Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-06-09


24th alt. aud arrived here last night, with.
Gaiifssnia news to May lst. She brought
400 passe ngersA eight hnudred Thousand
dollars!
The Falcon had act arnred when the
North America left Chasres-
The mining intelligence is Of the most
gratifying character. tfB5
The Wings hive CARED the election eu
San Fraacisco.
The rnnurs aasat about secret eyPe-
ditsen being on foot ro take bower Cal for.
MIA are not credited, .srs:
The Legislature has passed homestead
exemption law, and 6xcd the legal rate Of
interest at 10 per cent. .s. l..
The Legislature adjourned On the 3Odh
Of April.
BUSINESS is much revived and the pros
poets are cheering.
The steamers Union, Oregon and Re
public had arrived at Panama The Union
brought 200 passengers and SIS 900 in
dust; the Oregon is passeagres and $500,
slao ia dHst, and the Republic 200 passen-
. gers and 5 1000, 900, making in all ~, ,s0U,-
900, besides what is in the hands of the
passengers probably $l,N60,0o0 more
ISTHAlJS ITEMS
At Gsrgoss AIiller's Hotel was stuck by
lightning. ankt aEse life was lost.
The business men have removed from
Gorgona to Crncessdaring .laeswet season,
which has set ia SOME tsSe weeks earlier
than usual. al sz.
Buisness in Chag agres is good owing 10 tl,e
great number ef paas ,nsers, some 1900 Of
whom were waiting on the Falcen
The passengers OF the Gold Hunter were
mt permitted to land at Tehuantepec.
A severe earthquake was lelt at Valpa-
raiso, which greatly frightened the iuhab-
itanis. ss .-s--5 g.
Throug hext the ahde southern region
The miners are reaping rich harvest. e.
Considerable progress as been made by
tue Commissioners in forming treaties with
abe Indians though they still cont hue their
depredations in the vicinity of Los Angeles
There has been much snow on the moan
tains, and sere:al persons are reported 10
have been lost.
The prospects Cor good crops are favor
able, the spring ra ms have been Of inestima-
ble'vaiae to the farmers and gardnws.
Business has revived considerably, and
The confidence cf citizens IN the future prog
sess of the State is anabated.
JE. Lawrsace, editor of the Placer
Times, was attacked on the 30th April, by
soma rowdies, aud severely beaten.
Aman named Grady Guam, for merly Of
Mo, was shot in bis cabin at night. He
was bot throueh the crack Of ihe door,
while sitting at the table. The deed was
y Il IL. r.
Gity.a
Three non,hs ago labor might be had
in flacersyille at So to SO per day; but it
Loy commands from IS to 81.
80 FROM THE MINES
The Sacramento Transcript has detailed
accounts from the II ines. The Georgetown
sIigsings were paying well In the volcano
so.Ie 3J3 persons were at work, averaging
FROM 50 to SIC per day.
There are some 100 OF 500 miners in
Todd Valley and all doing well. p
The STOCKTON Times gives some interest
ing statements of sthe discovery OF ricll
quartz veins in the southern mines. The
editors consider that it has been satisfsct-
erily established hist the quartz vein will
eventually prove an inexhaastible mine ol
wealth to this country.
The Mar svil!e Herald says that larg.
numbers sase returning from Scott's rive
and loceting themselves at Morris Ravine
Longs Bar Oregon Gulch. Rich zGulch
aud Butts creek, where none of the minerl
are. making less than frcm $l0to an ounc,
a day. ls.aii.s;sssii sgsssiss.i II
Qaite a number of cases of lyme lins
hayeeoccurred. A fellow named Bill Hard
ing was lynched al Oregon Bar, on the 2ls
for horse stealing. Five Mexicans wer
lynchsd near Stockton, on the San Joaquin
for stsaling cattle :tass s5
Two brsthers, Wm. and John McMurtrie
were hung by the popuace at Moklumn
Hill, on The 9th Of April.
80 SANDWICH ISLAND.
Much satisfaction is fel, at the settlenen
of the difficulties between France and th
Islands, growing out OF. the Interpretation c
the Treaty Of May, 1886.
The King had issued proclamation cor
-veniag the Legislature Of the Goth of Apri
The birthday Of the King, the 18th c
March, was celebrated with uniyersl int
rest gss a s0l5s 80 q.
!, DEATHS. IN. CALIFORNIA
Andrew Mcllvaine, of Pittsburgh died /
Sacramento, April Is Peter Lie Bacte
aged So, Of Ill. Michael Coon, aged 81, 4
Ind DR.. S T. Jamison, 26, Of Mo. {
BaTnwsH: Of Mich /, who was Surgeon
one. of the Ohio regiments during the. wa
with Mexico, was frozen TO death early
April on the North fork of@ Salmon rive
liza ling been. oyerts ken in snow storm.
ARRIVAL OF TIE SSEh1PIRESctFY
4ss-.ss s:....ss.3.s New York, June 8.
The Egapire City yfrom Chagres, ,May2
and Kingston, May a7, arrived This NOR
ing, bringing $50 passengers and $4,000
00Ds with The California mails =
TnE CRysTAL PALACE BEATEN.-D
Duff. in his speech at the enniversal
meeting Of The W esleyan Methodist NJ
sionary Society in London, thus describ
r q. = ~ L. .4-~fI L.