Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-26
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA.
GREAT FIRE AT NEVADA CITY.
Excitement in San Francisco.
LyncIlins-three Men Hung.

LynCllinS-three Men Hung.
The Falcon arrived at New Orleans on las
Monday, from Clagres, bringing San Francis
co dates of the 18th March. i
Nevada City is entirely destroyed. 1t was
set on fire by an incendiary, and one hundred
and fifty buildings consumed, and one mar
burned. Loss computed at one million OF dol.
lars.
A great deal of excitement existed in San
Francisco against Judge Parsons, for timing
Mr.. William Walker, one of the editors OF the
Herald, $500 and imprisoning him until the
fine was paid, for contempt Of court.
Mr.. Burton and Mr.. Jones, accompanied by
w other men, were attacked in ambush by
the Indians, on the Sd March, near the Maripo-
sa river, and were all killed. Their bodies
were found horribly mangled. The body OF
a Mr.. Gasserly, who had been run off from
Washington, was also found, pierced with
twenty-eight arrows, his tongue cut out, and
one of his legs hacked off.
A man named Graham, who had murdered
an entire family, enlisted in a battalion of vol.
unteers under a pledge of being protected
against the law. Large rewards were offered
for him, and finally the San Francisco police
discovered his retreat. When they went to
arrest him in the mountains he called on his
companions to rescue him. They gathered
around, and it was only from a mere chance
that a bloody conflict did not ensuc between
the volunteers and the officers of the law.
The people along the Consumes river suf-
fered much during the last few months from
depredations on their large stocks Of cattle and
horses. One had thus lost $4,000 worth;
another $4,000, and so on. On the night Of
the 18th March two men were discovered dri-
wing off 4 number of horses from the rancho of
Messrs. Gage g. Almond. They were arrest
ed and the property proved to be stolen:
The prisoners were then arraigned and 4
motion made to give them a trial by jury, but
the proposition was hooted down by the i'm
mense crowd. A motion was then made that
they be hung at once, which was carried BY ac-
clamation. And they were accordingly swung
up.
A large and splendid hotel is shortly to be
erected in San Francisco, to cost 100000.
On the 18th 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 started in
search of the criminals.
A great meeting of Nissonrians was held at
the Orleans Hotel, in Sacramento City, to give
expression to their joy at the defeat of Col.
Benton. Speeches were then made by Col.
PEBBLES, Mr.. Kewen,a Mr.. May, (who defend
ed Col. Benton,O Alderman Berry, Mr.. Long,
Mayor Smith and others. and resolutions were
passed c%ondemning "Old Bullion rejoicing
over the election of Mr.. Geyer, commendin.
the course of Clay, Webster, Cass, Foote and
others on the compromise, and expressing the
utmost confidence in the patriotism and abili-
ty Of President Fillmore.
The Government monument, TO be placed
On the boundary line between the American
and Mexicans, one marine league south of San
Diego, has reached San Francisco from the
United States.
On the 18th inst, at San Francisco, a
young and %gentcel Frenchman shot himself
through the heart.
The San Francisco papers complain that the
conyicts of New South Wales, Van Dieman's
Land and New Zealand arrive in that city in
swarms, and create great disturbance and
The city is, besides, blessed with
The presence of Celestials, Malays, kanakas,
Society Islanders, &c.
Since the postponement of the election of
]. s. Senator the Legislature has gone to work
n apparent good earnestress, and have intro-
luced or passed some very good bills. One
specially worthy OF notice is that establishing
common school system. It has also prohi-
'ited the sale Of lottery tickets, appropriated
100000 and upwards for the payment of
ersons in military operations against the In
ians,. and the House has passed a bill re-
ealing the act Of the last session, imposing a
X upon foreign miners.