The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1851, Page 2

we have no order because no law was admiuis- fered until the committee was formed and lave some ceusciousness of their duties upon the jucat. he city of Sonora, a worthy citizen, Capt. been bratalty murdered, and two of ving been taken a few days after- ied and hung by the populace, and h they had dug for their 4 at anew town called ggings, about two aban- in which one aS Americans, and Mhree or four Mexicans were killed. ‘A marauding party of twelve men, commanded @ Captain Irving, were all killed by the Indians the Cohuilla tribe, near Los Angeles. They deserved their fate A great many Mormons, from the Salt Lake Valley, had arrived in the Los Angeles Valley. The division of the [ndian Commission under elone! Barbour, has come to a stand still at Los Angeles “or want of funds. Dy. Wozencraft is | ressing with his division at his own expense. he two men, Watkins and Brier, have been aried on the charge of burglary—robbing Colonel Stevenson’s safe—found gulliy-2the first sentenced te ten, and the other to five years’ imprisonment. A party of nine men, under Captain litzpatriek, have been cut off b: the Tndians, and, as is sup- posed, all murdered, at |, River. ‘There isa t that Mr. Hotaling’s proposi- ‘tion for supplying the city with salt water will coon ‘de commenced A party which let Trinidad to explore the Shas ta country, had arrived at Trinidad. A shocking affair urred in this city on the might of the great fire—Lewis Pollock having been t dead by Samuel Gallagher, having been pro- yoked from his bed and killed while undressed. | Several days during the past week were hetter | than experienced for 2 long tim A has Deen extremely severe in the interior. The citizens of Mary-ville have found it nevessa- z: as have our own, to a vigilance committee | the protection of lives and property. | Accounts from the mines and placers are very encouraging, especially in the roten quarts dig- wings. The ree through the a, ww excellent, and a vast amount o! om be produced. Our city is beiug built up again very fast—eome | two hundred buil =) having been erected and | many of them finished during the past week. A ‘ible murder was perpetrated at Sonora last Friday, by persons who took offence at an article Publisbed in the Sonora Herald. neg tae to the Editor, Dr. (:unn’s room, ed him from his bed, shot him through the head, sens connected with the office, and wounded or Siled three or four other persons who went to their aesistance. There has been a quartz mining convention held im Mariposa county, at which some very important resolutions were adopted. ‘The Late Terrible Confiagration In San Francisco. Another great conflagration has laid in ruins a e ion of our city. “5 Sieat the hour cf eleven o'clock on the morn- for good crops, wagueablas will ing of June 22, just as the church bells were an- | pouncing the hour for the assemblage of the va- rious rebgious congregations, the citizens were startled —— fearful alarm of fire pealing from the fire bells. At first little apprehension seomed to be felt, and it ge but ment to extinguish the flames. But on account of led two other | e effort of a mo- | \ the perfeetly dry s:ate of the buildings of which our | Tract De sity is composed, and the high the winds which prevail at season, the communication of the destructive clement waz rapid, and soon became | wpeontrolable. ‘The origin, progress, and details of its extent, so | far as description at the moment is possible, is as follows:— i THE EXTENT OF THE BURNT DISTRICT Includes thirteen equares, atid » of five other — situated between Powell and Sansome, and | dway and Clay, viz..— ‘Two squares between Powell and Stockton and | Broadway and Jackson, including the Presbyterian Church—not a house within these limits left— | amostly residences. Three equarés between Stockton and Dupont, | v and Broadway and Washington, excepting two houses—the residence of Dr. Wozencraft, and the Baptist Church, corner of Washing:on and Stock- ton Three squares between Depont and Kearny and Broadway’ and Washington, including the City fall, (fom which, we learn, all the records were * saved.) fortunal Bella Union ana the Custom House, on the Plaza, wore saveig The Ala Californea buildings, with | most of the materials, destroyed Foertions of the two equares fronting on Wash- ‘on, above and below Dupont, including the old Adobe, on the Plaza; Foley's Amphitheatre having been torn down, left a space which saved the ba- Lance of that block, beyond to the post office build- ings, inclusive. Five squares between Kearny and. Montgomer; and broadway and (lay, including the city hovpi- tal; the middie portions only of the two squares Se- tween Washington and Clay were destroyed; all the buildings frouting on the lower side of the I’la- ta (except the new theatre adjoining the i! Dora- ; do,) and all the large fire proof banking buildings, | from Burgoyne’s, south on Montgomery street, vtanding without the leas¢ injury Also a few frame buildings above the city hos Ve randah and a sma!) brick buil adjoining were saved. The large new store of Markwald, Caspari & Co., om the north side of Jackson street, below | Koarny, with a large stock of goods, was destroyed. The three other portions of squares destroyed, are below Monigomery, betwoon Washington and Broadway, the