San Andreas independent., 1857-03-28
Summary of News.

w WY AAOn LuS Gan FRANCISCO 4fE1cS LEI
ter, per steamer Golden Gate, the following con-
densed summary of events from March 5th to
March goth, 1857:
The shipment of Treasure by the J. L. Ste
phens was only Sl,4oo,ooo, but the Golden
Gate of to-day, the Goth March, will be at least
$2,OoO,ooO
The receipts of gold at our head Express and
Banking House, of Wells, Fargo & Co., from the
lst to the l7th of March, amounts to the large
sum of 81, ,e35, ,229; and this sum does not in
clude proportionately large amounts which stop
at Sacramento and Stockton, from the mining
districts
In our last Neacs Letter we gave the gloomy
side of California affairs, believing it our
two years has been period of disasters and
depression; from that point we are now ad
vancing, and are again about entering upon
period of healthy prosperity. Speculation gives
away to the legitimate enterprise. Our mines
will this year yield harvest of increased mil
lions. More gold will be produced than in any
former year; Wells Fargo & Co., hive received
by one nights express, $3.50, 600 Our agri-
cultural districts are more productive than any
other known lands in the world and Califor-
MIA can supply the whole demand of the Pacific
with grain, in competition with Chill or Aus
tralia, with profit to the farmer AS evidence
that the ebbing tide is returning in its flood
upon us, We have the prospect of an increas-
ing emigration of 10000 people across the
plains. Congress is about to give us the long
wished for wagon or military road. The Te-
huantepec route opens new channel for ap-
proach to our State. Three Steamship compa-
nies in competition will reduce the price of
freights and passage. An effective California
Emigration Society is in operation in New York
New manufactures are springing up all over
our State Wool, is becoming an article of ex-
port A clipper goes monthly loaded from our
port with products for expectation. An i'm
mcnse Sugar Refinery smokes its chimney
stacks in our suburbs-the enterprise of George
Gordon. A company is formed in San JOSE
under the guidance of Eugene Dellesert for
the culture Of the Sugar Beet. 4 bukhead,
for the protection of our water front, is on the
point of realization The market street Rail-
way, about to be commenced, indicates the pro-
gress of our city towards the mission. The
recent sale of the Howard Estate, by John Mid
dleton, indicates the value and demand for real
estate.
The Isthmus Of 7eluantepec lies between the
Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and is in
the States of Vera Cruz and Cavaca From
the mouth of the Coatzacualcos river to the
harbor of La Ventosa, the Pacific, is one
hundred and forty three and one-half miles,
There are plains on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts, separated by the Cordillera range of
mountains, which, at this point are suddenly
depressed, so that there are no obstacles to easy
travel from ocean to ocean. The Bay of La
Ventosa, safe and commodious harbor, SUI
perior to Valparaiso in Chill, or Monterey in
this State, is formed by an indentation in tho
coast, and the projection of the Cerro Moro, on
the west. The Tehuantepec river discharges
itself near this point Vessels can lay within a
hundred feet of the shore, The harbor on the
Atlantic side, at Minna Titan, was discovered
and spoken of by Cortes in his dispatches to
the Emperor, Charles Y, as the best one on the
Gulf coast of Mexico The pass for Railroad
in the Cordilleras is the Marahua pass The
inhabitants on the Isthmus number about 25,-
000 and mostly in compact villages, located in
the elevated country. The rainy season COM
,nnncac in tba month of Tunn ond Ep;cbos IN
October The country is perfectly healthy,
possessing mineral wealth. immense agrcultu-
raj resources, and an excellent climate. " The
profusion of the myrtle and laurel families Of
plants, is proof that the temperature is not tro-
pical, but sub-tropcal. The proximity of the
Sierra Madre, whose SUBMITS are enveoped in
clouds, tends to even the temperature. Com
pared with other places selected for forming
junction between other two oceans, this Isth~
mus has peculiar advantages With less allu-
vial land at the sea level, it is more healthy
than San Juan de Nicaragua, and from its more
northern latitude, its mean annual temperature
is less than that of Nicaragua or Panama The
Indian Rubber tree is found in astounding
huinpers. sugar, CoHee, TOBACCO, and Cotton
are raised on the Isthmus, beside dye-woods,
vegetable gums, and balsams, and medicinal
plants. and fruits of innumerable qualities
The ANIMALS on the Isthmus are Jaguas, the
Puma, the Ocelote, the Cayote, Deer, Coati
mondi, Hares, Rabbits, Squirrels and MONKEYS,
and Birds of the richest plumage, and innumer-
able varieties. The Indian are the most nu-
merable portion of the inhabitants They are
below the medium stature, but squarely built
and very muscular. The towns are Santiago
Moloacan, 720 inhabitants; San Fran Sanapa.
800; Nina Titan, 400; Cosuliacaque, 1000 /:
Cuapa, 900; San Juan Chinamee, l,40o; Jalti-
pan, 1900; Tesistepec; 2,3Oo San Martin Oc-
argucam, $500; Juchitan, 5000; Tehuantepec,
0On-Mgor Barnards Surrey.