, 1869-08-05

" VINO rHisll nut fostltiIat11 Ito luaDry ~ ien,h
w. shr higher, cooler and uluru hcal.h!ul lpuk. or
!. liochy a1ouht ait*. A. J. I
= CAL 1FOnN1A SCENERY,
:, ~ "Trip 10 lssn yosull,tta valley II,
!, thu 7lnrtHos.a lIiE Free Gruts.
/, CSrst'Isntenes of the Chieayu 7ttanut,
+ BAN FRANCISCO, July n
u Persons writing thr.r NFzt Impressions Of u
Il foruia sEG ltkely to be accused OF exu4verut,t
r When Mr. A. 7. nowd discovered tho tlg trees.
q 1859, hc could 1nd nobody, even III that couui
| OF surprises, to pay any attention 10 h.s Bior
o Nj. Dowd was hunter, employed by camp
b miners to supply them with game While o
y looking Tor "bar meat one day 1la found h1
stlt III tie CalaseEn1 Grove, In the midst oI ,re
, from twenty to shntJ-thrcc feet In tiame.,
Hitting their cones 80 to 3e3 feet Ia the mir. u
Do~d forgot bis grizzlies, and, Fastening back
hls cainP, told tho lALneEs what hs had sec
With one accord they denounced him for Ia. {
| luna1tc, and could not he Induced even to 70
the designated fpot and sec for themselves "
how'd fhally succeeded by stratugcm in en;tc1ug
l1tsiuAA ct &1...s In rho G-nrg AMI thrnt fox sA
trst tiEe, the big trees became known 10 clyilize
mankind, nnd Nl. D. : reputation for yesactty WI
RaTed from total wrrck. One OF the largest vi
cut down mud section sent to England
"Letc It was at t'rst cha1acterized:as ''Yauke
! tf'c6.' Not u1tl It had been subjected to NJ
merons m9croseop!c.lf md chemical tests woul
I tue savaDs Of Great Brltatn acknowledge that
tree could attain the gigantic circumference q
n'netJ feet and wrap iteeif up In barE founeel
| Inches II ihtckneSa
The big trees, Of which shall hare more 10 81,
J hereafter, ought not to hare been q SUNRISE I,
anybody living in California The luxurauce ant
grandeur Of nature IN ali thrgs ought to hayt
taught them to stick ut nothing. 1t appears Il
! mt that after tho world Was made the Create,
threw all Ills surplus material into Cal,fo,uIa c1y
Ing te 1t every variety Of productions mud p1
I Climate, CtoWDlng The whole with the mos, stu.
pttuo1B scenery in the universe, nud atdtng onl5
| Inc earthquake TO teach tho natives humility
nave seen, at San Aateo aud San Jose, orchards
and gardens which cal ind their only parallel In
tnc Arabian ftghts--alnond groyes, orange and
letnoQ trees, pepper, 1EH, pfuuea hauauaB. EnR.
i!th Walhuts, and the ornamental tires or Aus
tEai!a, Polynesia md Jnpan, all growing by the
sue OF the lruiis grapes and berries OF tho
Aofthetn and Eastern States, and ali growing to
size and lu1ustance Unknown and almost !ucre,!l.
bic on the Atlantic const Roses nearly as largo
d 5oIf hat. tmuch larger than your wtfe's bon-
neE' oleaode1s, fusch1as, magnol!as,
azAeaa, tho Covering cactus, peranIu1us.
and Thousand other flowers growing IN the open
atr. and thrnwtnG ouh shetl ssutXcous p1ossoma
eyer! month In the year. Bald q Californian to
NE. some years ago: II can 80 into my garden
any month IN The year. and p!ck 1ncr bouquet
than you can pick In anJ month Ii the tea1 In Chi.
c1Eo, IN nnT gurdcn Of greenhouse was tncred-
nlous but the statement was no exagKcraiion. I
thlnk that tnoro beautiful collection Of nowers
can i'c cuilcd from the open-alr gardens ut san
Matco, in the month Of January, than can be OBJ
TIMED la any Eastern city at any seaeon.
