CHAPTER XXX.—The gold-bearing quartz.—Their locality.—Richness and extent.—The suitable machinery to be used in the mountains.—The court of admiralty at Monterey.—Its organization and jurisdiction.—The cases determined.—Sale of the prizes.—Convention and Constitution of California.—Difficulties and compromises.—Spirit of the instrument 403 CHAPTER XXXI.—Glances at towns sprung and springing.—San Francisco.—Benicia.—Sacramento City.—Sutter.—Vernon.—Boston.—Stockton.—New York.—Alvezo.—Stanislaus.—Sonora.—Crescent City.—Trinidad 414 CHAPTER XXXII.—Brief notices of persons, whose portraits embellish this volume, and who are prominently connected with California affairs 425 CHAPTER XXXIII.—The mission establishments in California.—Their origin, objects, localities, lands, revenues, overthrow.—California Railroad 439 LIST OF PORTRAITS. CAPTAIN JOHN A. SUTTER. THOMAS O. LARKIN, ESQ. HON. J. C. FREMONT. HON. WM. M. GWIN. HON. G. W. WRIGHT. JACOB R. SNYDER. A LIST OF THE DELEGATES IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT MONTEREY, UPPER CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, A. D. 1849.