tire sweeping around the point of the hill, about half way to Sansome. No build on Jackson below Montgomery sartained any jury. At the cor of Washington below gomery, north, o though at one m ead from ¢ the frame block | large brick blocks of ent the fire would hare ‘ocks towards the ns and preaence of the frames on the corner above, on the site of the old Picayune offi ve. saved that px thing about bis dress or exeite their merriment ficein the old adobe building on} he heard the alarm of Gre, and cqvered bis how diately atta. eceority fiom f simong ws. J of the wi were detceted in larcer i burned to death on ach tre ont and Kearny ste No part 1 concerning the me the coroner will hold an ingues! uv iy to-day pon the be PU. Bao, vf Uy hema of Lack, Bure & Oo, = Within these Kmits only the | Mr. Wainwright and others in blowing ap | & Bagley.. | elvin & Go | a . 5 joag & Co. James Becket! L, Btera & Co. J. 0. Johnson a native of Ss about 40 = 90% ane Sone soetanee to » fackson street for e! ff expire) et cemcayes 9 Tae ls LOSSES BY THE GREAT FIRE IN SAN FRANCISCO, UNE 22, 151. Chas, Beares & Co. Preeljyt' en Chureh, Fox & O'Connor... St. Charles......0. (From the gkseo S223 22 Bee 6,000 §,000 5,080 400 3,00 J, P. Buckicy. 5,000 10.000 Charles Bache 3.500 4.000 A. Gro: 25.000 F: 4000 Bournman& Shelts 600 1,500 Thomas Clark... 200 roti? HA Depoy & Go. 2000 10,000 81 obrey & $000 J.C.Bhepherd&Co 21500 500 Burgess, Gilbert & 200 Btill... 1500 2500 Russe! 3,500 6000 Recorder MeGiyna 5,000 1,100 8. A. 11.000 8.000 4.000 2000 6.000 8,000 4,500 3.000 1 3,000 I 3,000 gees Dewey & Smith. 5.000 C. J. Jansen.. Steadman & Whit 1,500 W. E. Keys & Co 5.000 Hayes & Bailey. 2800 W. Reynolds. 2.000 Kernuff & Finns 10000 C. Cummings. 1,000 Jobn Winterton. ooo J. B. El ‘000 Sully Cox 10.000 Columbia House. 6,000 Bell Inn, .... 10,000 Ontario Toure, 5000 Mrs. nog beet 3.000 Univers est 6,000 John Sullivan.. Mrs. Swift. 000 Alta Calif #00 Jackson Rest'rant. 29000 14,000 Californiado...... 8,000 4.000 $000 A.J. Bowie, 3,000 Lynching of Two Murderers at Sonora. Sonors Herald. June 16) On last Saturday morning two of the murderers of Capt. George W. Snow were arrested in this city, and were immediately taken to ~haw’s flat, to | be tried before a “ po were Antonio Cruz and — jury.” Their names ‘atricio Janori, Antonio was quite young, ahd small of stature; the other was large, athletic, and with a visage marred by crime and indicative of the w A court was organized by appointin, Melonald as Tease, M fi Noah Smith as ( lerk, preter, Mr. Dorsey as Attorney for the People, and st of passions. bin T. P. jarshall, e as inter- jor Solomon as Ir. Van Praj Mr. Heath, as Attorney for ‘the criminals. ‘I'wo | juries were then appointed, one for each cate, as follows — p Fmsr Jrny.—R. H. Nash, Holman, G. B. Fowler, S. Jessy Cha#es Staples, C. A. M. Jacobs, Barris, J. G. Collingwood, C. Raymon. Secon» Jony.—J. Baker, T. Hall, A. H. Dun- can, E. =. Sabon, A. Tuttle, 1). lusey, A. Heath, Hi. Wellington, B. Cruther, J. 5. B Frazer, H. H. Howard, James (eborn. The prisoners were then tried ina fair and im- | partial manner, and overy opportunity afforded them to prove their innocence. But the testimony was overwhelm in, nosse* were examined. Acocordin; that twe individuals at the Pine Log Crossi to an rainst them. “ome dozen wit- is isoners could intimation from the prove an ality, those pertons were immediately sent for. The testimony of the men sens for, attompting to prove an alibi, wav entitled to no eredit, in the op!- ion of the jury Spaniard, was by » and that of one of the men, a elivvod to be that ¢f a con and he made a speody escape, or he wo bewn arroated for perjury. ‘The verdicts of beth juries were unanimous, and both prisoners were by <n adjourne to hang the murderers forthwith at the place where the murder was the grave they bad ¢ reaching the #pot, | the doomed ren f ring which time commi ught in guilty. The court j the assembled multitude voted ed, and to bu wz for their viethn hour's time way ut reftection and for ec Roman Catholic prie y thom in After | present, with whore they had a private interview greatly improving for forty miles From th gh reliable sovroce, ¥ ti # frov hve daye She wh now front three to thirty feet The distance througlt to Sacra- which our informant made in asand and forty-eight t, averaging forty smali ravine ad the dirt ix ¢ same ravine *pects of cn backets Now diggings the road, between «banled a mile weebed, and \ hat other side © mountains number of persons in the va hundred and Gfty, i ding mon and ten Women came king the Georgetown ¢n'-off ep 1% 4 rain is pow wader Way, in- , and articles in squares are above Antonio 6 ed to the pr nd to others, | imits of the conilagration of the of | that he had known for two weeks that the murder May, as are also thore portions on Washington | was to be comm nd he know that the grave above the lava, and on Pacific street and Broad- | was dug; but he said } t his companions way, in the neighborhood of the City loepital. | because they were bad me ntended to mur- ‘The other five squares, and a of equares be- | der. lic accused the two cut companions as low Montgomery stroct, embraced new buildings, | being the id their names were put up since the last fire, aud thore fire proofs which Alv ta. They had been bad borne the tort of the destructive