Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1853-04-19
NDIAas OF cALIF0FNr.

Of Government patronage
NDIA9E OF CALIFORNIA.
From the report Of Lieut. Bcale Superintendent Of
Indian affairs i'll CaifDraia, at appears that the In
dams OF hat State haveSe in many cases SUMMARY
" dealt win Ivy cltlnsEs, men, women and children
having been rnassacred without warming or provocs
ton This is horriblestate ofthiugs, and should be
arrested without delay The details given in this re-
port arc truly shocking and IGhuman II appears
that Indians are 9t only shot or hung without JUS
tfable cause but seized and dragged into slave
", where they compelled 10 work until ti,e an
proach of winter when they arc turned off TO starvc
As an evidence of this fact and of TIE good dsposi-
tons and honesty of these Indians Lent Bcalc Gives
Ehe following facts:
Copy ola letter from J. II. Jenkings to Supcrlu-
sendent Beale, dated San Francisco january l3 1853
Il have the slonor of informing You that in Ole
HIcnrc 10 your letter of instructions of date Decen-
a'eT s. 1852 went to the San Pablo rancho in
contra Costa county, to investigate the matter of all
legged cruel treatment of Indians there I found
%Fenty-eI"ht ga this ranchO. and twelve back of Mar
since and they there of tsem sick all with
s,ut clothes or any food but the fruit of the huck-rye
Up 10 the time of my coming eighcsIl had died of
Starvation AT one camp: how many frSm the other
could not learn. These Indians were brought from
SOME place near Clear Lake by Caii6Druians, named
atnlnon BTh"ics- Ramon Mesa, Jose NJ Oliera. Jose
francisco. aId Juan BcrveSsl, who have for some
Zine uaSe IT business OF catching, and in various
WAYS diSI"SlnT OF Them, aud have been informed
Fh1t many Indians have been murdered in these ex-
IEdtouS These present Indians the survivors of
Il band VINO were worked all last summer and fall as
Fic WHIT sat in, when broken down bv hunger and
Sth"r without food clothes they TUNED adrift
10 shift for themselves lest they could Your time
~ interference in behalf of these unfortunate people
has saved the lives of most of thrE for Indians could
EOt have lived through such UCzITI-r is we have had
without any food ciothn" OF Shcr1cr
e distributed all The we'll among families around
who are 10 feed, cleEe. aud prssrct them till fur
Their orders have Fllade pruvisio, for the sick to
le fed am happy e inform you to show the good
character of these Indians that WEs.1 starving. and
no complaint of their Tin = These peonle could
easily I've make support themselves and their con-
itlOn changed for tiEa better. The grand Jury of
tie couasry mas found bills against te.r men, and
presume s4'eiI trial will come on next term"
SIsGILAR CoEc1DENcE-It is lit1le singular that
"fiv of the presidential candidatcs-onc, Webster
Is dcad another, and the successful candidate lost
his Little boy, after his election by most dis
treSSing accident, and his and we lives were
s''ved almost THirac1ously; while the third, fourth
and fifth, viz Fillmore, Cas and Dongla, have each
iEId tn ron the ts of their wives since the canvass
Surely death strikes in high places.
HOLD YrUR NGsE-Thc New York Tribune saws: :
The Southern Stakeholder has made the very name
of America offence in the nostrils of the world"
The charleston Standard replies: Then let the
world hold its nose or analgamate. More practice
Wth less theory and its nOstrils would lose their
excessive dcIIcAcy."
4 FEMALE VoTER-A Uoman has been sent to Jail
ut Cincinnati, for 20 DAYS on bread and wafer for
fr voting in of the wards of that city, the late
election by dressing in male attire and passing her
self off as man. 1t appears she attempted to vote
:" second time, when her vote was challenged, row
cnsuet, and her hat hat being knocked off, her sex
was discovered, and she was arrested.
MARYLAND APPo1xTMExTs-Jercmiah Kuhn Post
master Sharpsburgh Washington ounty, vice Henry
J. keedy, resigned. Henry Snyder. Postmaster, Han
cock, In the same county, vice Henry Wells.
y STRANGE SEGHT.-The plate in the Cabin of the
Seamer" Victoria wrecked HoWth the coast of
Ireland has been recovered by diver but the man
protests that nothing in the world would induce him
TO 20 down second time, the scene in the cabin
was the most horrible he ever Witnessed He thought
lie had entered Il wax work exhibition, the COrrses
never having moved from Their position since the
sci went down. There were some eighteen TWEEN
typersons in the cabin one and all of whom seemed
TO be holding conversation with each other the gene
raj appearance of the whole scene 50 liE-ke that
nc was almost inclined to believe some yet living.
1.-THE following moroccan of scandal is taken
from letter from Paris
The accouchnent of the Empress is expected on or
about the LIST of October; for the domestcs of the
Iueries have already spread the interesting intclli
Eence OF her maJcstys pregnancy among her loving
subjects regret to say that bets positively of
fered and excepted to the time ofthe Empress
fnement there is n strong opinion among many
the heir will be born fortnight before he ought
to be- believe this to be the purest and pctest of
SCdnual MIS- Howard has not vet lett Paris She is
said to have given the Emperor till the LIST Of May
he faithful to the Empress: after that he will come
back to her. He has left her before but has never
Jailed to return pcnitent and promising to amend.
THE Remains of Mrs Douglas wife of Senator
Douglas, left Washington Monday morning on
board the Southern boat their way North Caro-
lima, where they to be inferred, The honorable
Senator was accompanied on his mournful erraud
by Charles S Jones and Isaec BaSsctt, clerks the
Senate
....During March, there assembled the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal 1887 tons of freight and descended
29,2lS tons Tolls for the month Sl5,62o
THE Port Tobacco Times states that on Mon
day last Mr.. Cunningham caught, at Walnut Land
ing, on the Potomac in Charles county, 100000 her
rings.
.....Gov. Cobb of Georgia. has written letter adj
TIsng the breaking up of the Union party and the
reunion OF the Democratic party.
The annual meeting of the general Baptist As
ISOLATION of Virginia will be held Fredericksburg,
commencing the End of June next
Judge lie Grand, of Nd, the newly appointed
Solicitor Of the Treasury it is stated has not yet
cepted VIM P. Maulsby late State Senatorfrom Car
roll county, it is added will probably be appointed
IN his stead should he decline:
....A correspondent of the New York Tribune
states that R J. Walker has refused the French Mis-
sion He is confirmed invalid and cannot undertake
any Office His ailing is the govt
-. Hon. Edward Stanley of North Carolina, is
N Washington en- route for California, whore he In
tends pursuing his profession.
In consequence of the high rates of rents sc.