The Sonoma County Journal from Petaluma, California • Page 2

there are n)any fine Vineyards mimbering 8axt Francisco Correspond we will Endeavor with all our energies to ALUIIA JOPmiTAL. L. THOMPSON, EDITOR PBOPEItTOB. Til of tlio TJncle Sain. tived eaZand a half? days from Sajr Jusn, Imaging .750 pass thrOUffh in 22 dy8 frn JSYw through Europeanadvlc awFto July Tth Lord ftagiana82 "glorious death at the cannon's month; liut suffered the fatdcf many Qf hJs Wat ennv panions, from tie diseases of the Cnuetfi General Simpson succeeds LordRagbn in.

command. Tl reports of repulses of the! Allies on the 18th June are Tho English lost 1,350 men in the aspault, the French 0,350 meii. During the Hcge, it appears that 20OV Rritiali troops raider Gfen. Eyre, entered the suburbof astormi; and held the houses ia ono street for 17 hours, but le-ing unsupported, vjerlxconipciied to retreat. Lord Raglan's attack of the Rc dan was considered hasty and feckless.

It is that; had the assault been more systematically planned, the city, or at least the first line of defences, would have been carried. Gen Pellissier expected to mak. an 88ault- -early- in JnlyTnd to attack the Bussiaa: army-in-the Jeld, if the jBiege.dojcs n.o:proye The French liuperor has raised a new loan of 750,000,000 francs, and is aboutsend- 0-000 rare trooP8 to the Crimea. Austria is heln to a disagreeable account by Napoleon, in his opening speech to the Legislative body. The Times already prognosticate the fall of Aust-r-ia.

From the South. Ry the Sei JJirrTs arrival, on Saturday last, from down the coast, we arc iu possession of the following summary: Times. The Notwithstanding thi. vmWfori of rust and grasshoppers, and drouths and carthquukes, and divers other drawbacks upon our prosperi ty as a we can congratulate ourselves upon the fact, that if we have suffered, others have suffered more, and that by coin- mrison wc are vet head and shoulders above our brethren, who, in addition to nil the ills above enumerated have lind their places cast amid broken bankers and Swart-wouting conveyancers. Times an hard here there is no use denying tu- foct and many 8 poor wight, who has perhaps placed too light a consideration to the inere mechanical job of affixing his fist to a nnner.

has gone under, to rise from the wreck of AM Tt We inYito'; tlto patronag of the peopleZ of the county," khd we trust we shall convince them that has not unworthily bestowed. urnai Iroducts of Oonoma CJoxmty MhtEditor I herewith tak6 pleasure in complying with your request to furnish you with a statement of such statistics as Il havelcoljected, together wjth: my view in regard to he crop and transmit to you the following result. The figures in regard tolhe quantity of land sown to grain, and also tjie number rof horses, cattle, you will find substantially correct, as they have been carefully taken from my books. The esti mates in regard to the jprobable yield 'to the acre, Ac, are of my own based, however, upon many; inquiries and notes taken while traveling through the County. Very Respectfully, 1 Smith P.

Towne Am pnonras of the The quantity of land enclosed in this and Mendocino Counties, amounts to 052 acres; about 2400 acres of which is in: the i-cultivatione 'following pro- WHtear. The number of acres sownTs," 12,233, of which amount 3,500 acres only (mostly from Chile and Oregon seed,) is good, or but very Slightly affected with rust, and will average 28 bushels to the acre; making a total "of 98,000 bushels The remainder, or 8,733 acres, was entire ly destroyed, or nearly so, bjrthe "rust," and but a small portion was ever harvested. Last year the wheat from Oregon and I Australia seed, was so badly smutted" that it last favor with our farmers, anil the kind ((iiiiinonly known as the "Club--Hcnd," 1ei'aiiie the favorite, and was largely sown, but most unfortunately' it seems to have been the olily kind affected this year. Oals. The number of Acres put down to oats is, a portion of which, in the Immediate Vicinity of the coast, hari been affected with the "rust." I might here rtniark that the scourge has even extended its ravages to the indigenous plants and grasses of the soil.

From the many inquiries, I am led to believe that the total number of acres will make an average crop of 35 bushels to the acre, which gives a total of 104,380 bushels JJarTty. -Th isfgra in seems Tut few friends, and consequently very little was sown in comparison with last year, In some localities, the cheat has des troyed some few fields; with this exception the grain is good. Number of acres sown, average yield, 32, bushels to "the acre total, 49, 952 busheisT Cm. Of this product there are 714 acres planted, the most. of which is in the Hussar Rivel and Dry Creek vallics, where it seems to flourish more luxuriantly than in, any other portion I From present indications, there will undoubtedly beau abundant harvest ay 40 bushels to thr Ik-re, making 28,560 bushels.

