Year: 1869

show that it will be building of which the state
VIII have every reason to be proud. The plan
ton; first story occupied by the government oflces;
the second contains the halls OF the Senate and Rep
and in the Centre U s 4 ro,nnda surmounted by mag
nlhcent dome rising to great height and con-
structed OF iron. The material used In the construc
uon OF the rst story is light gray granite, and OF
the second story BRICK to be covered with mastic TO
make u correspond In color Massive pOrtc0es, sus-
tanned by C0rnthian columns are on the west,
north and south fronts. while the eastern. facing in
the form or three semi-circles, presents almost q
piain surface with only ornamentatlon enough Tor
Ienei. me view from the dome Is superb ana IL
VIII DC great resort for those who desire TO look
upon the surrounding country and its many beau
ues Inc ouiidlng Is far enough advanced to make
IL sure that the next session OF the Legislature will
be held therein, but It will require eighteen months
al least lor IL 10 be entirely Completed. II win be
surrounded by extensive grounds that, with the
rapid growth OF vegetation hereabouts will soon be
rendered park OF great beauty-a public square
that VIII have few superiors


THE CLIMATE.


must CONFESS That have never been infatuated
WIN the climate OF san Francisco its long dreary wet
season, anu us dry season, with cold northwestery
winds, that blow q gale after ten O'Clock In the
morning. accompanied by fog that renders an
charms In my eyes. like heat and cold in turn,
and this you have here In Sacramento without the
SNOW ana ice tnat render the Eastern winter disa-
greeaDle. Now the weather is delightful the tner
mometer s well up towards eighty degrees, and yet
there is no feeling OF lasstude; it sometimes goes
beyond ninety, but Old residents say that with
that heat you do not feel as when in our Eastern
cities the thermometer indicates the same One can
get up perspratiOn here, and that you cannot do
In san Francisco unless by the most active exercise,
and herein Is health. For my own part / may sav
that although possessing an iron constitution,
nave scarcely known what ii was to feel well
In san Francisco for week at time, in
residence there OF nearly three years, and
yet In the three days here, being in state OF


ee perspra!ion by only ordinary every day exercise
l leel as or 0ld-as used to ieel when years
younger than l am now. Physicians all agree that
While the climate OF San Francisco may be invigo-
rating ana beneficial TO few, to large majority II
Is detrimental, and believe 1t: indeed II Panama
were city like San Francisco, would prefer the
climate OF the former to that OF the latter hundred
1old, judging by residence OF equal duration in
both places Mind you, speak for myself only;
others, doubtless, think very differently aud there
are not a few who Will say that am slightly insane
upon the point; but | can't help II. Such is my
opinion, and have had q fair trial.


THE JOURNEY.


Tomorrow l turn TO the eastward, and before
night hope to be the Sierra into the valley
on the other side. change 1t VIII be to leave the
warm, sunny weather, for the snow and Ice OF the
summit and the sage bush and alkai OF the valley;
but 1t must be made. l hope to he present at she
ceremony OF joining the rails OF the Union and Gen.
tral Pacific Railroads, and as stop Is the word at
several points must hurry up to be in time; for rs
observed in the first paragraph, 1t is an affair only
two weeks oil, Think OF it.