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.. MISCELLANEc ' I '" | j t . 1 AND PAY HOMAGS AND BID WELiCOMS TO J i'C OUR, HONOE-EC £ I PIONEER! 1 I AS "WELL AS TO THE BTJI-AATAK-XS AND I ■■ Sti-engtli of tliis Great Nation ; Our Prides, 3 I OTJIR. 3ST^LTX"V^E] soisrs i I * — £ 3 . To-morrow being the beginning of our festivities our store will re- * I main closed, so we are cning to try and do to-day what would ordinarily Jg i-1 take two days to accomplish, namely— to sell the same amount of goods .. B! in one day Mint we generally do in two. ? 3 SOW WE'VE (JOT TO SMASH PRICES A LITTLE. A little is pat- | "1 tin? it mill!. The prices we're going to name to-day will make our com- [» I pctitors turn green around the sills. We will pnt 'em IX THE SOUP. % TO-^7V"IT : i 1 SUITS THAT HAVE BEES SELLING ALL ALONG FOR£pQ K<f& 1 1 $15, WILL BE SOLI> TO-BAY FOB L I OVERCOATS THAT »YE KEVEB LEFT OIK HOUSE fl»-a g\ g\f\ i g UNDEK $18, WILL LEAVE IT TO-DAY FOR - - *pAI/s>lfU 5 E PRINCE ALBERT COATS AM) VESTS that 're been sold fi*fQ f*f% i* I ■ all over town for $30, we're selling 'em to-day for (PlOiW * 3 There's nob iiiienmbe about this; it's straight business, and you'll h I find it so if you call to-day. § 1 CUTAWAYS— ones— in plain, neat effects, loud colors, solid colors, E §j Imndreds of |i;i lly $28 and $30 ones, 'II go swim- G*°s X ffe<Th S sj uiiug off our tables and onto your body at ... <^JLiJo\P^Jf I j I TO-DAY SS YOUR DAY AT I E «i . i ■■!■ i ■ njVTy'ni. j.-.j> i_ i_, „ — — — - I-—_-i,. )■ v S BUFFALO BREWING COMPANY! Sacramento, Cal SAN FRANCISCO AGENCY! 52 -SM^EKffll ll st ;': Telephone 6177. A.. H. LOCHE^ TJM. General A-gerit. / iiu-JS ttMoKr 3| ■.-.•■■■•■/ TURF NOTES. Some Pros I .?cfs for a New Local Race-Track. The Oakland Meeting Shows Unequal Grading in the Different Trotting Classes. Sacramento'a Fair. Xeitlier in point of attendance or in qual ity and interest of the raciDe can the Oak laud Fair meeting be said to beetiual to last year's. The same can be sail of aM the ether meeting ci the circuits commencing nt Los Angfli:-. This falling off is mainly due to ttie inequality of tlie entries iv the trottine classe-, most of which have proven gifts to two or three horses wno do not get together, but are scattered tnionffbout U;e entire programmes. octclass rar othebs. These entries so far outclass their com petitors that the races are simply gifts to them, and this they prove by running in pro cessional order day after day. The runners are more evenly graded acd closer-finishes have been seen between them than among the trotters, but then again the. class of horses now competing on the circuit is also inferior to last year's. The Sacramento people have looked over the situation care fully and realizing that what the public de mands in return for their admission fees are races and not processions have declared on* the 2:22 trotting purse and also a pacing stake •which would have been purely dona tions to two horses. SUBSTITUTED BACKS. In place of the races having been declared oil they have substituted a trotting purse of £1200, »pen to Mary Lou, Wanda, Kidwood, link, Guide, Oaknut Lora, Nona V, Victor and all others whose record in not better than 2:23. A puree of $1500. is also offered to the free-for-all trotters, and one of SI2OO for the 2:18 class, thus filling up the full list of races advertised by the association. .En iricsto the three new pofkes close tt&Uy (Monday, September nth), a fact it wil.- be weD to remember by all owners ami trainers. TV-day and Tuesday will conclude the Oakland" meeting, and on Thursday the rac ing of the State Fair at Sacramento will commence. Everything points to a most successful meeting, as good as Ims ever been sriveu there. There will be many addi tional new starters in the harness and run ning divisions, as many horses have beeu saved expressly for the State meeting. Sec retary Edward Smith never fails to make his racing a complete success, and how lie manages to have every detail, however minute, just so, Is the envy and wonder ol all other associations on the Coast. A "SEW LOCAL KACE-TUACK. Alfred Josephs, a leading Australian turf man, is in the city on his way home from a visit to England. He is looking over the situation with a view of establishing near this city a new race-track, and holding legu lar meetings all the year round. Joe Thomp son, the well-known" wealthy Australian book-maker, is his associate in the scheme. The Call, some two years ago, first drew attention to the need of a properly regulated and hurdled race-track near such a race lov ing community as this, and lias repeatedly looted out at length the money that there is to be made la the pro-posit'on. However, Mr. Josephs, who requires no financial aid in the scheme, and only asks for the hearty co-operatio;i of the breeders and horsemen generally of the State, can be snri that to make his plan a success, the proposed new track must be located on this peninsula, a:.d not across the I ay, and it must be as ea»y of ;■■ ri--- by street ear line* as the present Bay District track. If he goes across the bay lie v. ill (ail in his undertaking, a* he will if he locates #f. ay down the railroad where raw goers would have to take the train to get 10 the track. It must be so situated that a street car out to the new track can be bonded at any mi.'incnt, and passengers landed there without delay and loss of time. .Unless Mr. Josephs can combine these two Imperative points the new proposition will i;oti>r«\ea paying BBC. lint these conditions can tie ' secured, though it will take quite a large At the recent Monmouth" Park meeting, £418 210 was raced for. :W. L. Scott heads the list of winning owners " with S4B.IWU; <;. 15. Morris won $43,300. and ; J. A. and A. 11. ilorris §35,745. .: . ■"-• *" v ■'■■"- } Tycoon, who won a god race as a mile last Wednesday at Oakland, was cut badly hi the hind right leg, and will be probably retired for the rest ol the season, though he may be fit to run at the blood-horse meet ing. .'"• :. ': '-: ■■■ "•■.:■■'■■.■■:.•■;■ - MACKr.Y'S CHOI* KB. ; - . John Vackey, J. B. Ilagijlns' Seperlnlen- • dent, says the best horses he saw la Eugiand du:i: 2 iiis ii cent visit were St Simon ::■<! BareaMinp, and Sienorina looked : to 'h: in the lev tills-. . . ■ " . : M'tri! huM-nnfl lame and has been thro - .vn . out of tt. ...4. i lit -'-s put :u t"r- --"" Terra Haute again. B . 4 If the ' Pacific Coast Blood-horse A..,-;.. tion intends to hold a full meeting this year." it i- about timft stops were being taken for makmg il.c necessary preliminary arrange ments. ■;:-____ - BALLOT REFORM. Conference between Grangers and Tradesmen. - The Legislative Committee of the Council of Federated Trades, composed of Messrs. Thurman, Sullivan, Gannon, Kretlow and Anderson, had a long conference yesterday with Messrs. A. T. Dewey, J. I). Huffman, Obexbeiser, Davis and Webster, who com pise a like committee of the California State Grange. These committees represent two very im portant factors in State politics just now— the farmers and the tradesmen — and the sole object of their conferences is to biing about ballot reform. The granges of the State have had tho matter under consideration for some time past, but it is only within the past few months that the tradesmen have taken hold of it. and even then their work has been limited almost entirely to San Francisco. These two factors have recognized the common (ause in which they were inter ested, and finding themselves so little at variance with each other, have finally agreed upon a plan of action and will make a joint fight in the approaching campaign. Yesterday was their second meeting, and about all that was done was to further the work in hand. The Federated Trades fdopted what has been familial known as the Australian ballet system, and while the system previously adopted by the granges was better known as the Massachusetts law, there was so little difference between the two that only minor changes were necessary to make them exactly similar. At the meet ing yesterday these changes were all per fected, and as it now stands they hope to make it a State law before the next Legisla ture has adjourned. It has been decided to have 20,000 pamphlets issuid containing the proposed bill, with explanatory notes and a sample ballot, which will be used in the canvass of the State between now and the coining election. The best means to properly canvass the State as discussed at length by the joint committees, and finally agreed that the representation of the granges should take the country for their field, while the Feder al'd Trade? will cover all the Important cities of the State. The canvass will be ,one of the most thorough ever inaugurated in this State. .Said one of (lie grange coin mltteo yesterday: "Most of us are partisan;. Wo have, as a rule, voted either the Recnb lican or Democrat ticket heretofore, but we realize that this lias not brought us the relief we seek, and something moie must be done. It has come to that puss where we are ready to sacrifice party affiliation in order to gain the roiut we think . will most ben efit us." ('(.mine straight to the point this means that the farmer will take the ballot reform entirely out of polities. The tradesmen have not. yet emphasized their position on tills point, but the belief of the Committee is that they will go hand iv hand with the farmer in every respect, and cast their ballot for the Legislative can didate who will pledge himself for the de sired ballot reform, regardless of parly linos. The bill, as now completed, will be sub mitted to competent legal authority, in order that it may contain no constitution il defects.; . ; _ * .