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Show j STAGE COACH DAYS Iff WEST j MY STAY In Sacramento on this occasion was limited to a. few hours," J. D. Eorthwick"wrotc of California In the GOs. "I went to a largo hotel, which was also tho great staging house, and horo I snoozed 'till about 5 o'clock, 'when, It holng still quite dark, thc whole house wokc' up into active life. About 100 of us breakfasted break-fasted by candlelight, and. going out while day was Just dawning, we fcund, turned out in front of thc hotel, nbout four and twenty four-horse four-horse coaches, all bound for different places In the mines. Tho street was completely blocked up with them, and ciowds of men wero taking their acat.s. "Tho coaches were or various kinds. Some were light Bprlng wagons moro oblong boxes, with four or live seats placed across them; others wero of tho s.imo build, but bolter finished, and covorod by r.n awnlrrg; aid there wore also numbers of hugo high-hung thing which carry nine inside upon three seats, the middle ono of which Is betweon the two doors. "The place which I had Intended should bo tho scene of my first mining exploits was a village rejoicing In' tho appellation of llangtown, 'designated, 'des-ignated, however. In orflclal documents as Placcrvlllc. I soon found the stago for that place it happened to be ono of thc oblong boxes and, pitching In my roll of blankets, I took my seat that I might thc moro fully enjoy the scono around me. "Here, certainly, tho geuuiuo old mall coach, tho guard with his tin horn, and tho Jolly old coachman with his red face, wore not to be found; but tho horses wore as good as ever galloped with her majesty's mall. Tho teams were all headed the same' May and M'lth their stages, four or five abreast, j "At last thc solid mass of four-horso coaches began to dissolve. Thc drivers gathered up their reins and settled themselves down In tholr seats; tho grooms cleared out as best they could; thc passengers shouted and hurrahed; tho teams in front set off at a gallop; tho rest folloM-cd them as soon as they got room to start, all In a body, for about half a mile, when, as. soon as m- got out of town, we spread" out in all directions to every point of a- semicircle, and In a few, minutes I found myself onc of a small Isolated community, with which four splendid horses wore galloping gallop-ing over the plains llko m'aa." " c |