New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-18
Expulsion Of Foreign Miners-Excitement at
Shaw's Fiat.

SIOChTON, July ~, lcOS.
With view TO correct an evil which has
already resulted in loss thousands worthy
Inhabitants, and In gain only to few worthless vaga
bonds take the liberty of requesting you to give puo
city TO repetition Of the outages recently committed
IN Msfpoes County. now being perpetrated at place
near Colombia, called Saw Mill Flaf and of invoking
the aid OF Jour valuable journal to create different
impression among the people OF this State, as TO the
rights OF foreigners.
The following translation from letter just re-
cev, from Saw Mil Flat, dated Z" July II, ls52:
RESPECTED SIR: 1t is TIN ee days since friend of
mine from Colombia called to inform me that two hun
bred Americans had convened at hotel Ia Colombia to
take into consideration plan Of driving all tho Mext.
cane iIom this place. and urging me to abandon my
house and goocs forthwith. declined acceding to his
counsel pre.errlDg rather 10 defend my sell necessary
Shortly sfterward this large body of men passed
through the camp in perfect order after having vainy
attempted 10 aR on destroying the camp that night
lesieTdsy was notified tina; must leave the camp
forthwith Is did not consider tina, the order emanaed
from source authorized 70 give Il. but this morning.
they have commenced carrying their intentions int
effect, and have stopped the Mexican mners from
working.
Al later hour my correspondent writes that he had
con- to Sonora to complain to Justice Of the Peace
and was about returning IN bic camp In company with
the Sheriff of Tuoumns County, sent % suppress the
rebellion. Probably In day or Two We shall know the
refut
notice by The San joaquin Republican of this morn.
ing, II at the pTetext for this tep that well had
bee poisoned In The camp and Mexican suspect
ed as ih Q author of IT,
d. not pretend TO deny that there are many bad
M csns In the country but assert boldly, from
tual proofs that there Is majority of good people
among them, who are az ready to punish crime among
their own countrymen 40 the most Jealous Americans
can be snd as long as they conduct themselves prop
erly they have right In common with all citizens
to the protection euaran.t ed to them by treaty.
has been ascertained that ihe recent outrages in
Marposa County we're the result of scheme on the
part OF few lazy vagabonds who live BY their Wits to
dispossets the foreigners of rich claims. Add
time will probably show that this story Of the poisoned
well 10 only similar pretex TO that used BY the VIOLIN
The Fable who complained that the lamb mad mudied
the stretn Of wbter,
ANA constant reader of your paper and your
in relation to the evils California emoOldens
me to hope that you will dscountenance this wholesale
persecution; thereby beneftting worthy portion of
immunity. and promoting the general prosperity
Of our State Your obi servt 7. ROBINSON BoUss.
We lave received Tle San joaquin Republican, of |
Wednesday, through Todd & Co 8 Express We find |
In statement Of the difficulties at Saw NH Flat in
which the acts Of aggression charged upon the Mex
icsDs The stse of s.rs Represented by
can hardly be believed to exist The Mexicans are re-
ported to have iisen agsnst the Americana simply be
)me OF their plumber suspected by the lat
ter of having poisoned the well The story Is quite i'm.
probab Bile ALTA California fuv IL