History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . bout to reap thefruits of victory. It was something more than a promise—something morethan a hope—it was a full and perfect realization. And it had all comenow, and the happy dreams of all those years were just being consummated—but hark! what sound is this that breaks suddenly on the ear of thejoyous multitudes, sharp, distinct at first, but deepening into the ominousroar of the mighty car of Jupiter, until it reverberates from every mountainside and along every valley
History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . bout to reap thefruits of victory. It was something more than a promise—something morethan a hope—it was a full and perfect realization. And it had all comenow, and the happy dreams of all those years were just being consummated—but hark! what sound is this that breaks suddenly on the ear of thejoyous multitudes, sharp, distinct at first, but deepening into the ominousroar of the mighty car of Jupiter, until it reverberates from every mountainside and along every valley in the land! It is the crack of the assassinspistol, as it sends a fatal bullet crashing through the brain of the chief mag-istrate of the newly blood-bought Union. April 14,1865, only five short dayssince first the opposing armies sang their song of mutual thanksgiving andpraise for a day of peace, and they, with all the nation, are called upon tobow their heads with a grief inexpressibly great^ and to shed tears for themighty friend of both, who now lies cold in the chill embrace of death; whohad passed from us. J^ -^^^^-^ /f GENERAL HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT. 239 I Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave. Yes, Abraham Lincoln, he who had proved himself to be the very chosenof God to pilot the nation over the great and perilous ocean of an inter-necine war, and had so gallantly and grandly brought the good old .ship ofstate .safely to anchor in the haven of peace, was dead. And what Avasgained by this infamous crime? Did John Wilkes Booth win the heartfeltthanks of the great body of our Southern brothers with whom we had solately been at war? No is answered back in thunder tones from everytrue noble-minded man who ever donned the Gray and smelled thepowder, and heard the hum of the bullet sent on its mission of destructionby the Blue. Then how much more righteously and intensely must the Blue loathe and despise, beyo
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