TO THE YOSEMITE VALLEY.
Our appetite for the Yosemite scencry WIS con-
sidciahly whci;cd by meeting some English grn-
ttmcn III Cheyenne, who were returning to their
homes, from 1udla, ria tho Pacific Rai1way. Fall
Ing Into conversation With them concerning "the
bills Of HlndostuD,-by which phraso they de-
sguatcd the utmalaya Mountains, Is 600 feet nboye
the sen level l--ohe Of them remarked to US: HYou
need net 60 to Europe Or AHA IN search OF mouu-
sa!n sertlrry. There is nothing IN tho Old World
that would be Regarded AZ sccnerJ II placed alon4-
s:uc OF jour Yosemite vallcy.n Yet Professor
Whilne, tells u thut California is full Of people
who have been au ores the Alps but hare never
seen the roecn,Etc.
The trip TO the Yosemite ID, perhaps, the most
iab0lieal Journey out Of Tartnruy, aud yes II QUO
takes suI'cisut tine, and does not hurry or over
do himself. there Il part OF It which cnaDat by
easily borne, whlfo u1anT portions, even before
1eacllpg The valley, arn calculated 10 Etyc ex-
qu!stc sensations to every lover OF nature. This
letter IL written, not TO describe The Yosemite for
II rnnnot hc ,cscFllcd. uni puiy psysuupiuo1,s
rerEVu would mako tho attempt hut rather !
to give such al outline Of tho trp, together with
such EtAiAtrns !ntortnatlon. ns may, to BONO ux.
trtf, turn tr tide Of tourists aud lleaausr-seckers
AWAY ffom thu Alps and Fyrences, ami other III. |
f+1'or Institutions Of thu Old Word, to tho awful |
AIakbltt,!ts VI The eierraa Although the tonrncy
IS ahltult, delicate ladcs arc performing 1t all tp
ltmc-sh"rc were fur such Ia our party. aomc u |
HAuul fhi2 never been Oh h0rsebsck until tlry On.
tered The Wild and frecipltous trh bel ween Nal.
oaa AMI ihc grrAt vsl,ry. Tito guides amused ua
viii EfHF1es conrcEnuR iA.lles Milo hul thruwu |
lheht<'ifta oh the KrpItnf, Un tho ChoHchlIia
Mountain and Declared. with hcnrtrcntng rtira,
'Hat They roul't not ~ auuther step. that they
Roulu rather te eaten BY 9rl1xy bears
l9nu 'naAe tho ntsrmrt, can easily btlierc such
'tur1r*, lni sHltfn that thr.r ls nuthlng which
leel itter nnJ rerApn, not actually nil Inv alitl
ft1p taxing tire journey. TiloEe Who gu to The
iUfeIte 10 untatn "SleWs" are uhlKctl to earu
hrin, hut The SCENERY uf thc valley woui,i richly
tkh' onr f"f the eH IT. cren though Il l,al 10 .e
rude on fnn1ts ami kucrs.
THE MrrTEH.
There ate twn routes 10 the Yosemite, 1ue rf1 !
Hnt1fs'aa, Ani the oil'rr rhi llig Oak Flat apd
larIfHg'e Mil fir lattrr Il tho tteapcst ehntt.
ri. Fscerest Anl pust uncomfortable. Thu Mari.
