New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-06
CALIFORNIA MATTERS.
es,s On the st-Cri~e-Hes Law, &C.

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SANTA CRUZ, Cal, sept -, 1853
x.uh... .ssn ali sorts Of exaggerated accounts in
So E,sneisoo papers, doubt, Of the newly dis
1900 ia mines in Santa Cruz IL has long been
s.n slst seId existed in smali quantities, but not
eseuth 10 pay for digging = was thought -.
90 crsek which rises the Santa Cruz mountain
nearly parallel with the coast Til il enters
arr mall Santa Cruz river (the san Lorefno) The
s-..l vas damned and IL taken up by claims IL
= nIv few miles long There are between fifty and r
1900 set,ed miners who acknowledge 10 making be-
sws<n s3 and 81 day. The Santa Cruz mountain.
.hieh lies above s. &. and some six miles back from
ne coast IL supposed TO BE- headquarters for the gold
s accessible parts however, thickly overgrown
Nv species Of chapperel that IL ia quite unapprOaeha
Me Attempts have been made 10 re this butt ~ TOO
Green AZ yet TO burn well.
Our agricultural community ~ slow 20 believe that
m, mines have broke ont, az the miners have ~.
There il no doubt though but that this is the case AMI
a viii be well for the farmers who disappointed
Nv the fall in the price Of potatoes At the present
fstes-fOm 20 ~ eents-they do not pay digging and
Eeieht Labor is as high ever | have Il on pretty
soed authority that silver mine has also been discoV
cred somewhere 10 the neghbOrh0Od OF Graham ran
eho which promises to be very rich 1t II claimed ny
some Of our citizens and some Me1icans. This region
IA an remarkably healthy that II ia known b
certainty that gold exists miners viii soon flock in
The climate and scenery are beyond praise, but alas
for the moral atmosphere. There seems to be con
slant thirst for blood among large portion o tne CIT
izeps Last fall three Caiornians were hung by the
neck AZ being horsetheves There seemed 20 be little
question az to their guilt among the Law and Or
der portion Of the community and as they were mem
hers Of large gang who skilfully eluded detection,
there seemed rude show Of justice hurrying them out
Of the way But il proved an i'll beginning Not long
ago respectable sboring man, the simple word OF
another who Immediately left the place. was taken mp
and barely escaped hanging by two or three resoute
persons pointing their reyOyers at the mob and threat
eninR 10 shoot the first Of it who touched him.
This individual has sued Of the leaders OF the
mob for $4,000 for defamation Of character and do
hope something like Justice will be awarded him.
Last week two Portuguese, who have for some time
been employed in the Mission, were down at the
beach fishing when one broke hook belonging 10 the
ether; from this quarrel, when one OF them
cane up 10 the Mission, borrowed pistol and horse
and returning secreted himself in some timber and as
the other passed, shot him dead. The murderer was
secured In tie jail which strong one, and II Wa
not to be supposed that This man had any comrades n
rescue him. Tie mob, however, assembled and threat
ened 10 break in the door if be not delivered tC
them and the Sheriff who needed only TO have placed
his back 20 the door and threatened TO shoot the first
who approached being supported by the law aud The
mass, the citizens, yielded immediately. They TOOK
the poor wretch and hung him the beach and there
left him for better persons TO cut him down and bury
There has been prisoner confined in Jail but OuT
Sheriff has either permitted to escape given up to
the mob Yours, truly, q. Il. X.