The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-03-19
consumed eatables were kept down, Ihad
no particular hankering after q new sup

consumed eatables were kept down. L had
no particular hankering after new sup
ply.
We have fair wind in our favor. SO
the sailors hoisted SAILS The day passed
slowly on, and it is now that I spend my
first night on the &C ocean wave" Tues
day morning dawns, and the coast is still
in sight. We pass vessel between US
and the shore, several miles distant. /
sec the spouting of the whale in it's home
amid the watery deep. We make fair
progress, though are getting somewhat
wearied. saw couple of seals show
their golden breasts above the saline sur
face. We pass inside the "Golden
Gate" and are in sight Of San Francis
| CO, whose outskirts are scattered over the
hills. We landed at the wharf at six
o'clock, 24th inst, and are glad enough
to bid farewell to the steamship liar.
We put up at the Brooklyn hotel, and
came to our appetites. After supper
having done the subject justice go
out to sec the town; also attend the the
ater. The next day we explored the city
little, of which three or four hours
walk shows us but small portie n- We
buy our railroad tickets. Our acquaint-
ance with San Francisco is short, yet
have formed very favorable opinion of
her SO far. On getting in the omnibus,
our OLD Albany friends, Moods, and wife,
| hail US. They had just arrived that day
from the Sound country. We leave at
| four o'clock z. NJ, the 18th November.
/ We crossed the bay on the ferry boat,
and take the cars. There l got my first
ride behind the iron horse, which is quite
a contrast from that upon the sea. We
skim the ground in our flying speed, and
reach Sacramento at half past ten O. clock
| where we remain till five next morning,
when we resume our journey, gliding
over the prairies of the Sacramento val
/ ley. We soon come to the old mining
camps of the '49ers, some of which are
still being worked. The miner is still at
his post with pick in hand searching for
the hidden treasure, for which purpose
there are pipes and fumes in sight Tor the
conveyance of water. The Sacramento
valley is a very beautiful country. We
proceed at a merry rate over the level
meadows, swinging around the head of
! the canyons. We come to the Emigrant
gap where we see the old emigrant road,
which looks like an almost impossibility
! to travel, on the mountain side. No
more will the emigrant toll over the long
and weary journey behind an OK team,
| tender footed, and with sore necks from
| the wear of the yoke, but will ride be-
hind the tireless iron horse, whose hoofs
| are guided by the iron nail It ascends
| the sleeps, snorting and putting ike the
| frightened roebuck, it goes on, leaping
| chasms, burrowiDg through the noun
taius, edging the precipice. Thus it
ever goes on night aud day in its untir-
ing strength, oaly stopping now and then
| to get a drink, or to take on wood to
/ keep itself warm.
This is the kind of " buggy for me.
don't think l want much of sea riding
in mine. / don't believe the author of
the following lines:
'' Oh, for life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling Deep,
ever saw the ocean, much less to ride
on it and get sea-sick, and all that sort
OF thing, or else he must have been an
escaped convict from the States prison.
As for riding on the cars, I think the
| writer of,
.sWhat is so provokingas as riding rail p
must have had the tooth ache very badly.
But / have run off from the road some
what, / guess. AS we ascend the noun
tains we come to snow and piercing
wind, while only the day before we were
in climate of warmth and sunshine.
| Here we pass through several tunnels
/ in the mountains, and also pass under
meath miles and miles of snow sheds, the
/ longest of the number is / 200 feet long.
! L, - a., A
We pass the summit of the Sierra Ne
vadas about eight O'Clock at night. On
the morning of the 29th We came to
Wadsworth station, As miles from the
| California and Nevada line, on the Ne
vada side, 1S9 miles from Sacramento
During the day we pass through vast
alkaline desert, surrounded by bald hills.
We also pass by hot springs-the safety
valves for the discharge of the steam
from the fire works of our little globe
But for fear of getting scalded we pass
on to the Humboldt river, whose wind
ing course we follow for many miles.
Sage-bfush is the principle shrubbery
here. We also get sight of the g Dew
IFS Peak" perpendicular rock about
1900 feet high, rising from the waters
edge. On the morning of the 28:h we
take breakfast at Carlin, station 446
miles from Sacramento. During the
day we pass near the White Pine coun-
try. On the morning of the 29th we
came in sight of Great Salt Lake, whose
waters are said to be SO salt that from
three pals of water one pail of salt is
obtained. Next we come to Promontory,
the junction of the G. r. and u. p. Rail
roads. Here we are in the Mormon
country. Brigham Young is building a
railroad connecting Salt Lake City with
the u. p Railroad About dusk we
pass through what is called the g Devils
Gate" whose huge stony posts, or walls,
look as though none other than him
could keep the gate swinging. He
gave us permit to pass through, and
we left him to gaze on the wild scene.
On the Both We stopped at Bryan sta
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