Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-05-20
THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.

THE NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA.
PER STEAMER ILLINOIS.
The steamer Illinois left Aspinwall Navy Bay. J
on the 9Th inst, and Havana on the 18TH She
brings three hundred and twenty passengers, and
the California mails to the 18th April
FROM THE MINES.
The mining news is satisfactory. The Alta
California of the 9Th of April says that labor in
both the Northern and Southern districts is reali-
zing uniform success, and the quantities OF the
precious metal which have been put into circula-
ton or have passed through San Francisco, afford
indication of the prosperity of the mines.
The Price Current of the latest date remarks:
New diggings are being discovered every day,
South and North, particularly the latter, near the
head waters of the Sacramento river. Already
the miners making preparations for the river
diggings, and with the artificial means now en-
poyed, and being daily extended, of bringing the
water to the dirt, instead of carting the latter per-
haps half mile in midsummer, to some small
brook, we may anticipate as large, if not larger
product of gold dust during the year $685. than for
1851.
True, we may be disappointed in the millions
promised from the quartz crushing operations, for
so far, this interest has cost the country more
money than has been received; but the immense
immigration, new diggngs. improved methods of
working with ditching and canang, will more
than make up the difference.
In relation to the latter enterprise it says:-
We seem doomed to disappointment in the
amount OF amagam to come to the market from
the quartz mills; but few are more than paying
expenses. Some having located on bad veins
have been forced to discontinue operations; and
others, fallen into debt from bad management, are
winding up and paying off preparatory to starting
anew. The excitement here has died away; few
or no persons of capital are embarking in the en-
terprIse, and spectators have consequently shift
ed their ground from California to New York.
On the other hand, the Nevada Journal of April
10th, says:
Those engaged in quartz mining in the vicinity
ofNevada, in decidedly better spirits now than
three months since. Five and halft tons of quartz
taken from lead of the Gold Run Company.
few days since, yielded sl1oo, or 5000 per ton.
The Revere has been yielding from $35 to $40
per ton; the Wyoming $50; the Central $780, and
the St. Louis Mill $3.50 per ton.
MORE LYNCH LAW.
The Sacramento Times of April 18th, furnish
es the following record of the assumption of rights
of the criminal courts by an excited public:
CoLoMA, April Is.
Coloma has this day been the scene of great
and unusual excitement. Two men-one white
man named Henry George, said to be from Sgd
ney, the other negro named William Miller
were forciby taken from our Jail and hung by a
mob The white man was charged with having
stolen about $4,000, from a miner ON Granite
creek, near this place, and the negro with having
stolen about $4,000 from MIR. David Martin, who
resides at Columbia, near Celsey's diggings.-
Our Court of Sessions was in session at the time
these persons arrested, but the regular grand
jury had been discharged.
The court proceeded to empannel a special
grand jury for the purpose of enquring into these
cases. An indictment for grand larceny was
found and presented yesterday evening against
George, and another for the same crime against
the negro, was presented this morning. But be-
fore either of them could be brought to trial. and
while our sheriff was absent for the purpose of
summoning jury, the mob collected from diffe-
rent parts of the country to the number of two or
three hundred, and demanded of the jailor the
negro boy Miller.
The jailor, after fruitless attempt to persuade
the mob to resist from their purpose and dispense,
complied with their demand. Miller was taken
about 200 yards from the jail and hung, which
was sooner done than the mob returned to the
Jail, demanded and had delivered to them, the
prisoner Henry George, whom they took and hung
to the same tree. They then returned immedi-
ately to the Jail and demanded prisoner of the
grand larceny charge of stealing horses, and
whose case had been submitted to petit jury
yesterday who had not yet agreed upon a ver-
dict.
About this time the sheriff made his appear
ance at the Jail, and informed the mob that ju-
| ry Of their countrymen, was then celebrating
upon the case of Dougherty, and requested
them to defer further measures until they should
| hear the verdict. The mob thereupon appoin-
ted Il committee of three to wait upon the jury
and inform them that unless they agreed upon u
verdict in about fifteen minutes, Dougherty would
| be hung. The committee proceeded directly tC
| the jury room and in about fifteen minutes re-
turned and reported that the jury had agreed upon
verdict.
The crowd then rushed to tho court house,
| which Was very soon filled and crowded to over
flowing. Dougherty was brought in and the jul
ry delivered their verdict which was that "the
defendant was guilty, and the punishment ten
years imprisonment in the penitentiary." This
however, was not satisfactory to the mob
and the cry of '.bring him out and hang him, y
resounded through the crowd.
At this crisis, Thomas Robertson, Esq, who
had assisted in prosecuting Dougherty, appeared
and by means of very effective and eloquent ad
Dress to tho crowd, succeeded in soothing
the feeling and alayng the excitement that per
vaded it at the time, and it was thereupon resolv
take its course with the prisoner Dougherty.
| INDIAN DIFFICULTIES.
A correspondent of tho Sacramento Times fur
nishes the following account of battle fought on
! the Klamath river, between the miners and the
| Indians, the morning of April IL:
! Yesterday was informed by miner OF my