The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-08-23
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lar feeling existing particularly IN the southern dis
tTicts Our coiemporaIies, nearer the spot than
ourselves attribute the outTages which have been /
of so frequent Occurrences lately 10 foreigners, |
mostly Chiltnos and Mexicans, and as cause,
give The oppressiveness Of the miners tax. We
have always regarded that measure Of the Le' ia
lature buldensome, excessive and unduly @ ,pres
sive, while we have and DO recognise the right of
the principle And we believe this VIE , has been
taken and expEesseI by the press of California
very generally. he agents tor .he collection Of
tue tax have found it inopera5ye and been unable
70 collect "a many mstapces. the foreign miners
prekrlpg to abandon tF.s diggings rather than pay
NJ. We can recognise the stubborn aud ndepsn-
deyt spirit acquired even by inert, serve and ia
doleRt people upon American soil, which seeming
y inculcates spirit OF resistance To anything sd
voIing OF opfft ssion IN the breasts OF all VINO
tread il, changing as il were their very nature
The policy, nevertheless inducing the adoption
at this course Of resistance, ~ rather eXcep-
tonable and equally foolish Even the tax, on
erCus il may seem, leaves The industrious
miner a large profit above his expense unless the
average yield has been grossly exaggerated, which
we do hot believe. The worthless, Idle vaga-
bond who expects 10 work but a small portion of
his lime, and d,ssipates even what he does at
the Whskty be ard and the monte table, may feel
sore that he IT, compelled 10 work litlle harder;
but we cannot conceive how men who can AXE
ten, and more frequently twenty times as much
per day as they could from whence they came,
should prefer 10 abandon their employ ment and
make nothing II the view of our contemporaries
If right, that this law has induced many of the
laZier and most worthless of the foreign
miners 10 take 10 the road, aud rob and murder,
then n is high time that every man in the dis
Erected districts should carry "Cots common
law" and Bowle's practice" al his glrdle, that he
can quote those unquestoned authorities at mo-
menj's notice. Our Stockton contemporary hears
lumors Of The organization Of guerilla band and
IT The feellie ia regard To the tax is what II is
Tpr,soncd, IL more than probable that they are
well founded II such is the case, the result will
be deEloribe, as The American feeling will be ex-
cit d Ia such degree 10 render the security of
the kreiPu miners very doubtful The guerrllas
will he hunted 70 the death, and PERHAPS many in-
noocpt ara well disposed men suffer. The feeling
exiting against the chile ms and SonoIans Of last
year, will te revived with renewed strength, and
the uEeat 81 eXteTminatlon then made be carried
QUIT ITS fullest extent. We trust that some of the
perpetrators OF the recent oursges Will be detected,
and examples made OF them; and that a more
quiet and Itacesbie feeling may be brought about.
ferom the Stockton Journal
A most aiaIntd state Of things exists in a por-
tion OF the Suuthern mines Around Sonora scarce
~ night passes without murder, and when the
miner rellres 10 his Tepose he knows not but that
the mOrrOw's sun will find him the victim of the
sssassiD's knife. It is thought, that within the two
lsst weeks, twenty men have been murdered in
that niRhborhood
W. are compelled to listen to tales of murder
and Of crime, al which humanity shudders; and
The painful task Is enjoined on us, Of dwelling on
he horrible picture, and portraying its loathsome
features.
Since we penned the above, a meeting of the
eiuz,ns of Stockton has been held the object of
which was 10 take into consideration the numerous
ouiTagts committed in the Southern mines, and TO
devise measures which would put an end to the
present state Of things. The meeting, owing TO
the shortness of the notice, was not largely at
tended, and IL adjourned ill Monday evening next.
commitiee was appointed, which will report TO
The meeting held al that time.
We hope the citizens will attend mase on
Monday evening, to adopt such measures the
uigchcy Of the case demands.
The Banaites are greatly on the increase through
cut ,he whole Southern mining regions So great
~ the terror Of these Williams that wagons passing
between the mines and Stockton, go in companies of
three and four opether We hope the community
around Sonora Will take efficient measures to give
security 10 the citizens, which can only be done by
rxliIpa'ing these robbers.
We Learn that most intense excitement prevails
at Sonora. -Four Mexicans were arrested under
the following circumstances
A Mexican boy came TO a tent near Sonora, and
informed the owner that murder had been COM
miited at a lone tent, a few miles distant. The
story was not credited, and next day Mexican
came and told the same story, upon which party
oil men went 10 the place, and found four Mexicans
heapng wood and brush on the tent, ia which
were two bodies partially consumed-a white man
and negro The hrxcans stated that the bodies
had become offensive, and according 10 the custom
Their country, they were burning them. They
were arrested, and taken 10 Sonora and while
they were in the courtroom, various rumors hav-
ing been circulated, large crowd thronged the
stisets and Determined TO swing them up TO the
FIRST Tree. Judge Marvin, with some difficulty,
prevailed On the excited popusce 10 give them a
NAL, snd twelve men were selected as jury.
The jury decided that they could not proceed with
the case without the testimony Of the persons who
had given the information in regard 10 the bodies,
and the prisoners were ordered to be remanded to
Jail TO await further trial The crowd esisied this
decision, and determined that the trial should pro-
osea; the judge lsit the bench, protesting against
their course, and another person was elected Judge
pro ten = who refused to sit ia the Court House,
but agreed 20 preside IN the woods, and 10 the
woods they went. Here the trial very
manly concluded, the men were found guilty, and
on. q them wHs already swinging, when geutle-
man rode up, accompanied ny the Sheriff and
posse, and the coroner who had held an inquest
The bodies. The coroner stated that the verdict of
hrs jury was, that the deceased persons had died
BY violence, committed by persons unknown, aud
that the appearance of the bodies indicated that the
murder had been committed NJ least ten days pre-
vious. The gentleman entreated the people not TO
he hasiy, and commit an act which they might
always regret, He thought that parsons more
gully than those under arrest would be fer
fetsd out; and begged that the trial might be
allowed TO proceed according TO law, and
that the evidence on both sides Of the question
might be heard His remarks produced some ina
preston on The crowd, and, taking advantage Of
around The necks Of the prisoners. and set
Ting of At gallop, told them to for their lives
A few men were placed in the rear 20 keep of the
PEOPLE. IN they altempted'to retake the prison
ere sud the party Get of at full speed the prisoners
IN the van At the iuleugth Of the lanas, with which
they were held, ard the crowd following after, inf
rated at the prospect ofihe prisoners getting beyond
their reach And our Informant states that II they
could have oyeriaksn them, the gibbet would
speedily have heen-callsd in requsition. But ter
ror gave wings io the prisoners, and in the for
life they distanc,d tssr pursuers; end were safely
lodged N JAIL where they new lie, closely guarded,
awaiting their irial.
We rsgrct 10 learn that another foul attempt to
destroy lie has been gerpetrsted IN our immediate
vicinity. On "Wednesday, on the road TO the
Double Sprngs near tac Calayeras Lunch House,
Ryoung man was fired al from the brushwood; the
han pssssd through hIs bat IL ~ believed that the
cowaTdy sseassin was lying in ambush for well
known sicrskeeper. Dir HcClcso, who was on his
way to Stockton. and we, at the time Of the oc-
curtsrCe, al The Lunch House
The ssine night Mir Robert Collier, who occu-
pies afanohe five mies fr,pn Woods and liarring-
ton. was ruhbsd 81 $1,000 in gold dusl IL appears
the dust and each vere hep, IN auunk which stood