The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-07-01
Letter From California.

his friend Dr.. T. Tyler, showing few Of
: the wonderful features, agriculturafy, of
California. The letter is we'll written,
= and the accounts Of what can be done
! there. glowing and attractive. Dr.. Tyler
is son of President Tyler, and served
= during the late struggle, towards its
chose; as Surgeon of the 18th Regs. S. G.
:. VS. add is favorably known, to the most
ofoarreaders. With this introduction
we commend attention to the letter:
SAY NFKAScrsco, CAL May. Is, 1868.
:, Since last wrote to you, my admira-
lion for the, State of my adoption has
= been ali the time increasing. You ask
.>ne to tell you what kind Of country
> 3,aliforuia Is. I can say this: on arriving
here / was astonished at finding such
wonderfully attractive country, and
eaaahy astonished at:my past ignorance
, Of its superiority, especially as an agrl-
cultural aad horticultural region. Why,
sir, the size to which garden vegetables
attain is iisssincrediblc, to one who has been
drought up iin8he East. Cabbage weigh
: .Rfsg pounds, aud onions cover the area
{ -ofa large saucer. ISiH net tell you of
HE size Of our beets-yoa would not be-
: sRexe 1t, you will have tosee them drsh
Before you can, believe it. All Hortieuk
S-tara products are enormously large. |
can aow, as am seated writing, look
dowfi from my window, upon the fruit
stands on theSs,reet below and see frait
inthe greatest profasion and variety;.
bushels Of strawberries larger than a
: partridge egg, which article *e will bare
inEorerwhelmins. abundance for the next
sixsereigat months to come. Potatoes
gsow Aas3x, especially the Irish potato
= Aa acre of :laad will produce the. most
fs6alons quantity Of the latter. kind.
, There surely nsser was. such q country
for production. Lands in the San, Joa.
:: :ssia: valley viii produce from forty to
eighty bushels es:Vheat per acre. And
asfoground peas. South Carolina cannot
rbeatrit even. You can ge. in this State,
: any variety efclimate yen>desise, at any
e. time of the year: The thermometer
ranges here the year round. from fifty TO
,Riaety degrees, fahrenheit. You may
wear ahe same kind Of clothing w'ater
aud sumner, and not ihconEenientay
diSpense with FIRE the e,.tirc winter: As
regards keahh, Ewilf just say this: I
doanss believe that any section OF the
e globe can exhibit so many hale, bright,
rosS children as California. There are
millions of acEessof the finest frait lands
ca earth; in, the soath ofthe State-yieid- 4
: log tae tropical sfrnitss evea-aboat los
Angeles, uncnitigated, >oR comparatively
50, that can 6e bought al from afty cents
to eve dollars per acre, which in ten
years, If the coantry psospers as it has
been doing, WIN mo. doubt bring from
twenty to Fifty dollars per acre. A man
: who will inTest few, hundred or a,
thousand dollars nowssia- lands in this
State, w4H, IN a few years, be as rich as
p aBy reasonabls person could desire, b5
,hsenhanced value Of his lands, if from
nosstber cause. -.
Rail Roads are being built, and pro-
iec;ed all over the State Emigration is
ruishiagbe floods. There are eight
large steamers. plying between this port
and Panama-l Thseeshousand eight bon<
dss6 people landed here -ohe day last
week. You cae get herein a:drss class
cabin for one hundred dollars 10 green
backs. slf you have an idea Of coming
don't dehydor the Rail Road: Come a;
.eace, aud Eoek around for yourself Tho
class of people to cemeShsre is farmers,
1asehanfcs and labourers. ENeshave too
many lawyers, doctors, merchants. and
clerks here&alfeady: TIA man comes
here @isifsnqtaiag but hisshands and feet,
aoais silhps topse them perseseringiy, .
bs-cannot help: but do well Property
n. striking distance ofthis city is en'r.
sBoasly high, bot the public attention is
Just now being turned TO the true deyel-
opment Of ths State. nyou will come
L have no. doubt you will be utterly. as
tanished. as ] was. to- see this eounsry.
Here is q towp. only about fifteen years
old and burned down ence-with oae.
hSndred and forty thousand inhabitants,
aud all the laxuries and elegancies- offs
city century old. An individual on ar
risiag here from the South, feels invig
orated-refreshed-somethirg / imagine
asoae would Seelon makiag his escape
from some noisome dungeon into the
wholesome atmosphere of delightful fields
and groves, or as one who makes his es
cape from, slavery who has previously
kaowa what 40 inestiiaab'e blessing flee
dom is. This State is albright. politi-
eally., There is no difficulty in being on.
good terms With almost every one.
We have askind of ofthnber~here called
the red wood; It is q species of pine,
wkichis the most valuable as Ye!f as
beautiful for building purposes. TIE
fraoc ,,rcy,s ono. bundled end fiftv' faet