The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-13

San TrAvcrgco. DC. 2g. 187T.

DAN FRANCISCO, Dec.Zv, 18Th.
EDToR REGISTER IF | ever
60 back - Oregon, rs I certainly
expect to do, and hear any Oregon
ian say q word about the eternal
drouths Of California, | am resolved
to treat him. That idea will beA
living joke in my mind for years to
come. Californians have mentior--s
ed to me here, that from what they
could learn, Oregon would be an
exceedingly pleasant place, if II
were not for the rainy winters. The
thing has sounded 70 absurd that 1 \
have several times got cursed for
laughing in their faces. A man !
kicked me Off the side walk for H..
yesterday, and nearly broke my
back, but it did not do the least
bit ofgood. The next man Imet
was a prominent l;rwyer, who asked /"
me il it was very rainy this winter,
up the coast, when in spite Of every i
effort at restraint / broke out irny,
such outlaws that | could not speais
word. He made some remark
about idiocy, and passed on. II. !,
But seriously, | never have seen J
such storm as we have been hav-,s. "
ing all over this State. The raiH
surpasses our worst "spells of wealth s
err in Oregon, and the wind blows
a hurricane most Of the time. Here. /.
at San Francisco, the wind is not Y
felt SO much; but l visited Sacra- y
mento a few days since, and / as :
sure you the scene was terrible. !.
Sometimes il was difficult to walk,
the streets, the wind was SO strong. !, : !.
Some mallhouses were blowndown. .
Locust and popular trees planted \
for shade, ard other ornamental
trees, were torn out by the roots;,.
and the rain was driven into every
possible crack and cievice in the
houses, SO that almost every build
ing, it is said, was wet through and
through. The streets were flooded
50 that wherever one would 20 he
must wade water. And yet this
water was not from the river, for /.
that did not rise above the leyies--
il was simply the water falling on +
the streets faster than it could run
off After all, this great storm 10
the salvation Of the State. Every.
body feels hopeful, whereas before
there was much Encouragement and
some actual distress. ! rejoice with,
them--but positively, all'tbe disa-
greeableness Of five Oregon winters,
if it could be concentrated into two.
weeks, would not surpass the last
two weeks Of this glorious Calitor- !.
nia ''Italy ofthe Occident." And
still it comes, and there appears q
good show for its continuance anoth-
er week at least. The barometer
is at foulweatber point yet.
There is good deal of arguing
here about Oregon. People here
seem very generally to bc desirous
Of learning all the facts about our
stste. The uncertainty Of the =
crops in California is beginning to
tell in the way ofproducing discon-
tent among her producing classes.
The prospect of favorable season +,
this year, may allay this feeling for
. time, but eventually Oregon win
receive large accessions to its popu-
lation, from here.
The Sacramento valley is o mag.
nifcient country; there isnot as fire
. body Of land anywhere, But At
least one third of the time, farmers y
tell me, thecropsare total or partial
failures from the drouth. This
must prevent its ever being a first
rate agricultural country. More
before ! leave, unless lam swallow
I'd mp by an earthquake.
COSMOPOLITE.