The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-03-28


trembling, but rather as redemption from
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VERY LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
The Boston Traveller Of Saturday evening,
has the f,llnwing very late. though Indefinite
in elligenre ffnln" California, hcing nearly
month later than. previous adviccs:- -.-..
I'VE haze seen a private letter from San
Francisco, d,tpd the goth JAN. which contains
The latest news from the gold region. The
writer was volunteer in Col Fremon,'s cx-
'dition, taken prisoner by the Indians and re.
taiue in captivity nine monihs--his lie has
heen spared and his Liberty granted him, as he
says, on account of his having been discovered
by the in.lians toi,e free mason. of which fra
terny, il seems many of the red men were
me mhers.
/ THE writer had been very successfully en-.
gagged in the gold mines, and had obtained gold
enough to satisfy his ambition. His statements
in respect to the extent Of the gold beds and
the purify of he meiai rather exceed the mar.
vello,s descriptions which we have heretofore
received - lie speaks OF further discoveries,
and of still richer mines, which might furnish
! profitable employment, az he thinks. for all the
young m"n in New England. He is SO conf
dent in regard to The golden promise of The
land. that he urges Ills friends to go at once 10
the mines. lie speaks also Of silver mines, in
which he says there is abundance Of ore: but
| this inferior metal seems to he an Object OF mi.
nor regard among the fortune hunters.
."Fhe writer of This letter has lett the mines,
to recruit his health, and to wait more favorable
weather for carrying on operations. He was at
San Francisco, which place he described as
being full TO overAowing with persons awaiting
The coming Spring to commence or resume
operation al the "d;ggins." ....l.-
Civil GOVERNMENT IN CALIFoRNIA.-A
file of the Star and Californian, published at
San Francisco, TO Dec. %, furnishes evidence
Of the actual existence of a civil government,
fo: the preservation Of society and the punish
mcnt Of crimes recognized by every society:
On the 10th of December a trial took place
in the vllagc of San Jose, before Judge Kim.
ball, II. Dimmck. aIcaIe OF the district, and
Jury cmpancrd for the case, Of three men,
named Davis, Campbell, and Freer, fnr muir
der The jury pronounced verdict of guilty.
and they were sentenced to he hanged. The
sentence was carried into execution on the
18th, in presence of a large conconrse of ciii.
zens. The convic,s confessed their guilt, and
embraced the Catholic faith. Three other
men were subsequently tried for participation
in the same crime, viz: Cotton, Woolard and
Lee, and the TWO latter on the additional charge
of perjury They also were found guilty, and
were sentenced for the first offence to receive,
Cotton 5 and the two others ls lashes, and the
latter on the additional charge, 40 lashes each
and one months confinement in the stocks.
G. E. Picket, tried a, Fort Sacramento, on
charge of the murder of Mr.. Alderman, was
acquitted.
The provis onal government meetings which
had heen held, rs heretofore noticed, were first
al San Jose, next at Puebla, and then San
Francisco. The result was as follows:
A concurrent recommendation to TIE inhahi.
tar,s Of California 10 hold meetings and elect
delegates TO represent them in convention to
be hrlI at San Jose on the 4th Of March, 1540,
for the purpose Of drafting and preparing
form of provisional government. to be submit.
ted to the people for ratification or rejection by
a vote Iy ballot.
The inhabitants OF San Francisco were to
hold meeting on the 9Th Of January, to make
choice Of five delegates.
At their previous meeting resolutions were
also adopted expressing the opinion that the
duties Which have been collected at the ports of
Upper California, Since the 18th of August
last, rightly belong TO the people OF the Ter.
ntory.
Rev. N. n. HARDING, D. D., for years min
lister of the Presbyterian congregation in Mil.
ton N. c., died at that place, the l7'h ult., at.
ter brief illness, in the 5lst year Of his age.
DR.. Harding was native of Brunswick, Maine:
The early part of his life was spent at sea- and
before he was twenty one years old he was
promoted TO the command Of a vessel. His
conversion occurred while at sea he soon after
connected himself with The church at Ncwbcrn,
N. c., subsequently engaged in the mercantile
business in Raleigh turned his thoughts on the
| ministry; spent some time a, the University; at,
tended course at Princeton, and entered upon