, 1865-04-21
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE.

CORRESPONDENCE. |
ca,ttornla oil WelIs-Not single One
that Produces 0tIL1se,y tosy lines LIZ sor
tho Apaehes-h seeno AZ 1ae shsef
Land.
5Corrspondence Of the Chicago Tribune.l
SAB FRAsC1sco, March q.
It Is beautiful blight morning, and I
avail myse1f Of an hour or two Of leisure be-
fore the sailing Of the steamer, to drop you a
few lines, not SO much for anything new
which have to say, Us to finish up some odds
and ends left incomplete tn my previous let
te1s. First, therefore, our
CALIFORNIA OIL WELLS.
sec, with astonlshmtnt, in the papees re-
-ceivcd BY every steamer from the East, &c;
" California Oil Stocks" for sums absolutely
fabulous In amount. The matter is aston
ishfDE for three reasons: First, the unutter-
able lies which are being told Of the extent
and value Of the oil springs said to be found
in California; second, the stupidity and crs-
stocks Of which they know absolutely noth-
ing; and thirdly, that our people, who arc
up 10 making money as thoroughly as any
on Garth, shou1p remain go appathetic while
such mines of undeveloped wealth are pass
Ing into the hands Of strangers. Now let me
tell you, as positive fact, that tha very
EXISTENCE OF GENUINE PETROLEUM OIL ON
TIE PACIFIC COAST Is As TIT ro he DEMON
srRAIED,
nnd is doubted by many competent geolo-
Etsts and practical men fhoronghly acIuatn-
ted with the natural cDnf .1mation Of the
Country 1t is true that large deposits Of
asphaatum, more or less pure, exist on the
sea shore ia the Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara,
tcmpts to produce good, meEchau tab!e
burning o.: out Of It have all slsually failed,
although made at heavy exp .use and Oh an
extensive scale for years. Again, there are
undoub:ed springs in various parts Of the
State. from which hu'd resembling in
East, is discharged in creator, or less qusnts-
ties generally lsss. The product Of these
springs varies in character IN the widest ex.
tent, samples from soma OF them being "as
black as your hal" +" and evidently mere liquid
asplaltum, Eoftened and driven to the sur
ers 1t is almost cotorless. resembling castor
oil Or badly cured cod-liytr oil, more than
anything else in appearance. But from none
Ct these springs has any considerable guam
tity of oil ever heen gathered, and unless tina
Adams Petroleum OIL Company struck 1t at
Costo1a Costa, al1n1st In sight Of San Fran
cisco, last week. there IT,
NOT rEr SINGLE FLOWING OIL WELL
in al California. To show yeu how people
will lie I need only tell you tha. the springs
OF Colusi county lave bean represented 1t the
East as proauelng fabulous amounts Of oil,
vet / have the best authority for the state.
ment that, fuilh q sinok ercep,ion. there il mol a
sino1 one of cna fos, ,c6I6 oa" om1y; ~ dnn
can b. oathered, and the value az .hc ..rcention
has vet to be nroveD. The oiI snr,nrs If
California may yet turn ont well springs of
wealth to the fortunate holders, but untn at
least ono flowing well is produced. If your
+y-$f 4nt-- .nI- = Ill ~
faTnte o ia az nHeP Itoeps eaSaF q
Tur s.v s1v =.
Tvo w.eks s;ncc r. s.nt ro,1 a b,1h of tbe
tavorite C,incse Moon H. n Tia Z aSav sin N Fsn
~ T.sS'Ts,n4F oun ii ,iireetio1a sn % NV to
m.re Il sboot ~. ~ "a r+t 1a;s,t % ana h1noH,
-, 1sss thsn - 5'no,a mnn,f hsve a,nce
iearned Thar after 5loo,n,n~ II mnst he nlant-
ID in ss,:f ,nnist carii, n Terun.rate and nm
d1cs rev bnlhs. M If 1eft Is The bowls of
wn1er and nphl,e stnncs only. it will vrotY It.
s,n to =, ~, md Il" nT c1ha,st;"n e'''
,1,..,x ~,,,v~ ~, r,r .v.cuza
pLe-i tIst t.1,,dI tiatIs su1 $500 .ns ,.. .,,a
naa.ta. - taa ehf, pann 49,, e,u VI tn1
~ 'Msu1 - sps oe4nc, ~" eoto rs.1
o. tae PEW District o. Lar. Arizona leaves 70: tne
ianu ,1l VI ILL., Aueacn. iulus. 'ea 4ot san4s, ~
san. eolo, snses, copper, ieaa, Gactl aau
ApaeneF' en' ~ 1nc 6tesa,sf loI oau 1euto, VI
1Ge Sota 1ns1. ne VII! Gomma:e 1ofce
w %n1cn ~ll, t5ast, speeahS put Az sua 10
thd Apache raids, aud open the WonaefouS
vain OF tals strange la:a 70 clvlilza.son.
He Will lake from here the Catornla IN IN
tantry, a thousand strong, batm1lon of na'
alss .ean ~ ,t,;, Sn.aty, aoo strong'
anu ING companies OF "hlle Call1ornm cav
a1fy. lie VIII atso carry with MIN arms Tor
number # coupaniss oil native Spanish Amer
ican Arizona cavalry, AID 600 rifles with which
TO arm that number OF our eycr-1aitafui
tfi nds and allies, the wa1like and halfc!vi-
lixed Plmos, Maric0pas and Cocopas Of the
6ila Vall-y, the hereditary enemies If the
Apachcs. These Indians will he paid
end organized as Uri:ed States troops
| Qr1cgular, Of con1se,) and will be
Of gttat assistance in exeermi1atins
the most accursed Of all the. two-Icgg2ed
b:uscs who eve. sneaEed through the earth,
leaving blood and tlrc and dt6olat'on outy Id
their l.atb. That they may m Axe the last Of
their bite The sand, Is the prayer OF every
white man who ever put foot in the land they
have desola:ed fer centuries. As q rule the
Indians Of North America have been more
sinntd against thon SHINING. but the Apaches
are q noiab1c excepti' to this rule, aud the
Cumanehcs and Lipans come next In the cate
cory. =
With all our gsumbling about "ha:d
times" VIC are still as recklessly lmpulstve
and fond OF making fools Of ourselves as eTeE.
The following took place 1cw days since,
and assure you have seen It's counterpart,
OF nearly so, repeatedly in San Ffancisco:
The showers Of silver and gold that fell
11nnn the HtArn Mt Music HALL nm Aaaf 3atur-