Facitivs Slave Law. TnESAXDvicn IsfcAxns Expedition.The latest accounts from California(lljc Palladium. into consideration the surface of . the coun-- j ju3t arrived across the plains, S00 wag-tr- y

through which it passes, h may be look- -j ons, 3,G00 persons, 6,400 work cattle,

ed upon as a work of wonderful magnitude.; horses and males, and 4.500 head of

From the N. O. Picajuue. ,.

Later New3 from California. .

ARRIVAL OF THfi" STEAMER ALA-BAMA GREAT EXCITEMENT IN Iaosr stnok. TV rvk--, MU

DEMOCRATIC MCTXNO.TPursuant to notice, the DemocracyHinds county met at Raymond on

Monday, Decembers, 1S31, when, up-on motion, Judge C. S. Tarpley wascalled to the chair, who delivered .ashort but eloquent address. i

Upon motion of Dauiel Thomas,Josephus. Dotson and Elisha Lott wereappointed Secretaries. - -

On motion of J. D, Elliott a commit-tee of ten, consisting of Messrs. J. D.Elliott, E. Barksdale, Elisha Lott, J. R.Jefferson, J. M. Greaves, W." F. Dillon,Daniel Thomas, G. IL Fall, J. B. Fair-chil- d,

and G. W." Mimnv?, was appoint-ed to draft and report resolutions.

After retiring a few minutes, thecommittee, through their chairman,reported the following: .

Resolved, That the Democratic par-ty of Hinds county hereby reaffirm theresolutions of the National Democrat-ic Convention, held ia Baltimore, May20th, IS IS, as to the leading doctrines

their party, upon which they areprepared to unite with their brethrenfrom all sections of the Union in thecanvass lor President in 1S52.- -

JksoUvd, That tlie course" pursuedby the Democratic" State Convention

ISIS, in the selection of delegates toBaltimore, meets with the approbationof this meeting.

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.tI vie -- : are l2j primaryr.-U- s. ia f tie Su.tr, for Lv

Jr.e CV.i a m!i e.r.T.-s- atKWIITIl OF JAXU ' tv- i bT . -

A leadmg whig paper published at Roch-- -

eu--r N. Y., ia commrnting on that part ofthe "CoanpttMniseV says: "It may remain

tte SutHte-boo- k for years, or forever, L

no party, trbich expects or desires suc--

win aJopl it as a party measure. Jtlost

rfr4y the TT2y trill net. It was notpassed as a irhiy measure, and no conven-tion or ho Jy of men, authorized to revise

Wl"g cr-d- . Lave since attempted to.r.--- e tie Whig party bear the load. Ifri-Le-

r party is responsible" Jv its passage,is the opposition."Ia adiiJon to the unabated hostility to

thai law, on the part of Use Whig pressgtm-rall- at the North, the Legislature of

nr.vst has rer-cntl- adjourned, leavingnr.n ani in full furce, the law which

at a former session to nullify anddrrfial tLe operation of the fugiiive-slave-U- w,

is iLst Suite. This Statute of Ver-r.v:- nt

gives jarisdiction over the subject, to?ia.e Msgiirates, an! empotvers thera

t.'le f3 ji Jves out of the custody of theStilts oncers by mtf.ns of the

trnt. of IJvUat Cvrpvs. A Bill was in-:r2i- vJ

at tee late session to repeal this' "'J ?c .c. out it was tifcteateu uy a

rote of 55 yeas to 132 cays. It was ar- -

gpaed and expected by some who have beenfpolots for Northern agressions

ihst, Vermont would repeal her nulSSca-ti-- n

law after tlectin? a new Leirislatare;lrj.1 so far is she from doing so, she hasdvLberaicly reafHnned the law. Thus, ia

ludjrment of that State, State authorityto be invoked to defeat the opera- -

tjon of the law of Congress which is ex-pn-s- slr

by tlie Constitution, forthe arrest of fugitive slaves. Thus, thTitJe "down caster" rcz a leame or twofarmer into the doctrine of State SovereiiTi- -

Othan S.m-J- x Carolina ever dreamed of

utc taw ebu ana roia. jjui uvi'.n c mat cuibe icomj&hed, it may do a jreat deal ofr&IscLief, and cause much vexation end

gi jvc-s- . i is exigence proves mat me uom- -

bv the Norih. as by the South theinju- -.

lea rartv.