element, and | Jiving with hin risoner for some have passed the present calamity unharmed time in Dragoon G aid that bie com THE ONIGTS THE FIRE penioos hed murdered thre ericans before this, ‘The facts, nowa and we Could | and intended ty murdor another —The Sire ori- His confersion wee i nt, although he did near the corner | not admit ha the morning of ceupied by Dr. De | the murder. ony, however, in which there wor her | war conelusi o Was not only fire pla: 5 ¢ ve. No person wae in the | prover newn of th t e house at the time of yt the servant ' und had not a . of Mr. De Leswort, wh t aware of the fire | ¢} the off who arre until apprised by the alarm outside. The y rw alky. ond made no con- house adjacent war a low worden house on t a feasie he priest; nor did he secm to care tern side of it, which it believed to bave boen am- | for bi occupied At the appointed hour, repos were fastened tr He prow re was communicated to | ground thei . an the wretched inen wore the house from ome person iB | soon hung up as o warning &» other outl and a » this unocev nt: ne it iv ewid by the | relief to that portic f ty who with t feel oeeupa nts « 1 dd | secure in their persons and property originated from au « DeLoevert left Mn Migenee. o'elock in the morning, mM the Wincervitle Merabl June 2 site side of the st nd rich overics are being ma i and our wining po Four friends of min the creek. | th y tons flour be had. portien. or eet This fact wing atriptothat point, might dificulty of carrying ful he low. Mr. Reese of t from Salt Lake, at $10 per 100 Ibe. ; other is worth kno had been discovered about thirty miles the rere which paid from only be w obstructions wi cording to Quai me soarcely our figures us. Surface length of vein, 1 fame may be worked level of Deer Creek, 150 the vein rock, 24 cording to the above of a cubio foot, 100 lbs. 25e. 101, tion :—** Nevada for sa! ‘feat; dimensions, 101,500; weight ij ccopnetvens value of £5 feet m the vein, $2, is placed over the tunnel bearing the fo! river, below the Mormon Station, $3 to $8 orked by those existed to prevent them getting further A good miny mi on the way over the mountains, dlonorerses are made, their chance is much less than r man, but they would fr the valley, while the ties were met » unless further [Prom the Nevada Journal.} To estimate the immense we ail indications, which must, ac- exist in the Gold Tunnel realize the result to which We ive them as follows :— 1e 50 feet; depth to which the before reaching water feet ; average thickness of number of cabic foet, ac- ave pound, re yield ance 500! e sign e wing Gold Tunnel—No ehares . Meesrs. Wij Barker, Holt, O'Con- | ner and Smith, proprieto: seis “ty =e {From the Sonora Herald, June 28 } The Louisiana company, working the quartz vein at. canine, ies above Sonora, have taken out from thirty to working. One lump is rounds of gold. ty-five thousand dollars in five days’ estimated to cuntaia fifteon Several other companies have struck gold farther down on the mountain, but have made no rith blasts—just enough to keep hope buoyant. At Melones, the original company, formed, have realized upwards of half we are in- a million. Some five or six other companies are also doing a paying business on the same vein. ithin the limits of Sonora, just behind the store of Yaney & Barabino, pong ‘and one-tenth $1,500. uite a rich vein has been sold immediately for We can count twelve different veins now bein worked almost within sight of our office. rospecting parties are a breaking off pieces | shafts in hopes of a rich In placere washing w Ind found on every mountain of quartz, or sinking deep reward. e could give many interest- | ing details, if there waz enly water cnough to run the improved long toms. A friend at Curtisville says that all were doing well until the water began to day fo; be up. ra long time. Oak Flat on the Tuolumne, small gulehes, of Wood’s creek, of old James- He had been averaging his ounce per he samme account is given of of Sullivan's large town and its sister camps, of Camp Seco, York- town and © Columbia, Shaw’s Flat. and other places, where on the go, carting tl Nor must we omit to mention » Yankee Hill, Gold Spring, seores of carts are constant- he surface dirt sometimes } for miles to running water. At Gold Spring par- ticularly, there Ls is delightful, and thea a large camp ; the situation iners find anaccommodating storekeeper with a good ppely of goods ready to nd the lux dei! out both the etaff a uries of lifv. Indlan Depredations—The Destroyer of the Irvin, (Prom the Alta Party. Valifornia, July 1.) The steamer Ohio, Captain Robert Haley, ar- rived from San Diego and tho intermediate ports yesterday. She has encouatered very violent winds all the way up, and was compelled to ut into Point Lobos on the 21st, where she was detained | four days, owing to the severity of the weather. Juan Antonio, an Indian chief of the Cahuillas, and who led the indians men, had become alarmed | party was coming from Los Angeles to destroy him and his had left his rancheria at Apolitan On the second of June he was tribe, on that account. in the attack upon Irving’ by earnest that a met at the rancho of San Bernardino, and the fol-" lowing document signed and given him. Doubtless this arrangement will be productive of good re- sults. Angeles Star :-— Brave oF Carironsta.