Year: 1860




Of the great Central Overland Pony Express
We were led to believe 10y those who should
have known. that the pony would get along
bv noon. but at o'clock we learned by tel
sgraph from Placerville that he had just ar
rived there. The Sacramento Hussas, with
their handsome uniforms, dashed about the
city on horseback all the afternoon, as did
also as many others as could obtain animals
from public or private stables. A very large
number Of people rode out to meet the Ex.
press and escort it to town. Far more than
an hour before the arrival, J street was
thronged with people. as were also all the
balconies and porches Of public and private
houses Flags were flying gaily from many
of the stores, and from the telegraph offices.
At the office of the Express Company, (the
Alta Telegraph ofice) band was stationed.
On one Of the public squares a cannon was
placed in readiness for a a salute. Every
little while some fellow would rush down
the street on horseback, and, as he was sup
posed to be tie coming man, he would re
ceive vociferous cheers. Finally, at twenty
minutes after five. the movement of the null
titude up the street plainly indicated that
the grand feat had been nearly accomplishe /
of shortening the time of communicating
with the East by more than one half a
| peal from the cannon was an additional and
more reliable signal. For my part, | rushed
down to the Express Co.'S office, and had
hardly arrived there before around the cor
ner of J and Second streets came something
like a dozen horsemen, one of them bearing
in his hand a miniature national flag. The
crowd yelled, the band struck up "IIail Co
lumbia" patriotism ran high, and the young
man with the flag could have borrowed $40
from almost any gentleman present who was
50 fortunate as to be in possession Of that
amount This thing continued for a few
seconds, when around came the real live
! Pony Express driver, having in his hand a
white flag with the Company's name printed
thereon. and being himself the centre of an
excited crowd of people on foot and on horse



| The whole crowd, when thus augmented,
! could not have been less than three thousand
strong, perhaps greater even than that.
never saw mass of beings so wild with Joy
You can form no idea of the character of the
demonstration from anything can write
Every man seemed to feel, as the Express
rider ended his trip, that the Atlantic and
Phcihc had moved towards each other, and
had annihiated one half the space before
spread out between them. The shouting
was long kept up and the musicians footed
away Ike dear good fellows. the tune chang
ing from "Hail Columbia" to Yankee Doc
die and acting upon the crowd with great
effect. AS all things have an end, so the
end of these things came. The thousand re
dueed to hundreds in an hour, and the re-
mainder Of the day and evening was devoted
to congratulations, merry making, etc.


As recovered from my own enthusiasm
(deperd upon it 'D" rased his melodious
voice to its utmost capacity, placing most Of
its precious performances in the shade) 1
laughed, over and again, all to and with my
self, to think Of the probable result in case
our Lecompton friends should start in for
dissolution Of the Union. Not ten of those
who were SO excited and delighted at the |
accomplishment of the ten days trip from
Missouri expected any message and as for
the news that had been anticipated by the
telegraph from Carson City, but the rejoicing
was over the fact that we were eleven DAYS
nearer our sister States east of the Mississippi |
than before, and Caifornans realized the
fact that despite Mr.. Buchanans Postmaster
G G"nerals enmity to us, and Notwithstanding |
the secession speeches Of O win. CLAW and
others, our State is in the Union, and that
slow coaches and piratical steamships will
not always hold us at their mercy for com
municaton with other portions of the nation.
To sum up the whole, the proceedings of to-
day have been strongly national; and Le-
comps, Republicans and Democrats have
been obliged to let their natural feelings gush
out in real good old fashioned way at the
sight of a letter bag brought in ten days
from the east, and at the sound of Yankee
D oodle."


The execution of Peter Luudberg for the
murder of Ritz, took place this day in the
prison building, was not present, and
made no inquiries concerning it.


The Bukhead was under discussions all
day in the House on a motion to reconsider
the vote by which it passed. At o'clock
p. NJ. the previous question was laid on and
the motion was defeated The Senate will
concur in the amendment made 10y the House
and then it goes to the Governor. What
then? Nobody knows. l think he will ap-
prove it.


In the Senate nothing important was done
The bill to pay McCauley was made the
special order for Thursday next as it is ex
pected that before that time the Supreme
Court will decide the State Prison case now
before it, and thereby furnish guide to the
Les islature as to the legality of McCauley s
/ claim.


The Capitol ball last evening was a COM
plete success d.


AT Decatur Alabama. lad about sixte, n
years of age son of Mrs Morris was killed