The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-12-16


Delaware, in circulation in this neigh
boriood --calculated to deceive any one
not much used to handling money. They
are darker in appearance than the gen
uine notes and may be detected thus
in the scroll beneath the vignette the
counter(rits have the motto "Virtup,
Liberty, Independence.' In the genu-
inc it is "Liberty, Independcncc.'
The CALIFORNIA COLD The excite
ment in the Atlantic citIes in reference
to the immense quantities of gold said to
be found in California, is intense and is
increasing. In New York fifteen vessels
have already been fitted out and others
are preparing to follow. A vessel is to
sail in few days from Baltimore. and
in seyera other cities the matter of des-
patching vessels is in contemplation
"Gold ~ "gold, :" 'god :" is the theme
of conversation eeerywh'rr, and thou
sands Of our sanguine and enterprising
citizens are seeking ways and means to
reach tins, perhaps not altogether fabn.
lous, FL Dorado. To many. in any event,
it will no doubt prove a tfmulti-caulis
speculation" but making large allow
ancc for cXacgrratlon, there seems to be
certainty Chat the gold districts OF A lta
California eclipses any other yet DIS
covered.
The following extract from letter to
the Philadelphia North American, be-
lIeved TO be from tn" pen OF the Rev.
Walter Cotton, probably gives as good
an idea of the extent and richness OF the
mines, as any yet received. 1t is dated
at Monterey, Alta California, August
Goth last.
"Thc discoveries extend already two hundred
miles North and South, and some seventy East
and West The strong probability is. that the
entire chain--at least hv" hundred miles of il
is richly imprcgna,cd with .u'd. The ore has
been found III the deepest valleys and on the
inquest "'i's--"t l'c n"''",' OF h'caoo" s'roa'hS
an" VII "o"''"'' ''''"' "''u'' o'ly 'ie ''s'c Has
been accustomed I" pay his visits. 1t is mex
hana',nlc AS an evidence OF TINS, one tao, VIII
w s,ihc''"t' oeVc" men, WIN, lhe'r 'h"'ahs'
"o'""! vi 'c"''e' RIVER to"N rom Il SPacc
nicaS'''i''1 wv" hundred yardS ny twenty, l"o
h''h"f'a ana seventy hVc POUNDS OF g"'o'
!, is difficult TO ascertain with much precision
what the gold hunters average n day DER ma u
b"t can >'h'e tlS i'ct. nave met great
''''V ~ '"'h'. an" MOI w''h one w'cse "a''y aV-
.'"sc W. "N 10" us twenty o"''''r' ''"' s'' T.
y M''' N'''"''' nave h',rn"''' ',r wees Ut
"''',''' "''' u '"l"'''" W'l,'rS "'y '''" '''N
""m"'1 ,n1'''f " y "fn '"',""S u '"2"-"s ~
u""'' "".'' Il "''" ~ Il" Is gr"'I'T'na o"'y
ms '''''''. "' '"''t' '"'"'% cay ne c''an@es
"' ,"E ~" '"'-T "' '''''c' Spot '''''
an ''' 'I''# , IAN "'"'F "' lh' s'']cGt' i must
pc'''N' ''ht inc W,''' men no" ~ york ~ ''e
hh,'S average cac'' hhou' '"ltY ""!F'rS oiF'
ma" VIII" has dono r'ii*'d2rao!e team "orA
III me- "'," u We h","S 'hs@"aA " o'''" NY
ana ~. "'",> f"n . ~! rye u" ''e s''ea u
"'e'' VIC I'id n'Eih n' MS''!nu n'h' NJ ft''iv-
Ell s'S''h "o'FsTs 't'c loah. aus '!aW ''vr 'o'oS
a Day V 1t, H''d "rt' t" "ol"h '% on h'S own
NOOK "'r rprr 'l'n,. "o",lt" !na caInl:g''
Know :" '''' nov w!'" Is l"H!vc years CT age
WI" mas nee" al me ''''"f Tor the ,"S, TWO
'h""'''s AVA "i' has '"n'!" !i'S lwHhy d"'t'S Il
a'y curing 'ha' tnn', "''' 10 ",'Hf 'n"cA'hFy
u''h '"'.' we" l"h "oT'' Iho" ""''''.
WI" ''"'" ger '"''uaE' "e;'' u 'ia r"nes' SI"ai
'r' ,o"' q" on" ~ 'Hr "'Fy'','' "hi III 81 o1I :
S"'N"' "n' hn' NV" hhlu'"H '!'''".S u you,
se s. sn' s"'a Tnv' Mo', on, ', I, G b.
sn" I",'N 50 h'uch o' hrf t'"' '"n"'S ""ouli'ef
e"."''"'
me ""'h t'sgo:' ge"'r"'ly W"r' n S'ia'' com
p''''" til SIX or ',S,h. '"y nave !. "'t' ;'l'-
''s"''.' "'''i" and horses. l"'', taxes HS lam
III c""h'; aud Keeping camp. fouFor 'iV' are
engaged IN getting ont gold, and one or 'w" m