Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-07-02
CALIFORNIA.

-'Ni ulAiN al llblll SdlllOIuld increases L.
tereS with which that portion Of the RennbI;l'n NJ
regarded. Whilst each successive acconn r0nc
authentic assurance that the stories frSt ,5ins
the abundance of gold to be found there S Soe Oh
from being exaggerated fell short Of the r.aI lat
the reports OF the hardShips to be endured II ~
search, the demorazed state of society. All ne ~
general aparchy which prevails, have, We th;a%
had the effect of checking, temporarily, the an
grating fever The delay by Congress in orr ~
ling government has been most junlorln9oaa,'''
in every respect and may lead tj results Of !, ~
pIorable character. From the first, we had =,
prehensons, more than once expressed tha,
the absence of energetic local .overnman.
and OF a military force sufficiently strong to ~
serve ORDER there would arise an neror;'
war of races. In the first rush towards tbe NY
El Dorado, MeXicans, South Americans an1
other foreigners from proximity or greater f,c;
ty of access, had an advantage over the nonnla
ton of our country. The consequence ms,
the Amercansjust now constitute the minor;,"
there, and that Governor Smiths proclamat;on
inhblting any but American citizens from d;n
cling for gold, is treated with contempt bv Il.
motley crowd of foreigners, whom the thirst e.
gold has brought within his jurisdiction, but over
whom he can enforce no authority. Even bacL
ed by ten thousand men, there would be proc,;-
cal difficulties in protecting the public lands from
trespasSes by foreigners As it is, with mo,ai
force only to sustain him, the law Of Congress ana
the Governors proclamation are treated With
like contempt.
We have seen repeated notices of LARGE bod;o,
of emigrapts proceeding to California from Soma
of the adjoining provinces of Mexico.and oftbair
avowed determination, at all hazards, to partc;.
pate in the golden spos. We have seen, ssoob.
scure hints that this migration was countenanced
by the authorities Of Mexico, in the hope that
sufficient population might be precipitated the
spot to effect a revolution, and thus recover the
territory. In corroboratlon Of these rumors wa
note the following in the summary of Mexican
news, given by the New Orleans Picayune
'The disc very Of gold in California by cur enterpi<-
ing cnuntrymen appears to have awakened much of The
cupidy Of The Mexican character, and regrets are fire.
queny expressed in the journals Of that country that the
territory should have been coded to correspondent,
of the Globe, published in the capital, writes from San
Francisco that the arrival In that port Of Mexican
schooner from Nlazaan had awakened in him and hls
companions, other Mexicans, hopes Of character yery
nlmlca TO our sovereignty there. He says:
The number Of Mexicans has been doubled withina
short time in that region, and it would be extraod.
nary it. by the union Of Spanish, Americans and Euro
peans who daily arrive in search Of gld, this jewel IS
wrested from the hands Of the Norte .4merican0s i,
form great and powerful nation. the mistress Of the
Pacific. The enterprise would not be a difficult one,
and the barbarous conduct Of Smith will be the means
which Providence has employed to initiate it,
le here aludes to the order Of Gen Smith nledict-
Ing dlgolngs at The mines to al except citizens of
the United States. p
We do not doubt the hope, cherished BY MANY
in Mexico, that, by superiority of numbers, the
Americans now in California may be overpower-
ed and the territory Temporarily at least restored
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tempted It will be bloody one, and WILL we ven
ture to say, terminate most fatally for the foreign
population. We have little hope of peaceful
settlement Of the question. The foreign adven-
turerS will not, in peaceful submission to our
laws, refrain from digging gold-and there can
not be doubt that, if any thing like competition
arise the Americans will insist upon the exclu-
sion Of the foreign population. Though human
Ity shudderS at the appalling scenes which such
strife may give rise to, we have no fear for the
result. Our hardy Adventures, if the odds are
not greater than five to one, will conquer. The
following extract is full of interest:
IMPO RTANT FROM CALIFORNIA.
Dreadful See nes-Fire hnlericdns and thrrtynine
Indians Auled-An Unprecedented Conflict NTH
Foreigners
Mr. James L. LOring, who left San Francisco on the
lst Of May, in the steamer California has communica-
ted the following startling intelligence to the n. Y.
Courier:
On the 18th of April news reached San Francisco
that an attack had been made upon the Americans at
the mines by the Indians. 1t proved tha. such an at
tack had been made and that five Americans had been
killed. 1t is supposed that the Indians were set on by
the Mexcans. The miners Immediately formed a
strong party and started in pursuit They soon over
took the Indians, attacked them and killed Is on the
spot They also took 25 soners and brought them into
the camp According to the usual forms of proceeding
steps Immediately taken to give them an ex tenn
pore trial. which would, Of course have been followed
by summary punishment. The Indian prisoners made
an attempt to escape the first night after they were
brought In. They detected however and "a Of
them were killed on the spot
The Yankees had already taken steps towards or
ganlzing themselves into Ndtire american As5oci-
anon and said that upon the arrival oflarge bo
dies OF the Americans who were understood to have
sailed from various parts Of the United States during
the months OF january and February, they were de-
termned, to drire every foreigner out ofhe country
at erery hazard.
Although they arc now greatly out numbered Stin
the Americans are far better armed than the y
nearly all of them having revovers and other arms and
are besides TAR superior to them in physical mental
ana moral qualities Mr.. Lorng tells US that they are
determined to massacre The whole population, rather
than submit to their insolence and competition They
claim that the United States laws require them to
leave, and they determined chat these laws shall
be strictly enforced During tile coming season, Mr..
Lorlng says there will inevitably occur the bloodiest
and most terrible scenes growing out of this feeling,
that :the imagination can conceive. The Americans
are hardy, desperate determined and well armed; and
they will not deslst from their purpose till the whole
country cleared Of foreigners or they themselves
forced to yield.
The hostlities alluded to above between the Indians
and the whites is confirmed nv 1atter ruh;shed in