Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1849-02-10


The ship Leonora, and briggs Atilla and
Rodoph have been purchased by different
companies to proceed to California. The
Atila belongs to Plymouth company. We
find in the Boston Post alone, advertisements
of three banks, eLeuen ships, four briggs and
one schooner, in addition TO those already
mentioned, up for freight and passengers,
and to sail before the 25th inst.
AT Gloucester, the schooner Loo-Choo
of 80 tons, has been purchased for 900 to
load Immediately for California. A number
OF enterprsing young men Of the same
place, masters OF vessels employed in the
Georgia Bank Fisheries, having purchased
the schooner Paragon, are now fitting Der
out The Paragon will be commanded by
Capt. Haley, man we'll acquainted on that
coast, having recently returned from three
years. cruise in the Pacific.
Al Salem, the Naumkeag Mutual Ira
ding Company, has been organized, and
numbers about twenty, mostly young men OF
spirit and enterprise.
Joint stock company is also organizing
in Nantucket, to proceed TO California
shares fixed at 500. The ship Aurora has
already cleared from this port, with IL pas
sengers, and a cargo consisting principally
Der, naval stores, provisions, and sperm
candles. She takes out no intoxicating IL
auors, The crew receive Lone dollar Per
month piece for the voyage out, with lib
erty to leave the ship on her arrival at San
francisco, Eleven of her passengers be-
long TO Nantucket, five to Fall River, and
one to New York.
The " Nantucket and California Compa-
nyn have held meeting at which it was
decided to leave by the LIST of March,
They also agreed TO fix the shares at $500
each, and to continue to admit applicants
into The company, until their number shall
be increased 10 40. beyond which Il was not
deemed expedient to go. The brig Ocean
MS. of Plymouth, has been purchased for a
voyage to California. The brig Rodolph,
purchased for same destination, is OF 1913
tons, $500 was paid for her, and about
81 800 will be laid out to fit her for the voy-
age.
From the neighborhood of Springfield,
( Mass. a company Of 80 or 30 is forming.
The route they intend to take is a new one
viz: to sail up the Rio Grande about 500
miles, to Passo del Norte, and strike across
the country on foot, distance OF or 800
miles,
In New London the schooners Mary Tay-
Tor and Velasco are fitting out for California
by Joint stock companies. The schooners
Heroine and Mount Vernon are also adver-
Used TO sail from the same port have large
number of cabin passengers, and full
freight engaged.
The ship Prescott and schooner of 900
tons are up for California at Mystic, Conn.
The Hartford Times says the {" Union
Company" have purchased the packet Hen
ry Lee, to sail on the goth. Farmers, black
smiths, machinists, carpenters, merchants,
wheewrghts, printers, physicians, clergy
man, with men of other professions, COM
pose the Company.
The New England Pioneer" compa-
ny of IL respectable young gentlemen, left
Hartford OH the 9Th inst. for California by
the way OF Vera Cruz and the City of Mex
leo. The company go armed with proper
defensive weapons, and take with them a
tent. The company is commanded by Cap
tain Paul, late of the Massachusetts youn-
teers,
At Newport, II. l., whaling ship has
been purchased by another Gold Company.
A California expedition is organizing in
New Brunswick. Capt. Brewer, an expe-
ricnced sailor, is TO command the ship
Fiity shares of $500 each are To be sold.
Half of these have been subscribed, and
there is a fair prospect that the rest soon
will be. A committee, on which appears
the name of J, ID. Hagar, are getting sub
scrlbers.
Another company, known as the New
Jersey Mining aud Trading Company" are
to so overland. They viii leave the Wes-
tern frontier abou, the middle of February,
and travel by the southern route, via Arkan-
sas, Sc, The company will send about
$4,000 worth OF goods, and the machinery
of saw.mil round Cape Horn. Their
number is limtedto IL.
Tho ship Gray Eagle was TO sail on
Thursday from Philadelphia to California,
carrying out forty passengers aud heavy
freight list.
/ Tho brig oniota sails from Philadelphia
direct Tor san Francisco. The Oniota takes
out the lllIle steamer Islander, To run on
some Of the waters OF the gold regions,
The Baltimore Patriot speaks of a clip
per craft which is 10 sail shortly from that
port--the pilot-hoat Eclipse, of 50 tons, to
SO through the straits OF Magellan. The
same paper declares tina, Maryland will 40
ahead OF them all.
Tho new elipper-ship Greyhound, Of $50
tons burden, under the command of Capt.
Claypool, cleared at the Baltimore Custom
House on Tuesday the 9th, for California.
Her cargo consists of great variety of ar
iiieles, shipped by 81 different persons, aud
is valued al nearly 100000. The mani
TESTS are 50 feet in length. The Greyhound
also carries out 50 passengers,
I At Charleston, 6. c. the ship othcllo is
announced TO sail ON the Goth for San Fran
cisco,
In Illinois, company is preparing TO sci
out from Cheago-but have prudently dis.
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