, 1864-10-10

HtVe ha "btn tell of them. imhEtue II
you can, 4 aide ehed open Ut all Sides uod
rooted With old sails piled tull with Ii th1
frut'e ot The tcmtr rate z,nes aud tae sr,pies,
Then sit dom beside ule aun ionk uro1ud.
Thvso golden cantelodes and hugs wAser.
mtlote, were ra1seo in the lover valley OF
the Sacramento IN the rule smArsnes,
VAIN black allueia. eon runs alou.
the rirtr edge and slopes backward io-
TO the neep swaups ru"nibg mlles 1nl.nd.
%bich ut this eeas0u OF tho year, and Ia tois
unusually DR.. one especially, ta ni-h the
only teeolug grounds for millions Of ea:tlo
dri. cn 6t,wb 1fum tht nov perfectly b4rreu
and sterile mcun'uibs. Those monster Bart
LETT Ira1e, *tigbipg from one.ta1t to to
ant t1,t half pounds each, yellow f:ehed.
juicy, mu+kJ tAvoIrd, aud rich to degree
Of Which you caa have no conception with
out .as ring, cume trum the glorious Santa
Clam Vallry, tile gs1den o. Cuiforoi. Thsso
ot1ttrebt parts of the State, oil OF good merit
IL their Why. THESE s.,,all, red, Welt Or
ans+a Ere from Los Angeles, the l4rge, p lie,
yellow, 6nur ones frutn Faai'l, aud the .eep
yellow ohes 'EoM TUE. Sandwich Is1Ands
The cucoa- nuts are from toe sAme Islands.
Tbs 3tllo~ bsnanas are from Mexico or
CentIaf Mexico, The agua"as rpd pnmsrau-
utee from the s4tpe conntrl. 8. Tue biacKoer-
TIES. cherries, 1aspberrtes and stra -bertles
| e TIC tsum EoDtrn Costa or alaMed4 eono-
] kASFp NfEE ku0 O%A0s 61Ad VI LA1 Utf tut up
prieots Us large ~ your house grown ap-
ple+. yellow as guild aud barat1og
With rtcapees, 1lpened In tn, not
snnehtue Of tbr valley Ut the Sacr .mento
ihr "tite Turkish figs are from Mar, stllte,
aud the dep turpe oLes from Stockton or
SRn jEec. The deep rtd bectnrioes, Juicy
ntc iutcfous, ate trom Sa"ta Cars; tne ap
llts tron, Msr,av'lle nr san Jos~ {Iatrr In the
stason they will COME do VII in shipto4ds from
tttguu. a,o The pe.eaes ot every varlcty
ere fro u oil pats. Of the State Thoee deep
feth cotorto grapes, sweer and to toe strau-
girls palate almost ineipid, bus full OF eio4
WtDe, Htu from the great vlnysrds Of l. 8
A1ge1or, Whit re shey c"st Is ceots for 100
lotndn; the blnck table grapes aretrom San
Jose; the bright green SWeetwaters aod
CIatsefles IRON the vall-y OF the San Joa-
gun; the blne,ereen grapes from The lovcly
ma c1amett7> Et Dorado OF Cal4veras
countiss. 1hn almonds are from 9oaoIa,
md th" c1an6.1r4es tron Puget souad,i n
WathiIg'on Terttt.ry. I said we had alt
single blneberrJ or whortieberrs In the State.
| S;t,kc ihtu out aud ne c4n furnls9 you
eg'r} 'hi, else, aud of quality OF which
| you can form no idea.
| One leading fruit I bad forgotten
| viz: tue pinMB wish son could SOC aud
gtgee, from Alameda AID every osher part
| # the Suite. .gnuln Bonulus, fur or fire
| Vi -btch will weigh q pound, Rlnuss trans-
parent and ready to utlt in 3eor mouth,
frltn Son Jose Of Snnoma- Blue French
prute pluns, from S4cramenso. aad egg
| Fluins, lnlsUhe hn1 All 4iuO5t endless vart-
| ety ii Others from gardens over On th. low
| Wuuutd pofnt called tte Eactnal wnicn uu Is
| ih'O The bay fr0m tua EusEeru snore oppu-
I site the clt5. lave utufiontd uer tha 10.
cation III which atl thssr fruits lourish best
aLo attain tie hlgb+Ht state 6f petfectton;
! kHf $fA
tllves which have never been cultivated to
arJ extent tris SIDE OF Los Anseios, ali .hs
fruits uumtd as OF native gro 1th fonrtaa al
| Il cst tQuauy we'll thru. hour the SIxtc,
fsom thr low lald6 OF Sol:n Or Napa coan.
tits 10 The very eumm'ta Of the mountains,
| awsy up to the BIG " Hue OF the Sierra Meya-
CHS. But enough Of the fruits-iet Us take
| + lock 1t
IRON ths fleet Of var steamers
flnire as aLchur in the bay In front
Of the city. They are clad in co4rse
woolen goods, with dark cloth caps, without
Vizore, ar''u1u the b,ns's OF when tue names
Of their respective STEAMERS are printed In
colo in 1he nneouth Rus ian characters.
