New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-19
CALIFORNIA.
From Oar Own Correspondent

Frc4 Oar Own Correspondent
San FRANCISCO, Friday, Nov. 81, 1854.
There will be much less land in California, next
year. than at any time during the last three years.
The last year Of prosperity for California farmers was
1851. Since then the tlers Of the so have scarcely
been able TO maintain themselves, except by specu-
laiions no. necessarily connected with farming. A
considerable por ion Of the farming has been done By
men who made fortunes-ffom $40, 0Oo To zoo OO0 in
40, so and '5l-then purchased farms, or ranches
md settled, 10 the hope To sustain themselves in style
by farming, and increase their wealth by the increase
in the value of land. These hopes have not been
fulfilled. Land for farming is worth no more than il
wa, in 81, ana all the farming done by hired men
has lot sufced to sup port the ranch owness in STYLE
Indeed, they have been lucky who have paid ex.
penses at all. The past year has been so dis ,strous
that the gentleman farmers have come 10 the con.
cusoD that it Is safer to LEI their land lie idle than 70
farm by hired men. From Santa Clara Sonora
Napa, Santa Rosa, Alameda and Contra Costa the
procpal farming districts, for the staple productions.
the reports are that ole third of the ond in cutivs
ton last year VIII lie idle during the coming season.
There is danger that sbll az ain hsve to import
-four and era n The Native Californian ranch
owners have ventufed li,ile and oS little by fafm-
ing.
California houris selling at sl5 per bbl whea. ani
oars a; 81 &C per bushei barley at 80 cents per bushel
potsto.s 1t - cents per bHshel, md California red
beans So 20 per bushel. Eastern Flour is selling
a. sls 20 per Dbl. Wheat is worth no more ia San
Francisco thsD il is at Chicago, while the cost of ia
pr ouction and cssTae 10 market Is az least three
times greater here than there. The consequence of
low prlces is that shipments ore being made to Ma
zatlsD, iebiIi, Melbourne, Sydney, CalaO aud Homo
lulu. The table Of exports for ths last week shows
shipments 20 al SAID ports Of 653 900 10 Of p1a,Oes
7,CC0 h Of -four 600 II salmon POS 900 feet II lun
Der. an l3O, eco ID oi quicksilver
You aiilsee thei The Tines AID Prqnscyipt and
stverl other Of the Cbivalry organs deny to II the
Cliysry lefty sJught 70 have avery introduced
Ito ths St-ic, or seeks IT row The fact Is So all
afstrr0ps - the contrary Notwithstanding Their
wsb The purpose Of the leader. Of tue part, has not
beer openly ceclsrsc bat II l. no secret with th5ss
who have been in frequent intercourse with them
Ma ', protal ~ le~ge na jodty Il those who vote
Tor tne Chiyslry ticket opposed sny extension
of SsVely out a majority, prcporti0nabiy more
strong, OF the Re worker lave Oag al the intro
duCtion Of slaves INTO lL- southern portion of the
Stale rs the principal question 1T STATE politics. The
Nouttern Co1iOtr az s.grrch CLiValry p4oer. agi
advocate of b. division # he ate does not dis.
II BE- or o.. ~ to Slsy-is.
The Commission 10 survey the yer horpdsry of
81. Gscs den purcb-se ai Leave Ss1ta Label about
tie LEI ~ December, to commence their llbor-.
1he mDlDg ue~s l. favorable. The South Feather
River Water Cor paey, Sith capital Of sl2O.OJJ
ave resry completed heir canal, ehieh will oman
70 ne miners ore ~ ths uns' u-ve diirics Of
? ground N III. S'sts nov improbable for raat
o. wa'sr
The Yrska Canal IS probably The mos' in?or;a1