New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12


The ress Of the discovery SO created quite 81 e1-
citem.r: IN our hero que. burg Three men Jet.
for The digging on Wedle-day night. Severn. one
parties were making up yesteTdiy 20 cave 49, ~ X
NcCopp.I aod Theodore Miller have --Lt nan 70 sse
ana report on the repue1 discovery. We al-o earn
;ha; Judge Walsh OF Grass Valley, so cd ard eIp@n
etced quart miner left Oh Wed1e-dsy for the other
side Of the mountains Keep COZ fr I' fs
escape oF les S1,1E PsIsJSfRs-The follow.
ing detail. Of he escape OF ten S,s,e prisoners from
%. schooner William Hicks, in this city, between
and ocock lat evening, have been given us oy Sa
eve vitne-s. !. seems that the schooner which De-
longs IN the prison. lett Ssn Q1ern on Thursday night
lat a, 10 clock loaded with bricks, 20 be delivered
or board The bark Gold Hunter ying 4 Masket4.re-t
wharf. The william Hicks vas commanded By CAPT
Aiken the guard rsme being Barry, and ms1red oy
fourteen conyc,s. The vessel arrived u this city on
Friday The dsy following, and ncofed Alongside the
Gold Hunter. After dinner, which was s)Ou; l.
O'Clock m, prisoner named WIN. Nn;sT-tae same
who va convicted 10 this city for breaking is, snt
sentenced 70 one year IN the STATE P:ls0r-GO.Ic.ns
tina: the guard had retired from his place tie wharf,
stepI ed s.hore, ant ran. lie vas pur.usd 5y Capt.
Az en- but succee3ed 10 efec..ng biz escape.
The; evening, AFTER tie days work had been con-
clud.d the remaining prisoners were seat below the
ha'ches baulei over, the baton Dsr fastened down
ward, secured with paddock. LAST night be:Seen
S and O'Clock, humping was bead agsins. the
psjt ck which gave way, ELj The prisoners were
re.ea.ed By man who had opened the hatch. when
ten G then. eized the opportunity "a escape the otter
four refusing 70 20. The captain and yls5t mas. 1ays
been absent st The time Of the occurrence. TIE p1oe
soon opisred information OF ne facts sud Instituted
search but thus Il! without success II g thought
that the escaped c1nyicts took possession Of boat
end left for ober pars. The names OF those vL9 ree
OIL bOsId a. follows: Aiken, captain; Barry,
guard; James Carter United States prisoner, mate;
II. Beecber Charles Smith, Reynolds, Paterson
cook, Hargcod, Miller, Seaman, Smith, Mose, tao
Spsi, ards, names no; gwen; boy, name no gwen,
ard William Winters. All bu. the captain, Aiken, end
al Re-. rf.so A. RI .ha
guard hes always been reg arded one Of the most
reliable and si.biul Of those employed s. the pr
He he'd let the DJa., understand for few inmates,
10 get ethiDg 20 eat ara IL hs absence tie escape
took place. San Francisco Herald @tb ut.
Tar GRAsD jury SY>TEy CONDEMNED Is S,srA
CL,R..-The is: Grand Jury OF Santa Clara County
thus denounced the system under which they u-
psnneled
"The question Of the utility Of be Grand jury in
our syst.m Of jurisprudence has been discussed by
Statesmen and uIlsts both EGg and sud America fJr
long time past The attention Of the peope OF this
State called 20 s u,eiessness by the present chief
nacstrs Of this Stsre nj last annual message, and
Fl IN our own observation and experience OF It's cam
bersome uncertain sid expensive working, and -
neiiclepcy esns OF protecting the inrOcen, sud
puli.hirg the guilty, We believe Il Lot only useless an
an evil bat nuisance. and most respectfully and earn
es.Iy ask POUR honorable Court 10 your influence
70 have the Constitution Of th!s STATE win regard 10
Grand JAM 90 altered as 70 have law Oas.e sJoi
shing the Grand Jury syste entirely ani as soon as
pO,sib-, and let some other more simple certain,
speedy and direct System be adopted.
THE DISPUTED TERRITORY BETWEEN CtLFoRvI'
.sD OREGoN.-A travelling correspondent Of Tie
Boston Christian 4drocGts writes thus
From Cott 1nwood i. IS twelve miles % he SUNNI.
of the Sskyuu mountains az the point OF crossing.
