Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-10-03

The continued contest between the
s66stters and the land claimants unde,
Mexican grants, at the city of Sacra.
mento. has at last broken out into vio
lent disorder. and married. its movement
with murder, arson, and in every kinC
oflawIess violence. Tbs results deep
" deplored. "The blood shed in thi.
fratricidal contest, will leave a darl
stain upon the history which would elst
have been unparalleled in our annals"
The New York Tribune says:
9t"The Est offence, so far as we car
learn from our dispatches, was commit
ted by the squaiter party, in attempting
forcibly to release from the custody o.
the legal authorities two of their mum
Der who had been arrested. They thus
in the outset, placed themselves in open
hostility to the Law. The iull particu'
lars of the lementable conflict, in which
the Mayor and Assessor of Sacramento
and two of the squatter leaders were
killed, have not reached us, but the in.
ference at present is that the latter
were the aggressor. We know enough
of the reckless character of a part o.
the population of California, to fear thai
there is too much truth in the alarming
rumor which reached San Francisco
rust as the steamer was leaving. Oul
only hope is that the Volunteer and Fire
Companies from the latter city and the
u. S. troops from Benicia arrived il
time to overawe the rioters, rescue the
city and compel order. The new:
of the miners having come down tc
Join the squatters,.is most likely false
The first placers are thirty, and tht
first large community Of miners fifty
miles distant, and they could moi
have arrived in the time specified
Besides with the present encouraging
prospects of the gold region, there
are few who would leave their pick
ings of the yellow dust, to go pros
pecting' for ounce Jumps of cold
lead.
"Considering the uncertain tenure
of most of The California grants, and
especially that which purposes to
cover the ground now occupied by
Sacramento City, the squatters have
show of right in their claims, il
they do not possess the right itself.
The question, however, is to be de-
cided by Especial Commission, es-
tablished by the United States, and
the prompt admission oil California,
on her first demand, would, no
doubt, by fastening the establish
ment OF such a tribunal, have preven-
ted the effusion Of blood. As it is,
we can but hope that the supremacy
of Law has been re-asserted and
that the next mail from California
will bring no further account of an
archy and violence.
Ne,Ds from Mariposa Mines
William A. Jackson, Esq, this morn
ing arrived from the mining estab-
lishment of the Mariposa Mining
Company, where operations have
been very successfully commenced
in the quartz formation in this re-
gion. The vein has been opened
and explored by this company for
the distance of two or three hundred
feet. It's from six TO eight feet wide.
Explorations have been made near
the centre OF the vein 10 the depth
of thirty feet, and ore has increased
in richness to that depth, showing
more of the decomposed description
and shale formation. The course Of
the vein has been laid open and ex-
amined on the surface, and TO the
depth Of eighteen feet. 1t presents
the appearance of a regular ledge.
The company have projected a
tunnel from a ravine to the lead OF
the vein, SO as to cut it at the depth
Oi one hundred feet from the surface,
which will give the company the
control of the whole lode ore through
all seasons of the year.