, 1870-12-27
Opening Of the California Spring,
Early Strawberries.
Manufacture Of Beet Sugar in Ala.
media County.
Dead Beats.
H1eatrlcni%ht Treatment al tte
llrtttf1en Chfnce.
ttwox orm ssEc,sL coRsEsroSpsS7 ]

for the bulk Of our poonle, the general feeling |
in the comur1ity il decidedly hopeful. We
had 4 short wheat crop, but it wAa still 60
large ~ TO leave us hezyy surpluh foE ship-
ment abroad. and our wine interest-which
now ranks third ou our list OF productive re-
soutces, gold and wheat coming before it's
the Eiell being large, and prices
md demand good. The rainfall has been
sufficient to enable farmers to carry on tho
busipesr Of plowiug and sowing. aud iusure
,he crops Of 1871. The hills around the Bay
OF San Francisco are already beginning to
will have put On her holiday garment, and
mnde glad her face with amiIes Of vel
come 10 tie newborn yeAz. We gramble As
much At our weather as you do At yours, but,
after al, ne have far less rsasoo.
An came down town this morning I heard
= Dalmatian youth yelling, s-t-r-s-r-E-r~r-1-
a-w-b-e-r-r-r-r-r-z.t-i-e.s- cents d
rouad,T and Saw the goats gathered around
tho fence Of Washington equara stoAine
themselves %gith fEesh grass just moved III
the plaza and thrown over to them. Surely
this 10 better than your snows and ice and
to be thankful Business ia dull, very dali;
in fact, it is almost suspended on account OF
the approaching holidays. For the next two
weeks our population will devote most OF their
tine to purchasing Christmas presents. gls-
ing helia.s rsFties; and mixing md receiv,ns
proye1bjal California exagearatiou II the ex-
tent to which these festivities arc carried
au1opg us. hut the cuato1u Il good one, las
\ halmonizi.g effect. and II not Ercat 6vil
even when oEesdone-
BEET HC0AR. ETC.
Tia hnya nf f49f h4af Nr0Hr fhrfnrr sf
.Alystado, A1ame.lx County. which is decided
uucceae. Tho fsctorv Is cApable OF working
up fjftv toms Of beets per day, but 1t presen}
nnIT consnrner tffrty-ffye tons. The sugar il
resembles a tina aut1ity Of { rrauulafnd.
as # corus. from E|s.,er, sosnaries Il reaa,
lis seils At 13iz cen1s r,sr pound hv tle 1io
barrels. and rstnils Al 81 ponnds for une dol-
lar in our market. Tbs uet yiuid ct sugar il
AMER cent phereaa. in Frsncr thev rct I'm,
mr. cent. Two hmndreti "a i,eef c.ttie .1e "a fed m
tac refuse, AID tlete ID uo ioss Of ua,eri,l a
auy pcipt,
Tle cruurtl suitable for beet culture ip Cal-
ifornia is unlimited, and am satisfied thst,
th1e years hence. We shsll make ali our own
sugar: some tiay Mexico aud The United
Sts,es viii quietly form An eauaI partneEship
sri hecnn,n ora rel mi,,c: fnen pil anx;afr
on tia .1,,e.t;ou nF sunniy II snr,r
rofyea to1,anco "i.nco}.to rstr;ii. Iva r.,o,is
etc. &c 9ii' be rnera;iy cnd"5. 3ferico ;s
catllhle OF pfoduc1EE a3nloak everything we
;m1nrt frnm The tSon;cal wnrl5 ana she
wnT1d IN tnrn tate nm n. eya1rth,nr III,
now % imroris II M from Eu1 ore, hut At 1rassa, M ths
snc.re 6nest,an !. a ssr;,,,a o,,. il o,r ;i1ma-.
tic M md u ecmmercisl economy. aud I am Esd to
sec lbal he Pacific States are 10 near solu-
'''A "a ANOTHER R..7 op.n.n,s
Smoking ~ hcctn raro,nJ. ma of bc,,s.
x;,E wh;eh ~ "a ~ is-1s1t h1a,saS @ ~ c,I;1nr,
pis. % The anest md Isrces, % i.eat ge hsye l 1'al
tn io,st ef latclv wss = cnrconns1 i, .tircsscd
Ard rnnst dicm.itd lonlinss ~ ,,eTson,ye iii, =.
