, 1868-01-10
owvbee Correspondence.

to give the ". D. n. company the cold shoulder
At o'clock, on beautiful afternoon, | left the
Bay City on one Of the c. S. N. Company's float
ing palaces, for Sacramento City. 1t so haps
pened that our steamer was crowded with pas,
sengers to excess, respectable number of whom
were bound for Understanding your cores
pondent of the palmy days of '62-6a, on the
Columbia river the fact Of which had the ten'
dsncy to raise the price of state rooms for the
occasion to premium. Having arrived too late
on the boat TO procure such, | had to content
myself with taking refuge on the carPeted floor
of the cabin, where the position was anything
but envious. Being naturally worn out with the
excitement subsequent 10 departure, and the
many farewell shakes of scores of friends, soon
felt myself clutched in the arms of Morpheus,
carefully wrapped in the folds of my blankets.
By the by, has love of adventure ever tempted
you iu like position Imagine fifty fellow pas
sengers stretched out on the same floor with you,
laying in such close proximity to each other
that, dare to make the slightest gesture looking
to the least moving shifting of your body,
and Immediately the compliment will be returned
with interest, in the shape of kick with mum,
Der fourteen, cow-hide boot. However, night
passed BY and the first dawn of daylight found
US az tue OOmpduy WHIT hL OACEdmeutO OlLy
THE CITY OF THE PLAINS,
where we found the cars and locomotive of the
Central Pacific Railroad Company awaiting our
arrival, TO carry US over the Sierras. Owing to
immense amount of freight that was being
piled in our train, we gained sufficient time to
take stroll through the leading streets of Sac
ramento. fonnd the city in lively condition.
Although leading business men assured me that
trade was not very brisk, still there was prevail,
ing an air of activity which did the eyes good to
behold. New and handsome buildings are rising
on every turn, and the streets are being filled up
to hight of eight feet above the natural surface
The capitol building will be a massive structure,
and portion of the building already looms over
sixty feet above the grade of the streets, and is
getting to be principal feature in the city. 1t
has cost ST., 900 900, and the heaviest portion of
the work is said to be completed. If floods and
lires will no longer interfere with this unfortu-
nate city, she will at no distant day become the
pride and glory of Californians. However, we
FASTENED back to the depot and arrived in time
to hear the last cry of "all on board" The de-
pot OF the Company is not structure that would
lead to the impression, that the Company has
destined Sacramento for the terminus of the great
Pacific Railroad.
SCENERY
The plain between Sacramento and the foot>
hills were green with the frst grass OF the early
rains. The scenery embraces the luxurant pine
fir and cedar trees, with blue, abysneal canons
intervening and opening up perspectives of
snowy peaks. There are fifteen tunnels on the
road, the first of which is I 7,O45 feet above the
level of the sea. The first reached is at Grizzly
Hill, 76 miles from Sacramento 1t is 500 feet
long, and like all the others, ls feet high by
l6 wide. The second is 300 feet long third 300;
fourth, 100; fifth, 100 sixth, (Summit,) $50 !;
seventh 100; eighth, 375 (; ninth, PIG; tenth,
5O9 eleventh, 577 twelfth, 342; thirteenth
$40 fourteenth, ION Truckee,) 1873 fifteenth,
80. The scenery for several miles beyond the
summit is bald, rocky and desolate, and any thing
but cheerful
THE DISTANCE
from Sacramento to Cisco, is SO miles average
running time, hours, including stoppages
From Cisco to Coburn Station, the present ter
minus, the distance is 80 miles At this point
we took the Pioneer line of stages which connect
with Hill Beachy's line for Owyhee, at Hunters
Station twenty-five miles this side of Virginia
City, Nevada On the line of the Humboldt
route, "a miles of road is already constructed,
on which are 5000 Cinnamon employed The
| obstacles are now all overcome and bencefortb
tne WORK Will be considered childs play.
BEACHY's ROUTE.
As stated, we arrived at Hunters Station at
an early hour, where we were Accommodated with
the best supper person could wish for. We
found our friend Beachy's stage in readiness to
carry us to our destination. Owing to the crowd
already referred to, the geutlemanly Agent. Mr.
Todd, found it necessary to dispatch an addition.
al stage, and on we went rejoicing. We made
the entire distance from Hunters to Silver CITY.
39l miles, in 81 days, which am Informed. is
the regular average running time. At all the
stations on this route where the horses are cbano-
ed SO great is the regularity DISPLAYED that thew
are always harnessed and ready for use ia ad
vance OF the stage. Hence no detention exists
and passengers are hurried through with dis>
patch. In fact the arrangements are now per-
feet, and it appears that the travelling public ap-
preciates these efforts as it is claimed that this
route takes three-fourths of the travel to Idaho
The road from Hunters to Owyhee Ferry is
natural wagon road, and but a small expenditure
of money was necessary to place her in practi,
cal condition. Grass, however, is a decided lux
ury on the Humboldt; hence ssme time will
elapse ere she be placed in position to secure
a snare OF the freighting business, now so ex>
tensively carried on by her more fortunate rival
| PERSEVERANCE,.
UnPrejudiced minds must certainly admit, that
Hill Beachey deserves credit for his great enter.
prise. What with the opposition of the Colum>
bia river route on the one hand, and the savages
on the other, the task was sufficient to discour-
age any mind but Mr.. Beacheys and be can
lay claim as the most spirited and enterprising
man on the coast. His enterprise can no longer
be called an experiment, as the business yields
him handsome returns. On or about the LIST of
May the c. P. R. Company expect to have the
trade extended to a point within 22O miles from
Owyhee, and then Mr.. Beachey calculates putting
passengers through to San Francisco in two and
a half days. He has now over four hundred Sue