The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-19

CURED II is said the majority Of them arrived
in Panama half stripped Of their clothing, hdying
parted with il to procure spirits, &C.
| The schooner Ocean Queen, from this port,
had just arrived at Chagres when the Ell Dorado
| left
A SETTLERS AND MINERS CONVENTION has
assembled In Sacramento, and has continued in
session from day to day. A series of resolu.
lions were adopted, relative TO the disposition
proper to be made of the mineral and agricul.
turai lands OF the State. They claim that the
public domain should be donated to actual set
uers, 10 parcels OF 100 acres; that, In the set
'iement OF private land cl4ims, !" II is the duty
OF government 70 give 10 more vitality to any
concession or grant than X already possesses.D
under the Mexican law. and TINT no latitude
should be given in the confirmation Of such
grants; that the Board III Land Commissioners
should not receive the former customs Of Cali
tornia as evidence IN the settlement Of titles.
that the swamp and tule lands should, in no in
starce, be granted in large quantities (; that. IN
regard to city and town lots, actual occupants
should have the right TO purchase at nominal
rates.
In reference to the miners, the twelfth reso-
luton sets forth as general principles, that
priority Of claim should be uniformly respected;
that, in quartz mining, claims shall not exceed
one hundred aud fifty feet ia the direction of the
edge-double claims being allowed to dis
coverers; that in damnng and flung no prior
company shall back water upon the claim of an
other for more than one season, and not at all
III the subsequent company will conduct the
water into the fame or race of the first that
the extent of claims being governed BY their
richness and accessibility, no system of laws can
be made uniformly applicable in all districts.
Intelligence from the West Indies.
The Landing Of Fine Hundred United States
Troops al Kingston-Baule Roual in The
Streets-British Troops ordered out.
There was terrible rumpus at Kingston, ia
maica, on the 23d and Oath ult, in consequence
Of the landing of FIVE hundred American soldiers
at that port We give the particulars:
From the Despatch, Of January 90.
Kingston was thrown into state of consid.
cradle excitement on Friday and Saturday. bv
the presence of some five hundred recruits, prin.
cipally lrishmen, wearing the United States uni
form, who had been permitted to land from the
American steamer Falcon, and having become
drunk, had got into several rows with the black
people and the police. Several broken heads
on both sides were the consequence; but the
most riotous Of them became, after while. so
overpowered with liquor that they were easil :
secured, and either confined in the cage for the
night, or taken to the lookup. A lot of the
men, whom it was attempted to rescue and put
on board the ship, took post on the coal heaps,
from which they showered down huge lumDyof
coal on all around
Two subaltern officers attached to The force
-one of them, we learn, Lieut.. Mason, of the
I'd infantry, and another, whose name I'VE could
not ascertain behaved with great spirit and pluck
on the occasion and it was in great measure
through their exertions that the men were got
on board. The officer in command of The de-
tachment, we understand, is Captain Davy.
These officers appear to have had no control
whatever over the men. For our cart. we won.
der the affair passed off SO we'll as it did, and
that some lives We're not lost. Nothing coaid
exceed the furious state of the black people,
and if they had not been restrained we are con-
WINGED very serious consequences might have
resulted.
Indeed, we are panied to learn that an Amer
lean officer, Msjor Sutton, received severe blow
on the forehead from bludgeon held by ne
gro,~hch cut through the scalp and inflicted n
painful and serious confusion. We fear LARGE
number of the men will be found TO have de-
serted. Ii was found absolutely necessary TO
arm the force, batons being quite useless. II
was deemed requisite to send to the admiral at
Port Royal, for party of marines to assist in
restraining them. Some fears were entertained
that an attempt would be made by the recruits
to take possession of the American steamsb;n