The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-20
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NJ JOURNEY 70 TIE MINES.
lTAS camp, North Fork, }
l2rIcan Riunr Mo,rA. ~ (

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ssss IS1 PrIcan River Noyembcr 30. lsdo t :.
3sKs. BEAcT:-The first point Of afro,
me m soid hunter. after havino arrived
IN 4 rIahcisco, Is the Sacramento Rive,
ncrcmento City: 10 reach which smaIl
lr is o! 'sht drait OF water arc readily found
& ing II from the tnnicsc Bay of San Fran.
Sisco' oah iablo Bay is entered, and lore
,,;s, a,sa upon lhe whnderer, most beautiful
~ VI 'M'ithral M scenery, the effect of which
iIoWcVcr, al the time that passed il. am nf
I 1niy last) was not Little marreJ hv ,,,n
Parciied up and burnt over hills of pcturesomo
ss q atueur which sentinel its shores: and do,
., ..u mere ana there with bands Of horses c,,-
.t. .te' ana deer, sporting IN all the wldness of
."o., ''a,'Ve freedom. Git is proper here 10 rc.
marx that from June to November, scarcely :,
aiop o. ram falls in California, which accounts
!. !ui ulc appearance of the hills alluded ~
.uvel 1snl leaving San Pablo. the Straits Of
u'''cH are entered; at the head of which
ae'its confluence with Susun Bay. is tho ,ror,,'
or city, (caIled so by couricsv m tho Cai;or ,n'
ma acceptalon OF the wnrd,) known ~ Ron;
C'a. Here is stationed a vessel .oi. war ,nJ
"etachmcnt o! United States troops. tho NO.,
aou'posl's WINCH notwithstanding they lead n
y comparatively idle life, durinn sn,no
Z portion of the year, run cons;der,hio
danger oishnnihilaton, during the summcr b., !
{ u'at curse OF lhe Sacramento--thc mvria,ls Of |
ioes i.'u.es "hich cover the tuec marshes
i 't ~ l'lt i.s oanks. Suisun Bay once cross. !
y ~, .''I .'''rahce 10 the Sacramento River is Is
p;u, ,iIlo green rcrdurc first grec,s The
fIsion' and by and by as you ascend nobi Il
OAK trees, o. several different varc,ios ~
! .helf appearance, decorated with field. I,
! hlassy Pei-b'ossons at their bases ,Cho ,s-, =
.ia'',"''lc 10 ABOUT BUD yards in width AL, fst =
suitable Tor navigation Of vessels. drow;,<.B- :,
over t"clNn feet of water, turing Tho cFSGs :,
partoi N year. '{t{not
sfy2eq,o e lbcss :, Ssater i
ilucmco al American River with Ityis about |!
one hundred and eighty miles iromb Ban Fran u
cisco, and ehgibly situated to cOimand the i
whole trade Of the entire valley OF the Sacra- u
mento; but with the disadvantage OF lying upon II
level, low grounds, and in danger OF inunda- c
ton during The rainy season. When landed =
there, was but one house IN The cHy at this y
time. scarcely four months lapse, there are Z,
several Hundreds; and the streets filled with !
stores, and gambling hollis. present lively =
business appearance. Prom Sacramento,
communcations may be had With all the 5
northern miners, by means of oy.,eamS for
baggage, and your Omn legs for psopelmcnt Of
your own corpus. This fact of tho "reality of y
Tho romance" TO some Of us who had been c
coatined nearly six months on board ship, v
with little or no opportunities for exercise. I
was undertaken with no small degree of re-.
lactancg- seeing ais we did, inthe future, Wis., Il
ions Of swollen iinfbss blistefed feet. and ex- o
hausted bodies ms the result. But as our a
rough-mannored, backwoods, teamster assn. Q
red lis, IN reply tosaus anxioHs inquiries. it "
was "Shanks's hoas, orno go" Just back n
OF Sacramento city lies 4 lovely prairie. about y
threc mlesont upon which is situated the Q
calculated Sutt6f's Fort, built of adobe II