The Sierra citizen., 1854-08-05
Sacramento in l04a:

Sacramento in 1040.
The Union contains gracefully writ.
ten sketch Of Sacramento in l849, ol
which the following passage is the sunny
side Of the picture.
I'VE were tLen happy people happy
and jolly! Then, when the boys dropped
in, took chance at our frugal repast
imbibed just taste of whisky, puffed
their short pipes, wrapped themselves
snugly in their blankets, and were com
Portable, sleeping so soundly, SO sweetly.
! And, as we slept, the rain came down
on our canvas roofs, its melody awaken
ing pleasant thoughts, as we slumbered
and dreamed; there was music in the rain
OF forty-nine. The days Of canvas roofs
are past, and though the rain may come
down as then it did, there is no music in
it's fall.
"Then the Aood-the first food-which
took our "burgh" all wa;s-boats sailing
about-.lombres in all sorts of distress; and
friends all, all friends as warm as love, and
twice as true"
We are sorry to throw q shade. over a
page Of the history Of the Levee City, but
when we made our entree into Sacramento
in December, lS49, coming down the river
as a sort Of supernumerary on board scow
load Of hay, we saw many faces haggard
and pale, looking as though anxiety
and hunger we're eating at the hearts core.
The rain fell necessarily, as though the
fountains OF the great deep had been
broken up afresh; and the emigrant looked
out of his wretched tent in the vain hope
Of feeling streak of Sunshine. But the
clouds cleared away, and his attenuated
limbs swelled out with strength and vigor,
and the next we saw of our invalid asso-
ciate he was upturning the rocks at the
head waters of the Yuba; and though his
rude couch was among the rocks under q
live oak tree, his heart was big with hope,
and he kept all the time thinking of the
comfortable home he was going to build
for his children, who had often been made
to shrink from the cutting wind that
Kissed spitefully through the cracks of the
poor mans door.
After all, we think with our friend of
the Union, that California is the paradise
of the poor. Twice in our mining expert
ence we sought the shelter of our cabin,
knowing that there was nothing there
wherewithal to satisfy hunger--and
when in a snow storm which threatened
to bury us alive we did not despair
even though
''Cloud on cloud feeled heavily in the dark
ness,
Like a shroudsh shook by some warning spirit
From the high and terrible walls ofheaven."
After while the sun shone out clear
and genial, as the sun knows how to shine
in California, and we felt rich in perspec-
tive-rich in the treasures we were going
to dig from the hills somewhere. Here
it may be proper to remark that the
major part of the imaginary treasures are
undug yet, and we presume will be SO
when nothing but broken cross will be
left to tell the history of the money digger.
Quick THEY'VE received the States
papers brought by the Golden Gate,
through Langton & Bros Express, in %
hours from San Francisco. S. w. Lang
ton came through from Marysville to this
place in nine hours and quarter, or
little over seven hours running time.-
This we believe is the quickest time ever
made on the route; at least as far as we
have been informed. The same express
brought the Sacramento papers "a hours
ahead Of the usual time.
RuMRILL & Co. were first with the
California Express Extra, containing the
news of the arrival of the Uncle SAM
Also with the Butte Record Extra, with
the news of the fire at Bidwell's Bar
through from Marysville in one day.
DESTRUCTION OF GREYTowN.---The Alta
has received a private letter from San Juan
Del Sud. giving the particulars of the de-
struction of Greytown, by the American
SloopofWar Cyane, in consequence Of
the refusal to make reparation to the
American Transit Company; also for IL
suits offered to Major Borland, the Ameri-
can Minister. The firing was kept up
two days, and only one house was left
standing.
RETURNED w. Haskell, an old
resident of Downieville, returned few
days ago from a visit to the Atlantic
States. Satisfied that "it is not good for
man to be alone" he has made partition
of the wigwam, and taken in partner
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