The country is broken and mountainous for some twenty
miles, The road being quite passiole FOR led teams
PHO. Rock, some two miles - the right you ,rsyel
les al h.ai "A - fell q "a
special prrpOse bu. DO ROT profess b w.
derstand - silent teschiog Just here j.. strip OF
border territory the disputed ground between Cal-
fornIa sId Oregon. | do no. know tie grounds or
merits OF controversy il regsrs 70 the Line between
these Pacific States a. point bat It very i'm
p0r,snt par pose for individual residing here. "A
Learn be lives in Oregon or California, or nowhere,
az the csse may be. lie lives in q or T.. .he col
lectors cal tor taxes from either side, ard 60 he lives
nowhere acd though he has some Slj 600 Of property,
the Treasury of Skyou or Jack-on County, il never
replenisbed by levies upon il. seems 10 there =
way 10 define this mai = position.
4 BULL FI6HT At WiLLows A bal Eight
took place al the arena, a. the Willows, beyond
the Mssion Dolores, yesterday afternoon 1t Wa a
span sh affair and Announced in the bulls 20 FTdH
FuHcf0n de IOr0S. TIE spectators we're mostly Span
ish, among whom were many females. The perform
snce- CONNER ced by the APPEARANCE U; pdH1so, o.
clown, who kept up cOwnlsh talk, sid also sang,
beng accoDpaI ed IN the song by bend. Four Per,
SOILS on foot called bahddrtleTOS, and two mounted
persons called plcad0rts. entered the ring, 10 which
young bnll nat been admitted. The baHddr1er0S hal
red ags and began .-as and eurag Nc the bull AMI
q. The same t.me tie z. dd1Tes, VIA lsDces or
spears in their hslds, would ride up and pick .he an-
nal back. In the wesn while the band played, and
the spectators roar,d ard appeared very much de-
6e he'd. A. .he bull became weak the 5aRdariAcros
fastened bsrbed arrows. With lighted nre crackers
attached anon the Door eninss sides ard thus Kept
up the excitement fOr short time logger. When The
bull wa completely ont, be taken GU. OF the
ring and aLother admitted, when me cruel spectacle
was renewed.
Ote o. the bulls, although TIE tips Of Ms horns
were sawed off made lunge a o; the horses snd
goei him ~ baIy n the oeas. ia; ne died u short
tlme aLd was dragged on. One OF the baHddrHer0s
Jumped lpOn The back OF one OF the bulls and rode
around he sIens; and so they continued The sNhib
ton until ate. The fourth bus was pted AZ ans,
DOG, which, however, soon worst-d ard raa, sui
in conclusion his bull tOrueIiei by being pucke
end goaJtd Until his spirit tailed.
These bUU-rghts are cOmGIOn z some portions @.
Catherine; In, hone have occurred a: this city fJr
years, eycep; within week or two An attempt
Wo1ld have been made 10 preyert them but for the
wording II The las sgsinst cruelty 20 s1ua!-, which
j. supposed not 20 apply 20 of this kind. These
fs hts al much more cruel AMI Objectionable
than priZe.hghts between human orutes bu. we see
;ha. hey are not regarded IN al quarters for some
OF he iOuIna.s who refused 20 rJtce the Moussey
Hecnau hgh, even went far g. 20 ser. report
tiers to ibis cuel bull light, and commence Their uc
counts o. i by the slpeI.sliye adjective Grard.'
san f-Saci.:o S-le;in.
ANOTHEE FLOOD ~ TIE S0UTH iCBA-On Mon
jsy morning siuther trimerjous food occurred 10 lie
South luba River This tine the river ab q. two
fee. higher, and femsnei up lo0ger ;hsn s. The
food of June - atd VIVA, - little able, !. oc
cuned within nve Of :he time iC the day.
The food : supposed 10 have been occa-OEsd oy the
b-easips % dan 81 one o; the Eureka Lske., AM
the - aiming claims alop. the river nl,. nave
been heavy. Tso or three companies that Ne knov
Of had inst 90: iesdy 10 commence washing, All ril
be pm. oack Tor two three weeks. Tas s. work
in ~ y had -
then sace- boxes, tool and other mining rp.emers
were sD swept away. a, illinois BIZ &C. deaf body,
suppose 20 be thst II s ChiDamsu, seen hJ.ncg
down tie IyeT, but have head OF 10 other lives
irrc ~ NJ M.hh.r ~ ohm. Z nn :- ~