The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-11-29
California IntsIllaenee
BYtRe arrlxal oflhe Ohin, .we havo Cl

Inc steamer racine arrlveu al t1nVahh,
November 16, with FIVE hundred passen.
gers for New Orleans aud New York
the greater part for New Orleans--and
s2Sl sos in gold dust. She left about 100
passengers OF Chegres whom she could
not take.
The cholera, which has been for some
time approaching the country by the trail
of the Acapnlcn, has at length made It's
appearance in San Francisco, but the
cases are as yet few aud Of quite mild
character,
The whule uf The burnt district has been
rebuilt, and improvements are every
where progressing rapidly. All ofthe
principal thoroughfarcs will be plauked
before the rainy season. The wharves
are being extended into deep water.
The desperadoes are beginning tot Aock
into San Francisco from the mines to pass
the winter, and crime is rapidly increas
ing. Robberes are frequently committed
in open day.
The ADMISSION or CALIFORNIA. When
the news of this event reached San Fran
cisco it excited generalrrjoicipgs. The
ships In the harbor fred their guns, the
first one to blaze awav being British
bark from Liverpool The Alta California
thus describes the scene in ,he citys
The Oregon came gallanlly into the
harbor gracefully decorated, and telling
the Importance Of the news she brought
by continued canuoundng Al once the
American Flug went up from every posi-
BILE place in the city. One gallant fellow
worked his way up the slippery flag stat
on the Square; and rove the pennanl hal
yards amid the cheers nfthc crowd. Then
the Stars and Stripes werI floating aloft
and every hat swung around, and every
voice was brought into reqnisition, II
welcome the first public flag ever raised
there in honor of the Thirty. first State o
the Uuion. Three times three" were
given in tuken Of pride and pleasure, a:
many more for Harry Clay, for having
"assisted in putting it there" The same
for MIR. Benton for the sane reason, and
many cheers for others. Then the peo'
pie contributed between 5000 aud $500
for the benefit of the fine fellow who
Skinned" up the flagstaff Sron tive
splendid pieces of ordnance were on the
grouad beneath the flag. and grand sa
lGle nf-we do not know how many gun:
fired in honor Of tho great occasion
These cannon were from the revenue
cutter, aud under direction of Capt. Fra
Ter, We're skillmIIy managed. Universe
Joy seems To- prevail among all classes
TIE SGGng republicans are glorious. ant
so are the old. Several thousand dollar
were subscribed wilhin two hours for
Grand Ball ii honor nf the occasinn. The
| 81 DoradG and c.ller buildings were llu
minated, and crackers and firearms ant
happy vnices. ali nId Enthusiastically Of tn,
love of the Union Which is ore Of til,
strongest feelings ii tie heur,s uf our cit
izeus.
Tnn Erecr,oa. The r4cSStsiit election
haa resulted in partial ttiai%Spf f.
the Wings and the Codrier IS rrj"icin!
over the result. The vnte for the perm
anent locatnn orthe seat i6r Governr,en
as far as heard from is ten to "ne in favo
of Vallejo. The Wings " 4 have
majority Of two in the Senate In Ih,
House, the returns are not completed, ,bn
it issn1p"sed that the Wings will have
majority.
: TnE MINES The news from the mine
is as usual Of mixed character. Snm
miners have had fortunate streak of lucl
and have made fortune. Others hav,
had their dams washed away aud hav,
thus lust the labor of months. Two o
three persons took it ntn their heads t,
work upon an elevated spot aud in shor
time made considerable amount of gold
This was unexpected. as M persons ha,
thought of going up so high for the pre-
, cious metal aud soon after, some five mile
in the vicinity of the spot were laid off IA
to claims.
One poor devil had made dam an
: washed away fnr several weeks withor
5 any success. He disposed of his clair
aud the lucky purchaser with three me
in about five hours washed out 6l ounces
The original owner had dug within tw
feet of the itch spot aud then sold out
T despair.
. The return Of wet weather has il
duced many of the miners To go 10 tb
dry diggings, others will winter in Sa
Francisco, while very many will retnr
to their homes iithey can get of. FroT
! the best aud most reliable sources, tn
f average Of one dollar clear per day is a
that is made by the miners.
The MarysvlIe Herald says:-"1 h
most beautifully formed spe cimen of pur
i gold that we have vet seen was shown Il
n at Ford & Goodwine's store, on Tuesda
? last. Its weight was only ten ounces
but its singular aud beautiful formaliu
renders it truly valuable far beyond its il
: trinsic worth, as Cabinet specimen.
was the property of BENZ. Vesey, Gree
T Mountain Boy. 1t was taken from tn
dry diggiugs in tile vicinity of Tolle
Three men few days since took OF
twenty five hundred dollars IN the imm
= diate vicinity"
n QUARTz Rock Two gentlemen by Il
name of Fisher, uf Naututke, Mass. .ha'
recently engaged in extracting gold fro
. what is termed rotten quartz. Asan e
e idence Of their labor we have it on reli
e BILE authority, that in the lllinuis cano
about 2 miles from Georgetown, aud
from Columbia, they obtained Sl,7(
$ from one buShel of quartz Transcrl