New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-09-15

row entrance over bar, with bat twelve feet OF
water. Lumber Is the chief product at this place.
TRINIDAD, in latitude 4lo lV, is snall port
twelve miles below the msuth OF the River Kls-
math.
CRESCENT CITY, in latitude4lo 45. on the sout.,
side Of Point ST. George, is the most northern port
in California. The hsrbor is poor There Is aid
to be a good mining. farming and numbering coun-
try in ts vicinity.
II will be seen that the State has a great num-
Der of good harbors-probably more than can DO
found in any other equal distance on the whole
line of the Pacific coast. san Francisco Mon
terey and Fan Diego are the three principal points
on the sea.board; and Sacramento, Stockton snd
Maryville. all accessible by steamboat nayiga-
ton from this place, are the three principal towns
in the Interior.
SACRAMENTO lies in the great valley on the
river which bears its name Ii is about l2O miles
from the ocean. accessible at all seasons Of the
year BY steamboats,, which ply daily up and down
the river and bay. The town bears the saus rela-
ton TO San Francisco that Albany does to New
York The first house on the present site was
built in lsi9. 1t is the second town in import
aHce in the State and numbers now about IL, 900
inhabitants.
STOCKTON, the third town in size is situated
on a slough near the San Joaquin River, and Is
about 1870 miles from San Francisco. lt is tho
and trade is carried on for what are called the
Southern Mines. The first Improvements there
were made in lS49. 1t has now population Of
about 5000.
M,RYsyILLE lies on Feather River about 50
miles north of Sacramento. The town was COM
menced about the same time that Stockton started,
and ike il is trading point for miners, but they
come here from what is called the Northern Mines.
Steamboats, of light draught are able to reach the
town at all seasons OF the year. Its inhabitants
are from 5000 TO 1900.
SoNoARA. in Toulumne County, lying in a west
ery direction from Stockton, has population OF
$500, and is flOurishng village in mining dis
trict.
Los ANGELES is an old town commenced in
l7s0, and has about :, 500 Inhabitants. IL lies in
the south part of the state, and is said to be i'm
proving rapidly. II is surrounded by very fine
country. which at present is probably the most
desirable section for residence in California
SAN BERNARDIYO, in an adjoining county, has
population of about ], 800. This is Mormon set
Element said TO be in very prosperous condition.
In point of beauty and many other considerations
the location is represented to be unequaled.
SAN JOSE is situated in the charming valley
which bears it's name. IL is accessible by water,
the town lying at the southern extremity Of
San Francisco Bay. II is an old pueblo or town.
and was long occupied, before the present settle
is about 1900.
SONOMA was mission in 1924 and a town in
1875 IL numbers now 400 or 500 inhabitants.
BENICn is known principally as having been
the seat of government which is now located at
Sacramento. The Pacific Steamship Company
have large foundery and dry dock there. The
Federal Government have also selected it as a
depot Aside from these things. the place is Of
little Importance. Itspopulation is about the same
as that of SOrOma.
OAKLAND lies on the opposite side of the bay
from San Francisco It is TO this city what
Brooklyn is to New ort, only you New Workers.
cross the East River in FIVE minutes for penny,
and we cross the bay, about seven miles, in half
an hour for fifty cents. The town now contains
about $500 inhabitants, and is destined to in
crease rapidly. The location is very desirable for
those who are not engaged in active pursuits.
} There are several small towns in different parts
of the State, which, as the country increases in
population, will become pleasant and desirable vii
lagos for a residence. Among this number arc
Nevada, Columbia, Placerville, Cooma Yreka.
Mokelumne Hill, Auburn, Grass Valley, Downie-
vile, Shasta, Napa. and some Others As the
population OF the State is not large, and il is
spread over wide extent Of country many Of tho
interior towns cannot increase very rapidly for the
next few years. NJ. FARMER.