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The Council appointed the following: J. B. Mitchell, Clerk of the Council; Geo. W. Hammersly, Harbor Master, with one Deputy; Dr. V. Spalding, City Physician; C. W. Coote, City Surveyor; E. B. Pratt, Collector, and J. Stanley, Measurer of Lumber. The latter office was abolished at the expiration of Stanley's term.
During the squatter riot, which occurred the 14th of August, Mayor Bigelow was wounded. Before he recovered, that alarming and fatal disease cholera came upon him, and he died the 26th of November, in San Francisco. His remains were brought to Sac- ramento on the 28th, and buried with public honors. Early in December following Horace Smith was elected to the vacancy thus occasioned in the Mayoralty.
1851 .- The second Municipal election, held April 5th, James R. Hardenberg elected Mayor; W. H. McGrew, Recorder; W. S. White, Marshal; J. Neely Johnson, City At- torney; Samuel McKee, Assessor; W. R. McCracken, Treasurer; John Requa, Harbor Master; James M. Maxy, Deputy Marshal.
COMMON COUNCIL .- Richard Cheenery, E. D. Kennedy, Charles Duncombe, A. Martin, C. I. Hutchinson, Carey Peebles, J. A. Haines, B. F. Johnson and L. B. Pachin.
Appointed by the Council: L. Curtis, Clerk; C. W. Coote, City Surveyor; V. Spald- ing, City Physician. The Marshal was Collector.
1852 .- Third election held April 5th, C. I. Hutchinson elected. Mayor; W. H. McGrew, Recorder; R. Cheenery, Treasurer; J. G. Hyer, City Attorney; John Requa, Har- bor Master; D. McDowell, Marshal and Collector; Wm. Lewis, Assessor.
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COUNCILMEN .- J. A. Haines, W. H Watson, G. W. Chedic, C. W. Barker, J. H. Nevett, J. H. Updegraff, S. C. Fogus, J. Forshee and T. P. Robb-all Whigs.
The Council appointed Washington Meeks, Clerk. It is quite probable the Council - appointed other minor officers, whose names we failed to find in the records of that time.
1853 .- The fourth election, held the 4th of April, J. R. Hardenberg elected Mayor; N. Greene Curtis, Recorder; Charles J. Torbert, Treasurer; Lewis Sanders, Jr., City Attorney; Samuel T. Clymer, Assessor; Gordon Backus, Harbor Master; Wm. S. White, Marshal and Collector.
COMMON COUNCIL .- R. P. Johnson, P. J. Hickey, J. T. Moore, P. H. Burnett, R. A. Pearis, John Gillig, Samuel Youngs, C. H. Bradford, A. S. Gove.
The Council appointed John A. Fowler, Clerk; L. Welborn, Deputy Marshal; Dr. J. F. Montgomery appointed City Physician; John McClory, Captain of Police, and R. P. Jacobs, Lieutenant of Police. These latter positions were created by an amendment to the charter.
1854 .- The fifth election the 3d of April, R. P. Johnson, Mayor; N. Greene Curtis, Recorder; N. A. H. Ball, Collector; W. C. Wallace, City Attorney; Wm. E. Chamber- lain, Treasurer; E. C. Winchell, Assessor; Frank Harney, Harbor Master; W. S. White, Marshal; C. I. Hutchinson, Controller, and Dr. H. W. Harkness, Superintendent of Pub- lic Schools.
COMMON COUNCIL .- L. A. Booth, W. H. Watson, A. S. Gove, Leonard Goss, James Haworth, Samuel Carlisle, William S. Emery, George Rowland and J. R. Vinyard.
The Council appointed T. A. Thomas, Secretary of their Body; Samuel Deal, Captain of Police; Green Wildes, Lieutenant of Police; Jas. H. Nevitt, Superintendent of Water Works; C. W. Coote, City Surveyor; E. H. Heacock was appointed by the Recorder Clerk of his Court; J. H. Lewis, Clerk of the Water Works; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works.
At the General election in September, A. S. Gove was elected State Senator, and J. R. Vineyard Assemblymen. Prescott Robinson and Gordon Backus were chosen at & special election to fill the vacancies thus occasioned in the Council.
