The record-union., 1891-07-25
IN EARLY DAYS.
"reminiscences of Thirty Years Ago
Enthuse an 0ld-Timer.
He Reads Them at His Home in Florida
-RecolIections of a Trip to Cali
fornia in the Sixties.

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as follows:
Recent copies of the RECORD UNION
| brought back to me pleasant recollections
OF many years ago spent on the Pacific
Coast. In your issue of June Goth / found
"Thirty Years Ago" The reference tc
such o1d-timers as Harry Worthington
Jim huffman and others recalled an old
letter / had, which / inclose 1t was
| written twenty-SiX years ago. The paper
| sent it to was weekly in a small town
in Connecticut, with only 400 or 500 circy,.
lation. The poem by Noah Brooks has
not been republished, but possibly it is
worth it.
AT SEA, July 3, 1865.
W. .. Capap6eu, Esq.-DEAR SIR: An oppor.
tunity is likely to offer very soon to send you
few lines by a gunboat, for which we have dis
patches and orders, and l will avail mysel
| Oft.
We left New York Saturday. July 1st 1o
minutes of p. N. in steamship Ocean Queen
with aEout 400 others, mostly bound to the
lana OF golo and silver. We had as usual q
crowd of friends to see US off. Their parting
cheers think can still hear, they were sc
! loud and hearty.
The pilot left us half past three. About five
we had thunder shower. Sunday was
| cloudy and hot most of the day; no service on
| board as they have on the Pacific steamers
the passengers very orderly, sea smooth, went
! very slow.
Tusday, July 4th, brilliant sunrise. About
/ II O'Clock found that no arrangements had
! owners Vanderbilt, Garrison and otherS) be-
| Ing so poor they could not afford TO fire a sun
rise gun-I obtained the cooperation of Mr.
Garrison of San Francisco, and we soon ar
! ranged for jubilee on the upper deck at half
| past 2 P. NJ. At that time they organized call
! ing Or. Henry Laird, Indian agent of Wash
| ingtOn Territory, to the chair as President,
with the usual number of Vice-Presidents, etc.
ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS.
The Declaration Of Independence was read
/ by Miss Glover OF California.
Song, Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, by
! Mr.. Hammett of MarpoSa.
Emancipation Proclamation read by Hon.
| II. G. WorthingtOn, M. c., from Nevada
Song, John Browns Body" etc. by all.
Address by General Rosecrans.
Address by II. G. Worthington, NJ. C.
Address by Professor Blake of California
Address by DR.. Henry of Washington Terri
tory.
! Poem by Noah Brooks, Navy Agent. San
! francisco, between Emancipation Proclama-
| ton and address by Hon. II. C. Worthington.
| In the evening dancing and singing on the
| upper deck until quite late.
Inc sea was as smooth as Long Island
| Sound in fine weather, all seemed happy and
! enjoying themselves very much.
! AT dinner the usual toaSts etc, one by Gen
! eral Rosecrans was SO good l repeat it:
The Silver Slope of the Pacific Coast-NIay
! the silver cord that binds it to the Union
never be severed, but may it be strengthened
| by the iron band Pacific Railroad) which is
TO bind it with the East"
| kifth-Fine as any day yet; quite warm; sea
! very smooth; every one in good SD rits:
| steamer making better headway Phreno-
! logical examination by Mrs. Cove in trance
state OF General ROsccrdns and Captain Hud-
/ son, o. the Pacific steamship Company which
! they both admitted to be corle.t in the main
| parts. Five O'Clock while am writing we ale
having Il fine shower.
will write you again, probably from Aspin-
wall. Yours truly, j. w. FAULKNER,
FOURTH OF july POEM
Written to order at short notice on board
slea1hShlp ocean Queen, July 1, 1865, by
Noah Brooks, navy agent, San Francisco
We met upon the rolling deep
Far, far, from friends and home.
Where ocean birds their vigils keep
And queens of ocean roam
We miss the cannon's sulIen roar,
The piercing fife, the drum,
The lying fags, the shining shore,
Inc crowds that go and come.
A speck upon the ocean bright.
Alone within its rim,
We drift along by day or night
FefcelVed alone by Him.
But though we miss the civic show.
The city's wordy brag-
Where'er we float whereer we go
We're still beneath the flag.
God bless the flag, beloved of yore
Now doubly loved and blest-
More bright, more free than eer before,
1t floats from east to west.
Secession's hateful dream is DER,
And peace at last has come:
The din OfarmS reSOunds no more
AND Johnny comes marching homer
And on our way on the peaceful sea
TO the land we love forever,
We meet, his laurels fairly Won
The Hero of Stone River.
From Pascagoulas sunny bay
To Names dark, pfne-clad vales
from san FrancISco'S Golden Gate
To proud Atlantic sails
Each town and city, bright and CAV.
Each hamlet in each State
Unites with US to hail the day.
The day we celebrate.
Not only so; from Names dark tree
To Flortda's warm wave,
In all the land so broad and free
There breatheS no more q slave
At last--it is no idle boast
Where'er our flag shall be-
On sea, or land, or widening coast
All meath its folds are free.
And so to-day divided far
From land and friends and home
Beneath the flag, beneath the star
Where'er our ship may roam
Be this our boast. be this our pride
Our toast our joyful song,
Beloved by Heaven, DER worlds beside,
Our Union never wrong
Worthington was in good spirits at the
time, as he was seeking a denomination
to office. On the steamer, en- route to
California, he was very anxious to secure
the influence of Mrs. Sherwood of
Nevada City. Her husband was a large
owner of mining property, wealthy and
with a good following of influential
friends. He was, believe, large oper-
ator afterwards in San Francisco.
General Rosecrans was on his way to
Nevada to superintend mining operations
for Eastern capitalists. We were all eo-
ing to the Comstock, and it gave Worth
ington a fine opportunity to talk in
spre2d-eagle style. At every station or
stopping-place Rosecrans was called for.
tie was poor speaker, so Worthington
always replied, and did it we'll and hand
somely.
When we reached the grade going into
Virginia City the firemen met and took
Rosecrans and Worthington out of the
coach and put them into a barouche. and
with their engine-ropes hauled them up
to the International Hotel, amid the glare
OF torches, plenty of music, ETC. Rose
Grams and Worthington soon had to an
pear on the upper porch, and Worthing-
ton was IN his glory and made the best
speech of the trip. left soon for Reese
River, and did not meet Worthington for
some years.
Harry Thornton, Judges Beatty and
CARRIER were among the lawyers in Aus
tin then. Judge Welty was my attorney
FIs.A. Il.