, 1866-06-22
FRON CALIFORNIA.
The Ascent Of Mount Diablo.
IA Graphic Description Of Calaf"FnAa
ksenefy-1no stvttzerSand OF An1ex~

I. From Our Own Caurspoudent1
SAN FRANCISCO, aayG
7H2r TO xouSr D1ADLo.
. Take tbe map of California, run your hnger
almost duc East from San Francisco to tho
centrc Of the Contra Costa country, and you
find Mount Diablo, the great Isolated peak,
.be summit Of which forms the starting Polnt
or ba.e line OF all the surveys OF the kacsac
coast. This mountain Is only $500 feet IN
hs1aht. a uere pigms beside Shasta Of ao@-
rn lesser mousrchs Of tho slerra, not even
comparable AeaffeesaGls 10 iso the TACT
that from It's bold summit you can look down
moon the whole vast interior valley OF Cali
{osuja, a territory larger than Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Delaware and Maryland rolled
together, and containing more than half the
population, and four-1fths ot the agricultural
| wealth of California. Its isolation On all
sides gires the eye IN unbtoken aveop to the
horizon IN ererJ direction, and the. vicW Is
more extended and won43rolN{y vnraed than
san be seen anywhere else OF easth, no single
prospect OF such scope being ottainshia else:'
whese on the globe. Tbs ascent ot
tbe mountain Il low nl1nost daily accom-
plsshed by parties Of visitors, Its attractions
being TO. the first time in the hlatry at our
state, understood and acknowledged by our
| citizens.
On Saturday, the 5th Of May, started
ont with a party consisting Of Dr.. James
Murphy, DR.. james D. Whitney md Robert
Il. Lloyd, Esq., ali rankin; among The very
| foremost among The rising men Of 1her pro-
. fessious, TO vislt the mountain.
= TIE TE1r TO CLAIIoS's.
/ Ytn,.d o1d ry1vaRN 1vArr mn hofiEhacE Yre.
ferrinr ride osor mountain and across val
! leys, TO the tame everyday buggy 1ide, aut
The two doctors were in car1iags With two
f,nr horses intending to take 10 the saddle Al
Claytou's, little village at the fool Of th
q mountain, thirty :. mtles from Oak
= land. Taking the swift steamer Washoe a
T. .. H., We were carried rapidly across the ~
}. Of Gan Francisco to Oakland, the bea9tnl
n ",City OF the Oak" 90 called rom iyln
:, ing live oaks, one Of the lorellcst spots
/. cartb, and the largest md most thriving
" the suburban o.,tpos1s Of the great mssrop'
IS lis OF the Pacific.
~ The city Of Oakland, at this season, = Q.
'e wide garden, wilderness Of blooming ho'
ers and ahrubberv Of emerald green, WI
neat houses, tic abodts OF Weal "a anu lux
etnbowered In rosc8 and rare cxo0cs, Who
fragrance loads the whole alr. The hae:
winds which at this season come 10 thEous
IL tho Golden Gate and sweep clouds OF ~
through the streets Of San Fra1cisco, q
tempered here to summer mildness. III
YOU feci that In the hnlf hour which has pa
= cd s1ncc You left the wharf on tia other 81
Lr. OF the bay, you have passed Into another
"a mate, Il not altogether another conntl
Lloyd was mounted on supeto ,iaL GaalosI sa1
ed animals, with snoTy mane and tall, u
=, haateu silver, long and lustEous, not safe
I'd trust in q carriage, but the finest travell
,b- and easiest riding animals to be found
ast earth, always provided you bave them an'
act tcrous machine for tearing out ihe Jaw g
wv refractory horse eyer invented BY man.
zen nv pet bay California mare, auanl
dc- ali llte ard animation, tender foot
he aud inclined to- wiuce on tho 81
the pavement Of the city. but eisSn 70 - daaEi naf
Ms nis saddle animals, and aaiIo2.aa AXE
icy wind when Gu the ort3 loan With thc ~
the hefore ucr, We passed ut q :a1!oo thfongn
i1s pleasant streets of Oa1.and, strucK sttat
d Of across the broad beautiful raiiey o. aisnI ~
.uds t5~.rds The nigh T1ills Of Alameda, )" .
W. ranrs T. spnunIu III siding the view to
INC eastward from san Fraucisco. On ~sther
,gght | ol; the smooth macada1aizcd road were =
ord delda Of waving gnn asI sT;. dq the asfi1 b
=. - Gardeners we're busily ut work, with ST
wlth hooked forks upou the end. gathe
nats tue 1ipe luscious fruit for market, orch
~ Of loaded with half grown apricots, Pexc
neral plpms, nectarines, pears, epples aug almo
inrs 10 protect the already rips fruit I
Aoso, III swarTus Of California canaries and o
from 1iEos Nu4c4 o1''~N 'Ss
= I1e re We I'D barely tlmo to notice these
seuss soundnss q We gsioPefGh syi W. hst 10
- our swentiug horses until or friends ID
p.v. cairiaee should come up. They WeEe
~ ~ IN. wnh as, mud the inevitable Ialdofnsa u
~ =, ain- al1around having been in1plRsa ~ VIC
M Iun ! edapain. at full speed. up narrow ca
'oitcy danE Witch a pure mountain stream1et
man, .a,;ncs jnr up the hills, u1ads its VI
1etIe 9:a the Jai1sy. The road up this Winding I
y y ~ VI Was beunded on either Ads y hsntt b
as down to hs xes5 d. !1e loss
catas- = h thonsspi SomcripG plants 70 u, unk'
from riorehs1rv mulberry, and the pe.u1ias
q tGe rasnSsrry of: the countrT were IN 1oo.
\ nEteS Ha ioaded with Young fruit. Diras o. 2sg
u sor are sung In the claparfaa% % pn hs w Pscbs
struct Tho beautiful tnf.ea 9naa 10 y, TN lime acs
linefal ~ .ocS a and row and tten we get slgtt
II nas hsfe or rabbit darling away up the
=. ~. t1 slopes to heights above us. tilteea %
= fsnm srough ht us to the summit 81 Inc .ao .anE
,t'S;Sss ,tI1;, nru the lovely valleyoaklana, al.
a Do, Gno1on, ca md u the eity. wllh :: its
% tSsm background Ct hills o:yona. aor1t,in InSn'
our horses drink from = mouHea,1 4aa. .r
Com- VIC dashed aWny ~ oIH siaas n xiich OR 70,
s refer canon, alvns ,Lar - 1Eornd toward the
ID sale with 1nanIe MSns, 1s s tha h,li. Pausios
tanning on Inc otael e.aI hsit ~ wav iloYu. We :
lis: for noment, Mash aa,, s.,r,,n;t and htheld 4
EnerAls LIE ~ ~, Hi smooth. rom
since, seehe hais ps'S1 1.,;ant ~ M' Wid nats.
austiye clolaeo "iiu nlaI - tbs Vc,v tnr,' Ii
is valn- l1ltpots etain ns.Is y ~ - nnod n rarn /
OF the patnnE tno tNES ..S1ass ~ 81 .hnvr
Eed. It light, the oiae, ciou4.h 4e ~ 11,ettor,nr
alone" lence unof9kea s4y1 ~ Je.S NJ itvtus
amends horses hoo.s upon wy io4u ~ sae, n The
obs are save on1sease CO, - ~ ~ ~ .ha nils
ne1. Il Dqwn the paSe 10 .nu na IN m = inger r;
!, AZ eI- na1foH 1nueys aa5 ttesr 1onkad al
be Gov hilB, We gaA9PGma, u~ st,tf IA Nnmn: