, 1865-09-13
The Wonderful 70 Semitic Valley.

From San Frnnc1.co to tic Yo Semitic
Geography OF the Region -1lnrlposa-
a moo1l1Eh. Scramble Uy, the Moun-
tafns-Elght Thousand Feet Above
tbe Lcrrl OF tho Sca-rhr tSouaerful
va1ley-l Perpendicular Granite
JYnlI rhrec.1unrscr. of N r7ttc In
1xc1rJ,1-T1,e r:r~,t C,,1rarr. T-fc
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lsu.olt@ eo31esponeeoe='l
10 sEai.E 'AI1Es, eal.,Aue. II. 4eoa
dcrfhl vail y in the world, since Monday, but
before attempting to describe 1t. let rs speak
or t1,o Wv we t.enr as mr. ,e,drna s}nrid
49,. 49, ne-H,a.e-. ..a.,,-., a.,,ta.;.,ne
AA 'is't .ness tna ~. aAtaa1 st.el..es
bclofc spending ]helr Tune and money 10 see
what is not half 50 Interesting In Europe. We
LIFT San francisco Inst week, on Thursday
er.entnc.. by the steamer Cornelia. ofth Cali
fa,,I, Et,,a,, N,v;,,t;o, conr.nv canto,n
to1uta e4es. ~, ~ .eo" ~. .ly' eAp
tuslihs, anu "llh 1ne oes1 oi entertainment
arrived at Stockton, one hundred and twen.
! ,1,. San .1onou;n rfvcr. car1t nm FrSduv rnorn-
~ 80 49, 49,. ,,,-,.. ~ e1aa t,o aaasn.
ne' Dealoes ~, o"n paa9' suaa 1ac ceonpa'
nyot Fred Mc@relish, EsQ.' edltof q the dHa
Caijor,id N1ie aad sister. Hrs: woodward,
Malor ". II. + orbcs ana W4e aEd 1lys. 0ootA
Prof. Wm. Asheeerner and Henry Meathcrbee
and vile, ot eah Francisco hon Ghas. A!lcn,
OF Boston, Mass; and Col. n. L. ". Kitchen,
Of Newark, New jersey. The company was
the largest aud earned the reputation here
abonts Of being the merIiest party that eyer
visited the valley Atter IN carly breakfast
at Stockton we left In Two coaches, and Tor
The first forty miles rodo through . valley
more fiat, and to Us far more unintercsting
than the pTairics Of Illinois before tley were
crltlGated; for the hot Eun has burned up the
grnss, and with the exception Of q few ranches
where We changed horsea, there Is vcry little
s-ul-. -
valley Is one Of the peculiar features Of Cali.
fornia. It lies between the Sierra Ncyada
Mountains and The coast range aud is some sir
| hundred miles 1on, by from sixty TO hundred
brond- The Sacramento river drains the north
! halt, and The San joaquin the south half Of
cecdingly fertile, raisins tho wonderful crops
and immensc vegetable and fruits for which
this State has become so famous. and nearly
all OF 1t can be cultivated, with tie largest re-
suits, wherever II Gnu be irrigated. During
The latter half Of our days ride We FIRST passed
the Toulu1nue, and tic Merccd rivers, and for
ills last half dozen miles a.nonr tle foot hills
ycachfnr about O'Clock The little town Of
Ho1p1los. scyepty-fjye miles from Stockton.
Althouch onr la5ee rerty rather oyerstocked
the ho1cl accommodations Of the town, the
landlord found places Tor MS to sleep among
the citizens, and VIC fared very well indeed.
fcot Ellis ana oseak1asted at Bear Valles, len
miles from llotnatos, Jast beiofe reaching
the 1oWn VIC crossed tue line OF Inc Mariposa
estate, OF Which the world has beard So much
in connection Will Gen. Fremont. HIS
nate Aerc Is " no means 50 fragrant as
1t might bc. Thirteen miles niorr brought
u, about noon, 10 the town o. Mar1posa, and
pleasant little town II =. Ihls l. the end Of
the Stage route IN LIS 6ifectaoll, ana, Procar-
tnF eafTaaEes, .e Wo9na mp among tne lower
I1dges o. me s!Sl1a Nssaqa Monalmns, ana
a1ont nve ciosk tse4 ,, Mast ana 4atc e.
4 4s - .ns ~ s ~ ~ tnG ~ ~
nst ~ u.a1 ~ ,as;n n1'a, ~ ~ ronE.tni.1s
mooa Tas Jtsa tlsau anose sad ~ y o1ntan aah W
apoI. ha!' w P., ~ NJ me a,oe, ~ ~
1is . ~ .cn .n ,n;ans II Thc " ,e+sos were
iases, pa'teca LIZ, L , ~ - nes o'ss;aatae
loI 1Ag aasaee non ~ ,,o,t, ~ t
IAa1a oaEase ~ ~ ~. s,.t;"c. - y sInt,iJ
for our -; aihe ~ nt. 1na. W ~ Wnn
~ Tvs 3:ttio1s - s1.o,sd 10 tho ,,,,o
NAnto w. u..se ,.e,,fI ~, ,rit1,o,.+ ,hoi j.,
biatt1el-no oiip fuoMn ~ ,a.,eo ~ ,,aanr
&c S@ioenu, Sna psot n,s MA n,os. ,;sJ +,
ae, auu t+,,n ii1;nn;si, 1res enan
tfont tEe sentaetpan hotii u11ne0 WILD ooo''
feaay 1o1 ne ln' fi"'
THE MOONLIGHT hide
Al last all We're ready, and with Prof Ash.
peQ1tr Oh 1lEAAllQll1A bEolubiS41 GA teyt
for our guide, VIC started ior tile mountains.
These were soon reached, and then the labor
Of tho evening began In earnest Sometimes
Tie trni1 led Us Directly up mountains 50 steep
that only Wild animals, California horses or
sturdy bircds can scramble up thcm; then
nwttI eoruc where q single mis-stcp Of our
trustwortiiy stceds would havc sent Us tumb
ling down hundreds Of feet into the angry
torrent tori below while for time, It would run
along the sumnits or through some pass With
ifovning c1ags far aborc Us on either side.