Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-09-27
DARING AT7AGk ~ SIX a5foUNrED HIGH
wAyMEN ON THE CAllProNvILLE STAGE.
100000 TREAsU RE in JEOPARDY
DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEv THE ROBBERS
AND PASSENGERS!f!
THE Coach RIDDLED BY BALLS +!

THE COACH RIDDLED BY BALLS!
Many Passengers Wounded:
DEFEAT OF THE HIGHwAYMRN.
MARYsvILLE, CAL, Aug. 13.
Yesterday afternoon, about IL O'Clock, as the
Camptonville Stage was proceeding to Mafysvile,
and when near Dry Greek, it was stopped by six
mounted highwaymen. They were after the treas
ure, which amounted to 100000 Near the point
OF attack, the road forked, and Mr.. Rideout, the
gold dust dealer, Of Camptonville, was on one
road and the stage On the other. Mr.. Rideout was
stopped by tho robbers, who all presented their
arms, and commanded him to dismount. He hes-
itated, when some of them threatened to shoot
him.
On the threat being made, he dismounted, and
went towards the stage, on the other road across
the ravine. The robbers called him back. and
demanded his money. Being satisfied that he had
none, his treasure being on the stage, they took
his horse, and allowed him to cross over to the
stage.
The robbers then commanded the driver of the
stage, John Gear, to stop, and threatened to kill
the hrst man who should oppose them in their de-
signs. Mr.. Dobson, Messenger for Langton,s Ex-
press, Immediately drew on the robbers, and COM
menced firing. His first fire took effect on the
spokesman Of the robbers, and endorsed him.
Mr.. Rdeout had by this time got to the stage.
and an indiscriminate fight now commenced be-
tween the robbers and the passengers. As many
as forty shots were fired on both the two Sides
The robbers, finding themselves SO stoutly op-
of the field.
The driver, Mr.. John Gear, was shot through
the right arm above the elbow. Mrs. Tighlman,
wife OF a barber in Marysville, was shot in the
head, the ball entering over the right eve and
penetrating the brain. Mr.. John Campbell, an
other passenger, received a g.ance shot over the
eye. Another passenger was shot in both legs
The stage YVES riddled with bullet holes.
When the stage was stopped, and the firing had
commenced, one white man and four Cinnamon,
passengers, left and ran back on the road which
had been passed over. They have not since been
seen.
When the stage was about starting, and after
the first party had retired, Mexican, who was
mounted on horseback, commenced firing from the
opposite direction. Mr.. Dobson returned his fire
and endorsed the assailant. At this time. two
other men were concealed in the thicket who were
no. mounted. They were all members of the
same gang. All were Americans save the one
Mexican first spoken of. These particulars have
been received from Mr.. Gear, the driver, and Mr..
Rideout, and they may be relied on as authentic.
From The Boston Atlas.
The South Preparing Leave the Union:
The mask is off at last. Open disunion is the
object of the South. There is no more doubt
The leading organ of Mr.. Buchanan in Virginia
the Richmond Enquirer publicly announces the
programme. Here it is from its issue of August
goth. Read it: 'emp
"Forewarned, forearmed 20 We see the num-
bers, the characters, the designs of our enemies.
Let nrpDnrp IN y,eeief and dr;,o bnc, bocI.
10 yield to them, to concede to them, to subsi-
die them, as the Romans did, will but increase
their rapacity, and encourage their aggressions.
Give them all the unsettled territory north of &c.
30 to-day, and Tomorrow, as Free Sellers, they
will claiw all south of sc 80. Yield that. too,
and the next day they will invade the States, ex-
pei the slaves, and seize upon our lands for agra
the ballot box their sword of Brennus.
The election Of Mr.. Buchanan man, and
probably ,ciu, originate reartion in public opi,:-
ion that ciu encourage the extension of the con-
SerU0tiUe institution Of sdUery, and the extension
of the British and Southern European races, for
the very purpose of stemming and turning back
the torrent of in6delity, materialism, sensuality
agrariansm and anarchy that threatens to over
whelm US from the prolific hive of Northern Eu-
| rope.
The election OF Mr.. Buchanan ,could be a
reactionary moment in fauor OF conservatism and
Slavery. The election of Fremont, certain and
immediate disunion. The election of Fillmore
would subsidize the Barbarians, by yielding them
the lands north of So 80, increase their numbers
and their rapacity, and only postpone disunion to
period when it would be more perilous than at
present. Besides, his election might 90 far to
wean the affection, confidence and attachment of
the Catholics from our institutions, who are now
their best stay and support. They might then
think that the rule Of the Pope would be better
than no rule-the government of pirates better
than the anarchy of infdelity. Conservative, as
Mr.. Fillmore and most of his friends pretend to
be, the compromise which they propose is but a
step towards Black Republicanism, subsidy Of
fered to the Goth. The South must not WELD
inch, the religious, patriotic and conservative
North must NOT yield an inch, but to vote for Mr..
Fillmore wilr be to yield an ell.
| Let the South present compact and undivided
front. Let her show to the barbarans that her
sparse population offers little hopes for plunder
her military and self-reliant habits, and her
mountain retreats little prospects of victory, and
her firm union and devoted resolution, no chances
of conquest. Let her, if possible, detach Penn.
sylvana and Southern Ohio, Southern Indiana
and Southern Illinois, from the North, and make
| the highlands between the Ohio and the Lakes
the dividing line. Let the South treat with Cali
fornia, and, if necessary, ally herself with Russia,
with Cuba, and Brazil" ~ ~