Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-07-07
GOLD REGIoN-sTATE OF AFFAIns.

Peru, Chill Mexico, and the Sandw;nh
Islands, who are pouring into Califc,nin
IS almost Incredible. Seventy or eighty
vessels were lying i'll the harbor com
pletely deserted by officers as well as by
men, left with no one to take care Of
them and rapidly falling to pieces at the
wharyes. - 'i'
The great peril to the whole country
Is to grow out of the greatsinHuxion of for
elgners Not only do they seize upon
the mines, from which they have been
excluded by formal proclamation of tho
United States Government, but their dc
pertinent towards the Americans is sa;d
to be IN the highest degree insulting and
provoking. at the latest accounts the
foreigners out numbured the Americans
ten to one in the mining districts, and
'lelr demeanor was correspondence
oVefDearmg and insufcrable. This had
created the deepest indignation among
The Americans, especially as the Mexio
cans were foremost in insult and broooa-
docio The Yankees had already taken
Steps towards organizing themselves into
Nss,Ye American Association, and it is
sald that, upon the arrival of large bodies
Oh the Americans, who were understood
TO have sailed from various parts of the
United States during the months of ,Janu.
airy and February, they were determined
TO d'7ve epery foreigner outof the couuiyv
az egery hazard. Although they arc
greatly outnumbered, still they are far
Detter armed than the foreigners nearly
all OF them having revolvers and other
arms, and are besides far superior to them
IN physical, mental and moral Qualities
Mr.. Lollng tells us that they are deter.
mined to massacre the aohole a,oDulat;on
rather than submit to their insolepce and
competition. '''0
On the other hand, Messrs. r. G. VIII
son, OF Illinois, and Samuel Packwood
OF Oregon, who left the mines on the Dad
OF March, report as follows, as published
IN the New York Herald:
With regard to the state of society in
the gold regions, they say emphatically
that 1t is Just as good as in New-Yori,
and that women are far more respected
.hvir Lhaii horo=s tl>et tl>sre s,re- r..->-:l:
ilying in the neighborhood of the mines,
and no man would attempt to insult fc-
male there. They say they never saw a
better set ofmen anywhere, and crime is
less than in any one of the United States.
with all the advantages of civil govern
ment.
Persifor Smiths proclamation about
foreigners is laughed at, because it is i'm
possible to cary it into execution. There
Is no native" feeling there. There is
room enough, and to spare. The Indians
were working harmoniously with the
white men in the mines. Before their ar-
rival, they did not know the value of the
gold on which they trod. When these
gentlemen left, there were thousands up-
on thousands arriving, and they met par
ties armed as if they were going to war,
an absurdity which they soon find out by
experience. There is no necessity for
arms. ih fsN 8
/. We learn from Mr.. I.oring, that Judge
Lynch is the only magistrate known
throughout the mining region, and that
his DEGREES are pronounced with all prop,
erjudicialforms, and executed withrelent-
less severity THERE'S no law, of course,
for the district except such as is created
by the emergency of the case. No mill
tary force can be maintained there for a
moment. Gen. Smith was applied to by
an express from the mines, for soldiers to
chastise the Indians after their attack up
on the American camp. The General
smiled, and said that "if he should send q
company there would not be skeleton to
return" Soldiers would desert, of course.
instantly upon their arrival. There are
none at the mines, and few in the Terri
torya small detachment being near San
francisco, and the main body at Monte
rey4 a ,vg d.
Whenever any offence is committed
among the miners, the culprit is seized,
jhsy Of 12 persons is ompannelled, testi-
mony is heard, the verdict rendered, and
senteuce promptly executed. Allthis is
done, rs we are informed, with perfect
fairness and the greatest care. There is
very little robbery or crin;e of any kind
at the mines. Since the opening Of the
district to emigrants, eight or ten exccu-
tons have taken place fos Robbery and
murder, and this has had most sasntary
and restraining d oslect. s.s Fe i
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