The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-03-16
FROM CALIFORNIA.

Great Excitement in Caiarsras Couaty-- The
Mexicans Drircn from, the Mines.
Anextr, from the Office of the San Joaquin
Republican, California, says:
During the Winter months bsn Of Me yiceh
maranders have infested Calaveras county, and
weekly we received the details of dreadful nur.
ders and outrages committed in the lone gulch
and solitary outpost- of that region. The farm
ers lost their cattle and horses the traders tent
was pillaged, and the life of every traveller was
insecure. Success has recently emboldened
this band of villains to commence a system of
outrage more daring sill in the very heart Of
the populous settlements. From the neighbor-
hood of San Andreas, in one night, they stole
70 horses, and every evening news arrived in
some fres b. murder or robbery.
The Band is led by robber, named Joaquin,
a very desperate man, who was concened in the
murder of four Americans, some time ago at
Turnersville. He levied his 'back mail gem
orally upon the Chinese population. With his
band, he would enter their tents, and compel
them 10 furnish him with money, and cook for
him and his accamplices whate ger food they re-
CURED. This has been dane in many :nstan
ces
o. Friday night another man was murdered
at Yankee Camp, and about the same time a
Chinaman was found dead at Bay State Ranch,
and american at Foreman's Ranch. This was
b-yond human endurance, and five men, on Sa-
turday, left Yankee Camp, resolved to find the
camp of the villains, and came upon twelve of
them in the neghborhood Of San Andreas, with
large number of animals in their possession.
The party, they found, were not strong en-
ough TO make the attack, and they returned to
San Americas for an addition to their force. In
the meantime, the robbers proceeded lin the
night time) to the Phenx Mills. Two men
were asleep in the house at the time, but awoke
by the firing Of guns By the Mexicans Both Of
these Americans were killed, though not until
they had mortally wounded one Of the gang
The robbers then left, leaving their wounded
comrade to take care of himself. He crawled
to tent, some distance d6wn the river, but was
tracked by his blood, on the following morning,
and disposed Of by the enraged people. Joa
quin, as we understand, aommitted other gu rag
es on the same night. On the next morning
some three hundred armed miners assembled /;
dispatched bodies of armed men to the ferries on
the Stanislaus and Calavaras, SO as to prevent
their escape, and then commenced a systematic
selrch tor Joaquin and his associates. At the
same time they resolved TO burn the habitations
Of the Mexicans indiscrimina.ely y-deprive them
of the arms they might have in their possession,
and give them all notice to quit.
we are gla0 10 near lndt one OF the gang has
been caught at Yankee Camp and another at
Cherokee Ranch: Both were Immediately
struAg up.
The entire Mexican population has been driv-
| en- from San Andreas and the forks OF the Ca
laveras. The greatest excitement prevails in
every direction. fan American meets Mex
lean, he hakes his horse, his arms, and bids him
leave. The Americans engaged in the band
are divided into gangs, and are stationed in ev.
cry part ofthe country.
We understand that mass meeting was held
at Double Springs on. "Wednesday morning, and
resolutions passed approving Of what had been
done, and make it the duty Of every American
| citizen, at all events, to exterminate the Mex.
lean race from the County. The foreigners
should first receive notice to leave, and if they
refused, they were to be shot down and their
property confscated
We publish this horrible and terrible news
| just as we received it. por'ion was supplied
| by Mr.. Stevens, Of Browns Express, who ar
rived from Murphys; and portion from Q
French Canadian, who was afaid to stay in the
comfy. He says the utmost CONSERVATION pre-
walls among all the foreign popula'ion:'