The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-01-02

The amendment to the civil and diplomatic bill,
returning to California the so-called civil fund
which consisted Of revenues which nm 10 the time
OF the treaty we're unjustly collected in our Ter
ritory, meets with general appreciation. Our
young State, which has risen up Minerva-like
and has thus far paid for her own armor deserves
TO receive a. the hands Of the General Cavern.
ment some return for the injustice which has been
done her, and at least partial equivalent for the
expenses which she would have caused the Treas.
ury at Washington, had she passed through the
Territorial form.
One great evil in the establishment Of general
laws for our new State needs most carefully TO be
guarded against and that is, the foistng upon us
of band Of hungry ofice-holders, who, like the
locusts of the East, shall eat out our substance
The gold bill and the bill creating 30 unnecessa-
rily six collection districts will do this Already
we have amongst US scores Of men who are wait
ing and hoping for Government pap and the
probability is that at Washington you have hun.
dreds, if not thousands waiting for an opportuni
ty to pounce down upon California. From these
Good Lord deliver usn
The news from the gold mines is cheering
Three men, who leave in the steamer to-day
have just returned from the Yuba river with the
sum of $780, 900 in clean gold, the result Of three
weeks labor. This TO be sure is an extraordi'
ing we'll, new and rich diggiDgs having been dis
covered in various portions of the mines
We have been having beautiful weather in
San Francisco for several weeks past, the rainy
season appearing to be delayed. We shall soon
have IL upon us, however, and our city fathers
are planking the streets, and making preparations
to render us as comfortable as possible through
this dreaded time
The "squatter trials are about commencing
at Benicis, change Of venue having been grant.
ed at Sacramento Great interest is felt in tn,
result of these trials, and, as general thing be
lieve that the sympathies Of the people Of Califor
MIA with the souatters In the county where tn,
riots took place, Dr. Charles Robinson, the SQUAT
ter-leader hiss been elected by q fair majority tC
the Assembly Of this State. There is deep Ia
tent feeling among the people Of this State, Of q
manifest injustice in the claims Of individuals Il
immense tracts of land In California, where they
have come to settle The trials will prove inter
esting, and, il the accused are not acquitted
presume their punishment will be mere nominal
one. Our State laws will probably be so altered
at the ensuing session Of the Legislature, as Ia
allow the whole question Of Suffers title to be
fairly tested in our highest courts.
The Indians in some Of the upper counties APP
pear determined TO wage war with vigor. The
Indians are collected in large bodies and scattered
III parIes over 'he Wnole country between the
South Fork of the American river and the Forks
of the Macosumnes, and several severe actious
|, nSte mad With them by the organised milf
tia Of FL Dorado county. In one Of these, Lieut.
Col Mckinney was MORALLY wounded, and sew
eral whNe AVN Klicd The Indians, il is aow
positively ascertained, are headed by white men,
as one Of them was killed in a skirmish at John
sons Rancho, on Bear river. What the object OF
these men can be, cannot imagine, unless it be
robbery, as the idea of a conquest of the mining
region by the Indians is too ridiculously absurd
to be for a moment entertained
The steamer Tennessee leaves this afternoon
crowded with passengers.
Yours, BUFFuM.