The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-02-13
oALIEoRnIA InTELLIeENor.



weeks later intelligence from California.
The engrossing sobjeet of public 70
gard and attention is the approaching
Senatorial election. On the Wing side
are Edwin Bryant and john WeIhered;
among the Democrats are John b. Wei
ler, H. w. Hallock. Solomon HrydeD
fedt, John w. Geary aud john C. Ere.
mont. The Herald Is Of the opinion that
Wing will be elected, should The plu
relity rule he adopted.
The San francisco Herald says:
THE Legislature will meet on the 9th
proximo. at San Jose, hut there is
strong feeling in favor nf removing the
seat of government temporarily to this
city. The session commences under very
embarrassing circumstances, as there is
no money in the treasury. aud very little
prospect of obtaining any.
Should Congress neglec at its present
session to vote The civil fund to the State.
it is impossible the government can get
on without loan. aud proposition of
that nature must go To the people tor rati-
fication before the Legislature can vote
1.-THE constitution provides that no
money shall be borrowed except by the
first Legislature, without consulting the
popular will"
The same paper contains the follow
ing summary:
"The mines are at present yielding
less prolilably than during the past sea
sen; but it is a matter of doubt whether
the yield of the next year will not equal
that Of the past The quartz gold will
be mined with great deal ofeuelgy du.
ring the coming spring and summer: and
with the aid of machinery and steam the
profits will undoubtedly be very large.
The lndions in Mariposa country
have commenced depredations,anda et.
forts To pacily them have proved una.
vailing. There is in town aud country
a much greater amount of crime against
property and life than heretofore, and no
doubt is entertained that there exists an
organized band, mostly c4mposed, prob
nies, whose trade is pillage and mur.
der.
Considerable apprehension is enter
taincd for the safety Of the steamer Pa
mama, which left Panama for this port on
the 4th December, and has not since been
heard Of The Constitution and Nor
lhemer have since arrived. but bring no
tidings of her"
The Herald gives an estimate of the
amount of gold dust exported, From
April lst. 1919. to 3lst December, 1850,
inclusive, there loft San Francisco | 500
passengers. Duling the year 1850, TIE
number was 1864. The amount Of gold
for the former period is put dawn at So,
3l4,70l, and for the latter at $33, ,S27 ,054
The above does not include the gold TAX
en- away by very large number of min
ers who left by other routes and shipped
to other countries; this is estimated at a.
bout S2S 600 900, making in all S62.7l7,
797. We may add that about half of
this is guess w"k aud very likely t. he
over estimated.
The Placer Times Of Sacramento CRY
says:
Ncw and Rich Dggiags "A friend
who is located between the North Fork
of the American and Bear rivers. some
eighly.fve miles from This city, informs
= II, that new and rich discoveries have
been made upoil the last named stream,
three or four miles abuve Steep hollow,
nn The Truckee emisrant road Two or
| three persons. have been at work Tor
several weeks past, in the lacaton named, i,
and have realized from one to two hun
dred dollars to each man employed per
! day. A large number of persons learning
/ these facts, have recently crowded in aud
located claims. The most of those at work
we hear. are doing exceedingly we'll.
| The gold is found in the side nt he noun
tpin, in what appears to he dccayed sIune,
and pays as deep as shafts have been
sunk We are told the gold is in coarse
pieces varying IN value from fifty cents up
to seven and eight dollars each.
Sonora quartz Vrj1 For the last few
days there has been no little excitement
in The northern extremity of our town,
owing to certain discoveries which have
been made Of a quartz vein, said To be
rich in gold The course or direction of
this vein has been guessed at for several
miles, aud is all duly staked oF-a great
portion probably by men who have not a
few stakes set in other places. IT the
true course Of the vein has been marked
out, the theory which supposes all The
placer gold to have heen thrown or wash.
ed down from veins in the mountains, is
strengthened by the present discovery.
The vein in question as marked out pas.
ses along in the immediate vicinity Of
diggings which have proved exceedingly
rich. We saw last spring lump of gold
eiehing about 22lbs taken out quite
near the place where the present excite.
ment originated.
Other discoveries have been made a,
different points within few weeks. from
three To eight miles from here-and ac.
cording to the accounts of gentlemen in.
tcrested, each discovery is richer than
any of its predecessors. For ourselves
we are dsposod to receive all glitlering
state ements with allowance and yet there
can be no doubt whatever that this whole
region Of country is emphaticalIy golden
1t will be impossibe, however, To work
these quartz veins proftabIy while the
expenses of labor aud of machinery are