American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-01-05
From Me Cincinnati Gnzette.
Arrival of the Overland Mail.

ceWoeT o. ahu buIee pAesehSeTe' reaoheu
here this noon.
There have heen no foreign arrivals,
nor any vessels from domestic Atlantic
ports, since the last mail.
Business is even more dull this week
than during that preceding. Sales are
confined to jobbiug lots, and it is an utter
impossibility to move goods to any great
extent The demand from the country is
exceedingly slack. A continuance Of the
present 6us weather is net ded to improve
il. The markets droop throughout, and
for Provisions and Candles the tendency
is 10 the buyers favor. 800 6rkins of but.
ter sold at auction at 9@l3sc. on a long
credit. June is lower at 3O@324c, which
is now fair quotation. Is,bmus ships
ments have prejudiced the market, and, if
continued, will not bring over cost igures.
Clear Pork: in barrels, is worth St7 so
and halves 80 30. Lard quiet. Bacon
and Hams very dull. No activity is look.
ed for in the next 60 days.
On the morning of,he5th of December,
just before taking his departure for the
Atlantic States, Judge Hoffman, of the
United States District Court Of the North
ern District OF California, lied an opinion
confirming WHIT is Known as the Sherre.
back claim to twenty four thousand square
feet Of land en- Rincon Hill, and conIgu.
GUS thereto being some Of the most vaIda
BILE property in the city Of San Francisco.
The claim is based on what purpor!s to
be Mexican grant to one Sherreback in
l845. 1t was rejscted in 1855 by the
United States Coard OF Commissioners ap.
pointed to settle private land claims in
California From this decision appeal
was taken to the District Court. The peo-
pie lost sight OF the suit, supposiug the
claim fraudulent and worthless, and the
matter went by default The unexpected
confirmation by Judge Hoffman produced
intense excitement but after day or two
the parties interested took the principal
part Of the blame to themselves, and have
sinee gone TO work in earnest to get the
ease re.opeued, when new testimony will
be introduced which, it is believed, will
defeat the claim. The property covered
by the grant is worth fifteen hundred thou>
sand dollars, and its prospective value is
immense. Already the most elegant pri-
vate residences in the city are locnted on it.
The Coroner's inquest on the body Of
E!dridge Gerry Paige, { /. ow, Jr., J return
ed verdict Of deslh from intempersnce.
1t was previously supposed he committed
suicide.
A report has obtained currency in San
francisco that the late Senator Broderick
left will after all, which will be forth
coming whenever an administrator on the
estate is appointed.
Judge Hardy. Of CaIaverss county. had
decided that the owner Of piece Of lsns
to which he had per'srt title, is also the
owner of the mineral in the said land He
accordingly deCreed in favor Of OuSting
some miners who were digging on the
ground for gold. This case will he ap.
pealed to the Supreme Court and bring be.
lore our higest tribunal test question Of
vast importance to mineral interests of Cali
fornia
A silver mine has been discovered in
Santa Cruz county, the ore yielding eight
two dollars per ton.
The trail over the mountains from Pa-
cerville to Carson Valley has been opened.
since the la!e heavy SHOWS, and loaded
terms passed Without difficulty.
A suit has been commenced in the Unit.
ed States District Court for the Western
District of Utah. now IN session at Carson
Valley, TO determine the conflicting inter.
esls of several claimants to the original sill
yer mine known as the Cemstock Lead
The plaintiff swears that already $780, 900
worth Of ore have been taken from the
mine, and those now working it are daily
taking therelrom the valus Of $4,000.
BY steamer Columbia later dates 10 the
Goth ullimo are received from Southern
Oregon. New gold mines are continually
discovered in that portion of the Siale.-
The Jacksonville Sentinel reports new
gold field in the vicinity of Gale,turgh.
which prospects quite richly, and was run
ming a rush among miners. The miners
at jackson, Poor mans Greek, Apologize
and at Whisky Creek, were doing well, and
it was thought there were a; least FIVE hun.
dred miners at work 10 the vicinity Of Will
lamsburg. AT Wells Mills, some thirty
miles from Jacksonyile,rich diggi have
been discovered, which nre represented as
Of great extent. Snow bad fallen in con.
siderable quantities on the Willamette.
Dates from Sanwich Islands are 10 the
10th of November. by the Milwaukee ship
Josiah Bradley, which arrired al Homo
lulu from Boston. November 9th, and had
been chartered to load guano at Baker,
Island to proceed to Hampton Roals.
The Danish barque Maria laid on tc
take oil and bone for Bremen.
The Josephine arrived at Honolulu from
a cruise to Bakers and Jarvis Island.
A wharf 400 feet loug wi h rail tracl
had been erected at Bakers Island to ia
cilitate loading Guano. Z
The ship Mary Bradford was about com
menced to load when the Josephine left
The ship Flying Dragon sailed from
Honolulu November 7th for Bakers Is
land. to be followed in fortnight by IL,
Josiah Bradley,
TIE Kings private Secretary, Mr., Me-
son, who was recently dangerously wound
ed by bis Msjesty whil- in ft OF jealousy
was in very precarious condition, Tn,
King had gone 10 Lahama to watch tb,
symptoms Of his victim, being very solicit
Gus ior his recovery.
A recent assessment shows that the to
tai valuation of all the real and persona