Calaveras chronicle., 1851-12-27
TO TIE PUBLIC.
CARsoN's CREEK, Calavcras County,
Dec. 20, 1SJl.

WE, the undersigned, being intornl-
cd that slanderous circulars are posted
i'll Sonora and other mining districts,
signed g Morgan 4 Willison,' OF the
Carson's Greek Company, which falsely
prctends 60 correct the many misrc-
+" presentations which have been made
q in relation to the quartz mining IN
" tereSts at CarsOn's Greek, are dcSir-
Gus to respond thereto, as such eT pGric
accounts are calculated and intended 10
mlslCad and mystIfy the public mind
respecting the recent disturbances. and
to excite in the minds of American ci-
tizens their worst passions and prelu-
dices against foreigners generally. We
will not permit such intlammatory ap-
peals for public sympathy,to 30 through
the mines without comment, being
anxious not only to vindicatc our cha
racters as American citizens, but to re-
lieve the public mind from all mncces-
sary excitement; and we therefore sub
NIT the following statement, without
establishment. to the candid considera-
ton of our countrymen:
In October, 1850, the Carson's Creek
Consolidated Company took possession
of 100 feet on Carson's Hill, and not
1000 feet, as is falsely alleged by them,
which is verified by the annexed certi-
fcate-(No. ~
In May last, they employed " Peche
COZ and his poems, and also several
Sydney gentlemen, and others, to pros
pect the hill. ,Fhe former discovered
mine of extraordinary richness, which
yielded the company an immense for
tune. This discovery produced great
excitement, and several hundred mi
ners commenced sinking shafts in the
hill, among whom may be particularly
mentioned Mr.. Peter Baker, of the
Uncle Sam Mining Company, and JUS
ticc Tufts of the independent Mining
Company, to whom claims were pre-
sented, without conditions or restric-
tions, by two members of the Consoli-
dated Company, for faithfully protect
ing their treasure during an anticipated
attack from & band of Mexican Cue
rillas." The above parties have held
peaceable possession for upwards OF six
months, have expended large sums Of
money in prospecting their claims, and
are now threatened with determination
if they do not submit to be robbed of
their summers labor.
In July last, Finnegan & Co. took up
a claim originally owned by himself
and Hance, who, during Finnegan's
short soiourn in the Atlantic States, had
disposed of it to the Carson's Greek
Consolidated Company. A lawsuit
was commenced by them at Murphy's
Camp to recover possession of the
claim the suit was tried by L jury Of
disinterested miners, whose verdict was
in favor Of Finnegan. This decision,
Finnegan & Co. considered was in
conformity with the Statute Laws Of
this State, there being no others appli-
cable to the case.
This verdict was subsequently re-
versed by Judge Smith, at Jackson, who
ordered a restitution of the disputed
claim; it being presumed that from his
great legal attainments, he was better
qualified to decide this important suit
than the former jury of twelve honest
and independent miners.
We are law-abiding citizens, and are
desirous that the laws Of our country
should be faithfully and impartially adj
ministered by our public functionaries,
whose judgments should not be control
ed by mercenary motives; and as Con-
gress has failed to provide laws to re-
gulate our mineral lands, and has in
vested her people with sovereign pow
er to provide such laws for each camp,
we cannot but denounce all such as
sumption of power which interteres
with the miners laws.
The recent disturbances on Carson's
Greek have resulted from repeated az
tempts by Morgan and his party to ex-
terminate the Squatters from the
hill. The miners have been menaced
from time to time by Morgan and his
party, and were peremptorily ordered
to discontinue their works. Morgan
publicly uttered threats Of violence to-
wards any miners who might appear
again on the hill, and at meeting con-
vened on the spot, precautionary mea-
sures were adopted to prevent these
threats from being carried into effect.
We were determined to sustain our
rights Oh the hill, even at the peril Of
our lives. As an armet force, headed
by Morgan & Co., was expected on
Friday, the 18th inst, this announce
ment being given by him personally
as a public warning to the miners on
the hill, large meeting of this and adj
joining camps attended OH the hill on
Friday, the 10Th inst, composed also
of a number of Frenchmen in the en-
pIoy of owners of one Of the mines;
but the majority present were not arm
ed foreigners, but American citizens.
We deny that these foreigners were
particularly fierce to do battle, or to
perpetrate any indignities on American
citizens, but OH the contrary obeyed
implicitly the orders of those for whom
they were working. We also deny
that there were any Sydney men pre-
sent, to our knowledge, or that the meet