. 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." . o and one-half tothree fathoms deep. The river in front of the cityis a quarter of a mile wide, giving ample room forthe working of vessels. The Levee for a mile alongFront Street is lined with vessels, and in some placesthey are two deep. Tliey number upwards of twentyships and barks, and thirty brigs. There a
. 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." . o and one-half tothree fathoms deep. The river in front of the cityis a quarter of a mile wide, giving ample room forthe working of vessels. The Levee for a mile alongFront Street is lined with vessels, and in some placesthey are two deep. Tliey number upwards of twentyships and barks, and thirty brigs. There are alsoa large number of schooners and other small distance from San Francisco is 104 miles. Ves-sels have come up from the bay in twenty-four hours,and the passage, at the longest, seldom exceeds fourdays. In a short time steam-tugs will ply on theriver. Sacramento is not only at the head of shiji-navi-gation, but it is the natural metropolis for the richand extensive mines of the north, south and middleforks, Yuba, Feather and Bear llivers. Deer Creek,Cosumne, Dry Creek and the Upper Sacramento,together with all the dry-diggings contiguous. Fromthis extensive section of the mining country,excellent I Ill I : ):lMf., ;? i ; !•? l.„. ^^C<. ?,, „. IMPKOVEMENTS IN THE CITY. 313 roads, in the dry season, converge to SacramentoCity as the nearest and by far the greatest entrepotand depot. Along these roads hundreds of teamstoil daily, supplying this vast mining region withprovisions, clothing and other necessary articles ofconsumption. To supply the Sacramento market,which is thus continually drained, steamers andvessels of heavy burden arrive daily from San Fran-cisco, in which merchandise, after having been dis-charged there, is rcshipped to Sacramento have two hundred vessels cleared from theStates for Sacramento City direct; and the advan-tages of this move are ajiparent from the fact thatthe cost of reshipment from San Francisco to Sac-
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