8 acres sown, merely as an experfineTfl planted, 99 acres seems well adapted to our soil and climate, Asj-yetthJhasjeen none harvested; I cannot, therefore, tell how it will yield. Ftas. Number of acres, 156 average yieiq, so bushels per acre; total, 4,680 busncls. Beans acres. ruaim The quantity planted is, 1, 693 acres, last year, and will not probably yiehi more than 40 sacks to the'acre, owing perhaps to the extreme hot dry weather fn Juno, which gives us a4 total of 67,720 satks, of .120 lbs.

each. I think this the outside figure. There is however, too indication of worms or insects dsturomg them, and what are raised will most likely be perfectly sound and good Pumpkins, Turnips, Metis, Onions! and almost 5 very k)nd of garden vegetables are raised in abundance and to spare, i Fruit ptts There are 6,730 Bet out. mostly young, from one to three years old, pMJlYietiei of apples, pears, peach, plum, cherry, Wpce. figs, apricots.

seronrtft ffizt Vavmisi havel commenced bearing, and another year and the present year1 hink7C)unty will compare as faVorablyl botaaa reafards Lquastity and quality as ahf otlier county 7rpdJtion to tporchards, he aggregate some 24,800 vines, many of w) tch are loaded with 'grapes. Thees- timated quantity, gathered last yeor was 80 tons; the present season it will be ful- doubled. Amman jCattkjTo. of; milch 5,350) dry calves, work oxen, 2,77 lj beef cattle, total number of Ameri can cattle, 22,662. To this must be added the California tatth, which gives, a total number of cattle' (American and Californian 26,250.

Horses. No. I of gentle horses, Ameri can and Spanisl), wild California horses (menada) 1.250: total number of horses, 4,958. "-T Of Mules, there arc 323; of Hogs, of Sheep, 7,065: School Examination. I5y invitation, we attended a public examinntioh of the school of Mr.

Rowers, on 'even-ing of last week. Welrere highly pleused to witness the prompt and accurate manner with which the various classes acquitted themselves, particularly those in geogra-J phy and arithmetic. Some of the mental exercises performed by the lust-named class, were certainly quite wonderful, and evinced a most thorough training and close application on the part of both teacher and scholar. The exercises of the evening were enlivened with Hongs, choruses, Ac, by several of the little Misses connected with the school, under the direction of Miss Morse, ossistant teacher. The exaininn tion we think, as a whole, pussed off in a highly creditable manner.

A Rio We were shown a few days since, by Mr. Cooper of this town, a beautiful specimen of the capabilities of Sonoma County as a fruit-growing section, in the shape of an apple of the following dimensions: weight, ounces; circum-frence, J4 inches. It is of the Rhode Island Greening variety, grown by Ciymans, of Green Valley, and is but four years from the seed. After this, who can question the capalnlitics of the climate and soil of our State, in this section at least, of producing as line apples us can any of the older States. "Tjook On when the Rem.

Rings." According to our Sacramento cotempora-ries, but a short period ninst elapse ere the Iron Horse is seeu coursing through the Sacramento vallev. The Tribune of Tncs- day says Upon visiting the terminus of the Sacramento Valley Railroad, yesterday, we were surprised to find that it was progressing astonishingly. Rails have been laid from the levee to Sevcuth street, and a large gang of men still engaged pn the work, thus it seems that about half a mile of railroad in California is actually in rav eling order, and within the next six weeks we shall see the iron horse steaming over tho plains to Xegro Rar. What a glo rious time it wilf le wheu the road is com- pleted, and what a proud honor to Sacra mento that she is first in the matter. Xativi Silver.

The Stockton hRepuS-iscan says, that T. ILRoura Co. have received valuable siecimens of silver ore from Planchas de Plata, in the State of Sonora, Mexico, by the arrival from the port of Guaymas of the brig Gen. The mine Is situated about latitude X. longitude 111 some thirty miles South of the new boundary line of Sonora formed by th Gadsden treaty.

Owing to the fear inspired by the constant depredations of the Apaches, the explorations set on foot subsequent-to these discoveries, have as yet produced no further fruits, but the belief is very general in Sonora that this region abounds more in silver and gold than any hitherto known. will refer more at length, in our next issue, to tho survey now being prosecuted by a corpse of U. S. officers in this County; under direction of the Chief of the TopographliaL'Rureau at VVashingtonC oftlccrs attached to the party are gentlemen of talent arid enctgy, nd the duty could not probably have been entrusted to ajblcrhan(icr: liCm iBMEorTha; claim j)fJospatjQ. Jarrell, (No.