— County Wheress Juan Antonio, Chief of the Cahuillas, and friend We extract the following from the Los of Los A of the inbabitants of this county, as well as of all good and peacoable men, has withdra wn from his residence in Appolitans, in consequence of a report that harm was torditated against him—whieh has always been considered in ihe ie hereby notified that of or eto their homes; to ee of their property; work as they always ort Is fulso—sinee he ve with all, and friend he can return with his ve ‘done, live as before the; and essociate with bir while neighbors, with guaranty that no harm sball be done Lim, either by individualsor | by the county authorities, because all consider him asa xood friend, and will not consent to let him be injured, | but will co-operate with force if necessary to punish any per-on who may disturb the poace In testimony thereof we subscribe our names at the rancho of Ban Bernerdino, county of Los Angeles, this 2d dey of June, 1851. Augustin Olivera, Count Denjomin Hayes Count: Ignacio del Valle, Count Btephe Diege & AVI : r, WR Angeles y Attorney. 9 Recorder. °. Voster, County Senator and late Prefect ulvida, Rancho of Yucaipa oe. joroner. res. Rancho of San Jose. Myles and Hario Barels, Los Jows del Canmen Lugo, Justice of the Peace W. B. Osburn, Deput; Sheri! Montgomery Martin, Justice of the Peace D. G. Weaver. Rancho of San G: From the Star we learn also > that Mayor Iamil- ton, who had been to Durango, Chibuabua and So- Three nora, for ehcep, had return . killed by the Apache Indians. of bis party had been On the 2th April, the with 7 they desired to trade. were put off their killed Henry Sehmiit, Armold. Thi jeans killed The A reat ran away. On t Apaches, who held out that they pesired peace with the Americans. These and similar protestationainduced Henry Gray, one About the time M Apaches are well stragglers, of i, # in Sonora, thi failed to affo ed upon we ly epprieed of quarter. Subjoir Bir rdan thi t the Santa Craz, the Ayaches ma bs he fifty a her iribee except the Camanch to attack the American ex ek the Mexican to Los Angeles. Indians came into camp parently friendly intentions, and said that As soon as the company aard, the Indians lanced and | bbl. for good sugar cured. a Gorman by birth, and is ocourred af Agua Prieta. one of the Indians, and he next day, they met ® white flag, and decla the party, to return to with the Indians, «i on the toad they killed they had done dt and Arnold. Grny was from Newport, for some time past had been rosiding in Ne charge into that stationed. The Indians carried about four years il armed, and are Whonover an tements We whol im that ‘§ me to moiwent, but prom mere in my next comm nication The commiericn In. Woreneraft, reached this place flernoon, where ® about fifty f ‘ nd jet ¢ i nd that p Diab poised bai mt he Mo. wt not t with hi ved him & walled Wo Daagy She bor: that effec ved early in the mornilig to the me under command eae 's Ranch. It is just close. POTS eT Ond ofthe met aallbersic’ roptetios ‘we beve ever heard of was committed on W: last, at the forks of the road, where there are two sign }, eight miles the As. five I 1, before One of the Frensh- a double barreled fine shot; but the robbers fet im, and seid, “You I we've now; et out of that wagon, and give up money.” Mr. Rule, think- that the Frenchman might have committed some 5 ot out accordia; sooundrels then od , demanded his money, said it was their busi- ness to rob, and to have all the party was worth. Each of them two six-shooters and long knives. Rule and his companions had no arms, and, therefore, were compelled to yield up their purses, to $214. They then drove their viotime into a pone oat beens > afer itching their teams, m up to the wagons, administered a ht of water to each of the cap- tives, and coolly left them. E Miscellaneous. (From the Alta California.) We have received a bag of rosy-cheeked Massa- chasetts apples, a sample of a cargo which arrived ww days since, on the ship Pactolus, from Hay been in ice, they are per- feet!y fresh and in good condition, and every barrel et opened has been found to be fn most perfect or- ler. Mr. Vassault has some five hundred barrels on board the Pactolus. This is tho first shipment of the kind that has reached this country safely, but it demonstra‘es the perfect feasibility of such enterprise in proper hands. The Times and Transcript says:—The office of the United States Assayer, at San Francisco, has ain been put in operation. It is of safficient oa- ity to coin some seventy thor dollars oa a. We are told that a large amount of dust been deposited, and it will be some days before re- turns cau be had. The re-organization of this of- fice has already created a better fooling in this city. and gold dust has adi $16 50 to $16 75 vanced from per ounce. The new coin is milled upon the edge.” The immigration this year will not, it is sup- | sate stop short of tl city. They will find ‘lacerville and the principal towns in the mines retty thoroughly worked over, except the quartz Sesces, which offer little enco ement to new comers, requiring, as they do, experience and con- centrated effort. It seemed the intention of the families in the Valley to settle in the vicinity of Sutter's Fort. Army Intelligence. The following is a list of the stations of army officers and troops serving in Besthera bet ig a Rancho del Chino—Company