is
another strange fact which is undenubly
true, 10 wit: lhnl in The very midst Of the
dry season, when ihere has been no ..,,
for months. the springs becor". swolsn @ a"'
overflow their usual bed. This orenrs an,
nuoIIy IN the dfysSs' psr' Of The season."