H'es runtc Il solIewh hat iUGer. hut. Rrcotlhs ,u
liz '".t,n"ny II gII thr tenrtata ! n,rs. whu bal
rrh nirt t'th ttnIs, Il lMAMfJ CufD,,atet with
FF VtHFir ~ nt7 alAh tnP RHFAnt2AH ~ fRaAllii |
,ilH nix Hll1es If shr Mattj".a M 1rr ti,1lfn,
h" III" nthHf tonta IN lattly.nvn aA,Ira iIulAltl
l"H sIp sa'a,etms sifotv. t1lu hufpc'.aek ttlthH
III Thu M.,tl4aa inalr IN tAlsl3' lH.is4. earlu.
tH ss the T'ar lo IIin l'1K uues. I'm tha utrf
hatn II IN s"rnl}'ttn nlIlra. tur tat.y we,l ~
AaF.loha And y viii t'u nlefptst, that ihls 5uliu
: 1rtrtEtai 10 III y !Int tolluws
lARsilH tiaH FtnHt!st0 NJ I O'Clock II. H., Ey |
tsat4rt, VII trsrA rtucktnll, tl.- heat Of na,lKa.
lHI thB Han .InN1u1u HfHer Hf vi I
unEllltIs, wlesc wh NUT npw, cleanIy mud rle.
nit tlrl, 1ecenty 0lrural i's Ale amber McEuIn
u&ne!l} VI CAlCAgu. u ID well 10 bear tnla III !
'ht, for on r.tnIn'ug IRON the valley, the toar.t
III tc IN a condition TO APPRECIATE good led.
The san 1oa1ala River rI.es among The High
'ttFAa, IN the utlghoorhvod Of Mount LyelL 13 wv
Get k.uyc Tue sen lcYrL II haA for III prtncIpa1 |
r,!ulartes the stanlsaua, the Tuo1umne. md The
dcrccd, the last Of which nowa through the
iosrinlte Valley. All these streams have their
uurees among the High sir1aa, very nearly In tho |
rIt1e Of TIC r1nge Irom North TO South. THESE |
,rratns s1e al clear ~ crystal II theiE sources,
mi are Al except the Aerced, diseolortd BY the
petztioas OF miners befosr they to1n the San
oaqQ1u. The color of the latter 1t Stockton Is
1meRhat }elaoHIr than that Of the Asssoaa IL
'u.ahh The general direction Of the syer IL
lounes=tr While its tributaries now southwest, en-
er1ng 1t Al right angeA
FsuN STOCKTON 70 xAEIrcsl II
he distance Is 81 1Dlles, and here out labor beua
'te San Joaquin Valley IN tho Simmer Is - nps |
nd dry AZ Sahat1, and the trade Wind blowa from |
'ofth u South with Iast Sufficient regularity and
urce to teep the dust In your laces at the way up
&c valley There Is no use IN trying to ayold or /
seaIe It. Ton may protect Jour clothes By weaz- ]
Eg l'ncn coats and oEerallz with elastic bands at
or wTists and ankles but 1t wt,l I'll your eyts
ata and noses almost to sa1ocatiou. Pe1sons /,
aE1nG weak aJes should pror1de themselves with
cg!es; indeed, these Will not come a1lu with /
ny one. noticed that the cyes Of the teausters ,
nd sage drivers Oh the road were as red as beet
teak. +
From Stockton to the crossing Of the stanlsIaus !
sNeE @ Etlefl the country Is a. 1eyel as the E
'astc valley. At the 9taatslans VIC cruss On the
essy and pay toll, and from this point - the c
fountains We harsiy cease paJ1ng tolls First 1t
turuplke, then = bridge, then a I
t'ES. then nothing that the nse senses I
an ny hold Of. Caitforn1a ought 10 be O
f1en county to enshlc the people to pay
ae!f tnllA At The stanlala1s River We meet ihe :
nj undulAiou IN the sur1ace Of the country, AID I
rom tnis point onward the undqlst1ons become I
rndu1llE more numerous and dlnleait Until shey {
Eliminate In the Yosemite Valley In perpendicular
oeks sutle high The ascent from Stockton TO ! {
lAItPosa Is about zoo feet, and from Ma.1posa to
shfte Hsteh's. the end OF the Wagon rpad nix |
llles', 500 feet Eorc. a
FEoEu9 through the dust, which the Eteels | L
lloN cd tn bucSetAfrI VIZ rraeh SnAtItnn ~ l n