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of State. He has stood by me in all emergencies. 

 To him I have always appealed when at a loss myself; 

 and he has never failed me.' 



" This recognition of Captain Halleck's talents and 

 the signal service he has rendered to our authorities 

 here, since the conquest, was peculiarly just and appro 

 priate. It was so felt by the members, and they 

 responded with equal warmth of feeling by giving 

 three enthusiastic cheers for the Secretary of State. 

 They then took their leave, many of them being anxious 

 to start this afternoon for their various places of resi 

 dence. All were in a happy and satisfied mood, and 

 none less so than the native members. Pedrorena 

 declared that this was the most fortunate day in the 

 history of California. Even Carillo, in the beginning 

 one of our most zealous opponents, displayed a genuine 

 zeal for the Constitution, which he helped to frame 

 under the laws of our republic." 



The elections for the various officers under the new 

 Constitution took place on the 13th of November, 

 1849. Peter II. Burnett was chosen Governor, and 

 John McDougall, Lieutenant-Governor. George W. 

 Wright and Edward Gilbert were chosen to fill the 

 posts of representatives in Congress. The first State 

 Legislature met at the capital, the pueblo de San 

 Josd, on the 15th of December, and elected John C. 

 Fremont and Wm. M. Gwin, Senators to Congress. 

 Every branch of the civil government went at once 

 into operation, and admission into the Union as a 

 State seems all that is necessary to complete the settle 

 ment of affairs in California. 



