New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-12
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Sacramento InteIllgsace.

Ofhlh T ,,.Iro W,,,rs Editors The deal
hodv OF a man. dreadf1lly muthakeu anu SIsusutc1
was discovered this morning on peI ni'SI, s'o!'
sioht miles above McCOurley scIossing. Inc pei
rAf,siors of ,his horrible and hendish outrage are
vet unknown for certain -.
soon alter the discovery OF the body, large nun
Der Of MIXERS and others assembled, ana charged tae
crime noon the Indians whose ranchefia vas In the
ne RhbCrho ed bat they protested tne innocence 81
the charge, and for ought know srnilinliy-as
there are many vicious crimes IN our country
charged TO the poor red man. that are IN rea.iy
committed BY whites. Bot, IN the language " hed
jacket "wh.te man is mighty unsar;in
An innkeeps IL the neigh )OIhoO- OF me occur,
renee, soon dispatched messenger - me oheflh
and Coroner OF our county 10 repair 20 the scene %
death and s.nfe They both passed through or
town tn: evening a. sintoTn
RuuoRED MURDER. Its rumored that
man was murdered on Monday night, four miles
above McCOurineys friend o. the decet cfileu
at his house and found seVeTalsransers Ans flcts'
IN possession They told I'm nos % ealef, y a.
so. and on looking about found tne oel Oh NJ uisI
covered with gore. lie then, VITA Hhers ihssl.'tsu
search and found the BODY IN Bear RIVER VIVA ILe
throat CUT party Of men went out ifOm "I@'s
Valley yesterday 70 investigate me S w.
A ToaSADo.-We find the folio wing let
term TIE Marys,.Hs Hra'f:
EprroRs HERALD. A severe storm Of WIND ragged
in Inc mountains on Wednesday last aad seems to
have been general throughout the por'heIn sec ION
A, the Rich valley Rancho, fifteen miles fron
Rlch Bar Oh the North Fork OF Gather RIVER, II
was extremely severe, paItakng more 81 the chsf-
acter q tornado than a mere storm. trees were
torn up by the roots or snapped of, and were "a
ZONE instances hurled fifteen or twenty feet IRON
their base before they Gslls Upward OF an huHlIe9
trees fell within as many yards OF me mouse. Ohe
ayge pire fell across the rancho DONG cohsioeia-
bic damage-the inmates barely escaping win tner
lives.
TIE New-York rancho vas completely demolished,
and several mules and horses on she ranches N the
f.NH... fr.fl
vicinity were killed by ialimg tn2efs. ne Ven N
some places is bocka6ed by fallen Hees ana tae
storm has !e the traces OF IT. Jury very generally
that region and II was, without doubt. the most
a number Of wears ]. r. BVcKBEE.
By letter in The Times and Transcript,
dated Salmon Falls, Nov. 30, we are Informed as
follows
our town was last evening again throNn iaso that
Wild excitement which Is known nowhere save In
d gold country BY the discovery OF rch qllrlz
VEN running through nearly the center Of the
town. some industrious miners, who nave been
Tor nearly thlee weeks past doing the SD and sure
cartiIg and washing three cent dit, st!ucs lisl
night m the bed rock a VEN OF oecDmpOscd sh0-
sttnce which proved - be quartz, running nofin-
west 3ndsonth. east and crossing the rlVer al ne1y
rieht angles. Onc Of the hrst prospects Vas
seven collars 70 r pan, and we have seen some OF
The slugs which they have taken out, weighing from
seventeen dollars upward. The result ~ this ne"
discovery has been The immediate formation oil the
"Salmon Falls Prospecting and Mining AssOcia-
ton" a body OF fifty If or enteTpr sing citizens
who intend 10 lay bare the rich treasures "hish are
now concealed N tins vicinity
Coon Hollow These digglpgs, located
about a mile south Of Placeryille have witain fe%
weeks risen rapidly into importance. IgeTe are
now over . COO men engaged IN sinking shafts, tuu-
nelne, and Otherwise engaged IN various mining
pursuits ttmon.
