Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-02-17
I,a,est From CaIlfsrnia.

10 gold Gust, ana &S0V,uvV III iho ""nus -
the passengers.
She .lefi Chagrss 9Th Jan. reached
Kingstou. Jamaica, the 3lsf.
Jacob Haverhill, of Massachusetts. died
On hoard.
Legislature Wing. So says one account.
AnolAe claims the majority as democratic.
This shows that the whole matter is in
doubt.
The California Gosrisr classss the Leg
islasure thus:
Wings. Dem. Doubt.
S.osns,v. ssass a Il 4
Nearly the whole body is in favor oil
Land Reform
The Wing majority in Sacramento City
240--county I50-on State Senator, Col.
Fremont canaol be elected.
News from the Mining District sncoura.
sing. Daring the Fall months, miners
have been piling up dry dirt. They have
worked on this since the rains set in. and
have made from seven to eight dollars a
day.
Pricss Of provisions have fallen greatly
al the mines,
Answ placer Of unprecedsnt richness has
bean found al Sonora. Over 5000 persons
are at work upon il. Out of one hole la
beref dug ten pounds Of the precious met.
al. Ano,her yielded thirty-seven pounds in
three days.
Socially matters wear a brighter aspect.
The sseam marine is increasing rapidly,
and business assuming regular method
insagricuhure, order and form is manifest,
and tiIlers Of the soil are doing well.
Nonews of the steamer Panama, over
due
A large number ofpublic men have died.
A decision Of the Supreme Court involv-
ing the land titles Of Sacramento City has
created much dissatisfaction -.
Fotty schooners are employed ia the
California country trade.
The weather, at the sailing Of the stearE-
or, was extremely lovely. For two or
lhrso days previous, scafce cloud OBJ
scured the brightness Of the sky.
Businsss shows no great activity, in fact,
il is ratEer dull.
Tho steamers Constitution and North
sner have afrived.hut bring no news OF the
missing steamsr Panama.
The New E.,g.an Society a, San Fran.
c.sco, celebrated the landing Of the Pill.
grims on Plymouth Rock, by appropriate
services. Tho entertainment altogether,
was one ofihe mott social that ever took
pincs in C,iifori ia.
The stea mer Carolina was 10 sail on
the 24iIi OF January for Panama, and the
Columbus would 10 How in a few days
The names of lhoss lost on the bark
Bssfonian, previously reported, were Wm.
Ballot Cambsidgeport, ami | Smith OF
Salisbury. 4 F..
The amount of gold dust taken by the
Carolina, { ON San Franciscn,is $500, 900,
and by the Columbus $5l6, 600. The
passengers also took a large amount
This Erxning Index is the name of o
new Whig Journal published at Sacramen-
,o,sfnakipg four Wing fai ers in Califor-
nlaa4s{s
The Sonora Herald Of the 2iss, says
rains have fal!en abundantly. aud that NH
nets in tbs immediate vicinity Of that place
are washing out not less than Sl0, ,o0o q
day. .s
Returns from the elections in NewYork,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and other
States, we're received at San Francisco on
the 2sth Of December.
The Pacific Mus speaking of Mossn-
chnsests, says-.sA Democratic Governor
IN Massachusetts, will indeed be something
,o boas, OF, and then Robert G. Winthrop,
q. S. equator, will have to stand aside TO
nuke room for democrat.
The health efSacramsnto was never bet
ter ,H t=
Movements were on foot fer q plank
road from San Francisco to San Jose.
"A miner in the diggings nenr Oshir,
picked up lump Of gold worth $4,000.
New discoveries of gold disgings have
rsceu,ly been made in the North Fork of
Feather River which are represented as OF
n very rich character.
Horace Smith, Wing, was elected May.
or of Sacramento
The Paciifc Neaos learns by recent ar.
rivals from down the coast that the great
esi scarcity prevails among all the inhabit'
ants between San Diego and Monterey -
No. only all sorts of clothing and dry
goods needed, but provisions of every kind
aud the common necessariss Of life. The
same remark has been made respecting
Southern Oregon.
George w. Grumpy one Of the partner.
Of w inter's Hotel at Colma has absconded
with &25, 900.
The miners in the Nevada diggiDgs are
s.s@ A. T.. do;o~ vary wall The mine.