Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-08-06
California-Efforts to Establish d state
Government. &c.

Francisco for the purpose OF forming STATE
Constitution and applying, at the next ses-
sion Of Congress, for the admission of Cali
fornia into the Union as State. Since
then we have received by mail, copy Of
the proceedings. The resolutions reported to
the meeting by Myron Norton, Esq, with
the action thereon, were as follows:
Resolred, Thatths Congress of the Uni
ted States having failed to pass any law for
the government Of this country, the people
Of California have the undoubted right to
organize government for their own protec-
ton.
Resolued, That the deople of California
are called upon by an imperative sense of
duty, to assemble in their sovereign capaci-
ty, and elect delegates to convention to
form constitution for State government.
tn. the great and growing interests of Cal
ifornia may be represented in the next Con.
gress of the Uni:ed States, and that the
people of this country may have the neces-
sary protection Of law.
RESOLVED, That we earnestly invite our.
fellow citizens at large to unite with US in
our efforts to establish government in ac-
cordance with the constitution of our below
ed country, and that committe of five per-
sons be appointed by the President Of this
meeting, to correspond with the other dis
tricts and fix an early day for the election
OF delegates and the meeting of the conyen-
tion, and also to determine the number of
delegates which should be elected from this
district
Maj. Barry opposed the resolutions. Gen.
Morse offered an amendment to the la st res.
| olution, to the effect that the meeting adopt.
for the time, the days appointed by Cen
Riley.
Col. ]. D. Stevenson opposed the amend
, ment.
( After some little discussion, the amend.
3 ment was rejected, and the vote being TAX
en- upon the original resolutions, they Syere
! adopted. A.
' The Chairman, in accordance with the,
: last resolution, then appointed the following
committee:
S Peter H. Burnett, w. D. NJ. Howard.
Myron Norton, E. Gould Bufum, Edward
r Gilbert.
D The meeting was then addressed BY Ed.
3 ward Gilbert
On motion the meeting adjourned sine die
D letter writer in the N. \. Herald; un-
! der date Of San Francisco, June 20, as the
3 following:
4 SAs friend remarked to me few DAYS
r since, this is small town with very large
r prices Board varies from l6 to 81 dollars
3 per week; washing 8 dollars per dozen.
: A common lodging room and none to be
0 procured at that = rents for fifty dollars a
y moath; stores and Offices rent for three hun
Is dred to thousald dollars per month. A
y clean shave costs two dollars; game Of
billiards dollar; and last, thoug h not least.
the damage sustained to an Individual 4
!, pocket, in imbibing gin cocktail, is twer-
ty-Gve cents The old hotel, which two wears
. ago rented for thousand dollars per YEAR,
now rents for sixteen thousaLd A new ard
capacious hotel, called the Parker House,
;, ;, built by Robert A. Parker, Esq, was open
y ed few weeks since with a splend.d ball
: and supper. This house is credit to Cali
: fornia, being the largest in the country As
. a specimen Of the high rent here, twoA bill
: lard rooms in this house, containing four
= tables, rent for twelve thousand dollars u
: : year; two rooms appropriated to gaming
: rent for twelve thousand dullars per annunl
s each: several smaller rooms for the same
r purpose, at six thousand each per aanum
! and the remainder Of the building consists
= of dining rooms, led sing rooms ard Offices,
' which rent at enormous prices. The Par
. ker Pouse is conducted in style which will !,
; | doubt not, meet the appreciation of all
+" strangers coming to San Francisco. zse
B." he market is oyerstucked with most
: kinds of goods, and they are generally SELL
y = ing very cheap. If this is so much the case
= now, heaven knows what will be done when
q those hundred SAIL which are daily eI-
!, pected, reach here. | have no doubt, from
: > present appearances, that their cargoes will
u be sold at the original cost; added to the
. cost of transportation.
y "We had very interesting gold fever on
" a small scale a few days since, in our very
midst. 1t seems that some keen-eyed genius
in travelling through one of the streets, saw
a lying on the ground piece of gold. Stoop.
;. ing to pick it up he observed some more and
as be still continued at his occupation, all the
!. greenhorns soon gathered around him. IL,
q hall an hour the whole street was lined with
), gold seekers, and strange to say, all were
= finding some. Yes, there lay the yellow
mica scattered in our very streets. The ea-
ger crowd soon attracted the attention Of
> our citizens, and variety of opinions were,
. as is usual in such cases, expressed. Many
. became quite enth usiastic; declared that
San Francisco was resting on gold mine,
!, and threatened to bring pick axe and shovel
!, and dig, to the great detriment of the pub
: lie streets One man did actually do so, but
after wheeling his dirt and finding nothing
init, gave it up. The knowing ones soon
solved the mystery. The fine particles of
gold can be found in every street, and are
t the sweepings of the stores where gold is
taken in exchange for goods. The excite
; ment has died away, and the town has as
sumed its usual quiet, if there is any such
) thing as quiet in San Francisco.
S ~ he steamship Panama arrived in this
> port on June 4th, with $50 passengrs, III
] DAYS from Panama. The Oregon entered
I the harbor on the morning Of June Is.
twenty days from Panama, bringing 800
passengers" "a
The "Crescen, City" brought over $2al,.
994 in gold dust. She reports the British
frigate Constance, at San Bias, with g..
1000 in gold dust on board, bound to