The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-11-18
An INTERESTING LETTFE.
UKrAn, Oct. 2 9Th, 1851.

i still remember mat WDcn ldfb
took you by the hand in Albany ON
the 9th day Of August promised ycu
that would not forget the DzNocHAT
and also distinctly remember that /
have not seen the familiar face Of that
fixture OF old Linn, but once since the
shove date, and that was the one con
taimiug the account Of the unceremer-
ions exit of your late " arl which was
sent me by some kind irienh IN Albany,
to whom ! now return thanks.
Too much time hs- e''i,- = ow for
me TO refer - tn tip d,~a. except to
say that the eallanr Steamer Oregon
male a quick run from Astoria 10 tie
Bay City and I was not sea sick
momen'.
remained in San Francisco atoi
ten days, long enough 70 discover tht
sixteen and half years had wrought
many wonderful changes not only in
its expansion but that localities
as familiar to me as First street In
Albany were not recognizable. Price,
Montgomery, Sansom and Battery
streets are there, and to be found, but
they do not appear now as they dill
ther.
From San Francisco crossed the
hay by Steamer to Donahue's landing
where took thc cars for Santa Ross, the
county seat Of Sonoma county, a pretty
and Aourishing town of about 5000
inhabitants. After two days sojouin
in Santa Rosa / took the cars for
CIoverdale 80 miles north, thence by
stage another 80 miles north to this
place. This is the county seat Of Mer-
docino county !; is in the,coast range Ct
mountains. It is pretty little town
Of about 1000 inhabitants on the west
side of RussiaR River Il Is built up
on three terraces Of table land, a mass
Of sand and gravel sloping toward the
river, hence, except in front Of bnsi-
ness houses there is no need Of plank
sidewalks, you can go dry shOd from
one end Of the town to the ether IN
any weather. As man Of the forest
trees as it is safe 70 leave arr still stand
iag-some in the streets, they are
white and black oak, fr, pine, mad
rome, etc. and thick undergroSth OF
manginita, hence 70 learn the extent
of the town or the character Of the
buildings involves the necessity Of
stree. observation.
Ukiah has a molel Cnrrt House.
To look at it from without It does not
appear larger than the Count House in
Albany, it is only two stories high, and
yet tse surPerior.eourt room It contains,
the county prison, and eight separate
offices, besides the room for Tie services
of the board OF supervisors aud two
jury rooms, and ali other apartments
necessarily apPurtenant to public
building are within its walls, and then
it is lightened with gass aad supplied
with water The square is small, only
two hundred feet each way, but it is
handsomely laid out in walks and set
in evergreens, among which are 10 be
found the accass;a, eucaliptus. .madrone,
montra cyprus, pine, fr, etc, and all
kept as free from tettor Is if surrounc-
ing a palace.
The new Constitution has wrought 3
radical change in the ju liciary system
of California. The County Court and
District Courts are both abolished, and
the Superior Courts created, invested d
with jurisdiction Of all matters that
formerly belonged to the other two
Courts. Except the police Courts in
cities the only Courts il the stale are
Justices Courts, the superisr Cour S
and the Supreme Coalt
This is picturesque country Il e
atmosphere is light AMI dry, bat lite
wind and free from fogs the hi.
mountains on the west, at the foot OF
which the town hestlos, forms har-
rier to the intrusion of fogs and winds,
, except occasionally crisp ocean breeze
comes through a gap iu the mountains
to the northwest.
4 Mineral springs are numerous in this
range st mountains There is Soda
spring distant only about mile to tn,
> southwest of the Court House in thi
place, and warm Soda springs two an,
half miles, to the northeast which !;
much resorted to for bathing durli
p the season.
], On the 18th inst, poor unfoltun
ate halfbreed Indian paid the extrem,
penalty of the law in this place for th
i crime of murder, the execution wa
private and produced little or no ex
citement.
did intenl when commenced ths
' to speak of the varied resources ST til
n part of the country, its translerts
J. ti5n facilities. railroad Prospect. etc,
9 but must defer these topics for anetht
: letter if you think another advisable