Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-09-15
Interesting Le,ierftom The Pacific L oa..,.
fcorre.pondsaes Of the y. Y. rribans.l.

! Senators from California, was among her pas
.engers, and softened the asperities Of the trip
| by bringing a new-mi'eh COW for the beneht Of
| the morning coffee. Prof Agsssiz, who came as
far as Rio gave daily one Of bis charming scien-
tic lectures 70 an appreciatiye audience Of 80.
| Bishop Potter. though able to preach every
Sunday during the voyage, with its close ended
his honoresl life. '-17s-1aT 3ii
At Callso, Peru, the party were hungry for
home intelligence. They had not heard . word
since leaving New York, when Grant was still
! fighting il out on that lipe- Mr., Billings asked
the frsi Yankee be met on the plank, - What IS
the news from the United S,ates7''-. Slowly re-
moving hs cigar, be replied with genuine Amer
lean nonchalance, recitipg the stupendous events
with tone as uionotonous as II reading wash
iug-list: " Richmond is taken; Lee has.capitul,-
t,d; Johnston has SURRENDERED; President Lin
coin has been assas.inated; and JEFF Davis has
been caught in his wife's pettieoats -" One can
hardly vouder tha, the listener stood speecAiess
for Eve minute. at the startling catalogue.
The rough -es4vinds OF San Francisco. which
prevail only in Sumner. proved too raw sor my
lungs. weak IRON pneumonia contracted at Sails
bury. So retreated &C the interior, to Placer
Vile Lli -o - -' q
1t was only the 6rs, week Of July. but straw
berries Cthe second crop-the same vines pro-
duce four or Eve tunes year. ,rsspberries, black
berries. cherries, plams. spricots. fgs, early
peaches, pears, apples and grapes, were ahund-
art Last year nv friends garden Of one acre
produced two tuns Of peaches. thirty barrels Of
apples with grapes and berries whose name vas
legion One peach was ls inches IN cireumfer-
ence. and the trees bear in two years from the
seed Irrigation---tvs square inches Of water
running constantly-costs him $50 for the Sea-
son Oniy ten years ago be began toredeem his
garden from the barren looking hillside. This
IS the charm Of Cslifornis-its unequsiled csps-
city for fruf; its kindly soil, hiding the pleas
ant homes in trees, flowers and vines. Its towns
and hamlets, quite free from the bare, naked
aspect common to new countries, look As II they
bad been sc, led for two generations. what other
region thus combines tropical productions with
temperate climate, Where else grow hg, al
mOnd, olive. orange and pomgranste side BY side
with pear, plum, peach, sppie and cherry
There are $1,000 Chinese on the Paeine coast
Coming East instead of going West, the organic
law Of migration IS aeainst tnem, apd Nature
enicrses her own statutes nence ny 10 ee'
settle, bat merely stsy-iake no root brlngfe
women save prostitutes import rom nome tneir
food OF "hieh nee g tne ehle' ''sPe, sena nome
their money-send home even tnelf desa. en-
bslmed. to rest IN the family dwelling Of their
far, twilight land. nursery OF the human race
where the orient JOINS the oec'deni.
Industrious and frugal, serene ana slent under
heavy taxes ami frequent kieAs, poor 'onn Snl-'
nsmsn puts money in his purse and revels IN
dirt ami degradanon. Ia the mines only giean-
ing where the white man has reaped. AZ tne years
end his Is the larger 'pife "nen ne nnds a
rich lead by mysterious but inssnsoie eoinei-
dtnee t belongs 60 some Arnef,San-n 40
policeman, who oids Johnny .no'e 10 On. me
divine right OF numbers ana Of race IS seanS
him. Perfect in imitation, sners female labor
is scarce. ne proves unFiSaied al nnrsng' COOK
ing, washing and ironing lie candles babies
entrusted TO MN. WIN 20 MUCH csuuon and
tenderness, that all the maternal instinct must
lark someshsrs under bis long pls-iAb IN his
yellow face or moony eyes ny tr,epd mas
masculine domestic named Aioy, VINO scrubs
hOors, washes dishes and cooks dinners with
grave and deliberate htelsy. tie sharactefixed
me as the =. hong q" which be syerred 70 be
| the pure Celestial for Big man-hesp big
man % wonder IL he is a solemn wsg. wheth-
er the phrase does not really mean "a humbug'
heap humbugT" bss ;s1q.zis =
| On the 18th INST, reloined our party FOR the
Oregon trip At Grass Valley. ia addition to
the warm reception accorded him. the progr.nme
required Mr. COlfa1 to kiss KISS. SeVy Of eight Or
privilege Sssssa to yaus ss0ns n. sns ss eHs onde
stand be gave it With that zeal and resignation
which he brings to all the duties and cAres Of
public life. ,.,.i
| AT Chico. We eneousteed Gen. Dsdweli, the
new CongressoHAl Representations Northern
Cslifornia- lie resided here poni hia farm Of
90 600 acres long before the country was settled
by Americans. We opassed the tgrsvecf . rich
Citizen, buried upon bis esn N1n. vha.e mona
fSl Us.fs NJ Nv wrisst us ssa ssd q asSe