San Andreas independent., 1857-02-28


hosts. Their hearts may be hardened now but
the time will surely come, when these tyrants
viii have to endure more than all the plaques
of Egypt; for the more they oppress this people,
the more will their enemies multiply, until an
outraged and injured community, will throw
off the yoke and overwhelm this monopoly
We warn politicians who have supported this
incorporated imposition, that they will have to
go down with them. Every Senator who voted
to sustain imposition will again hear of it, in
laundering tones from the mountain press,
should they again ask the suffrage of an in
jured constituency The price of passage from
Stockton to San Francisco, is Sc; one dollar for
meal and one dollar for bed, making $500 for
eight hours steaming on water. The price
from San Francisco to San Jose, is 81 ; one dol
lar for meals. The Steamer Sophie, runs to
Alviso where the passengers take stages ria
Santa Clara for San Jose.
SAN JOSE
| This old California Town, has more the APP
pearance of an established city than its popula-
ton and vote would seem to Indicate The
name of "garden city" has been very appro-
priately applied to it. Artesan wells, are to be
found on almost every street. and on most of
the farms. The numerous orchards, nurseries
and conservatorys, charm the senses and lend
an air of living freshness to every house and
garden-more beautiful and more abundant
than any other town in California.
About one mile Southeast of the town, is
the celebrated Premium Nursery, the best on the
Pacific Coast-of Messrs. Smith Winchell.-
This nursery is the most extensive and most
patronized of any in the State. This year they
been put in market, and only 10000 now re-
main unsold most of these trees were sold at
the nursery and were purchased to plant in the
valley. The proprietors of the nursery are
now preparing for next years business, when
the enterprising firm will have twice as many
trees for the Market of every variety, as they
had this year. The reason of their immense
success in the business, is mainly attributable
to the fact that the varieties they guarantee,
always prove true to the label. Mr.. Winchells
family having just arrived, he is now pepna-
nent resident of the State, which will increase
his wealth and happiness, and also add to his
great personal popularity.
The best Flower Garden, is that Of our friend,
Mr.. l.. Provost, gentleman whose liberality, is
always foremost in aiding every new enterprise
tending to increase and develop the resources
of the beautiful valley, of which his garden is
truly the /" diamond" while all surrounding it
is but the setting" Mr.. Provost, is a fine old
gentleman who has devoted long life to the
cultivation of rare plants and flowers. His
garden is unsurpassed, in beauty of design, or
richness and elegance of rare flowers. He
now holds three premiums, granted by the last
State Fair, for exhibiting the Finest Roses
q" The Largest Pears" and the most beautiful
" Garden Designs" Over seventeen thousand
fine, healthy rosebushes in ninety-five varieties,
were shown to u.s. Six or eight hands are con-
tihually planting, pruning and propapating
trees. His nursery is situated, very convenient
to the city, ON the Southwest side of the
Guadalupe river, where he has built fine new
bridge for the accommodation of his friends
and customers all of whom are invited to visit
lions of flowers
Weighed down with honey dew, serenely blest,
Theirs who first in Edens grove took rest
Under some balmy tree"
The whole of the Santa Clara valley is now
in a state of excellent cultivation every foot of
its length and breadth is mapped out into grain
fields meadows, lawns and gardens The cities
of San Jose and Santa Clara are joined by an
almost continuous row of Improvements. San
Jose is the County seat, and has many advanta-
ges over Santa Clara. The City Hall is one of
the inest buildings in. the State; its entrance is
yet wreathed with the withered foliage, placed
there at the late State Fair We visited the
Hall and other public buildings, in company with
Mr.. John M. Murphy, the pioneer miner and dis
coverer of Murphy's creek, gulch, camp, fat,
town, and dozen other places named after
him. He is now Mayor of the City, having
been elected a short time since,-he is a capital
good fellow and deserves a better fate Bv the
way, Mr. Murphy and his accomplished wife,
both were awarded premiums, for being the
most graceful and expert equestrians in the
State. His honors seem to rest easy, as he has
the same noble mien, open hand and warm
heart he had when Hasuche and his Tribe of
Indians, paid him the stipulated amount of one
hundred pounds of gold per week
More than half the Artesian wells, bored in
the town of San Jose, were affected by the late
Earthquake, one of the largest the City we'll,
has gone entirely dry, dozen more have also
entirely failed, while the current, in all the
others is gradually weakening. Some appear
to think that the Earthquake filed up the old
channels; others say that some fine, large wells
lately struck down near Alviso are tanninn