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY I'VE have
been informed by Prof James AUX Bake, who mas
Just returned from a geological vsi' 10 Coon Hollow,
that on his tip w he visited an extensive deposit 81
IRON ore, about thirty miles from the city, and mile
and half south Of the Placersllle road. the oreis
the magnetic oxide OF iron, the same as that from
which the swedish and Russian iron is mauu'a 'ured.
What renders this deposit more valuable 10, that II IS
CONTIGUOUS 20 an extensive stratum of limestone,
V hlch wlil greatly facilitate It's beng worked At
some future period, when California sail have be-
come the manulaciunngcen'er ofthe Pacific. Union.
DowNIEvILLE MIR. LangtOn. who has
ust arrived from the forks OF the Yuoa, informs
that snow fell there TO the desh Of eighteen inches,
on Sunday last. good many persons were going
up TO occupy winter diggngs The towp, however,
had on the whole been somewhat depleted IN pOpu-
lation, since work ceased on me river g aims.
Times and TfaLsoTpt.
Snow IN The Observation-Disclosures In-
forms 7He Nwysuuc Express TIA, snow fell III the
mountains on sunday % the depth OF sixteen or
than four. Union.
JAMESON CREEK.-We have received
a call from a couple OF gentlemen from Jdmeson's
Creek who give US The iolioHins items OF news from
that quarter
There are nov eleven quartz mining companies
organized OF the Creek, al of which except tie
Washngton76 Company nave suspended III spring
The &c Inns il pestles.
They report three feet Of sno y on the mountains
betWe tins and that place, and contradict TunoT
which reached us some time since OF there being an
nsuiiciency OF provisions there FOR the use Of the
miners who remain.
The quart increasesin richness as they sink into
d Several pounds that showed no gold Welded, on
testing, two dollars per pound.
Within the last four weeks claims have risen from
81 2oOto 5000 .MaD svne Express.
Pmor HILL DIGolXGs.- Many of our
readers who have been out far as The Fort
have undoubtedly noticed high conical peak in the
foot range Of hills which skirt the base Of the Sierra
Nevada This IS he famous Pilot Hill, the high
est point between The North and South Forks Of she
American.
Around the base and shooting down its sides are
numerous ralineS rurnirg toward the North Fork
on The west and South t0rs On the east. The man
ravine running along ne base tAe north side, Is
the wet season censely populated, The diggings IN
the rayine and vicinity beng very nch. Much tirs
has been thrown Up all around tie base OF the ~,
and IN Hastings Rayne,' running toward tae
South Fork, and miners are now returning from the
rivsr dggings, where they have passed the sdnmcE
and fan 10 secure Their treasure Merchants are
getDg N their winter stock Of goods hotel keepers
are yeplerishng their exhausted stores VI liquors,
and sweeping out heir bar-roons. and everything
6e,okenS thorough awakening from the Rip Van
Wmkle sleep If the dry season" Union.
RIVER MlNNG.-We learn from Mr.. Mof-
fi Just down RON the North Fork that the opera
/. lions Of many OF the dannug companies on that
stream have been suspended for the season. The
TiysIs syet, have no, been materially swollen but
The water Is now rapidly rising, and the present
ram NH undoubtedly rum most Of tbs dams, and
dnye the miners from the beds OF the rivers Id.
SUCCESSFUL DAMMIyG CONiP ANIEs The
Oregon Bar Company, consis, ng Of p men, have
taken out SIS, 600 the present season. They have
not disbarded but merely suspended operations UNI
r spring. Their Jam IS bull, ursly hat they
have Ssngu!Lo lepes Of rs WltGStand.ng tie Goods
al the presc. Cd. zen.
The New (oIA Ddpmng Comp any. On The same
stream have relieved the nyer bed OF ahout $4,000
since the st1h II July last. The Company, whicAis
composed Of seven men, Intend resuming operations
IN the Spring, IS soon as the water permits. The
frame work Of their dam, together VITA those OF
MANY others on the North Fork. are probably ere
tins gliding gracefully down the Rio Americana.
>an Joaquin intelligence.