The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-09-06
ARRIVAL OF THE CRESCENT CITY
Later from California

later news from California. We find 10th.
ing in the details of special interest ex-
cept some further accounts Of the bad
state of morals at the mnes.
Information had been received at Stock.
ton that party numbering about twelve
have been found dead in rayine near
the Double Springs" where they had
been digging. From their appearance
death was caused by the stabs they had
received; and from the scarcity of any ar.
ticle of value upon their persons. the sup.
position is, that the poor fellows had been
robbed of what they possessed.
In relation to the general state of af.
fairs at these Southern mines, the Stock.
ton Journal Of July 10. remarks;--
A most alarming state ofthings exists
in portion of the Southern mines. A.
round Sonora, scarcely night passes
without murder and when the miner re-.
tires to his repose he knows not but that
the morrow's sun will Hnd him the victim
of the assassin's knife. 1t is thought tha at
within the two last weeks twenty mon
have been murdered in that neighbor-
hood.
The following incidents are narrated in
the same paper;--
We are informed that few days ago,
a party of eight or ten men, Americans
and Mexicahs, came to an eating house
in the neighborhood of Sonora. from
which the owner was absent, aud deman-
ded all the money on the premises. So
great is the terror OF these villains. that
wagons passing between the mines and
Stockton go in companies of three and
four together.
Not long since stage was fired into
and four ofthe passengers wounded. One
nf them has since died of his wounds.
A party of Mexcans were arrested in
the vicinity of Sonora in the act Of burn.
ing the bodies of two Americans. The
Stockton Journal says:-
Judge Marvine with some difficulty
prevailed on the excited populace to give
them trial, and twelve men were Sc,
lected as jury The jury decided they
could not proceed with The case without
the testimony of the persons who had
given the information in regard TO the
bodies; and the prisoners were ordered
to be rernanded to Jail to await further
trial, The crowd resisted this decision
and determined that the trial should pro
ceed; the Judge left the bench protesting
against tEelr course, and another person
was elected Judge pro tempOre, who re-
fused to sit in the court house, but agreed
to preside in the woods and to the wood.
they went
Here the ttial was very summarily con
cuded, aud the men were fuund guilty
and one Of them was already swinging
when a gentleman rode up. accompanied
by the sheriff and possee, aud the coro
} ner who held an inquest on the bodies
The coroner stated that the verdict of hi
! Jury was that the deceased bodies haC
died by violence, committed by persun
! unknown, and the appearance of th'
bodies indicated lha,the murder had beef
committed at least ten days previous
The gentleman entreated the people no
10 be hasty aud commit an act which the,
might always regret He thought tha
persons more guilty than those under ar
rest would be ferreled out; and begge,
that the trial mi gh, at least be allowed t.
to proceed according To law; and that tn
eyiuance On bolh sides of the Ouestio
might be heard.
His remarks produced some impressio
/ on The crowd, aud taking advantage q
tho momentary lull, the sheriff and poss
threw a moose around the necks of tn
prisoners, and setting otf in gnllop, ,ol
them to run for their lives. A few me
were placed in the rear TO keep off ih
people, in case they attempted to retak
+ the prisoners. and the party set off at 10
: speed, the prisoners in the van at the fu
i length of the laliats with which they wer
t held, and the crowd followed after, infu
: rated at the prospect of the prisoner
T. getting beyond their reach.--And our il
n formant states that if they could have {
t vertakon them the gibbet would speed
: ly have been called in requisition. Bt
terror gave wings to the prisoners. all
$ in the race for life they distanGed the
r pursuers. and were safely lodged in jaI
II where they now lie closely guarded,
v waiting their trial.
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