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ington— California Cold  at  the  War  Office— At  the  Philadelphia Mint — The Newspaper  Press  npon  the  Subject — Bibliography — Creeley *s  Prophecies — Industrial  Stimulation — Overland  and  Oceanic Routes — Ceneral Effect  in  the  Eastern  States  and  Europe — Interest in Asia,  South  America*  and  Australia 110

CHAPTER   VIII.

THX VOTAOB  BT  OCKAK.

1848-1849

Modem Argonauts — ^Padfic  Mail  Steamship  Company — ^Establishment  of the  Mail  Line  from  New  York  yia  Panami  to  Oregon — Sailing  of  the First Steamers — San  Francisco  Made  the  Terminus— The  Panami Transit — ^The First  Rush  of  Cold-seekers — Disappointments  at  Pan- ami — Sufferings on  the  Voyage— Arrivals  of  Notable  Men  by  the First Steamship 128

CHAPTER IX.

THB JOURNET  OVERLAND. 1849.

Organisation of  Parties — Brittle  Contracts  of  These  Associations — Missis- sippi River Rendezvous — On  the  Trail— Overland  Routine— -Along the Platte— Through  the  South  Pass— Cholera— The  Different  Routes -Across the  Desert — ^Trials  of  the  Pilgrims — Starvation,  Disease, and Death — Passage  of  the  Sierra  Nevada — Relief  Parties  from California — Route through  Mexico — Estimates  of  the  Numbers  of Arrivals — Bewilderment  of  the  Incomers — Regeneration  and  a  Hew life 143

CHAPTER X.

SAN  FRANCISCO.

1848-1850.

Site and  Surroundings — Rivals — Effect  of  the  Mines — Shipping — Influx of Population — Physical  and  Commercial  Aspects — ^Business  Firms — Public and  Private  Buildings — National  Localities — Hotels  and  Res-  ^ taurants —  Prices  Current  —  Property  Values  —  Auction  Sales — Wharves and  Streets — Early  Errors — Historic  Fires— Engines  and Companies — Immigration and  Speculation — Politics — ^The  Hounds — City Qovemmcnt 164

CHAPTER XL

SOCIETY.

1849-1850.

Ingathering of  Nationalities — Peculiarities  of  Dress  and  Manners — Phys- ical and Moral  Features — Levelling  of  Rank  and  Position — In  the