The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-28
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/ TEHRHLr liror a. SACRAMENTO CRY
TuR MAYsH Asp CUY AssfssoH Mon
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Ngw YonE Friday, Sept go.
The Steamship Philadelphia, from Chages
reached her wharf in tIis rliy ~ lllile past
| four O'Clock this afternoon, She len Cha
I gTrs On ihr Jth, and brings California daiu'
| the 5th August brought down by The steam
or Carolina. The Philadelphia brings $780,
900 90 freight aud 100 passengers,
THE RIOT At SACRAMENTO,
A dreadful Fllt had occurred a. bacramen-
a. City, IL appears that case had been dc
eided ia Court against the hguatters, WHICH
highly egasperaied thenii and they resolved
Gn iorciblc measures,
They armed themselves, aud said they
would protect the lands thcy had seized u
blood aas spilled-riuls cnsucdhnd the MAY
o. and several others were MORALLY wounded
Among whom - tho City AshrssOri boHiden
the wounded, there werr nearly dozen 70
portnd killed.
Martial law has been proclaimed, 4 steam
er was despatched from SACRAMENTO a. Benz
cia "a get the assistance of The u, =, forces,
o. tho Aquatlers threatened "a burn the city
which the passengers by the Philadelphia
say they did,
The mott important news by this arrival
relates 90 bloody collision between the
squaticr and citizens h"ldiag P'.'fsfty un-
der the Suffer- titles, Several prrsous we're
killed aud very great cNcitcmont prevailed
The Panama Correspondent Of tho NY Cou-
ricr writu7 TINT hs hnd heard rs--eBpor- by
the Carolina say the riot nt Sacramento cit-
s. had hrpu qurllpl. and that an agreement
bad hpru cuirIDi into between thr spuuttvr
aud laudhuIdur- lul what we're its terms or
provisions. .bc bad been unable 90 fui out,
MayDr lilgrluW WAS shot i'm three place
and I'D u in fifteen munirs after. J,N, Wood
land, civ Assessor Was shot dead. aud -cyc-
ral citizens Killed and wounded Martial Law
had hrrn prurIiimpluud ihr excitement Wa
intense throughout Sacramento.
The history and result OF thr affair thur
ilr 4, given iu the Pacific news. lurfu iurls
of gruuudro,oring thr ,ity and vicinity ot,
Sacramento, are hcll h gmuja from Capt,
Suitrr. Whu claims under NJ New llIyoiiu
Spanish pWul The settlers hold that Capt
suffer- uaut doe. mot cover tIit territory
tIpt 20 hp,uug Ia the government They have
uu,cl uu and erected buildings su.i lpr
.uuih'rcu entry and drniudrr b. brought %.
gtiu.l lhrm decided iu Iiv PlIlutii t1v0T
q viii ul restitution Issued, the officer at
trmpts tp rNcouir iGi. wpt hy ludy OF arlu-
Cl aluuttrr-. who resist him. This occurred
Saturday, lulh. Prior to THE date, uu alp
'pCtl 90 nc t0uuty tuuri had lr'ru mt,l, De-,
the ATTORNEYS lur the trttlcr, Judge Wills
presiding, and The right ul appeal denied
/ Evaporation, of course, wns thr C'ort upon
I lhc party seeking vdrc-, iu lhc, higher ruhrt
/ Meetings were held and resolutions were
passed to resist the lazy. Nothing mare wa
done hy legal process until yesterday (Iuc..
t-.!.s g!4ell Aullp ak uE-Gl -tctenua NOR.
arrested for rebellion, or resisting the officer,
aud the pro.cs- of the court on saturday,
INC pTIsIU rTigI rT77 1r T'I--1i - r-,d1 70
3, carrier oi the Sacramento Transcript
Monday q body ut settlers repaired Ia the
/ brig "a release their two companions WHORE
| they met the sheriff Mckinney. Mayor Big.
/ Glow. and posse, who drove Them from the
| ground bul no G,r,o wa used until the set.
| tiers had rctrcntud a. Ear east from the river,
/ up j street, ~ the corner Of Fourth, near the
/ Crescent tity Hotel, when they were over
| taken aud turned az lay with pistols and
| guns, Forty or flly shots were fired between
I The ptrli,.- and il Ga. peri,,l ol Gt, niuules
/ Mayor liigclow was shot from biz horse. thro
| the, body, arm, and ia the face, not cNpvgird
Z rh'livc' Tit lrhdtf Of tile settlers, Alahlum-
cy, was also shot dead. The horses OF hoth
/ leaders were pierced with balls Assessor
.Mnodllu,l. nm nuctnnccr, wn- also Killed,
while supporting The 0TIiTTf7 MI fi1TT5Tr7 ~
/ ,istant Postmaster was shot in the len hand
/ aud right shoulder, aud others of the same
side are wounded. Another man of the set
I lcrs was Killed, shot through The hody- 1t
| ID girl was wounded while passing along j
street The shots flew in all directions a.
round the corner OF j aud Fourth, aud the
blood Of the wounded strrumcd upon the
sidewalks as they were carried along. One
man leading mule along the street, was
shot through the head from the top the ball
passed downward through the neck
The greatest excitement still pcryadcd the
city when the boat showed of From six Ia
nine hundred settlers had assembled at the
corner Of j and 9th streets resolved 10 fire up
on any who approached them The city is de
clartd under martial law, and every citizen
required to enrol his name at the City llo-
tel
Another account states that a field piece
loaded with canister had been placed so ~
to command the street, aud that orders had
been given 10 fire upon the squattcrs, ifthcy
approached. All non-comhatants had been
ordered Ia Keep out OF the streets. An extra
from the office of the Panama Star gives, IN
addition To the above from the san Francisco
papers, n ucSpatCn, WmCh was received ON
board the Carolina just as she was getting
under weigh , from the Pacific News. office,
stating that an express had just arrived
bringing the intelligence that Sacramento
city had been reduced to ashes, and the squat
tcrs "crc receiving endorsements of men
from the mines This, however, lacks con-
frmation, and is probably Incorrect
At the time the Carolina lett, fifty L. s.
soldiers had left Bcnicia for the scene Of bat
tie, aud two volunteer companies: in san
Francisco had offered their services to main
tain order
OPERATIONS-fN THE MINES.
rho mining operations are progrcssiugWith
zeal and energy, and are yielding a good re-
turn for labor and investment. The difficult
ties which have cSistcd at the Southern
WTuus' tutwcUu the 1ttUCrIraUS amt tdTciuu=
rrs.and which have resulted in no littlc blood
shed, have finally subsidized, and peace is a
gain restored.
About halta mile from Culloma large
party are thrhing the river. Some fifty or
JHty men are now constructing a tunnel d.
rcctly through ahll, but it will not, in all
t.ta.. al. l.. a.. q I