SATURDAY 13th
This is a beautiful Morning. Ten O Clock AM went on Shore to See the town. Such another place I never Saw before, hundreds of buildings going up in all directions Mechanics wages twelve dollars a day, and goods laying all through the Streets exposed to the weather. The greatest confusion reigns all through the place, that I ever Saw. Money is as plenty here as potatoes in York. The news is Such I declare that I cannot write as I Should concerning the various matters of interest that present themselves. There are at present about three hundred Sails in this port. Vessels are considered of So little Value that Some are run up the Sacramento as far as the water will permit and then Beached. good order is Maintained both here and at the Mines. firearms are of no use whatever by Way of defence. So much so that revolvers that cost from ten to fifteen dollars in New York can be bought for three or four here. Called at the Post office but no letters.
I Saw a paper from New York dated May Seventh with a list of the names of those died with Cholera. Saw the name of Mary E. Carpenter, who I think is or was a very intimate friend of Mine. I enter this here that I may not forget to inquire on my return home (If I should ever be So fortunate) if it is the person I think it is.