Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-11-23
GREAT NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA
FREEDOM IRIUIHPH4NT!!
WONDERFUL GOLD MTyE!.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CON-
TENTION

" b'OtC iAOlll lllC lCltGE Vi DdNdTQ 1dNIOT III
the ". Y Tribune:
Among the principles already decided by our
Convention are the following
NO SLAVERY SHALL EVER BE PER-
MITTED IN CALIFORNIA!
ADOPTED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE;
the boundaries of the State shall be those fixed
| by Mexico, embracing the whole of the interior
territory known as the Great Basin; no free
blacks shall be admitted into the territory (passed
by small majority and will probably be recon-
sdered); the State Capital shall be established
at Pueblo San Jose inhabitants of Indian blood
shall not possess the right of suffrage CHS pass
ed by one vote, and will no doubt be changed
on second reading-the native members are
very indignant on the subject, as the law would
embrace some of the first families in the coun-
try. The right of married women to property
possessed before marriage has also been eStab-
lished, and the first Legislature recommended to
pass severe laws against duellinq In most of
its provisions, the Constitution is wise and liber-
all and if two or three Objectionable features
be removed, will do lasting honor to its max
erS."
The following additional particulars concern
ing the New Constitution are from the Alta Cal
Jornian, of Oct. /:
The Legislature is to consist of two branches,
an Assembly and Senate, with such general
powers, privileges and duties as are usually civ
en- to such bodies. Banking corporations and
lotteries prohibited, and all other corporations
except for municipal purposes, are to be estab-
lished under general laws the stockholders to be
individually liable for all debts Some conside-
rable debate occurred upon provision which al
lows corporations to be formed for receiving de-
posts of gold and silver 1t was urged, that
under such provision, an irresponsible system of
! banking might grow up; but the section was f.
naIly so amended as to answer all objections, and
in that shape, passed.
The members of the Assembly are to be elect
ed annually, and the members of the Senate are
to hold their offices for two years. One-half of
the Senate is to be elected each year No per-
son can be a member of the Legislature who has
not been a resident Of the State one year, in ad-
diuonto other qualifications
The number of members of Assembly is new
or to be less than p, nor more than 80, until the
number OF inhabitants in this State shall amount
to 100000, and after that period at such ratio
that the whole number of members of Assem-
bly, shall never be less than 30 nor more than
80 The Senate is never to consist of less than
one third nor more than one-half the number of
the Assembly.
The per diem pay of officers and members OF
the Convention was settled as follows:
President, S25; Secretary, S2S Assistant
do. 1923 Engrossing Clerks, S23 Copying
Clerks, Sl8; Interpreter, S28; Asst Int, S2l !;
Chaplain, SIG; Sergeant-at-arms, So; Door
keeper, Sl2; Members, $40.
The Chance for OGce.-Under date OF Oct
/, Mr. Taylor writes:
The Convention here has been in session
month, and have adopted in Committee of the
Whole nearly three-lourths of State Conven-
ton. 1t is believed that another week will close
their labors. A vote will then be taken on the
Constitution, and after its adoption, an election
will be held for Legislature and State officers
There is, as yet. no prominent candidate for Gov
erncr, the Senatorship being considered the more
desirable place. Among the candidates spoken
of for the latter, are L. Butler King, Col. FIRE.
mont. DIR. Gwn. and Robert Sempe Col We'll
Ter, since his removal from the Boundary Com
mission, is suspected of electioneering for such
an office, but has made himself too unpopular BY
his course at San Diego, TO have much chance of
success.
COL FREllONT'S GOLD NINE.
The following account of the good fortune of
Col. Fremont, which is communicated to the
Tribune by its correspondents Bayard TAYLOR,
will be read by his friends with great pleasure !:
But far the most magnificent discovery is that
recently made upon the rancho of Col. Fremont
on the MaripoSa River. 1t is nothing less than
4 vein of gold in the solid rock-a bona fide mine
the first which has been found in California;
Whethcrit was first detected by party of Som
omans, or by the company which Col. Fremont
organized last Spring, and which has since been
working in the same locality, is disputed
point, though | believe the credit is due to the
latter.
AT any rate the gold is there, and in extraordi-
nary abundance. saw some specimens which
were in Col. Fremont's possession. The stone
is reddish quartz, filled with rich veins of gold,
and far surpasses the specimens brought from
North Carolina and Georgia. Some stones pick
ed up on the top of the quartz strata, without
particular selection, yielded OF. of gold to ey-
cry % lbs.
Col. Fremont informed me that the vein had
been traced for more than mile. The thick
ness on the surface is two feet, gradually widen
ing as it dcscends, and showing large particles
of gold The dip downward is only about
20 deg, so that the mine can be worked by little
expense These are the particulars first given
me, when the discovery was first announced
Still more astonishing facts have just come to
light.
a geologist sent out to examine the place, ar
rived here last night. He reports having traced
the vein distance of two leagues, with an ave-
rage breadth of 80 feet. AT one extremity of
the mine he found large quantities of native sill
ver which he calculates will fully pay the eXpen-
ses of setting up machinery and working it
The rancho upon which it is situated was pur-
chased by Col. Fremont in 1916 from Avarado,
former Governor of the Territory.
1t was then nearly considered worthless, and
Col. f. only took it at the moment of leaving the
country, because disappointed in obtaining an
other property. This discovery has made
great sensation throughout the country yet it is
but the first of many such. The Sierra Nevada
is pierced in every part with these veins, which
will produce gold for centuries after every spot
of earth from base TO summit shall have been
turned over and washed out.
The GOLDEN ENIGRATIoN.-Weh have no data
bv which to show conclusively the emigration to
California overland this year, but our accounts
from the north represent the entire body in q
prosperous and healthful state. We are ena-
bed TO add that about one-ffth are already in the
country, and the remainder vigorously pressing
forward, in companies which are every day pour
ing into the Sacramento valley.
The arrival for the month, ending Sept. IS, at
this mort bv sac i as f0llOwS