-■-■.•y.- UK. HAUCOL'RI'S FAREWELL. He Explain! Ilia Reasons for Returning last. Rev. Dr. Harconrt, the outgoing pastor of the Howard-street Methodist Ciitrrch, de livered his farewell sermon last night. Be fore announcing his text lie referred to the causes which led to his going away, find stated that he had had many and Battering offers of pulpits on the Coast. ' He had been called, lie said, to the new church on Van Ness avenue, but was averse to the work of building up a new church, lie preferred to leave that to those who liked that class of work. There had come to him, also, two offers from churches nut of the Methodist faith, at large salaries, but he had declined them all and decided logo East. ; : "I could not be induced," he said in clos ing, "to remain in San Francisco unless at the head of the Metropolitan Temple enter prise," which Bishop W icludsou has not yet been able, in the administration of his dio cese, to arrange. for."^ ■:-•■■-.■ V »■ 01111:111 v l:<i..|;il. diaries Callaii, who stabbed I). J. Sulli van and Alfred Carter on .Sunday last, was formally bonkfd yi-sti-iday at the ( ity Prison on two charges of assault to murder. THE MORNING CALL, SAN FRANCISCO. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1890-EIGHT PAGES. BUILDERS OF A METROPOLIS. Men Who Were Prominent in the Early Days of San Francisco. HISTORY OF THE AItGONATJTS. Presidents Who Ruled the Affairs of the California Pioneers From the Organization of Their Society to the Present Time— Names Which History Will Repeat. To no society is the present generation more Indebted for keeping alive the spirit of patriotism which is so prominent a feat nra of today's celebration than to the Cali fornia Pioneers, who, for the quarter of a century preceding Hl3 organization of the Native Sons, alone and iv tha face of much adversity kept alive the enthusiasm and pride of country which accompanied the first celebration of Admission day, in ISOO. Banded together at first tor social pur poses only, the Argonauts of 1846 and 1847, after heated discussions among themselves; allowed the pioneers of the two succeeding years to join their assemblies, and when the contending elements had been knit together the present society sprang into existence. Its first appearance in public was when its members were marshaled behind its banner in the parade of October 29, 1850, but its cor porate life did net begin till thirteen years later, when Jarre* Lick donated it a lot on the corner of Washington and Montgomery streets, where a substantial homo was im mediately erected. Prior to that it had led a Bohemian existence in small tenements in different parts of the city. In the new quar ters a measurable share of prosperity was enjoyed, but net until James Lick's second and most munificent donation did it take the prominent position it now occupies. The society's officers have always been men of high standing in ihe community, and in the selection of its Presidents has it been especially happy, as a perusal of the follow in;; biographical sketches will show. KILLIAM I>. M. II IT Alt D. William Davis Merry Howard, one of the most popular ii en ot Ins day, became President of ttie California Pioneers upon its organization, In Aug ust. 1860, and continued to bold office for three terms, lie was a native of Boston, Mass., and first came out to California In 1888 as super cargo ot a trading vessel, lie Immediately jet tied liere as Hie agent for Hie Boston linn which M-nt him mi, am! did a huge tr;.iir in hides and ie;t«. I'iior to ihe Ameiiciin occupation <•! the country Ills business obliged liliu 10 be constantly on the travel, but when Hint event occurred he settled i eminently In ll:e city, ami, with Henry .Menus, purchased Hie liudsun Hay Comp any's establishment ana began commercial ope lalions of Ills own. The enterprise continued until 1860, when Mr. Howard unreel ana de voted I. is after lite to tne improvement of his real estate, of which he owned considerable. lie elected the tire t bricK building In Yerbaßuena, on the coiner ot Clay and Montgomery streets, and was one of tie organizers of Hie Howard street Presbyterian Cnurcli, to which he donated a lot in 1850. Alter a visit to tbe East, In 15.":., Ills health began to fail, and ttirec years later he died, at the ace of about 37. He never had po litical ambition, but was always pleased to help a friend to office. He was jovial, generous and humorous, and on account of Ills popularity i ad a sued uamed utter him. r.i : --' y SAMUEL. BKA.NXAX. Few men were inme prominent in the early settlement of Hie Mate Ulan Samuel Bran i : the second Fiesldem of tlie Pioneers. Bold I" S.ico, We., In 181H, lie moved to Ohio In his bt- | ictntli year and mere apprenticed himself to !!ie piloting business, i Before tbj completion of us : ! ail i -niiceslii' lie bought up his time and. fir: : year enured imo liie laud speculations Ma ', i convulsed the country ■•• th.it lie*. He i etui in d j ! >o the cis" In 1837 ant. after traveling: thior.i,h ', >ilrno«t *amy Stale Id ; the ■ Uutnn *"ut to *' ,-■ . .. V ;"" * .'l' New Vaik Messenger -"■'c:' .-■'•' '■' ■. v lie organized an ex ■ ■ - - ;: reached San Fran cisc.*. . :■ • - . ' /after !)<saiilval be erected tie i. .-... !i : ■ la me cutn,.:y OB a sue now cut by > i»j mMeet, ana nltbm six arontiu tic published the first »e«k'jr newspaper on tli o Cou^t. the California Star, r>om winch epiui..; Use AUa California.' Following <jttY.riiiy ii ion in--- i-nii.;, .: •■■■-. tie itUblUoed a trading I post at Suiter's roil, where, during the minim; I excilemeul of 1848-49, he laid the tounda- I lion of a (Treat to. tune, winch lie increased rapidly by Judicious Ii vestments in Sacianienio teal estate. In ]*!:> lie relumed to San Francisco, onu In July of that year was ii:miu ;■<;,.. in breafciDn uufct — Q8 ol regulators who, a< Hie "nouiia*," terrorized the foreign residents cs U;o slbins for tnsrsy niontb.'. This transaction Eive riie in Vigi luuci-Ciiuuuiltci', of v. ;;:-:i '.;• 1851,1 ram be came the I'iesMßi,!. illt lift appearance ia ! politics was in ihi) pit-V". n"> y^ar, wneii-he was elected to the nut rtfcuiur Town Ceunetl. In 1803 he became a Stale Senator, and eleven years later he took (lie Mmni'tor t;>e ..■.;.;<!.•: :o,u; party and was cbosr - ,-l i ,; : , ■■..■■:::,:; elector. Dunne his long ami active career bi **• '■ " Inr leiiitent promoter of new liidustncs *ud public enterprises, lv nlsrxieiiSise foreign tiavets be in.idM careful selections ol the rare lireeds of muitpii and intrfnc sljeep suit IU choicest vari em" in grape set. us w^>-il! !iC ported at con siderable expense. I!'/,.-- y*io,« vj bts blooded stock add enteitalned advanced ideas oi 'u\>% baudiy. which were put Into operation on bis ex tensile rancbes tliiouglioiit me Stale. He was an ardent co-opeiatoi hi toe oiKauizallon of rall- X.ad, lelegrapu and express companies, banks, Insurance coiniiaules and every assucl..Uuu th.it gave i K.inHi: of usefulness, lie was a large In vestor in ban Frauclsco property, and his line, extensive buildings on Monisotnerj and Mission streets Mill stand as monuments to his enter pii ? c and public 5)... it. l>uimg Hie last years of his life his vast fortune Dielled away and lie died la eouiparallTfl poverty at Escoudldo, Lower Cal llorula, on May 5, 1889. JACOB K. >NY1)1-.IJ. | Jacob It. Snyder became the third President Id 1854. He was bora in l"hllat!el| hla, I'a., oil Aucutt 23, 1812. tally In his caieer lie sought atlveutuie on the v ■-.;:, frontier, aud for a lime made Ills home In Independence, Mo. In 1848 he made up his mind to navel still fanner to the west, mid In May set out lor Oregon, tbeo the objective point tot all westbound emigrants Ai Foil Hull, a stopping place on Hie road, lie met William F. Swasey, who had been leadum a lite of adventuie In the Kocky Monntalus tor a couple ol years. Swusey persuaded him and teu others to abandon the Oregon trail aim come tv c.'iillfoiula. They arrived Hero on December 23. 1845. Snydei Brtt went In business In Santa <;i ii/, where he whip sawed lumber lor a vi, luls-li; be joined i'lenioul'i batia'ion as r|U'i'' leima~ier, aud on being mustered out Bftei the war was an" :i.!' 