The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-23
FRoM oALIFoRNIA ToJuLYIs.


Steamer fromalheus, Churchill, arrived az
New York on "Wednesday forenoon.
The pa4sangeFs who game Act0ss fhe Niohr-
agnA route same Gieen miles byiBnd carriage
Whence took the steamer Director acro.s Lake
hi,ArARuA, thence the new iron steamer Sir
ltsary L, Deliver down the San Juan River
~ the f1ometheps, ih thirty-tW0 hours run
ming time Tho patsengrrs al express th0m-
Heivhs very much pleased with tho route, aud
cay that tho country Is delightful
The stsAiaerand Passengers brought s655,
SO in specie
The news from California generally Il un-
lmpoStaut, with the exception that se seral al
'dltonal aHeentions have taken place by order
vi the vigilance committee, One Of the per-
sons executed was dim Stuart, an English
convict, wh0'wAa convicted Of murder and nu-
Hnerous robheries. IIo confessed that he be-
iOnged 20 band whose sole object was rob
hery aud murder The authorities ondeayor-
cd 10 rescue him from the hands Of the yigi-
lance committee. Judge Campbell charged
the grand jury that the vigilance COMMITTEES
were nothing else bot murderer The may
or issued his proclamation, calling upon all
good citizens 10 abandon the ygilance com.
nittee, and there was great oxeitemsnt
- IieArdn Lopez MAS executed NJ San Jose
for the murder Of a United States dragoon,-
Colonel Blackman was shot through the head
the North Fork. Attempts had been made
30 6r- abe city Of Sonora.
The quartz mines are attracting the attcn-
ton Of all classes OF the community, aud a.
the numbers daily entering II are RAPIDLY in
crcAaing, there can be- no doubt but that the
yield 81 gold dust will be- greatly augmented
IA the year advances. The miners cngaadd
10 washing NJ doing remarkably welt, aud
there arr few localities FROM which uniayora-
bile accounts are received.
The editors have soon piece Of yirQin
gold weighing four pounds two aud one half
ounces, taken from North Fork, near Auburn
and several rich specimen, Of tho Union Gold
Quarts Mining Co.'s claim, aud Crohs Gold
Mountain claim, both of which are within six
miles ofPlacervillc. Rich gold diggings have
been discovered on tho coast range, about
twenty miles from Santa Cruz. Tho mines
there are SAID Ia bc very productive. Gold
has been recently discovered upon one of the
highest SUBMITS Of the Nevada. The story
goes that the ledge Il two hundred yards from
point nine hundred feet above the level OF
the valley, and within twenty-five miles OF
Grass valley. Tho Yield of the ore is said to
be u cents 90 the pound.
Harvesting has bccomc general through
out the country, aud the yield IL likely 10 be
very large. Potatoes are beginning 10 be
sent 10 market, aud in some localities the
yield is estimated at ton tons per acre. This
with the estimate OF 1000 10 800 pounds of
harley 10 tse aoFa, IL a. al laast- proof that n
largo portion OF tho country IL fortilc onoAgh
10 make IL important hs mn agricultural state.
A letter dated Monterey, July 2d, saws that
the Indians oH ~ greet fcr,.t,,- at,tl-haY,.
driven away hundreds Of horses and cattle
Capt Caldwell, the mail rider between Mon
tcrcy AID Santa Barbarh, has been Killed.
His BODY was found with several bullets Ia IT,
The Governor Of California has auihorsnd
General Mills, of Marysvillc to rcpair To tho
vicinity OF Rogue River. irit a. required.
20 call out the state militia, aud organize
-campaiFn with the understanding that the
troops must look 20 the general government
for theft tst he skate sas,.as.s l4sEalaa rl--
Eponsible for a further ontlay. o..
The .hrst overland company Of cniirants
this season are reported 20 be at Carson wall
Icy a party ofcmigrints, ten I'M number,
were m1ss -c-urf nv tho indanHHbDvg Trinity
Tho Alta California says-'.,Jim Stuart was
hung about o'clock, on Friday, the nth
inst, at the end ofAiarket wharf in the pres
cncc OF several thousand citizens. The vigi-
lance cDmpittee 10 using its utmost cndeavors
20 rid tho country OF the villains who have so
long infested IT, Their acts are sustained bv
n majority Of ihdtidEens. % Organizations Of
similar character have sprung up ia almost
all the prominent places of California, and
the courts have been forced, by the expros-
sion of ppksic sentiment TO pay strictcr at
tention to The administration OF the law.
AySpanish woman was hung in Downie-
Vile, in the Sacramento valley, for murder
ing imam named Cannon, on the 7th inst.
In Sacramento City. most aggravated
highway robbery was committed on the 9th
inst, in broad daylight Impatient of the
laws delay the people, by their united cx-
preston, induced tho court and the lawyers
selected to defend the prisoner, to 90 into n
trial immediately
A rencontre took place on the LIST inst, be-
tween George Il. Lemon, city assessor, and
VIM. II. Graham, young lawyer. Shots
wore exchanged, and Grnham was shot in the
mouth and left arm. Lemon Immediately
gave himsclf up--but, his adversary having
told HIM 20 draw and defend himself and suit
I'D The action 20 the wort--the recorder dis
charged him. Graham is getting we'll.
The burnt district, although moi entirely
rebuilt, is pretty thicky studded with build
ings of all descriptions, and brick and stone
buildings of n most substantial character are
in process Of erection
The intelligence from the north is by no ]
means pleasant. The Indians in the entire
vicinity ofRogues River, and the Klamah /
region, have exhibited the utmost hostility a.
'Flainstthc whites, and being armed with guns
and pistols, as we'll as bows and arrows, are a
lfeNniislabIe AL ysFaaFy.- Several parties of
wsiiitHs were in arms, and in pursuit of those
who had committed depredntions At the
last accounis, the Indians are still troublesome
lin Sacramento Valley and refuse to come in
'at the place specified. The commission arc
without fhnds, and utterly unable to prose-
outs their mission 10 successful issue with
sout additional supplies.
So The free soil party in Bennington Co.
have "caved in" and have taken up the old
line loc6foco ticket for county officers.
CO. When VIC consider the many different
attitudes assumed by the ocofoco party of