Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-06-01
San Francisco Correspondence.

NnthlBgs aud Name Law Is the greet
topic OF constrsatton IN Your state, SO II
Is here. The former is 10 be represented
by the pub!Iea,lon oil a paper called The
CIJlzE>, the prospectus oil which has
been published aud the shee, Ill shortly
be issued
The accounts lrom the mines GRE
more than ever altteriug aud .ncourag.
lng. The recent rain has gIadIen.d The
heats oi the miners, aud sen, rejoicing
throus houi the Slate. Some damage
was done III various portions OF the lnte-
nor. by the sudden rising oil tae STAINS.
laus rner. The Sonora section Of the
State i. overlooked with water which
has not been 80 high since the great,
lresIets oi So
The Sacramento Valley Railroad is
rapidly progressing. The ground has
been broken along the entire me, aud
Prise is last approaching completion.
W. are CONSTANT, hearing Vi sotue nt v
gold dlscoyerlc. IA these paris. some OF
Which Prove tue blue. o4her. are a mere
hoax. Tne Kern riyer ezcl,emen, has
died away, aud We hear htte sad re.
yatding the new iniHe>, aud the Hood of
population !ately setting thittler, has
nearly OF quite subsidized
\ valuable coal mine has been DIS.
covered at Lower California, tuside the
Gull, and nearly opposite Qua,
New gold piacers III the vicinity oil Stock.
ton are creating some excitement. Mr.
Kendall, d printer had taken out a good.
y ple there III Il few weeks, a.Dd u com .
pany who took possession oil has claim
after he lett, made 81 600 IN Il short
tune.
Qu,s nu."ber are leaving Tor the
Sacramento and McCloud River Dig.
gin.s. The bes, digg,ngs are slll to
be IN the sulches and small streams
emptlng into McCioud RIVER Valley, a
beautiful valley, ,lng southeast OF the
Butte. lndependan, OF the dIgginss.
TIN, valley Is one oil the finest for asfi.
cultural purposes iii CaIliornla. 1t IS
sad II resemble aud compare iasorabIy
"i.h Scott Valley. Should the dIgslnys
prove extensive 50 a,,o ensure the perma.
nemt maintenance OF a sufficient, numb.r
OF men TO render II safe al d II tunes from
Indians, this valley will become ,erma-
nentIy settled. The new roal 10 the
Sacramento Valley Will no doub, pass
though II, rendering ii one OF the mos,
desr able valleys IN the cosiry.
Suicides are she mos, frequent things
tina, turn up" Many poor hali.bralned
mor,als have put an end to their exist.
ence, since my las, TO you. Some al
our most enterprsing merchants have
committed the rash act, while other. are
bel ped out oil the world by all accom-.
plice.
A Capt Best was cruel., murdered on
April 10th a, ireka lie was shot de ,d
by John Chapman. They had been par.
lners on lreka River for The Pas, wear
and had some difficulty about seeeiine.-
Chapman started TO go up the river abe ad
OF Best aud was overtaken at Ofleans.
when the difficulty occurred, when Bes,
caughI Chapman BY the colat, aud slap.
ped h,m in the face, Chapman drew
pisto! and shot him dead IL isa la.
meniabIe death. Capt Bes, wa. The
husband Of Chapmans sister.
Another murde: was perpe,rated a,
Fort Miller on April 30,h The body OF
tohn Donaldeh, late Of Ohio, wa. found
IN his camp horribly mutila,ed, and /, i.
supposed that the deed was committed
by The Indians. Ii is also rumored that
another murder had been committed a,
the same place.
A MEXICAN was hung by Lynch Law
at Mokelumne Hill some ten DAYS SINCE,
Tor .nbbIns an American named Jolce.
After the death Of the cuIprlt, i, was DIS.
covered tina, the wounds OF Joice were
not mortal.
Five children of a Mr. Tokum resid,uo
at Empire city, Coos Bay. We're instantly
crushed to death on the morning OF Aprd
70. by the falling of tree The iol-
lowing are the particulars
Mr. Tokum had Sc, fr. TO a tall white
cedar tree near the house, expecting i, TO
tall before night. In the evening when
the older children had already retired 10
rest, an the mother was sitting BY the +,
IRE with the youngest child in her arms,
tha t.thar o,annoI -.