'i Suiveyot-Geneial for the middle terimiiyof California, He was a mem ber ol the llr?t Constitutional Convention; lepie senttd the city la Ihe Senate; became United flutes Assistant 'I reasiiicr in lie Han EranclßCO Bub-Trrasury; In 1858, on ihe elote of his term, lie became a member of the banking linn ut .lamps Km; or \\ illlam. In 1863 he weal to Sonoma, Invested lv vineyaid lands, settled down theie and enjoyed the ciuletul a cotmiry homo until hi* deaili on lue29thof April, 1878. Ills widow still it-3ide» In Sonoma, but he led ny chiidieu. STEPHEN I!. IIAItKIS. Dr. Stephen It. Harris, who became Hie fourth Pitsldeiil In 1855, was born In l'uiijilikeepsle, N. V., In 1808, His lather took an active part hi (lie war id 1812, and lost his life la that strag gle. Alter that young • Harris went to ie»icie with his grandfather, Captain .Kaudall, on Randall*! Inland. He soon, mined his atten tion tv uiedleiue, and In 182 C began to practice in New Yoik. in the early part ol 1810, havlui? meanwhile earned no ei.vlabio lepuiallon and been liouoreU with hlf.n i fiic.es, he suited lor California, where he am veil June (Jili. After a brief experience at mininn he bciiaii business a* a druggist with a large slock of materials which lie bmuKht from Ihe Bait. lie located at the corner of Clay i:nd Montgomery streets, and would nit doubt Imve amassed a fortune there had nut four Micces-lve fires in a period of elj!h ircu months left him completely bankrupt. In September, 1801, by a decision of Hie Supreme Court, he misted the then Incumbent of the olllct) and became third Mayor or the city. I Two years afterward lie was elected City Comptroller aud tilled the post to i Ik- entire satisfaction of. the people. In 18tS7 In- became Coroner, and at the CIOM) of his official teiui he lesumcd his private practice. In later hie tie b.cauie mentally un sound and was cent in Mum Insane Asylum, where he died April 27, 1870. THOMAS O. ■ LAIIKIN. Tuonias O. Larkln, the Mill President to dl lect the attaliH o( I lie I'lonecrs. was born in the little town of Cliai'lesiuwn, Mass., on September IG, 1802. At me ace of 19 lie exhibited a love of adventure that led him to seek his fortune in Wilmington, N. C, where lie followed meicau jlie puisuits for several yrais. lheso lie re iiiKimilied 10 eneuue In the lumber trade, la which lie was innominate enough to lose ins money and his health, In I«:io he returned to bis old home shattered in health and ruined In I ii '■-!•. Then ho bethought himself of Ilia half brother, who loiik before had «oue to California and heating through his uncle (an old sea cap " tain who Had of leu traded on this Coast) of the splendid climate of this country, he resolved to travel there in search of hit brother and for the Improvement of hi» health. Ii was not until Hie fall of 1831 that the oi iiorluiiiiv uffeied for passage to the raeilic. He : sailed from Ilostou on the ship Newcastle, which touched .it Hono lulu >In Febiuary, 1888, and : two mouths later cant anchor lv Ihe bay of Hun Francisco. After a few weeks' Htny the ship put to Mil again, and lv May entered Uie harbor -ol Monterey, where - - - - .-■ -.. '■-:.: ■. ■ ■-- '• ■ ■- . -- yonoK l.arkin found his Inolher. John B. B. Cooper, who had married Inlo tho VailejJ family nnd settled lo teat place. Thomas immediately engaged In the trading opcrailousof his hiolher, ai.d. 111 conjunction with him. built the hist ilouble-gcaied iirlsl-mill lv tli.it pail of the country. In 1838 1111 becamo n Benedict. Ins wife betiij; iiji; first lady of American birth "> anive on this Co.ist fioni lhe Lulled Slates. As tnere weie no Protestant cleigy here nt that linn 1 , the weddliiK cercuiouy was performed in bo.nd Sblp, under the American Bad, by .loliiit. Jonei, limed Stales Consul at Hawaii, who h.ppened to toueli on the Coast. Theehildien of this mairiase were Iho first native-born Can forulaoa ('f full Uuiled States pareniage. FlOlll is:(4 to 1846, !Mr. Latkiu was extensively en ta^ed in lliu niaiiufaciuie of lumber and the erection of buildings for the seiners and me Mexican Government. Heeuiargsd the tiaa? of the doi t fi 0111 the simple ti alllc in bides aud tallow to exports of lumber, flour, potatoes, furs, soap, horse?, and supplies for ships of wur, wlialeis and trading vessels that called iv ihere. In lb-j* he was appointed United States Cousul for Call f'Tiila, Ihe first and ouly appointment to that oflice ever made. Upon the seizure ot Monterey by Commodore Sloal he was of gieat assistance to Dial oflicer In dispatching coulters with H'C gieat news to tlie little bands of patriots «ho weie scattered up aud down the coast. He was also in [1 m:m 111,1; iv wluniug over many of in* native officials to the American flag and IB BU " l iatlug recruits for Colonel Fremont'* battalion. On one oi tils numerous trips between Mouierej and San Francisco, which the cliaug ■• In fljej lendeied necessary, he fell mho the hinds ot tin enemy, who ti led, without succes*, to use hli.i ■" a ineauM ol ambushing an nnnedpaiiy vi h' 3 compatilots and faillu;; In this kept him a I" 1 " oner for many months, dining which he was given up for dead. Aficr his lincration he bore a ■arse snare of the burden of arranging ihe affairs of the country. In which he took an active inter e?t until his departure for the Exit, v. here, he re aided wltn his family from ISM to 1853. 1 lliai year i;e relumed to spend Ihe remainder »»I Ins days hi Iho Stale he helped to build, and by judicious investmeuls in real estate aCQUirrd a liaiid^oiiie compeieiice. He died in lulscitylo 1838, leavuiL- a widow and Ilnee chlldieii. A|l- - LarKin survived him for litieen years, and o! 1 children a son (Thomas (). I.aikiu; aud dauabler (Mis. Sampsou Tunis) still live. AI.EXANIJKI: G. ARKLL. Alexander G. Abell, who became the !u I'resideut of the society iv 18f,7, 19 a native ol New York, where he was born over seventy years ago. When a yoitnc man be was em ployed iv the State Department at WasuiDS" ton, and was the bearer of Important I patches from Ficsldeut Tyler to Samurl Houston, who ■a then oi>eiatlnc lo 'lex;.B. Daring iiiesama .. .iiiii,!.<ti;i:lii:i lie was appointed Consul tolho •!,.<•.. . ■, Island», . auo «n itls, -vny there lio <liocped into Mooierey. ' ' This was iv 1847. Two years later I:* returned to Calirornis. and engage! tu "uereaii'llepuisutts here. In 1804 he was i|.;,«.«iled '■ and Secie livij- c! the Mkbihis lor the Mate of C lifornla, ou tin '1.-; i.',. oi I*»l8tow»tl, and tlie followlnuyeai in.- was citcten lo me • .'sitiiij whtct' tie has ever, ilnce retained. Among the i.-niortent 'f.' es be I 15 lillPd may . ?-• pojiH'Pui'i HibS ul .Sum Senator durlDCllis Tjteitwr.l&.i'SertWtk <%■■: r>i??'?')?r ol .Emlgri' lijn, Cliulrniun vi iUj ji«j??Wi««a .'itaie rcsirM C miiiii:ee, I'restdent oi titc Ploueers lor thru, l.'imt and J'in».<lenl the ..MkSniuo liaii A»si.. ■ clalloa »iuc<" 111 orsaulziitlou. His fain: yco >■!■.;- o( iwo d»ugliler!>, who are Lorn marrte'l. lie Is the owner ol considerable real osUte m this city and Oakland.- ■ ■■-- .;■-•. mIJAV A. KOACU. Tho seventh President society was riiSiip A. Ruacu. i wbose career In journalism am Dt,'itlc9 made Ms name known tiirpugbo.ut Uu" 'iigiu- and bieadili or the waUVVy. lie w»s * Dative it Uw(c r.ly, ueuiiO, wliere «a was bom on Norember 1, 1820. | He received a Eooil ertu . ;llon In Ills jouili. In 1848 lie lett home and came to California, where lie arrived eaily in the' - || ■.!..» v«i. On landing I" this city He pro ceeded IrnincaiaUb '.v wliere, a few months later, lie wns eievird A icaUle and nubse- Mueni'.y us first Mayor. I» 861 lie »:■ font to tl ■« State l.ogi'Uluie. wbese lie DID .(0 a bill lo prohibit -cliUH'se laboiers coming ■ ■'■• tie conniiy. In 1866 IDo old »D»ocr»l Fresi. liavlr.k l-eeu destroyed •■<• * ■•■■. '• on receipt < ' th-r Dews of Lincoln's assassination, i.e. wilJi Uvrge Pen Jouusvn and William S. low, »<• established It under ilia name of tiie Evening Examiner, .... ■^.•...■.c ir, ... eo<n>i mi •■■■li • . and Johnson the maun^lng editor, Iv 1883 Mr. Botch wiseleclifl i'ubllc Adiiilulsiramr, and hi ilia end of bis term withdrew to r'' v: '-'>' lite and the management of it.c l'.lylue • .itc. lie diea •>! vertigo on April 26, 1830. > .- ; IlliMlV 31. GKAT.: ' ..V _ srrr-f- 1 -- '■■■■' Dr,.He.nxi.^'i;ray, wlio y.e.slde/1 over llie d( \ . ■Hfjcrstions of his brother Pioneers "dm fiii year 1861-62, was the eighth member of the so ciety who honored lire chair, lie was loin la New York In 1821. and on arriving at bis in.ijui liy oLtaliied his iiecieo at the (jeueva Medical College. tioiui; to .New Yoik be iliero estab lished liimsclt in his profession, and continued Id practice till the excitement over the cold dis coveiles templed bin to leave for California. Will) leu of his Intimate friends vrlio felt as he did lie purchased the bark Hope, and In July. 1840, the tie company set sail for San Francisco, where they arrived the lolluwlug December. Like most ol the I'loneeisheai once left for mines but alter a few mouths he returned from the inou mains and began Hie. practice of medicine In ibis cliy. though pioinliienily Idcntllled with the eaily politics ot the Male, and high In me con- Ilileuce ol Ills parly, Ho never held oflice. lie was a. leading Mason, Suigeon to lie rire Dei ailment, and a vvaim friend ot the poor and innate until bin death. Many stories are rt laled of bin self-sacrllice and devotion to suf feriiiK liumaully, by which he became the Idol of the people, ills death, which occurred I'lein btr -4, lbU3, was the cause of geueral mourning. OWBN l'Al't SI'TTON. The subject cf tills skeuli was born August 9 1821, In the llllle lown of Naples, Ontario Coun ty, >'. V., where his lather, Jacob li. pulton, coin. blued the business of faiiniiiß with thai of trade. Alter a common-school education lie assisted in the Construction of the Black Hlver Canal as second assistant engineer for. a period of three years, lie next entered the llieb School, and soon alter graduating procured a clerkship in the Treasury Department at Washington, D.C. Ou rcbruaty ], IH4H, having resigned his position,. - bo left Hew Yoikon tlie sieamshlD Falcon for the sold Delds of California, and niter a furi ulubl's detention on the Isthmus arrived In San FrunCllCO on the steamer Oregon. April Ist lo! --lowini;. He In n;(dlalily sunltd for Hie nmiWi but ibougii mice ounces of (lift per day was a modest aveiate of bis ramliiK', it was not enough lo keep the wolf fiom the door, and lie slinrtly relumed to San Fianclsco and Joined \\a. .Van oorliecs and John W. (ieary In Bier caulllß l)U,luess. Shortly alterwaid his part ners retired and the him became Sutton. lirnnell & Co., it* place ot buslueu beinc on ihe site ot the present Appraisers Lulldlup, and hire ho >»« » '"I « f »128.0001n Hie Hie of May, 1851. ■ in 18u3 be received ihe appolutmeul ol lulled States Appraiser for tills port, a position he In Id tor close upon livv years. In 18G1 he was elected to the LegMaiuie and dmini; the troublous limes of the civil war was always found In the Pi" °, li ranki. Bn t | Bg that time no was the unyieldluß (,m, 0 , I( . nt of the niea^uro ?.o 1O1 i, Z ""f Ban ftanclwo to 1 Is-ue MOO, --000 lii bonus for the extension ol Hie transcontinental rallroiid, wliile "of me lii «« t hi' We '. l " )t """"Kb. for tbe public good. »!7* ihi hu lllor ol lwo PI tue lnost P"" 1 " 1101 "; K»V,,,v .i • "'°" dl " E lor ■ Hie ; widening ,<>' omifihH. sheet, ' ami '"at which brought the \T" h v Ka s' W; ' y L-l ""liany into existence. In iwieS ii.