, 1865-03-17

DER SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.. .
Completely IN a Rebel plot-Tlic Gold,
Wine, and Orange Crops-The Mcx4-
can ConlpitcutfvnA-T6eC Ch1neae New
From our SPECIAL Correspondent
.. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. T., 1865.
Editors Chicago Tribune:
Since last wrote you little has transplred
Of marked interest In California. Michael
Hayes, arrested some months since for alleged
completely IN an attempt to get up rebel
piratical expedition in the harbor of San
Francisco, has been released for lack Of proof
requisite to hold him, and MS yet no new at
tempt has been made to disturb the pro-
found peace prevailing in the Pacific
State. The weather is now warm and
beautiful as June in Chicago, perhaps not
quite as warm, either, bat near 1t, aud the
crops throughout the valleys are growing fine
ly. We are st III in want Of -four and beef,
both articles commanding enormous prices.
Chill -four has arrived, shipload after ship.
lead. but owing to the high prices and star
city in. Australia, 1t is most Of It ro-shippcd
sotn after arriving. andNSe are obliged to pay
at the rate Of $l2Oo, csiu, Per barrel for it for
lHLuAt bse. oee!, Fo1A AlA tUultVls ltLAll
this wetk IN our markets at 25@SSc per Ii,
coin, aud are poor and scarce at that. Oiher
things are, however, cheap, and as this state
Of affairs will last but fur q few weeks more,
We do not sru1nble, especially In yiew Of the
1let that the mines ste yielding famousiy,
and the prospects for trade during tho CON-
ing season arc excellent. The ledges Of
rcr mouth, and the mines OF Se7ads pour out
an unbrc ken stream Of silver. What do you
think Of this item, from q VlrginIa City pa
per Of last week, remembering that 1t Is now
mid-wiDter:
DcE11ox smra1:x1s Eon 1ns WEzk.--Ths
amount Of hallion shipped By Wells, Fargo / Co :.
from their once in this city fvr the past week waa
as tolloWe: Tn Monday. 9c5 pounds, worth ss9,-
@ Weanerasy. s,6ds p pdands. wosth ss1,1si IS !
Thursday. 437 pounds, worth si7,ai6 S.; Friday.
a.t36 pounds. worth *s9 659; Saturday, Lat
amount ct gold and eilser bullion shipped from
tnie city during the past week ,s2i ponnds worth
according to asea,e st*mps, $s55 52s e We do
farther than that On Frid,y I'D sstarday there VA;
| shipped 1,Co4 pounds, worth So, ,a30.07; making
the total amount for the week, Of which we hare
po poande. Hors T This !. cert cert.iny sooa
| w,sk's work
For our wine crop let the following nom
last Thursday'e Bulletin answer
g Sss%tesy a!aesa e Il ass q Is
ciuded single shIpment, made by the Buena Tis-
;s aRe aeents e wi Weon of L.. Anseies
ssnt fo1wa5d s,p ptpes, Res I'D e c,!!fot1.s
We eaifons. oi c.1ifornia sher1y Vine. This ship.
nent, With previous ono By the same party pe.
wards OF 81 pms nat1Te sherry wine exported this
season. In addition to the foregoing shipments OF
Freneh iporsr eIported SO boIea snd a Ell
delEteod TO &c Of California manufacture.'F
! And this Is going on all the time.
/ Here is what the dts rays Of the
CALIFORNIA ORANGE CHor or 1s6f.-Abont 2oc.
received il this market iloIn Los Angeles, and q
last eaneE arc many OF them Ct very lssge size
equal in this reepeet 10 any imported, and are all
greatly superior tn flavor to any grown elsewhere
der. the quantity aad quality Of the Gaf. Improve,
try viii sieId large prents TO the owners for 1G(
vii, IN two Of t6i e years. mors than fully snp
ply the California market and the ts7e Is not fai
dlstant, when We slnlf become large exporters,
With such MINERAL and agricultural wealth
! within our borders, what can prevent the
facifc States becoming ropulous and rich In
time, beyond the conception Of the men Of q
| few years since -
MEXICAN COMPLICATIONS.
