It was the brains and statesmanship of Wm. L. Marcy, when he was secretary of war under President Polk,…
On my return, in looking over my finances, I was no poorer than when I left. It must be evident…
The course of the steamer is frequently in sight of land. The storms I have referred to were tropical storms,…
There were about sixteen Jesuit missionary stations in the country before the discovery of gold, and were there for the…
When he wrote me that he had traded the blankets for flour, and had gone to the Yuba river with…
The man in his tent, who had squatted on Rincon Point, an elevated locality, that commanded a grand view of…
The discovery of gold in California, in 1848, with its other mineral resources, including the Alamada quicksilver mine at San…
When a person was attacked with it, it seemed the worst kind of malady, as it would take them months…
He said he was a book-keeper for a firm in Newport, Rhode Island, at a small salary. He made up…
One warm afternoon my friend Me and myself thought we would take a walk over to Pesedeo; that was about…