^k llon was elected secretary of the l eopje's Bank, and twelve yea" later be re i V,»? 'Ti'lli" al l 0 cu K a m leal estate opera llpus. He was one of Ule founders of me so f« iT'o^onkfeii" "i" 1 " r f«»lO>Dt, aud during 111* tei in of ofnee saw it estai,ii s | ie u in v,; fins Sememb^Ti^V'f"- "•» died In tills cl.y jSfJo"<!n X Smfo'n i e r a ' lnß *», 80US ' *«*|j W , - »ABWEi.I»" 5 Tlie lenlh rresldcuroTu,e society was W. B. , I-arweil, who was born in M al lbo.ou li, Mass.,l on January , 86,1829. Ills father, lt.chard Karl 1 we '.*■«»" »""i,i,us,,iii illvllro t'olleue.aclasH mate of the Illustrious Caleb Cuslilng. and was an eminent lawyer in hi, day . shortly alter leavlnc young Kra3f«BL?S l^ llira ' dlsCoTery llllei ! »■ 1 1, mi i.iif. L^ ,*" l>Mle 'or adventure, and 1 84U ita e e x.m!!!n " and on January 12, : a ltmies.no lit J ,,v'" Sel 1 "" ' r< "» Boston.-. After. irn,« isco ou I, v?,' !|ll|l »' art » I « rl lvert In Sail "ii "moHl li vl! !l & ",'• Wlt " » '«cord ; lret> from s "L' n 'dTl »,e.i , ii a a ßl !*'' The miD and llscarco U.u "l ?«lc band wJSM. vv an. nt ": llllU wnen tlle " iS riiiii. u..n * '"'" several ways In search iMoLe lmm!« H,l "ff 1 " U '° mlttlnu MrBIOIN Ol Moltelumue Ulll, Uldweira liar, Woods CreeKj Norman (;u!ch. Angels Camp and Coyote Flat, whoie he bade adieu to the diguinps and footed It nae* to civilization. Alter hit leturn lo San Francueo be became idcniilicd with pioneer Jnuiiiallsin by assuminp; niauasement of the »hIK, which was afterwaid meiged into tho Commercial Adveitlier. tiubsequemlv he joined the Native Ainerlcan uioveincnt. "in wnose Interest he estahllshed the Citizen, which he conducted for a year. Commercial pursuits next claimed a shaii.' of his attention; and a thim tlmedevotini; himseif to join 11:1 lism, he became attached to the Alta California, with wiiicii he was connected as editor for some thirty months. For |,|, « e i vices iv beliaif of tho L uion he was icwarded with the post of Naval Oflicer at this port In 1801. Five years later he received a roving commission as licsiaeut Agent 01 me lreasury abiuad. which he held foi' live V ll ' w . 1 , tlllll ' u C''t'qHaitersatPiaukfort-on-tlie- Walu. He icturned to California In 1831, eu- e f%,, "1 nilnlng and water enlci prises, and shoitly afterwaid diilted li!lo politics and did raiiteiMliliimlj | n v ie (,-ounty Committee ?oSi ? le Cc " tl: >l Coininluee liom 1882 to iat>4. in the latter yiafh.) was elected Super visor and eaiued considerable note by his inves tigation of Chinatown and his advocacy of the ordinance abolishing wooden sidewalks. Mr. tarwell 19 still an active member of the com ■nuiiity, aud gives hi? personal attention to his vast business iuicrests. JOSEI-ll TV. WINAXS. Joseph W. YVlnans the eleventh of the Pio neers' Presidents, cineof distlnuuished aucestiy of German anu Irish descent. He wa3 boru iv New \ork in ihe middle of 1820, aud In lime en tered upon a brilliant career at Columbia College, where he cradunted at the age of twenty. He immediately hegau a law course aud in three years received his license to practice and the degree of .M.-.sier of Arts from his alma mater. In 1840adesne to see Ihe new gold-helda for himself induced him to join In tltiiuK out an ex pedition for lhe purpose. Accordingly a Ship was purchasid, a miscellaneous cargo taken aboaid, a cicw engaged and [be party set sail. Afitr a fair passage Ban Francisco was made on August 30th. A lew days later the little com pany sailed up the river until Sacramento was iracned and theie Mr. Wlnans opened a law ofhee. Some iiiniiths subsequent he formed a pailnei'hli, with John U. llycr.whieli continued for many yeais. After the" treat flood of the winter of 1800-01 at. Wlnans removed to San i-ianclsci) and shortly afterward formed a pait nershlp with I>. P. lielktiap, winch continued un lil his death. His career was a highly tuecesslnl aud honorable one. He died Maicli 31, 18.57, JAifSB T.IK. leaving properly to the value of about $100,000. ills wile and a son and daughter still occupy the old >•;■,'.! on Clay street and a channiuc summer-seat ill Napa County. P. B. lOKNWALL. rierre Barlow Cornwall became twelfth Presi dent of the l'ionetrs In 18*6. lie Is a native of New York Stale, ami received his education In the common schools of his day. At ho early age he entered a commission and snipping House, at which business he remained until 1848, when be came overland to California. His route lay by St. Joseph, Mo., Carson valley antt the divide bciwreu <r >e American and Consumties riven, to . m< rmo:i island, which he reached In the end ot Aiiitust,»J>Mfc."}te tiled miiili.E tor »»hli-', a.id tlieii eng»|{clia business at Suiter's Fort. In 1858 ue came to San imu'io, and has ever. Msec been | prominently !a<>iil.le.l will; Its com i.errial ialei ests. i For twenty years he been Iresidem an 1 nisnaKer ot th« buck Diamond t>tl-in!utns (tompaDy. From 1880 to 1888 be wai l*ie«ldett ol the fiseliHclcs* Institute, wbicli reaclictt ft o( pcoptctiv under ins niajaeeni'jt betcr kuowii before, ana be has »W 'i"*J i-c t)»eir '.ho aKiirn o! us £8.11101011 ElecUlc i J lE>;>i^^'mnauy [root Us v '/atw.' to Hie present w*. lit <• • a Di^qtar ot me m«l Sts'e- lei'Slature, has be« ■ .. i t .-..0 ief the state Unlvers ty »nil Chairmau c. I? U?ruMl can State Ctitial Committee. bojeki 4. HFi llober* .inycc Tiffany, the tlilrteentli rres.flen; ot the I'io.ieerii, was bom In tbe City of Albauy, H V., July •.:*, 1820. S' the age of 13, alter a ' common ichcot education, he was appren ticed to the business ol H»t niKnulacturiDg, an Industry »i «lileb be am<-sed a Imndsome lor line a?tci Uls advent to thl.< Coast. Like ißOrt " the other adventurers ct :.:■. das; Da *u?it9¥&S.'L- Item t'.s ■ early hviiiS' by news of the .■ won <terlr.l- gold ■- dlscovericj. He left , New : Xoi* :" January 10, ltii'J, on the laik Juseplilue, Hindi lx and i ineiren others bad ~ i uicbasea and tilted nit lor the expedition. On the ill. ii July following, the party put Into Momerey, but discovering that that was not their, objective point they N! to sen ata'.u and live dayslatet cast auchot «t San Francisco. . 1 hey : ••-■• -T went up to Sui.ervtlle anil opened a ■"-£.- ' A?'" -_.. " • " h, anC |, at . .ma, on tin. : TiTcrr The bank and* U v ■■•- ' uioposcd of hi Uie lull and il:o . ...u.^..i then dis solved. In the ►priug of IS6O Mr. Tiffany returned Bail, wheie he Ilneered till 1863. Unilnir Hie next four years lie encaged In sev einl euierprlseH on this Coast, but not till 1857 did heesiablish Himself lv the business which he had served bis tune to. Ho and Chailes J. Collins in mat ear went Into partnersbip and opened a hat-»toie on Commercial blreet, below Keainy, but two months afteiwatd their ventuie was swept out ol exlsltuce by tire and the sboil lived linn was dissolved, undeterred by his loss, Mr. Titlauy made a fresh start on Wash iui;tui> slicei, and 111 tbli teen years acquired a handsome competency, Bold his good-will to his old puiiuer, Collins, and Invested his means In real estate. He was a liberal subscriber to the Cbaiiiy Fund of the society and very popular with all old tinn He died on June 0, 1880, leaving two sons, leer and William Z., ana a daughter to enjoy the flints of his labors. * WILLIAM It. WUEATON. : William liuius Wlieatoti, tlie fourteenth Presi dent of the society, was born iv Kew York, Way 7,181-1, lie lecelved an academic education, pursued the study of law and was subsequently admitted 10 me bar In Ullca, N. V., where he practiced until Ills uepartuie (or California on l'ebiuaiy l, 1841). lie was a fellow-passenger on the Stiafloid, v, Hll -Joseph W. W mans and oilier i loiiiineut ploueers, who, alter their ■"'" rival at San Francisco on August 30th, pushed up Hie liver to Baorameulo. Alter a short mm rieiice»( the mines of Drytown lie engaged in business fur a' couple of years In Sacra mento. In the early flfiics lie relumed to the practice ol Ills piolesslon ana opened an ofliceon Monigoniery street in this city, in 1883 he was elect, a City and County Assessor ou the 'People.