New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-01-07

sweeney, mad
arrived in safety lie writes that 1t is impracticabIe
Lieut. Sweeney to leave ihc post at present that the
nnas to the number Of four hundred had surrounded
Their stockade and that for three successive nights the
troops had been forced to fire upon the Indians to hold
them in check
The Court of Sessions consultation this morning
ana nave placed the direction Of matters in the hands Of
| gol. Magruder A company Of twenty-five mounted
has been organized and Will leave the city o'clock for
apoan and Aqua Caente where the Indians are said
be IN state Of rebellion The condition Of affairs su-
eientiy alarming require active measures of defence
Of the killed at the Colorado Ferry the name of
but one Is mentioned Mr.. White, 1t supposed they
not punished for these -,er r. will he most dis@rase
ul Since the murder of Glantons party they have
treated with the greateat kindness They have not the
shadow of ground for complaint.
| From BousDaaY CosfsIIsstoxyns-A scnorian inst
arrived reports that Gen Garcia Conde. with eighty
troops the escort OF the boundary Commission at
Tucson on the 10th October and moved day towards
the Gila This supposes the boundary Commission to
have been at Tucson at the date above mentioned.
Private letters received from Lieut. G. J. Coutts and
others give the particular and further state that
Lieut. Sweeney mad had three sirnishes with the In
dian9 The indians had sent their luays into the noun
haa ieis hia ranch and come into Les Angeles
fuhriEH FROM THE IrTE.The miners generally are
doing well throughout the with the aid Of the
rams now falling which from their direction known
" DC general VIII do much good New discoveries Of
quartz veins are being daily made and heavy machinery
~ Golng Iefwaru IN large quantities to work them
LAST DIscovERY.-The Nevada journal xays. /. A 1pnx
teman Of this city while prospecting for quartz short
mere dug into the top Of high and steep hill through
earth which hard con1pact az ayy within cy
cult of miles struck about fourteen below the sur
face an iron bound fifteen gallon cas moasscs which
with the assistance Of another person with him he raised
to the surface tapped it. and took out for din
ner and found it excellent article We hope our re
ders will not conser this slippery statement from the
nature ofthe prospect found, for publish only
aFerments OF the highly respectable parties engaged
the discovery Mr. Henderson deems the could not
have been disturbed for the twenty years previous
/ The Sacramento Union has the following
NE~ TowN.-our readers will recoieet that we have
from time to time noticed the quartz discoveries which
nave been made on the new Auburn road few n1ilee
east Of phr in Placer county survey has just been
completed at this point, and the nucleus of village
which is to be called Rosekranch is already formed by
those interested in the new diggings.
| NEW Discovery OF RIcu DiGeIxGs-We learn from Mr.
Leech who arrived last night from Lacys Bar; the
North = ork OF the American river Auburn that
large Hat the banks of the has been prospected
lately and has proved richer than river diggngs in
staked out an ali the holders are doing well Mr. L. as
sures us that four the bucket have been taken
out that two hundred and eight dollars the man was
the result of days labor by company twenty
dollars day to the is the least that any claim has
paid Messrs Fulton. Rich and Mack the discoverers Of
this bank of gold are receiving shining proof of
The Calveras Chronicle has the following in reference
to Nokeumne Hill: rf
The permanent population Of Mokelumne Hill numbers
about $500 souls and by observa persons who lived
here long time estimated at much 500
more, although Saturday evenings and Sundays the
number is increased nearly double by the visits Of mi
|
ing and other purposes In fact may safely say that
within circuit Of ten miles there less than 5000
| persons.
The Hill is not in the immediate neighborhood of water
nor is in great measure exhausted of gold The
vicinity of the Hi which are like to pay remarkably
well. capable Of employing l0:o00 people for years
come These dieging are partially deserted for the
son that the miners not deem prudent to
at this extensive operations which not
ly conducted during the rainy months
LAv,.-The great of Lava. says the Chronicle
yrt
Springs about five miles distant. the Chilean Gule
trail has given rise to the conjecture that there rich
dggngs Whereabouts number Of miners speak Of pros
pecting it next week. T
SHIPMENTS GoLD Dusr-TIe shipments of gold dust
from Mokelumne Hill by Adams Co. for the two weeks
ending November IL S3T 1o5 o. inclusive of ex-
| change account.