A, Ist Infantry, Capt. C. 8. Lovell, commanding; Ist Lieut., James W. Schure- man; 2d Licut., Caleb Smith; Assistant Surgeon, I. L. Adkins. Mission of San Luis Rey—Companies E and A, Ist Pragoons, Bvt. Major E. II. Fitzgerald, commanding; 1st Lieut., Care J. Couts, Aset. Surgeon Sorrell. Mission of San o—Company I, Ist nay yo Bre- yet Lieut. Col.. J.B jer, commanding; Ist Lieuts., Asher R. Eddy. F. E. Patterson, D, M. Beltzhoover; Asst. Surgeon, John E. Summers. ‘Camp Yuma, Colorado River—Companies D, HI and I, 2d Infantry, Brevet Major Samuel P. Heintzleman, com- manding; Capt. D. Davidson; Ist Lieuts., Ed. Murray, Henry B. Hendershott; 24 Lieut , Thos W. Sweeney; Asst. Surgeon. II. 8. Hewitt. ‘At San Diego—Majcr Charles §. Merchant, commani- ing Southern District; N. W. Brown, Paymaster, U.S. A; Brevet Capt. N. Lyon, 2d Inf, in charge of the (Quartermaster’s it; Lieut Thomas D. Johns, 2d Inf, hag nce Depot. The California Markets. MESSRS. COLEMAN & CO.’S CIRCULAR. Say Fraxcisco, June 39, 1651. A much better feeling exists in the market than we were able to report in our last. The then noted, continued until about the 18th, when we noticed more firmncss on the part of hold- ers, with a disposition to withdraw stocks, and more ea- 6 on the of buyers was soon manifested. The feo the made but little impression ‘rade is steady, but not heavy ; but the advices from the Atlantic States, that nts are ceasing, and the conviction | that the mining districts are bare of goods, and a large | arise, which we alone can supply, gives a . ’ ot Money is ‘abundant, but loans are made with much caution, the securities being so generally unsafe, or in- sufficient. Gold dust is coming forward freely ; good clean is worth $164 per ox.; much of an ordinary quality | is forced into circulation at $16 per oz, Exchange on the | Atlantic cities, par. Brvapsturys —An effort was made to effect an advance in flour, but it could not be sustained, Sales are light at | $8 for whole, $85; to $9 for half, a) ‘ | quarter sacks, best Chili; all,’ to $10 per bbl. ' Corn meal fed, 1,563 eajls. ., for brown; 10c. for yellow; Adc. for 1,860 box: Svnurs.—Lemon, $4 & $5 per dozen; all others dull. jed, 992 cases. Suor anv Leap. Lead, und was muen trampled Firife had talten pict eat , found which gave some clue to 7 —. ae Cr to ihe affair is in . mp Kirkps 4 'e 1 M99 sales, Reoelved | ute only at ono point. The Sth, the menced an attack at about half past in the morning. thirty-eight. it made hand to hand; they then retreated to the hills leay- ing Sighiden or twenty dead on the field. We had three men wouaded; one had an arrow through his breast: another, one oe hie ear; myself had one thro is neck. 10) gen we have bad no trouble. 11th.—We are prepared to moet them; we expect to have a hard fight with them in afew hours. These Indians are devils. Yesterday every thing went off smooth. Today the boys did one thing in which I did not agree; that waz, leaving the camp with only (aree men to protect the post, They were in great dan- , ger of ee cations pan ay pomee ho and the cam, iy uc! not. : The above account was rif to have’ been written by Captain Kirk; » There was a fur- ther account on another page, ret ing the other generally, but containing BM wing new iculars. After speaking of pg eff the four pounder, it says: ‘In the meantime the rifies com- menced Playing among them. Hussey kiked two with one ball. The fight lasted about three houra, when the Indians left for the hills. We are at t! time making entrenchments; we expect them tl night, although we bave just made a treaty with the chief. We cannot say how many we ki! for some of them ran half a mile after shot.) Captain Kirkpatrick is bi stre our tt.” Then follows in another hand some Vana- ian French, which it is impossible to decipher, but evidently alluding to the skirmish, as these words show: “Le Captaine Kirkpatrick———un sauvago —| lieu sacre!” ending with this direction, pro- bably to the mother of the writer: “Madame Lo eles ural interests of the cout are Tt a limited market and eee on <u mar! exe the pressure of an overplus. gs Marriages and ‘Deaths in California. In San Francisco, June 20th, by. Rev, 8. F. Mines, at in San Francisc: 8. FP. the mansion of the bride's father, ol. J. D. Stevens Sp Risabolb Mary, only daughter of Wm. Hart, Esq., al city. In Ba Francisco, June 12th, by the Rev. A. Williams, bas: m Wath dane amb, the Rey. A. Williams, 2 ‘une ev. A. Alex. M’Lean to Jane MK, Davidson, In San Francisco, June 17th, by the Rev. A. Williams, hoger ae aah by L. A. Davis, Mr. Gi une 12th, by L. A. . George Merrill to Mies Abn Martin. { In San Francisco, June 26th, by the Rev. T. it Hunt, Mr. Robert Glasson, of Baltimore, to Miss Eva Schneider, of Germany. In Sacramento City, by the Rev Mr. Benton, Mr. W. H. Foley to Mrs, ©, Goparn, In Los Angeles, June 12th, by Elder Lewis Grauger, Clinton: is Jonathan R. e of county, ‘Gox, cates ‘of Col. Thos, Cox, souri, to Miss Mary A. deceased, of Jackson county, Iowa. City, June 26th, by Neely Johngon and Mary At Oak Cottage, near Hacramento ©, Zabriskie, formerly of the Rev. Mr. Benton, Col. Brevoort, daughter of Col. New Jersey. DEATHS. On board bark Elizabeth, on her passage from this port to Panama, Dr, Ewing, a native of Scotland. In Bantiago, on the 10th of April, of dysentery and in- flammation of the liver, James