The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-09-23

place Of Mr.. Robinson, resigned.
Mr.. A. r.. Taylor has been nominated Tor
member of assembly by the Democrats OF White
Rock aud Placeryille, in Ell Dorado county. ~
place of q ID. Hall. who has been pat forward
by the central committee TO MI vacancy
The Democratic county convention, when as
sembIed at Sacramento on Monday morning,
organized by eecting j. IL Ralston, president;
F. w. Thayer, A. Kipp, II. Anderson, Dallas
Kneass and C. s. Howell vice presidents and
T.. j Bar-ol and C. $. Sackett, secretaries.
The following nominations were made:
For SENATOR. X. Ralstol.
For Assemblymen-G. N. McConaha, DR..
Tucker, G.. w Coley and A. Kip.
For County Clerk Lewis b. Hurts.
For County Recorder WIN. > Long
For Sheriff.. ID. Patterson.
For County Treasurer-Cyrns Rowe
For District Attorney--Mr. Carter
For Public Adminstrator-C. A Johnson.
For Coroner DIR. May.
For County Suryeyor-John G. Cleal
For County Assessor--A Selkirk
REAL EsrArE. Lot No 10, OF the city plat
one hundred varas square, and situated between
Mission and Howard streets, was sold yesterday
morning by the sheriff under aJudgment against
it Of $223l. Although it cost originally $io'-
900 it brought but $l,45o under the hammer.
THE TIDE TURHED.--For two years the In
habitants of New South Wales have been emil
grating to California, and we have also had ship
loads of Australian and English products and
goods from the same direction. Now the tide is
turned. Several vessels are filling with passen-
gers for the Australian gold mines, and we
Yesterday learned that large ship has been
| freghted with -four for Sydney
| Loss OF THE STEAMBOAT BENIcIA.--This
vessel, which left here on Tuesday evening for
Colus struck snag eight miles above the
town of Fremont yesterday morning about sun
rise, and sunk in about three-q quarters of an
hour
| MAN HUNG AT GREENWOOD VALLEY--Mr-
Ford, of Ford g. Co.'s express, which left Green
wood valley on Tuesday evening" Aug 18th,
gives us the following particulars of tragical
occurrence Lust Sunday, James Graham. aged
about 80, from Baltimore, and Alexander Leslie,
| from North Carolina, aged about 40, left Spanish
! Bar on the north fork of the American river, on
prospecting expedition, and when near Union.
town, in the vicinity Of Kelseys digging, Ora.
ham, who was in the rear, discharged his gun so
near Leslie's head as to SINCE the hair, and to
the latter enquirng why he had done so, replied
he fired Mt a squirrel.
| Next day the same parties went out prospect
ing, with the intention of passing through Green
|
knowing some new diggings induced his com
panion to leave the road and to proceed to &C.
auestered ravine about mile off After a search
for gold, they concluded to leave, and while
Leslie stopped to adjust his pack, Graham dis
charged the contents of his gun into the back
part of his head. Two large buck shot came
out at his mouth and two lodged in the skull
He was also shot in the body. Graham sup
posing his victim dead, robbed him of three
| purses containing $500, and left. Leslie hav-
| ing recovered sufficiently, proceeded to Green
wood valley distance of mile and half, and
| communicated the circumstances to the people,
body of whom started in pursuit of Graham,
and he was arrested by two of them at Union
town, On his way to Sacramento. When accused
of numbering Leslie, he denied all knowledge
of il, but when on returning to Greenwood val
ley, he was surprised With seeing Leslie, he de-
cared he mad shot him accidentally, and thought
as he was dead, his right to the money as good
as ybodys. The citizens eDpanclled jury
forthwith to try him, and after sitting till night
without agreeing the case was adjourned to the
next day.
In the morning, several persons took Graham
to find the place where the affair occurred He
tried to misead them, but by Leslie's direction
they discovered the spot. After returning, Les
lies evidence was taken on oath, another jury
empannelled, which, after consulting ten min
u,es, gave verdict of guilty, and adjudged the
prisoner to death in two hours. When the hour
arrived, the culprt was brought forth, and asked
| liz he had anything to say. He said if they
would give him, brandy he would speak. A full
glass was given him, which he swallowed At
once He then decllred with an oath, that he
Intended killing Leslie, and made few other
remarks, when being placed upon box in q
wagon, rope was adjusted around his neck
and with scarcely struggle, the condemned
wretch swung into eternity.
We learn that after the verdict was rendered,
he wrote to some friends that he had S 200
deposited in San Francisco.
Leslie ia not expected to recover.
THE MINING DISTRICTS.
A company of FIVE persons at Roses Bar, the
Times is informed have recently taken out SO
pounds of gold in fourteen days. The claim
was purchased for $1,000.
A mass meeting of the miners of Nevada
county has been held at the Pick and Shovel
House, in Coyoteville, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the pFopriety of adjusting all
their difficulties arising out of mining interests,
without recourse to courts of law. A committee
of twenty-one was appointed to draft plan OF
action ETC., to meet at Nevada on the 10th An
gust, and TO report at an adjourned meeting Of
the miners on the 18th
A GLoRroUs LTE.-Mr. John Hart informs
us that the South Fork Mining Company, No.
|, near Mormon Island, took out forty pounds
Of gold on the 18Th. The company numbers
thirty members. They have three weeks to
work only, having agreed to tear the dam down
after that period, IN order to permit the company
above them to work their claim, upon which the
water ia backed up by the dam below. The
expectation is that $4,000 will be taken out
in the time agreed upon.
We were shown by Alderman Hutchinson
yesterday, a pig of gold valued at $3.50, which
was taken from quartz crushed short distance
north of the Costumes river. This idea of
sending pigs of gold to market instead of iron,
lend, &c, Is characteristic Of California Mr..
Hutchinson informs us that some of the quartz
crushing ma chimes between the Costumes and
Placerville are doing remarkably will.
SOMETHING NEw IN THE SPECIMEN LINZ
Mr. kneass, of Mormon Island, has shown us a
tumbler full of dirt, just as il was taken from the
ed of the South fork or Watsons claim, short