180.) foir Canada dc Copay, to nine square leagues In Sonoma Uounty. ppmlon byommto8iooej CanVHelp rr. Ourappology for the dearth Tot general is, the want weewThope to1o7lbtter. 7 it, OAS 1UIU Ed. JocRxiLr I propose Faries tiM in Vnnr ruin hono-ti "Ann'tuif hrmn.

ise them be OTerJntere sUng 4 T. I 0 1 1 terpris has the welWwishes of your friends yi this city, and no doubt, will meet ith the success it deserves" from the hands of those among whom you have located yourself, vr Our city has lively the present week, account I suppose, of the near' approach of the State election both parties are sainguine of success, and each claim the victory as i already won a short time will suffice tojihow which is correct. The spoils that are-j to come after the. result is known, wfll cause an excitement greater than that of the contest. Alas, for patriotism.

The definition of the word should be altered in the very next edition of Webster, so as to mean spoils. -JnTheatrical'Lwe have no less than fife public places of amusement open each night. The "Adelphi," with a small company of 'odds and-ends." The -M American" with that most delightful ballet troupe, the Rousset Sisters. The "Metropolitan with the new stars, the Sisters Gougenheim. "San Francisco Hall." -with the Xearro Minstrels, and Lee and Marshall's "Circus." So you see that there is plenty of fun.

1 came near forgetting to mention a hijfa lo erne (three years old). To those who have never "crossed the plains," this last is very interesting, no donbt. Our city is in a most wretched condition as regards the streets, and persons from abroad who visit San Francisco, cannot be too careful in walking out in the nighttime, else they will stand fair chance of visiting "that bourne from whence no traveler returns." The departure of I. C. Woods for Australia, has caused another vacancy among our great financiers.

Who goes next? The usual amount of crime incident to a San Francisco population, together with assaults, and even murders, have occured in this city the past week. There is strong hope of improvement some day or other The non-arrival of thejuail steamer is causing some uneasiness. Commercially there is but little excitement, and as usual at this season of the year, but little doing. I noticed Rtfles tec day of 1 50 lbs. Wheat at 2 cts.

per lb. Parley, $1,15 per 100 lbs. Potatoes, 1 cts. Oats, 1 1 cts. Cabbage, 2 cts.

Fresh Rut-ter, 87. cts. Cheese, 50 cts. Eggs, $1.00 per dozen. Pnonccrs or-Sonoma CorxTY.

We invite the attention of our readers to the communication in another column of the from Smith D. Towne, E.sqs, Assessor for Sonoma County. The statistical data contained therein, have been com- piled with great care from offiml rec-(iS ordsr and present thearious agricul tural i products and resources of. Sonoma Countv, in as necuraleud faithful a manner as it possildelo. itt this brief form.

Tne wevcMmWt jbe interesting tVeirery rcsidebi oZlhlsColiiSyTfiitl th'6I1oT7tne State at Acrici'ltcrai. FAia.Henrv S. Fodte has acceptc4iheTnvitatonf the Exccn- tive Coiiimittcet.the Stat5 Agricultural Society, to deliver the nnimaFaddress before the Society a Jts exhibition, in Sep tember next. Is rr So The San Francisco Sun says it is rumored that I. C-Woods has not gone off to Australia, but Is vjret in thf city or thereabouts awaiting; a favorable opportunity to take the steamers: East, California Rono3 The price of California 7 perccnt.

bonds, payable in 430, was cents in at the sailing of tne last steamer. 'SSrVTill not those persons who receive this number of the Journal, after reading pass it to some friend who has not yet subscribed, thus induce him to also become its patron beglcfife to alt attention to the interesting letter of our San Francisco corre8poBdni-Mrraekrhi9--e man Will favor us weekly with letters from the commercial emporium, containinit the latestand most rMAiir -trom THto EAST.The "Pacific Mau fcteamsnip; Sonora, With the mail Of ejMjBlt.v'arrJvel at3ie 'V by a ed. er In the. 1 PETALUMAi.IUOrST To th Reader Wi take the liberty of indmtbjipres-i -eat number of the Jocbxal to Bcferal sons "whose names are not yet entered ro out books subscribers. "We do this such, persons may be enabled to see, 'read, and Judge itsmeritspf character and then be able to say whfithjerxifcjatey are "desirous to see such a IVess permanently established in this locality.

