Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-09-26


Great discoveries of gold had been
made near the Sierra Nevada. The
old story is told, about the miners gen.
orally doing very well, and the yield of
the precious metal does not decrease.
Information Of extraordinary suf.
fering among the overland emigration
had been received at San Francisco
Among the arrivals by this route, the
Sacramento Times announces the names
Of T. A, Springer, Keokuk; II, Bald.
win and ]. Jewett, Portage, Ohio; Hen
ry Johnson, Louisiana, Mo-, and Edwin
jerks, Ill. They arrived at Placerville'
in eighty.6ve days from ST. Joseph,
having left there the 29lh April. Their
troubles commenced at Mory's river,
where their animals gave out. There
were between five hundred and six
hundred persons at the sink of Mary's
river the 18th July. The immigration
was represented 10 be in good health,
but there was much suffering. The citi.
zens Of Sacramento held a meeting
and raised subscription for the bene-
Fl, of the distressed immigrants.
Murders continue to take place in
the county of Toulumnc, almost daily,
although various measures we're ,aken
to get rid of all foreigners not engaged
in regular business. The Americans
were empowcrcl TO dispossess The for.
eigners of their arms, and to force them
to leave the country within fifteen days.
Twelve hundred Mexicans were pre-.
pairing to leave. Two Mexicans had
been arrested for attempting to cut the
throats oftwo Americans, a physician
and his friend.
The tent of DR.. Freeman and Mr..
Chase, situated on the Mormon Gulch,
was entered during the night, by Mex
leans, their lhroa,s cut, but not so as
to kill them. Their cries brought re-
lief from a neighboring tent. Three
Mexicans were arrested at Sonora on
suspicion of having committed this out,
rage.
A person named Riley, was killed
by Judge Jones, the latter acting in
in self,defence.
In relation 10 the troubles in the
Southern mines, the Sonora Herald
gives US the following information:
During the night Of Monday, some
hundreds of armed men entered the
town, and on Tuesday morning there
could not have been less than 1900 ri.
flemen in the streets. AS may well be
imagined, the excitement ofthe people
was most intense, and groups of them
might be observed in various places
discussing the events of the past few
days, some arguing in favor of Judge
Lynch. while others resolutely y suppor'
ted the law, as at present constituted
The proceedings in the Distric, Courr
opened this morning with one or two
civil cases.
At three o'clock, the trial Of the foul
Mexicans for the murder Of the two
Mexicans att he Green Flat Diggings
The prisoners were arraigned, when ;
circumstance took place which threw
the court into the utmost coufusion.-.
When the prisoners plead "not guilty
one of the guards, who was standing
on bench, dropped his double barreleC
gun, the hammers of which strucl
against a box, and both barrels wen
off with a violent explosion.
Numberless revolvers were forth
with drawn, and the tumult became in
describable. One man, in his haste I,
get out, struck his gun against boarc
and i, likewise went off. The effect o
this incident can only be imagined
The struggle TO qui, the room on tn
part of the multitude was terrific
Doors, windows, and every means O
egress were put in requisi,ion. A or,
of alarm was set up by some persons
and the street even was cleared.
The Mexicans who were in the crow
; were deliberately fired at by som
men. We asked the reason. One re
Piled ,ha, they fred ION general prime
. ples," another said that they fired "prc
S miscuously among the Mexicans," VIII
d they thought were attempting TO rescu
a the prisoners. As soon as order couI
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