The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-08

however sapguine ] nav be- Of the future of this
state. do not rec but wha. | have reliable data
aud the events ct the past - base my calculations
on The advantages Of this State as an agricultar4
and pIlziDg and vine apc iruit growing country
laying ssGe atogether its mineral wealth-are
scarcely YET bean - be appreciated and realized
What is there III the grau or vegetable department.
which We cannot rear, 81 the hne-t quality, IN tpe
greatest abundance to the acre. and with less ab.r
Than II required TO rear and gather the same article
ia any OF the Eastern State. And to the staples,
nave no dOuh, when the experiment IL made and Ia
euita'e localities such a. are 10 be tolud II Cali
roma, that cotton, tobacco lice, sugar cane aud
ntmp, can he produced ia cousihsrab.s quantities.
~ q VINE and brandy country, why ma7 1t not
compete with France, PORTUGAL or Madeira? Is
there any more delightful or bslmy atmosphere to
be found in any Of then than is enjoyed III tue
southern portion If this State, aboIt Santa Barbara
Los Angeles AID San Diego. and from thence on to
Cane st. Lucas? doubt it..
We have, then, surprising advantages IN the way
of climate. From line fifty miles north Of San
Francisco, 0Tawn from tie Pacific Ocean due east
and west, for one hundred ana fifty or two hundred
miles interior t. San Diego. the southern extremity
OF the State, no fires are Indispensable from one
Years end 10 another except tor Cooking aud other
domestic purposes. Even in this city, where, owing
10 vicinity 10 the ocean, we are troubled poo
ton OF the year With bleak and winds there are
many iamibss who never think Of having fire, and
they experience 10 Inconvenience from the ab
sence OF 1t; and San Francisco If peculiarly ex.
posed to the harsh breezes Of the ocean,
ana II lcOktu upon, LOT tis reason, rs cu,nllfe0
with the interior Of California the most Disagree
able pluce IL it. And yet from Maine to Louisiana,
the Atlantic side Of the continent fires are inds
pepssble throughout the winter months.
And then, again, the nights are Of nearly equable
temperature the entire year and perfectly agreea-
hse, as navy surgeon whose duties had carried
him TO all parts OF the world once remarked to
In how few places under the sun can you find such
nights, uDnturruptedly, rs in California, where you
can sleep 365 nights in the year with perfect com
fnrf- tpCC Such
but simple recital of the truth, rs any
ole who has spent year here can vouch
fer Ii il were lot for such nights, bringing
real relief and efieshment to the miner, who is
through the day ottestfnes working under boiling
sun where the thermometer stands at 80 ana 100 III
the shade, what miners camp but would be the con-
slant abode OF disease and deafF Fhese are facts
very well known now, probably throughout the
Eastern States, but still their advantages scarce
y yet appreciated nor is the importance which they
really possess elements in the future prosperity OF
this Pacific coast fully understood.
have given you some Of the reasons why California
must Gil up rapidly with people when addition
al facilities for getting here are provided, and
when the cost of the journey is brought within rea
sonabe limits. 1t is all We want to carry this re
pion rapidly forward, and TO make it all we could
wish.
hope that the Frazer river discoveries will give
a stimulus to enterprise and to capita! to provide
these facilities for travel and particularly it must
be seen that the investment will pay.
met with a miner yesterday on MS way to Fra
ger river plain sensible man, who remarked
that owing to the want Of water, he
could do nothing at present with his claim
in California and he disposed to try his luck for
awhile in the new diggings. He hat 4 claim, he
said, at Big Oak Flat. Tuoloume county, in this
State, where, if he had water, be could make "ive
dollars an bour;' but in the absence OF water and
the inability to procure it, he could DO nothing He
retained it, and when a water ditch was construct
ed, he should return and work his claim The waot
Of water is great drawback in vast sections of this
State, whele gold is abundant but nothing can be-
done until capital and the enterprise Of associated
companies, shall have supplied this want. Thereare
few mining localities, believe, where water cannot
be carried by means of bitches and canals; and these
will be constructed as soon as European and Amer
can capitalists shall become convinced that no more
advantageous investment can be made. Still, With
these Disadvantages, new discoveries and dcvelopc
mens OF mineral riches III California daily be,ng
made, and the amounts o. gold which are being ex.
tractCd are marvellous.