I. W: |, aged 20, of New Jertey. ‘On board the ship St. Petersburg, Mr. Dana, of Phile- del sap de Dauphin, Race tn Ro Sonoma, May 17, Mr. Thomas Sprigg: tive of e then came down the foot islans Rutlandshire, E Bgl aged 20 yours, ghieuey again, where we noticed that the sand had lately On the steamer Republic, on the passage from Panama, | been trampled, and that several large stones had June 16, Michael Garvey. late of New Jersey. been flung upon a space of ground five feet squaro. On the steamer Republic, June 18, Grenville Stevens, late of Boston, Mass., after an illness of two weeks dura- tion. He leavee a wife and one child. On the Fawn, May 2, Wm. @. Oefta, of Nantucket, fe It struck us that some one was buried there, and accordingly the sailors fo the boat’s crew, oare as shovels, removed the stones and 4 fell overboard, sand, and at the depth of one foot, the dead bod: Hon Pen lr falling, but life maesian! ts of an Indian wes found, who had been shot throug] was steward of the Fs the head with a rifle ball. ‘awn. At Nevada City, June 17, Robert R. Martin, aged about 22 years, from Smith's Mills, Henderson county, Ky. t Nevada City, June 16, of fever, Joseph |, aged: a of Clay county, Mo. Missouri papers pleaao copy. ReGeia Run, on Thursday morning, George Ferguson, of Roxbury, Mass. At Camp Dolores, near the Cajon Pass, June * Lad in MR Remetinal Obie, jed 35 years, @ private Crete rey th idelae va ‘nion, on the anal June 24, Mrs. Maria B. Hempstead, wife of Mr. DB pen ren merchant, of San Francisco, Her remains were interred at Monterey. At eva,on the passage Panama, on board steamer Union, June 22, Francis Dussable. seaman. He was a native of France. At Sacramento one June 27, of dysentery, Mayiees, , of Penn Yan. N.Y. & daugh- ry. no further traces to guide us at that journal, to reconnoitre. dians were seen bat a letter sheet, sides, was found, which gav more detailed a count of the matter, although, unfortunately, it breaks off in the most pot part. [t is as follows:—“ We landed this morning, and took pos- session of a small island, detached from the main land by a narrow paszage of about 100 Soa in width. Itisdry and easy of access at low We took our provisions up, and made our encamp- ment on top of the island. We ‘entertained some fears of the Indians, who began to gather alon; the beach in considerable numbers—so we m: reparations to defendourcamp. We planted our four pounder, 60 as to rake the passage to the bot- tom of the hill, there being but one passage that a son could approach the top of the isiand b; Tetainea all day to day, which rendered it very un- pleasant. The Indians appeared friendly a: first, bor yen nme roe to ‘a wit 2; but when aw the vessel depart, they grew saucy. and or us off—and nes, Sey fond we woul? not go, they all vamosed. e found it necessary d to watch their manceuvers. wife of Dr. L. A. Bir former, ‘At Los Angeles, June 18, Doma Coronel ter of one of the most reepectabie fam lies in that city At the rancho of Mr. John Howland, (La Puente.) on the 1th June, very suddenly, Senora Maria Luz, widow of the late Joseph lerdue. Off Cape Horn, April 20. lost overboard from ship Scargo, while furling main: topgallant-sail, John R. Sayrs, of Alexandzia, D. 0. ohn Jenking of Sydney, aged 31. a jenkins, ‘ ¥ Thomas Landsdown, Chicago, aged 26. Martin Smidt, Germany. to keep a guar: Jerome Bardour, Jeficrson co., N. ¥., aged 27. ine 10. We were aroused from our slumbers thiz 16, ne Ce, had N. ¥., aged 35. morning at anearly hour, by the guard, with the in- 1s, K KO , Wisconsin, 22. telligence that the {ndians were collecting on the beach. They came up from towards the moath of Rogue River, and in across the hills. There were sbout 40 of them on the ground at sun up; they ap- peared quite saucy; I noticed, too, that they were all better armed than when here the fore . They struck up a fire about 100 yards from our , Philadelphia, 40. . Coffin, Nantucket, 60. Simon Chase, Massachusetts, 53. J. 8. Dachene, France, 94. « Richard McFallon, Baltimore, 24, 21, Wu, Smithwoitr, San Francisco, 1 year, “22, Lewis Pollock, big vee ong and held a kind of couneil of war, \;hieh con- “ 98, Orepha Kay. San 7 months. sisted in councilling with each other, aT -uentl (, Infant sonof C. Cavill. 1 day. there would be from two. to three of theds dancing and whirling round at a furious rate, snapping thei a“ . D. Durand, France. bow strings at every turn they made. = “ Robert Smith, Boston. 38. “These mano-uvres lasted fer about haifan hour. “ 27, James Foster, England, 40. During this time they were joined by sovera! others. “23, Joseph Bach, New York. v They waited a short time, when thoy were joined . FY a ——e Chile, 17. by twelve others, who came up the coust in « large canoe. ‘There was some fow squaws with them, who started and ranoff They now began to ap- proach us. ‘There were two or three of us that Went part of the =~ down the hill and motioned them to keop ut they were bent fo ay. ‘They came up threatening they would kill Vo then retired to the top of the hill, where we had our gan stationed. ‘hey followed us, and wanted to break into the camp. One of them, who ap- peared to be aleader among thom, seized hold of a gun belonging to one of our company, and tric i to “rere the Sonenat ents abceptiy, ed ere the journal e » having reac! the bottom of the fourth shodt, and the