The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-15
LATE rnoM CAEIronNIA.

of the same day. with lhr California malls
We publish below al the news Of interest
brought by these steamers, The empire City
brought $4,000 IN gold, and the Georgia
$500, 900,
business was not 70 brisk ut San FRAUDS
60, and prices bad fallen.
We learn IRON Mcsna Gregory & Cos
special agent that on the OH Ult the Custom
House officers NJ Mayatan seized upwards Of
100000 worth Of cOniraband goods, and that
he was informed there that the notorious Par
kcr y. French, (the swindcr by mems Of
inirc drafts nniiuwluud X Aspinwnlta nd 9TH I
crr) hal been shot within twenty miles Of
that Is.....,----------s- -
Almost all thc lAhorer on the Panama
Railroad had been attacked byfsyer but
most OF them were eonyaleacent There we're
but few passengers On the lsthmus, aud their
health was tolcrably good.
IN the California Legislature the per diem
Of the officers Of the Assembly was finally
fixed ~ follows; Chief Clerk s2l three A.
islant Clerks t2I each Scrpcani-at-ams
500 Door-kccpor $40 Messenger $40 por-
ter so,
Tho per drrmo the Secretary Of The Sem
ate wac fNcd At S4s, and that Of his Assistant
nt s25.
A,tert. tlte Aills Lef.,re the I,et.ialat,,re- We
notice is ono To provide for the puuiahmcnt
of death in all calcs of grand larceny
LARGE ROBBERY.
The Pacific Nrws records heavy rob
berry and subsequent rccoycryof the mon
oy;--
"Somc time sina Mr. Jeremiah Root, Of
! Brighton near Sacramento City, was robbed
ofs2O.000 IN gold Nst hy his wife, and Il
was not until Thurslnv lat TINT her where
abouis was asccrlaiHcd. Can't. Lambert sue
cccdcd in arrcsting Mrs Root on board the
/ Somerset, in the hnrhor, which was about 20
Wil for pannmv, and during The next dav mr.
rested Henry Farhn1k, T., Davis, and Stcr-
| ling Davis, On the charge ofnding and abct-
| ting IN the robbery. Mr. Root arriving IN
town and on having ri interview with his err
ring wifc-shc protesting the while that she
alone took the gold md yaluabcs-and on
,hc greater part Of the stolen property being
restored into his hands, he took his spouse
l.a.k, aud yesterday ley len together for the
Atlantic States,
A bin 10 remove tho capital or the State
from san Jose 10 Vallcgo, had passed the
Senate, II had yet To be acted on in the
House. The citizens Of Santa Clara had Of
icrcd to give the Staw 100000 worth Of lind
I provided the capital was retained in San
Jose.
BATTLE WITH TIE INDIANS.
The Alta Californian has the following san-
culinary intelligence 49,
san Juan Sunday, Jan. IS An express
rider from Mariposa county arrived in this
city this evening. lie has brought intcli-
| renee ora battle bctwccnl four hundred Indi-
ans and party of fny or sixty Americans,
under the command of Captain James Bur
ncy The dispatches containing this intclli-
| gcncc are dated nj "Agua Frio," and they
state that the indians were strongly cntrenoh-
ed IN one Of their villages Their position
was attacked At the dawn Of day, on or about
/ 9tlf inst by tho Americans; led on by Capt.
/ Burncy. The battle was hard FOUGHT ono,
fHHrt iHatpJt rtFpv hBtif7. Tic result was, that
the Indians were driven from the village.
n loss ct sixty killed and from ton to twenty
wounded. Eight of the Americans were
wounded, two of them MORALLY One of the
] latter was Lieut.. 5. Kcnnc. and the other a
I AAfr -titrtU. t'ihr rrCCasCT arc particularly
noticed in the dispatches as having behaved
with courage and intrcpidiy Ancr the bat
tie, the Americans burned the village and re-
treated, They were pursued and constantly
fired upon 10y the Indians, during retreat
often miles.
But the most horrible intelligence contain
l
Of seventy two men by the ruthless savarcs
The massacre took place at Rattlcsnalc
Creek. The men were working in gulch
or chasm, and had stacked their arms, not APP
pretending any danger The Indians came
upon them by stealth, and having secured
thom killed them one by one in detail
There arc now forty-fve steamers pl ying in
the rivers of California.
No United States Senator had been chosen
for California, when the stcamers mentioned
above sailed from San Francisco. The re-
port states that the choice lies between Col. |
Fremont and Rniler KIM that Fremont WAS
gaining ground, and that the election would
take place in few days.
MINING.
The San Francisco Herald SAYS:
The unusual scarcity of rain mp to this
time, has very much embarrassed the opera
tions in the dry diggiugs. The miners have
o'eupied themselves thus far in throwing up
Dirt, ready 20 take advantage of the FIRST rain
that visits Them and icrcliancc can be placed
on the reports of persons who have visitetll
that part of the country,ia few DAYS rain viii
enable thcmto collect an immense amount OF
gold which being Immediately thrown into
the hands Of traders who having given credit
to the miners for stores, would have the eff
feet at once Of rcviving business throughout
the country. Large numbers-of men are en-
gagged with success in the country adjoining
the klamath river especially on Scott'S and
Salmon Greeks, iStributarics. This portion
of the mining region has M yet been but little
explored in comparison with the more south
crn parts otthc state; and will, doubtless, be
found to,ahound in players fully equal to any h
hitherto worked. We mentioned in our last
circular thg report of very valuable discove-
rics of gold' ON the coast near the mouth of I
klamath river Investigations confirm, in '
great degree the richness, of the deposits, bot /
also discover many obstacles 10 making them
at present. ifhr gold hlutl is about
thirty miles from Trinidad, the nearest safe Y
point for vessels to discharge their cargocs.-- 7
Tho road between is almost impossible cN- |,
'cFt for mules. Considerable difficulty also =
'NIstF IN bringing into operation any method
II separating the gold from the sand, the q
weight OF the latter, which il in a great part V
metallic, preventing the ordinary Virginia n
otkers working successfully. Experiments !,
nc being made 10 make the extraction by flu
ION, but whether IL can be carried ont on n G.