A local Press; one that shall be unbiased by political in trigues and party machinationsha vingno fellowship with any of "the various ism which are' agitating And rending the com munity at large' throughout the Union, but with the immortal4 Webster, Knows bo North, tib South Eastno West, but the whaler. Union." A Press whose i principal aim will be the development of the agriculturaTand commercial resources and interests of this State generally and of the County of Sonoma and Ticlnity in partic lary and proving at the same time awtl come weekly jrisitor. i To all such then as wish to see such Press located and here, we say, "Your name and pai- ronage is needed, and we expect it. We would also remind those friends who have already placed their names to our list, that our terms are, "invariably in advance," and consequently we expect them to mak4 DMEDura payment for the term of their subscription, i The Newspaper Press. Thi herald of the progress of civiliza-t.

tion-r-the pillar which the beau tiful fabric of social order the engine which wields a moral power more stupendous than the power of armies, is the free Press of America. It is the soiree of intelligence the text-book of diplomacy the conservator of opinion, and the guar-: dian of the liberties of the people. At its red public heart throbs with nnwonted animation Vand at its praise, the scholar and the man of science, are stimulated to renewed exertions. Wherc- ever it is firmly established and judiciously conducted, there we have substantial evi dences of human progress. History fur nishes no example of a newspaper Press like, that which has flourished in the United States of -America in numbers, in talent, and in improvement, they are unexampled in the history of the worldWe have lived to see the day when the Press hn become a necessity to the American pnblic, with which their habits and tastes will not permit them to dispense; and we have lived to congratulate ourselves upon the contributions which it has made to knowledge, and the' jealous care with which it has guarded our liberties.

In the month of the Lord Cardinal Richelieu, Bulwer put those memorable words Btneth the ruleofmen entirely peat, The pe it mightier thin Ihe lwwd.w The history of the United States, is a most forcible illustration the truth of these word8.A pen produced the Declare nation tf IndcpendenceiWliicl; crvd OA "miea of the Colonists to' beard the British Upon that enchanter's wand- the pen-depends our destinies, vy -The assassin who would strike a blow nt liberty, is dis-armed by the pen which proclaims his trea- s6n; and the pen is the best defender of the Constitution and the Union. Some, of rthe adventurous, -spirit jvhoj were attached tathe army during th late campaigns In completed tur con- quest by the publication of printed bulle tins" of the movemcnt of the troops, and ineir engageiueniB wua me enemy. "in 1810, before the occupation of California by the American forces, a newKf per was "printed at Momerey, to, the Eiiglkh'lan- guflgc, oy an American. in ootn instances the types and presses had been used In printing Spanish Since that time, additions hare been constantly made I to the tjewppaper Press, so iw to meet the wants of, our faft increasing population. Already, tho "shining, mornln faceT 6J the mtrer aTaiolT ifllhe I .3" or the Sksir-fcrrgreeted t' already the far- "rns the prices current through the ra2 cf fi; rf to most fertneagrkt State, has hithi benefits of "a t' is a want which his patrimony as clean us thanksgiving goose.

These arc Elight matters, however, and with the disappearance of the little red flag from above the motley collection found at what is termed a sheriffs-ttale, the circumstance is forgotten. Eaktiiqi akk -Two slight shocks of inrth-quukcjsJhiuJLl. Santa Rar- bnra. The were from east to west, and sufTciently violent to frighten the inhabitants from their residences. U.

S. Land Surveys in Southerx California. The surveying coqise under the charge of Cbas. II. Poole, V.

S. Deputy Purveyor, who has been for the past three months eiigo'ed in the survey I Oi.i tj i f)f tllO Stnfna Tlilili. T.nnila 1); from the Colorado, a few days since. He has completed the third and fourth standard pwallejs to the east liu66f the State, and nes between them, inclusive ofithe south Iwundary of the tate. -That portion of the State surveyed which is included in the valley of the fwnirataeTinF remainder being an arid and barren plain of drifting saud, traVclrscd diagonally by a lofty range of sand hills or rather monn- tains on the north nearly to the boundary line.

'ot a drop oft water was found on afiy l)irt territory surveyed excepting at the river Colorado, and all that used th party, was conveyed in casks by pac train employed for 3Ir. Poole, that the indications observed last vear of the formMt exTstnee of a vast lake or gnlf where the desert now exists, were apparent over all that portion, now for the first time cxnlor hi continuous sea beach forms a frf- racejor bench from north to south, niid- way of the desert, and is covered with reb- bles, ihells and water-worn rocks, the Ji)w- portions of the ground in the Interior jciajfcoyerea wiin a nne aiiuviai aeposu. tie immediate vicinity of the river, rocks monntainH are of the vol- canlt originV and abound burnt rocks, scoria and ashes. Mr. Poole has; shown usa collection of curious stones petrifac--; tioni and picked upon the IJesert whjth must be of considerable invest to AT, Theodore McCoy Was lost by wan dernff.

away 'from the train into the sand hunger. lie was from Oncinnkti. fivoBs. We are under obligatian to. Cf llAYDONifor Newspapers and Kpress favors Alsoto theTaoific Ex- ess.

lor KKe larers. jjifcewisc iu vhuu V. .1 o'clock this (Saturday)' morning. i JV-; -j Ih; the Somote. 1 'i I -4.