, 1869-07-30
SAN FRANCISCO.
Disadvantages Of a Flying
Visit.
a Hasty View.
Climate OF California,
Mountains, Valleys, Productions and
Beauties.
The Eeasoux.

The Seasons.
Correspondence ef The Chicago 1ri,.4,x.
San FRANCISCO. JAY =
To cnable the tourist to describe Caltiornls II
her people accurately md concrchcnnyely o.
should spend year IN the State, ana visit the ii
ierent portions le!surejy and systematically. In
ny1nK IMP Of 4 fortnight, IN company With coap
OF score OF merchants, banter* md politicians Il
tent On tfhde and pleasure, and sr.1unnded BY tts
Lance committees Of hospitable citizens from ID
Instant they reach the foot Of the Sierra Neyad-
until they depart from Ihis "coast," 1t Is III
possible to write satisfactorily OF the people IN
their State. have now been Heek In Callfol
MA but we have been frshed through 50 fast, has
lecn shown 50 much, hesrsl 50 muc1, IL
troduced to 80 many citizens, that the whols yls
thus far ls more nke delightful dream OF fair
!And than q reality, and tho mind Is nt1ed EIt
nulu,udtnous fragments Of plcasusable recoIlec
s1onA 1t Il impossible to rnrarel tue gtlse
threads md Weaye connected storJ OF oar OF
eefrat'ons The brain must have time to a1reng
md digest What Is presented through the sense1
mud the objects that Impress the ere, ea1
touch, fasfe and Emel must not cone In delc2s
else The tourist Will become btwllde.ed md 81 do
ton Of the Chicago party. Not man OF them, 70
love or money. eonld give a clear and con
nected ns[Tatlye Of his weel1 expetienc.
IA California. Each could, doubtless
relate many things; but for every incident or fac
described, q hundred will necessarily be forgotten
California dlners enough from Hnnpta 10 DeloDg II
another world. Illinois Is 4 rass lcTel plain, Wit
coll and productions neartg alike IN III Its paris
with four regular seasons Of sprtug, sumner
tEtF ~ nnf4
End blood heat at another; T1th frequent rutns
and thunder ahowetB all through the period Of
vegetation; with equtnoctlal storing, md piercing
blaBfs md sweeping anoEs, At their stated and ap.
pointed tines, But California Is different tn al these
thIngs The 8tate IL ribbed and ridga1 with
mountain ranges, with some vast yailcys aud
rumberless small ones, With cahons, gorges, g.ens
ehasns and rarines OF every Imaginable and un-
Imaginable extent. depth and lorr1; with hng
rivers flowing between great mountain caadns
aud through wide valleys: With every possible
variety OF SOL, climate ana productions
Known 10 the temperate and semi.tropica,
zonfe.
In the valleys Of California there are no winters
or snoFa. \ perpetual sammer etrugsles with a
perpetual spr1ng for the empire Of tho Seasons In
San Francisco II Is never winter or summer 10
tempesntrre. What Is su.u.1cr here L. autumn
weatner IN the Northwest; s1d what Is called win
ter here correspsnus with Asy Rnd Junc there.
both ns to tcmperature and vegetation But the
great Sacramento Valley, which ia 40 niles IN
length from north to south, Rnd " niles Wide at
the lower extremity MD t1penug u0 TO point ut
tie upper end, has The climate Of the Niir tn sam
ncr. tempered with delictoos]y cool brcezes at
hight; and the winter clluo5e OF Loulst-
aGa 1n winter, but is free OF Lie notlers
hiCh there chill tho 1paahltanr4. From the mid
die OF May TILL tho middle Of September no ra!p
falls IN California pIhrt
lie on the north. Then COMES the so-cal!ed ralay
seasau Tor sl1 months. Bat It Is ii great natstake
to suppose that II rains necessarily. The weather
resen bles thai Of Illinois 10 3Ipy and June
Tht-e arc alternate uaYs aud speils'' OF rain and
sunshine. For week tLcrc will bc glorious ssln-
Hhue and bamy bFeezes. anc-lhese will be suc.
cet7!ed ~ days Of soft, wArm rains. II Is ia THIS
stason ef the year that Eatutc spreas lossly
carpet ol green NIL over the Gatt<n STATE from tho
bottoms Of tic vaile5B to the tops- OF the morn-
talDs- The verdu1e OF California during shose Blk
DApths eIces Illinois III her hIatuK aIt early
SUMMER n.onlhs.
C8lifOrplA t7 immense IN every respect Tho
State Itself ls 200 miles long BIZ 2v0 broad Three
sotes larger than lluols cuu be carried ous VI IT,.
as Il iss mineral wealth, yet that Is far
e1celted ly its agriculture; by It's fruits and uow-
ers, gratns AMI gfassts, The highest peak In lhc
Al1eg hA1,. Iountains Il hasdly one.t.arL Of the
pcaks in the Sierra SevAdas; md the
Lnest tEre Ia the Mss.Bspp Valley v7puid not
reach tothe i0F1.t' limb OF some or The Iotest
cf California, Think Of trees whose
.runks nres GGenief In d!.meter than Lhe sllnt-
over III Chicago, nIni whose tops ricrce the
1easeDs further than the highest chuEch-spre In
htcaso p.auel Oh :op u that shoI-tower would
:cactt
In coming. over The Rooky Aoun,aiu ranges,
rom the I1 Ut the 1iack Fltlls to the foot OF tho
sierra Seradas 1toE distance OF 1,ooo mites, lhe
Fase|ltr gets The tulpfesston, ond tae feeling
tsalH IIEh1,t4bly On tlte Mind, That l)1na ~
re- has stripped ta:s vast area OF nearly all Its
ztr md legitimate portion Of the clcmen5 hIch
enducc to tho good things uf lite. 1t kcpns bare
I'D taukrupt, excerpt III minerals, which RIG
ocked up nut hidden from eight Vegetation IS
raut unu must rtiIgglc hard for existence.
