Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-09-19

circle and protect them, when their for.
tunes would be secured. A small mill,
tary force has been acting there; but
brave, vigilant, active as they are, they
can do nothing. The ApacheS are bold,
skillful, cunning; they know every foot
o. the ground; are fine horsemen, and
splendidly mounted and equipped with
the most improved firearms. The
whole country is as bleak and barren as
Sahara. So sly and daring are they that
one Of them will sometimes crawl into
camp and suddenly mount 8 horse and
carry him off triumphantly, in spite of
the firing of the sentinels. You can from
these facts imagine what advantages they
have over our troops. am informed, by
an officer who served for some time in
Arizona, that the redskins kill more of
our men than we do of theirs, and that
for every savage killed the government
expends 81 100000. Noquarter is shown
by either party. Kit Carson once pro-
posed to the authorities at Washington to
secure all the scalps Of the Apaches for
$50 apiece. Morality aside, this would
have been an economical bargain. The
| silver mines of Mexico are UNSURPASSED
in richness, but the working of them is
expensive. Besides, the government re.
fuses to permit the expectation of bullion.
1t has to be coined in that country, and
the percentage for coinage, together with
the rapacity Of Mexican officials, reduces
ones pile about thirty per cent. This
giievous tax produces its natural result,
smuggling, and large quantities OF bulls
lion are shipped out of the country in
that way.
As | have heretofore intimated, agri>
culture is beginning to attract the atten-
ton of capitalists; and, assuredly, the in.
ducementS offered the farmer are nowhere
more captivating than here in California.
The land is exceedingly fertile and pro-
ductive, and is not easily exhausted. In
San Joaquin Valley wheat has been
sOwn every year for sixteen years on the
same ground, without any sensible di~
intuition of the crops, and without the
use of any fertilizers. The same cannot
be said, however of all the lands. From
twenty to thirty bushels to the acre are
produced. The second year the ground
is not seeded, as a volunteer crop springs
up quite as good as the first.
Cattle and sheep raising, particularly
the latter, are very profitable. Two or
three men can herd 10000 sheep. They
are very prolific, and live on the grass
without any other feed and without shell
ter.
In speaking OF the cCrals, | should
have mentioned a peculiar quality bes
longing to California wheat, to.wit: that
it never sweats in the ships hold, and is
consequently better suited for transports
tatiOn by sea than wheat raised in the
States. Another valuable quality is the
faculty the flour possesses of absorbing
much more water in the baking process
than other -four, thus giving greater
weight to the bread and enhancing the
profits Of the baker. These peculiaritiss
cause it TO command extra prices IN
France and England. Farmers are never
pressed here in the harvest season as
they are in Tennessee; for the grain will
| stand in the field for months after it
ripens.
Grape culture is prosecuted very ex-
tensiVely and with the most gratifying
results. Forty varieties are grown. 1t
is estimated there are from 25,000,0O0 to
| 300O0,000 vines. The wine manufacture
is extensive.
Oranges, lemons, olives, and almonds
are raised in Los Angeles county. To
show you how profitable they are, it IS
onl " necessary to make few statements.
| An orange tree is worth from $25 TO SIS
| every year. There are 20 or 40 to the
acre. Therefore an orange orchard Of
ten acres is worth to its owner from
| $1,000 to-make the calculation your
self. Almond trees grow thicker, and
produce yearly at least $l2 to the tree.
The olive tree never dies; at least, it
bears for hundreds of years. 1t has been
growing here fol- sixty years, and during
that period there has never been fail.
ure of the olive crop. These orchards
are Of slow glowth. From the setting
out Of the scions or the cuttings, or the
floating Of the seed, seven to
nine years elapse before they re-
turn profit. But remuneration is
certain if one has the patience to wait.
What a little paradise person could
L uldhG GIbuuu DAul uGIS III OA1llOEuldl
How delightful the prospect Think of
living in orange and almond groves,
famed by breezes laden with the aroma
Of thousand tropical fruits This is nc
wild fancy. 1t is in the power Of every
man, however poor he may be, if he
have industry and patience, to make for
himself such q home The statements
have made are derived from reliable
| sources have Converscd with old cit
liens who know, and | have consulted
statistics on the subject Some Of my
information | have gathered from 1
| young lady, q boarder at my boarding
. house, whose home is in Los Angeles
! | and whose father owns an extensive
ranch in that vicinity, and possesses 1
} valuable orange orchard. expect t
( visit that section Of the country before
r great while to see for myself. Tn,
oranges of the San Francisco market ar
shipped here from Tahiti, Mexico, tn
Sandwich islands, and from China Blu
D they are of necessity pulled green, an,
/ have consequently q bad flavor. Th
oranges of this State, being but two o
n three DAYS from market, can be pluckeC
= | huGli lulll AtpO1 oiaN hht NAOAS hS''N
G and find reader sale.
} Yesterday municipal, Legislative an,
n judicial officers were elected in this city
r and the State generally voted for mem
n bers of the Legislature. Money Wa
Y freely and publicly used to win the cleo
e ton. Men would hang round the head
5 quarters of the different candidates an
- ask to be paid Tor their votes. One maj
e let me instance, edged his way thrOug
=, the crowd to the treasurer and demande
AS money. A double gold eagle was slippe
e into hls hand as that the best you GA
or dor he asked, with contemptuou
as sneer On receiving an affirmative T,
nc spouse, the villain tossed the coin bac
a to the giyer, and strobe away to seek
as bigger bride.
on The handsome salaries maid here
ly this city and county are sufficient to q,
Ist cite the cupidity OF the oiiee.seeke
1T Let me enumerate few of them n
he please do not convey the information
let the rapaciOus carpet-bag blood-sucke