New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-21

and IN ac,;on commenced in the Jusice Court lor
fo,cibiy entry and de.ainer. Great aissa.N -ceon
among the men, and mere trouble y an c1paed
"fhe party are working Dsn-tbe amounts due them
are for labor dope IN the mine-and as tney have on
more than one occasion isopardised iner hives IN de-
feudiny the property during the difficulties last Sum
mer, they have to believe that they are oaIy
treated" d.
FRoY WALKER RIVERA gentleman who ieft
Mariposa Coan:y last Summer for Walker River Dig
gings writes under date of April 10 friend IN Man
poss. He says the Winter has been very severe but
the worst is now over. The miners there are " all
well bat hungry not having had anything to eat but
bread and waite for two months At one time they
thought they would have TO break up camp and leave,
but they had weathered IT. and are now provided with
beef He says that it will hardly be safe 70 start be-
fore the 10Th 18th Of June, and recommends the
route by the Mono Lake as the best. He says the
slpw on the Placervlle and Carson Valley IS from 20
II feet deep. Vinng and others who went from Mari
pasa, are all well, and expect to make money there
this Summer The mines prospect better than they
did last Fall. hanposa Star:
LAxD SLIpr-FoUR PERsoss KILLED.-We take
the following from Tie Sierra Democrat EItTd o'
Downievile, 18th inst:
"On Monday evening about sundown, the inhabi-
tants Of Monte ChristO were startled by a rumbhng
noise Ike tba; of earthquake the earth had parted,
and large mass about % feet in width and OF great
bulk was precipitated down the mountain side DIS
tance Of about 400 feet, carrying away three dweiIng
houses. There was great CONSERVATION among the
inhabitants in that part OF the town. ~ was escer
two Of her children, an infant another little girl
between and years Of age and also little son OF
Mrs. B. Wright, aged about years. The citizens
turned out Immediately after the accident IN search OF
the missing, and recovered the dead bodies Of Mrs.
W. boy and that of Mrs. Howe's infant"
Early Tuesday morning, the search was renewed
Mrs Howe's body was found about O'Clock, having
large beam resting upon the neck, she must have
been killed almost instantaDeously. The body OF
Mrs Howe's little girl not found up to the time
our informant left Monte Christie. Another child OF
Mrs. Howe a bright girl Of about seven years, was
carried on the top of the avalanche and was saved
though considerably bruised and scratched. Three
miners living in a cabin next 10 the house Of Mr..
Howe, had just finished supper end left their cabin,
when il was crushed TO atoms, and they had barely
time to fee from impending death During all OF Non
day night fragments Of rock and earth were tumblng
down the mountain ride, and another sGde is looked
for. large fssure in the earth, a foot or more IN
width and upward Of quarter Of mile in length, e1
lists still higher up the mountain, into which all the
water from the melting above, discharges tsef
The fat underhapgng the impending side which
good portion of the town stands is entirely deserted
The loss il beyond estimation. Working the tunnels
has been suspended the miners being afadto venture
into them.
A NATURAL CURIosITY.-We are informed says
The Red Bluff Beacon, by gentleman who said that
he was an eye witness that the head and shoulders OF
petrifed panther were found, few days lsnce, near
the head Of Red Bank Creek, in this county neatly
packed in a case of singular material resembling in
shape the horn of an California abounds in natural
curiosities