The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-12-08

The Aborigines were estim ated, ia 1856
by Col. Henley, Superintendent of India
Affairs, at $4,000. | believe this gros
exaggeration Six Innian Reservation
have been officially established in differ
eDt sections of the State, on which oil th
Indians have been gathered that could b
and these amount to barely l7.205, &C
eording to the official returns, which DO
ing the basis of requisitions on the Gov
ernment, are certain not to fall below ia,
truth. [ do not believe there are so ma
ny more Indians in the State; and, what
ever may &c The number, it is stsadilJ
and rapidly diuinishing These Indian,
are generally idle and depraved, while
the white men who come in contact with
them are often rascals and ruffians, who
hold that Indians have "no rights which
white men are bound to respect" By
these, the poor sayages are intruded upon
hunted, abused, robbed, outraged, until
they are themselves driven to aets of vi
olence, when "war" onsues, and they
are butchered without mercy. If an hon.
est census of the various tribes and bands
be taken in 1860, their number will not
be found to much exceed 10000, which
1870 will find reduced to 10000. The
native or Spanish Californisns are already J
redaced in number since l649, aud are
now mainly confined to the southern agri-
cultural counties. | have not seen half
adoze u of the 10 in u onth travel through
the heart OF the State.
The Census of 1850 made the total pop
ulatioD of California indians not count
ed) 1857, but there were somecounties
from which 10 returns were received,
which, it was estimated, would increase
the aggregate to III, ,539. Only two
years thereafter, State Census was ts-
435-it hasing more than doubled 10y
in two gears. Of this num-
Der, only %, 1913 were females-less than
one tenth of the whole; while the great
majority were men in the vigorous prime
of life, The state of public morals a.
mong population 80 disproportioDed, in
a land far removed from the restraing in
fuences Of home and kindred, were bet.
ter im agiDed than described
To-day, the total population of the
Golden State excluding Indians is prob
ably not less than Half Million: the
Census of 1850 will doubtless give still
larger aggregate. Of these, judge that
some $4,000 are Chinese, with about an
equal number Of Europeans or Mexicans,
not including those who BY treaty or pat
uralizstion have become American citi-
zens Of the Half Million, probably rs,
GOO are under Is years OF age, while per-
hsps an equal number are women and
girls over Is, though l fear not. This
would leave $50, 900 men, including boys
over Is, nearly ell in the prime of life
vigorous, active, enterpri,iDg and indus.
trious There are idlers and drones here
as elsewhere; but there probably was new
sr before community of Half Million
people capable of doing SO much work in
a year as this population of California
The facts that they mine gold to the ex-
tent OF Fifty Millions of Dollars annually, |
" hile growing Four Millions Of bushels
Of Wheat, Five Millions of Bushels Of Bar
ley, with large amounts of other Grains
and an ample supply of Vegetables and
Fruits for home consumption, would go
far toward establishing this point.
But the industry of California produces
important results which are not exhibited
above No part of the Union is making
more rapid strides in building, fencing,
opening farms, setting fruit trees. breed
ng stock, SO. The number of Grape
Vines alone was increased from l,54O,-
I34 in 1856 to 3,954,54 last year, (of
Rbioh ! $50, 900 were in the southern
County of Los Angeles alone.) The ag-
,regate will be carried this year above
), 100000. Los Angeles in 1857 pro-
luccd $50. 900 gallons OF Wine Proba-
bly, no other market on earth is so we'll
supplied with Fruit throughout the year
as that OF San FraDsisco--a city hardly
yet ten years old Strawberries are a.
,undaut here to-day, and arc in season
rom April to December. Raspberries
ire ripe in May, and are now abundant
and perfect. Peaches are fresh from
June to November. Grapes come in Ju-
y, and are sold till December All these
Ind other fruits require preparation and
outlay before they begin to make returns.
The Oarchards and Viney of Califor-
ala have cost Millions of Dollars, which
ire destined to return to their proprietors
With interest in the course Of a few years.
As get, there are probsbly more Apple
rees 10 the State than there have been
gathered bushels Of Apples up to this
lay.
The following are the latest School
Statistics of the State that have been a.
Die to find:
Year. Com. Schools. Teachers. *Pupils. !
1853 So So ll,242
1856 3l3 AT 30,0l9
1857 367 4S6 1922
*This number of pupils was not in actual
attendance on the Schools, but is return OF
I'll the children between A and Is years liv-
flg in the cities or towns which had organ
zed schools. The number who actually at
ended school for even part OF term was