Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-03-20

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hork' furnish the news from the Gold
region to Feb. ist. The North America
brought s45O.ooo in freight and in the
hands OF passengers, and the Empire
City 100000 in freight. The British
steamer Avon sailed from Chaorss ior
Carthagena on ths cath ult., with 5000.
600 in silver bars and 81 ,O0O. 900 IN
gold dust.
The steamer Republic, from San
Francisco, arrived at Panama, Feb. qOth.
with ESQ passengers and 81, ,OO0, 900 in
gold dust; and the steamer Panama ar
rived on the 2lst with an additional
SI,000,no0 in dust. a~
The "Gold Bluff" excitement is sim
intense, aud an incredible spirit of ad-
venture has been stirred up, carrying
crowds TO this new Ell Dorado. These
Bluffs present a perpendicular front of
from one to four hundred feet high, AID
extend about six miles. At times the
ocean breaks against the bluffs, so that
it is dangerous to travel along the beach
for days, but in ordinary weather the
beach is from 20 to so yards in width.
The sand is a mixture Of gray and
black, and contains fine PARTICLES Of
gold, which cannot be separated by the
usual mode of washing. The rills
that trickle down the bluffs are reported
rich in gold. The Pacific Mining Com
pany lay claim to large portion Of the
beach, haye erected log cabins, and laid
in stores for extensive working. They
have many laborers and chemist on
the ground. The expense Of reaching
the Bluffs is 100 dollars, and the cost
Of getting provisions there fifty cents
per pound. A man was offered $500
for the use of FIVE mules to pack pro-
visions to Salmon Creek, and refused
1000 dollars for pair OF good mules.
On the whole, this Gold Bluff discovery
is declared to be discouraging to indi-
viduals on account of the difficulty Of
access, cost of transportion, difficulty of
separating the gold from the sand, and
the uncertainty of the quantity of gold
in the sand.
A man on Salmon Creek took out
S1150 in 20 dayS-and the placers of
the interior yields sl6 per day to faith
ful miners. The vein of quartz at
Wood Diggings is stated 10 have yielded
in one day $4,000.
The weather in California continues
delightful. The days have been for
long time warm enough for comfort, and
the nights not disagreeably cool.
Although the rainy season commenced
on the third day of November, not two
inches of rain had fallen up to the first
Of February.
The Alta Californian OF February lst,
SAYS:
This is our dull season, and we are
heavily supplied with goods. Many
goods are put off at auction, the owners
not being in the regular trade. Rents
and storage and expenses cause this
course in many cases. We have no
special cause of discouragement. New
enterprises for trade on the coast are
constantly projecting. Everything is
but in its infancy, and these fluctuations
are but temporary, as our march is on
ward, without question.
FALUREs.-Some two or three fail
ures have taken place this week, and in
one case the parties are said to have
absconded, leaving the victimizsd to
settle up their affairs and divide the pro-
ceeds. Credit is gradually stealing in,
and creditors are being stolen from.
The election of U. S. Senator was
expected to take place in two or three
days after the departure of the steamer.
The choice being between Col. Free
mont and Mr.. T. Butler King, and it
was thought that the former was gaining
ground.
The Legislature have fixed the daily
pay of its officers as follows: Chief
Clerk S24; three assistants SEE each;
Sergeant-at-A rms $50; Door-keeper
SI6i Messenger Sl6, and Porter SlO.
The per diem Of the Secretary of the
Senate Is 228, and the assistants SIS.
A bill to remove the capital from San
Jose to Vallejo, has passed the Senate.
The citizens Of Santa Clara had offered
to give the State $4,000 in land to let
the capital remain where it is now.
A bill has been introduced into the
Legislature to punish with death all
cases of grand larceny.
Mrs. Root, who robbed her husband,
Jeremiah. at Sacramento City Of $780,
600 and fed, has been caught Her
husband had a prirate interVie0 with
her-forgave his erring beiter-half--
took her back, and left for the Atlantic
States.
There are now ten papers, eight Of
them daily papers, in San Francisco,
besides five more in embryo ain the
holds Of ships in port and -"comfng
round the Horn"
There are forty FIVE steamers plying
on the rivers of California.
DEATHs-Jarvis Miller, aged 29,
Ohio; NJ. S. Sbricht, %, Millersport,
Ohio; w. NJ. Richards, 81, Felicity,
Ohio; Henry Stone, Mansfield, Ohio,
aged 35.
One EYED THoxPsoS The N. Y. Express
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