Since my last VIC have no news from the
Northern States of Mexico, turned oTe1 to
the tender mercics of secession thieves and
milan l., for the benefit Of his good friend
and ally, Napoleon III. We know, however,
that half Of Mexico Is actually to be deed.
cd to Napoleon for his accursed trcacherons
invasion and oppression of the country In
the name Of "law. order, ami religion" and
/ ,4t + ]ha Tt,H 4 E-;T r.
tiytly soliciting emigration to that miserable
country, where nothing but disappointment
and death awaits them. Thus far the only
emigrants obtained arc miserable "Pikes,' u
from Sonorn, Napa, and Solano counties, aud
few playcd-ont politicians Of: the ultra-se-
IN California. The greatest cause Of anxiety
we 1ave here at present, on account Of this
| rascalIy schtrnc, lies In the iaet that, by q
| STUPID blunder, We run our boundary line un-
| der the ''Gadsden Purchase treaty, between
! Eonosa aEd Arizona, to the head Of ti3e-water
| er mouth Of the strrsm in the Gulf of Cali
| forria, and al the rich ore from the mines OF
Arizona, nov being rapidly developed, aud
all the provisions and supplies shipped for thu
| mince, have to be transmitted from sail YES
sells to steamers, on Mexican territory. II
Sonora, Te shall have trouble On this account,
| beyond doubt. Rut Of this hereafter.
CHINESE NEW YEARS.
| Since my last I hare called on my Chinese
| merchant fiiends on their New YEARS., shaken
| hands, said Chin chin, diank champagne aud
taken cigars (which never emolc) In front
Of the pictures Of their ancestors, hare
phere OF the temples where the grand man
darins or heads of the companies sit In state
In gold embroidered satin garments, eaten
swt atmeats with unprono,Inceable names,
Iut excellent flavor, and been deafencd by
the 1oar OF dre-crackcIs as large as my thumb
string by the excited Johns, who never do anT
t1an way work on such occasions. In short,
nave peeh the rounds, seen the sights, and
tmtlltu Inc smcIs, and eau tell you just
about as mach now about the inner life, re-
i,Eicn, habits, anu 'angunse Of this strange
thinks, acts, and ltVes, on n different basis
Il on our own people, and spite Of all the In.
yent1ons Of The Caucassiln 1acc by which he
is not slow 10 profit, he Is still as thorough
in bis e1c1usiveness and as incomprehensibie
to the *soutstde barbarian" as ever. And 80 ht
| Is likely to erer remain.
] rucM TIE CTTERMosT PARTS OF TIE EARTH
T. send you by mail to-day small package
| containing some floral curiositis. or what vii
| be such 10 you The first OF thcse Is tn
bulb Of the
rsAY~Ts1S-FAu-
| or Chinese water karcissus. This Is the ia
| voritc flower of the almond eyed dentzen
/ of The Celestial Empire, and it MY Away
he seen blooming in the houses Of tla1
| strange people, especially at Chinese Ne'
Years, (oGth January, according to our me
thod of icckoniug} when the poorest COOL
viii spepd his one, two or three dollar
for t6ese bulbs and 90 calculate
| the time as to have the plants in full bloom
! ut th@ very day TO offer as incense before th
alleco1ira1 painting representing The spirit
| Of bis ancestors, ascending the winding pash
| way to the submits Of LOFTY mountains an
boT;pg towards the heavenly gates suppose
to be hidden in the clouds IN the distance
They tend this flower with unceas'ng asstdu
| Ity and eecm to regard 1t With the greafes
afiecti.n. It is to them the ne p!us uQrd =
floral attractions. asEed the young China
! man, clt,k for Chy, Tung & Co., At who's
eto,c received this bulk, ior the proper nam
Of the flower. His reply was fair specimel
Of .. Pigeon English and I give it to 20
verbatim: s'P1opah namee Piopah nam
one no can give. Some Mclican {Amerlcar
nan say Hs.yah-cinth (hyacinth). Udaa
Mclean say Johu.quoel {Jonquil); nddah On
say Nah-cis {Narcissus). Chinee name say
sin-fah:" Yon will observe that John leave
Lie =" out every time. He cannot prc
ncnDce It % save his life, and rice Is siup]
"Hcey," rohher "lobbah,' etc. etc.
make the flower bloom, you have oniy tn re
lnrgr bowl Of common table ware a1yNirh
| to ten Inches across, and I'LL It to the hTfI
wifi large pebbles. say about tho arerao
! size of ehrftnuts and hickory nuts, aud plan
the*bu}b in the pebbles, say about one thtr
| or one half its dcpth. Then fill the howi !