The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-01
Later from California.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER FALCON

New York an Outlia Of the Falcou new
from California Gilt there By the steam
er Promotions
Nevada ~ was Dlfely DESTROYED vii
prove interesting. Tho Ere broke out at IL
o'clock during the night Of the 18th d
March, in or near Gates y Smith ) balIsalley
and IS supposed to have been the work o.
an incendiary. A large number Of build
ings were torn down to stop the rayages o.
the fire, One hundred and fifty building:
were destroyed, and one man burned. The
total loss cannot b, less than one million 81
dollars.
a great deal of excitement existed in San
Francisco against Judge Parsons, for fnina
Mr.. William Walker, one Of the editors Of
the Herald, $500 and imprisoning him until
the fine was paid, for contempt of Court
An editorial article appeared in the Herald
which insinuatcd that the Judge, in his charge
to the grand jury, intended to give the free
est latitude to criminals, if not to protect
them. Mr.. Walker refused to pay the fine,
and was handed over to the sheriff A meet
ing OF the citizens, was held in which reso-
lutlons, strongly condemning the course the
Judge had pursued, were unanimously adOp.
ted. The Judge refused to receive the com
mlttee appointed to wait on him with the
resolutions except in open court. There the
matter rested.
The Indian Commissioners, with the q.
). troops and the State volunteers were still
in the mountains, with good reason to be-
llev2 that they would succeed in making trea-
ties with the hostile tribes. The Indians,
however, do not abandon their rights to
treochcrOus conduct
On the night Of the 1st of March, near
the Mariposa river, party of travellers COM
posed Of Mcssrs. NJ. Vi. Montgomery, James
Falsey John n Warner, and George N.
Ward, were attacked whilst encampcd by al
number Of Indians in ambush. The attack
cd persons made some resistance; one of
party Of three Frenchnien who had Joined |
them, fought braycly and was MORALLY woun-
dcd; the other two ran away. Ward died
Of his wounds. Falsey and Montgomery
were severely wounded.
The people along the Consumes river
have suffered much during the last few
months from Expectations on their large
stocks Of cattle and horses. One had thus
lost $4,000 worth; another SIS, 900, and
so Oh. On the night Of the 9Th March two
men were discovered driving of number
Of horses from the rancho Of 4cssrs. Gage i
X Almond. They were arrested and the
property proved to be stolen.
The prisoners were then arraigned, and a !
motion made to give them a trial by Jury,
nut the proposition was hooted down by the
immense crowd. A motion was then made
that the: be hung at once, which was carried
By accl2mation.
They we're called on to make confession,
being told that they had but half an hour to
prepare for the solemn change that awaited
them. They gave their names as James
Baxter OF Maine, and Charles Simmons, of
Massachusetts,; the names, however, NAV
have been assumed. The prisoners were
then .old that their time had nearly elapsed;
they seemed to be much excited, and begged
For Gods sake, let us live little longer"
Five minutes more were given them, during
the other, saying, in low tone of voice,
"lot US tell them all about it," to which the
other replied, emo, no, hush"
When the half-hour had elapsed, they
wtty tnld that their time had come. Lariats
were brought, nooses made, and the guilty
wy,CEcs hung up.
Aa3lher horse thief, named Yankee Jim,
w. rested on Rattlcsnake bar, Middle Yu-
ba, lcr stealing horses, and for threatening
to Kill a man. He was Immediately hung.
4 ,Tge and splendid hotel is shortly to
be erected in San Francisco, to cost $500 900
On the 9TH ult. a young man named Hugh
Mcclure was murdered By the Indians On
the Nevada road, about six miles from Rough
and ready. a party was formed and 81 e
ted iR search Of the criminals
A great meeting Of DiissoOrians was held
at the Orleans Hotel, ID Sasramento city. to
give oppression - then - 1t the defeat 81
Col. Benton. Speeches were then made by
Col. PEBBLES, AIf KeWen, Dir May, who
defended Col Benton, Alderman Berry,
Mr.. Long, Mayor Smith and others, and res
olutions were passed condemning aOld Bull
lion" rejoicing over the election Of Mr. Gey-
CT, commencing the course of Clay, Webster,
Cass, FOOte and others on the compromise,
and expressing the utmost confidence in the
patriotism and ability of President Fillmore.
New discoveries have been made upon
Rich Bar, on the North Fork of the Feather
river, which promise extraordinary results.
One man is said to have taken out of one
claim in two weeks time, nearly s13, 900!
Others were doing extraordinarily we'll!
From the klamath region Of the northern
mines the reports are quite favorable. On
the North Fork of Salmon river the dig
gings were very good, averaging from four to
twenty-four ounces. On Che branches Of tic
Klamath the general average day was $40
per man The Trinity had.proyed failure,
SCOTS river diggings were not 50 good
Cod was found 10 the East and West imp
qua. The gold is generally course. Only
two dams have been put ia any Of The streams
Of the Trinity, and both PAID veil a
small steamer has becn listed up 10 dfedee
tie Feather river. Some decornposs auri
ferrous quartz, from the Caoia dieeines n
Nevada City, proved exceedingly rich ir aold
The vein from WHICH It was taken IS quite *
tcnsiye.
4 beautifal specimen Of auTiferoUs quart.
was brought s. SACRAMENTO City BY Capt
Foster 81 San Diego It weighed abon
iwcntyaix ounces. and probably contaiHe'