The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-11-23
CALTFORNIA ITEMS.

has the following announcement:
Col. J. C. Fremont has denounced a
tract of land lying ON the Mariposa river,
about forty miles from tine San Joquin, up
on which has been recently discovered
an exceedingly rich vein of gold. The
Mariposa (or Butterfly river, was a few
months since visited by party conduct.
ed by this eminent explorer, and wash
ings established along the stream. The
land occupied by this party was conveyed
to the Colonel in 1916, and the mines
ithereupon having been regularly de-
nounced, according to Mexican law,
measures have been taken TO work them.
The vein is about two feet in thickness
at the surface and is found in the usual
strata of quartz. The yield is about s
ozs. ofgold to 100 lbs ofrock. A speci-
men was exhibited at this Office few
days since. together with mass of gold
exua acted by quicksilver, weighing about
three ounces. There is every reason to
believe that this vein may be traced many
leagues in extent and be found of unin-
terrupted richness. The gold mines ol
California are now in reality discov'
cred!
SAN FRANcIsco CRY REvENUE.-The
City Council, in session Aug. 81, adopted
an ordinace for raising revenue in the
town of San Francisco, of which the fol
lowing is an abstract.
A duty ofone per cent on sales at auc
ton, ofgoods, wares and merchandise.
"A duty Of one half per cent upon the
sale of real estate.
Merchants and traders conducting q
wholesale business to be licensed and
pay quarterly in advance the sum of one
hundred dollars, and for retail business
or trade, seveniy-fve dollars. But the
wholesale and retail business may be
combined according to the terms and
rates oflhe wholesale dealers"
Hawkors and Pedars to be licensed
upon payment of fifty dollars, monthly.
Hotels, Taverns, Boarding or Victual-
ling Houses, where liquors are sold, to
be licensed upon payment of fifty dollars,
monthly.
Billiard tables, Ten Pin Alleys, &c. To
be licensed upon payment of thirty dol
lars monthly.
Monte, Faro, Roulette and other gamb
ling tables to be licensed upon payment
of fifty dolllrs, monthly.
Drays or carts to be licensed upon pay
ment quarterly, in advance, the sum o
twenty dollars.
Boats, Launches, or Scows, used in
conveying passengers from, or to ships
to be licensed upon payment quarterly IL
advance, the sum Of twenty dollars.
The OVERLAND EMIGRATIoN.-Tht
Alta California, OF the 18th of Septem
ber, in alluding TO the overland emf
grants, says:
"Itis necessary that we should state, ii
order to relieve anxielies and allay tn,
fears which have been but unduly crea
ted, regarding the general prosperity o
the emigration overland this year, tha
latest accounts are highly encouraging
and represent the entire body full f0
,ocekS earlier than the emigration of an,
preceding year. The friends of emigra
ting parties residing in the States, ma.
rest assured of the general safety of all
and that aside from the ordinary fatigu,
and privations ofthe journey, no suffering
has as yet been experienced.
"About 1000 persons, mostly yount
men, compose the overland emigration
this year. A portion of this body is al
ready in the country, and parties arr
nearly every day arriving. Captain R
Owen, who piloted company across ,b
country by the Santa Fe route, divergin,
to the northern road, crossing the Sierr
Nevada, and entering California nea
Johnson's rancho. reports the emigratio
in an unusually forward state, with pro
visions plenty and to spare. The gras
along the road had been abundant, an
but IN one place was it believed scarci,
Of food for stock would he encountered
This was above the sink of Mary's rive
and here by abandoning the road sui
sistence could be procured.
BY this statement, we learn of the arr
val of Mr.. Wilson. He had hard tim
of it. The Ship, in which he sailed fror
Panama. has not yet arrived. Many
the passengers left her and proceeded
San Francisco by land.
The health the country is improving
The principal disease is fever.
The Ohio and Crescent City left Ne
York with 575 passengers for Califo
MIA.
The material of the California Conve
tion was as follows:
New York 7 members, Maryland
kentucky 4, Ohio 3, New Jersey 8, Co
, necticut 2, Vermont 2, Virginia 2, Ma
> sachusetts 9; Tennessee, Rhode Islam
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Missouri al
, Maine each have one, and the remand
are from California, Ireland, France, &
y In the whole number, there are IA Lav
n yers and 9 Physicians. If the origin
=. home of the members affords any indie
!, cation, the slavery propagandists have
= poor show in Convention.
RoBBING THE GoLD BoxEs,-The l
i" mttances in gold dust from Californ