1855 .- The sixth election, the 2d of April, James L. English was elected Mayor; N. Greene Curtis, Recorder; J. W. Haines, Marshal; Prescott Robinson, Assessor; J. T. Knox, Collector; Horace Smith, City Attorney; John C. Barr, Treasurer; Francis Tukey, Superintendent of Public Schools.
ALDERMEN .- 1st Ward-Mark Hopkins, Washington Meeks and Frank Denver. 2d Ward-C. C. Hayden, David Meeker and D. S. Woodward. Third Ward-Chas. Crock- er, J. P. Hardy and L. Frink. These were all Know Nothings.
Officers by appointment .- W. P. Henry, Superintendent of Water Works; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works; C. M. Cornell, City Surveyor; W. E. Chamberlain, Secretary of the Council; James S. Jameson, Clerk of the Water Works; J. A. Tutt, Deputy Marshal; John McClory, Captain of Police; Daniel C. Gay, Lieutenant of Po- lice. The Marshal at that time was ex-oficio Harbor Master.
The Mayor, James M. English, tendered his resignation to the Common Council the 23d of April, to take effect the 25th. The Council, however, prevailed upon him to withdraw it, and he served his full term. Tukey filled the office of Superintendent but a short time and resigned; Dr. F. W. Hatch was appointed thereto.
1856 .- The seventh Municipal election, April 7th, B. B. Redding was elected Mayor ; Wm. W. Price, Recorder. Wm. N. Brainard, Treasurer ; John H. Housman, Collector ; W. C. Felch, Assessor ; Henry Starr, City Attorney ; Thomas McAlpin, Marshal ; Dr. F. W. Hatch, Superintendent Public Schools.
ALDERMEN .- 1st Ward, J. W. L. Hunt, James Bowstead and Lorenzo Hamilton ; 2d
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Ward, Josiah Gallup, Charles H. Shaw and H. C. Rudolph ; 3d Ward, John T. Hall, Henry Harvey and W. B. H. Dodson.
Officers, by appointment : Wm. Stevenson, Clerk of Recorder's Court ; John F. Mad- den, Secretary of the Council ; Thomas Hansbrow, Superintendent of the Water Works; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works ; Harvey Caswell, Clerk of the Water Works; B. W. Martz, Deputy Marshal ; A. G. Winn, City Surveyor ; Joseph W. Taylor, Captain of Police ; James Lansing, Lieutenant of Police ; George C. Haswell, Acting Harbor Master, under the appointment of the Marshal. J. W. L. Hunt resigned his place in the Council and E. E. Griggs was elected to fill the vacancy July 14th. Councilman Ru- dolph died in September, and Lewis Sanders, Jr. was elected October 11th to fill the vacancy in the Council thus occasioned.
1857 .- The eighth Municipal election was held on the 6th of April, at which J. P. Dyer was elected Mayor ; Presley Dunlap, Recorder ; James Sullivan, Treasurer ; John H. Housman, Collector ; Alexander Montgomery, Assessor ; George R. Moore, City At- torney ; J. G. Lawton, Superintendent of Public Schools.
ALDERMEN .- 1st Ward, W. E. Terry, J. W. Titus and J. G. Phelan ; 2d Ward, Chas. H. Shaw, Jackson R. Myers and John Hatch ; 3d Ward, Samuel Mccullough, Frank Hastings and H. S. Burgess.
Officers by appointment : J. F. Madden, Secretary of the Council ; Thomas Hans- brow, Superintendent of the Water Works ; Harvey Caswell, Clerk of the Water Works; Thorn Coles, Engineer ; P. F. O'Brien, Captain of Police ; James H. Moore, Lieutenant of Police ; A. G. Winn, City Surveyor ; George C. Haswell acting as Harbor Master under appointment of the Marshal. Councilman H. S. Burgess died in July and on August 1st George W. Hopkins was elected to fill the vacancy caused thereby ; J. W. Titus re- signed August 3d and W. A. McWilliams was elected and sworn in on the 24th of that month ; J. R. Myers resigned and George E. Montgomery was elected in his place Octo- ber 10th and entered upon the duties the 12th.
The Legislature of 1858 passed the consolidation Act and appointed the 2d of May following as the time for it to go into effect. The new Board of Supervisors, elected under the consolidation Act, did not assemble until May 8th, hence it was remarked at the time, and so held by the then acting County Attorney, that the city had no govern- ment at all during the five intervening days.
