Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1849-01-27


discovered to be- the real and long sought
Ell Dorado.
ls4o. Forty thousand immigrants
s s::S:::;' = !: /NnN
variety of the ao0n TO na-
t~uralists by the name Of outlaws and throat.
cutters Much distress Is caused in lhe
gold region from over population, with its
eequels, famine and pestilences Some re.
lief obtained by the process Of thinning
out with dirks and pistols.
1850. California becomes a State, and
instrnctsl its Senators in Congress to vote
for a specie, currency and increase Of mile
age. The Legislature adops the domestic
institution of slavery, on the principle of
the unquestioned right Of the strongest 10
make the weaker dig for thems In propor.
ton as the sands are washed, the people
are unwashed and crimes mwasapd. Nu-
merous Yankee pedlars arrive this year
with newly invented gold traps 81 various
forms, which are observed TO work better
in their hands than in other peoples.
Sperm oil and whisky continue tB rise In
value, ploughs and ~harpoons are III o dis
| count.
1851 In consequence Of the greas iIa-
portaiion of Yankee actions into Ca
MIA, most Of the gold collected finds its Way
| into New York and Boston, 70 correct
this evil Congress passes an acs laying q
| prehibitory duty in all Pacific ports, in
American 4nanufa ctures and admitting free
those Of d foreign production. Nevertheless
negroes are at q discount, and are found TO
consume more gold than they dig.
1852. The President in his message
states that if the public lands are properly
looked after, the proceeds in gold will pay
the public debt and The whole expenses Of
government, and recommends To- be taken
in the premises. Congress vote % lease
the land for ten per cent, on the proceeds,
to repeal all laws for the collecting Of taxes
and revenue IN the United State, and to
send out 500 surveyors, shefifs and sub.
treasurers to collect and preserve the GOV
eru1nental property. This measure excites
Dissatisfaction among the Calilo9nians,
who hang twenty of tho surveyors upon
trees, and tar and feather the remainder.
The Legislature Of 81. Francisco publishes
a declaration Of state rights, and naIlify tho
/ proceedings ot Congress.
1853. A motion in Congress ia give The
public lands to the States, in which they
are situated, is lost By the votes oi all the
States east Of the rocky mountains. Gov.
eminent determine or vigorous measures,
and send out a force Of 5000 soldiers By
way Of salt lake, and 5000 more BY tbs
isthmus Of Panama, 10 quelI the jnsurrec-
tionary These troops meet
at the Rio de- los Plumos, fraternize and 90
to digging.
1854. A labor saving process Is intro
ducedin into California called transpocketinq,
by which the original dlggers are picked
off with rifles as they emerge from the
wos ds, and their valuable burden transfer.
red 10 newer and stronger pockets. This
process expedites the forwarding Of The
precious metals ont ofthe country. a brisk
demand exists this year for whisky and
FIRE arms. Several new distiIlsries are ses
up in Oregon, and a mandatory DIT Had
ley falls of Colts reyoLsers and double bar
relied rifles.
1855. California declares iself indepen.
dent ofthe United States, pFoclalms liberty,
fraternity and communism, votes 10 license
the slave trade, to annex Oregon, To con-
quer China, to absorb Mexico. and repil-
diate the rest Of the world. The aounsfY
IL CONFUSED with an e~lectioneorlpg stFug-
gle between she presidential candidates,
Gen. Lynch and Gen. Clinch. he former
being tss candidate oflaw and order pas.