- ticket," and was ie-elecled at. we close ol his term lor an additional two years. Previous to thai lie had been a member of tlie Assembly, and as Secretary of the sail Francisco delegation. ' lie was a vigorous op ponent or the lallmad-Übiid. scheme then ueioie the Letlalaiuie. During me admiulMiatiun ol President Giant lie received tlie appointment <" llegisler of the United States Land Office lot tlie district ol Sun I'iaiiclsco. lie was iiappolnuu under the succeeding Itepuolican Adinlnislia lion, and held cilice until me Democratic party went lino power, lie died iv Oaklaud oil .Sep tember 11, lystf, aged 74ycais. Ills surviving dependents are v »on, George 11. Wlieatoii, a Fi out- at net commission •■ merchant, several daughters and numerous grandcbildieu. • ■WILLIAM 11. I CI-AltK. :- '-' '■■ ''■■',- The society's fifteenth President, William Henry Clark, came of an Illustrious and talouled family, the Clarks ol Ilallowcll, Me., wbeie Ilio subject ol ibis suetcl) was born on April 6, 181 J. Fourteen years later be entered Bowdoio Col leise, and In 1837 he graduated with honors, .lie immediately applied umiselt to tbe s udy ol law and, alter tils admittance, followed a '"•:'""»• practice in bis native town, liaily m w-.i" consequence of the gold d Iscoveiles li La oil la. he mined .to abandon tins, and wlib .oilier enthusiasts, to the number of OU. organized Ihe lie. net.ee ' Mining and Trading Company. . Toe company lined out and - loaded _ the ,1 Hi Obed Mlicnelt, < wlncli "ailed from New : lleuford Me., on Matcb 31st. and arrived In San September 18, 1849. • A series of mis inns lollowed belore Mr. Clark abandoned llie „ id lie be bad mapped out tor Ulnae} and re- Ived to return to Ills profession. lln Ibis be fuel wit I. much success. He was the projector ot the Tuolumne canal In 1853-54, erecied he fsl "lone building in llie Uee,e Klver couuliy i id was one ol the lew to reap a prottl "'* inveKtmeuts In that desolate region. Daring sub ieiiiifiit yeais Mr. Clark Invested bis means In fea I es ate, of which he lias Mill UOt ' 10 06;. ' 11 * ii nils and San Mateo counties. He lias never a 'led Some eigbl or ten *«.«»«» "»««" ou a visit to tow sisiers in Waltbatn, JMaas., wbeic lie now makes bis home. ;;•-'::• : lIKHAKU CHKNERy. : Klcliard Cbenery, a native of Montague, Mass., where lie was bom In 1817, became sixteenth p.esldenlof ; llie society !In 18C0. > lie arrived ; .^ be.c August 14, 1840, on the brill Acadian, and ioincd iv tbo neneial iu?b'for. the aipKipß». .j liier Ve i I "ciine l.aereMed | In mercaui c pur rult" sleamboal ente, prices, m roads «n^J*« MM&itonilJSwiiiuy. vt Hie « us ■ « lso pi 0 1; ncnt in orcanlzii'R ihe BepnbUean party en this Coast \ and yin • 1801 was one of the. mounted euaid of personal friend* who '."■ceiled President Lincoln to the Capitol on the occasion of his Inauguration. During the Lin coln administration he was pointed ■ Navy Agent In Kan ' Francisco, and at the e::d 0! his term in 180."., he went Into Hie wholesale liquor business with Joseph N. Souther. In 1875 he disposed of his Interest and invested hi* infant In mining uroierties. - lie returned Bast in 1880 and remained ihere until his den-iso on tLe "7lti or Juiyla.it. His eldest surviving son is Lieu teuaiil-Coiinuauuer Leonard Che uery, . U. S. N. A younger son, Horace. Is also liviua at the old ( homestead iv JBelfasr, Me. liLES 1). CABTKB. Charles I). Carter occupied the presidential chair in 1870-71. He was a native ot New York, where he was born In May, 1825. In his youth he learned the trade of carriage black smiihiug, which he followed up to the time of his departure for California. lie arrived iv San Francisco on August 20, 1840. immediately settled here, and worked at his trade for some time. He afterwaid engaged In business as ship chandler and commission merchant, subse quently became connected wltn the Morning Cilohe, and finally drilled Into the leal estate business, which clanmd his attention until bis death. He died of apoplexy, ou May i; t;. 1871, afler an exciting session of the Industrial School linard, of which he was President. He left two sons, hut of these only one Is now living— Chailes 1). Caiter Jr. . A. W. YON SCHMIDT. In 1871 A. W. yon Schmidt, the well-known civil engineer, became the eighteenth I'iesideut of the society. He is a native of. Kiga, 00 the Bal tic, and came to the United states wlien 0 years old. The latter part of 1848 found him at New Oilcans, whence he started for California. He readied Sao Francisco in May, 18-iy, and began 10 practice his prulessiou It can the very first. He is a man of courtly waring aud, like one who has always looked 111 on the bright Bide of Hie, is full or humor uuu Kindness. Among the great engineering feats bit name lsJutlmatel; connected with are Hie conjunction of tho Spring Valley and Benslcy Water Work?, the blowing up »l Blossom BocKi Hie builiilns of Hunters l'olnt Dry-dock, and the dndgtog of Oakland Hai bor, which is now inosiesslnL'. lie suiveyed lulf lhe Stale for the Federal Govern ment, and is now living iv Iheliopcof supplying his tellaw-cltizeas wild an abundance ol pure, cold water fiom Lake 'J'ahoe. FETEK IJO.NAIILE. Peter Donahue, the nineteenth President of the society, was undoubtedly one of the most re mai table men of his day. Born of humble liish parentage in the town of Glasgow, Scotland, he with his mother, emigrated to America in 1835, being then just 111 years of age. They settled at Waltewan, N. V., where, without any educa tional advantages 1- ; attorded him. the young hoy began his struggles with the world. For two years he worked In a local eottou factory, alter which he moved to Patterson, N. J., was appienticed 10 the millwright and engineering business In one of the gieat locomotive shops, and while mere, by his severance and Indus try, lam the foundation for the success of bis alter hie. On arriving at man's estate, and for some years later, he worked at his trade iv sev eral ot Hie leadlDK establishments on me Hudson Bhrer. In his twenty-tilth year he became an assistant engineer ou the Peruvian man-of-war jUiniac, the hist of that country's fleet, and the hist Aiuei steamer to pass through the Snails of Magellan. At the close of tils two-years' con tract young Donahue came to California on the steamship Oiegou and arrived in San Francisco In June, ls-jy. He inline diately set iiit for the luleuor aud tilled tho role of miner for some months, but the life not sulilnc him. he itturned to the Coast. About this time he met his brolheis, Jam's and Micbatl. who Had coino overland from Mexico at the conclusion of the war, and with them estab lished a blacksmith (hop and machine works on Monigomery street, above Jocksou. out of which t:iew 11. immense luundry and boiler establish ment subsequently located 011 Mission sneer, the Union lion Works of the pieseut day. They made lhe Hist castings on the Coast, "and the priutliig-pies.s which struck oil 1 lie new* of lhe admission of California Into the UrJon. In 1862 Ihe brothers oblalued a lrauchl?ulor the lighting of the city with gas aud in two years me Sau Francisco Gas-light Company was in full opera tion. About the same time Peter, on his own account, started the opposition line of steamers 011 the Sacrameulo ltlver, and also put a tine of steamships on the Southern Coast. Iv 1801 he introduced street-railways into San Francisco, nud for over twenty years tnereafler was Presi dent ol the Omnibus Hallway Company. Iv 1802 he. In association with James Jionahur, 11. M. Xi hall aud Charles Main, built and operated the railioad fiom Sau Francisco to dilioy. Some years aftei this propeity was sold in the Ceu'.ial l'acjtic I,'aUroad Company, and the proceeds were Invested by him In opening up Sonoma Valley wliiia hioiu gauge track. 1,.- subsequent en terprises me pint of the history ti this load, which, with Its numerous branches and splendid equipment, grew under his management to be an important factor In the cuinmeicial allalta of the Coast. In all of his operations he w as an exclu sive tation of white labor, and In no instance did be ever ask or secure a dollar of subsidy. He died November £(i, 1880, and leu me built ol his piopeny to his sou Meivyn. JAMES LICK. James Lick, to whose generosity the Califor nia i'u iici'is (ire indebted tor a bran which will loiever rerreliiale their memory, was a native of Fredrrlcksburg, Pa., where lie was boru on August 26, 17 00. Both sides at his family were hi German descent. His patetnaj ■ i: ; '.''Vm-> was a native of Geimany, a soldier of Hie l'a ti lot ' Army iv the War of Independence, and lived to Hie age of 104 years. On his mauler's Bide Ills American descent was of much older dale. J)ui lng I. is boyhood young Lick aliouded the country school at his native place, and sub sequently was appieuncid toau builder. In iM'.i lie went to Baltimore. Mil., and did journeyman's work la a piano factory. A year later lie suited In business lor himself Iv hew VjiU. but was hot successful there, and for that i moo emigrated to Ijuenos Ayies. 