, 1870-08-15
SAN FRANCISCO =
The season--Fruit Crop and Agri-
cultural Visitors.
17lnins and Other Matters.
1Yrox orR srrc1l1 CORRESPONDENT

M1nin: and Other Matters.
IsEox oCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
San FRANCISCO, Aug. l.
While you are roasting under more than
torrid sun and fairly painting for breath, We
src having just pleasant weather, neither vary.
vs1m nor very cold. the thermometer seldom
rising abore Il degrees and rarely falling be-
low 6s degrees. Dust We have, Of course, N
abundance, since the summer trade winds will
not oeaae entirely for about mouth. though
they arc already subsiding, and tho rains will
not commence under three months. Your
people arc crying out, Ike Dives, not for
water. exactly. but for fruit to co7'
your pstched tongues, aud our
people ara su1fslted With al Varieties and
onI5 wishing that We could divide with you.
II the shipments made bS rail from Sacsa-
mento, ten days since. 60 through al right,
vou viii have plenty more As hoon thereafter
~ possible. Our pear crop 's abundant. and
the grape crop will b. tmmanse, and OF the
finest quality. Wo could spare you thousands
of tons it you can take them and pay for
them.
anB AGRICULTURAL EDITORS EXCURSION ranrf.
This party reached here last Friday evening
in IN excellent state Of preservation. not
Mittstandiug the heat a1d dust on the cara.
The. describe the trip a. = glorious one, in
SPITE Of tho heat, snsi IN the language Of tnn
daughters. bought glass OF ice cream, and
called for tave SPOONS, arc glad thay
came So are VIC. The. spcat al Satuf-
| day in the fruit market and Land4-
| beIger's vine cellarr. Yesterday they
vent 10 church. md, today, th.y arc scattet-
of tho interior rslieys Of the Ststs. They will
relnzin hut Hsek or ten days among NJ, and
then turn their faces on.s more toward the
rihing sc,s. They came It rather IN unfavot-
Abie lime for seeing tue State, il they care for
such beauties Is most sstzact the eye, bns they
will ind tho fruit .,sar!y in perfection, and
We are glad enough to think tLas it il eess.E
foz them To coms now, or. At Any tins, than
not at A11.
TIE Lowsa CALIFORNIA K1rEp171os-
This expedition, Of which 80 much has been
said, ard rhi.h wss organized with such :
Hou1i.A OF trumpsts, etartsa from hare, Yos-
tesday. Il hAl uwindled down to ono ataa1l
schooner, with about dozen persons on
board. There w1s no United 6t4tss war
steamer to conyos it, II had bosn promised
louble-baualed shot gun mould b. ample for
tho defence Of the entire expedition from all
the enemies, other than heat, thirst,
mosquitoes, and coast fevsr, which
must nss .sy h.1s p.a e sss It, aaale SSs
Of esurrc, in this case, hut R1o1 Ia the quea
lion. The company Announces that tho expe.
dition is provided With ample means to siaA
alteeian wells, and 1t hRa al kinds Of seed fol
cultivation. II water be found, the expedition
will be likely to prove 4ucsess, foz tbs soil i
: | rich. TIE lay Of Magdalena abounds with tisi
aud osste1n, and means are provided TO catol
them. It j. furtbos.Faid: -.
"From at we cxn lea, n rain is not abundant, II
ffY1nF3 IN 41E1r JThAfAf fhHr
lion II not much doRe. But ths rainfall fs he41
On tho central cham OF Mountains, anl IN some o
springs ai4se, showing That tnerc ID vAter Wh,si
! ean te reached By proper means. C1ptafu lsaaIn
: Nho knows the eossr. and NJ. do Ro1xeulunt, a
= experienced waterman from the artesian wells o
Algeria, accompanies the expedition, 8ut Nj
Mark h. Silver, who Is q skilled explorer, will II
ctdstaly li also tne ot1ce 9i pltnteI 70 the expe
nnEr extended knowledge Of Lower CAlifornt
anu III rssuuTcrs.'
Well, Ill can sayis, hope that they wi
''catch" moro oysters than EuIls-though
T. doubt it--and tt.at the expedition will indec'
d lead 10 more extended knowledge of Lowe
h California aud it's resources, ii it has any 70
sources not already known.
BHoof1sIS AND cuT1sTe.
The fnwi1es, thieves, and loafars have don
! la1,d office u.intAs within thc pas. month
killing each other oil With tue revolver 1n
bouie k11iie. here and in other pa1ta Of th
- State. greatly to the relief Of tue decent poi
q, ton of the conrnunisy, Who viii thereby b
penses and hemp. Tie lat two lemonstrs
tiuns-tha shooting Of Jim Dobson, a motor
:. ons gambler and rnfti,n, by Johnny Tyler, O
Montgomery street, ds{ before yeateraay, An
- the shooting and stabbiug Of Bill Dresser, II
IL IL. from Sacramento to attend his fuuera1 by
ar friend, in \ row on tho Da.barE Ooas
i Affairs, and gave :srs.t ..ti.f.etio
sd killed, though Last night waiser recsived I
M aud the hope is very generally expressed tht
= will continue the gooA work anloug thou
YER selves until ths last Of then ia In hia grav
III The community is well rid Of alt such cnstor
tn ets, and San Fr1ncttco has q largo numb
ID ! left which the can we'll shoId to spare.
