Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-29
THE LATEST NEWS.
If NEWS.
PER THE NORTHERN LIGHT.

~ 1avsa an three hours. the shortest time
.a.1e bet yeen the two places. She con-
eao,aa with the Cortes, which ship left San
francisco Aug.l l.
sruu,ny OF A roRNIGHT's NEWS.
From tic Alta California, Aug. l.
The last fortnight has been marked by ma
-, events of public interest IN various parts OF
20 Stat. ia some instances attended with
consid,r bie ex"r'nent
- III AT a. oI..icuities in this city, which
IN. threatened To result in serious and
,Yaody riots. have passed over for the time be
an1 we have reason to hope they will not
" ~ .averal fthe agricultural districts the
aorar;ans are sill supreme. In m'ny instan
,he old rancheros have been completely
ot.io,ed of al tii,ir possessions, the squatters
No, leaving them even Their gardens, orchards
~. wards. The herds are sometimes driven
rom heir ranches, sometimes seized upon and
slanobtercd or sold by the squatters. aud
sometimes the owners are compelled TO pay for
,be Grazing OF their cattle upon their own
lands-lanJs of which they have had quiet
and peaceable possession ever since the Span
isb settlement Of the territory. For all these
wrongs and onlrages there appears to he no
remeIy in the State, and the sufferers have
little or no hope of relief except from the Cen
eIal Government.
The wheat crops in nearly all parts of the
STATE are suffering with rust, which 1t Is said
will make the yield twenty or twenty-five per
cent. less than it would have been Otherwise.
The Gubernatorial canvass was opened al
Sacramento on the 18th, between Governor
Bigler. the present incumbent, and Mr.. Wal
do. The friends of both are confident OF sue.
cess.
The present season is highly favorable to
mining operations in all the gold districts; the
miners seem 10 be generally fortunate IN pos
sessing valuable claims, which are yielding a
bundantly by the use Of improved means for
extracting the metal. From present appear
ances, the total production of gold for the SIX
months, mnencIng with the LIST ofJune, will
be larger than during any similar period since
the opening of The mines. This result Will be
effected, too, al larger profits to the miners en-.
gaged than heretofore.
The Corner stone of a new Catholic Church
has been laid in his city.
The shipwrights and caulkers have struck
for an increase of wages, from IS to $40 per
day, and have succeeded, $40 being their wa
ges now. The longshore men struck for Sc
per day,and nine hours a days work and have
likewise succeeded.
On July the goth, a squatter named Me-
CARLY hot the deputy sheriff Of this county.
who went with a writ from the district courl
TO dispossess him, and the sheriff in return,
shot Mccarthy. The wound of the sheriff is
in the kip, and is not dangerous; but McCar-
thy is dangerously wounded WI h TWO balls In
the lungs.
There was a fire among the shipping in the
harbor on the 25th of July. The ship Nance
with cargo. was burned to the waters edge;
loss about $4,000.
The Intelligence brought by the Goliah
Yesterday from the South, indicates a very
serious state of affairs in that part OF the State.
The outrages upon life and property that have
SO long been perpetrated with IMMUNITY by
bands of outlaws ard desperadoes, have at
length driven the inhabitants to the necessity
of taking the law into their own hands. Moth.
ing but an active application of the Lynch
code will change its character IN that respect.
That code the citizens seem inclined 10 put In
practice.
We have to record the hanging OF two
more men by the populace in Calaveras coun
ty, one on the charge of horse stealing, and
the other of murder.
A decision was rendered in the Supreme
Court a few days since that will attract atten
ton, and will create some surprise in the At
lantic States. The Court decided that the
mines of gold and other precious metals oil Cal
iiornia are the exclusive property OF the State;
that the Un tMl Str'es have no interest IN them
and cannot r>"r.ise any jurisdiction over
them. The d c,si n does not include the
lanlS containing the minerals, but only the
minerals themselves. If this opinion OF the
court becomes established as law, which we
think it will not. it will prove Of immense ad-
vantage to the State, by making the mines a
source Of State revenue, which they never can
be so long as they are recognized as the p rop-
erty of the general government.
A paper is in circulation in this City for sig
natures to a petition to Congress for the es
Enlistment of a mail line over the Nicaragua
route.
Capture and Death IF .Jouquin the Bandit.
The famous bandit Joaquin, whose name IS
associated with a hundred deeds of blood, has
at lastbeen captured. The Company of State
Rangers, under The command of Love, have