Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-12-31
From the N. Y. Commercial of Monday.
ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETITEUs,
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA

4 FROM Inc IN. I commercial OF Monday.
ARRIVAL OF THE PROMETITEUs.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
4 The steamship Prometheus, Capt H. H. Churchill
arrived this afternoon in eight days from San Juan d.
Nicaragua. She brings advlces from California to
ahe LIST nst brought by the steamship independence
Ito San Jurn de Sud; 255 passengers whose names
are recorded in another column; S63 GOO IN gold dus,
n height and $500 900 are reported in the hands OF
passengers FROM CALIFORNIA
Our San Francisco papers to the 1st inst half
month later. They were received at late an hour
that have only time to-day to glance their CON
tents.
The most important intelligence appears to come
4from the Southern section O the State. We copy
\ from the Alta California
Our dates from Los Angeles to the 22i Of No
vember.
We learn that On the American side of the Coiora
do four Americans, driving sheep rom Sonora, have
been murdered by The Indians. Lieut.. Murray sent
Ian express INTO sen Diego, stating the circumstances,
Iieut. Murray erderel to relieve The train had
d, but the GiIa, waiting an escort
sFSsk. The hostile Indians are estimated to abou,
1900 in number. The u. S. troops number only 20 or
S25 men or duty.
1t is rumored, and with some show of probability,
THAT the hitherto friendly Indians Of the coast have an
understanding with those Of the Glla, and that the
3,oeclon ei taxes Ia San Diego county of the Indians
j s the cause Of their hostility.
n We publish the following intelligence as it appears
lin slip from the offee oil the Los Angeles Star.
.
We have authentic accounts from the post at the
AGila, up to last Thursday morning. l. cut. NJ ray
Z with fifteen men, sent from San Diego, 10 relieve
3Leut. Sweeay, had arrived IN sliety
He writes that it is impractic bile for Lit. Sweeny
TO leave the post at present; that the Yumas, 10 the
number OF four hundred had surrounded their sockade
and that Tor three successive nights the had been
forced to fire upon the Indians, to hold them 10 check
Also that foHr Americans who had crossed the oo.
ado with large drove OF sheep, had been killed by
>thr Yumas.
oh; D,k
press to Hon. Abel stearns, informing him of union
of various Indian tribes with view attack and FIX
terminate he Americans in Les Angeles and SAM
Diego. Pablo advises Mr.. Stearns 10 remove hi, cat,
tie from the laguna 10 San Luis Rey, and vaqueros
have been dispatched to make the removal orthw it'll
The Court OF Sessions held consultation this NOR
ming and have placed the direction OF matters in the
hands of Col MaGmder. A company of twenty i've
mounted msn has been organized, and will leave the
city at five O'Clock for ApoIitan and Aqua Caente,
where the Indians are said to be 10 state Of rebellion
TIE couditi OF affairs is suce nty alarming to re-
sQatj active measures OF de fence.
ID CA the men xii ed at he Colorado Ferry, the name
yof Bylt is mentioned, Mr. White It is supposed
.,hssy hsdupward 10000 sheep with Them.
FROM THE BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS. A Sono i
1enian just arrived, reports that Gen Garcia Condo,
with 80 troops the OF the Boundary Commission
was at TuSon on the 20h October, and would m We
next day towards the Gia. This suppeses the Boun-
dairy Commissioners 10 have been al Tuson the date
above mentioned.
The Star of the I'D inst. publishes letter from a
ranchsro, which states that information is current
Invasion by the Colorado tribe s.
Capt. Waterman, OF the Challenge, surrendered him.
self to the U. S. marshal, on the S0th of November
with the intention OF standing trial on the charges
brought against him.
The U. S. brig Lawrence was wrecked off the bar
Q! San Francisco on the 25 h of November
Inc stock, % Journal OF November 20 records the
execution OF Frederic Salkmeyer aad Noah E. James
Tor ho steaing The latter is said to be the son Of al
dece ased Baptist minister in Illinois.
Some aew and rich discoveries of gold had been made
in the M arposa district Of which correspondent of
the Stockton Republican gives the following account
am Just from Bear Valley, where they have disco
veTed, as you have heard the richest dggings ever
found 10 Maflposa ceuntry, az believe, the rich~
est in California. 1t is stated and believed that there
have been two hundred and fifty thousand dollars tai
ken out of the principal hole opened
1t was eight by ten, and fifteen # deep. They are ta-
KING out the rock quarts dnt gold, &c, and keeping
j to be worked at future time The gold is very
lhne, and mixed with dirt and rock-roten or decom-
faosed quartz.
1t was taken up az qurtz vein out Jumped by tn e.
miners, and laid off as placer diggings thirty feet
square 10 the There is great excitement and
conten ticn on This point.
The whole hill. and in fact several hills around ave
taken up. town OF some there hundred tents and
houses has sprung p n few days.
The vein of lead was discovered on the fourth ell
this month; and think there must be from two o
A lump oil GO weighing sixty nine and halt Gun.
Ger, was taken Ut OF Wcoc's creek last week.
FROM TIE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The advices to the LIST of November six daysi
later but net of much Importance,
The U. 5 soop OF wsrVandalia arrived at Homo.
lulu Oct IS; IN 29 days from Acaonco.
LATER FROM OREGON.
/ We have the Oregon Spectator published at Ore.
vson City 10 November Is.
The Spectator speaks with great Confidence Of the
increasing prospects Ola "rpening and vigorous trade
with The interior or Southern counties OF the TERRITORY
steamboat and mail communication having been open :
ed herewith; hut il complains of the lack of easy
communication between the city and the m, Nth OF
the river.
The troops under the command OF Col Casey had
an engagement with the Coquille Indians in which
several OF them were killed and the remainder dis
persed Col Casey also destroyed large quantity o,
salmon, stored by the Indians for winter use with hei'
weirs and nets and a number Ct canoes. ,