Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-09-28

Killed under him. Several Of the S,juatier4
were killed atnl Wounded. Their ranks
we're swoIen. from the sixty first engaged
in tie ARRAY, TO n body Of ARMED niet.
numbering between seven md oittl t,nr,
dretb before Tie sttintof left. Tie keepers
OF gaining liot,ses ind sporting mon get,ef.
ally sided with The real estate owners, Of
citizens proper. A Tremendous force wa.
fast accommodating.
a letter was received hrfr, ,gltiel. sve
hhfe secn. requesting Mr.. Howard, Of the
Ganris, tosend Mp firearms Nv .l,r rriirn
boat, and s02 o'cieek this morning Msssts.
Ellearl d. Beers started OH M express 10
the Governor. ut San Josn.
At the very latest accounts MI was IN.
certainty and apprehension. Tile Feus
says:
What inHy have transt,lrc,l eiuee tffe
Senator left tie seene Of destruction, il il
impossible to conjecture. Eactamrnt1
may now lie in ashes. More lives l,ass
doubtless been sacrificed on, the altar Of
fierce md blinded passion--and Tie end,
who eau tell =!
What is 10 he dome Te@tho citizens
Of San Frhncisco d. nothing rasi,ly. In,
their deliberations let them remember tI,at
the contest is between Irothors. Il With
III the bounds of possibility, argument aud
tersnation should alone Le<the weapons
used to. quell the difficulty. Should these
bail, the laws i1tat 81 sustained nj all bag
yards.
PosTcR1 rT-The paHarha Sur of the
9Th Inns the following important postscript:
Just rs the steamer Carofina was pet.
ting Under weigh. (abuut 4 p. ny II dpss
patch was received on board from the Pa
cifc News Office, stating that an rxfrrss
had Just arrived, bringing the intelligence
that SACRAMENTO City had been reduced to
ashes, and The Sgratters were receiving
cinforcemsuts q men from The mines.
NORTHERN PLAcERs.-1'he Marysviils
Herald gives the following intelligence in
regard to tile northern PAGERS +
Oscaloosa Bar, OH the Middle Fork, n
bout fifty miles from here, Ind about sixty
miles from Stringtown, is the claim where
the first work has been done in the t1irer-
ton. The labor Of seven men working
with Il quicksilver machine, tieidef St2,-
900 for the first five days. There is every
prospect that the bar viii continne to puy
i'll as large n ratio
The "fowa City" c1aifn, about two
miles from the afose lnrj is realizing all
the expectations Of those who selected the
location There are about eight or ten men
at work upon H.
There nrs four or five cfaims Mt short
intervals about ~tllefet where the dams are
not finished. but which promise equally
we'll rs the others
On The South Fork Of Feather the min.
ers are also doing well the average yield
is abont one dollar 40 the pan.
On tie North Fork there is n claim
which had given titenty 1Da,,1s Of dustt TO
tic rocker per day, with the labor Of four
men. They worked with the ordinary
rocker, but ars now introducing the Loug
Tbw.
Murders and outrages in tie vicinity Of
the mines are unhaW,fly still frequent.
Two Mexicans were found dead near
Muphy's diggings--ther heads having
been mashed with some heavy weapon
The corpse Of another Mexican was found
II few miles above Donbfe Springs, Gala
veres county. lie had been Killed, :eitl n
NAME Way ron THE CHtxks--Hers.
tofore We have occasionally recorded dia-
roveries Of Jumps Of gold. Once We said
something about n monutain, which, al
though true to the letter, provoked only q
little mirth ut our expense. Truth, how.
aver, is mighty. CONVERTS are cofniag over
daily. The "mountain" is nc longer n
Now we have another nrtghty
fact to record.
At Cafson's new diggings. last Friday,
chunk Of god almost wholly free from
quartz was taken out, weighing fmay
=! Who Il y The mines ars fail
ng.-I'urM Ncus.
Mr.. Strong, who has fseu WORKING en-
he North Fork OF the Yui,a river, itae re-
the sum Of $4,000 in ls months.
ANOTHER Rlon HAr1.--1hc same sen.
Ieman from wirorn we obtained the ir.
.ortnation Of the forty pound lump, related
mother instance OF fortune Of which. the
eclpient DOES not complain. It occurred
It Murphy diggings. for d long time famed
,s the richest in California. A person ly
he name Of Ashc took out Of one hole last
Friday or Saturday gold to The amount Of
zNr thousand doliurs--PacGc Ncns.
~ The new constitution Of the Sfate
# Michigan, just adopted in ~consSmien
md now before the people for ratification,
some very stringent provisions on
he subject Of corporations and public debt.
lhc State may contract debt only to- meet
in its revenue, but not 10 cx-.
eed $50, 900 md also to rcpci invasion,
upress insurrection or defend the State in
ime Of war. The credit Of the State
had not be granted 10 or in MD Of any
'crson, association or interpretations, nor
an The State subscribe to Or be interested
q tho stock Of any company, association
r incorporation, nor TO or in any work Of
Internal improvement whatever. Every
NV which imposes, continues or reyises a
shall distinctly state the tax, and that
beet to which it is to be applied. Cor
~orations are only allowed under general
,ws, except for municipal purposes, when
acts Of incorporation are permitted
10 banking law can have effect until it is
pprovcd a, a general election, bya MAORI
Y Of the votes cast. The officers and
Of every banking corporation
re to be individually Liable for all debts
ontracted while they are such. Every
ank is to be required to secure all its bills