SUNDAY 29th
We Set out the first of the week for Stockton where we axrived on the 23rd in the Evening. Stockton has grown very Much Since last fall. Some very pretty buildings have been Erected Since, which together with the regular trips of the Steamboats, gives the place the appearance of an Old business Settlement. We had a very heavy Shower of rain in the Evening. On Tuesday Morning at 10 O Clock we Set out down the river for San Francisco. On Wednesday we passed the great New York of the Pacific (Mentioned before in this Journal) It appears very much as it did a year ago there are now about 5 Shanties in the place. In the Evening we arrived in Benecia. We landed and got Some Supper after which we took a walk around to See the place. We found it greatly enlarged Since last fall, Many improvements have been Made. All hours of the night the Steamboats may be heard ringing their Bells & blowing their wistle landing as they pass to and from Stockton Sacramento & San Francisco. On Thursday Eve we aroved at San Francisco. This City has grown So, and is So altered in its appearance that I Scarsley knew its Streets and avenues. Business was quite brisk Especialy in Mercantile line provisions on the rise etc Mechanicks Wages from 5 to $12. large numbers runing about unable to procure work.