Daniel Webster,A Coaxeatioa of the people of Mas-

sachusetts, recently held in Fan uelHall, Beaton, lias made a great demon- -

tralioa ia favor of Mr. Webster forthe Presidency, nominated him for thato5ce, and published an address to the

joj le of the United States, in his be- -ha'.f. TLp ndrtv adroltlir and Lil.

fcI3r wriuen, and is a very perfect and,.r

Webster's claims to the suffrages of the

rT 'a parts of the country, up- -oa the broai ground that, he is thecrcatCsi, ir.c ana w ormiest oi v--

All coaccde that he is deservedlyclashed amontr those most eminent forintellectual but his politicalv' wioas are so oaaoxious to a large

cri"ftoa of our common country, as todeprive him of any more than a small

Sectional vote for the Presidency.

. KipioriB Eipefiilion.Mr. Wtlch, travelling book agent, has

ttncuy cocsututional the latter claimed-ri x - Iv ;ri ysiTal re-ctj-.o of t--x

j .v i - 4 n --ht to nullify such laws only as were. - t - . s - r, atLrnzei by the Constitution.

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- r . , - - - , - Cvurt of the United States jurisdiction of

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retTs tivt:Ir-- ttmi-.- Lia!- - awl mhcre- - i

speak mysteriously of an expedition oft iho tf, Rnn.Uvirh Island?..V i -

part of which sailed on theSOth of Oc- -tober; and the remainder weretfc lol- -

low in a few davs. Rumors speak ofintent to get up a revolution,, or to

seize the islands. -

The Evening Picayune of San Fran-cisco; October 2IstY "gives an. account

the origin and objects of the expe-dition, which it vouches for as entitled

entire credit. r , . ;It is an emigrating party, made by

invitation of the King of theSaudwicnIslands. His commissioner, Mr. - Allen, visited San Francisco, and heldlong and .confidential communicationswith some prominent citizens, amongwhom Gen." Estill, S. Brannan. andHon. Henry E. Robinson are named,the result of which has been the get-ting up of the emigrating company, aportion of whom .went in the GameCock, on the 30th of October; the re-

mainderof

were to sail on the clipper Col.Freemont, on the 2d of November.The . parties concerned waited uponCollector King and satisfied him of thepeaceful and lawful objects of the-ei-- j

inpedKion. , - ,They have however, a political ob-

ject, although a peaceful and. a lawfulone. The same paper from which wederive this intelligence states that theleaders of the expedition have full faiththat the Sandwich ' Islands will in "afew months' belong to the UnitedStates. The project is connected withthe offer made by King Kamehameha

the last Congress to cede his wholesovereignty to this Republic, an offerwhich the California adventurers thinkwill certainly be accepted soon afterthe meeting of Congress. In the confident anticipation of thi event, theyhave gone to settle; with his Majesty,and we have no doubt that it such ananneiation should take -- place, theywill not be without large grants of very good lands and a contingent title togood offices and high . political station.But, from present signs, they will haveto wait a good deal longer than a fewmonths to realise the profit on thatpartoflheir investment.

A Bkusii witu Pirates. A despatchfrom the Spanish Naval Commander at thePhilippine Islands, of the 6th of June,mentions a sharp combat between five Span-ish feluccas and four piratical vessels call-ed pancos, manned by Moors, which, werecaptured "on the 3d of May, off .the Islandof Paraguay, being boarded by the Span-iards. -- The loss of the Moors is calcula-ted at a hundred men. One of the Span-ish feluccas blew up, occasioning the lossof about 20 men, and there were two offi-

cers and eleven soldiers and sailors . killed,and one officer and sixteen soldiers wound-ed in the action.

Railroad Meeting at the Capital.In pursuance to public notice, an in-

telligent and respectable portion of thepeople of Jackson and its vicinity, con-vened at the City Hall, on the nightof the 10th inst., for the purpose ofappointing delegates to attend theGreat South-wester- n Railroad Conven-tion, to be held at New Orleans, onthe 1st Monday in January next. .

Hon.C. S. Tarpley was made chairman, and John D. Elliott secretary ofthe meeting.

The chairm?rs address was the on-

ly one made upon the occasion, andwas pertinent, lelicitious and able.' On motion of D. W. Adams, Esq.,

Ithe chairman was requested to appoint'(in time for ' publication,) a delegationof fifteen to the railroad Convention atNew Orleans. In pursuance of whichthe 'following named gentlemen Jiavebeen appointed to act:

William S. Langley, Col. George R.Fall, B. Garland, David Shelton, A.M. Foute, John D. Elliott, R. War,nock, D. W-- Adams, D. O. Williams,James Ware, John I. Guion, C. E.Hooker, J. W. Robinson, G. P. Foute,Prof. Dimltry.

On motion of George Calhoun, Esq.,the chairman of the mteting was add-ed to the delegttion.

