The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-08-31
Interesting Items From California.

and Gen. J. Winchester, well known As the
former publisher OF the New World, has been en-
arged and provided with steam power press,
and is now the most thrifty looking paper pub
shed on the Pacific coast. The subscription price
is sos n year.
! The Com LAKE bubbe seems to have eNp'o-
ded--The Ns,rs SAYS that a crazy man came INTO
Nevada City, and started the story, which made
many as crazy rs himself
The steamer Senator l. sail to have cleared O.
yer 100000 in navigating the Sacramento riy-
er.
Quite trade has sprung up between san
Francisco and South Australia, from which latter
place the former is now supplied with most OF the
substantial vegetables in its market.
We learn, SAYS the Neics, by gentleman who
arrived from above, on Saturday last, that Col
Fremonts agent has some trouble in leyying con.
tributions upon those who are mining in the i'm
mense region claimed as the property Of Colonel
Fremont Thousands arc upon the claim, and
they perfectly booted the collector, when he talk
ed Of rent
A THIRTY PouNp Com PrEcr-The Sacramen-
10 Trrnscyi saws:
Last evening we examined the largest lump
Of gold, we believe, ever dug in California j, is a
mixture OF quartz and gold, the whole weighing
80 pounds $3.50 ounces Troyl From the tests
made it is ascertaincl that the lump contains Il
bout % pounds Of pure gold. Til, mammoth
piece was dug from rayine in the dry diggings,
between the North and Middle Forks OF the Yuba
/ Di,o;r,,I Inv Mr. Wm II .Irl;p. nf New Y,rl,
City, and Mr.. JOHN Griyc,, Of New Orleans. Tie
fr't Of these had been year in the di-ginss, and
h'a ho' averaged over f4U per gay i,"'e anu
( had been worked ont ouI deserted b., two M.
/ eroes.
! Finding that they could not work to adVon.
( tase without draining tie water OIL they dug a
/ trench or canal, and us soon as the water d-aP-
peared, commenced work. They had worked Sc
veral hours, when one al them thought he cspled
piece Of gold juttlns ont from the earth IN the
canal which they had dug To carry the water
from the man hole. lie stopped to examine 1t,
aud finding II TO be the pure metal he drew forth
his case knife, scraped the dirt loose around 1t,
while It continued to grow larger, until the thirty
pound lump above mentioned, rolled out at hlS
feet:
! Ihey Kept the matter profound secret anu
s''t s,o o oil ".t 'DJy EyI' oH,r
exhibiting it At NrKnrbt's snttcr IIo,eI al f;fty
cents per head.-Thc rayne from which hi, nam.
moth lump was taken Is nothing more than a
''' o'VJr ao', 'ii'ush I i'a' u'J GG
/ rich coat Of grass. It was found about two feet
below the surface The Young men are on their
way home, AMI expect to realize !crtuue from
40 '''I
murders nave Oeen frequent ~ the southern
mines, perpetrated by Mcxicar and Gillian Ia.
,lro1ss unon American. IN, f,rci,n miners ta,
n0 P'V'''''''"'
! The following Is from the Stockton Journal
Tine DIsoRpEas At THE SOUTHERN NIyEs,-A
most alarming state vi things exists in a portion
Of the southern mines. Around Sonora scarcely a
/ night passes without a murder, and when the mi
ner retres To his repose he knows not but the
morrow's sun will find him the victim Of the rs
sassins knife. 1t is thought that within two
weeks, % men have been murdered in that nech-
borhood
We are compelled 10 listen TO tales Of murder.
and of crime, at which humanity shudders: and
the painful task Is etJoIned ON Us, Of dwelling on
the horrible picture, and portrayluS lis loaihsoine
features,
! Measures are being taken by the citizens Of
Stockton IN deIiso r,,ans bv Which r, nm, n sion
\ :, Il, III, -. ~
~ ','''' WHINE O4''''7'' .','''s' "'e ICING
held and committees appointed Tor the purpose.
Intense excitement prevails at Sonora on ac-
count Of soma murders .rrrc.aJ Z, have be.r
..-.-:...,l. -,
- 'o'i'' 'i'A''""' we '"Ao 'ii' io''
loving from the same paper;
~ Mexican boy came to tent near Sonora,
: and informed the owner that a murder had been
committed to . lone tent few mile, distant The
story was not credited, aud next day Mexican
came ana toIu the same story upon whi.h par
" oI men Went 70 lhe place, anu found / AcMcans
= heaplhS WOOL AMI brush on me tent IN when
, were two bodies partially eonsumed-a vhre
man ana negro Inc McAcans stated that ne
UodieS hal become offensive, ami according 70 III
custom OF thcir country 'hey were burning them
lhcy were arrested anu mEen to sonora; ah4
"hle they were ~ the court room, various ruiuor.
having been circulated large crowd tAronged
the streets and determined to swing them TO the
hrst tree Judge Marvin, with some difficulty
, prevailed upon the excited popu!ace TO give then
r trial, and twelve men were selected as Il jury.
l,o ;,-,, l.c;lol A., ,.,.ll 90. 49,