rest could. TWO WEEKS LATER FROM OREGON, Distressing News from Rogue's River—De- struction of Ploncers—Indlan Ontrages, Bier, Bes The news from Oregon is almost wholly made up of Indian depredations upon the settlers, and those who wander through the wilds of the territory, in | eearch of places upon which to settle. The following will be found full of intero-t:— Ibe. Imports for the month—flour, Amerioan, 2056 bbls.; Chili, 27 883 sacks, 100 Ibs. each; corn meal, 3.482 balf bbls. Pilot per Ib.; ed. 561 bis. Crackers—Sales at 1be. por Ib.; received, 6,091 tins, and 71 bbls. Sales of barley at 4a4'yc.; re- cetpts for the month, 243.900 lbs. Sales of oats. for American; 4a 43,¢. for English colonial, received, 270- | 700 ons. —Pork etill remains dull, and wales cannot be made, evem at our quotations, We note small sales of clear at $16 50 a $17 per bbl. ; mess at $15 a $15 50, and prime at $9 a $0 50. | The stock on hard of all kinds amounts to 92000 | bbls, Received this month, 1905 bbls, 2700 half bbis., and 1.087 quarters. Boef—Small sales, mostly of colonial, at $10 per tierce, Reevived Sot bbls. Hams are in more request, with heavy sales at $15 50 a $16 por '¢ look for a considerable advance in this article, Hames reesived this month, 232 | bhas., M3 Clerces, 000 bbis., 116 half bbis , and 225 boxes. Sides and shoulders in fair demand at lie. for sider A | be for shoulders. Keevived S84 hhds. Buttor—C in brine. Sales at 4 @ 46e. por Ib; ordinary 2 . 960 Ibs. easen, and 278 ‘Lard—More in demand, ftaall packages in tin pre- 1044 @ Ile., in tins, 12’, @ 140 per 100 bbls. 510 kegs. ——< - or Keoeipts this month, 204 kegs Cheese—Dull; mall sales at 12c., pac’ Me Receipts for the month 13° Beno Mavens Lumber in active deus better feeling on the part of holders. A large porti the stock on ship board being damaged by dry rot, and the consumption great since the fire, we confidently look | for remunerative prices. Sales are made at $08 $60 yer M according to quality. Received Wis’ month, a t f goed demand at $20 a $92 per M. Received a M of Cosnevt ax Lise —Pricet advancing rapidly; sales of Cement at $12 per bid. None received th ath Coars—No advance in price, Iupports for the month tone at ste cited 4.45 be. . CrocoLaty—Sules Spanizh at We. Recs Corrss —Beles Mo at 1c. Manilla green | pure. 1c, Imports for the month 1.407 be Ott enses. Corros Decx.—ftock «mall and In demand at 250 | ihe. Nos. 3 to 10, Received 280 boite, sys dull; wo advance in price M Received thismonth «Steck heavy; eales of Chiliat Sate Received | at low figures Pails do. Received 813 doxen * of mackeral at $11 per bbl. $6 for halves, $5.25 for querter bbis., $1.60 for kitts. Keceived 141 bile, $20 baif bbls, 172 quarters, 2065 kitts yore: —Haltimore, fresh, $16 per deem 2 Ibe cans. vived 506 doven. «—Sales of balf boxes at $475 per doz. wel at Ise Greeny Baws dt wend Liq ons in fait request. Baler of American brandy at $1 uo pe , French $1 merican at Keceived thie mouth 181 | —Saler at 180900, Received 54 bales revived 95 | | mn kegs, $1; 3; Amer. half galion; received 4.100 gallons Fair demand for port in minal kegs, at $1 25 | fer gallon, Claret—sales, at $25 por enak; in Champagne—Gool in cases $7, lo vived this month, OU bois. Ltol all at $1 cco Youser ' | the island, we saw, throagh the glass, three Indians | @*'” * camp, receiving occasional visite running slong shore at fall speed, away from the | {Tm tingle Indisns, and expecting an attank. On island, and @ canoc, contaizing three more, who | ‘h@ Mth they reeined to have boon ovcupted in ex- Were also pulling rapidly in the same direotion. ploring the country for somo milex around, end the The first caused us to expect that something wrong 1°") ee a very full and flowing d aes although we folt almost certain that 7th was spent im hike 1 | the smoke we raw was rising from a fire kindled by "% “Pent iv. re if stain the Indians in the ennoe,then about w mile distant, {fits only ee wonelusion ean be g | 4 Jhex all fell fat in the bottom of tho canoe, as if | ‘hat ie, that between the 29h aud through fear, but in a moment they sprang up, and. &¢*t!y continued their exploring, ai Pulling burriedly to the shore, they soon Nid thom- | {U&P* having beon for some days « relves in ths woods. In the meantime, the steamer | ‘Mit trepeth, have attacked them in was ropid)y nearing the island, on which no sign of | "1 cut them off t life presented itself, except the fire bofere spoken | {** the! of. We anchored about n mile off, and our bout, | containing Captain | 3, Captain Tichenor, and six or eight others, 1. We landed at the 4d com | not be found, having probably been scattered about | by the Indians, who regarded it as worthless. Finding it useless to remain on shore any longer, we started for the steamer, but when about fa mile from the shore we saw a person coming down to the water, dressed in the clothing of a white man, wearing a California hat, and having a rifte on hiv thoulder. We instantly put back, supposing it wae one of the party, who had survived, and had come | — to the shore to Las eo be nor he of Oregon. Weare indebted to Mr. D. E. Roberts, | however, as wo turned our boat towards bim, fhe Prtver of the Columbia, for an extremely inte: | started for the woods. We fired a rifle ball in that resting account of the melancholy affair, which will | direction, and be