The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-10

withdrawn, The Sierra Nevada Is covered
wiih snow.
The political news il not staHliBg-parties
are organizing with considerable spirit, aud
an eNcidngooniest IL anticipated at tho Spring
elections n the Wings continue united and
true 20 themselves, they will sweep the
State
The first fugitive slave case Ia California
was brought before Judge Morrison on the
S0th. The Judge was 20 give bic decision
the next morning. The slave 10 named FTank
and was brought here by MissouriAn, lie
len bis. master, and claims his freedom, which
the COURIER considers be Is entitled 20,
Gov. McIuugal has been appealed 90 for
bis aid IN suppressing the Indian depredA-
tons IN the Maaposa regions and the leais-
ture responded 70 his call by granting him
authority 20 cali out 300 men Tor that par.
pose, The Governor has taken q tour since
then, aud eame 10 tlle conclusion that men
were not needed, II 10 believed that a trea-
~ will be formed with the tribes la the VI
einity Of the MaraposA,
McCauley indicted Tor tho murder Of judge
southeu, Ia Napa City, has been sentenced
70 be hung on the 18th Of April
The agricultural prosPeetS o. the State arc
very promising
The San Francisco Standard says awe
continue % receive cheering aeeOsuia FROM all
parts Of the gold region The Tuolulne, Cal
aYeras, Mokelumne, American, Feather.
SCOTS, klamath, and other rivsrs Ia the gold
mining country, send favorable aceoVnis',.
intelligence from many parts u the mines
is more cheering than hitherto during the
winter, The Alta says the news from the
mines aud Gold Bluff " very favorable. A
rich bed Of gold had been discovered thfre.
from which thirty-two ounces ~ gold were
washed ~ one day, On ahotIer,s 600 worth
was taken out The gold is found On the bed
rock, from two 10 ten feet below the surface.
Mr. Warren had arrived from tho locality
with $50 900 in gold
The latest news from the rrpiou- tho
San Diego renders IL certain that valuable
deposits Of the golden mineral have been dis
covered there by the Moxioans, and reports
from the adjacent portions ofthe State render
IL probable that the mines there will be found
more productive than Il was supposed they
would be, One OF the dredging companies
had got 20 work, and the result Of an expert
ment was yield Of over one hundred dollars
an hour.
The quartz mining operations have also
been prosecuted with yigor and success
SOME of the veins are beyond all previous
calculations, One Of the veins at Nevada
was sold for slSS 600, aud the purchaser, IL
few days Aler, had taken out $4,000, and
dirt ready for washing which would yield
$1,000 more
News had been received a. San Francisco
OF fight between the State troops and Indi.
aus At San joaquin, 10 which several Of tbs
latter were killed. The Apache Indians had
attacked and taken possession OF Tueron, III,
last town in Sonora, coming towards the Gi
IA river The inhabitants not being able 10
hold the place, abandoned II.
Several columns ofthe San Francisco pa
pcrs arc devoted 20 the subject OF dispute 10
tween Butler King, the U. :, Collector, and
the Post Office authorities ID appears tin
Collector had obtained information that la
yanA cigars had been smuRgled through tho
mail bags on previous occasions, and he wish
eel to siop such proceedings in future