Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1849-01-13
FROM THE GOLD REGION.

BY the two vessels which came into port
yesterday, from Vera Cruz, we have some
news from California, which we append:
Mr.. Joseph HI. Cutting arrived here yes
terday morning from San Francisco, having
left that place on the 18th of October. That
gentleman came overland, by the way of
the city of Mexico and Vera Cruz, which
port he left on the S0th utimo, on the brig
! Tit, Capt. Radovich. Mr.. Cutting had
been one yearin California, out of which
he spent forty-lwo days in the gold region.
He there collected, by himself alone, some
$500 in the pure metal-hs only instru-
ments being pick-axe, a shovel, pan aud
butchers knife. Mr.. G.. states that the
placer is 400 miles long, and from 100 to %
miles broad, as far as it has yet been ex-
plored. He brought several large speci-
mems with him, some weighing 10 the value
of $SS. He gives glowing description of
the country and its abundant Resources
Provisions were very high: Flour in the
| gold region, $50 per barrel boots sos per
pair shoes, from Sc to SO brandy So per
bottle board, 81 per week, and everything
| in proportion.
| While Mr.. Cutting was on the placer, a
| lump of gold was found weighing eighteen
ounces. Some curious incidents in traffic
among the diggers have been mentioned to
us, of which the following is specimen -
friend of Mr.. C.'s once purchased five
4 loads (barrows, we presume,) of the soil.
collected by one of the independent laboreis,
for four pounds of pure metal. These,
when triturated, washed and sifted, produ-
cetl the speculator fifteen pounds. yielding
him 500 per cent. on the outlay.
We have files of the Californian from
San Francisco to the 9TH Oct.
SLAvERY.--In reference to the slave ques.
ton, the editor says:
We believe we echo the sense of the
country when we assert that slavery is nei
ther needed nor desired here, and that if
our Notional Legislature, it would be, as
the voice of one man, 81 rather than put this
blighting curse upon us, let US remain, as
we are, unacknowledged, unaded."
MORE GoLD.-Gold has been lately found
on the American fork, as well as near the
Ciudad de los Angeles. The sickly season
was over on the Sacramento, but would he
followed by the raining season., about the
beginning of November.
SIR JoHN Ross.-The Plover sailed from
Honolulu, August 24th, for Bhering's straits,
with supplies for Sir John Ross, the North
west passage explorer, should he have arri-
we'd in that vicinity.
The TABLES TURNED.-in California,
now, the capitalist is the least independent
person there, the laboring man being the
most sought after and respected.
The editor of the Californian announces
the stopping of the Oregon papers ; cause,
the gold fever emigration is flowing thence
to the Sacramento.-N o. Com. Times.
1t was hard to bring the voters mp to the
polls at San Francisco TO vote for municipal
officers, but the thing was done, and .dajor
L. NJ, Leavenworth elected alcade, aud IL.
X. Backelew and Barton Mowry elected
counclmen. IL may give an idea of tho
population of the place to say that SO votes
were cast in all for alcade.
They have no coined currency in Cali
fornia. Public meetings were held at San
Francisco to secure fixed value TO gold
Dust" and to denounce measures "to re-
duce the price, as injurious to the best in
terests of the country AT one of these
meetings memorial was adopted praying
Congress to establish branch mint in Cal
ifornia.