. Upon the suggestion of GovernorWhitfield, that some action might upon the occasion, be appropriately hadin response to the call made by thepeople of Lowndes county, for a Railroad Convention ia this city, on the.2d Monday in January, the followingresolution, 'on motion of Judge Deav--enport was adopted: '

Resolved, That we must cordiallyapprove of the call,- - made by-- a publicmeeting at Columbus, lor a railroadConvention to be held in this city, onthe 2d. Monday, 12th of January, to

"deliberate upon, and devise mean3 tocarry to completion the railroad im-

provements projected in Mississippi;that the people of surrounding coun-ties be invited to send delegates, andthat we extend to the members of theConvention the'hospitalities of the ci--

tm motion oi u. vv . AQams, Esq.,the people of th& county are requestedto call a public meeting at Raymond,onjthe Sth inst, lor the purpose ofsen-

ding delegates to the Convention to beheld at Jackson on the 12th- - of Janu-ary ''

At the suggestion of the chairmanit was; . . " - ". ., Resolved, That wre -- invite the Convention at New Orleans, when it ad

journs, to meet at this place on the 12thfof January, prox. :

On motion of Judge Deavenport,the proceedings of this meeting are re-

quested to be published in lhe city pa-pers, and . all others friendly to .thecause of internal improvements. "

'After, which the meeting adjourn--

C. S. TARPLEY, Chairman.John D. Elliott, Secretary.' ' ";

Death or a. Revolctiox ary Soldier.Wilson Fontaine revolutionary sol-

dier undeV Gon. Marion, Iied on the16th of last month, at the residence ofMr. James Knoblock, ia FJorida. , ljewas 105 years' . of age, v and retainedsufficient strength for out door laborttttU about three days before lus death.

lhe cost will be about four hundred thou- -sand dollars. One hundred and sixtv men ihave been at work on the canal for about I

diree months. The completion ; of thiswork will throw open four thousand acresof land to" the miners' shovel and pickv-Virg- in

.soil, teeming with the precious met-al, as yet untouched by the votaries of theblind son of Ceres.

Takinsr the results, as" published 'by the "T

journals of the day, of the canal of sluiceat JNevada City, which is, 1 believe, elevenmiles long, and gives a daily.income ofeight thousand dollars, what are we war-ranted in anticipating from the existence of

canal in Tuolumne county, with a suffi-

ciency of water in its first fiov for the work-ing of five hundred ''long toms ?" Andwhat would be the result if a sufficientquantity of water could be procured to sup--- Jply upwards of fifty thousand acres of auriferous ground now lying untouched forthe want of that indispensable element ? --

I have been disappointed in .securingsuch reliable information in regard to theoperations on the Tuolumne river, as wouldwarrant me in incorporating it in this arti?cle. I shall only state, that works of greatmagnitude Jiave been contractedand a vast Aamount of capital expended. I learn thatvery large returns are now being received '

i.s -the banks of the Tuolumne, sufficiently at-tests the general success of mining opera-tions in that quarter; Jacksonville, theprincipal town, contains no less than two j

thousand inhabitantsBesides the placers whose names I have

already mentioned, there are scores ofsmall camps, from which it is impossible toacquire information to be relied on ; buttaking the amount of the precious metaltvuunu iv nave uvea extracted irom merichest placers, and making a moderate al--

owance for the proceeds of the smaller dig--

gmgs, we nave tne respectable sum, inround numbers, of seventy millions of dol- -

ars from ' the county of Tuolumne, ofwhich, I suppose, fifteen millions has foundits way into Mexico,

The city of Sonora, situated in the centre;of this Plutonian paradise, isT usually spo-ken of as a little mountain camp, when, in j

reality, it is the largest inland town in Cal- - j

norma, iiaviu a pupuiauou oi upwaras oi rfive lousanu. xi coniams one nunareaiand fifteen mercantile establishments, thirty--

five hotels and restaurants, eight butchershops, four drug stores, three bath houses,nine bakeries, two express offices, and twobanking houses, with all the other estab- -

lshments oi traae mat a town ot its sizewould naturally support.. Its real estate is j

valued at six hundred thousand dollars ;and the amount of merchandise and .capital

i

at a million and a halt.The. house of Reynolds, Todd & Co.

have sent down through their office, sincethe commencement of their express busi-ness, within a fraction of three millions ofdollars, and about the same amount has J abeen shipped through other houses. Withtwo daily lines of stages, we are within !

thirty-fou- r hours travel of the commercial i

emporium, whence all our supplies aredrawn.