1 here lie ' lilow. d bis trade lor teo years aud accumulated :, ...iKii-iabU-. weal It, which, alter a brief visit to lib native ■ I'iiTje, lie carried with him to ..Valpsraiso. success lollowed Mm In Ills bust lies- -i.» ( e, btl the aesiie to :/avel urced him 1 .in^l™ years : ■ .. ISe- I inceo tmlsii a.. *jj, f , . . trade and constantly K-i- -s-^iii'i. ■ ~>l'.f .;" "■* ' ivait" an.j eouslain.j lX47.»S*'*rtt ' <^ : who describeti CUlln ■ r :* av.^j ol ?™. * ihroais and iol)L>ers. ■.-.'.". L . •-*..'• I- Kr- : *»eiM lliifiia, »nd arrived bert .:.*•■?- a*.- -uu^f i'«» I \tar on the L»<ty Adams. ., Area-t i; v 4n-e*Vt>»: I.c i, -. ai: >Mkliijr(*M^^^tt}^glK^ «.^t^*-— ,<sJ*">"»"4ireejT.- iu? Uv«S..of lie ty.u I v* uicu lie .ii **s:vu .:•-*«;£*«*.. *c ***>?-* - : -^* #^ .i* T -.- •'. find came, but did Lot divert ills altcniiou lu'r a moment lulu llio projects he li.id Iv view. - He caw every one lusblni' to Hie diggings, but he temaioed ■ MHI ■..-.• in up i>ioieity in every - direction till almost Ills last : dollar was invested. Tlieu he lay back and waited lor tlie city's growl h to nuke. i.iii; a many littles millionaire.?. Fn:lßs2 tie extended Ills land la 'i shut utt. to : ■:>'■<. .'<:-", where tie elected the oustlicst and most complete Hour-mills In the — ybiTtt,^" tthidi account it was known as Lick's lolly ' 'JheWSSl'l"" o iVC(I a successful one, and for yeaiThtV -]i ':> •<" »he most S hl for nl any bi and. In ifcCi i* elected I lie f.ick House on a :-cali- ot giandeu"..'.hat has never been suriassed. 11 lemalned llie"iei-^iR hotel of the city up to the tune of his death, wIiCS oc-_ cuned on October 1, 1876. A year prior be made hi* famous deed of (rust, by which his lor mne O f {3,000,000 was devoted to public uses. Of this vast Mini lie gave (60,000 for a monu ment lo I" i aticis Scott Key, author of " Ihe Slar uii.in i> kil Banner," which .■lands id an un liu'islied stale iv Golden tiuiu lark, between He iniiaic-siand and the clnldren's (lay-t:roui)d; «l(i<> m 1 li-r >laluarj emblematic of California's iiiiuciiml e|iccli^, which are to be placed hi front of the Cliy Wall; 8100,000 lo endow an old ladies' home, which is now situated Iv the University MuutiU Tract, south of lierual HelCbti; $150,000 for lieu baths, now almost completed, I'll the corner « 1 fin li an<l Howard Mitels: 5u40.000 for a California institute of nifilianicul aris; $700,000 lor the hick Observa i.iiV and the residuum io the California l'ioneeis, 'Caiiluiula Academy ol Sciences mid oilier beneli euules. Mr. Lick was the twentietli President ol the l'ioneeis and was elected lor lour consecu livetciuis. Alter his dealli his remains were interred temporal liy lv ibis city , but In 1887, upon the roniplfliuii of the obseivatoiy, they wete conveyed to Mount Hamilton and deposited In their Dual leslliig-place, the pier of the gicat euualorlal telescope. L;.--- . • WILLIAM T. COLEMAN. Upou James Lick's death, William T. Cole maii succeeded to i lie presidency. " This gentle iiiiin, Who Is still a prominent member of Hie so ciety, was born In New Jersey, and at an early age moved to SI. Louis', wheie lie encased In business for several years. During the days ol the gold exclteniem lie mine to California, and at one? became luoinliii'iit in me social, mercan tile and lolitlcal affairs of Hie young country. As President ul llie Yicilanre CommiUee lie did mucll to cm Hie recklessness of iheiowei ■ orders at a time when the aim ol the law teemed pow less lu|iio:ecl peaceable citizens In tlielr lives or pi oLCriy. Wltlle lie never In Id cilice. ho Always look an active Interest In the success ot Ins pnity, and only a few years ago was spoken of as a miong candidate lor Hie Fietlileutiul nciuinatlou ol me Democratic puny. I'ElElt I DtA.V. The twenty-second presiding officer of tlic so ciety was IY'it Denu, who directed its affairs <]vi ins the years 1877-73. Ho was born in I.an cashire, Kntland, ou CUilslmas day, 1829, and, wlill" still an infant, was brouulit to America by Ills parent", who, with Oielr seven children, set tled down In Boston, Mass. When old enough to attend school he availed himself ol all the educa tional advantages within his reach, and, In 1848, was alioni to cuter His nrolliei's law ofllre, when the news of the di-i-uveiy or cold turned htm from that course and lie resolved to come to California. Accordingly, he stalled from Provi dence, It. 1., Mai cli 12lli of the following year, and three months later, euteree the Uolcteu Gate. After n brief exuerlence at the mines his love for boating led him to establish a ferry across the Stanislaus Kiver. which consisted of a rope stretched from - hank Ito bank and a dug-out. Afierwaid a more pretentious craft was put ou and yotmi: Dean, with bis partner, rowrd their faien across. Alter many ups and downs he sold Ills ferry and cinbaiked In a disastrous emer prl«e up iiit- coast. - Ketnrufng he opened a more on ('urns Creek, thrived for a couple I of years and then brought I his I money down lo San Her uaidlno County and invested It. On thai trip he made tils first venture lv I the I sheep and caille business, with which he was afterward inoie or less Intimately connected on all part* of the Coast for many years. In 1877 he represented the Republican party in the Slate Senate. . lie Is now a resident ol Oakland, ami for years past has been President of the Merchants' Kxcbance Hank In this city and Hie Sierra I. umber Com pany. _ ~ 8. C HASTINGS. ' Serramis Clinton Baltics* the twenty third ;■ I'iesideut, Is of Danish ancestry. > He was born 'In i~ Jefferson | County/! N. V., on November 22, ,1814, and at an i-arly ace became a pupil of the rneur Academy. :*. When 20 yea is old bo be came biioeltwl of the Norwich i Academy, and during • his I ycai's authority * lutioducrd many novel iwo buccesstul systems of Instruction, In ; 15.,4 he migrated to Indiana, where lie studied law, and was admitted to tne bar. In 1837 lie > traveled into what was then the Territory of i Wisconsin, and took up his residence on the ? e ii ?" k °' the Mississippi, where Muscaline, lowa, now stands. Here lie be an to practice i Ms pi ofesslon. On (lie Sill of June following bis ■?,"'*'?' lowa was created a Territory, aud Mr. i lla?tlngs was sent to represent Ills district In the Legislature, where he remained till lowa became a-biate, In 1840. Dunns that lime lie tooK the command of the "Muscaline Dragoons," and -. effect* a the capture of the Mis sourlau officials who attempted ■'. to * collect taxes within tlie boundaries of the new Territory. Tills event afterward became known In hi-tory as the "Missouri War." As a result of this bloodless campaign he was ap liuiuted Major on tue Governor's stall. Subse quently lie was sent to Congress to represent the new State, and took ills seat oil December 28, 1848. In January, 1848, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of lowa, which office lie resigned a year later to come to Cali fornia. Ou arriving here in the spring of 1840 lie settled in Venlcia, and was shortly elected Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by the Legis lature, lv 1851 he was elected Attorney Gen eral by the people, ami held his office till the end of the let in. when he abandoned office for good. A keen business man and a shrewd financier he soon acquired wealth which by judicious land investments quickly made him a millionaire. Of late years he lias parceled oil much of tils wealth to his children, but he still enjoys a life of ele aunt ease on Mi Kapa Valley estate. The llait liiks College of Law iuthid city was founded by HENRY L.. DODGE. Ileniy 1,. Dodge, who became the twenty-fourth President of the organization in 1879, was born at .Montpclier, Vt., early In 1823. His father was a successful farmer in the Green Mountains, and as he could well airord It young Henry re ceived every educational advantage obtainable. lie graduated from the University of Vermont at lturlmglnu in 184G and Immediately began the study of law. but was caught In the whirlwind of excitrmenl mat followed the tllscoveiy at Bat tei's Mill, and on l'ebiuaiy 18, 1841), started i for California by way of Vera Cruz. He reached I San Francisco on June Ist, pushed on to the mines of luoluinue County, and lv a fort uiglit, satisfied that he had had enougb of ad ventiue, relumed to the coast, For about seven years thereafter lie encased in the practice of law, but In 1800 he abandoned that for mercan tile pui rolls. Entering ■ lie Held of politics later on. he was elected Supervisor of the Mxili Waid . in 1801 on the People's ticket. Two sears later lie went to the Assembly on the Republican ticket, and la 1884 he became State Senator. Alter Ins term of cilice he devoted himself to- tils business interests and was not heaid of promi nently In the political woild until 187S, wiien lie took part in Investigating the condition of all.iiis In the San Francisco Mint. After tun reuoitol Hie commission and La Grange's retircimut he was appointed superintendent and Deld office for four years, lie is now senior paitner of the welt known him of Dod^e, Sweeney & Co., ar.d is large)} interested in Hie linancial iuslitutioiis of the cay in) iv leal property. •JOSEPH G. KASTLAXD. Joseph G. Eastland was born in Nashville, Teun., In 1831. Dining the Mexican War he followed bis father, Major Thomas K. Kastland, to Santiago, where he was at the time acting as Quartermaster at General Taylor's base of sup piles. After peace was restored between the two countries, father and ton returned home. In April, 1840, they detetinined to come to Califor nia, and, in company with Colonel Jack Hays, Major John Caperton and others, they left San Antonio, Tex., lor Mazatlan. At that place they took the steamer Oiecou, which landed them in San Fiauci»eo the following November. Arrived I. ere the l-.a-t:.u.,!