1858 .- The Board of Supervisors for the city and county convened May 8th. The following officers were appointed for the city : Harvey Caswell, Clerk of the Water Works ; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works ; James Lansing, Chief of Police ; George C. Haswell, Lieutenant of Police, whose duties were that of Harbor Master, & position which he had filled for a long period before ; M. O'Meara and John Isaacs, Stewards Fire Department. These appointments, under the consolidation Act, held for a term of three months. The appointees above named continued in office until Novem- ber 8th, at which time the following were appointed : John A. Tutt, Clerk of the Water Works ; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works ; J. P. Hardy, Chief of Police ; D. H. Whipley, Lieutenant of Police and acting Harbor Master, and M. O'Meara and John Isaacs, Stewards of the Fire Department.
The consolidation Act provided for a Board of Education, to be elected at the gen- eral election each year, to hold office twelve months, one of their number to be President and one of them Secretary. The Act appointed P. W. S. Rayle, David Murray, H. J. Bidleman, Dr. G. L. Simmons, Samuel Cross and Dr. R. A. Pearis members of the first Board, who were acting under previous laws. Their term expired the first Monday in October following. Samuel Cross was President and H. J. Bidleman, Secretary.
1859 .- The Board, February 9th, re-elected the parties whose names are given above. They were continued with no alteration until November 9th, at which time the Board
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elected Alexander Montgomery, Clerk of the Water Works ; Thorn Coles, Engineer of the Water Works; J. J. Watson, Chief of Police ; D. H. Whipley, Lieutenant of Police and acting Harbor Master ; M. O'Meara and John Isaacs, Stewards of Fire Department.
BOARD OF EDUCATION .- C. Hawkins, D. J. Thomas, H. J. Bidleman, J. M. Frey, W. P. McCreary, M. Simmons, J. J. Murphy and G. I. N. Monell. President, J. M Frey ; Sec- retary, Monell. Term expired Ist Monday in December.
1860 .- February 9th the Board again elected John A. Tutt, Clerk of the Water Works, and retained all the other incumbents. The election had in August, and also in November resulted in continuing the same city officers. The Board of Supervisors created the office of County and City Warden, whose duty was to safely keep and feed the prisoners. J. P. Hardy was appointed November 18th to the position.
BOARD OF EDUCATION .- Henry Miller, J. M. Frey, Dr. S. M. Mouser, G. Taylor, J. F. Crawford, James Bithell, J. M. Milikin and A. C. Sweetser. Henry Miller, President; Sweetser, Secretary. Term expired January, 1862. .
1861 .- The election by the Board for city officers, February 8th, resulted in retain- ing the same parties in the respective places in which they had been serving. They were continued until the October following, at which time the amendment to the Con- solidation Act, which made most of the offices elective, went into effect. Before giving the officers under the new law it will be well to state that from the time the consolida- tion took effect there was no such officer as Police Judge until October, 1861. The busi- ness of that. Court was performed by three Justices of the Peace of the city alternating one week each. L. H. Foote, John C. Barr and James Coggins were the Justices of the Peace. They continued in office and attended the Police Court until the general election in September, 1861, at which the following city officers, in addition to the four members of Supervisors of the consolidated Board, were elected : T. W. Gilmer, Police Judge ; Harvey Caswell, Clerk of the Water Works ; J. J. Watson, Chief of Police. The law under which they were elected established a Board of Commissioners, composed of the President of the Board of Supervisors, the Police Judge and Chief of Police. This Board had the appointment of the city police. G. W. Whitney was appointed Harbor Master.
The Legislature of 1861 also amended the Act relative to schools ; created the office of City Superintendent again, with a Board of Directors, to be elected the 1st Monday in December, taking office the 1st Monday of January following, and to hold office two years. G. Taylor was the first Superintendent elected under that law.
1862 .- At the general election in September, S. S. Holl was elected Police Judge ; J. T, Clark, Chief of Police ; John Talbot, Clerk of the Water Works ; and G. W. Whit- ney was appointed Harbor Master.