The quartz mining interest, that may besaid to centre itself in Tuolumne county,forms a subject of so much importance,and involving such stupendous results, thatI am afraid to touch upon it. I have, how- -ever, requestea a gentleman ot great mining experience, and a good practical chem-ist and. mineralogist, to prepare a commu-nication, which will accompany or precedethis communication- -

The steamship Constitution, from Panama, with zjU passengers, arrived at banFrancisco on the 27th ult.

The brig Col. Fremont, which had beenpreparing for a voyage to the SandwichIslands, was seized by the U. b. .Marshal,and was to be 6old at auction

. The Los Angelos Star says that twoAmericans from the upper country, going- -

down to purchase cattle, were attacked at -

Santa Inez Mountains, near Santa Barbara ;

one of them wounded by le ball in thearm, and the other pursued and probablykilled,-a- s he has not since been heard of.The latter had about S1.7C0 with him.---Th- e

wounded man fell from his horse andescaped into the bushes, whete he heardseveral &hots urea in the pursuit ot theother.

Work on the Catholic college" at Los Angelos has been temporarily suspended. forwant of funds. ' '

Messrs. B. D. Wilson and A. Packard,President and Treasurer of the Salt SpringsMining Company, were about to leave LosAngelos for the DesertMines, to commenceoperations at once, the company being ful-

ly organized and the stock all taken in thatplace.

m m j, Late from Oregon.

The San Francisco Post has receivedAstoria news to the2ith-ult- . Amongthe signs of improvement.to be noted"in Oregon is the erection of fine flour- -

in"1 mills, which will be able to turn alltheir wheat into the best quality offlour. The Oregonsays that the steammills are progressing rapidly at thatplace, and will be in operation in thirtydays. The Spectator says that a largen mi urti J..IlOUnng mui at AU.uwautt.ie is ucanjrcompleted ; that ""the Island MillingCompany and Dr. McLaughlin areeach about to erect additional millsnear their present establishment, andadds: -, -

A large number of packers receivedtheir supplies of flour at the IslandMills last week, and have started withit for the mines. We are glad to - seethat the" reputation of Oregon, flour isbrightening. It got very much belowpar last spring and summer, and so

it become that even Chiliflour had entirely superseded it, a factthat we are almost ashamed to ac-

knowledge when we consider that thewheat grown in Oregon has scarce anequal in the world, and that the water-pow- er

all over Oregon almost; cannotbe surpassed. .M t..

Mr. Thomas Hubbard, of Yaav Hillcounty, advertises in the Spectator thathe will wager $500 that he " can raisefrom one peck of oats 300 bushels." .

Mr. Edward a Bradbury, formerlyor Cincinnati, was murdered on. the16th. at Lattvie's Island, near Portland,by Creed Turner, formerly of Ken--"tucky, lift died instantly from'the ef--fects of six etabs and. the murderer wassecured for trial.

A . large number of persons had leftthe "settlements for the ftiines, aid am-

ong them many of this year's hxnrd- -grants- The Statesman contains the- - follow

ing statistics of this year's immigration"in Oregon, cbtained from one --who. hast

AW.. W i iand about IS,000 worth of propertystolen, by the Snake and Boonack In- -dians.: Best of all.' he adds, "mnchblooded stock was brought in by them. anAn untold- - wealth was brought overalso, in the form ofvabout.200 first rate

," -young women !nMr. A. A: Skinner, Indian Agent, of

had left for Rogue's River, the divisionassignedjiim. Mr. E. A. Starling has tobeen assigned-t- o the district north ofthe Columbia. Mr. Wan pool, agent onthe Utille river, has been removed formisconduct. . The Columbia' landedsafely at Port Orford, on her upwardtrip, the detachment of one hundredand twenty-on- e under command of Lt.Casev, " designed to act - against . theIlogue River Indians. V -

From Nicaragua. - .

Correspondent of the Pteavune. 'GreYtowx, Nicaragua, Xov.13 '51.Eds.-Pic- - Our town has undergone

quite a change, within the last week.week ago we had but one vessel in

the harbor. Yesterday we had six ar--rivals from sea four steamers, one brigand one schooner. Steamer Alabama,from Xew Orleans: Cherokee arid Pro-metheus, from New York; and Englishsteamer Avon, from Southampton.Sailing vessels --Schooner Home, fromNew Urleans; brig Unnkerhoott. fromiew xors; iuosquiuan man ot.vrarJessie, ; English brig of war Express,two sloops arid one small English schoo- -

nert lotal, eleven sail m tne harbor. atThe Cherokee has come out in oppo

sition to the Prometheus, . and a heal-

thy competition will soon spring up,much to the benefit of the travellingpublic, when this route will take thelead. .