flowinr behf1 hjscl eTos. slrI1,1S hnoteI
ncsc End tawrv romnlexinn. wEn msSs In
.ivant Eore an,,c vaats s;nco 40 tsa r.thoEn
1,sY,nn ~ ray.;s t1.SetInr ~ ,,.ls MI ~ ~,
the uanta OF Lin uecr}e. asS coilsc r. monay fnr
ihe erection of chufchhs. colleEos. AMI Tal,ci-
n1In snf,cni bni,dincs in ssis ia go ~.
turbsn and flowing rnbe ar9 drsr
| crowd after him whene1er i,s annc.raa m TIM
| streets even IN r,Ar,nnoj;fon KIN ErsGr;.cn
| where we are used to tie sight Of men from
| III The wcgid. and 4 novel costume seldom
calls for note Than : rsseins cIanee % from
! scceptation in fho Frsnch ,:knrch Of ynt,e
| Dame. a,,.t roIIected fnnas from m,nv
| churches and many nious Catho]ic1 thrpn.l-
| ont the c;tT. Int oas iay he came to s5l
breach at The Churci, Of St. icuaiius. on Mar.
| kst strees. and a rerv l.rre rHnerrra,inn hal
s.,.rsto Ga Ga,s,, ~ .Mss ITYussas.oa
Ssi,nd ionr md .t;i1 ,,,, p.,s;.n i;'a,,Sn III
ROT MAKE FL snn,,r.ncc, A. Length . jesn,f
] Fsfhcr ~ ma f11w.,S and cnnt7urscs3 tha scr.
wsy. snnnosinr thst .nm, sc.;aanf
| h.i preyentti the Bishon of Partis
| hing fhcra IN nfs;cisfa na nrcroisca
l M sccident had occurred. Ha hai beeu in
trodnrell In Jnsuit Father who Ind atni4itd
| 1,ersiar htt1a At thc t,,l1ege nf tha proo>-
!
mi persisn. xho hai1 been he.fcn viii, many
et1ines Il liza Tnn,h f,r sh,ndnninr III,
M,bomctan faith and berornnr A Caiholr.
did not eretk word of tho lsncnsea OF BIZ
uarive lsrd. va. discovered. "a fel1 back ou
the Sr,;.n md ws. c.,,rbt are;n Than Ia
ia ...1 ~ @no ~ ~ ~ ~ rn;nntas ~, M
rarsr s- ~ " 6s.t The E.,hs- ;nTsst;c.ta,i
~ n,',tar - a;',otasa.. ~. ~
tenees wh;c,, he h.d Tri:trn for sac esifc,t;s', @
~ H. as,st. - rs.r;t ,nd ~ athse
that thfy yrra ch,,daa gcre nndcrn Hebrsz
i, fsct "a tn r,sEn . irnc s.nrr shor1 ti,s
fs,IoT Tx -, inf.mons 5 se,,rn NJ yo-t
ein.b;,r a1.,a- t-o.,, Ti,..isns',, Tiin' st..,. a.
scanIsi do,,lt,es. fr,r, ona ~ tsa 49,
FAMILIES of Iaiea:;ne. b,., noy RAJ = ~ persi.n M,
.en ~ = ps.s;sn f,rsst w,s tho rhsrr,r r
,, W ,;,a,, " ,ha,, s
,nfx aes e. snesEse ny. IT,, a3shsess.o sn
Il. s,t,,a5 up, tt,., ~ rs;aa.i ~
5000 to S1O, Iii told; and, What il worse
20, AWAY with il. Where he went 70. heavag
ouly know, but he disappeared IS sulas1!,
A. The mn,eor sheet darts athwsrt the sky. an;
II seen no mpro of tnen. I IN not iuteresic q;
in tho mstter ~ i matter OF fs1th. and h.y,
mt Iosf \ 1inne thrnnrh tbis tnnnster bnt. n
\ msttar Of cornmon iustice ind dccency
would IKE ia see tfn aenundre1 coma to cfiff
| either ia this wurld or the nest.
OFFICIAL nrArs.
Yesterday 1learned Of IN act Of oficis
sNindllng. which will yery soou be ssnsi