The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-15
From the Mines.
EXCITEMENT IN MARIPOsA-FORCIBLE EJECTMENT OF

EXCITEMENT IN MARIPOSA-FORCIBLE EJECTMENT OF
FOREIGNERs-MINING NEWS
The Alta California contains the following summary Of
from the San joaquin dstrct:-For several weeks
our exchanges from the interior have been gathering
signs of coming outbreak and have been prepared
hear Of disturbance and boodshed growing out Of the
jealousy and i'll feeling entertained BY our countrTmsn
toward the several classes of foreign miners.
number Of foreigners principally Mexcans who have
been settled for time place called Marposita on
diggings possession Of which claimed by body Of
Americans who denied the right Of the foreigners to
work them The latter to the number OF three or four
hundred headed by a few Frencbmen, resolved upon de-
Tending their claims The Americans Immediately sent
out runners and two hundred armed men collected
when the foreigners deemed 1t prudent to retire leaving
their claims and improvements In possession OF the
American At time 1t was thonght there would be
much blood she'd but the report that only one shot
was fired Some twenty five or thirty foreigners were
arrested but what disposition had been made Of them we
have heard The Americans not satisfied with hav-
ing driven the Spanards and Frenchmen from Marioo-
sitp organized scouting party and rode through the
county, ordering all foreigners on within twentyfour
hours
Those Of the spaniards who were in the interior it
said fled to the mountains and there Is some dan
ger of their retsating in some way upon the whites
We informed that there foreigners speaking
English among the Americans and native Calfornans
and other naturalized citizens among the Spaniards
The following note without date, we have received
"A party arrived in this vicinity this morning and
gave Mexcans and other foreign miners orders to leave
this county by to morrow at twelve o'clock The
Americans who compose the party from the Marposa
They give no cause whatever for the proceedng.n
A number OF SpaD1ards and few Frencn ana h6nakas
bad mining claims the Mariposa their right to
which disputed by the American miners In the neigh
borhood who ordered them off, The foreigners, headed
by few Frenchmen challenged the Americans to meet
them at o'clock on Thursday and Mr.. Hill was n-
formed that at the appointed time there were 700
foreigners and 500 Americans under arms At Marposa
We think however. that the number exaggerated.
parey held and the agreed absnd the
place Some twenty thirty taken prisoners. but
afterwards released Subsequently all the Spaniards
French, Kanakss and Chinese were driven from the
country
Spanish gentleman named Don jose de Llaguno ar
rived from Marposa and states that he and about fty
ether foreigners comprising Spaniards Cinnamon Ma
namen and Mexcans forciby expelled on the 25th
instant from the claims they bad been working for the
last Eve months and which we're Just beginning to pay.
He had erected machinery at cost Of 3oo and had to
abandon all to save his life . .
IL seems meeting was held the 18th instant at the
Aqua Fro and Fresno roads at which IL
10 expel oil foreigners from the dstrct ana under
other authority than the resolutions passed at TINS
meeting have these poor nofensiye men been iorced 70
abandon their works, and Mr. Lagupo's re spareu 20
bm condition Of his immediately leaving the Sate Oh
California
TIL. Arst step Of theee aggresors to demand sur
other foreigners and their having
refused 10 comply the preext for driving them away
although tho sheriff in their favor. MIR. haguno
biit e. the following passport -
The besrer cf this been under arms to resist tho
of american miners, sbd his life and liberty has beer
with that he kcsve
| molttt Him on Bis way ont Of the state.
by order Of a ecmpspy Of miscss com mandcd ny
- CAPT, KENNJLDSs
! MRriposa county, June 2 1867. s