1863 .- The Legislature of 1863 repealed the Consolidation Act and established a city government under the direction of a Board of Trustees, to consist of three members. The Act passed April 25th and the first election under the law was held early in May, the regular elections thereafter to be the 2d Tuesday in March of each year. Officers elected : 1st Trustee, C. H. Swift, for three years ; 2d Trustee, H. T. Holmes, for two years; 3d Trustee, Josiah Johnson, for one year ; Auditor, ex-officio Clerk of the Board, Benj. Peart, for two years ; Collector, Samuel Smith, for two years (he resigned and the Assessor was appointed by the Board of Trustees to discharge the duties of Col- lector); Assessor, J. E. Smith, for two years ; S. S. Holl, the Police Judge, was con- tinued in office, under the Act, until the Judicial election in October of that year, at which time he was re-elected for two years.
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OFFICERS BY APPOINTMENT .- E. H. Heacock, City Attorney ; John Talbot, Clerk of the Water Works ; W. E. Chamberlain, Treasurer ; James T. Clark, Chief of Police ; N. A. Kidder, Harbor Master.
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Policemen-Thomas Cody, Fred. D. Chamberlin, D. H. Norris, Isaac Brown, S. G. Ames, Joseph O'Brien, B. W. Martz, C. G. Caldwell. October 10th, James T. Clark, Chief of Police, was removed and D. H. Lowry appointed. On July 24th the office of Turnkey was made and C. G. Caldwell appointed thereto. F. T. Burke was appointed on the police. Joseph O'Brien was discharged September 12th, and George Smith ap- pointed. October 31st the office of Turnkey was abolished, which left Caldwell out of office. November 20th E. M. McGrew was appointed on the police, vice Thomas Cody, and L. C. Young vice D. H. Norris.
G. Taylor, Superintendent of Schools.
1864 .- January 1st, D. H. Lowry, Chief of Police, resigned. F. T. Burke, appointed January 4th, Pat. Rice was appointed on the police vice L. C. Young resigned, and Wm. Barrett vice Burke appointed Chief. Trustee election 2d Tuesday in March-for 3d Trustee, Josiah Johnson ; elected for three years. April 17th John Dreman appointed on the police, vice S. G. Ames. John Bannon vice Fred. D. Chamberlin, resigned Decem- ber Ist. Fred. D. Chamberlin re-appointed vice John Bannon, deceased.
W. H. Hill, Superintendent of Schools.
1865 .- Trustee election : For 2d Trustee, S. D. Smith, for three years ; Auditor, O. C. Jenks ; Collector, D. A. DeMerritt ; Assessor, John Halley. The latter resigned soon after being elected and De Merritt discharged the duties of both Collector and Assessor. Officers by appointment .- E. H. Heacock, City Attorney ; John Talbot, Clerk of the Water Works ; Harvey Caswell, Treasurer ; S. C. Hall, Harbor Master ; F. T. Burke, Chief of Police.
Policemen-April 3d George Harvey vice Isaac Brown resigned. May 21st, Mathew Karcher was appointed on the police, vice E. McGrew removed ; Daniel McLaughlin vice Wm. Barrett. August 14th, Enoch Dole vice Mclaughlin resigned. November 1st, Samuel Deal vice John Dreman. At the special election in October, L. H. Foote was elected Police Judge.
1866 .- Election for Ist Trustee the 2d Tuesday in March ; C. H. Swift, elected. April 1st, George Smith resigned the place of policeman and was appointed by L. H. Foote, Clerk of the Police Court ; R. W. Dunlevy appointed on the police. April 22d, Pat. Rice removed and E. E. Masters appointed. June 3d, Pat. Rice re-elected; also, N. A. Kidder, Harbor Master. City Attorney and Clerk of the Water Works re-elected. June 10th, E. E. Masters was appointed on the police vice Samuel Deal resigned. Sep- tember 14th, James Coffee appointed vice E. E. Masters, resigned.
W. H. Hill, Superintendent of Schools.
1867 .- Election, second Tuesday in March ; David Kendall, elected third Trustee ; D. A. De Merritt, Collector ; John McClintock, Auditor ; E. R. Hamilton, Assessor ; John Lyons, appointed on the police vice James Coffee, resigned.
June 1st, the Board appointed the following : M. C. Tilden, City Attorney vice Hea- cock ; George I. Lytle, Clerk of the Water Works vice Talbot ; W. E. Chamberlain, Treasurer vice Harvey Caswell ; B. W. Martz, Chief of Police vice Burke; and N. A. Kidder, Harbor Master. The 25th of May, John Lyons was removed from the police.
