Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-15
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LETTER FROM SACRAMENTO.
pecial Correspondence of the Herald. !

SACRAMENTO, Oct. ii.
EDITOR HERALD: Yesterday, a lit
tie after 2 o'clock, | set foot i'm the cap
ital for the first time, completing the
journey in about SO hours. And now,
before I undertake to picture things
here, let me just say word as to the
intermediate journey. That the
TELEGRAPH STAGE LINE
is in every respect equal to the high
opinion the public has conceived Of it,
| make no manner of question:; but
that staging, overthe route from Los
Angeles to the railroad terminus, is
most eXecrable mode of travelling, is
equally true. The afflictiOn of the trav-
eller is u species of compound tOrture,'
which sets in at SAN Fernando and in
creases in rigor until you have travelled
beyond the confines of Los Angeles
county. This compound consists of,
lst, ,innumerable "chuck holes" which
dislocate every joint in your body at
one jerk, and instantly replace every
bone by another jerk, in another direc-
ton; I'd, insinuating dust, which in
dustriously works its way into ones
eyes, nose, ears and mouth-at one mo-
ment tickling the optic nerve at the
back part of the eve. and the next mo-
ment disputing the right of the atmOs-
pheric air to the exclusive dominion OF
the chambers of the lungs. During this
conflict of forces, one is obliged to keep
up an incessant sneeZe, which bids fair
to wear out the whole machinery OF
the throat before relief can be obtained.
Next i'm order is the intOlerable stencil
which is everywhere present for n dis
tance of some 50 miles from San Fer
naudo. This arises from the stagnant
water which is distributed all along the
route at the bottoms of Ofinnumerable IA
vines. Add now, to these causes OF dis
comfort, the warm days and cold nights,
sand storms, meals served at the sta
tions, etc., and you will find that the
Telegraph Stage Line, however eff
cient the agents may be, or how pom
derOus the coaches, can offer nothing
but hardship and speedy passage to
the traveller At the railroad termi-
nus, however, our trials came suddenly
to an end. At O'Clock on Wednesday
evening we were snugly in bed and
flying toward I.athrop, where we
breakfasted next morning, before tax
ing the overland for Sacramento. And
NOW FOR THE CAPITAL.
If it were not for the happier asso-
Citations which cluster around this
spot, coupled with the departed spirit
of 40, it would be Il dreary place in
deed. About the first impression tour
ist would he likely to receive OF Sac
ramentO, as he whirls over its wooden
pavement and between brick walls
and plank sidewalks on either side, is
that it is half finished tomb, within
whose gloomy vaults rests the departed
spirit of better days. Sacramento is,
however, like some of our modern
creeds in this, that she has her reviv-
ais periodically, to infuse new life into
her well-worn industries. Every ses-
sion of the Supreme Court and every
session of the Legislature furnishes the
element of innovation, but these con-
VOcatiOns are no sooner disbanded than
the city relapses into it's former life.
The shadow begins again to creep
stealthily along its streets, ever and
anon closing door or Obliterating a
sign, until finally another voice goes
forth from the Capitol. Then the
creeping terror disappears, carrying
with him every vestige OF his sprout-
ing devastation. Thus ii is an equally
balanced contest between State patron
age on one side and lack of resources
on the other. With this patronage
decay is inpossblt, and with the lack
of resources, advancement beyond the
present condition, would seem equally
impossible.
But Sacramento has its points of in
terest even though its sidewalks are
seldom thronged. 1t has its State
Capitol, it's Governor Booth, its Gov
ernor Stanford, it's Central Pacific
Railroad depot, etc. | visited
THE CAPITOL
this forenoon, and enjoyed my own
surprise that / should have heard so
little said in praise of that magnificent
structurc Its immense proportions,
having a frontage of $40 feet; the gram
ite steps 50 feet wide and twenty high,
leading to the principal entrance; the
great rotunda, having diameter of
" feet, and the immense dome, are all
points upon which one can look for
hours with growing interest.
Whatever may be the impression
created by. the. Stanford organs in this
end of tile State to the contrary, the
popular pulse beats to the touch of
Governor Booth. He is their man,
their pet, their apostle. If popular
opinion, mbOught and unaffected,
could make him Senator, his election
were certain. There are two great levers
which sway this people, and these are
fear and confidence, or ! might'almest
write it fear and love.
STANFORD
is the power applied at the acting end of
one of these, and Booth at the other. 1t
is unaccOuntable why men should fear
him, (Stanford), yet they do. Certain
it is that his thwarted will takes a new
form and becomes Unsuitable maligni-
ty, and this it may be that has SO
many terrOrs for SO many people. His
course toward the newspapers, which
had SO much independence as to criti-
else his career is too well-known; suf-
flee it to say, that was unable to OBJ
tain copy either the Rulietin.
Call or Sacramento Union on tile train.
The Chronicle, Record and II couple
other papers which never had any
principles to sell, were distributed
through the ears as thick rs vultures
on carcass, where they performed a
part quite as loathsome' though far