Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-29
From Across the Continent.

Correspondence OF the Alexandria GAZETTE
SANTA ANA. California, Feb 21, 1855
I hatter myself enough to believe you snd
your readers will be interested 10 reading 9
letter from this place and from me. l ar
rived here last Saturday, after almost two
weeks travel from home. After leaving
Alexandria on the night CT the 9TH inst, 1
was carried rapidly over the best railroad in
the United States, the Pennsylvania, to
Pittsburg, thence to St. Louis and Kansas
CITY. by Tuesday 10 p. IN. Eere unfortu-
nately found that the ticket agent in tie
Washington city depot, although he had
| been carefully instructed by Mr.. Parke
| made very grevious mistake in giving me
ticket which compelled me to take diff
| ferent route westward than | had planned
| | was very seriously disturbed. ln all my
travelling for over thirty TWO years had
never been so thrown out of my ronte as to
place me at such Inconvenience and tempo
rary disappointment After few gentle"
words with the agent of the U. P. road
who could have remeded the mistake had
he chosen to do so, after my telling bin
that | thought his parents must be proud OF
| him, and the road of which he was an agent
| must feel they had good tool TO gag be-
lated travellers, and bidding him good even
| ing boardeG Limited" express for Den
YER. IL was the most limited of limited
trains ! have ever dis enjoyed. | believe
| the cars, locomotives, fremeu, engineers
| and conductors were the same oaes who run
the train which carried me to Denver seven
years ago besides these, aii your prlviieses
aud eI oyments, Gle, were extremely !im-
! tied. If ever sou expect to Ego West enc
grow up with the country" will De & al to
| a7sist you TO take this same train. | arrived
/ y, Denver in tised state, but WAS SO &c
| freslsd q seeing very esteemed friend, to
whom ] had ieegrapbed, that for
got my uis:ry aud for q little tine my dis
! aopoiNtmvnt He rush mo through the
| city 10 show NE tbs Improvements that had
beea made .uce | bad Seen !t Denysr bas
improved almost beyond conception. From
theucs | went 10 Salt Lake City, VIA
Cheyenne aad Ogden. Hope on tcy return
home 10 give IA lecture To my people Oh
'Whar saw and heard 10 MormoU Land"
Here 1 attended Mormon services On sab
! bath aud also preached in our ,.retty com-
modious church Fnday evening. I attend
ed "a ''Doliucsl' meeting. The Mormon
i"oGers knowing thai very soon they must
1 yield 10 Geutils power-aoG cbafng under
/ The prospect-suggesteG tbe; would puJ on
! their ticket for counciineu four Gentles-if
/ ths y should he permitted I" dictpte rhom
4 then should be kind weren't they? What
( s wou,iet.u concession? The Genties did
ss on a1d I YOU'D under he circumstances,
! kicked aud Kicked hard. Gov. West, strange
~ say, thought IL his duty TO attend this
/ meeting and dictate very extensively to the
! Gsuliis.s in regard TO voting the .fusiOn'
lcket. which he bad aided ln bringing be
/ fire ihe people He was under the iufiu
ence of Mormon whisky, and never saw Il
more disgusting sigh 10 my lie. Hero
| stood before me q fine looking kentucky
gentleman, who had done much good for
| Utah, out now inveighled into daobling
with municipal affairs, excited by liquor,
dabasiug himself by using upgentIemany
eDithets and ipuendoes towards the judge
and bar of = city ofinhueuce and renown in
the West. For short lime felt in danger:
men had their hands Oh their pistols
and as the Governor yelled he had cone
prepared 10 defend himself man at
tempted TO draw his pistol but the u 5.
marshal seized him and marched him
out. About this time you could have seen
certain preacher crouching behind @
boarded jury box and placing large fat
man between him and the excited mob. Let
me here say that the leading Gentiles OF
that meeting were the Governors political
! friends as regards the affairs of the Terri
| tory. The election came off Monday. |
strolled the streets with interest. Every.
! thing vas werm-weather and people.
! heard band playing familiar railying
song. AS ! watched the wagon carrying the
musicians vas struck with the design on
its sides. One side was covered with white
muslin, on which picture large as life was
paiuted cannot give you any idea hardly
| of this picture. Bro. Jonathan, beaver and
| ali, stood looking at a fat Mormon leader
whose features were those of their President.
Tnis characteristic Mormon was on all fours
and holding up his head to receive the nip
pie Of an immense sausage stuf1er, on which
was painted in Indian red the word
Fusion" The rod of this stuffer was be-
ing pushed by Gov. West. The whole de-
| sign was very suggestive.
Mon sy afternoon I started for San Fran
cisco, and Wednesday morning crossed the
wonderful ferry at Oakland. | saw many
things in this city and its surroundings OF
great interest and wonder which you would
read with pleasure no doubt, but with which
fes ought not TO ask you to burden your
already crowded columns. / had letters 10
several persons from their friends in Alex
andra Among these was Mrs. Silvia Smith
who was o Miss Edelin, whose hu-baod is
now agent of the Oregon steamers, g gery
respons ble and rather lucrative position.
Sne enjoys California very mucn and was
| Glad 10 bear of old Alexandria Another
was Colonel D. L. Smoos, who received me
cordially and with Virginia hospitsIity. and
insisted upon my going over to Oakland
| ~ snapd n 7;ohr opJ raa his family He