PRESENT CITY OFFICERS .- C. H. Swift, First Trustee, salary, $2,500; S. D. Smith, second Trustee, ex-officio Street Ccommissioner, $1,200 ; David Kendall, third Trustee, and ex-officio Superintendent city Water Works, salary, $1,200 ; L. H. Foote, Police Judge, salary, $1,800 per year; B. W. Martz, Chief of Police, salary, $108 per month; Justices of the Peace-G. Haines, Samuel Greenwood, and Wm. Ellis ; Au- ditor, John McClintock, salary, $2,000; Clerk of the Water Works, George I. Lytle, paid by fees ; Assessor, E. R. Hamilton ; Collector, D. A. De Merritt ; Superintendent of Schools, W. H. Hill, salary, $1,200; Constables-Wm. McCracken,
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E. M. Smith, and John McCord. Police officers-Fred Chamberlin, Mat Karcher, Geo. H. Harvey, Enoch Dole, George K. Rider, John Fisher, Wm. Craig and R. W. Dunlevy, salary, $75 per month.
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Debt of the City.
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Amount of old scrip and Bonds not surrendered for funding. $ 57,830 62
Bonds of 1859, outstanding. 1,474,800 00
Bonds of 1864, outstanding. 38,900 00
Interest, coupons, due and not paid, Dec. 31st, 1867 271,270 00
Total, Jan. Ist, 1868. $1,842,800 62
Newspapers of Sacramento City.
To satisfy the curious and those who would reflect upon the past, a reference is given to the various newspapers that have been published in this city. A full history of each cannot be given ; space will not allow, yet sufficient is stated to show that Sacramento may, with propriety, be denominated the " graveyard of newspapers."
PLACER TIMES.
The pioneer paper published by E. C. Kemble & Co., was issued at the Fort ; first No. appeared 28th April, 1849. The paper, 13x18 inches, issued every Saturday. On the 28th June, '49, the firm changed to T. R. Per Lee & Co. The beginning of July, '49, re- moved from the Fort to Front street. April 22d, 1850, the Times appeared as tri-weekly, under the management of J. E. Lawrence. June 5th, commenced as a daily, increased to 18x22 inches. October 8th, 1850, was purchased by L. Pickering, J. E. Lawrence and L. Aldrich for $16,000. The Times opposed the squatters.
THE SACRAMENTO TRANSCRIPT,
Was the second paper, commenced April 1st, 1850, as tri-weekly, under the direction of six proprietors, to wit : G. K. Fitch, S. C. Upham, J. M. Julian, H. S. Warren, Theo- dore Russell and F. C. Ewer ; firm styled Fitch, Upham & Co. It was about the size of the Times. In July '50, the Transcript was enlarged ; December of that year hoisted the Democratic colors, being the first organ of the party in the State north of San Fran- cisco. June 16th, 1851, a fusion took place between the Times and Transcript, which will be noticed hereafter.
SETTLERS AND MINERS' TRIBUNE,
Was the third paper, by the Squatter Association ; first No. issued October 30th, 1850; principal editor, Dr. C. L. Robinson ; associates, James McClatchy and L. M. Booth ; daily, Sundays excepted ; run about four weeks and came down to a weekly, and con- tinued about four weeks more, and gave out, after an existence of about eight weeks.
SACRAMENTO INDEX,
Was the fourth, being the first Whig paper north of San Francisco ; began December 23d, 1850 ; published by Lynch, Davidson and Rolfe, practical printers ; edited by J. W. Winans and H. B. Livingston ; printed at the office of the Times ; evening paper.
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Whiggery even at that early day began to give way for the rapid strides of progressive Democracy, and the organ relying upon Whig patronage for support, soon found it an up hill business. March 17th, 1851, closed its career after a sickly existence of three months.
DAILY UNION.
