The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-06-09
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
New Gid Disooveries- Great Excitement Bold
Robbery.

NeD Gill Discoveries Great Excitement B0td
RoJ5ery.
[By tho Moses Taylor at New York, saturdnvl
SAN FRANCIsCo, May 3, 1853.
The CRY is again golH GoLD!i GOLD!l! as it
was in lS4S. An intense excitement prevails
about the Frazer River mines, and although not
more THAI 1000 persons have lelt here, inclu-
ding those on ihe Columbia, which sails to-day.
thousands of Others are preparing to go; and if
the reports should continue 70 come in as a-
vorable during the next four weeks as in the
past month, there will be grand evacuation of
California by a very considerable portion Of her
citizens.
And Just at that time it is reported that ex-
tremely rich diggings baye been found on a
branch of Walkers river, on the eastern slope Of
the Sierra Nevada Letters from Calson Val
ley say that half ofthe population ofthe Valley
have run to the new mines. In Mokelumne, a
great quartz fever is prevailing. A thousand
claims have been staked off on quartz vein
eight miles east of Sonora, and one claim (Snow
as that Of Solsby's yielded S11, ,000in five da. :,
week before last and the total value ofthe claim
is estimated at S2500C0.
The Columbia Courier of the 1st instant des-
cribes three Jumps found last week, in the vi
cinito of that pace-one worth $1,000, anoth-
er worth $1,000, and third worth $500.
The Free State Banditta in Kansas.
One of the editors of the Rochester Union
saw, on Saturday last, a letter from Paris, Linz
county Kansas, dated May 1st, from Free
State man in that place, to relative in Roches-
ler. which gives minute account of the doings
ofMontgomery's Free State Banditti,which was
then scouaging that portion Of the Territory.
The writer states that on the morning he writes
the citizens of that place were surrounded by
the entry of band Of horsemen, fifty in num-
ber, headed by Captain Montgomery, all fully
armed They rode to the residence of a man
known to entertain pro-slavery sentiments,
swearing to take him dead or alive. He was
not found at home. The party then returned
to the village, and broke open the warehouse of
Hollingsworth & Co., and began to remove the
goods it contained While this was going on
number Of citizens came forward and stated
that the firm who owned the warehouse and
goods were true Free State men or Republicans.
When Montgomery became satisfied Of this, he
ordered all the goods returned except few
supplies, such as his company needed for i'm
mediate wants. The writer says that many
people were leaving that part of the Territory,
alarmed by the outrageous proceedings Of these
maraudcrs. The life and property of pro sla-
very men are taken by those robbers without
hesitation, but all Free State men or Black Re-
publicans are spared. The same writer con-
firms the statement receued by telegraph, that
a conflict had occurred between the banditti
and the United States troops in which some
soldiers were killed.
The letter is from Free State man, who is
practising law, and who formerly resided in On
ondaga county. It was addressed 10 his sister
and brother-in law, in Rochester, and none of
the parties are nippantly termed "Border Ruff
fan Democrats" What have the shriekcrs,
male and female, to say to this? Have they any
sympathy for defenccless females and children
trying to escape this band of rullians, the CAP
tain of which holds comm ission under Jim
Lane, the General Of Kansas?-BM e..