Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-02-03
California PAPERS.

date Of November 80. 1t is large doub-
e sheet. neatly printed on good paper, and
Is principally filed with original matter.
We are also indebted to Mr.. T. Gibbons,
late Of Deerfeld, now Of SACRAMENTO City,
for . eopyF Of the Daily Placer Times Of
thesdate Of December 3. These papers
contain much matter Of interest, thoug gh1
very little important news that does not
reach us earlier by telegraphic dispatches
in eur city dailies. . HyEa q y Z a
The Alta gives the following notices Of
the success in mining from which it appears
that the gold is not yet exhausted in that
region: .'s7,-'-.7
,Quartz Gold. AT the rooms of Pro-
fessor Noony yesterday, we saw some re-
narkably rich specimens Of quartz gold.
They were brought from the neighborhood
Of Carson's Greek, and company has been
formed to work the locality, called the
@Carson's Greek Consolidated Mining Com
pany. = The mine was discovered
by Mr.. William Rance, Of Albany, N. Y,
and we are informed that specimen which
he disposed Of some little time ago has
since been sold for $1,000. Two blasts were
made in the ledge, with result which sat-
isfes the company that their mine exceeds
in richness any discoveries yet made in
California. q
@Sonora.-The news from the New Dig
giLgs" at Sonora is of the most encourag-
ing character. Hundreds were earning
from Sl0 to $50 per day each, and many
had taken out their a.piIes" in few days
Two sons of Mr.. Ford (mere boys,} took
out Of one hole seven and eight ounces of
gold to the handful, and they have clear
ed in three weeks $4,000. A company
Of Chilians found, on Saturday last, two
Jumps Of gold, unmixed with quartz, one
weighing ls5 ounces and the other lib
ounces" ....s
The same paper contains spirited arti-
Gle in regard to the @immigrations of con-
victs" into that new State, attributing to
that cause most Of the crimes and evils
which abound there. Upon this subject
that paper says: sa.. ss9a ssT
Of convicts, mostly from the penal colonies
of the Pacific. Our Police reports show
that these people are the great Ieprosy that
is rendering the whole surface -four present
society hateful and disgusting. Van Die
mans Land and New South Wales have
been the prolific lazarettos whence moral
pestilence and contagion have spread to US
in forms more terrible and ruinous to socie-
ty and the soul, than cholera and, yellow
fever and small pox united, can be to the
body. 1t il notsseen and felt alone in the
crimes committed Immediately by this gang
of incarnate fends Each of them strikes
the blow with one had-wields one knife
or pulls one trigger. But their terrible in
fuence strikes with a thousand. Briarius-
like, they are armed hundred fold for
wickedness." as .as5E tc ~ sake
The Alta, after going on to set forth the
evils which these @convict immigrants" in
flict upon that young State, saying They
have come here by thousands. They are
like the locusts and vermin Of Egypt; they
are everywhere. Not alone in the mines,
engaged in robbery and murder, they are
in our midst. They are upon US; our mo-
tions are watched, our steps followed; the
privacy of home, of the business office, of
the study, and the dormitory, is nothing.
They see all, know all, and if vigilance is
slackened for a moment, the theft, the rob-
berry or the murder is almost certain to fol-
low"-appeals to the General Government,
for the passage Of measures Of protection a.
gainst the evil. Who would abandon the
blessings of civilization for society like
that, for even the prospect of golden har-
vest. .@r - uE
The following affecting incident we copy
from the same paper: - s.ay
@Afscting."-We have seen many fu-
nerals pass our Office, but nene that have
spoken SO sadly as one which passed yes
terday. The procession was single, SIM
pie cart, in it small coffin, covered with
white cleth, beside which sat woman,
probably mother and widow, in. deep
mourning, bowed down with grief, accem-
panying for the last time the only being,
perhaps, that had cheered her hours Of
loneliness and made her feel that one tie
to earth yet remained. Two men only, in
coarse clothing. walked behind. apparently
volunteers, whose hearts had still that vi
brative chord of sympathy for deep aff1ic-
tion which selfishness has in too many cases
unstrung. Who could look upon that qui-
ct, last journey of the dead, that sad jour-
ney of the living, and not feel sensations of
pity and commisseration which words can
no more express than the poor, silent sleep
er within that simple coffin. Who knows
but the spirit whose late prison-house was
thus borne to the grave without pomp or os-
tentation, was mightier than that Of Cesar,
more generous than Isabella's--more pre-
cious in the sight Of Heaven than both!--
Well, poor mother, thy home may be desc
late, but thou hast one guardian angel more
than before. szr@-.s-s a.r |
The Times contains the proceedings of