Fifth paper ; first number March 19th, 1851, two days after the Index discontinued. ·
The enterprise was commenced by four practical printers ; the more active parties were L. Hansicker, J. Court and W. J. Keating ; Keating was sent to New York to procure material ; owing to some mishap that part of the project was not as speedy as was at first anticipated ; in the meantime, Simonton (now connected with the San Francisco Bulletin), sold the company the material with which he contemplated starting a Whig paper. To the original company others were connected, to wit : A. C. Cook, E. G. Jefferies, F. H. Harmon, C. L. Hansicker, S. H. Dosh, W. J. Keating, J. Court and W. K. Davidson, under the style of C. L. Hansicker & Co. Because the enterprise was projected by a "Union " of printers, the proprietors selected that name for their paper ; J. F. Morse was employed to edit it ; the sheet was 23x34; single copies sold for 5 cents ; publish- ing office, 21 J st ; April 29th, 1851, the Union hoisted the Whig flag ; S. H. Dosh sold out immediately, being dissatisfied with the action of his co-partners in that particular. He disposed of his interest for $600 to his partners. In June, Harmon retired from the paper, selling his interest for about $600, not, however, for the same reason that caused Dosh to leave, for long after that time he claimed to be a regular Whig. On the 23d of June, 1851, the paper was enlarged to about its present size. January 1st, 1852, the Union commenced its second volume ; the firm changed to E. G. Jefferies & Co. ; Court withdrew, selling to W. W. Kurtz for about $2,000; on the 10th February, began regular steamer editions ; February 13th, '52, Cook sold to H. W. Larkin ; April 5th, '52, David- son sold to Paul Morrill, Jefferies, Keating and Clark of the old firm remaining; in May, 1852, Dr. Morse retired from the editorship, and A. C. Russell succeeded him ; the 20th of August, he retired, and Mr. Upson took charge and continued till Fall 1853, but his name was not announced as editor, because the proprietors discontinued the practice of con- necting editor's names with the paper. On the 16th of May, 1853, the third and last change took place. Jefferies sold his interest to Jas. Anthony, Kurtz to Larkin, Morrill, Keating and J. Anthony ; the latter had been connected with the business since Nov. '51. The firm was then styled as now, James Anthony & Co. The 15th of June, '53, Keating sold his interest to Paul Morrill, Larkin, Anthony and Clark. During the Summer of '52, Clark started for the Society Islands, and was never afterwards heard from. December '53 his interest was sold and purchased by the firm. In May, 1858, Paul Morrill sold his one- third interest to J. Gray ; Morrill afterwards purchased from Gray. The present pub- lishers and proprietors-James Anthony, Paul Morrill and W. H. Larkin ; Samuel Sea- bough, M. T. Tuthill and J. E. P. Weeks, editors ; J. D. Young, local reporter ; Andrew J. Marsh, phonographic reporter; daily circulation, 10,000 ; weekly, 15,000. We have been thus particular in stating the different connections and progress of the Union, for several reasons. It is a living institution, and of course, demands attention of the liv- ing. Again we are principally indebted to its columns for the information we give, not only of itself, but the others which have lived for awhile and died-leaving the fact of their existence too dim on the scroll of memory to induce any sympathy for their unfor- tunate projectors.
PLACER TIMES AND TRANSCRIPT.
Was the sixth : first number June 16th, 1851 ; it was one inch larger each way than the Union is now ; June '52 it made its final bow and departed hence to San Francisco.
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DEMOCRATIC STATE JOURNAL.
s the seventh, and first appeared February, 1852 ; V. E. Geiger & Co., publishers ; and B. F. Washington, editors, supported the Democratic party. It was rumored ime, with what foundation in truth we cannot say, that the Journal men offered tes and Transcript $3,000, on the condition that it be removed to San Francisco. not, the paper referred to did leave. The fire of November, '52, consumed the 1 of the Journal ; Washington retired from the paper; July 30th, 1853, the Jour- tred into coalition with the Californian, under the firm of B. B. Redding, P. C. ! & Co. April, 1854, Johnson sold to Mr. Snowden, and he after being connected paper about three months, sold to Daniel J. Thomas, and the name of the firm was changed to B. B. Redding & Co. In the Fall of 1854, Wm. Walker took charge of the editorial columns ; February, 1855, retired ; soon after John White was employed by the firm as editor ; continued unchanged till June, 1857, when the establishment was sold under an attachment to the printers in the office ; suspended four weeks; resnmed under the firm of Shipley & Co. as publishers. On the 24th of April, 1858, the interest of most of the hands being purchased by P. W. S. Rayle, changed its name to the States- man, S. W. Raveley announced as publisher ; continued to June 24th, 1858, and finally died-dead.
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