. 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." . s—Them literary fellers—Terrence McVerdant—A rallying song for the gold-diggers. The State Constitution, framed and signed bythe delegates at IMonterey, in October, was sub-mitted to a vote of the people on November officers were also voted for at the same time;and the election passed off in an order
. 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." . s—Them literary fellers—Terrence McVerdant—A rallying song for the gold-diggers. The State Constitution, framed and signed bythe delegates at IMonterey, in October, was sub-mitted to a vote of the people on November officers were also voted for at the same time;and the election passed off in an orderly of the two thousand votes polled in San Fran-cisco only five were opposed to the Constitution, andin the whole country less than a thousand voteswere cast against it, and upwards of twelve thousandfor it. The following State officers, U. S. Senatorsand Kei^resentatives were elected: Governor, Peter H. Burnett; Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, John McDougal; U. S. Senators, John , Wm. ]\I. Gwin; Represejitatives in Con-gress, George W. Wright, Edward Gilbert; Secre-tary of State, Wm. Van Voorhies; Treasurer,Kichard Roman ; Comjjtroller, J. S. Houston; At-torney- General, Edward J. C. Kewen; Surveyor-General, Charles J. Whiting; Chief Justice, S. C. (202) I ~~^\\. liiiili^^^^^ M\m li FIRST ELECTION AND FIRST GREAT FIRE. 265 Hastings; Associate Justices, J. A. Lyon, NathanielBennett; State Senators, Gabriel B. Post, NathanielBennett; Assembly, Wm. Van Voorhies, EdwardRandoliih, Levi Stowell, J. H. Watson, J. A. Pat-terson. Late in October a Democratic meeting, the firstin California, was held in the Plaza, in front of theold adobe,^^ at which the following ofiicers werechosen : President, Colonel John W. Geary f Vice-Presidents, Dr. McMillan, Thomas J. Agnew, JohnMcVickar, W. H. Jones, O. P. Sutton, Annis Mer-rill, E. V. Joyce and W. H. Jones; Secretaries, Browne, John A. McGlynn, Joseph T. Dow-ney and Daniel Cronin. A series of resolutionswere adopted, a
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