New-York tribune., 1867-08-23
THE PACIFIC COAST.
SIX cuLTURE IN CALIFoRNIA. A.

so "a ~,a',,,t ,,s,srccs Of the day its manac
ture + q fXt d fact D, -, -,
The late beautiful display Of six goods IN the snow
windows or Mont comcry-st, Manufactured Dy M'ssIs
-, A ,,evere is a sufficient evidence that silk can
he IN California IL IL, indeed grand Tor
oru STATE like Ours 20 be the pioneer In the mannfac
re or silk dress goods and for the success oI the
rc n,ich is due not only % the above gentlemen
for the car cut ~ the plan bat also TO Loeis fIevoS &
has for year, labor,d patiently to THIS end 49,, ,,o %
sk- growing in california. Year after year ho laLored
@ te as crested in The business Ii through
session pass bl giving 500 fOr each 10000 coeoons'
TO be in effect for four years. ,,
The dry baIy AIR and wild atmosphere Of san Jose is
the opinion OF VIZ Provost unsuIlasseu IL ue ~ HoIu
for the growth Of silk one mporahI lae Is Inas, ~" ~
like any otECI country here the mulberry uee GIoN5 10
perfection short time and it is free from insect dcpre-
easy Of pioFa California from either cuttings OF
Mr Preyos has m San Jose some 80 acres Of mulberry
trees OF ali age eIoWhg ~ an az "Cle & wv which
NAV brye ri.atv of mir ana sunshine lie has raised
the mast season over 100 900 coc0Ons several millions
OF esgs most of which sold, To go to France al $Y
the ounce and Dc had orders for eggs han ne 1ou %
supply. samples of the cocOons were exhibited az tn
last state Far n SofIehtO, Also the TOlo % ~ ~ ,S 600
the work of the silk W0in IRON the hatchs W U 'I ~
the spinning of the silk and its change IT0n inc Gu
eggs the ho raised last season. manufactured
into SILK, would have yielded nearly 1000 Yards yu9
wide single cocoon a. full size YIELDS about 500 yards OF
slk ber or nearly 25O yards of thread which Thed
SysTd in er 9Th TIE female lays about eggs Three
hundred perfect weigh about one pound IWeh.
eggs one ounce Of eggs viii give i65 pounds of cocoons
All ounce of egCs gives 10000
produces Of tie State for 1866 was about 100000 CO.
eO0ns. ,,,- , - ,.,.,. 49,. -
the liOrgS Aiba NOrCii, and the hNttedS The Aoreu
is good variety and is said to produce silk of 6ea
fl gloss The GteoiiS has vigorous growth tender
leaf and very good for the young WORMS ana Is
nutritious Tie Alb0 however, seems 70 have he prefer
SIX %El I'D @ %g ipS @ of tGcir value s food Tor the
l. lie uuli igrrV rrOW IV
tn6er and for i1anuacrng purposes The tree ought
bereoTe TO be extensively cultivated California aud
glad 70 oarn nat the farmers IN many iecahues
are awakening 20 the Importance OF its real worth D.,
In sacramento the soil seems admirably adapted Tor
the growth Of The mulberry uee on an eHIehot t
trees five years old measured about three feet Ia crcu
ference. Wilson Flint one OF our m9st e3telsivS @ Elm
growers IN nag . 10 % aISs & ~ % ~ ~ % IN ne
trees, ana he has purchased SN acres node 70 IN i
establishment IN the state II not III the world lie mas
10000 trees planted, which VIII be tood enough lof
There are thousands Of acres OF land in other portions
OF California lust as valuable, Persons in Suffer- HGUa,
Cousa Tehaina and Butte Counties contemplate plant
ing. There Is room for every one wh4 wishes ., +
garden and qanery OF the world. Farmers nave
been sRGafads ySbS of nrouets such as wheat
barley and potatoes which mas kept ihen poor, & men %
cotton tobacco hemp rice, castor oil beet sugar and
silk Wheat and barley have IN many cases para wen.
