California--vegetation And Extravagance

moni', UlMe fffféStC Strawbeirieg a big as her.'s M 80m'! "f wh eh 8old a a ialr for a dollar apieoe. Iu dtí a gg have sometimessnld in mark et at seïen to ten dollars per dozen. W have no conception of the extravagance of the people. Thoy never think of tbc prico of anythingso long as they base the mouey. They Uve on tfcteir capita instead of ncorne, and begk] anew ever year. A lazy stage-driver wil! toss the stahle-hoy who waters his horse, a silvei h:iLdollar as if it wero but two cents Judging from their generosity, we thiul tho people must be iinmensely rich, but they are poor - keep themselves so by their extravagance ; no population in the world, living at the same rate, has so little wealth. But tho great crops green vegetables are to bo had tbromghthe whole year, and in size that beats nature." A respeetable Presbyterian clerg)mn told me that he had planted a peach-pit, and in fourtcen mouths it had giown to a tree ten feet high, and he ate peaehes grown uponit. Novv, you don't believo this, but it is trae. One man cut a stick vvhich he a cañe for a week or two, and then eticking it into the ground as a support for a weak sapling, it sprouted, and in two yearg he gathered a peok af pears from that vory cane ! We have no eoneeption of the activity of that soil, Prodigioua orops of wheat and oats are raised ; aod as to peaohes; pluin?, and pears, why I shonld ruin iny character of veracity should I give you the facts about them. Pears vveigh tive and six pounda; grapes weigh four aud a half pounds to the bunch. It is the greatest grape growing country in the world ; they are produced in the greateat profusión - grapes fop breakfast, grapes for dinner - and yet tbey are not cheap, because labor enters into their oultivaüon, and labor is h:gh. So nothing is oheap, though it is picked p-in tlio slreets, beeause the man wm picks it vvill charge you a quarter for ptooping down and pioking it up. All vcgotablea, potatoes, turnips, etc, fire gold by the pound, and you can imagino wbíU tho bilis mupt be. lUv. D. 13jím.uv8.