New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-10

ss,sefMr a E. Brown and the clothing store Of Lobe
Broh west fronting On - ; ss ~nIe shres Sad
nsJ "a vas only checked in its terrible progress
Sc.mnc In contact with the brick FIRE proof wan OF the
sore Of Messrs h1n t.snos ..ors, and hon which
- t,er,iy In lis course the flames next communicate
vsh spanish house Of III fame on Seventh IT., which It
-, .ans,,oed together with restaurant adjoining. A
Ter hreeze blowing the time was feared the Court
Hcn,e would tax FIRE but, by the prompt efforts Of the
Hook and Ladder Companies who tore away the fences
snd al frame tenenents lying in lis direction not only
hs, 6ne sfpefore but number OF frame building. in s
nsehborhood were saved The wholesale grocery store
~ Hessrs Fry & Hopes, the south east corner Of
st neda,ey opposite the store in which the
Gre originated made very narrow escape, A. DID also
meat market opposite the north east corner Of Seventh
and while the escape Of all those small frames from the
portbwest corner OF Seventh, extending down TO the
Mineral Point House may be regarded Is positive nirscu
Bour although superhuman exertons were made BY Their
occupants them. At the present moment Is I'm
possble 10 give correct estimate Of the daage sustained
Intending the buildings burned-thTee In cumberland
fhose partially torn down the whole loss VIII pODaby not
exceed $4,000 The locality Of the ire "a one aoOunang
In co materials Of every kind and the supPnes
sion Of without greater Ioss Is matter attributable
solely the eIeroDs used BY the remen and etner; 0f
that purpose lSacfamsn" 'n''n' mug 49,
r.cvs.sxn TYc,Txutyr-THE NEWLY DISCOVERED
GoIp DIeoIxos-Yestcrday il was stated that gold nad
been discovered within the city limits That statement
was BY no means aeO md f,om the slene Of eseemen
e. beLod for heseves while other hundreds with pans
r;cks and shoyes all day employed IN prospecting
souch or inlet 10 Suffer Lake nearly opposite the mouth OF
Second A. The Of their discovery az dsneated to
us by Mr. Lewis Merrick, an eyewitness 70 tne iac was
a. follows end may be relied upon az substantially coect
German named Alexander Scott, was shoyeiiDg earn
into Of the numerous wagons occupied Tor nihhg II
lie stIests on Monday afternoon, whsn he behed some
timing glitter, ard stopped 10 investigate hs character
Tie result proved 10 be gold .
Abou, The same time and the same spot portion
Of buek Kin purse was discovered, under deposit OF
loan soe Two or three inches thick, dying in the surace
containing a small quantity 81 dust snO'ei iub OF
earth taken up at the time by Mr. joseph McQaeson ana
subsequently washed by DR. Joseph Shaw was found 70
contain sI3 %. This discovery was made near ngh'aD
and attracted many curious ones to tina spot who by TAX
ing number Of pans full OF earth ron 'hg a. is anu
twelve clock night they still fingered aboutthe grounds
stalking them or and preparing for general plan Of 9Per
rntions when daylight dawned AS soon O.: dayiSnt OF
did dawn large crowd repaired again to the spot
and in less than three hours the whole vicinity was cam
ed Throughout the day many rich prospects were taken
out Out ali within circumference OF hundred iee' va
yying from three 10 FIVE six and twelve dollars each r
Russell Gaze obtained about four ounces Of gold from my
buckets Of dirt; whose name we could not learn.