naked Eucss, sage lFusn, Greasew0ol una arid
.kaI aeser-s yct the eye and discourage the scpl
II thu wn,lAnne tnau. Hut when the WARY
rnyrIicr helcIris froul tho Handicapped SicIrns
MO tic Ca tornIa plains, he dscos c!s tA. canse
II 1hG naktiniss o! tue waste p!aceA he ha1 trEv-
.rsCd. au1 what has become Of the TIC aea of |
'AtEru OF which theY have tIsen ,1c4suiletl. |
rhosc rica.s hive bcru rolled up, carried hiacr,
1.a spread over this cUast Stale. calliornia h8a |
lus rrcciTad double portion OF pstu1a: wealth |
nd fertility. She hns her own share, anl That o!
he great interior oas!dek Well 1nar sho b. callrL
hs Golden .;,ate-cohlen tn minerals ar4 ey...ne,
ollcn II frnita and noWcrf, golden h her ,e- I
ontcea, opportunities and futufo rrtAsE4>tts, nu
.. ptrc within harnelf, with nothing Eekin4 10 !
lAdien the hcnrt st man- With er+xJ produo- I
IoA uceu1sarJ to kusteuAnce. comfort an4l luxury.
FIlh stlanJ kkias md laly brcczcs, With huoyn1t
tmoat,hsre ami lDsptfinE hcalth- shn hAl only TO
~ bciEl knowR to Tho nnssca 10 rectisc q nood |
i Immigration from tho old 8sat&s4 and Jrp.a,l
.uTrrA that viii cortr these ynlvya and hill |
ICES >s-h n aenss population, to1, the State IL !!
at nbtc .of supporting tcns OF Ealriont or L. |
Ito rhcnsmcnA Of the dry md rainy scnsons |
nto y h1eh La California Jcsr Is dlrtded nre ihus
rrr.!l'ed to me by sceutnc er at!ruan VITO has
GEE MaGp tae subject study: Tho Pacific .1ale- |
snls lrom china md Japst. In surnme.Ltp
veat; BY north, stirling the american coast ut
lstkA aud Br1t!An Columbia Cp.ulnR INTO ,hls
n3eT md higher latitude. tia Moisture gathered
Iunl tho warner u -uuo4iepseL ana nsectpi-
!. .oi between lie CONT up toere and the Hucky |
uGnt:1n range, and that 1ounts for tie almost
,r1lesual ralas that fall In Alaska tc.wceu May |
md bctattr. THIS trude-wtcd Is t1ef4,tted down |
he coAei oscr Inhlornts, ,t2t stripped Of It's me-
urc ara dry IL = powcc1AhIsu Whca II rcachea |
1cIs. little raln Ia cropped in Northern Call !
o,rlA, motc IN Oregon AID Washington, and con-
stl4ralie In Briilsh coiuRltta.
In tho last days II August TIC "northcrn
r-Ges ltgn TO ceas1 ,, and the winds 10 le away
ITO light an1 Htfu GTt tlndc- Ind from
ne Southwest Pacinc auA IAll.a OeeaA strikes |
his coaBt In September, aE}, coming from q
Gr3ccE 10 a colder latitude, begins to drop liz
E10Btura in Southern California Among
so whey ards OF - Angeles foFtoieht before il
raches San FruneEco, t4ts rntn-waye mores
.oYlh between me SHrn Nevada VAL aud the
>nasr, :4nd for Il 1e mouths Fr1nklss and isa:eS
he taiEet1 SOL. ftuctifyinE aud Eeluyeaaitng yee-
auoN aud u uaktng the la-caets plains FL i btoEn
!GEes tlootn With ssrtgAttsl Govern oycrAn en-.
4Eaid Carpet THUS, II 5 Seen that the Japan tE4de-
".1ts fpn. ,tclz rain. O. tha coast OF AasEa AID
conc hitler dry and c!o5dless; White tho
l:dian Csesn trades bring Nt+Ertng n,oiGtuse and
rrecp!Atc It oTet this coaa, from Sonora ID Ore.
FOE. Eut tie 1tst anu h..a wall Of tho s!tEra
ss,evsc1a a51et:s the ntosEtAs u The :a.n cloads
t.i.g eastward, ard "7!ls item air,ost dry.
Hence there Is no RAINY scaton n the Rocky
ranges. III winter there a.o snnEt, and
IL sun ner drocght- Tie delightful Seasons IN
CslIo1p!A arc September ard MaJ, being the perl
Its between tho northern and southern trades,
when tie ait Is quiet and balny; wheo i few
gentle Coning or departing SHOWERS descend;
" tea 1t Is ue.aet DRY nor VET cold nor hot, maddy
nos .csty. bot Icllow, l1cg1a1t ae4cious, hcayen-
". must ecdEy letter with the observation made
Year IN California TO properly appreciate and
A,cftts a1A attractions. J. "
Italian Ncrx.
r. llt E1hoS ~ Tx CAiea}s Tribune:
IS oae OF tic Ealy @ro have Introduced
Lie Italian bee n this country, calEot a!oT II
pass utEotLced the ccEinunicasien-"T Farm