The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-01
CALIFORNIA NEWS.


,,bljshrd Yesterday the latest intelligence from
,be bandit Joaquin and his company Of rob-
be,s and uurderers. Below we give some
other items.
A letter from Calaveras states body of Mex
leans had entered the camp of seme Cinnamon
and murdered two or three Of them and wound.
al another severely and then robbed them of
seyeral thousand dollars. The camp was said
IA have consisted of two hundred Chnamen.-
The spoils amounted TO some $4,000, and Joa-
ouin's band were the robbers. This was before
he took refuge in the chapparel.
Four other Chinaman were in few days af-
forwards murdered near Forman's Branch in
the same vicinity. These murders were among
the latest by Joaquin's band, and led, in part,
to the pursuit and hanging OF Valencia, as sta
ted by us yesterday.
The papers contain accounts of other robbie.
riss and murders: A German on the Sacra
mento road, about two miles from Jackson,
was knocked down and robbed of 5000. A team
stes was missing and his horses could not be
found.
Two Chinamen were attacked and it was sup
posed MORALLY wounded tive miles from Coul
tersville.
EXCITEMENT IN GRASS VALLEY.-A cores
pondent OF the Democratic State Journal gives
an account of disturbance al Grass Valley
between q party OF foreigners, mostly English
and Irish. and several Quartz Mining Com.
panies. The excitement arose in consequence
of the formeI taking possession ofcsrtaIn min
ing claims that had been worked by the Quartz
Companies. 1t was at one time feared that
violence and bloodshed would result, and the
Sheriff was obliged 10 arrest some of the ring
leaders, and thus restored the neighborhood to
quiet.
Two horse thieves had been pursued and
ogertaken near Los Angeles. One of them
escaped, the other was wounded and arrested.
He was sentenced by Judge Lynch to receive
seventy-eight lashes which were about to be
inflicted by an Indian, but the culprit begged
that white man might do it. An American,
apparently young man in destitute circum'
stances, agreed TO do the job for 5 10 and accord
ingly went through the performance. He had
no sooner finished than he was taken by the
crowd and tossed up in blanket, a la Sanchs
PGnza with great vim. Itwas continued un-
til, falling on his head, he was near being
killed. The reason for this treatment urged
by the crowd, was that any American who
would offer to whip one of his own country.
men for money, deserved it.
A French company from Sonora, arrived
al Los Angeles report having fallen in with
oae Guadalupe Valdez and one Ramos, Mex
leans, who boasted of having murdered more
than thirty Americans, and stated that price
was set upon their heads. In year these
atrocities, they said, would be forgotten, and
they would return to commit others.
The 22d of February was celebrated in Los
Angeles by q ball, at the residence of Hon. A.
Searnes. The gaiety of the party passed un-
rnolested until ii O'Clock, when a crowd of
rowdies fired cannon and large quantity of
fire crackers near the house. At this, one of
the gentlemen present, Judge NJ. Norton, said
to Colonel Watson, II fear we may have some
more serious difficulty; | am going for my pis-
toi, and think you had better get yours"
which he did. Shortly after, the rowdies,
about thirty in number, armed with tin pans,
&c, returned, making most hideous noise,
and marched up TO the door, which was i'm
rnedately shu', when those on the outside
commenced kicking it, and Judge Norton,
standing near the window, received a ball in
the fesny part Of his arm. Judge N. and Col.
Watson returned the compliment, they hav-
ter the mob dispersed, leaving three of their
number MORALLY wounded. Their names were
DR.. OVersreet, who died the same night, Bob
Moore, who was driven short time since
from Santa Barbara, and one whose name |
did not learn.
AN UNHAPPY CIRCUMsTAECE.-Anu unhap-
py affair occurred, says the Republican, on
the 24th ult., near French Camp. 1t appears
taat tie clerk of the Game Cock, while in a
As nj tam 6
Fienchman, and began TO pull the clothes off
the bed where he was sleeping. The French
man savs he became alarmed at the intrusion
al so late an nour, and killed the offender
fiVe KNIFE wounds were found in different parts
OF his body, This extreme violence msst have
been unnecessary. The name of the deceased
was Charles V. Bacon. He was a native of
Canada, had been a merchant in Florida and
New OEleans, and, for the last few years, at
Brownsville, Texas.
The RICHEST YET.-We learn by the Re-
publican that considerable excitement ex lists
amongst the miners in regard to the new dig
giugs, near Cuitisville. Ii is said that three
Mexcans took out $50 900 in three days. A
gentleman upon whose word reliance can be
placed, had the curiosity, while passing hro'
the camp, to stop and examine the hole from
whence such an immense amount was taken.
w hlle there he saw three Jumps picked out,
intelligence has, of course, considerably in
named the minds of our neighbors, and hum
cFeds have already left these parts.
Tue mail by the Golden Gate, on the 10Th
instant, was the largest ever taken to San
cfancisco, being two hundred and Ave bags
containing over $4,000 letters, AZ, 900 OF which
were for San Francisco and Sacramento.
EB hir. John H. Patterson, Of Petersburg,
was seriously injured on the Plank road near
that city, Wednesday last. He was riding in
buggy, and his horse ran of. He was thrown
violently 10 the ground, and it was supposed
seriously injured.
RAILROAD AcclDEsT.-The Petersburg In
teiiigencer states that a trivial accident had
occurred on the Southside Railroad. Two of
'Ae box cars became detached from the Loco
M'h'e' ran down an inclined plane, and finally
fan CT The track, smashed one of the cars,
damaged some goods, and destroyed a barrel
oi molasses, which was bursted and "wasted
As sweetness right out there" Oh matasses