The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-11-23
From the Alta California.
ST MMARY OF NEWS.

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A new town, TO be called alone Civ, ha,
been laid out in lone Valley.
/ Convention Of Rcpr .septatiyes or Ito Az
iefent Mining Water Companies in the State
was heid at SacTainento, on the 4th and 5ih
'hst. About three-fiiis of the Water Com
panIes In the State sent delegates. Those nre.
sent represented capital of $it76l 600 They
appointed an Executive Committee, and resoIv.
ed TO petition the State and Federal Legislatures
20 aeciire The right of persons engaged in d.
recing streams from their course and IN on
lion. 7
The news from al.parts Of the mines ia q,
coufag'ng, and large amounts ofdust are coming
unto the market every day. A number Of good
sized nuggets have been found during the fart
niyht, but none of extraordinary weight. The
Importance and nee cessty Of association and ,ha
application of machinery to mining has ea,,sed
me organization OF numerous companies. msny
OF winch are engaged in very bold and some in
very Prohtable enterprises -
private expedition mas gone oul from Stock
60" - survey siare Wiley, eastsol the lake
for the purpose OF colonization. s.
Three persons, two Spnorians and one ali.
tornian, accused of murder and robbery. sutrrss
hung hy Lynch law, on tn. 9th inst at San
LOUIS Obispo They We're arrested, tried and
convicted, by the cit Zens OF Los Angeles bpt
sthe spanish citizens outnunberrd in the meet.
ing the Americans, who wished to hang tho
prisoners. The CaIfnrnians were Opposed 10
Lynch law, and it is said were determined tn re
s'st its execution at al. cos.s The meeting then
determined to send the prisoners to San i,nis
oD'spo, where the crimes were committed The
prisoners pr were accordingly sent by The steamer
Goliah TO that place, and Immediately nnon
taesr ARRIVAL they were seized and hung bv
party OF Americans, who were on the beach.
Inc work OF turning the San Diego river.
mas been commenced under the direction IF
Lieut. Derby, and is energetically prosecuted
On the 9th inst Lieut. Beale, Superindend-
ent of Indian Affairs in the State had talk
with about twenty chiefs in Grass Valley. The
tribes represented number 900 Lieut.. Beale
proposed to transfer them to reservation in
iulare Valley. They hesitated 10 remove, but
greco 70 SEND some OF their young men to see
the reservation, and live on it awhile.
Recent observations seem to establish tbe
fact that the coast about the Bay is rising from
volcanic action.
An affecting death occurred in this CITY on
the 10th inst. Spanish mother missed her
eh,ld only year old. She supposed it had
lost Itself in the street, and advertised for II,
nut could learn nothing. On the 18th she had
occasion to open her camphor wood trunk. and
there lay her child, dead 1t had fallen into
me trunk and In trying TO get out pulled down
the lid. which closed with q spring and fitted
SO closely that thechild had smolhered to death.
The affair Of the Arrow, an English BRIG
seized on the BOT of September, has attracted a
great deal Of attention during the last fortnight
1t was taken in possession by the United States
troops. The matter was then carried into the
State Courts and the Sheriff took possession
under writ Of replevin. The Captain of the
vessel was arrested, but has been let out on .,
hdbeds corpus writ
The leader Of the expedition is William
Walker, Esq He alleges that the expedition
is peaceable in it's intentions, and has for its
purpose the working Of the mines Of Sonora.
Walker has sued Gen Hitchcock for damages
caused by the seizure.
1t is said an expedition Of 500 or 600 men was
to have been sent by land to meet the Arrow at
Uuaymas: that OF course opposition was expec-
ted from the Mexicans, and the invaders
would defend themselves, declare the State in.
dependent, and organize government
The State Railroad Convention, to deliber~
ate on the best piaRto hasten the construction
of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, wa. held
on the Sd and 9th instants, but it was a poor
affair, did nothing of Importance, and has been
The butt of the press.
Madame Ida Pfeffer, the celebrated German
traveller, has arrived in this city from Batavia.
aud has gone to the interior
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