The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-08
FROM CALIFORNIA.
o., 1000, 900 IN GOLDDUsT.

] III ID
900 "a gold on freighi,and 100000 ia hands
Of passengers.
Accounts from the mines generally, contin-
ue favorable particularly the working on The
quartz veins, the richness Of which Il dAiIy
bglng Developed, and.fOy WHICH adequate ma
emntry u rn,tf b ..saaiadi .tNAtN
In the noighhorhOod ofMt DiHblo, Mr.
Holden has discovered an extensive silyer
4 mine, whieh yields so cents peffb. siiVeFAnd
eepfs per III odd With otheF a4aljateJ
metals a dorrespOn,leht saws, III tho nine
proves a. rich ~ anticipated, a will b. sorth
al the gold h,iaes IN ne softhern District"
4 Private Adyioes ~ well a. newspaper ss-
counts, by this rival,represent he mOsi sI-
traorllnAFy snecesa 90 tho part Of sfveral on I,
the 'lhaFts Mining Companies. The Weld
seems likely 10 b. Steady, unlfYtni and isree..h
The whole vote polled N ME State, Al lie
recent election was about % 200, which tai.
Y ing the old statistics ~ 1ssis. vouid iudiehta
4 population 81 about 100000 The vot,,
however, u stated % ta very llim, uhIIst =
large proportion nf the inhabitants arr G,,-
eigDers, not eBttled 10 vote, Bigler Deao-
erat, Tor fiqYefnor had s2lfzCi Heading,
4 Wing, 2l,5Sl. The other DemOe rafie csndi-
dAteHfor the principal Stale 0flihes we're elec-f
1000 votes.
il apPears TO be quito uncertain who will
be selected 10 M Col Fremonts place IN he
y. y SENATE Among tbs most prominent.
candidates are Col Henley, Col. Weller, Hon.
Mr. Broderick and NJ. fIanneti-Ail Dem.
ocpAts. Col, Fremont Is understood 70 hAve
retired from political life.
! The capital OF the State has been removed
I by or'ier Of The Governor. from Vallejo 10 San
Jon, the former arat &c GoYerhnleht IAls
was done in consequence Of the non-eompli-
ance with the bonds NJ ~ Vallejo.
The Vigilance Comniftae f-sar FRANCISCO
I IS-uiructing ~ energies against the arrival
| Of convcts from foreign shores ...II...
A terrible lghtOocurred At Chsgres lust
before the departure nfthe CheEsk &c, hetEeen
the Native and American boaimen, IN which
the latter were worstod and He'd and the ma.
tiyes turned and beat all the Americans they
met A party of sixteen Californian paason-
gers on their way 10 the Cherokee, were at
tackled and driven hack. and IRE dre Enotr,a
10 have been killed. Others fed 20 the hous.
O.. which they barricaded TO protect them
selves. The specie was afterwards got ON
board, through the courtesy Of the Command
fer Of the British Steamer, who sent boAts Tor
tho purpose. Passengers also got oil by the
same means, though many o,hon wsrs lett
behind, III IL, ..-...., ~.
From Oregon we have reports Of Indian
ontragcs upon immigrants. Several trains
were attacked and uiHnv parsons murdered
Mr. Hudson CLARK, of lllinot. was attacked
by thirty Indians near Raft River, His moth
cr apd brother were murdered, his sister dan
gerously wounded aDd afterwards rayished
hy the whole marty A few DAYS pre- viously,
+. tho Same band attacked Mr. Miller's train.
killed n Mr. jackson. wounded Mr. Miller anil
his Daughter. Mr. lIarporta train was liks-
wise attacked after eight oFiwo hours the
Indians Nyero repul.rd. A party sNs AFTER.
wards attack ed, but the Indians were driven
back with the loss Of one killed and one
wounded,
Great quantities Of rain fell in Oregon pre-
Vions 20 tho Esd, aud some snow. Weather
VERY cold and ransod murb suffering among
! tho Immigrants. - we'll as lack of provisions
pied a. san Franvisro, Sept f5th, DANES
J Dali of New Bedford, 80; 18th. Joseph I,onr.
~ Boston, 80 Goth, Caroips BARTLETT. of
I Plymouth, Mass. 3. IN DoWnteville, Aug.
3oth, Edward White. of crmont. S2i Gard
ncr Dodge, o. from Maine. In Sacramento
City, Sept. 2G,Charlotte, wife OF l.. W. Hook
or, formerly of Lowell.
FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE
FIGHT At THE IsTHMUs.
The most important feature in the Istbnus
news relates 10 terrible ARRAY between the
native and foreign. boaimen ut ChRgrr1. Ia
suling in the drsiLa - q numiSor OF persons
on either side, some ofthem California pas
scngers hound home On the 18th Oct. tho
foreign boatmcn. (princpally Americans) at
tempted, BY riolc ncn, to prevent the native
boatmcn from carrying ON their avocation be-
tween the shore and the steamer Falcon, be-
cause the latter carried passengers TO and
from the shore nj less than the rates fixed up
on by the whites. A general fight xas tho
result. in which ono OF the whites was killed
Quiet, howevcF.was soon restored and con-
timed Ia reign until the arrival at ChAgrcs
on the 1alhI ult---oEtha- nEaEaH,@- r@A~eH=ets,-
The next dAy a native b6atrnan. who carried
of some passengers TO the Cherokee, WAS a.
tackled and severely beaten by some of tho
others on the American side. The greatest
excitement ensucd among the natives One
| Of the passengers by the Cherokee desetibes
the scene which followed in a lstter pablislSed
in the Herald, from which we gather the fol-
lowing statement;
"The whole Formulation OF natives, -CarthA-
gcnians and Jamaica negroes, turned out arm
cd with guns, sabres, and almost every de-
/ scriptiuu of weapons, and crossed the riyefN
in body, Most of the foreign boatmen fed
to the woods; but several shots were cred by
tho aSsailants,ahd, as neariyas We could learn
three of the foreigners were wounded No vi
olcnce was offered to passengers, the natives
and negroes constantly declaring that their
quarrel was only with the boatmen. and that
they would do no harm 10 the Californians,
lAhrough whom they earned their livelihood.
Shots were fired. however, at the Office oftho
american Oonsul, Mr. Gleason, against whom
they are greatly exasperated, as be is the own
or of several boats himself and il was under :,
stood that he took part with and sustained
the foreign boatmen in their unjust assump-
tons. ......,, -, .....
The next morning all was PERFECTLY quiet
on the Spanish side, and at about 8 o'clock,
a large number Of native boats had crossed
the river, unsuspicious of any danger, to take
off passengers to the steamer. Several of
these were filled with travellers ADd-.tbeiF-
hagrnGc, zshay, .Euyitteniy murderous fro
was opened upon them.with guns and rcvolv-
ers by the American boatmen, assisted by
many of the Californians before mentioned.
aud in a few minutes, several boats, empted
! Of their occupants, were seen drifting out TO
sea. How many were killed or drowned here