New-York tribune., 1866-05-04


Gold and silver Yieia for is65-Caiifornia
Ncwspapers-FinaI Words About the Pacific
Hnilrosd-Duiy OF Congress-A Northern
Line Wanted.
From Our Special Correspondent.
San FRaNcIsco Cal. Monday Dec Is lees.
The fruits Of Caomil, nnequalei in variety and
uXurousness, are her supa sing nches Trees twice
large as in NewYogk Ohio at the age In
year the cherry has grown fourteen feet high the pear
feet and the stems peach three inches in diameter
One peach tree year from the bud grew eight feet high,
with trunk-circumferenoe of eigh, and half inches.
peach twg footlong suckn the ground 1853 bore fruit
the year. The apple bears in the second third
year from the bud and apples have been exhibited weigh
ing two and half pounds. Distinctly Northern fruit
however requiring cold climate has not the pungent
flavor which New-England and Oregon impart. But the
peaches, the sawberreswhose vines produce
four five crops year-and grapes which grow with
incredible prOusOn have peculiarly rch and generous
taste that fingers lovingly on the palate.
In the orchard of Wilson Flint Sacramento saw
hundreds of pear trees years from the graft bearing
60 pounds Of fruit each AT wholesale, IN Winter, it CON-
mands from five to six cents per pound by which weight
fruits vegetables and grain invariably sold These
pears enormous, though far from their full growth
and Mr. Flint that they sometimes weigh two
anda-haf pounds each noticed cluster of SIX, grow
wg almost close they could bo packed in
fruit DISH and each nearly as large man Inst Ihs
the 2dh Of August and the graft which bore them
put in last April 1t the most wonderful sight of my
I
In the same orchard hundreds of fig trees bent under
rich purple fruit Olives pOmcgranatcs lemons and apr-
cots grow in various sections The orchards Of the state
also about $500 orange trees When six or eight
years old they produce fruit and continue for half CEN
tury At II they IN full bearing, Welding from
900 10 5000 oranges per tree They blossom early IN
SPRING the fruit Is ripe in the following February ana II
left The branches keeps until May fugrown tree IS
30 feet high with dense busby top or 10 yards IN diane
ter. II requires irrigation and careful culture.
Mr. flints vineyard, only five years old, contained
of varieties of delicious grapes, growing IN enor
nous clusters several bunches weighing fully five pounds
each. On Gov. Low table one morning sx-pound
bunch iiom the Sacramento market. Clusters weighing
eight or item pounds excite little attention. and a assured
that bunch Of seventeen pounds exhibited a. one
Fair. Two hundred varieties are cultivaied the most
delicate Malaga grapes indeed rsy all vines from the
Atlantic slope Europe, Asia and Africa, flourish m tins
kindly soil The iruiigowers begin 10 make rasins and
preserve hg and with the completion Of the Pacific Rail
road they expect 20 supply the Eastern markets daily with
fresh grapes. The crop fails, aBd Is SAID Ia average
to the acre double the Weld of the bcs VINEYARDS o Ohio
France and Germany The Caiawba though smaller than
varieties, exces think all Others ID flavor The
vineyards Of the state of which more than onothri are
in Los Angeles County cover upward Of 10000 acres
The largest Is ia SonOma county ana contains 5D'DU
vines. In lS6i the wine product about l,OO,H)
gallons and II has largely increased since Many vae-
ties Of still and sparkne wines are produced buy IN gen
cral they w heady and far less pleasant here than
after they reach NewYork The long yoyagc improves
them greatly and age adds much % their favor One day
this viii be very leading branch Of commerce and the
wines OF California will excel those II all other countries,
Sacramento, the state capital IS at the head OF tide
water the Sacramento River 10 miles above tins ciiy
Its history Is chapter Of moving accidents ~ rood and
field Again and again II destroyed by conilagraton
and submerged by ehes aud more than once schoonefs
sa.d through the principal streets friend
tina, night upon returning home ~ boat, be found
COW his dIaWing-roOm and tied her 20 the hall bannis
ter lest the food should loa hc up stairs before morning.
Leyeee lus he cy from overflow, and the grade IS
being chsnged to afford and permanent protection
The we,ladcd city, though intensely hot IA Summer,
is agreeable and contains much wealth and culture.
Tho Wells, Fargo s. Company Express Is prominent |
AL II
ports Of the business letters and nearly all treasure
and other packages from the interior this city and hence
NewYork. Ii combines banking and express business
and has about hundred Offices. One encounters its
messengers stage-cOach raWaynn and steamer, and
sees its signs IN every town and mining camp Lkeo'hei
great express companies, II ILLUSTRATES ihe eup,HoHW ="
private enterprise When it, messengers run side BY side
the very steamer the railway carriage with those
the ned States mail, hTec-iourths o the business
men intrust with their letters which invariably d.
lvercd In advance Of the Government consignmeai ln
this city, Nj CoaN dropped note INTO the mail, making
an engagement for the next week with gentleman resd-
ing less than mile from our hotel Three days alter the
appointed time hs fhead APPEARED saying " nave pnt
Wells, FargoP "
TO found and svstemaze great enterprise like this IN
the face Of the difficulties of country requires more
capacity than 10 run TIE GoFeIhmeht OF the Ltiiou
States In ordinary times asked the gentleman VINO mas
chiefly conducted H. What lessons has your expert
ence taught you and IL pleasantly confirms one iaiih
in human TO hear his answer IL has taught IN,
TO trust men. Show confidence IN them and they VIII
prove worthy Of it, -
The uniform charge for delivering letters is l2 cents
but the company carries them only in stamped envelopes
thus paving Government Of three cents on every half
ounce. Yet the PosOflce authorities oppose A. and
mail agent out periodically from Washington pro
posing 10 stop IT, Half million OF the 80 herce de-
nocracy being IN its favor however he might a. well
forbid water 70 run down hill Last year II carried
23oO0 900 letters. Two and quarter millions OF writers
paid 81 cents extra not TO have their letters subjected 10
tbe Circumlocution Oihce What stronger proof OF the
folly of Government mails II might with just a. much
propety sell groceries convey heavy freight or deliver
washing The Post-Ofice Department Is hopeless
nuisance which, like the wrongs Of our foreiahefs has
increased is increasing, and ought to be diminished.
Abolish altogether. Leave this, like other carrying
trade open private competition, and the mail service
of the United States would be performed 30 per cent
cheaper and 100 per cent better than II is to-day
/ am indebted TO A. Il. Forbes of the Wells, Fargo
Express the following statement OF crude gold ana s-
yer the Interior received at the San Francisco ONCE
during the current year II is the best aanabe basis for
estimating our yield Of the precious metals Certainly
than half Of the gross product passes through TINS OF
fee and the Of quartz aud placer mines for
1865 exceed $0O 900 600 Within ten years after The cars
run from ocean the product Will reach <1oo-
100000.
RECEIPTS san Francisco BY Wus Fargo Co..
,Icinsire of eJin from Jan. 70 De J. lsoo.
From Northern mine5. ti9,o%V'"
ron WashOe Virginia City Gold
Hill, Silver City, Ac.) ......-.-...... HJIliDl