beued wagon load Of dirt the river, washed out and
attained upwards Of hundred dollars end m tins man
ner different sums found by different persons 70 me
total amount of five six hundred dollars From all the
EVIDENCE before us the belief forces itself upon Us that
this gold is natural deposit, but that sometime dur
ing the early history OF the gold discoveries % te STARE
when this particular locality was occupied as camping
ground by miners land that ii was occupied Is fact
within the memory Of number OF citizens they wasted
their gold buried 1t for safe keeping or in some other way
carsed 10 be scattered on the ground from whence il il
now taken During the high waters TINS spot becomes I'm
merfcd TO the depth of several feet which accounts
loan in which the gold ionaa anu -, a. a.. o
perence however will discover the truth or lastly oil TINS
surmse. ~, ,,,
and C. Ryan arrived in this city, yesterday from the
pajns We are indebted to these gentlemen for the sub
Joined information The following moe;S 81 1ner trSln
in about that time Mr. Perry, wife and three children
Miss Margaret Ray, Messrs John Ray Daniel Day Ihos
xrr.tt...- L. Ep,i audty
They are portion Of what was known ast Anon com
many and left the Missouri the 2d of last April The
company broke into several M had so~tea
much and brought feed for theireas Tor several hundred
miles They had pleasant time until reaching SAT- Lake
and lost fifteen days by going that way instead OF keeping
The Suhloe cut off Flour in Salt Lake they paid 23 cents
pound for and found ii difficult to obtain at that Inc
hoimons had ferries established over al in9 creeks anu
ry cr in these territories and charged hye dollars wagon
although the boats small they had 10 take uer
wagons TO pieces to get them over. On the humboldt
they had great difficulty from high water nSa 70 come
dow on the north side and for two hundred miles II was
amos barren desert Most Of the grass they ied was Oh
tanned by swimming across the river Tor IT. on me SCUM
side the grass good and at Carson river they heard the
emigration had been able to the river hundred
miles above the Sink and the river was rapidly falling
At the Great Meadow they len several trains ana drove
trader They also passed hit Carson, VINO they hihk WI"
be In shortly with $500 head of sheep - 49,
At Carson River. a man by the name of William w.
Amos was badly stabbed in alray, few days before
their arrival but was then able to be out.
Mr. Gamble thinks the Immigration wiz DC about 'V,UVV
this wear one half Of which will probably 20 to Oregon
They passed in the first part OF their Joarnei some
head Of cattle and the number now on the plains Tor Ca
fornia and Oregon will largely exceed 100000 head
They were but little troubled by the Indians very
good bridge has been built Carson Canon and men
are at work blasting and removing the large rocks IN the
road over the mountain. Mr. Gamble thinks men are sent
into the valley 10 deceive the immigration by lying to
them about the road etc. They were urged to take the
johnson cut s and probably would have come by Il had
they NOT met some packers who had just come OVERT and
who told them il impossible to 90 that route with
wagon Newspapers from Placervile are also circulated
in the Valley TO induce the Immigration to take that route
Spectators and traders were plenty IN the valley anu
nearly desperate for victims $50
Mr. Gamble reports Capt. Flemmlng' OF Shasta, and
family, few days in their rear Mr. Gamble was former
~ one of the publishers of The Alton Co"'1r lunioh
LATER IRON RoGUE RIVER VALLEy-Ihr@ more FER
soas k,Aed-March Of the L. s. Soldiers and Volunteers
10 he TaLky-We published day or two ago an &c
count Of the outbreak Of the Indians IN Rogue RIVER val
The ,h inst We find in The Shasta Courier additional
particulars of the outbreak from second extra OF ne
Herald dated at o'clock A. Nj. of the 9th inst The FOL
lowing petition brought by Mr. wilson who resides
near Willow Springs; 80
FoKT WAGoxrR Aug. :, ) O'Clock L. M.-1he citizens
of Rogue River Valley ask the citizens of freka IN the
name of humanity to assist in snbugatng the Indians oil
this valley who daily and nightly numbering our en-
.ens and killing our stock Between 400 and 800 Indians
are in the vicinity of Table Rock The citizens are not
sufficient numbers guard the different points at which
Il families have collected and 10 tight them We are
poorly armed and ash your assistance IN men anu arms
Three men, Messrs. Dunn Griffin and Overback, were
Killed on the It'll near Willow Springs besides Messrs No
Ian and Wills whose deaths had been previously reported
On the sth, at clock the Indians had attacked two
housee-Mr Mler's aud Mr.. stones. Mr. Wilson had
not heard the consequences whom he left All the inhab
tants were gathering together at Wagoners aud
about building block font for protection Most OF the
families in the neighbohood were AT Wagoners ocksies
and Metals miles souh Of Jacksonville The main
Ia. tha India NpYp about