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of the nature we describe so intermin-
gled with other intelligence as to tone
down their distinctive and injurious iso-
lation."
THE BRIGHT SIDE.-The Sierra Cit
isen, after stating the proposition that
California is " concentrated extract of
the Union" gives the annexed glowing
word-picture in illustration Of it
Edecated intelligence is distributed
and has its constant indulgence in city
and village. Fifty thousand children,
in charge of five hundred well-paid
teachers, are enjoying the benefits of an
admirable public school system; chur-
ches of several denominations are estab-
lished numeroasly in every county; pub
lie libraries have been founded in large
and small places the trade in standard
literature is extensive, and the monthly
purchase of newspaper contents i'm
mense. In the social relation, there are
all of those scenes wherein fashion dis
plays her richest robes and flashes her
jewels, and beauty smiles and gallantry
wears its captivating and gum-elastic
frills. The grand ball." and "splen-
did supper" and "delightful serenade"
are as peculiar 20 the remote towns in
the mining districts of California as they
are to the oldest and largest towns of
the Atlantic slope. The mechanic arts
are manifest in all our communities
the best work in every branch of indus
try is here; for in the mountains may
be seen architectural excellence equal
to much that may be seen in aristecrat-
ic streets of the national Capital Bull
dings in the smallest places are frequent
ly better furnished than thousands of
metropolitan residences; the cottage
houses of San Francisco, Sacramento,
Marysville and many Of the lesser towns,
are set in flowers, and all their surround
ings partake of nothing inferior to
oriental magnifcence, in the fullness of
its shades frightened and softened by
a sky-curtain resplendent day and
nj ght.
WANT OF SECURE AND PERMANENT
Es.-This, according to the San
Andreas Independent, is the one radical
Californian want, which takes prece-
dence of every other, and can only be
supplied by convincing agricultural i'm
migrants that here they may find "homes
aid land of their own with an indispu-
table title" The Independent, in view
of the fact that cone third of our la
boring classes are mere floating waits,
without any fixed purpose of life what
ever, and thousands more are without a
cent of capital, foot of ground,
house to live in, or any employment by
which they can lay up dollar for the
FUTURE" thinks that for the present we
have superiority of population, and
rejoices that the arguments and sophis-
tries hitherto employed for the purpose
of precipitating large immigration
have failed:
The mines were the great lode
stone in past years, but their magic pow
er is gone. The mines have lost their
attractive influence upon citizens of 9TH
er States. They have been so pulled
and inflated by one-sided statements that
they are now not accredited with half
the merit they possess. Population can
not be augmented, then, upon anything
like solid, healthy basis, until we hold
out such inducements as will attract
that class of immigrants hither which
at once the glory and the
backbone of the new Western States
with families and small cap
ital to back their toll.