, 1862-03-15
NO. 13.
The California Flood

h TO CITY.-Many lots and blocks of land in Sac
e ramento City, have been much elevated by de-
# POSTS left by the food In the eastern portion
e whole blocks have been covered to the depth of
/, from four to eight feet with sandy soil, so that the
e caves of one-story houses and out-houses are on
a level with the ew-made SOIL The east levee
IN the vicinity of the Fort has secured a backing
which no press of water can break through In
some young orchards the tree tops just peep above
The soil, while elsewhere the vines are all under,
The r street evee is a total wreck for its entire
.ngth there being IN many places no sembance
it left, and the east levee is not in much better
condition.-Bee.
WooDBRIDGE-The Stockton Argus of Feb
ruary 1st says: We learn from a gentleman
from Woodbridge that that town has been over
flowed but one day, the water then being foot
deep over it, The principal damage is the wash
ing away of the bridge thai the citizens there are
justly proud Of Losses were sustained by the
caving in of wells, and the falling of brick Chin
neys that were built outside of the houses. Some
300 head OF cattle were seen dead within mile
of the town. they berg driven there by the water
from the tules where they became mired and
died People were engaged in skinuing them all
along the river, and the number of hides thus
saved will form an important item. Cattle now
are dying everywhere. The ground is hard and
the grass has had but little time to grow. Those
persons who have imprudenty burned their
straw are losing their stock from want of food.
number, however, along the river refused
burning straw, and row they derive the benefit
of their policy by being enabled to save the stock
that gladly seize upon it to aay the pangs of
hunger
Loss OF CATTLE-Assemblyme Thompson,
on the Mokelumne, has lost 245 head of cattle.
numbering among them rs milch cows. He has
but five head of stock left The ranches
south and southwest of him are from four to
eight feet under water, drowning an immense
number of cattle That which makes the los.
more unfortunate, is the fact that the farmers of
that neighborhood had excellent cattle, prdins
themselves on their superior stock.-iStockton
.4rguS.
the effect to make thorough cleansing of the
country. Bugs which had troubled The farmers
are swept from he ranches: worms will be heard
of no more, and they have made sad havoc;
squirrels and gophers have been drowned by
myriads; the whole country has been cleaned
out of insects and vermn, as effectualy as St.
Patrick is reported to have run everything of the
kind out of Ireland years ago.-San Joaquin
Republican.
How Much is LosT?-That the losses by the
flood are exaggerated throughout the State, there
can be little doubt. This is to be expected. It's
reported that 100000 head of stock have been
lost in San Joaquin valley. We doubt if one
twentieth Of this number is lost. Without the
flood there would have been nearly as many cattle
starved as there is now drowned. particularly il
the rains had been backward, or the season been
such as to prevent early grass. If this misfortune
be such as to create new cattle system in our
State to prevent them from starving in the coming
winters, it will be not only gain to stock rasers,
but will prevent that cruelty to animals that now
allows Them to inger and die of starvation-an
act of cruelty that our people should redeem
themselves from, The losses by the washings or
soil will be more than compensated by the in
creased fertility. Those who have ever lived on
the lower Mississippi, see nothing disheartenng
in this food that does not equal the overAows
they nave experienced annually Looking at all
sides of Inc flood question, our State may be
deemed to be impeded little, but it is certainly
not crippled .4rgus.
LARGE ARNIEs.-It is not generally known
says the New York Stats Zeltung, that there is
now concentrated on the shores of the Potomac
gated in modern times, except in the battle of
Leipsic. Neither Gustavus, Adolphus, nor Fred
erck the Great, nor Washington Wellington, nor
Scott had nder h.simmediate command anything
like the number which is now under the command
of Gen. Mcclellan. Frederick the Great never
led into the field more than $4,000 men at a time;
but all his great battles were fought and won with
bodies of troops ranging between 10000 and
10000. Napoleon, at Austerlitz, vanquished with
10000 men the united Russian and Austrian ar
mics. counting about 100000 AT Jena and Auer-
stadt there were 100000 men under the command
of the Emperor of the French. The bloody
battle of Wagram was fought with 100000 men
against the Austrians and in the equally cele-
DrateG battle at BOrodno, about 10000 French
men were opposed to the Russians. The decisive
naltle at Waterloo was fought with only $4,000
f Frenchmen against Blucher and Wellington.
But the battle of Lepsc set in motion a gigantic
army OF about 100000 men, Napoleon having
uuder hls command about 100000, and The united
forces CT Russia, Austria and Prussia, about
10000. ILwl appear from This comparison that
the armes which are confronting each other on
ue Potomac were exceeded IN number only by
those vast armies which, the plains OF Leipsic
decided the fate OF Europe.
Pennsylvania coal iaudS ueI, after to be tax
ed as well on the deposit as The surface valua-
ton. Heretofore there has been no tax on the
deposit