TO pe elutted as has there other Inducements
for the farmer Our resources seem nno4deG on Sygr
sue, anu 10 ti,Y - -
to oIr leading staple articles they have the past
been Known as WOOL wheat and wne and it is doubtful
Which should claim The precedence TO these may now
eeSe es nj I Facts have shown that IN the six growing
parts OF Italy and Piedmont land is worth between 500
and $500 per acre when planted with the mulberry tree
while the export OF coc0ons and raw SIX amount 70 more
than s9OOOOO0 The business there IS conducted ciey
BY and children and the same lSht De done III
California, for it is easily managed
InHumboldt County, Cal, several Indians con-
nod eise Ospd I'M q HCcONs
had been summarily hung by party OF men VINO went
out 10 bury the body.
Tbe San Francisco Alta gives a list of build
ings which have been projected by capitalists pnI on
whichhe work suspended on account OF the Egh GnIs
Labor aw from which IL contends that over SuJOO lau
been kept OF cireuaten in that city and somethng
like 100000 OF capital kept back that would nave Deen
invested ia the State III building THIS year.
There seems to be an unusual attraction tins
year direction Of the snow peaks OF the Pacihe
and partv TO the summit Of Mount Hood, there
two expeditions OF the same sort planned by parties IA
Monday intending TO climb the mountain, and We learn
that party Is about TO start from Salem Ior the same
purpose
Parties in San Francisco interested in the
Southern Pacific Railroad sent Gen. Nm B. Rosccrah5
he has been busy engaged in making thorough exanira
tions thereab0us in this interest Before ne leaves ne
route, which is said to present more favorable grade
than any other known pass through the coast range OF
mountains 70 either railroad or wag0n-laad
Ex-Governor Pickering of Washington Terri
tory claims 10 have discovered last Fall pass through
hitherto found The entire distance he describes as
fiat valley, from half mile 70 three miles N Wldth
snoqualme 20 or 80 inles Inc other the Yakima, 10
II miles. He claims that the pass was not found py
Stevens nor Mcclellan, nor either OF his assistants
A spool of raw silk produced in Nevada has
been exhibited in that place This spool contained me
silk OF two and raised by Messrs lsOard
Muller yesterday spool at Isoards store con
tanning about the same quantity OF rch White sK They
reecd Saturday the silk Of IA cocOons which averaged
1900 the Provost says the WORMS produce
an average Of $50 TO 500 Those raised by oad
Muller produced an average Of 400 eggs each THESE
gentlemen have about coco eggs They also nave me
lot OF which they propose 70 send 10 the Siae
Fair
Long Room in the Merchants Exchange of
San Francisco thrown open on the pain ut, ana
crowds hocked celebrate the inauguration OI the IN
stutlon by uOuring out libatiOns OF champagne and
punch, which latter was supplied IN an immense DOW
csp.ble Of holding four five gallons, and wreathed
Win flowers The principles upon which the Long Room
Which obtain M tie French BOurse and other European
open boards Of brokerage. ANY one, by paying
monthly fee Of S0 buy or sell as much IN the Long
Room as he pleases.
A plague Of grasshOppeIs has visited that
portion OF the county lying IN and near San GOrgOnO Pass
They attacked the vineyards OF DR. Edgar completely de-
strOyng the young for the season. the old vineyard
also suffered very severely from their attacks The fruit
trees were left quite bare having been stripped Of their
foliage. They devOured the grass and every kind OF
of herbaPe fortunately the grain crops were secured
they would the Of other vegetation
The vast to the ground, trees,
every bush and leaf eayDg no green thing behind them
No such visitation has afflicted ths country before They
remained about week, and moved ont toward the desert
Their flight sounded like hurricane. ,5q+
A correspondent Of Taae Alta. writing from
come out Of ~ woods" Basne Of Of All kinds is looking
epi aD farmers coming into the county. The
e~ college 4Yilag t y d SOga' SibP @ az" nv Xnf
Another ornament 10 the architecture OF the place Is
new stone hotel wen VII pS reauy ior Occupancy up IN
them being Masonic Lodge, which, 10 De fine struc-
ture, The sonoina weather mas been tOef9Dy or moi