Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-03-27
Later from California.
Arrival Of the Crescent City.
HORRID MASSACRE ON THE
TNTHHTTS

""ot OTeScent lily gSdCneu DeI
wharf AZ New York at about 8 I-2 o'clock,
Friday evening, March 81. She brings 100
passengers and $5l7,275 81 in. specie.
Lett al anchor Of. Chagres sten,uer PRONE.
theus and Falcon and royal mail steamer
Clyde. Steamer PhlIadelpbia Iel, far New
Orleans, wa Kingston. on. The Lib. Left
the Philadelphia, Tor New Orleans. al Kingss
ton, rcoallng, TO sail next day. The PRONE
theus sailed from New York for Charres
twenty-four hours ahead Of the Crescen,
City, and arrived there twenty -four ahead.
Both steamers took same time.
from the Alta Californian 81
Since the departure of the last steamer for
Panama., the Indians difficulties have been
on the increase rather Than otherwise, and
murders, robberes and reports of hostitIes,
collisions and battles have been rife. Au-
thority has been given to raise force of
volunteers to be used in case of necessity.
| The commissioners have also left Stockton
with an escort ofsome hundred U. S. troops,
and il is confidently believed that if no obsta-
Giles are thrown 10 their way by revengeful
or interested men, they will he able TO form
treaties with the mountain tribes, and thus
give quiet 10 the country. They are men OF
the right stamp, acquainted with the Indian
character, and disposed to deal Justly with
| them.
| We believe the weather has continued dry,
and for winter wonderfully warm some
times as high as rs degrees, and seldom as
Tow as so. Last evening il was at AZ. We
have NOT had five inches Of rain since last
March. The fear now is that we shall have
no more rain, the consequences OF which
will be severe Disappointment 10 those en9ag-
ed in dry tiggngs, and perhaps fatal 10 the
stock and agricultural Interests.
| Our legislature has been battling for many
things, but has won few victories. Don
Quixotte conflicts with Windmlls. amending
acts by making them worse, and passing a
very few which may be benehcial-log roll
ing Tor the office OF the U. 5. Senator-tor
establishing the lutute seat OF government
for ousting each other cut of their legislative
saddles, &c.-have been the chief public
occupation of our Legislators. They have
fixed upon next Monday as a day 10 elect a
senator to the seat of MIR. Fremont, after the
4th of March next and various are the spec
ulations concerning The result. Some believe
MIR. King will be elected, some Mr.. Heyden-
teldt, while Others have growing faith in Mr..
Fremont, in whose favor there has been an
undoubed reaction on the part of many.
The health of the state is of the most
glorious description. There are scarce any
deaths or sickness in any part of the state.
80 far as we have heard there is no healthier
country on the earth.
The Panama Star of the 5h inst. contains
the patlculars of horrid murder Oh Chagres
river OF persons ascending in boats III dead
bodies had been found 8 men, 3 women,
and interesting children had been murder.
ed. The men were picked up in the river,
their clothing having caught by the snags.
The women were found buried, ole of them
with an arm sticking out, with velvet sleeve
They were known TO belong to ihe passen-
gers who sailed in the Empire City on 18Th
Feb, and were supposed 10 have been muir
dered on The Goth of the same month
Parties III pursuit had succeeded in capturing
8 or OF the murderers, who proved TO be
CarIhagenians, negroes and halt breed lhdian
and negroes, who hate the whites. Some o
them had confessed 10 killing the white men
by beating their brains out ut nIgni while at
camp with clubs, but they deny having XVII
ed the women. 1t is SUI posed that another
boat load OF passengers had been murdered
The two BOYS killed were about The ages of
and 10. The white men killed had che>
of tools with them, which the natives
thought contained specie. The murders hat
created great excitement on the lslImus
and active measures had been adopted {,
arrest oil concerned and TO find out every
thing.
BY memorandums it was found tina; on
man killed was named Brooks, from New
York one was a Swiss, another French.
man from Paris; another was named J. w
Steele, Of Waterloo, Indiuna. One Of the
ladies' was supposed to be namad CaIlIariue
f Ihu nj 40
had been appealed 10, and all Americans on
the lslhnns he'd offered their cooperation
The excitement about the gold bluffs has
not died out. but much subsidized. 1t yel
remains for the companies engaged there 10
prove whether the amount of gold there can
be made profitable to the n. Individuals can
scarcely expect 10 make piles by isolated
labor in that place. The KLAMATH, SCOTS
river and other localities in the extreme north
of the state seem to bear the palm in The
faith of our people in their richness. Ii is TO
he hoped that it is something more Than
distance which lends enchanlment to the
view, in this matter.
We received Oregon papers ofas late date
rs the LIST. We give such items OF interest
rs we find in them. We understand the
| legislature have located the capitol at Salem,
the pemrenliary at Portland, and the univer-
sity at Marysville. Specimens of gold have
been received from SCOTS Bar, Klamath
river; Jumps have have been fouCd of the
value Of $3.50 aud $500. The country is
represented TO be we'll calculated for IRA
zing, and some valleys of good agricultural
lands.
Rich Gold Discoveries. had COVER
satiom with a gentleman yesterday, upon
whose word we can place the utmost reIi-
ance, who informed us that an immense
discovery of gold had lately been made
upon hill in The vicinity of the Mokeumne
river, which had never previously been
wrought A parry of four struck upon the
very summit some three weeks since, AMI by
digging down is feet. have thus far extracted
over 1000 dollars. The gold, although much
coarser, IS similar III color TO that found in
the vicinity of Nevada. black and rusty.
The gentlemen who have been working this
claim 10 have much difficulty in washing.
being obliged to convey their dirt great
distance 10 water. The continued discover
les which are being made upon the hill
tops are opening new resources in the
mineral wealth Of California.
The idea that the gold of California has
been exhausted is ridiculous in the extreme.
The Marysvile Herald says that large mum.
hers of persons for the new diggins of SCOTS
River are daily passing through that city
Business in consequence is eulivened.
Later.-Arriual of The OMo.-U. S. mail
steamer Ohio. at New York on Saturday
from Havana on the 18th, brought l5O
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