The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-25
squatter Dimculties.

x1eIsTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES DEPUTY MAR
sHAL, AND ATTEMPT UPON HIS LIFE.
From the san Francisco Herald, Nay 81
We ~published some time ago the fact that the United
States District Court had i~nterpossd to protect from
waste certain property within the Jimeno grant, and at
tie same time We stated that the grant is one Of those
Wish had been confirmed by the Land Commission. I'm
90, IT has undoubted authority to protect from ravage
preperty TO which there is color Of title but when the
not . mere |, diser rsaG nsry .u thorn 3 that Sati It sSould 90 "a
tsafere. In the case TO which We allude the Deputy Mar
shai met with no difficulty In serving his summons upon
certain defendants specified. When, therefore, in . SINH
lar eass-of Hugh Easement, Jr, vs.. John Fitch and
oshsrl--hers the plaintiff derived title under the same
character, and he parties defendant are in equal posses
sen with tho,e first alluded to, the Deputy Marshal un-
dsrtook to serve q notice of the commencement Of pro-
osediDgs for Injunction, he had good reason to think he
would encounter no difficulty. and conseq uentiy made no
sst.
The locale is upon an island in Feather river, and an
Important cor stituent Of the value of the property is the
timber growing upon II. which for some time past the
defen dants have been engaged in cutting dow and re-
moving Those who claim the land are, we believe,
meme conveyance from the original grantee, Manusl
JaEeno. The squAtters who have organized, as seen be
t.S sSs n 5sprsss1s ssev 70 had % 1 oSnsIi s,sS ssS 81 .om nsm So oco oa sey
ported probably that It was their intention to carry it
event was against them, they would then Hght.
We subioin a history Of what transpired on the mar
shals attempt to serve his summons, and it will be
seen that these men have manifested q very desperate
ter per. A portion Of The account is taken from .
Sacramento paper; bur we add some details which viii
exhibit mole clearly the nature of their rel olve:--
Deputy Marshal DOUGLASS passed mp the river on satur.
4 : : p sSs prar0; ;D iu ! samno should ,ns n otr1 he ;s 80 snSw sx aaoss
dan = Upon his arrival a. coiusi' he learned t h. : meeting
L. l. . sssi s' &. s :sm ls.sis'io %is! s': sewers. si r sss.ssst; n ~ ssss:
:,.s sIs g d { s.sss'i Il; duty Sis a ss : |: %in nss s1' et nc s,H aisSso Ss.
saest he determined on Monday to appea, among thom, and
q: ::ssIainsls, se in ,a sss : sssies s s'1 ieissea. 'a 81 g. ssos .ad
forty or fifty OF the settlers carousipg together and making
ns pTso wa.n aq lrom i tho : psa q : fA S eau; which n they had
When Nj. D. appeared amongst them, he was at once
told that he should Lot serve the summons, and that il
A TO their threats, D said he was prepared to defend
Aimsef, but as his object was not TO quarrel with them,
ks would explain TO them a seeming Misrepresentation OF
TIE nature of the paper which he carried. 1t vas Simply
. not &c Of The commencement of a suit, by which thsir
rights, as wen as those Of the plaintiff, wsre to De deter
mined. ID attempted further TO reason with them, but
without avail ard finally ne had to dssist.
The men, however, made him p.rtake Of their meat
and drink, and, having done 70, told him ne could not
SER We his paper. anJ be bad al sell leave. This D. con
alluded 70 do, and he returned to Calusl, where he de-
ported the ,istol he had borrowed. Taking the steamer
then for Sacramento, a woodward Was touched a., Of
which the PROPRIETOR, Holiday. was one OF the parties
against whom he had a summons. H. therefore deli
vered the writ to him en- yeloped. and AZ the same time
commenced rsadiIs the sunnons. Holiday, when he
discovered the cesisn, jun ped upon the wood. sod re-
msrtiog very cooiiy at the same moment, : Well, l nay
a. well kill you pow as at aDy other time" caught at .
billet Of wood, and, with both hands, made a GLOW at
the head of d. 1t could hays crushed his
S'a
warasd off the stroke il a measure, though such
vas the force with which it was given, that, falling
upon his shoulder he was precipiteted DO va the bank
and upon the bow Of The BOAT. RecovoriEg himself
the deputy marshal applied to the capt in for q YEA
pen. TIE reply vas tina. no had Zone, but possibly pis-
tolls eouid be obtained from the plot. The latter, how
sver. having probably heard the request, had got out of
the wsy, and 20 Mr.. ID. had to continue as oefos, entire
i uDarmed. boliday, mesutiLe. had procured q revol,
ver, and proclaimed his intention to kill the msrshal
This he announced with abuI dance Of .~yxhaYaSnr ,gesticu-
htion and threats. hytdhl' nave 20 more d. ,I,nes -.
tain,s .ne cid not do so. The boat then, with tia 49,.
n.Jshal on BOARD, proceeded on her way to Sacramento.
We are not apprised Is yet Of what course will be taken
y the authorities, but as this assault, as well as the
threats against the marshal, are made high misdsmeanors
By statute, We suppose the FIRST step will be to indits
rhsse .sn before the grand jury, and then bring them
bs1ore the court upon the customary warrants.
The Sacramento Union says tn st q private letter sho~n
ns editors the day previous, stated that since the United
bAtss Marshal Was repulsed, the settlers had returned
a.d burned the houses OF Dr. Stoddard IL ALEC contained
The Information that the rioters BID defiance to the Off
sevs and the law. They bad banded together, expressed
. determination 10 fight II out If an attempt was made to
aAks them, and surrender only with tner lives. Tn.re
were in the original association about two huodred men,
~ We are Informed, but ABOUT a hundred had withdrs va
from the combination. A ~snffcieut number remain to
make . desperate Resistance, as they are western men,
and well armed.