Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-02
Later from California.

Later from California.
The steamer Cherokee, with California mail
to the 5th ultimo, arrived at New York yesterday
having made the passage in 26s days. Sh'
brings $l,700,0O0 gold on freight, and $780, ,0Ot
in the hands of passengers
The principal matter Of note from California il
the alarming state Of feeling among the indiana
upon the Colorado and in the vicinity Of San Die
go, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, &c. An out
break had commenced among the Indians in thos,
districts, and was daily assuming more threat
ening character
The enforcement of the Tax Law among til,
Indians is said to be the ostensible cause of tn,
rebellion, to which they have been melted by tn,
lower classes Of the native Californians, wht
most bitterly hate the Americans.
Volunteer companies were organizing to marcf
against the Indians, and the Governor had ordered
Gen. Hitchcock, at Sonora, to despatch troops
forthwith to the of the citizens in the dis
turbed districts. The Governor had also ordered
down the detachment stationed at Fort Oxford
and would probably despatch one or more COM
panies of volunteers from San Francisco at an
early day.
| At San Francisco, Sacramento and other places,
good deal of rain had fallen, and the rainy sea-
son had fully set in.
Captain Waterman, Of the ship Challenge, was
brought before the court on the 4th, but the ex-
animation was waived. He was committed for
trial upon three warrants for assault and one for
murder.
The news from the mining regions continues
| to be of the same favorable character as that
brought by the Prometheus. The excitement in
Mariposa county is very great and the miners
are fiocking to the recent discovery on Boon Gulf
which is said to be yielding gold to an almost in
credible amount.
The social and moral condition of California is
rapidly improving, and there are comparatively
few deeds of lawlessness recorded in the papers
The steamers California and New Orleans had
arrived at San Francisco.
The steamer Golden Gate, from San Francisco,
whence she sailed on the 9th of December ar
rived at Panama with So, 400, 900 in gold, besides
large amount in the hands of the passengers
An extensive limestone formation had been dis
covered on the American river, thirty miles from
Sacramento.
Numerous murders had taken place among the
miners in the interior, and lynch law would
probably be applied to the perpetrators.
! A new and superior route had been discovered
across the Sierra Nevada and several extinct vol
canoes had been discovered in the mountains.
A company has been formed at San Francisco,
| by the name of the North Pacific Steam Nayiga-
ton Company, who have secured an exclusive
right for steam navigation to the Sandwich Is
lands.
VIM Davinford, theatrical manager, died at
Panama on the 9Th Of December. twas rumored
at Panama on the 10th that the attempt at revo-
luton at Valparaiso on the 1st Of December had
failed, the government having triumphed
The Indian chief Antonio is reported to have
5000 fighting men under him, most Of whom are
well armed with rifles, and expert in the use Of
them.
Antonio had sent formal declaration Of war
to the Prefect of San Diego, and had commenced
operations by attacking the Hon. j. j. Warmers
ranches, killing of his Servants, and destroy
ing his property, as well as driving off his stock
Warner himself narrowly escaped by fight after
killing two of his assailants.
The Indians Immediately after attacked and
killed four Americans at Aqua Calientes, two OF
whom we're named Ridgely and Sark.
DIR. Wosencraft, one of the Indian Commission
ers, who had recently been so successful in nego-
tiating with the Indians Of the north was to
leave San Francisco on the 9th of December for
the scene of war in the south, and hopes were in
dulged that he might be able to arrest the diff
culties which now seriously menace the whole
southern province Of the State.
The Stockton " Republican" says that serious
apprehensions were beginning to be felt for con-
tinuance Of the friendly relations with the Sioux
Indians The travel in many parts of the noun
tains was considered unsafe and even dangerous,
and the tradersin the neighborhood confined their
operations to very limited scale in consequence.
| MARKETs.-There has been no change since
the 1st inst, except that holders are firmer from
the belief that shipments will be small and emf
grafton large from the Atlantic States between
now and spring. At Stockton the miners were
working and business was brisk
RATHER CooL.--The thermometer at Bangor,