Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-06-28

but the appearances are that May will hold hei
own.
An important ditch, eight miles long, to fur
nish water from Greenhorn Creek to the rich
diggings between Gas Hill and McCloud's Hill,
in Nevada county, has Just been completed.
"A public meeting was held in Yreka, ON the
18th May, to provide for finishing the Yreka
ditch. Forty-one miles of the ditch has been
completed, at a cost Of sl35,0O0.
The Land Commission has confirmed the claim
of General Suffer to one hundred and ninety
eight square miles OF land in and about Sacra-
mento city. A party Of the squatters in that
vicinity took revenge by hanging in efiigy Judges
Thompson and Farwel, who rendered the deci-
sion, Roger b. fancy, who delivered the dec-
sion in the Fremont case in the United States
/ Supreme Court, and Hon. John Il. Weller and
Ex-Governor John McDougal
The Indians in the. vicinity Of Crescent City
| are making themselves troublesome by killing
cattle and stealing, generally:
The red men of the Salmon river, in Klamath
county, have sent their wives to the mountains,
and war is expected to follow soon.
A number Of the Crescent City people have
formed a company to Stay the whale which fire.
quently approaches and sometimes enters the
harbor of that place.
On the 26th, some French miners, near Grass
| Valley, quarreled about their claim, one of the
party drew pistol, killed one of his companions
wounded another, and then blew his own brains
out.
| Mint Statictics.
! SAN FRANcIsco, June Lit is twenty-five days
since the San Francisco Mint Recommended ope-
rations, and the deposits of gold dust for coming
during that period have been at the rate of
| 100000 per month. Refining and coming is
going on at the rate 100000 per day, exclusive
of bars. To coin at this rate requires each day
| from sixteen to eighteen carboys of nitric acid,
| each car3oy containing 10 pounds The utmost
capacity of the mint is taxed to coin at the rate
j already named, and SOME of the men employed
are on duty eighteen hours out of each twenty
4 four. The process Of refining is carried on night
and day.
| While coin is being manufactured in San Fran
cisco at so rapid rate as above indicated, it is
really strange that private parties encouraged
in flooding the country with an irresponsible cur
rency. We cannot understand why brokers con-
tinue TO countcnance the Wass, Moliter, & Co.,
| coin, for there is certainly another tax to be
| borne at the mint, before this kind Of gold can
| become standard currency. 1t is not even
| needed for temporary purposes, for if there
none of it in circulation, who does not know that
we should have its equivalent in good United
| States coin.
The total amount of gold bullion deposited in
the mint for coinage since May Sth, 1855, is
| 1913 ,656.0S ounces; number of deposits, 1,llS-
showing an average of ll008 ounces from each
| depositor--value of deposits ~, 230, 800.
Mining News.
The Columbia Gazette says, Never BEFORE
! since we became citizen Of Columbia have we
| been enabled to record bigger strikes, or more
favorable mining news. Hills, flats, and gulches
that have heretofore been Prospected, passed over
and pronounced worthless by the prospector have
been more thoroughly tested by the running of
drifts and the sinking Of deeper shafts, and de-
| posts of gold have been struck upon, which have
| astonished the most sanguine MINER.
| On Friday last rich vein was discovered in
| the claim formerly owned by Judge Abbott, near
| the Halfway House. Ii appears that the claim
| had been given up as worthless some time since,
| and on Friday morning three colored individuals
4 bought the mining tools left on the claim for
| SIS. In the afternoon they went to work, and
| in three hours they took out two hundred and
sixty-ive dollars! On Saturday they washed out
| $500; on Monday four POUNDS on Tuesday about
four pounds, and they have been taking it out
''by the hatful' ever since. There is great ex-
! element in the vicinity, and hundreds Of claims
1 have been staked out in the adjoining fiat.
On Monday last, Conner & Co. washed out, at
| the Knickerbocker diggings, two pounds on
/ Tuesday, 10 ozs.; on Wednesday near FIVE
| pounds, and on Thursday 8 ozs. There are four
| shares in the claim
| Rodgers s Co., adjoining the above, are taking
| out from 10 to l2 ounces daily
| Hatch s. Co. took up claim in the vicinity of
| the above, and prospected "a to the pan. A great
number of claims are being staked off in the vi
4
From the south.
| We have dates from Los Angeles TO May %,
Santa Barbara to May "a, and San Diego to
May 49,
| LYNCH LAW IN Los ANGELEs-ONE MAN
| HANGED AND ANOTHER SHoT.-One of the most
startling transactions that has ever come to our
knowledge, says the Californian, as occurring
among civilized people, has just been enacted
in the village of Lexington, some twelve miles
i ..ttx
we can obtain them from the conflicting rumors
and reports in circulation, are something as fol-
lows: A Mr.. Paine, resident of that place, a few
days since revealed to has neighbors the existence
| of an organized band, consisting of some forty
members, possessing written articles of agreement
and signatures of the members, having for its OBJ
ject regular system of robbery, and assassina-
| ton if necessary TO carry out their designs. Mr..
| Paine stated that he had been induced to Join
them by threats against his life made by some
of the party, among whom were his own brother
| in-law, certain Adolphus Moore, who il APP
pears has ever borne very bad character, and it
| is said formerly murdered a man at FL Paso, on
his way to this country year or two since. He
stated that plan had been laid to rob Mr.
/ Bacon, of Lexington, who was supposed TO have
a sum of money in his house, and il necessary to
prevent discovery, murder him and his family;
then they were to make an attempt upon some
4 Of the merchants of this city.
At the time Mr.. p. made this statement, Moore
and others Of the band had started for the Tehac-
hepy valley, in the vicinity Of the TETON, where
Moore was removing his wife, and where il is sup
posed that the headquarters Of the gang existed.
| A party of men Immediately started out in pursuit
| and overlook Moore, with some four others, at
| grocery, near the entrance to Turner Pass On
their way back, Moore, in attempting to escape,
was shot in the thigh, and retaken. On their
arrival at Lexington, the citizens formed Lynch
court, and after some brief proceedings, the pris-
oncrs were on Saturday last taken out to be
executed. After reaching the place of execution,
and making every preparation, vote was taken
whether or not the prisoners should be delivered
over to the civil authorities, when a largo ma
jority decided in favor Of so doing, and the prso-
ners were then handed over to Justice Cunning
ham, who placed them in charge of Constable
Clark. On Sunday night, about III o'clock, a
party of men seized and bound the guards, and
proceeded to hang the prisoners to the ceiling of
| building. In the hurry and confusion, one of
them, by the name of William Hand, escaped !,
and arrived in this city on Monday afternoon,
giving himself up to the authorities, in whose
tody he now remains. Wason was hung, and