The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-31
CALIFORNIA fNrrtliGrvcr.

W r COPY moro detailed account ul ilu ]
-latrrl alIair i,ou lhu Stockton Times ol
ilr Iih OF .luly.
III b. siil il,at there Z. % guerrilla party Ia
thr muuutn., headed hyn famous Mr,iran
rohbrr, nor arc wc inclined 90 doubt the
-ttt..iii.-i,i; ap have hurrlIs2 rru tlc di--
turlDl state ~ feeling am9Hg thr foreign
population. u has brpumr Uu.afe 60 travel !
and every m'n puc- arurl with o revolver
and knilr.
Two mrn were found naked, with their
tlTnltt out ~ tho Chinese diDnups 0n SUM
day Two AlrAiran7 wrro shot on Tuesday
10 jamestown llp'r mcu were attacked ~
tho Mpnir1uma tcnl, on hc rad a. Nonora,
on Sltralny one Was killed. with anors,
aud tho oIlrrs ru wounded that their lives
are d,ai-liTg. 81, We saw thcsv men, aud
! thry ly lRt thr as-as-ius were Mrsirana-
/ On "Wednesday two men were 1uHul dead
I ng1r Sonora, ihoir po'kota having been ri-
/ il'-l
'fherc -mnll tent ~ tDr junction Of
/ knight and Taylor Ferry rnals, iust aLoNc
] Knights and kurlrr's ferries; / q. brtwcru
/ them aud the Mountain Inn, Tie tent has q
very lonely situation, md the OWNER, Mr.
/ Ford Of Massachusetts, lived ia y by+rrlscit
..it was vol known tina, pretty brisk trfdo
was carried uu Us him with trHm-tera and
uihrr-, aud ID WIS Thought that hc had earn
ci considerable sum Of money. Friday
morning traveller called az the tent aud
luuud 40 pcrsou ia Attendance, aud hc imno
I ditcly examined The promises, IL found
/ Ford lying ou the ground duid. with his skull
. fractured in three places Near 20 him wnsi
living % Ratchet covered with blood
Mr. Morgan who hls trading tent on the
bank of the M'rrcrlrH, q tow dIys since uiiss.
] cd hs partner, who went uut ou business and
/ did not rrfurn. | pom examining lis durthr
found that upward OF goo was gone; from
this hc was induced to suspect that hi, part
nor had lrit him with the money, \ few
days ulyrwurl,n body wa. seen floating down
the Mercedes, which. having i1cu secured.
proved 10 bee tlrrt nj Mr. Alorrun- Inrturr
The huIy had q piece ul rope round the arms
land severe oontu,iuns were upon the head
No money was found on the decreased, Mr.
Morgan instituted rdd search IN the store
and found the money presumed Ia Ice lost ,c-
GREETED in the ground.
On sturdy evening last, three McAican.
who had been tu The habit ur trading a. the
tent of Alcssrs Miller aud orlando, two milo.
this side ~ Jamestown, called in, aud ~ wa.
usual with tLam, engaged ia friendly CONVEX
,ttuu. one ui them had long knife in his
hand. wtiHh he pointed Ia playful wdy az
Mr. Miller With single plunge, lac ran the
knife through Mr. M's body, while one OF his
companions with "a knife or short sword,
bUtchcrvd hi, partner The only other a
merriam IN at The time VIZ. a tcamstcr, nam
, 81 McNicHhiE WhOsciGrl a revolver and shot
one OF the McNicns through the heal lie
, was severely stabbed IN the side aud arm but
. made his escape. The tent was robbed of
some tlrcc hundred dollars. Mr. Miller was
= in dangerous state ~ the last accounts, lIc
, on,l his partner were from potsvillc Pa.
-i-Lhi-- SAluldAN- night lnlLhgr munlgr Wa
( committed upar Sonora u appears thlt "a
o -pag!l 0tthrp4 Americans ss--toF ,4. l., tlty.
, thilvuos, one ct the Americans was Shot
/ aud a second badly wounded. The third ri-
I, tcctcd his escape.
i Numerous rohhrrics have been committed
AT Jamestown, 'Mood'a. Sullnans, Columbia
. ssr., within the last icw days The miner
| arc greatly excited ON the subject, and it i.
e. believed that terrible rcprisals will bc made
Y IL the Offenders are caught"
@ The stockton journal ct q later date saws
O., "Ip to our latest adyircs the DEMONSTRATION.
5, oi the murdcrs.thc accounts Of which we pub
lishcd hstwcck, had not boon arrested RU,
Il NOR status that tturc i, regularly organized
a., party othauditil in the miuts, near sonora
and Thought these frequent murders have
p bccY-'"nihN.tcd 10y portion, oi'this gang.
a The Sacramento Transcript notice, III,
- discovery Ola rich Javinr about FIVE mile,
!, from Auburn. Three miles of it bad been
= ijf5r-fi v-iy7-i ~ ~ iTf-r1- -55iiI5 ,T Tin
/ claims were held n from three 10 five thou.
n sand dollars each, though it viii be impo.si,
= bic To take ont the gold before another win.
r. ter, NJ there is no water near.
Fl lio l=4ln.- ilaIi"r ia- he triuvvirtr. .-
, "Last evening we examined the Target
: lump ofpo,d. We hcicyc. over dug in Cali.
forum; It Is mixture ofgnartl and gold the
a whole weighing Ju~pUuuds (.i60 ouncc.) troy.
From the tests made il il asgcrtaincd thft the
, lump contains about twcnN-thrcc poitnd- of
4 pure gold This mammoth piece wa, dug
from raNnc in the dry diggings between
, the North and Middle Forks OF tic Yuha
river Ohe location being known rs the Jim
, Grow diggings )hy Mr. William H. Julius of
New ork city, and Mr. John Grivcr, of New
Orleans The first of these had been a wear
IN the digginps, and had not averaged over
ten dollars per day. Himself and partner
had taken possession of an old hole which
had been worked out and deserted by two
negroes. Finding that they could not work
To advantage without draining the watcr oh.
they dug trench or canal, and as soon as
tue water disappeared, commenced work. 49,
They had worked seycrnl- hours. llLln- hna
of them thought Intercepted piece of gold tut
ting ont from the earth inTtho canal, which
they had dug 70 carry oil the water from the
main hole. lie STOPPED to examine il. and
finding it TO he the pure metal he drew forth
his ease knife, scrapcd the dirt loose around
II, while 1t continued to grow larger and larg-
Gf'nrul ia" thrty pound lump abovcmcn-
toned rolled out at his feet They kept the
matter profound secret, and started of to
Marysville, where they were offered $4,000
for it-whch they refused They are exhibit
ing II AZ Meningitis Suttcr Hotel, at fifty
'ccuts 4 head. The ravinc from which this
mammoth lump was taken is nothing more
than small brook, running through flat:thc
ground rises gently ON the sides, and IS coy
cred with rich coat of grass. II was found
abont two feet below the surface TAa-pe,,n.s
men are ON their way homc aud expect to
rcalfzea fortune from exhibiting it in the
| States,
Information has been received nj Stockton
that party numbering about twelve, have
been found dead in 'ravinc near the Double
/ Springs, where the had been digging. From
! their appearance death was causcd bv the
( stabs which they had received; and from the
scarcity of any. article of value upon their