Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1850-03-11
From California.
AFFAIRS AT SAN FRANCISCO, sc
rr,oa, the Baltimore Su,. of Thmsday1

iioAiA oei
uary 1st toAhe 14th, inclusive, brought to New
Orleans by the steamer Alabama, which arrived
there from Chagres on Wednesday evening, 2Sth
ultimo.
The gentleman who brought through our
naekare. also brought number OF private let
tiers for persons in this city from their trends IN
| California, which he doubtless dropped In the
Post.office as he passed OH to the North last
evening. ~,
We learn verbally that Mr. Mortimer iran
formerly a merchant of this city, was knocked
down near San Francisco, and robbed OF con-
siderable amount OF gold
We proceed to make such selections from the
Alta Californian as will prove interesting to cur
readers:
Edward H. Harrison, Esq; formerly of Balt-
more ey-cellector Of San Francisco, was to leave
for the United States on the list of February.
The Alta Californian, in abiding to him says;
"The friends Of Mr. H., to whom he has ell
deared himself by the impartial and able manner
in which he has discharged his official duties and
as an upright gentleman and agreeable social
companion, solicited him to sit for his portrait,
and employed Sig. Barbiere TO place INN upon
canvass He has succeeded and the friends Of
Mr. H. will have an agreeable mcmento III their
possession"
Several persons who were arrested for stealing
goods at the late fire have been tried, and SER
fenced as follows:
'eW Quinn two years hard labor i'll the pub
tic streets with ball and chain Peter Nolear,
Patrick Ayre, Thos. Crosby, Thos Dohlty, Jose
Maria Antonio Jose Antonio, one year hard
labor in the public streets with ball and cham ;
George Campbell, Lncian Munios six months
4 hard labor i'll the public streets with ball and
chain.n
The city authorities have purchased the Anne
rican House for $4,000. 1t is designed to con-
vert the same into public buildings.
Up to the lAth Of January, the winter has been
one Of incessant severity. commencing many
weeks earlier and accompanied by more ram
4 than the last or even the winter OF AT. The
streets were such d mass Of mud that locomotlon
was almost inpracticable.
The burnt district was being rapidly rebuilt.
Denison's Exchange was rebuilt III eleven days
after the fire, and open to the public
The propeller Hartford arrived at San Francis
CO on the 7th of jan, from New York, after q
passage of one year, all to seventeen days, hav-
ing been delayed Oh the Pacific by the difficulty
of getting fuel. She brought large number OF
passengers from San Diego.
The ship Sea Queen, Captain Shearer, arrived
al San Francisco, from Panama, January 10, at
ter the unusual qniel passage OF thirty days
She brought up 1913 passengers to that port
THE DISTURBANCES AT THE MINES :
AMERICANS MURDERED.
The Alta Califafnian. Of the l4tf January
contains letter from Stockton, dated Dec. q
giving detailed account Of the attack Of the
Chilians on the American miners near the Calaye-
ras river.
1t appears that number of Americans had, at
the commencement o.! the rainy season, selected a
certain place near the Caaveras River, where
they erected log cabins and made preparations ta
winter. This place in which dry blowing
for gold was carried Oh last summer BY Chilans
and other foreigners. Soon after the Americans
settled, number Of Chilians arrived, and went to
work in the neig hborhood; and shortly after a
public meeting was held by the Americans and a
Judge and Military Captain We're elected Notice
was then given 10 all who Were not American
citizens to leave within fifteen days. A body OF
Chilians still remained at their old place, about
eight miles from the s'Iowa Log Cabins" (the
American Camp and abused and drove off three
or four Americans, who attempted to dig In the
neghborhood. At the expiration of the time spe~
c6ed for the Chilians to leave, they were brought
before the Judge, Collier and fined ounce
each, and notified TO leave by the 18th inst.
AT this time but few of them remained, and
those were apparently making preparations to
move. On the night Of the 9th inst, at about
eight O'Clock, descent was made upon the "io-
wa Log Cabins" by about eighty armed Chill
JAMS, who went from cabin to cabin, selling the
inmates most Of whom were in bed, and binding
them with ropes using the most abusive language
and threatening to shoot them II they resisted or
made the least noise. 1t sh0aid te remarked that
none of the Chlians spoke English, nor did they
show any authority for the arrest of the Amerl-
cans Having bound the inmates of the Iowa
Log Cabins. and tied some Of them to trees, they
left them under guard, and proceeded to some
other cabins and tents in the neighborhood. In
+ one of those cabins there was light, and some
five or six persons playing cards. This cabin
+I,o ~, rr,I br,lr fbn af-
tackled the inmates with guns, pistols and knives,
killing two Americans, one Of their own party,
and wounding four others,
The two men who were killed were aged, one
/ of them leaving a wife and ten children in the
/ States, aud the other wife and five children.
have been unable to ascertain their names in full.
( One Of them is called Starr, orig na'ly from New
York, but lately from Texas. The Chilfians
then bound with ropes all Americans in this camp,
even those who were wounded, and hurried them
off--sone without blankets or even coats--and
joining the Others, whom they had previously
t taken, marched the whole, sixteen in number, a
/ distance Of eight miles on the road to Stanslau,
+ to the tent OF an Acalde named Scuion, who
i they said, would accompany them to Stockton
+ This Acalde refused to see them, or tn have any
thing to do with them; and after delay OF about
an hour, they marched back TO their own camp, a
distance Of fifteen miles, In passing an Alner-
/ can tent, they Threatened to shoot the first man
I who uttered a word. Al about or O'Clock
next morning they arrived at the six mile tent,
Ten miles this side Of the Double Springs; they
I then me- rched II miles farther towards Stockton.
On reaching the vicinity of Stockton, the Chill
JAMS became frightened and agreed to unbind Their
prisoners, provided they would intercede for them
ifany Americans should attack them on entering
the city, They had not proceeded much farther
before they approached a tent of Americans, who
4 were soon in arms, and made prisoners of the Chill
ians who they marched into Stockton. 1t was