The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-07-25


on Feather River, in consequence of the discovery
of a vast bed Of gold-bearing quartz, said to ex-
coed in quantity and richness even the specimens
from the mountains of Los Angeles.
From the Sacramento Transcript. June II.
FROM THE SOUTHERN MINEs.--A friend, Mr..
Henry Prior, has just returned to this city from the
southern mines, where he has been digging the
past winter. He dug two months in the Marposa
diggings, without meeting with much success.
Those who have passed the winter there, he thinks,
have generally fallen in debt for part of their
penses. company OF eleven men were che most
fortunate he saw. They struck rich place, and
in one day took out nineteen ounces Of gold, in
small Jumps, besides finding large piece of gold
blended with quartz, weighing seven pounds. At
ter this they had very little encouragement.
Mr.. Z. left the Mariposa dggings about six
weeks ago, and went to Rattle Snake Creek, one
OF the tributaries of the Tuolumne. He found the
miners at this stream doing fair business-aver-
aging from ten to twelve dollars per day. About
hve hundred were at work, half Of whom he thinks
were Mexcans. The tax collectors had given the
foreigners notice. that they would soon be required
to purchase licenses for digging, and this had i'm
duced them to send depufaton to San Jose, to
wait on the Governor and request government to
reduce the tax about to be levied upon them. Mr..
Z. thinks the tax will generally be collected from
the foreigners in that section, although many de-
clared that they would not submit to it.
Mr. 2. prospected quite extensively in the Mari
posa and Touolomne diggings, but the richest he
found were on Rattle Snake Creek. From what
he has seen, and from all he has been able to learn,
he Judges that miners have generally only made
enough to pay their expenses in the principal dig,
gings he has visited. He occasionally heard OF
monster Jumps being found, but regular yield
could be calculated upon. A large portion Of the
diggers throughout that por lion Of the mines, are
| foreigners. Provisions are very cheap, and all
! kinds of trade dull.
Mr.. P. is an old miner He spent the last season
| in the Feather and Yuba river rnines aud altar
having as he thinks, thoroughly tried the southern
diggings he again returns to the field of his former
| labors. He says he went south after Jumps, and
not having succeeded in his object he will now
| go where he knows there is plenty of the dust
On his way to this city, the Calavaras, Moke-
lumne and Costumes, were the principal streams
crossed by Mr.. Pryor. They are still high, and
falling very slowly, if at ALL
| ARRIVAL OF THE OVERLAND EMIGRANTs.-
| The Sacramento Transcript of the 18th inst SAYS
| A gentleman who came down from Weaverville
on Monday last, states that about forty emigrants
arrived at that place on Saturday, who have come
| from Missouri this Spring by the Carson route
This party left Independence about the first o
| April, and came with pack mules After they hac
been on their journey about ten days, they passed
some six hundred teams, which had started on the
journey before them. In crossing the mountains
the company often found the snow from fifteen t.
| thirty feet deep, but it closely packed tina
the mules feet only made slight impression on it
The company arrived are all in good health, ant
1t appears that they chose the best season to per
form their journey. The animals are reported il
good condition, and generally have been in goot
grazing. This accounts for the short time spent oil
| the way The average distance travelled per diem
is over thirty miles. 1t is probable that last year
experience by emigrants on the overland route vii
be the means of preventing much suffering thi
season, those who follow the example oil the for
mer will set out knowing the difficulties they will
have to encounter, and be prepared to meet them
Pacific NeloS.
FOREIGN MINERS TAx.-The Supreme Cour
yesterday refused to grant peremptory manda
+ mus commanding the Judge of the Fifth Judi
clal District TO issue writ of quo acarrant
against u. A. Besaneon to show by what authorit
he exercised the office of Collector of License
TO Foreign Miners for the county of Tuolumne
but in its stead granted an g Alternative Manda
mus to issue writ of quo scdTra7stO or to shoy
cause within thirty days wherefore he shall not
and that notice OF said mandamus be given to /
A. Besancon.-Pacifc Ne1os.
A correspondent of the Alta California, writin
lam Stockton, under date of June u, says:
| have just received an account of seriou
ARRAY which occurred last week. near the Tue
inmne, between the whites and Indians II ap
| pears that trader named Savage, who has contro
| over a tribe OF Indians near Rattle Snake Creek
south of the CuOlumne, not far from Jacksonville
went with his Indians to where the miners were
work on the creek. and, being drunk, got into
quarrel with a man, well known in the mines
named Rose. Savage rode round in a threatenin
manner, hourishing a long knife or sword, anC
angry words having passed, he closed upon Rose
some whites and Indians rushing in and joining i
The tight The two leaders fell MORALLY wounded
two Indians were killed. aud others on both side
were wounded. The Indians, it is said, wer
driven from the ground. The Indians drove tn
whites from other points, or, at least, the white
left some exposed situations, where they numbere
but few, and at last accounts were preparing f.
| renewed hOstilities These are the only parTicu
lars have received The news came by Hunting
ton d Moore's Express, last evening.
On the 7th inst. new diggings, which are said /
be extremely rich and extensive, were discovers
| in plain on the north branch of Woods's Creek
about two miles and half north of the town 9
Sonora. The gold lies very deep, but every hol
that had had been sunk had yielded well.''
{ Allen Thompson, from Arkansas, was MURDERS
on the night of the 18th ult in his tent, on Jackso
Creek, near the Mokelumne River.
The Alta California of the 18th inst. says !
gentleman of this city, who left here in the Care
lima, on the 23d ult, and returned on Friday eve
} ming last from Oregon, tells that the gold e1
: element among a certain number of persons
the vicinity of Portland and Astoria was, on til
, LIST inst. very great, growing out, he says, of
report, which seems 10 be somewhat authenticate
Of the discovery of rich placers in the valley nes
Portland
The discovery was made by some Of the Stoka
tribe of Indians, who brought large quantities
. the metal to Astoria, where they purchased cotl
ing and trinkets. They were Intercepted as to Il
locality Of the paceTs by named Levi
who from the fact of having once officiated
as priest among the tribe, still exercised much j
( fluence, and succeeded in obtaining the desired j
formation. Lewis started with the Indians al
soon after sent word to Astoria to Gen. Adie
confirming the story of the Indians, and desrir
yarious persons to follow him without delay