Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-08
LATE FROM PANAMA
Important from California;!
New Gold Discoveries!

The steamship Atabagta, Capt. Foster,
arrived at New Orleans on Monday morn
ing last, having sailed from Chagres on the
goth dit. SHE brought a large iis,fnbef Of
passengers, and d considerable arnpluit Of
gold dust.
There had i,eefi considerable trouble at
Panama betweenthe American effiigraiits
land the natives, inswhich several lives were
lost. The facts Of the case tares bfieay as
follows A tolored boy employed hi the
Office Of the Pahaina Echo published and
edited by Ainericans) had stolen trunk
therefrom, containing d considerable a.
mount i'm money and valuables. He taeitly
admitted the theft, and Offered to show
where the trunk was concealed, and a
couple of gentlemen accompanied him to
the place where he alleged he had hid it. A
report had got out among tire natives that
the Americans were going to hang him,
and d large body armed with rocks, clubs
aud knives, attacked them and rescued the
boy He was afterwards fetaken andcon.
fined iii the printing Office, which was
assaulted furiottsly by the natives, and a
peateabe American citizen, by the name
Of M A. Semplar, wasstabbed in several
places, and almost Immediately died. This
created the most intense excitement among
the American population there, and during
the difficulty which followed, it was sup
posed that seven or eight lives were sacri-
feed. The American and other foreign
consuls, exerted themselves to the utmost
to allay the storm of passion, iii which
they were warmly seconded by the Cover
nor of the r@vince of New Granada.
AT the time of tee sailing OF the Afabama,
all things were quiet.
The news from California Is of much
interest, both politically, and in pecuniary
point Of view. The Intelligence from the
mines is encouraging in high degree.
The old diggngs and washings appear to
yield as well rs ever, and new discoveries
are being constantly made,
The Pacific News of April 80, has u
singular article in relation to an altered
discovery of mountain composed entirely
.,I frF,II Ill, M II
relation given by the News:
The route lay in northeast direction from the
place Of departure, and full of difficulties. OBJ
stacles were encountered at various parts of the
journey almost ihsurinoutabIe, in the shape Of
mountains Of rock which they had to climb, and
mountains of snow which they could not avoid .
Narrow gofges through which they had 10 pass
and still narrower cliffs along whose eresis noth-
ing but q mule could pass with prospect of safety
and where the slightest miss-sep would laud rider
and all hundreds of feet below. but they pushed
on about $50 miles from the Pueblo, the point for
which they started Here, among the eastern
spurs ot the Sierra Nevada, they found the object
Uf their seafth--gold and silver too and in such
quantities as they had not dreamed ot-a pprlec,
mountain Of rocks with silver and gold mingled
Y solid masses, weighing from one TO many tons
The quartz proved to be exceedingly hard, to such
degree that, during their short stay. all their
implements, thade for this particular purpose be-
fore starting, were completely worn out in the
operation Of drilling and blasting.
Possibly some may look upon this account rs
Jest and SO far as the praetieabity of putting the
discovery to any use at present is concerned 1t is
so. All the water 10 he found for miles and miles
around is highly itnpregnated with salt or sala-
ratus. or both Not single drop of water free
from one or the other of these properties did one
OF the party obtain during the ten days Of their
stay The whole region is perfect waste, and
disease and death must inevitably follow any pro.
longed stay.
If there is amy truth in the above the
Arabian Nights may be hereafter looked
upon as reliable history. We give it as
we receive it.
The people of California are much dis.
satisfied with the failure of Congress, SO
far. to admit them into the Union, and
intimate pretty plainly that if the thing
is not done at this session Of Congress,
that they withdraw their application, and
set up for themselves, OH their town ac-
count. : From letter written by Mr..
James l.. Freaner, which appears in the
Picayune, of the 18th Instant, we take the
following:
u assure You that unless Congress does some
thing for lis very soon movement will be made
Tor independence. In case Congress does not adj
INIT us this session the separation of California
from the Union is inevitable. great many
prominent fnen in this country want to make d