, 1872-09-19
California Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, Cal, Aug. %. 1872


dite YOU short letter, though the times
seem singularly barren of matters
and things" worth writing about. -
The excessive hot weather, which has
prevailed this summer throughout the
interior of California, still continues.
The inhabitants of this region are pant
ing in the uninterrupted glare (save dur
ing the night-time> of burning sunshine.
Not cloud has come to our relief Tor
months past, and the face Of the earth y
hereabouts is well baked and presents
u barren and dreary aspect. Heat and
dust, with dust and heat for q change.
make up the full accounts of weather
matters. II You have surplus of va
pory screens mp in the Sound country,
a. profitable trade might be carried on by
sending them in this direction. Shad-
ows are i'll great request and eagerly
sought for here and hereabouts at this
time, and few cargoes of the article
named above would go off at high fig
ures. Send US something to cool MS If
convenient. A keg of cool beverage
from Stuart Chrichton t. Co.. or frigid
editorial" 3" in the DISPATCH, would
have a .alutary effect upon many. The
Pomeroy Democrats need Il cooling cat
aplasm to allay their fever of opposl-
ton t, the Greeley and Brown ticket
though to do them square justice must
give them credit for already having
"cooled off - considerably. They will
be all right by the 9Th of November, by
and through the application of few
soothins poultices. Let them have
them.
The grain crop is all cut, or about all.
much of it threshed, but only small
part secured, and great fear is entertain
ed by many that much of the crop VIII
be lost, for want of time to move 1t be
fore the advent of the rainy season.
Immense quantities of sacked grain are
now lying at places remote from either
railroad or water communicated and
will require months to be hauled out by
teams, while still larger quantities are
lying at usual landing places along the
rivers, the waters of which are now too
low to admit river crafts of any kind to
approach then. After the extreme heat
and dryness of the spring and summer
months, it ought not to surprise any one
if heavy rains should come unusually
early in the fall months, and if they
should, an immense amount of damage
would unavoidably result to the grain
growers and others who have invested
large sums in the present crop. We
hope for the best, but while We are
hoping the world wags on in its own
way. There's no use of talking to t1e
contrary, the weather maker will have
her way in spite of us. Nature can't
be reconstructed and controlled by
human power. She's altogether too
strong Tor us, and therefore aud consc-
quently We always did and always will
have to succumb to the demands of Ma
ture. She's the grand acting Queen of
the universe. Raining is Natures con-
cern altogether; harvesting and taking
care of the grain belongs to 'us fel-
lows
The Presidential contest wakes more
and more ardent as time rolls on, but
the hottest of the battle has not yet
been reached. The contending parties
are only skirmishing as yet. How the
great battle will terminate of course no
one can foretell. but the chances of VIC
tory seem now to be largely on the Gree
ley and Brown side. Most people see
seem to think that the country has had
quite as much if not Il little more than
is for its interest of the rule of the now
dominant party, and are in favor OF
change, of administrators. Let the
change come, l think the country can
stand it. From what read in the Sound
papers it appears that political matters
on the Sound are getting sounder, as
well MS other parts of the country. Po-
litical affairs have waNed exceedingly
rotten, and regeneration and puritica-
ton of them is now demanded by the
countrys S welfare. / like the course and
sentiment of the DISPATCH on the Presl-
Dental question. The idea of union
of all parties of like political desires for
the accomplishment of a common OBJ
iect, appears both sound and practical
BILE. Union is strength, and if strength
is needed to remove IA public evil 1t Is
certainly wise to obtain it, if it can be
consistently done. But somebody will
be President, whether the right or wrong
man be the successful one, unless the
machinery of the Government fails to
operate. We hope for the best, but
while we are hoping the world inditfer-
emily whistles along upon it own trail.
SLUICE FORK.