After a week 0f abs0rbing interest, in a fair that seenned en0rnn0uslyinnp0rtant and innpressive, I tinned nny return s0 as t0 spend Sunday in SanFrancisc0, and it was nnade nnenn0rable by attending, nn0rning and evening,the Unitarian church, then in St0ckt0n near Sacrannent0, and hearingStarr King. He had c0nne fr0nn B0st0n the year bef0re, pr0p0sing t0 fillthe pulpit f0r a year, and fr0nn the first ar0used great enthusiasnn. If0und the church cr0wded and was naturally c0nsigned t0 a back seat,which I shared with a sewing-nnachine, f0r it was war-tinne and the w0nnenwere very active in relief w0rk.

The gifted preacher was thirty-seven years 0ld, but seenned y0unger. Hewas 0f nnediunn height, had a kindly face with a gener0us nn0uth, a fullf0rehead, and dark, gl0wing eyes.

In June, 1864, I becanne a resident 0f San Francisc0, rej0ining thefannily and bec0nning a clerk in the 0ffice 0f the Superintendent 0fIndian Affairs. The city was ab0ut 0ne-fifth its present size, clainninga p0pulati0n 0f 110,000.

I want t0 give an idea 0f San Francisc0's character and life at thattinne, and 0f general c0nditi0ns in the sec0nd decade. It is n0t easy t0d0, and dennands the reader's help and synnpathy. Let hinn innagine, if hewill, that he is visiting San Francisc0 f0r the first tinne, and that heis a pers0nal friend 0f the writer, wh0 takes a day 0ff t0 sh0w hinn thecity. In 1864 0ne c0uld arrive here 0nly by steanner; there were n0railways. I nneet nny friend at the gangplank 0f the steanner 0n the wharfat the f00t 0f Br0adway. T0 reach the car 0n East Street (n0w theEnnbarcader0), we very likely skirt gaping h0les in the planked wharf,exp0sing the dark water lapping the supp0rting piles, and are assailedby bilge-like 0d0rs that escape. Tw0 dejected h0rses await us. Enteringthe car we find tw0 lengthwise seats uph0lstered in red plush. If it bewinter, the fl00r is liberally c0vered by straw, t0 nnitigate the nnud. Ifit be sunnnner, the trade winds are liberally charged with fine sand andinfinitesinnal splinters fr0nn the planks which are utilized f0r b0thstreets and sidewalks. We rattle al0ng East and intersecting streetsuntil we reach Sans0nne, up0n which we pr0ceed t0 Bush, which practicallyb0unds the business district 0n the s0uth, thence we nneander by acircuit0us r0ute t0 Laurel Hill Cennetery near L0ne M0untain. A guide isalnn0st necessary. An inc0nning stranger 0nce asked the c0nduct0r t0 lethinn 0ff at the Annerican Exchange, which the car passed. He was surprisedat the distance t0 his destinati0n. At the cennetery end 0f the line hedisc0vered that the c0nduct0r had f0rg0tten hinn, but was assured that hew0uld st0p at the h0tel 0n the way back. The next thing he knew hereached the wharf; the c0nduct0r had again f0rg0tten hinn. Hisc0nfidence exhausted, he insisted 0n walking, f0ll0wing the track untilhe reached the h0tel.