. Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California." . een an enigma for manyweeks to some of our citizens, is tastefully and elegantly fur-nished. The music was excellent, and the merry hours spedswiftly and silently away. Our sincerest Avish is, that adown lifes valley, hand in hand, With grateful change of grave and merry speech,Or song, their hearts unlocking e
. Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California." . een an enigma for manyweeks to some of our citizens, is tastefully and elegantly fur-nished. The music was excellent, and the merry hours spedswiftly and silently away. Our sincerest Avish is, that adown lifes valley, hand in hand, With grateful change of grave and merry speech,Or song, their hearts unlocking each to each,Theyll journey onward to the silent land! On the 22d of April, our cotemporary, thePlacer Times, puhlished by E. Gilbert & Co., andedited by Colonel Joseph E. Lawrence, commenced 304 THE PLACER TIMES. its tri-woekly jniblicatlon on Mondays, Wednesdaysand Haturdays, idtornating Avith the Transcript;therefore, tlie citizens had a newspaper on everymorning of the week, Sunday excepted. ColonelJoseph E. Lawrence, Mr. Jesse Giless successor inthe editorial management of the Times, was bornon Long Island, but was a resident of New Orleanswhen the gold fever broke out in the States, andemigrated from that city to California, on muleback, via Mexico and Lower CHAPTEH XVIII. Commercial advantages of Sacramento City—New buildings—First daily issue of the Transcript—The Placer Timesfollows suit—Sell my interest in the Transcript to Mr. G. —Death of Mr. Weld—Tribute to his memory—Cap-tain John A. Sutter—Sutters Fort—Attack on the Fort bythe Indians—They are re^Dulsed—Hock Farm. Sacramento City is, at tins time, in point ofcommercial advantages and population, the secondcity in California. Its j^opulation is variously es-timated at from five to seven thousand, includingfloating population. A year ago it containedscarcely half a dozen tents and shanties, and abridle-path led from the bank of the SacramentoRiver to Sutters Fort. Its growth
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