Grass Valley telegraph., 1855-10-30
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The rise and progressed the state of Cali
fornia, although not altogether, a triumphal
march, nevertheless present remarkable &
agreeable drama, on which the world may
look with unmingled safs ssaetion and ap-
.plause Gold and crime gn aand in hand to-
gether. There was seaaon 1ofi perfect law
lessness, when fraud and viol ghte scomplish-
ed their base and bIooaF ls tossss Then.
Came, born. of necessity, the stern justice of
self constituted tribunals-fefce retribution
overtaking crime, that wore, to those not eye
witnesses, the aspect of atrocious vengence,
until law assumed its superiority. and the
triumph of civilization was complete There
were calamities, too-fres that swept away
millions of property in few hours, and vain
ly reduced cities to ashes, for they sprang
again, almost instaneously from their embers
The total result has been summed up by a
very excellent Journal, the California Farm
er," in the following way:
d" We find ourselves quietly emerging from
the wreck and the storm-only passing and
we find we can sum up of assets and valua-
bles:-
One State of California with 121 900, 900
of square acres.
2. Said acres have on them 100000 sturdy
young laborers.
8. These have regular State government
of 500 officers.
4. These last live on the fat of the land.
earning So 100000
5. The State has revenue of $2,158, ,O99.
6, A debt also of $2,520,2O
Z. Of taxable property, Sill, 100000.
8. Exports of gold and silver, $50, 900, 900.
8. Of literary periodicals, in number, 81
TO. Ofpublic and private schools. 214.
IL. With scholars numbering 2O,O76.
II. OF cultivatable lands, in acres, TO-
100000.
l3. OF saw mills some 100
IA. Ofdouring mills some 100.
Is. Of hardy, camp-inured, brave, ready
equipped, ready mounted citizen soldiers in
the coasts and sierras. 10000. Besides ships
steamboats,, sea steamers, 800 miles Of electric
telegraphs, 5000 lawyers, 13O post-ofices
5000 miles of established mailrout week
ly line Of sea steamers connecting wits the
Atlantic, a railroad communication from
ocean to ocean, in six hours. another isthrnus
route through belching volcanoes, by day
light; twenty express companies, 100 book
stores, 100 churches, $50 cities, towns, and
villages (all done in six years J an agricul-
tural society incorporated, granting premi-
ums of $4,000 annually, five volumes of State
laws, thirty miners canals of wonderful con-
struction and great benift, 500 miles Of gold
placers; silver, quicksilver, sulphur, salt,
soda, iron, copper, lead, and platina mines
and three nayigable rivers penetrating the
State; a public penitentiary, an asylum for
the unfortunates deprived of reason, con-
Quoted with great credit to the State and
honorable to our pride as Californians; a
commodious marine hospital, built with Uncle
Sam's money, and an invaluable dry dock
and navy yard for our maritime forces, some
excellent lighthouses mercantile library
association of 5000 volumes, a city of 10000
inhabitants, plenty of banks and bankers, a
fertile, fruitful soil, producing the grains,
plants, and fruits tropical and temperate, and
climate of unrivalled salubrity. Also the
sea abounding with fishes of divers kinds,
great and small, even unto the great leviathan
all good, and fit and useful to make great
State if the hand of the diligent shall bear
rule"
In view Of these facts, are we not justified
in saying that the history of California is a
wild and dazzling romance?