The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-10-08
THINGS IN cALIFogS.A

From the San Francisco Morning Poet August Is
No steamer for many months ha. borps
to the Atlantic States budget Of more peace.
ful and quie, news than tina, which zoe. on,
TO day. There Is but one instance of ou,r,o.
and speedy punishment to reco.d-ths mu,.
dsrous assault and robbery perpeirated upoD
Alexander Leslie by man named jim G ra.
ham, in FL Dorado county, on the s,h and
The summary trial and execution Of the latte,
on the following day. The exeitemea, which
pervades the public mird 10 such a fearlule,.
tent has entirely subsidized /; crime has become
much les frequent, and sense Of security
IL, to great extent. restored. The Vigilance
Committee have isken q posi- ion au,,,,v
10 the courts, delivered ever all the prisons,s
in their possession. and now only assume lha
functions Of an active police. Il is hco.d
that similar causes will not occur to plO duc.
q similar state Of affairs.
The mining ne~s continues TO be of an on.
coursging tenor, as the streams, ALREADY sts
very low Stage, are sill falling. and the uo.
merous companies engaged ia damn up end
canal operations are generally at YORK in The
beds Of The rivers and along the canals. Ths
quartz veins are sill commanding The at,en.
lion and capital Of miners, and the number,
preparing to engage in that mode Of mining.
Much doubt ard anxiety Is still felt a. TO the
kind Of mschI.sry aud process Of anna CANA.
ton hes, adapted to the business. Several
machines have been put in operation near
Nevada and in the southern mines, ,et bu,
very lu!s, excspt vague reports, 10 known Of
tbs results. There ,s more general DISPOSE.
ten to prospect and G., possession Of Claims
that will pay. and then await the experience
Of those already engaged.
From information derived from person,
from various parts ef the mines. We ere in.
duced to believe that there will be a much
larger number OF miners returning TO the A.
lanl,c States on the close Of the presea, sea.
son than there were lest fall. They are max
ing the most Of this favorable season, aud
many sho came with the great lido Of last
yeat ~ill return with The tsb Of The present.
Yet The number OF permanent settlers is rap
IDLY increasing, and many who came to 30.
joutn temporarily will remain TO live, aad
those Who 60 away will hardly be missed.
The pfnJsc, OF dividing the state - still dis.
cussed in the press Of The southern district.
and an effort will 20 doubt be made BY the
delegation from ths, section TO efiec, that %.
jscl ,hrough the next Legislature; yet ID. pre-.
poodefesce Of representation IN the northern
district ia so ,sf~helmipg that there Is lil'Ie
prospect Of such a thing until Tho latter be,
comes ~ adverse TO the come xton.
The enterprise Of erecting magnetic tes.
graph TO connect this place with the ptlnclpal
points in ,hs interior It !, though, viii DO
accomplished.
lndian hos,ilitiss have ceased in every
quarter, except occasional depreciation, TO.
ward, the head Of Sacramento.
God ha. been d,seovefed on the coasts n
MANY places about Santa Cisz, but 200 spsrss
TO pay.
Petmsnen, Improvements are rapidly cd
vano,ug 10 tbs e,,y. Substantial BRICK house,
are gong up IN all part. of the c,ty, and III.
Guy rscl 10 gradually encrosch,ng on tho
hay.
Very little Is known here a. vet Of the si.
feet which The fires 10 the CITY have had ID
the Atlantic cities upon shipments 10 lhs,
pof' but large shipments are no, sntieipsred.
and would not meet expectation. IT made.
Fugnise Slave from Maryland vas var.
rendered to his master, a fc~ days since, q,