« established themselves at Long barf (Commercial stie et), between Mont gomery and Sansonie streets, under the Drill name of T. 11. Eastlaud ft Son. The follow summer young Joseph slatted for the mines on Feather liivcr. lie turned lor the winter, and then be came accountant for the Union Foundry, inllan py \ alley, which Peter Donahue and Ms two brothers had established. lie remained with the Brm mull 1856, and then resigned to take the position of Secretary with the sau Francisco Can-light Company. In 1878, twenty-two years later, he :>--.,,;, i: from heie to become I'iesideut of the Moitn Pacific Coast Kailioad Company. He «as elected tweuiy-hfih Piesidenl of the California Pioneers in lsso, anil held the office for two terms. He is a Gentleman of wealth and cultuie, and is lately Identified with the busi ness and financial luteieblsof the toast. For several years past he lias been a Director of the San Francisco Savings Union and Piesident of Hie Tanialpiiis i.and and Water Company, and the gas limit and electiic-ligbt companies Oak land and Stockton. WASHINGTON UAKTLETT. In 1882 Washington liartielt took his seat as the twciity-sixib President of the Pioneers. tie was born In Savannah, Us., February 20, 1814, and at an early age Hired a taste for journal ism from his father, who was engaged «ih that calling. For a time, however, he had a leaning towaid the law, but this lie abandoned in 184U to assume Hit. 1 management of a paper in Talla hassee, Fla. Wheu the news of the gold discov eries readied him and he determined to follow the tide or emigration lie was nhrend enough to ship to ins distillation a complete outfit tor a priding office. With forty oilier adventurous spirits he sailed from Charleston, S. C, on January 31, 1840, but cwlDg to adverse winds "and a series of disasters It was not until the 13th of November following that the vuyasers cast auclior nlllilii the tiol'ten Gate. On Ins airival the yumii; journalist went to win in establishing lilsenterpilse, and early in Janu ary lbs Journal of Commerce was Introduced to the notice of San Franciscans. Four months later the office was destroyed by tire, but the type and material weie saved and a fiesh start made. In June, however, he suffered the loss of cousideiable of his plant by a second fire, bur, despite disaster, tie Continued In the business un til 1861, when be closed out his journal and joined li. 11. liuckelew m publishing me Public Balance. This venture was urn successful, aud In a few months he established rheSan Francisco Eveuing Journal, which he conducted twoyears. lv 1803 he joined his two brothers In found- Ing theEveuiut>'e«»,ivliicliexistedtilllßsG. In that year he started the True Callforuiau. and on the death of that paucr, a twelvemonth later, he ceased to be interested in newspaper enter prise, Turning to politic* in 1*59, he secuied a • deputy eieii^mp in tue ell: & District Court. ! - 1850 t:e was put en tlie pie's ticket for County Clerk, was elected, mid netd toe office for "..'ii'is full tent's. *s»"iuv/iiiin !. a cnve M" atten tion to law. nit at the close of bis .-' wrra be '•^yy'-i* ctac'.ic". ■ Dorli Governor ll sight's i»-jwloiSi!.wit»cn;t>e.-lKJ<i ottc.i .is Uarbor Com h»»sf\' »,-i.*» l? » years. ft 1 37 aS3 wr fit to I be ; I useful MUs.'-'Ue U^lruaieciai la ussluit many hi\H»'2, »sd fcfter t?im/> Mayor orisan fmnelsco -,-«»(..; iii" . v«"2"rtwo .■'■• firSTfclactitf Gover-' •'_;r .'.*j -* ..cii.oi-ratic uckclT SirJSUS alter his luauguratlou lie became ; seriously B>vs>£t he . liugercd on till September, when his death tiiiVU' I the Elate Government into the bauds of the pies-" cut administration and the Republican party. » - ■ ; MTnAMEI. ' HOLLAND."; : ■ ___ | ■; 1 Nathaniel Holland was born In the State at Fenusyivaula In 1817, and was among the first to join in the rush to the new El Dorado. ' In ' early yeais be practiced lan In this city, and was BUbs-queutiy elected to the lieiicti, but of late his ollielai careor ha» been cuuliucd to the super vision of all election*i a which the Federal Gov ernment Is JnterejieU- »i e held tlie office of > i .'4f."..'r Xh. - 'ha. V 1^ ar, -uuiut; . the year 1881-82. _______ .. -./>:'.-. v-'-^ . LOUS M,l.l>S. I.ouls Sloss was the society's tweuty-eighth president. He was Loin in Bavaria, Germany, on July 13, 1832, and when 15 years old came to America, his objective point being Louisville, Ky. For a while be was engaged lv business iv a geneial store In Maxvllle, but with the news of tlie cold discoveries be resolved lo set out for California, and arrived here In 1849. lv 1851 be went to Sacramento and opened an extensive grocery business, which he continued for ten years. In 1801 lie returned to Ban Francisco, and from thai lime to 1870 was a stockbroker, with a seat in the big boaid. Since then lie has been engaged iv the hide, fur and general com mission business. He is senior member of the linn ot Louis Sloss & Co., President of Hie Alaska Commercial Company, i're«tUetu of tbeAuglo- Nevada Assurance Corporation, Treasurer ot mo University of California, Tieasuier of the lte pobllCftu State Central Committee, and Trustee of the Free Library, He married in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 153.1, and has a family of four sous auu a daughter. ■ ■ - -. JOBS MGHTINGALE. - John Nightingale became the twenty-ninth Piesident lv 1885, and is j to-day one of the few pioneers whom tun* lias treated leniently and fortune always favored. He Üby blrtlt a New Yorker. Upon Ins arrival In San Francisco he Invested his means In teal estate aud also be came Interested in the Diilldlnd and operating of wharves, from which no derived a large revenue, He was musof the original company who Hied to lucoipoiate the lunkhead scheme, but the de feat of that inca.-ine In the Legislature In no way Impaired tils lesources. He continued his investments iv land, and grew tv wealth from year to year as the city kept lucreasiuß lv popu lation and territory. He is still an active mem ber of the community and llnds plenty of occu pation in overseeing his property aud forward ing Us Improvement. • - . OUSIAV It! is. Gustav liels occupied'the Presidential chair during the year 188i> 87. He was born at Nas sau, Get many. in 1880, and in Ins youth came to America. He first settled in Texas, and from there emigrated to California with his brothers. Ferdinand and CtiiUtiau. Tlie ■ little . party rode on muleback - and leached ~ Hie Coast. In 1840. Gu>tav tried . mining ; for > a short time alter bis arrival, but realizing that mote money was to be made In hauling supplies to the camps, he abandoned gold digging and started Into business as a carrier, with a stung I of pack-mules. < He continued at this lor several years and acquired considerable means, which lie subsequently Invested in tin! Siena Unites cold mine, near Downievlile. of which he became the superintendent. This position he resigned in lavor of one of his brothers in the early sixties and for a time lie left the State to prospect the country around Mazatlau. fOn returning to Sail Francisco i lie I mauled and settled down to ihe enjoyment of a handsome income derived from bis milling and real estate !u vestments. Hedieii on August 0, 1888, leaving his sou, John V. Kels, heir to a considerable foilune. ISAAC *E. DAVIS. - ■-' --, - - ' ' ' ' -■■■■-■:"■ : .V- . .' Isaac Elpblnstone Davis was inaugurated the tulrty-lirstl'iesidentol the California Pioneers In 1887. He was boru at West Boylstou, Mass., ; November 8, 1823."? Excited by the wonderful stories related of i the cold find he sailed from New Yoik in March, 1840, and, after a long and [ eventful trip by Panama, arrived In Sau Fran- ', cisco on August SOtli. Pushing on to me mines, lie spent a lew months on the American Klver ana then wandered back to this city, wuere I he ; engaged *in 5 the -s business .of building con tractor. ;'* Humors ■of . rich discoveries •lv the ; northern ■■ mines " drew •him ■in . ■ that » direc- • 1 tion In : the j spring \of S 1850,:- but he returned in ; the * fall, -put chased an iutu:c-l in i the steamer 11. T. Clay, then doing a Diuliiable busi ■ ness on the Sacramento, and filled : the . post of I engineer upon her duiine that season. Some time In 1851 he started a kiln near Mayneld and beg.m the manufacture of Mm, Hut he soor} abandoned that location in favor of Santa Ciuz, where more extensive and liner deposits wera fouud to exist. Kver afterward he waa inti mately associated with the development of urn iudustry, out of which he and his firm derived Immense wealtli. He died September 25, 1888, and was sincerely mourued by a large circle ot blends. AETHIB M. KBKEIS. Arthur M. Ebbets, tbe society's thirty-second: President during the year 1888-89, was born in New Voik. January 18, 1830. Nineteen years later, to the veiy day, he took passage for Cali fornia, on the ship Pacific, which, after a tedious voyage, cast anchor in the bay of San Francisco, on August a, 1840. He brought with him a con siderable quantity of useful ai tides, wlilcli found ready purchasers at untold prices. Real izing the future iv store for the straggling vil lage, the youuK adventurer had Hie sagacity to abandon his luieuded searcli for gold iv ihe mines and to invest his funds lv real estate. His hist purchase was a lot ou Uroadway, near San some, upon which he at once erected a ten by twenty-foot frame build lne, two stories high. The rents soon more than paid back tlie amount of the original Investment, and were, m turn, in vested in California street property below tho present Pantheon saloon, where he built a four slory frame, iv which, in a few weeks he and his partners made a small fortune. Ills next invest ment was iv water lots on tlie coinei of Caliror nla and Front streets, on which lie built the Bret granite building put up In California. He con tinued to ihiive rapidly until 1»r.7, when the financial panic made serious luioads into his foituue. Afiei a term as Deputy County As sessor he went to Prater River, cleared si-">.ooo in ihe mines, and by a lucky speculation hi nade at Belling/Ham Bay tiipled ihlsfiiiiouui a moutu afterward. Ttie babble buratjo August, is.is. and left ilieyniiiiß speculator with £ 70. udOworili of pood?, which had lo he «o!il ;ct such a sacii hce that his ncallh vanished even more quickly than it liad l.cen iicijiilicd. He then lemnud to ; San Francisco, aiul .since ]«."