Re- Reynolas Todd Co. ship from this place s1a4si
MI Farther of Golama has in his possession five speci
mems of gold. weighing follows:
| One piece weighing ia ounces: of So of 4s
one uf p and of 5Inakng total Of SIS
These specimens were dug out of claim about four miles
from this place, and MIR f. says there few move
| OF the same sort left ass
| STORM is the MouSrMN4-A correspondent Of the
Mary,ne Herald gives the following particulars of storm
| at the North:
severe storm of wind ragged in the We'd
nesday last and to have been general throughout
the Northern section Of our State
At the Rich Valley Rancho' fifteen miles from Rich
Bar on the North Fork of Feather River it was extremely
severe, paftakng of the character ii tornado than
mere storm Trees ware torn up by the roots, snap
ped of, and in instances hurled fifteen
twenty feet from their base before thGy fen Upwards of
hundred fell within many yards of the house
One large pine fell the rancho doing considerable
,amagr-the inmates barely escaping with their lives
| The NewYork Rancho completely demolished, and
several mules and horses the ranches iu the vicinity
killed by falling tmbers The trail in some places is
blochaded by fallen aud the has left the
traces Of its fury very generally in tlat lrgion and
without doubt the gale that has visited
| this section Of country in a number of years.
An extensive placer cf gold has been found the Gala
80 miles from Stockton and one mile above Atheron
and Daviss Bridge.
SNow.-The Herald is informed by teanster who has
just arrived from Onion Valley that the there
three inches deep and almost impossible teams
Some mules have died from the cold and parties
driving their cattle The supply of goods beyond that
point is quite mited-uot by any sufficient for
winter demand
MuRpERs ArFRAYs.-Domingo Carriaga alias Jaime,
was deliberately murdered at Los Angeles by
named Edward Hines. The Star, in abiding the cir
cumstance says
Edward Hines the murderer has been living in this
city for months past and is but recently that he
was concerned in the shooting of poor harmless idiot
and upon examination bound for trial. Carri
aga native Californian. about Is years old and of
somewhat dissoute habits though told that he
generally considered being harmless, particularly
towards Americans lie could not by any possibility,
have given offence to Hines and the murderer must have
committed the deed merely to crafty his thirst for blood
| Hines has not yet been arrested but the efforts which
will be made to bring him to justice scarcely fail of
being successful
| An attempt made to assassnate Benjamin Hayes,
Esd, at Los Angeles 1t fortunately proved unsuccess
full The sheriff in attempt the assassins, of
whom there five six fred upon and they
capped
The Sonora Herald says Demetry. the Greek. who
Gently killed his companion an Italian between Jamea-
town and the Table Mountain arrestedlas Friday at
Garrote and brought jail He admits killing the Ital
ian but afrms that theresut of quarrel in which
the Italian stabbed him first. and killing him
He then stabbed in turn aud killed his antagonist The
Greek has three very stabs in the breast and
wound in the forehead where he says he struck by
the Italian He denies having robbed the body Of any
money, and says he prepared to prove how he himself
came by all he had about him The Italians assembled i'll
urgc body and expressed determination to lynch Dem
otry. hut they persuaded to dispsrsc.
The Transcript has the following letter from ophr Pla
| county. dated the 2Sth ult.:
The dead body of a man. dreadfully mutilated snd
dsigured discovered this morning on Bear hVer,
about miles above alcCorneys crossing The perpe-
traitors of this horrible and endi outrage are yet u-
known for certain.
soon after the discovery of the body large number of
miners and others assembled and charged the crime upon
the Indians whose rtnchera in the neghborfood but
they protested their of the charge and for
n,r;h | know truttully-as there are many vicious
tn th.. on