New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-15


nothing. Though your correspoUdent vss not rered
10 bearded manhood without being subject to he
eivizns influences Of literature and refined society
he wiling to confess that had he been in Sonora or
Los Angeles, be might have pulled q; the rope or
helped 10 6I the moose. Sometimes Lynch lss has
been executed IN . bsrbvous, brutal manner, and
without the appreciation Of the serious steady men OF
the community. In the two last cases the people oil
the respective counties did almost unanimously sp-
prove; and, those who on the Atlantic most indis-
naptly denounce such doings would If on toe ground
be very Kelly to take par IN the jynching.
The miners Of Shasta County held a Mas Meeting
in Shasta City on the 18th instant, and adopted re-
zolutiop forbiddiDg Cinnamon 10 mine within tht
county after the 25th February and they invited the
miners Of the other counties to adopt similar measures
II is no. likely that the Cinnamon will be driven from
the mines. There il always class Of persons 10
profit by their presence, and the miners Of the differ
ent sections cannot act In concert.
The miners on Pitt River held Mas Meeting on
the 18th instant 10 consult 10 the best measures to
be taken with regard to the Indians on Pitt River
McCloud River, Gov and Chu,n Greeks, who, about
900 in number in danger Of starvation, because
their former principal means OF subsistence game and
feb have been cut off BY the influx Of the whites
The meeting adopted resolution requesting I. j.
Henley Superintendent OF Indian Affairs, TO furnish
food to the Indians where they now are. The late
meas Of the season preven's the removal of the In
dian. 10 the northern reservation at Coluss County
and they are now constantly longing abou! the
miners cabins, begging for something to eat
On the klamath the Indians and whites are a, open
war; On the 18th instant a party Of Indians killed
five Americans. at Orleans Bar, because their ran
cberia. or buis, had been destroyed by party OF
miners Parties Of United States troops and of miners
had gone out 70 attack the Indians but the result of
the excursions 10 not yet known.
The previous mail informed you that party OF
miners had killed thirty Indians on Smith River,
near Crescent City These Indian wars begin nobody
knows how; they end with the lose Of few whites,
and the determination Of the redskins
A fire occurred in Yreka on the 18th inst, loss
ell 900.
The Yreka Herald says that its circulation in the
Mississippi Valley is larger than in California.
German named Monh ausen was murdered on the
10th in Calaveras County by some person unknown.
John Tabor, former editor of The STOCKTON Journal,
and one OF the best newspsperwriters in the State,
has been sentenced to be hung in Stockton on the
10th March for the murder OF Joseph Mansfield
The State. Controllers Annual Report for 1854, has
been published The total amount Of taxable prop
erty in the State is sli 600 OO0 the previous year
was 500 OOO, 600. The receipts for the fiscal year
ending June 80 1855, are estimated at 81 $50 500;
the current expenditures at 1904 $780, exclusive Of in
terest on the Funded Debt The expenditures for
the last year were 81 2oi,757, Of which s3O7,7 l2
were for legislative expenses and sl0 $40 for print
ing The expenditures for the last five years have
been 81 1888 46e the receipts s2,l7s,fl0 The civil
debt Of the State is now a., 800, 2O4 the war debt
el,O22 3f5. The receipts for the present fiscal year
from the Foreign Miners tax is estimated at $50 900,
and the Controller recommends that il foreigners be
permitted TO mine, the tax should be heavier VIM.
A. Akenblad late Treasurer Of Santa Clara County,
ID. A. Enyart, late Treasurer of Tuolumne, H. K.
Swope, late Sheriff Of TuolumRe, Cyrus Ro We, late
Treasurer Of Sacramento, and Alexander Chisholm,
late Treasurer Of Yolo County are said by the Con-
troler TO be defauters. Four County Trcasurers de-
fauters out Of thirty sx-only one out Of nne-tha,s
nothing for California
TIE Prices Current, Of this city, has published
lengthy table of all the Mining Canal Companies in
the State, who have recorded their Incorporation
der the State law Their list shows 80 Companies
with an aggregate capital of sl3, s23, 200. Some
Of these Companies, however are not yet in opera
capital of the incorporated Companies in opera
ton may be ss, 100000. The Governors Message
gave the number Of miles of Miners Canals at l,ie
and the aggregate capital at 81 294, ooO but this es
mate is not reliable. TIE Prices Current says that
in 1851 four Canal Companies now existing we're or
ganized with an aggregate capital OF 81 $50 600; in
1852, % Companies with capital of -, o93, oOO in
1853, 20 Companies with total capital OF 81, 592 ooO
ata MI al Of
SIS, 624, 900.
There is report that gold-dggings have been dis
covered in the coast-range east Of Monterey, and
there is some excitement astir but no dependence is
TO be placed upon such reports.
The weather has been beautifully clear and warm
during the las, fortnight and the miners in The dry
digsiDgs are again beginning to pray California
fashion, for want Of water.
The Dry Creek Ditch TO furnish water TO Roses,
Parks, and Bartcn's Bars, in Yuba County, was
completed on the lsth and will materially aid in in
creasipg the gold product of the county.
The City Controller OF San Francisco, reports the
total amount OF city indebtedness, not funded, at
sl,546,39s.
Judge freedom, of the County Court, has sentenced
a number of Cinnamon, convicted Of nuisance for
keeping gambling houses and brothels to fine Of
81 900 each which viii be RENTED in case they re-
move to certain portion of the city, the bounds OF
which be has promised 10 define but has not yet
The object is to establish Chinese quarter.
The HerGId of this city, remarks that there are
only Il fulrigged ships in sailing order now in the
harbor; less than there have been at any time since
ls4o There are two reasons for the decrease the
foreign commerce is decreasing and ships arc dis
charged in much less tine now than formerly.
Lyman Mowry died on the 18th, in this city, from
the effects of a pisol shot wound given 10 him by