The Nevada journal., 1857-02-27
Products of southern California.


S793 Is.
Products of Southern California.
A Arecent Los Angeles paper, in speak
ing of the products of that section of the
country, says:
The extent of our resources is yet
unknown, but great deal more is
known than is made useful. The time
will come-and we hope it is not far
distant-when our valley will resound
with the hum of busy industry; when
corn, and wine, and oil will abound; !;
when the golden ears of an abundant
harvest will cover the hills and plains,
the result of well directed energy and
tkill. 1t requires but the enterprise
and capital to make, prudently, the ex-
periments; to strike the waters out of
the finty rocks, and to spread it over
our lands, enriching and fertilizing our
present arid wastes. Science furnishes
the mode of obtaining the enriching ell
ement, let common sense dictate its ap-
plication.
climate unsurpassed in any country or
cline. The genial rays of our almost
tropical sun produce in. abundance the
fruits of the most favored regions. Our
vines attain luxuriance unknown else
where; our grapes astonish, by their
size and delicious flavor, the most ex-
perienced growers of other states; be-
sides these, we have lemons, oranges,
olives, apples, aprocots, aloes, iigs, nee
tarines, plums, pears, peaches, pome-
granates, pineapples, ounces, raspber-
ry, strawberry and walnuts. The cur
rant of commerce will grow here; SO
also cork wood Our wine is even now
of first quality, what it wants in artistic
finish being made up in purity and
wholesomeness. We expore wine, bran
dy, corn, hides, wool and salt. We
should manufacture and export oil the
olives grow here in abundance. We
make our own ale and beer; manufac-
ture leather, the oak bark being obtain
ed in our mountains; we have carriage
factories, broom factory, shingle ma
chimes, saw mills, and grist mills; a
steam distillery, planning and sash ma
ch. me.
With the increase and Improvement
of our wines and brandies, will arise the
necessity for bottle factory-one of
the most profitable investments, even
now, in which capitalist could embark.
The material is here in abundance
An extensive cooperage establishment,
is one of our most urgent wants. The
culture of the cork wood will yet be a
necessity with us.
KISSING A BACHELoR.-A correspon-
dent relates the following incident -
1--WE have a friend-a bachelor friend
very fond of the society of the ladies,
but extremely modest and diffident with
al. A few evenings since he went to
make call upon an acquaintance who
had recently taken to himself wife.
young and beautiful, and, as matter of
course, overfowing with affection for her
husband. Now, this lovely wife of a
week, like all other wives, could scarce
ly survive the brief absence of her hus-
band for the discharge of his business,
and always upon his return met him up
on the threshold, and smothered him
kisses. 1t so happened when our friend
called that the husband was absent, but
was momentarily expected by the fond
and anxious wife, She heard his foot
fall upon the step, and, supposing it to
be her husband, rushed forth to meet
him; and he had scarcely laid his hand
upon the bell rope before the door flew
open, and his neck was encircled with a
pair of white arms, and burning kisses
fell thick and fast upon his lips and
cheeks while full and throbbing
breast was strained to his! Here was
trying situation for ditfident man, and
our friend came near fainting on the
spot; but, fortunately, the lady discov-
cred her mistake in season to prevent
such melancholy event, and he escap-
ed from the house more dead than alive.
The last we saw of him, he was leaning
against tree, tanning himself with his
sombrero, in order to recover strength
to regain his lodgings"
MORMON IMMIGAATIoN. - The ship
Columbia arrived at New York on Tues
day, from Liverpool, with 221 Mormon
immigrants, about one-half of whom
were women and children. Most of