Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-08

-Sta rssn e for orersu-T The widow Of
Jshn Brown--It. shasta-freka-
xiskyon ueuntains-oregon scenery
and Producffons-Locai Histories
and Traattien.-A Pisneer-Wfiis-
mette yaIIey-The FaIls-salem-
Portland.
n Il lFron SPECIAL corrsspoBsencs :. 7. Tribuns.l
Ycarr.xp, Oregon, Monday. July ~. 1865
The new steamer Colorado, Of the Pacific
Nail Line. vas ninety days from New ork To
San Francisco. Fred Billings. one Of the posi-
Die Senators from California, Was among her
passengers. and softened the sspsrities Of the
trip by bringing few mileh cows for the benefit
Of the morning coffee. Professor Agassiz. who
came a. far a. Rio. gave daily one Of bis charm
ing scientific lectures to an appreciatye audience
Of thirty. Bishop Potter, though able TO preach
every Sunday during the voyage, with 10 close
sn3d bis konered life.
At CalIao. Peru, the party were hungry FOR
lone intelligence. They had not heard word
sisce leaving New York, when Grant was still
nxhtinK IL out on that line. Mr.. Billings ASKED
tis frat Yankee be met On the plank. " What is
the nevs from the United Statesf" Slowly re-
moving his cigar. he replied with genuine Amer.
can nonchalance, recitng the stupendoas events
in . tone a. monotonous az il reading washing
list +" Richmond 10 taken; Lee has capitulsted:
johnson has surrendered President Lincoln has
been ssssssinated, and Jef. Davis has been
caught in his wife, psiticoats" One can hardly
wonder that the listener stood speschless for Eve
minutes At the startling catalogue
The rough sea winds OF SAM Francisco, which
prevail only in summer. proved teo raw for my
lungs, weak from pneu monia, contracted IN sails
bury. So rstreated TO tho interior, spending
few delightful days with some friends IN Placer
Vile. Evening" quiet was broken only by the
drowsy tinkling Of COW bells. and every morning
the song of the oriole poured in at my windo~.
The olsandsr bloomed upon the porch and the
garden air was fragrant with rose and fuchia.
bonoyssckle and heo,roPe, nasturtium and
wee. vsrbens. IL was only the FIRST week of
July, but strawberries (the second erop-the
same vines produce four i've times a year,
raspoerries baekberries, cherries, plums aprcoIs.
figs, esrly peaches. pears. apples and grapes.
we're abundant. Last year my friends garden of
one acre produced tre tons Of peaches, thirty
barrels OF apples, with grapes and berries whose
name was legion. One peach was eighteen inches
In circumference. and the trees bear in two years
from the seed. Irngaton-two square inches of
water running conssantly-cost him $50 for the
season. Only ten years ago be began TO redeem
bis garden from the barren looking hillside
The - the rare charm OF California ts IN
equalsd capacity for fruit its kindly soil, hiding
the pleasant homes in trees. flowers and vines
Its toms and hamlets, quite free from the bare,
nhked aspect mon 10 new countries, looks as
IL they bad been settled for two generations.
What other region thus combines tropical pro
dustions with temperate climater Where else
gr,rw az, almond olive, orange and pomegrsn-
ate side by side with pear, peach. plum, apple
and eherryl
There are 50 900 Chinese on the Pacific coast.
Coming East instead of going West, the or
gsnic Law OF migration ia against them, and Ma
ture enforces her own statues. Hence they do
not settle. bat merely stay; take no root; bring
few women save prostitutes; import from home
their food, of which rice il the chief staple: send
home their money, sead heme even their dead
embalmed. TO rest IN the family dwellings ct
their far, twilight land, nursery of the human
race. where the Orient joins the Oceident.
Industrious and frugal, serene and silent un
der heavy taxes aHd frequent kicks, poor John
Ohinsman puts money in his purse sod revels In
dirt and depreciation. Ia the mines. only CLEAN
ing where the white man has reaped, st the year
end his is the larger pile" When be finds
rich lead, by mysterious but invariable coinci-
dence il belongs to some Amercan-iusxorabe
policeman. who bds Johnny Move on" The
divine right OF numbers and OF race is against
him. Perfect in imitation. where female labor is
scarce, he proves unriyaled at nursing cooking
washing and ironing he dandles babies in
trusted to him with 90 much caution and tender
ness, that all the maternal instinct must Turk
somewhere under his long pistail in his yellow
face or his mOOny eyes Ny friend has mas
culine domestic named Afoy, who scrubs floors,
washes dishes and cooks dinners with grave and
deliberate fidelity. He characterized me as the
"Whong Il. which he aVerred to be the pure
Celestial for Big man-heap big mani |
wonder II he Is solemn wag, and whether the
phrase does not really mean "A humbug-hesp
humbugp
On the 18th inst reJoined our party for the
Oregon trip At Grass Valley, in addition to
the warm reception accorded him. the programme
required Mr. Colfax 70 kiss a bevY of eight or
ten bright eyed young ladies. IL was not my
privilege 20 witness the greeting, but | under
stand he gave il with that zeal and resignation
which be brings TO all the duties and cares of
public life. At Oroville. II miles north of Sac
rsmsnte, the railway ceases, and we took the
coach 81 the California Stage Company Not.
however, until the Speaker had been welcomed
vita music, days and artillery salute, and be-
guiled Of response on public affairs Similar
concentrations were made along the entire route
at each California and Oregon village; and AZ
Portland he was met by one OF the largest crowds
have seen since leaving New York
AZ Chico NE encountered General Bidwell, the
new Congressional Representative from North
ern California. Is resided here upon his farm
of 20 900 acres long before the country was set
tied BY Americans. Thoroughly practical, with
integrity. excellent juds ment. and strong, good
sense. be Is likely TO DC an influential member OF
the House. The enormous corn green meadows
green acids OF stubble. with barley-stacks and
wheaseheaves. began TO wear that parching,
fading look which notes the ralnle.s months. We
passed the grave of rich citizen buried upon
his own farm, whose monument bears TIN. in.
scrption. written by himself: Thomas NJ
Wright, lived and died an atheist fearing No he'll
hoping for no hsAven-a friend and advocate oil
mental liberty"
Al a little town. the head OF navigation on the
Sacramento river, lives the widow OF Old John
Brown. Her daughters teach public schools
while she hnds employment a. something be
tween nurse and physician among the HeighboF
ing families, BY whom she i warmly loved She
IS entirely dependent upon her own labor. There
10 project 10 purchase house and lot for her
in this her chosen home Any. who would aid
80 worthy al effort. may send their contributions
through the mail, or by Wells. Fargo / Com
psny's Express. TO her at Rad Bluffs, Tehama
county, California DO not know whether Mrs
Broxn IS aware OF the movement. but. surely
she ought 10 De placed beyond tue reach Of want
by the American people Why not the family
OF Jed. DAVIS OF the same prInciplet)
The sparsely settled mountain region along
our road sbounds N tall pines. wiki long harry
strands OF brown Spanish moss pendant from
then oongas. s1d strag gang white oaks iestOonsd
With mistletoe OF VIVID green, yello~ing a. death
approaches. THIS parasite absoroing the sap of
the tree. soon kiiis it. and then ITSELF psrishes
Eighty miles TO our right rose Shasta. grand and
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