The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-01-17
From The Netc Orleans Picayune.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA,
Arrival of the Steam Ship Daniel
Webster.

The steam ship Daniel Webster, Capt.
Lucas, whose arrival ut the bar, we reported
this morning, reached the lcvee ut an early
hour. She brings intelligence from San
Francisco, to the 9th inst. Eight days later
than that brought b. the PhiIadcIphla W ich
steam ship, also reach ID the lcvce this NOR.
ming.
The Daniel Webster brings the following
passengers q. W. Montgomery, f. NJ. law.
kins, q. w. Hawkins, &. Knight, w. J. Han.
son, and 81 in the stcerage.
We condense the following from the sum-
mary of steamer Herald, Of the 9th inst,
for the week previous
Notwithstanding the absence of rain
which is getting 20 be severely felt by the
miners, the news from all the principal Nor
thern mines continue to be of very en-
couraging character, and wc have no doubt
from what is now taking place. that with
the advent of the rains, we shall have to
report very considerable yield.
A large nugget of gold weighing II lbs.
was found in Sonora n week ago, at depth
Of four feet; it is intsrmixrd with quartz,
and il said To contain lO los. OF pure gold,
and is valued at $4,000.
In Calaveras county, near Moquclume
Hill, u beautiful lump of crystalized gold,
by an Indian hoy. From Camp Glencoe,
we learn that a party OF miners struck upon
n very lead, and took out from ten To TWEEN.
~ dollars to the pan, and that considerable
excitement hal taken place in that locality.
la CaIdwclrs Garden near Shaw's Flat,
Toalume county, party of miners have
been very successful, having struck lend
which yielded two ounces To the pau /; in
one forenoon they took out 81 900.
The South Carolina Company have sold
their quartz claim on Carson Hill, Calavcr,s
| county, 10 IN English company, for the
good round sum Of $4,000
We learn that rich gold plains some
twenty miles in extent, were discovered Il
| few weeks since on the east fork OF the
Carson river, but that very iittle mining
could be one, as the river had frozen, and
the weather w,ls intensely cold.
a part of miners, who left San Diego
| some siX months since on II gold finding eX-
petition beyo ond the Colorado and Gila riv.
ers in Mexico, have returned unsuccessful
Small PARTICLES We're found, but not suffi.
cient To pay for mining.
A valuable quicksilver mine has been dis
covered at Ballaciios, on the coast range of
mines, three miles from the San Joaquin
! plains. We also learn that Il ven Of what
is supposed TO be coal has been found on
Rabbit Creek, Siorra county. ltis of hard
substance, burns slowly, ana docs not emit
| any very great heat.
The Cow Creek and Pitt River Indians
are now ut war with the whites, in conse-
/ qucnce of the former not having been sup
piled with food. More difficulties are ex-
pected.
Gov. Bigler has eommuted Crooks sen.
tence to death for murder, to ten years i'm.
prisonmcnt.
A rail road from Los Angeles to the
| Colorado is in high favor with many Of the
leading citizens Of the former city, The in.
habitants of San Diego are also projecting
u rail road to the Colorado.
| Some capitalists in Los Angeles have
purchase land with the view OF founding
a new city, six miles inland from San podro.
A salt manufacturing company near Los
Angeles has a capital of $4,000 invested.
The telegraph line between Columbia and
Stockton will be- ia operation on the LIST oi
January.
| A sample Of cotton, grown on the banks
Of the Sacramento by NJ. T. o. SeIby, has
been exhibited by that gentleman, and has
demonstrated tho adaptation of the soil OF
the Sacramento Valley for cotton growing.
With the exception Of slight excitement
growing out OF several Indignation meet
iDgs held by the citizens of the First Ward
OF which mention is made below, San Fran.
cisco has been extremely quiet during the
past week. improvements generally have
been finished up, andin the wet season very
little Is dong ip that line. a large number
OF brick buildings have been erected during
the season just over, which furnish evidence
OF the continued prosperity Of our growing
city.