The Sierra citizen., 1854-08-26
Sacramento Valley.

almost unbroken since l649, we concluded
to pay visit to the Sacramento Valley,
lest some enterprising collector Of curiosi-
ties might mistake us for petrifaction; of
course we were prepared to be very much
astonished at the march of Improvement.
We made our exodus in the small hours
of the morning, land through the kindness of
Frank Rumrill we were put astride of
one of the best saddle animals on the road,
and foolishly undertook to keep pace with
a mountain expressman-an indiscretiOn
of which we won't be guilty again. We
must not forget to mention that we were
"Franked" through, nor did his generous
attentions cease until we were set down q
week afterwards at our Office door,
The stage ride from Fosters Bar to Ma
rysville is not the pleasantest in the world.
On payment Of eight dollars we were al
lowed to walk up the hills. but consoled
ourscf with the thought that it was an
improvement on travelling in the Black
Swamp. where the passengers are re-
quired to walk and carry rail. I'm due
time we arrived in Marysville, and soon
found onr way to Col. Rust's sanctum,
where we found the same man who was
our friend when the world went i'll with
u.s. Through his courtesy we were intro
duced to Gen. Allen, Of the Marysville
Herald, and then the editorial trio gave
evidence of their capacity to chronicle
small beer" Col. Rust and Gen. Allen
are political antagonists, but personal
friends, and we regret that our isolated
position will not admit of every day asso-
citation so pleasant as the few hours spent
in their company. We have not been fortu-
nate enough TO be personally acquainted
with Gen. Allen heretofore, though we
had made up our mind of his abilities from
the columns of the Herald. He is a tall,
fine looking man, with a broad, good-ru-
mored face-just such face as woald be
marked by the crippled soldier, when halt
ing by the door. The General seems at
peace with himself and the world-dis-
posed to look on the sunny side Of the pic
ture. He is an ardent admirer Of Scotia s
Bard, and thinks with him, that
ats guild to be merry and wise,
It's guild to be honest and true,
It's guild to support CaledOnia's cause,
And bide by the buff and the blue"
The burnt district in Marysville is be-
ing rapidly rebuilt, and month or two
hence it will look al the better for the fire.
Murray's Hotel, the Western House, not
yet finished, will be the most elegant
build ing in the city, and shows what q
Californian can accomplish BY the power
of an iron will, after the devourng ele-
meut swept away everything but the foun-
aation to build on. Business seems to
have received a new impetus in Marys-
vile. The people have determined to re-
move the incubus that has been weighing
down the little city that has been the
pride ofn orthern California-we mean the
odious Steamboat Monopoly, which has
driven the trade from Marysville. We
have al wa Us looked upon this combination
as company Of Shylocks, each one anx-
ivus to gnaw his pound OF flesh from the
body pc litic; men whom accident and for
tune M.s placed in power, which they
would fssin use for their own aggrandize-
ment. to the utter ruination of the business
of the ci ty- But the voice Of the press
and peo ople must be heard; the oppression
is felt by the most triAing dealer; the
streets were for time comparatively de-
serted b y the mountain dealers. who trans
ferred their trade to sister city. The
noble little steamer Enterprise has already
reduced the exhorbitant freights on the
river, and the mountain traders are re.
tu rning, anxious to lay in their supplies at
what is to them the centre of trade. If
the. people of Marysville do not sustain
that little craft in her contests with the
gre at leviathans that are striving to drive
her ashore, they deserve to have the grass
grow in their principal streets.
We we're not quite prepared to find Sacra-
mento such large and hourishing city.
We were one of the early settlers there,
and at that time supposed, that in all pro-
liability the city might some time extendas
far out as the slough. -Four years have
circled away since then, and when we re-
turned few days ago, we found our old
camping ground occupied BY, . magnif-