fell, just as the Indians in the ca- be found subjoined. ‘The Indians of Rogue's River | noe had done, but he could not have hurt, for have always been warlike and hostile in their iater- pape ak ele GAN wwe Zon oe tag ei wl peste started w reached the woods. e batansacianyds Paper | fact of bis being dressed in the cloth i THE LO8s OF C KIRKYATRICK’S PARTY. i Srramenir Corunna, at Soa, June 24, i851. man, together with hie having a rift (From the Alta-California, July 1 | ‘The steamship Columbia, Captain Lefoy, ar- rived ye morning, from Astoria, (/regon, whence she sailed on the 26th instant, at half-past pd pe fs M. The ere, veal by this ar- rival is v intercsting, but dee; trossing, as it apprisce us of the destruction ‘of Captain Rick. party of nine men, who had estab- ished themselves at a place named Port Orford, in the vicinity of Nogue’s River, in the lower portion , convinced wr The ap mage Fag ~~ prove 8 oa | pe had been elther wholly or partially our readers, and, ow! © ite containt the de- dale of the sad affair, oe far as we can judge, from The of ithe party loft, as far as remem ¢ | bered, are Captzin Kirkpatrick, Mesers. !luseey , 5 Sumuners, aitd three other) ing landed passengers and rrived at Port Orford again June the mystery yet surrounding it, may give sume idea | Si of the nature and disposition of the Indians in the | Sater, Heddes, Igan, vicinity of Iegue's River. | The’ Columbia hay Tichenor, en his last voyage down in the Soa Gull, had landed at « place named by him Port | 2% arty went on shore, bat uo In- Orord, which, from the {net of its boing m botter | *i*nwe ulthoiogh they had begn there since harbor than either Trinidad or Humboldt, as woll | }"¢ Jett: nder was found our art buried in the rand, Aw 4 been, without bint flung over by the Indiang. A quarter of a mile from os ee ere the last journal was found, and ameng the ruins of a small Indian rancho, a fur- ther Journal was found, & part of which anewors ae a2 owing to the nature of the land around, he nudged to be @ suitable point fur establishing a ecttlement. With this view, ho left nine men well armed and Path agen under the command of Capt. . s t Patrick, and selected as a post for them tho summit | eae « ooo —s theogh ae of a little island, almost inaccessible to an attack, | council was ended, shey dr w thelr foes oa there being but @ narrow und steep path to it, | [OPN amir bowk Gud adv nef Knives and slong whieh two men could not advance abroast, | (PU"e anced to the foot of hill, and commonced coming towards us, In a mo- ment they let go an immense number of arrows, and the fight began. They were six or seven timos | our number, and we let off our cannon amo waded with about thirty slugs. We abou wen minates, when i », leaving twelve or fourteen dead at ‘the foot of | the bill, andabout double that numbes wounded. | They fied to the high grass, about two hundred 6 | Yards distant, and continued to shoot their arrows and this was raked by a four pounder left for that og om and placed in position. Cautioning them | 0 deal carefully with the Indians, who at that | time made their appearance in «mall oumbors, parently well disposed, he le{t them in the Nea (iuil, } promising to retarn by the 23d of June, with fur- ther supplies and a larger number of mon to sur- vey and settle the place. After the arrival of the Sea Gull at San Fran- cise, it was found that she would not be able t be i until nearly sundown, w! i Wan arrdeged Cteres cae neh ecroaunRy | wore thet ie had soe While Roy Maree etal Knight, the agent of the Vacide Mail Stcamehip | 10 ® thort t'mo two of the chiefs gave ras visit, Company, that the Columbia should touch at Mort | FUG we taade them & little present of g couple of | Orford on ber way up, and land bim and two others | £¥¢ frane pi whieh | made holos in, and put strings i bung them around their necks, at Which thoy recmed much en fied, and went away again. | have scena great many ladians in the States, and crossing the plains, but | hive never scen @ more pericet ret, of bed is than these | Rogue ns. They will piek your pockets me «mick, that it will nearly throw a New York pick- pocket in the «bade, and will steal anything they ean Jay their hands Thoy will standsod fight.” | The journal then ge oO, briefly stat ng that the Mth, 12th. 1ith, and Uth, thoy re- who were with him, together with the further e ry of provisions taken on board for that TPO Javing touched at Humboldt and Tritinad on our wa oY we come insight of Port Orford at nine o'clock on the morning of the 2d, that being the very day set by Cept. Tichenor for his return. At the distance of eight miles we could see the emoke rising from the base of the little island, and froin this we concluded that the party were ail safe, and waiting the arrival ofthe steomer. i As soon as we came within about four miles of | June 9 J in camp expecting a from the Indian 0th: Very trey, on the look out for the steamer Soa (lull. There the journal ends, and from the whole tone the men. However, the brass six pounder, whi is used in announcing the arrival of the tteamer, was fired, to give notice to the men, as well as to ree what effect the round of it would produce on it bemmg low tide The first th round withoa & party of for p iInules, wogether re samiigh ya ba We ing any infu rons wore attach their beggege ang peck, we w Y leit With