Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-05-29

The lake is 35 miles in length and ten
in width. The next day VIC cross the
line and enter the State of California,
six miles west of Boca. Onward We
rush till we reach Truekee Smiles west
of Boca here we take on an addition
al engine, it requiring two engines to
pull us over the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. A few miles west of Truekee
and we strike the snow-sheds and tun-
ncls. Then for about 40 miles We see
nothing but the cold, damp sides Of
snow-sheds, together with huge mounds
of snow that had drifted through the
openings. A great many of these sheds
open into tunnels, whose damp. foul
air was almost suffocating. Occasion
ally we would run out Of the sheds,
and find ourselves on the side of some
towering mountain, with fall OF 1000
feet on our right. These interludes
between the sheds were very tantaliz
ing, for when We would run out of a
shed we would invariably settle our
selves for good look at the scenery,
but as soon as we got fairly settled, the
train would run into another, shutting
US out from the outside world entirely.
Of course this was calculated to vex
US, and a great many maledictions were
called down upon the offending and
offensive sheds. After 10 miles of this
shed road We emerged once again into
the beautiful sun-light. The scenery
we then meet with battles any descrip-
ton of mine. We thunder onward,
onward over snow and pine capped
mountains, upward and onward We
speed, till 4 o'clock P. NJ, and then we
round Cape Horn, the most terrific
place l eyer saw. The scenery here,
however, is the grandest in the United
States, if not in the world. On one
side of Us, huge rocks rise abruptly
while on the other side the. mountain
is almost perpendicular, and We look
down $500 feet below US. The ridge
here makes curve and We are again
in the mountains and, soon begin tC
to descend the Sierra Ncvadas, having
seen some of the most awfully grand
scenery in the world. At 8 P. NJ, We
stop for supper in Sacramento, and
| after short stop here, We hurry on.
The next morning at 3 o'clock, We
are aroused by the cry: Transfer tC
San Francisco" Very soon after We
were seated on large steam ferry boa
and were making tracks" across the
bay for San: Francisco. The 8 miles
were very soon accomplished, and were
soon landed on the docks. After 4;
hard fought battle with $50 rash anC
adventurous hackmen, we were fnall.
landed at the Occidental Hotel. where
We were soon dreaming of home, buffa
loes, antelope, snow, emigrants, &c
Here we staid day, seeing the sight
of the city. In the evening We went tt
Woodward's gardens, place almos
as famous as Barnum's Museum
There we found birds, animals, fish
and thousands of curioSities that
could not remember. On the next da.
at 8 clock, We steamed out of the
docks on the steamship Mahango. Or
our right, left, before US, and behint
us were ships of every nation and de-
sign, in among these We took our way
till the open bay was reached, on which
we sailed five miles to the Colder
Gate" a narrow neck of water con-
Meeting the bay with the Pacific ocean
At this gate Uncle Sam" has placed
strongly fortified fortress with which
to keep off any ill-SEposed Foreigners
A short distance from here and We
See the Cliff HOUSE" aud Seal rocks.
The Seal rocks" consist of three large
rocks projecting Opt IF the ocean, or
which sea lions in great numbers were
basking in the sun as We passed. OuI
passeng RS, up to this time, had been
enjoying the trip hugely, and begun to
congratulate each other on their escape
from sea- sickness, but, alas ! for human
foresight, here We but simply strike
the extreme edge of the ocean. After
an hour had elapsed our deck was
nearly cleared. Occasionally fellow
would clasp his stomach frantically,
and waltz off to his cabin, amid Il volley
of laughter that was always certain to
follow him. When we left Frisco
the upper deck was crowded with pas
sengers, but when we had been on the
ocean a short time, very few were left
to tell the tale" your humble servant
being fortunate enough 20 form one of
the latter number. The motion of a
ship is one of the things that cannot
be cOunted ON. At one moment the
ship would be standing on her Prov,
at the next on her stern, and then she
would almost dip water, rocking from
side to side in frightful manner. The
second day out, late in the evening. we
saw about eight or ten whales spout
ing out water TO the height of four or
five feet they presented quite novel
and interesting sight. Well, at l P.
NJ. on the third day after we left
Frisco" we cast ancho' in mid ocean
six miles from shore. Here We were
met and carried to shGe by small
tug. On reaching the station at San
Pedro, we had to wait several hours
for the train from Los Angeles, but
after awhile it came, aid we left for
Los Angeles, the Mecca of our long
and tedious pilgrimage. We reached
Los Angeles at 6 o'clock, worn out,
both in body aud mind And here let
ME say, the widest flights of my i'm
agination never pictured anything so
lovely. But | will give you a descrip.
ton of the place itself hereafter.
CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles, Cal, Ma g, 1875.
LETTER FROM McMLISTER'S.
EDITORs CHRoNICLE:-The farmers