!! has been encased in tlie coal business. He has held two Impor tant political i-ntCL's duriiic that time-County liecoider iv IHOi, ami Supervisor In i«74. ALEXANIJKK MONTGOMERY. Alexander Montsomery, who now nils me presidential chair, is a capltilbtof longstand ing, a liberal patiou of chanties anl a (teneiotu donor to the institutions of the Presbyterian faith. He was born In County Dowd, Ireland, on March 2, IS'J.".. In his boyhood he was ap prenticed to Ihe luilor bnsineis, which he fol lowed uniil 1846, v.hen he emigrated tn New \oik. He remained n tailor foi some montii* lv his new borne, and eventually opened a clochiui; stoio in Eugllsbton, N. J., in which he pros pered until the p.M fever strucK him. in tlio latter pa; t of IS4S lie closed out ills busin-sj. and, with fifty other adven moils spliit« pm chusea tue bark A. Emory, fieiuhieil her wish buiiain^ marerlals ami tool-, and on January l - -i 1849, set sail for the new El Dorado. After an excitniK but ledinus DansageSan Francisco w», reached on September 6th. The cargo Wai shortly disposed oi to advantage, and Hun Uio biik was headed for tiacrgmeuio, where ihe lit tle company landed afiei a iwo weeks' trip, sold their vessel for a round sum aud broke up mio panics ot ten or twelve. He icin.d a rally which went to indwell's liar where m ally all of Us iiieiiibeis weietaken down with scurvy. From there he went to Feaiiter Hirer and Iheu to Dry Cieek, but iv UeltherpUcu was he fin lunate. Altei abandonlug miniun ha invested what means he had in a teaming out»t, and b'can hauling provisions, clothiug, etc., t« the camps he hart previously wotked In. In Hii* he met with measiiiablc success. He uexteti gaged iv the ciolhitif; busluess iv ilenicia and Sacramento, and liom that went into the hotel businos. Selling out at the end of a yearta realized a handsome profit, which lie Invested la a quarlz-mlll In Grizzly Flat. He retired liom t..n without giowiuc iiclicr, aud at the instance ot John M. Ithodes, the Saciamento banker, iu vesifd 111 a moitgage upon a Colusa ranch, trom Ibis tune on his prosperity Inoieased so rapidly tiiat he I.ei-t loTettlug In ranch pioperiiei, and by 11.,.,i-.i!I 1 .,., i-.i! so infused new life into Iheagrlculiuial Industries ol the upper Sacramento Valley. Having ti. us firmly esiablished liimself, aua belits possessed ol an assured income, lie de voted v cieat deal of his subsequent lite to Havel. Up io ISN'j he had always madu Coins* liis liome. In that year he moved Oaklawt. and shortly a.'lei took up his res where lie has ever since resided. SEA AND SHORE. The Seven Sisters Drifts Font of a J-riip ou tlit; Bay. Whitelaw Coav?rts the Od S'.eamer Aleir ander Into a Whaler— rae Corona Brings Down a Large Cargo. The schooner Seven Sisters left her berth at the south end yesterday morning intitul ing to go to sea. When she got out into tlie stream the wind fell calm and tha Rrhooner drifted down with the ebb tide. The captain saw lii.it she would eertaiuly foul the ship Conqueror, which lay at an chor in the stream, and lot go both anchors, but they foiled to hold her up. The schoouer drifted down and struck broadside on to the bow of the Conqueror. The jibboom of the ship went through the schooner's foresail, and the schooner hung there. The red-stack tug JEtna. Captain lUe Smith, came along, and, getting a bridle out, tried to tow the gchoouer clear She was unable to dv it. Then Spreckds' tug boat Reliance, Captain Seoit, happeiu-d along, and tlie two tugs hitched on ;;')<l <*r,t the vessels clear, ntia which the kpa towed the suliuoner to sea. -VVUITELAW'S WHALER. It was mentioned in this column sonic ' weeks ngo that Captain T. P. 11. W'liitelW had purchased the old stoamcr Alexander at I Victoria hnrbo/and w»s :r.. to 6i !ieT up " to ; bring ; old : yroa down to tliis clly from '■' wrecks he liar broken up op north It was" learneil : yestf rJay that Captain AVfcitelaw has altered .ii. plans. He • ha- fit'tsu , Otn j^ssel wit'i f nir masts and a complete vriini inj>i(itf:t, in jludUig two steam la mi c lies -and'" shiftirV*J>at»-ot Tv!mliii»gtm.s. Her carrriiijr'" capacity wffe.be Ogj) toes and she *. b« Rurpiied witli ir<i : <CB\sca' i ■ ■ carryinKF: 7O.(XH) gajjons of 'ivhaln oil>?"r»..^: - :.- : •■. The • vessel - w ii j also - hare a oomp,. wrecking outfit, consisting oJ steam pomps €t for every purpose in connection with the ? work. The Alexander has now a Canadian ' • botton and •■ can ply unobstructed ln'u,,. ' ' waters of British Columbia as a whaler am\ wrecker, something that the Whltelaw could * ' not do. Tne Alexander will be a whaling vt'ssj..li'.i! all her working gear and equip- • meat wil. worked by steam. « About twenty men till be employed on board -of. - her for the whtfrur business and a stiff of : experienced wreckers ;.-i divers will bo kept on hand for purposes or-.reckirtg. A LARGE CARGO. ' •. The stpamer Corona arrived yesterday a. noon, 20 hours from Eureka, bringing down the largest cargo she ever brought down. She had 03 cnbin and 24 steerage passengers. Cni'tain W. M. lluwley. stiperintfiidHnt of the Sprockets line of tuns, slipped on a banana peel on Hush street Saturday even ing, ami falling, had his right arm frac tured near the wrist. On th« Oceanic Dock are a number of pnlu trees that were brought upon tin steamer Australia for J. D. Sprockets & Bros. They are something like a palm in- irance, and are thu first of the kind, ever seen here. They will probably bo sent to Coronacln Beach. The weather was foggy at Point Lobos yesterday. A calm prevailed until noon, when a light breeze sprang up from the southwest. The barometer read: 8 o'clock in tlio morning, 20.87; noon, 29.85; 5 o"clock in the evening, -".'H-. superstitious sailors. Sailors on toe limit say tlmt the schooner Una is a "hoodon." Two year* ago when she entered San Diego Ray a man was drowned at Santa Fe Wharf. -On her next visit a ' woman's i dead body .'was found floating alongside. Last week she entered ; that port and on the same day a yacht capsized and seven people wen drowned. jlauv sailors would not ship in her now on any consideration. ■ The steamer Santa Rosa, Captain Alexan der, brought; up: Hi! cabin and 38 steerage passengers from San | Diego anil way por.s yesterday. - She carried the Hour Hag at her masthead as she enterc<l the harbor. The pilot boat Lady Mine and tiio yachts , Jessie, Ella, VnlunU-i r im.i \\ utie .Wings were | trying their | sailing qualities on the bay i ycsteriiay, preparatory to - to-day's race. The steamer Caroline, C>apt-un Louie. will accompany the r»ec. leaving Jackson- - street Wharf - at 8 oc'vi. in the morning,* and afterward taking iMS<engei 3 ut Long Biidgs. In ti » afterui>o;lf she will accom pany tlift j upots around i) b course. 's^:, ■ SMALL LIST OF A.!!RIVAI.S. i> The only vessels arriving in port yVstcr day were. seren coasting steamers, viz. ; the [ Santa Kosa Coos ~ Bay,' Wrstport, ' Kival, Gipsy, Corona and the Alexander Duncan. ' The brig ! Courtney Ford, bark Alex - Mc- Neil and the barken tiuu Skagit towed to sea yesterday. ■; ■$-.--.■■■:'. --.^-:--*; -.;■-, ■ .■ . -■;■-(. ■ The barkentine Kate Flickiager will dock at Howard No. 3 to-day, and the bark Ophir • will dock nt Fo'eoui No. 1. '■&>->:*'. ■■-'-, - • • ' . : .- ' P The ship Drumburton will go to Balfour's Wharf, Port Costa, to-day. I-,; , ■; g ;•„;:; Mrs. Cooper's Bibl* I'l.mi. & At the opening of the Bible class yester day,, in •• the : First i Congregational Church, Mrs. Cooper J read \ interesting letters from Major-General Howard, in command of the Division of the Atlantic, in which he referred to the great work of I Key; Dr. Meredith -in Brooklyn, mid also to that of Dr. Meredith sod, whom he characterized as a young cler gyman of great promise. * In Miss Francis EWillard's letter she says: "If it were the least lisp I would urge you to speak lon ; the kindergarten » in Atlanta. ; Georgia, sat our National Convention, November 14th." The •übject of the lesson was "Zaccheus the pub- Ucau." 3