~ TIE pns1ERs' STREE.
y: t. IL the latter part OF 1869 our ieadinE now
bJ [ paper rrp:ieiors. finding that times were Il
en- <,nll and money too Aca1cs TO warrant them
Y. kesp,ng up old ''tush times "pI7css for COT
,rs is cents in coin per 900 ems to 6o cents.
t.,r strile was tue result, but in the end the pl
ID. prietors gained the day, and ths - Eufs
mi Typographical Union" declared its rules 81
-, sume work at such rates as thsr could obsa
.e 1eu far tho tiur being. Most Of the atrke
Iits applied to be received back into their old '
de- | 1;atioLe, a.d except in extreme cates. whs
4re 'helr conduct had been particularly obuo1ic
Ing to their erurloYers, succssded. and ro.unl
ow- 1uetlon in exrense, the price OF Ill the le,
I'M i.E dailies, the Sacramento Union, San Fl;
- cisco Alta aud Duttetff., being reduced fr1
~ 20 cents per week 10 Is csnts, few Wet
psn eince. 1:ete,.t2y the Eureka T5pographi
ulte U3.ioY, las 1een quietly 1t work pfe1Ariug
oat sn the rrcprietors that thsF o:ull lave mt
s.s. ~. y. nj. to anener whether tlsy would paJ
cents per Loo ems in coia OF submit ~ b
,ra4 | ttcir work stopped. 1t this t,ms-3 =. m
.tns AZ unable to foretell o1actls tho result, bu
:Ee7 looks. as tLough the strike would prove
aho.tivc a. the frst. The publishers Ill
s"es that they 1zs not making interest on the c,
nm, | tai invested, and there il no doubt OF such
Is i;gth fast. They further sas tba., alsho'
lo:e there ,is considerable book
liant ttiicce, generally speaking, theiz business
better afford etrike now than at any for1
tins for years, and the! will refuse any
aaJ- vance in rates, e1cn II il gots to tho ett<n
nAr- stopping their work entirely for t,risf ii
.s Of They ali expect to get few tolerakle print
usa. not members OF the uninn, 10 Hotk for t
alyh tt GO cents. and more from the Hast in
days. Tbs B,uetin, Ala, and Cau will
aloEg ~ best they can fol-. few days, znd it
*,,, tttike continues, and ther succeed in Eepla
"a" thar force by aEti-nnioa usn. not one OF
'eas. strikers will bc likely to recover his posi-
. nut under tny c:rcumetancea hereafter.
'~e1s You in Chicago know nhat tho rates
our there and in Nav York, And can toll b
We than 1-~ho an no, practical printeE-wh
tue er the demand Of the strikers 10 rsasopab
ally. mt. The genstAl impression in the {
Thc nnnltT ls that Ms are Ill living too e1ts
ACC Enntlv IN tamo1nlA, 1AFe poem Q
Felop | 70 tol leHss sna uohs WI
[treF GOWN nsaAas,, tsunSG eApense*, ann
ldsn nlole ee.no'. .ss W Hns ao.o SSH. ,s.u:
lace | .s1t nt.t.' ~ , sss ~ ~. - 80
c!s- - =, ~ 60. - 80 ...,s - g
'rally nils T,th thr rrst- IN fr,l,T aat;ssai
rssrenchment must be general throughout
Aop- tornia, and do not b lave that any strike
sso- Increased pay among printers, or other ts
uueti will be permanently successful.
LAMP | CHkckKn nCT SoT fLAYHD OFT
ender III no department Of ctr industrial tnte
T aay | is there Greatez neod OF ret.auctmert th
srsVr mining. Not only h4yo our m1ners been
wit | :co high wager for day labor, bat suparl:
y az. dents, engineeEr. and III the officers ol
,,re. 1iLinX conlpanies hava livsd too fast
-. Spep: too much money for The stockhol
e''f aid the end of tie .vaten il fast sppEoac
1he famtns CoEstock rein in Va
1fteF producing many millions in N IN
itly sho,t tins, h1a absorbed as +
7.soo more. in mills. hoisting machinery. anc
productive work, with hardly the return
1nd,. sollar to the stockholde1s, the aupetin
!, ss.s | cuts ind other officers meantime dra
croruous salaries and living in style OF
! ,rancely mag. 'i6ceue&. There are mint
I'!Aks INIT VEN which have absorbed millions i
bos- retsme,,ts On the stockholders, have II
| u,il!fnue of buthpu and never p4id doll