The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-05-24
CALIFORNIA,

ton b. tie cultivation 81 the soil
The large immigration this spring Of TO
spectacle families aud females 10 our shores,
have added greatly 20 tho social and moral
improvement Of socicty IN the state
Gambling y fsst falling into d,sropuio over
the State, and espaeially in the principal 81
Ties, Ih'Iuftlaud, Ofcgout TIC pfupfIctuFH
have been required 10 abandon their tables
and close their establishments
An article Of Grst-ratc Anthracite coal has
been d severed at Pugcta Sound, and an ar
ticle of torrahlc fair Camel coal has been
discovered near Bcnicia, in this State,
The market is gluucd with all kind. Of
merchandise and on this account goods Of
every character are selling at remarkably
luw rates. II Is expected, however, that
when communication Is freely opened with
M parts OF tie mines, business viii greatly
Tho Legislature of California was 10 adj
inuru on the 80th OF April No United
States Senator Is elected, nor will there be At
the prcacnl session. the suhicrt having been
postponed to the lst of January next Ihr
Senate have passed bill 20 regulate the
coming Of money 10y indiyidual-, aud COM
polling parties 10 redeem the same NJ par,uu-
der n'pcnalty of fuc aud imprisonment IL
has vet to be acted ON in the Senate
4 lcputation has arrived at san Francisco
from Monterey county, asking for assistance
a-aaliEg.aie :. hand at LlgL
eel OF whites aud Indians, and commanded by
a negro, who are committing serious dcprcda-
tons in that vicinity, Macaulcy, the muir
dcrcr Of judge SELLERS, has been tried aud
sentenced to be- hung on the lith of April
lie was rcprcvcd, however, by the Govern
or, to allow his counsel an opportunity 10 AR
que a hill prescriptions and n motion for a
new trial before the Supreme Court.
Col j. ID, Stevenson, who went out rs conf
maudant OF the California regiment has made
an assignment OF his property. II has been
supposed tia, lac was immensely wealthy.
Andrew Scott Of ST. Gcnoyieyo, Missouri,
has been hmeat Browns Bar, Weber Creek,
without any trial before the constituted courts.
lie had some slight misunderstanding with
his partner, Charles q. Baker, .l'ap' lac stab
bed in i've places. lie was taken into custo-
DIV, tried before jury Of twelve cuipanclcd
on the spot found guilty aud immediately cN-
crutcd. II j. said that Scott had killed two
or three persons previous to this occurrence.
Mr. Baker was alive nt the latest accounts--
Three mon named lGglcr. Allen and Miller
bod boon uici before a tyuCh court NJ Ne
yada city for stealing two thousand dollars
from Nj Napier. Fifteen hundred dollars
were recovered from them. The first nafacd
was sentenced to receive thirty-uinc lashcs,
two thieves named James and Staggcrs were
Auna llp, allowed torcman until nearly dead
amt rtTrrT Crt rtuwu uud most -rvurriy 'yi1rTr-
~ sB ,i,it,.-rHilrrcr- hadr complaint to the
aulL"rtivs, and eighteen or twenty persons
were placed on trial ON charge of assault, but
after hearing the testimony the prosecuting
attorney abandoned the case and entered u
mol pros The reasons which prompted this,
may perhaps b Rioancd rom the tniinwiag
extract: Tho citizens of Circle Creek held
a meeting at the time those implicated gave
themselves up, and passed resolutions decar-
inc themselves parties 10 the act. Several
uTifTTTTi TrTT7TT-; vTTit7r7Triri-
rrrtit.- appeared liEaI4aG.t -EEla!aa lat
all armed with bowie knives, pistols, muskcts
and shot Guns, and serious affair was gene
rally apprchcndcd On Friday one Of the
parties u1cd some insulting language, and
nistols were drawn, but fortunately no shots
were fred. Those who saw the whole affair
assul,, US that one shot would have been the
signal for general fight
FnoM THE Mining DIsruICrs-Tho
rains had improved the prospects OF those en-
gagcd in the dry diggiugs, enabling them to
wash out the earth which had been raised
durinr the dry season. On the other hand,
work wits nearly at an end with those work
inc ON the rivers and as a general thing OPP
crations ON the bars had been suspended for
the season. The intelligence from tlfc.l'eath-
or and Yuha river vicinity was not very ia
vorablcthc great quantity OF. snow which had
fallen having proved disastrous to the pros
-t4aiS Of Abe miners.-At Onion Valley II was
80 dccp that il WAS impossible to approach
within twenty-five miles Of that point with
mules. The Sacramento Transcript publish
es n letter from Giles O. Stcbbins, detailing a
rich discovery made by him. While prospect
ing with his partner, John Steel, in October
last near the head waters OF the Feather riv-
or, they found place where they washed
ciaht hundred dollars of gold from one pan
Of dirt.-,rhey have remained there from that
time, averaging fifty dollars day, az the re-
sult of their labor He SAYS that they have
gold enough but that they have suffered
much for want of good food and comfortable
clothing Latterly their garments were made
of skins. During the winter they found two
fat mules, which constituted their principal
food, with the the addition OF bear ana deer
meat once in n white. The Stockton Times
furnishes some interesting statements of the
discovery of rich quartz veins in the South
Z ern mines The same pRPer say 49, We laarn
from Mr. Stevenson, of Castoria, who has just
arrived FROM the mines, that lump OF gold
weighing fourteen pounds and half, was
/ gound on tho NIariposi diggings. On the 2d
two Jumps were taken out at the same place,
one weighing four pounds and half, and the
other worth $40 The miners generally
were working harder aud doing better OF late.
/ The Stockton journal says that weight OF
| these three pieces are fourtecp pounds seven
+duuccE, fi1rtv-cirrtt ounees->aRa- thiFty-tiye
ounces Tho last piece is pure gold. The
othcrs are considerably appropriated with
rock. though their intrinsic value IS more
than half their weight. The Alta California
says that the Alisal Wines, in the vicinity OF
Monterey have been purchased by J,P,Leese
of that nlace. aud Mcssrs Howard x Green
Yale and Major Snyder OF San Francisco
\ shaft has been Aunk about forty feet, from
which ore has been taken containing about
one ,oiar in silver, from ten IN fftty cents ~
gold, and five ounces of lead 10 the pound OF
mineral ~fhc lesst it is ssffoscd viii pay
for working the rhine. 1heInetals are sup
posed to be easily extracted, and AIurhace !:
nova erecting on the ground to- reduce the