, 1873-07-10
California Correspondence.

EDITOR DISPATCH: After II long delay
have taken my seal to 'ndlfe you an
othe, letter, bat cannot Ill the preface
promise anything Of much Interest TO
You or the readers of your pa.,ef.
The extreme dr.n,s> OF the season
thus far and the serious failure of our
staple with the scant supply If feed for
an inevitable loss of much stock. our
populatiou ia general and tie agricnltu-
raj portion of II IN particular, have il very
serious attack of the . Blues and ex-
h,bit sumbre aud sad countenances.
In some local. les where the grain has
totally tailed, and where the stock Is
reduced dlready to mere skeleton forms,
an dying dnily. there are many human
under jaws that have dropped ver! 10"
down. During ii residence here OF over
twenty years duration, L have scarcely,
if II, all. witnessed 50 unpr"mislng aud
dnll IL wear as 1873 now is and aInst
inevitably remain throughout. What
may be in store for us hereafter, and
partIc llarly i'll the weather line. the
Treat Storekeeper only konws, but the
Weather with whIt h this particular
section Of the Lords Dominion (ur that
uthel fellows ;ls the case may be) has
1. Il far IA
Year. is we'll adapted to the Work Of low
ering the under jaws of civilized hu
nanity to the lowest attain'oie S-ade'
But amidst the general ciliamiiy theie
are .ouie Z: ptions. A belt 1T country
of certaiu width, along e sea coast o1
he State has been more fortunate III the
uroduction of wheat and othe~ grain
crops aud in regard 10 the lndis nensab'e
wherewlthal to sustaln the animal her b
On this belt more rain fell, Or if not, the
rams wera more timely for the grow nS
crops then elsewhere. which WI b the
aud Of The humid sea breeZes, gave 10
vegetation better cIan sc OF success.
Stree the besinniog OF the present
month, for tue greater part of the time
the wray her here has been oprressivei>
not; and. 10 look out upon the dry p'trch-
ed earth and the sere and bar en fej's
and pastures, with the +, hectiou thai
M ram will come to our rell, foi IL
uumler OF long. dreary months To cot.
utfnrd anything but pleasant SENSATIONS,
reduces the muscular strength of the
nude llp considerable. The scene pre-
senltd Is made mp of decay and drrarl-
,.rss reduced 10 their lowest denonl liiii-
non.
Under the unpropitions aspect OF
business affairs many are returning Il
he Atlantic side from whence they
came, and many more would leave the
,nierlo. parts of the State for SOME
more reliap.e agricultural countfy, pro-
vIulng they could dispose, TO any 7t'i'
vantage of their iltile ranches aud II uli
gard rs But such property here now
is almost worthless, ..nd 10 effect Il srie
OF 1t 10 any advantage Is not possible
he lroduc ION Of summer crop bv IT.
r,saiIon constitutes the malh difficulty.
Most ut the waters for lrrls;iilnS pnr-
poses las to be purchaser OF III ditch
companies and Ill many instances th,
crop will not pay the wats + expenses.
The bitches were made Years ago to sub
serve mining operations. which are now
ubout over with, and soon the owners
ut the bitches viii be coupeiied 10 aban
don them rs worthless. They yield bu,
little profit at all now to the OWN Is.
1t is IL question already well statled thai
this in.erIor couu,ry Is entirely uulu-
habllabie by clnnzed people without
some artificial iur.ius oi Watering II and
" hen the present dltcbes are abahdoneti
what then? They are now aud always
Lave been maintaned at great cost. anu
it Is believed that any amount that could
be afforded to be laId tor irrigation
alone would not pay tor thel' aih-
tenunce by IL large deli 1t. and 10 levy IA
dl, ect tax on the public To keep them
up, i'll addition to their already onerous
tax burtheus, would be- an uneLdniable
lnfilctlon. With The experience OF
tweuiy-lwo years resldence here, 1t Is
clearly my opinion II at hot many years
hence, Clviization that Is, what little |
We have OF twill Ire compelled to
wash It's face, comb Its hair, blac. lts
boots, put Oh u clean shut III II have
any )ne up Its lluie ''lcktiLs' III IL hand
bandle, aud theu peg out" Perhaps |
It ma. 60 up to the sound co:ntry.
In the month Of September next an
election Is to come of Ill this State, and |
matters and things pertaining thereto
seem to drag their slow length along.
Some Of the papers are trying to stir up