SACRAMENTO (an k), capital of California and of Sacramento Co.; at the junction of the American and Sacramento rivers, about 75 rn. n.e. of San Francisco in an air line, and by water 120 in.; it is the terminus of the California Pacific, and is a station on the Central Pacific railroads; pop. '80, 21,240; exceeded by only two cities of the state, San Francisco and Oakland. it may be reached by boat from San Francisco. The situation of the town is very low, and in former years it suffered greatly from inunda tions, but the business section is now raised several feet above the original level, and the rest of the city protected by a levee constructed in 1862 at a cost of $250,000. The climate is semi-tropical, and there are many gardens noted for the beauty and variety of flowers, trees, and shrubs, of which some are always in bloom and many are of species unknown in the east. The streets arc regularly laid out and designated by numbers and letters. The principal public buildings arc the state capital, one of the finest edifices of the kind in the country, erected in 1861 at an expense of $2,500,000, and standing in the midst of a beautiful park of about 50 acres; the governor's residence, masonic other society halls, the Sacramento library, the hall of the state agricultural suciety, a convent, hospitals, and a theater. The city has been visited by two destructive fires, one in 1852,
which destroyed m er 600 buildings, and the damage from which was estimated at $5,000 ON; the other, two years later, with an estimated damage of $650,000. Sacramento is favorably situated for intercourse with the interior of the state, and has a very large trade with the milting and agricultural districts, supplying them with provisions and necessa ries, and receiving and shipping their products. Here are several refining and smelting works. flouring mills, breweries, and manufactures of furniture, liquors, machinery, agricultural implements, carriages, etc. The machine, car, and repair shops of the Cen tral Pacific railroad are very extensive, employing nearly 1500 men. There are 19 schools, 14 churches, a high school, normal school, and college for women, several banks, and 3 daily papers. The Chinese pop. is estimated at about 2,000.