Thetr- feet ATS barr, as are their 6ru Tny bo.
eGns and necks, aud They are not to b. Com
pa1ed with our own Battors In neatuess of
opp arance md cieuni1nrzs, but taeY ara
s'out, dets rnintd looking fellows, thor
oukh1y orderly and respectful in their De-
haVioT. sober sna evlccnsly able to worK ike
b. ayers Or fight like bull dugs If comn.n.
dtd to DO 60. They get 81 50 per III outh In
COLI, and have no prospect vi advancement
ahtsd, but setm Thoroughly c0utented, and
!. hs tpy as the day is long. Toere are some
IT tte1b bero all The time, aud nave yet to
Ser tn, first one Of them III the caIabuose OF
In street row. They are carrying Il lot Of |
cho1ce Wtnes, canned o. st~rs, aud otherlu
uries for the'r Officers on buurd, and stop to
purchase q lot IF fresh fruit for tneirs own
mtes tables.
The ea1eeman has just tossed into the gut
ter ltt Of decayed f.ulr Of different kinds, |
AID In an iDstapt 1T is caught up By |
Iuathesou'e tock1bg Chtuaman Of the 10 west |
c]bes, ONT OF the very 'tFar Duwpers' of the |
CELESTIAL Empire, who b. aioug oauooo pole |
across t1a sbt uIoeEB. c4rrfes Two b.sKets OF |
split cane into ~hteh h. dexterouslg gathers
every ttIig In the line of re1usv ~hsc1 comss
IN bis way. Ns.tnirg anfss 10 him. What
Ill not do for him TO tat, {aud 1t must be
FIJI gore N decou position ii be rejects it,
WILL bourtsh ~ or f,tten vine Ia vegek- /
hble gar deD, or work up into Rom=tntnR OF |
value. Bones, ot's Of raw hide or old leatn-
er, rage, paper, bits Of wood, scraps Of old |
iron, LotIles, bits Of broken glass, are ali |
fish TO bis pet He will go home to China |
rich one Of these days, etter bis queue, which |
bas been cut of by toe- police who have
S*~4AAtAAS$
out Bgafn.
Ns1t come two well dressed, gentlemnaly
looking ceiestia1s, merchants OF the better !
class. They are <.head men" of two s COM
pantcs'' Or clans-1he shole Chinese popala-
toD OF the State being divided into slx of
these companies. Ore OF them know per
foDal1y, He ie short big. g.headel fellow,
with jolly, laughing face, aud Is named
..Ah ling" BE Is head: head-man Of the
Hop Wo Company, and as smart a scoupdrel
as eyer drew the breath OF life. r~o year4
ago he planned the secession Of the members
Of his Company from the great See Yup
Company, and carried; It through with the
ability Of statesman and general The
See fups made many steady assaults upon his !
men, but he armed his followers with car
Them to sail In whenever an insult was or
dsrtd The eresnlt was bloody hghes without
number, and criminal prosecutions In our
coufte, which always ended In favor Of the
the ca. and could, OF course bring twenty
p HitL cssts to outswear toe ten for the prose-
cuttou. In tre end Tie Hop Wo's establish
ed their Independence, and the man with
hon a. hs 10 How So Waiting is one Of Tue head
fellow, that All Ting, who ioyes good Joke
ss "eil aB you or l, smokes good cigars aud
drinks champagne ut the blrs Of tue brst
snlotns In the city at twenty-five cents q
ginss, as nonchalaDtly aB If hs had been born
and 1rared to It. His Word ter q thousaod
dul'ars. aa merchant gentleman, fs
better than the n te OF ony white N N III the
city, ana thert ts lot jury in California who
y Ntu!d believe him under oath, Or VINO would |
be justified in dpitg SO. They buy the cost
lett grapes in The nazset and 60 their way.
In bait an honr more we SEE Dlgo, halfa
dozen EngnshmeD, fresh from the s.hold
coubtry," anG more outlandfsh In appear.
ar ce and lees EeIt1emanIy in manners than
their predecessors or any Of tbsir successors,
= black Jamaica negro, couple OF bright.
aa9 iooEh nits
bald Of Chilesoe, male and temale, and
twenty OF thirty Europeans md Americans |
stroll it and cur again looking ut the arli'
clte, one buying OF rot, IS their caprice may
dictate. Thin come couple OF French
navpl officers from the steamer Rhin, d.urf-
i-h, greasy loosiog fu,lews, with tsrn,shed .
gilt lace on their caps aud silly boxing uni-
"a. L. t patched On the elbows nuh Kneee. t
THY are here buying supplies for the feet
ut Acapu co, which is engaged In the accure-
ed work OF destroy ing Mexican indepeud
ence. After them comes an old Mexican no. ]
mad1y Infatuated with parrot which
perches in hoop overhead, and Is talking
SpaL jsh In perfect scream, to the intense |
Delight Of the female detcfndant OF the =
s' Old Caettliansa .ho Cane over with Cor
tez She toruents the Life ont Of the fruit
nan, with her cha1Eertng for the bird, and
ofIers BIN perhaps so cents In coin for ii, on
" to be reused, apd sent grumbltng away
10 her bone, IN ~hlch there ia no floor, save |
the native Garth, not chair, and not SO
worth OF other furniture. 4 long horaed |
Spanish OK, fs2m Santa Cruz Or Monterey,
Lss brcken s5ose from the l34ding. and
GENES ctHrsspg up the street. clearing tina
sidewalks Of every thing human as be Soes.
He is followed By two Mexican or naive
Calf rnien Eac9u:Yps {back cdr-oes} On harsa-