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

the fire of the whites the Iniiars threw themselves
IN The water and swan 20 the other side OF tho lake,
opy 10 encounter the Are OF another party vno y IN
vait for the f.girives. We are told that oniy nve
escaped and that Of the women were kued.
These lister showed little fear and from the
Of the fgbt put themselves in the rear OF me -hree
the older ones camerng and abusing than vnue me
Younger portion Of them seemed litte arected, snd
only b. geed mercv for their huts and provisions De
remainder Of tie Indians in Smith River Valley, with
some Of the fugtves ont Of thu rs' encounter, num-
herring in all about sixty or seventy are DOW SAD 20
be cor grega'ed an Island in Smith River al an Oil
rspcheris and SUI posed 10 have at least sI guns
with them viz the three they hsd 10 the drst hsat-
and three thew took from the ranch of Mr. Reynolds,
whose house they sscked on the day Il the tgl'.
TIE rangers assisted by the set lers in t1e valley,
will DOW probably number some thirty or forty men,
and the Indians have but small chance OF escape
Tyy Y.ygrE BLADE WREcKERs -rhonr Mst-
thew and Robert Wilson, charged with felooiously
taking s34 900 Of gold dust from the wreck OF the
YsIkee Blade were discharged by the 20 nmlssioner
on the 22d.
CBILEso Dull -Tso Cbilenos, at hoquelumne
Hin. fought duel with knives a fe~ nights since
One of them desperately wounded-ihe osher
fed.
NlyIss Nrws.-A letter from Plscervile, FL Do
rado County, says;
Ia four hours work a. o33 were taken from the
tunnel of Messrs. Rips'ine and Keyser.
From the Bay State Tunnel, closely adjoining, Il s
not unusual 10 take outfrom five 10 ak pounds day
which YIELDS an ounce TO the pan.
The Porcupine Tunnel is paying $50 to the car
load.
A ope.ffh interest of the Msmeluke Decomposed
| Quart Lead sold the other day fox 1000
st. LOU. Tunnel a, Bottle hill, week before last,
paid nineteen pounds.
The Neyads Tunnel at Orient Hill, in one weeks
washing, averaged fraction over - ounces daily.
MrsISG Luck We gather the folio wing from The
Neradd Journal:
Neesrs Lynch & Co, near Jefferson, who for
some time pas, have been running tunnel into the
hill at an expense of some 81 600 or Is OOO through
solid bed rock and bouders on Saturday last obtained
$50 to the pan. The diggngs are supposed to be e1-
/ tensive.
! At German Bar the miners are doing an extensive
| business ON the 25th ult. Messrs. Watson & Co.,
propetors of the quartz lead at ths' place took out
8; 900 worth of god. One piece of quartz, weighing
| 80 pounds, produced sl.7O0.
MINING II TuOLrNsE CorSrY.-We copy the fol-
lowing items from The Columbia Gazette:
Messrs Gsrlock and Jones took from their claim on
Sa, tsgo Hill three days after it was first opened,
specimen ching 4 ounces.
! Messrs Bro~n & Co. washed from their claim az
Sbag's Flat on Thursday evening last, nDety-seven
ounces Five thousand dollars had been offered and
! refused for share in this claim. Twelve hundred
dollars were refused for a share in the claim ad-
| joining.
MIsrso Of FEATHER RIVERA gentleman fsom
the North Fork of Feather River says;
the col tguous bars were doing well the stream be-
ing nearly if not quite as low as at any time during
the summer.
psrty of Germans. numbering about six or seven,
struck bank lead on the river, some two miles
above Rich Bar a short time since, which has yield
ed handsomely. The gold is nearly all coarse and
one OF the Jumps exhibited weighed sixteen ounces:
The earth is scanty but the interstices OF the bed
! rock which Is chip slate, filed with small
globules of gold The claim of these Gerraans has
averaged twenty ounces per day, with five hands EN-.
ploy.d II is extensive and there little prospect
| OF its being exhausted for some time to come.
AFF.IRs At S,cR.sESro.-TBe Union says:
I'VE do no, remember to have heard at any time,
| more general complaint OF stsgnahon in business
than prevails at present Inactivity is emPhsucally
the order Of the day Throughout, all departments OF
| trade however much might wish otherwise. Our
merchants are as il were, awaiting with folded arms
fave able returns from the interior TO which all eyes
are turning with gaze and ardent hope Ram,
| ram rain, is now the great desideraum.
| C.IIFoRyIA CoAL.-A correspondent OF The
Mayysr FIpress says, that on the northeast side OF
Table Mountain, near Mcriss Ravine, COED bed OF
! coal crops about six feet thick.
A bona tide al mine has been discovered in Santa
Barbara county. In connection with the foregoing,
The Southern Cahornian states that the Cornlshnen,
who have been exoavating for coal IN the vcinny OF
| Los Angeles are ssngune of the result-indiny al
every stage of their progress abundant eylden,e zee
| thereof; being old and experienced coal miners,
! their opinion such matter is entitled TO every
| credit.
THE SCHOOL FUND.-The apportonment of the
School Fund among the different counties, made on
the Let OF January, gives 10 San Francisco 900 O
II ia estimated that there Az children in the
county. The smallest number Of children in any one
county is ia Trinity snd Klamath, which put down
! at ~ each, which entities them 10 ssj ~ each3
DRowsED.-Mr j. ID. Williams, while endeavor-
ng 10 cross the North Fork the junction. on the
9TH inst raft, was drowned. The strength OF the
current forced him in the stream while braced against
biz pole He was from Ssco, Maine about rs years Of
! age and unmarried.
| ARRIyAL-On the Goth December small train ar
ed. via the Bsckwith Route and proceeded TO the
neiehborhcod of Purdy's Bar, near the West branch
! IF Feather River, where they will pass the winter
The party consisted of Mr.. A. +. Wheeler, wife and
three children Mr.. j. G. Dobbin and Master +. Dob
| bin-all from Galena. H.
SALE or Prws AT the sale of pews in the Rev.
DR.. Scots church. Calvary Presbyterian, the aggre-
gate amount realized was s37 800. Fourteen of the
pews valued at 81 600 sold at q premium. The hrst
al second choice cold for $500 each.
SERIOUS CHARGE-We notice in the proceedings
Of the L. s. Distiic; Court that Cspt Henry Randall
of the Yankee Blade was examined before Commls-
sioner Sohell on a charge Of plundering treasure
bag clipped on board the Yankee Blade Of 81 200.
The case wac not concluded.
Married.
In Fr,ncco the 10th jan Capt l'asc ~ Barnes to
Mr. Maria D.vy formerly Of Baltimore, Nd
In San Francisco toe 18th JAM George Shaw to Sarah
At Cola Bn Jan r. BIZ Alfred Thomas to n" Eliza Ter
In San Frsre,eo on the l6th Jan Mr. Henry Carls,n Jr
Of the arm Of " N Coleman Co TO Mis- Kate Helne,
Al Weber Creeg ifh i'm Nj Davall D Phillips Of Iowa
Hill, to Mrs Mary Mccoud the former psee
On the 2.t Jan in n.ry.yil.e MI John Wise. Of Yuoa
| County TO Mi. Aueis Fu't-
Al Frebch Ra,ine on 4ih J,a Mr John Durrst to
d." ssssIss Aeey Of seIas W. ~ r.zo, Of 0,Or, to
! Miss Elizabeth bal OF Phi soe pha
In stoekton Dee IL. Matthew A. Williams to Miss Lydia e.
LasLo Il A..