The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-07-17

' IA A-A-As 49,
Abrams in CALroRNIA-A correspondent Of
the New York Courier ard Enquirer writes to that
paper, under date of May at San Francsco, let
ter, of which the following is an extract Ii con
tains some interesting details about the slate Of
things in the mining Districts
At this moment il is npTOpitious for any one
to visit the mining district, it being the wet season,
when but few work and those with poorer return
than at any other The fact cannot be gain
saved that the OregOnians, who seem 70 be among
the most successful gold hunters, are daily coming
down with from three to fifteen thousand dollars
saved from their earnings for the last fall and win
ter, besides paying the most exravagant prices for
everything 10 live upon II has been their practice
to rise at early morning and work late work stead
ilv and uninterruptedly. They are hardy and capa-
bic Of enduring, and none other can succeed Those
who calculate otherwise must be disappointed
" To our eastern men, TO some Of them certainly,
the necessity of living amid intemperance Of the
quality seen here--the profanity and licentious-
ness, want Of society, any of the quiet comforts
we were accustomed to, is enough 20 drive them
back. And on this impulse they act instead Of
staying TO correct by their better example, state Of
things so much 10 be depOred.
"There is in this California district a selfinstitu-
ted Provisional Legislature. Il holdsits sessions
in the school house of this town, and consists Of
some fifteen members, out Of which there is seldom
a quorum for business Out Of about forty even
ing's labor, they have given about the same num-
Der of acts, all Of whichare Fepudiated by the Al
calde. To-day there is an election to be held for
Sheriff and Treasurer, and should the Sheriff at
tempt 10 arrest the Alcalde, whose official action is
made BY this new statute a misdemeanOr after the
passage Of such act of prohibition, he may be shot
What there is Of military government here,
acting, as we suppose, under special authority Of
the President and Cabinet, at home, fully endorses
the legality Of Mr. Alcalde Leavenworth, and it is
presumed majority of the people also
:" Tho business Of the session for last evening,
had there been quorum, was the Incorporating
joint stock company to build dock. There is not,
at present, dock or place to land goods without
great liability to loss and damage and that too, in
a port where there now living upwards of sew
enty sail Of vessels, and more acquisitions expected
until their crewless and abandoned fleet such is
the case with majority Of them) shall swell TO
three hundred and fifty sail or more. The right
spirit for the towns benefit is not yet at work. and
great embarrassment is felt by the absence of city
charter.
''When you last heard from me, was Of the
opinion that Benecia would ontstrip this place; but
further acquaintance has altered my vews-this
place will hold commercial control in this territory
a." Some difficulty has arisen lately about Suffers
Mills, between. the " Oregonians and the " dig
gers" j. e. the native Indians Of this territory. So
far as am able 10 ascertain, the OregOnians have
never forgotten the Indian outrages in their own
terltory-the murder of the missionary family
some months since and, although by entirely diff
erent tribes Of that race, they most cordially hate
an Indian wherever they see him. The story is, as
related by gentleman who was panied and unwil-
ling spectator Of part of the tragedy, being then at
work on the ground About ten days since, while
| some seven Oregon men were at their digging,
some rods from their tent, the Indians went into it
and stole the only piece Of firearms there, fowling
piece. They then went and attacked these men,
who defended, as best they could, for some time,
their position by using stones.
8 Finding they could not defend themselves lon
| ger, the Oregonans attempted 70 swim the South
Fork, near which they were working, and but one
| OF two escaped, the rest were killed by arrows.
Those who escaped gave intelligence, when party
Of their friends Immediately pursued, killed no
torious chief and tweniy-siX beside, and captured
fifty-seven prisoners, and marched them into Sut
| ter's MILL as the place is called.
The next morning seven of the ringleaderS
among the prisoners were brought odtfor trial into
the open space, and at signal given by their ehef
raising his hand, they started upon the run in diff
| ferent directions to make their escape They were
! fired upon, and five only, out of the seven, go
| clear. The Orsgonians, whose brothers and rea-
tives had been slain by the Indians lately and be-
fore, (for many that were caught alone have fallen
! by these same natives,) sprang upon them and
| plunged their BOWEL knives into their hearts and
| cut their throats. The Governor has been waited
upon and requested TO send the dragons to thai
district, and will probably do so to prevent a re-
curTenee Of quarrel"