Affairs in the interior remain muchthe same, both parties . being afraid, toadvance. Two thousand stands of

tarm3 have gone up the .river for theGovernment party, and ten tons ofshot are here awaiting an opportunity

i . t iof the papers from the States that the

erhment party, but this is a mistake.The steamer Central America has

been taken over the rapids and is nowreadv to commence her trips on thelake. Three steamers are running reg- -

hilar lv from Greytown to the CastilianRapids

A boat has just arrived from SanCarlos, with late news from the seat ofwar. The Government party are ma-king every preparation to give Munoz

warm reception. Munoz is advanc-- iing on Granada :with five or six hun- -

dred troops, tolerably well armed. Itis reported that there are some eigntyor one hundred Americans with Alunoz.

Several Americans are opening plan-

tations on the San Juan River, and arehiiihlv pleased with the prospects be--

cj a

fore them. G.

The Mexican Revolution.

COItirESFOXDEXCE BETWEEN CEX. CAKVA-JA- IASD THE FOUEIGN COSlLS. j

The following correspondence passedbetween Gen. Carvajal, the commanderof the insurgent forces of Mexico, andthe foreign consuls at Matamorasbe-for- e

the attack on that city :

Headquarters Liberatixg ArmVof the North Cities, Camp atRucias, October ISth, 1S51.Sir: You are no doubt. aware that

the tyranical conduct of the troops ejm- -;

ployed by the general government ofthe Republic has caused the people- - ofthis frontier to rise in arms, and to de-- -mand redress for their grievances. '

I am now before this city vith- - anarmed and organized force, and, without delay, I intend to'attack the troopsof 'the" government of Oen. Arista, whonow occupy it, and,' as I desire to pro-tect the persons and property of allpeaceable, citizens, and particularlythose of the nations who are at peacewith the Mexican-peopl-e, I desire thatyou will immediately take the. necessa-ry steps to place the persons and prop-erty of your countrymen in safety. Ihave the honor to tender you my bestrespects and consideration.

God and liberty !

JOSE M. CARVAJAL.Jose M. GoxzaLes, Adjutant and

Secretary.

Matamoras, Oct. 1.9, 1S51

Sir: 'The undersigned, consul ofthe United States of America, and Viceconsul of France, of her Britanic Ma-

jesty, and of her Catholic Majesty, havethe honor to acknowledge the receiptof the communication which, underdate of yesterday, you were pleased toaddress to each of us, and in which yougive Us the assurance of your desire to

. . .i i.i rtprotect particularly tne property xii.tiiecitizens of those nations Between whomand Mexico- - friendly relations exist, incase you attacked this city with the for-

ces under your. command.'- -

In - conformity "with general usage;we have hoisted the flags of therespective'nations we represent, and, in "com-municating to you this fact, avail our-selves- of the opportunity to assure youthat we have never entertained a doubtthat the rules ofcivilized warfare wouldhe strictly" observed by lhe forces under fyour command. " . -

We tender you, sir, our respect andrconsideration. , -

:- .

J F. WADDELL, U. S. consuL , .- M. BOUSIGUES, vice consul de

France. .-

'

A. UHDE, IL B. .Majesty's vice"consul. -- "

- '"DIMASTJE TORRES," vice consul,

de Spain. "

.

. " Mr. Clark' Cbtllton Party.'' Our young folks, and all others fend ofthe dance, must recollect that MrClarkgives a Cotillon Party on Tuesday nightnext. He has procured a large, and comfortable room, and wft do his duty to ren-- 1

der the occasion one of pleasure And en-

joyment to all who may attend. . See hiscard ia another coluam P-- 4

" SAN FRANCISCO

J The steamship Alabama, E. Auld, com-mander, from "Chagres, via Sari Juan deNicaragua, with 240 passengers, arrivedto-da- y, 1st inst. She left the former onthe 15th, and the latter on the 19th inst.On the 25th inst. she expeiienced heavynorth winds. The steamers Cherokee andPrometheus arrived at San Juan on theevening of the 1 7th inst. The former sail-ed for Ohagres da the morning of the 1 8th ,the latter was waiting for passengers.Heavy rains were falling continually atSan J nan, and passengers suffered greatly a

in crossing the Isthmus, which had pro-duced much fever among them.

The steamship Pacitic arrived at SanJuan del Sud on the 14th inst. with 450passengers from San Francisco. Severalof them came on the Alabama, mating theentire passage from. San Francisco to NewOrleans in twenty --seven and a half days.They report the two clipper ships whichsailed fiom New York last summer, theFlj ing Cloud and the Challenge, as hav-ing arrived in San Francisco, the first men-tioned about the. 1 1th, and the latter on the20th ult. .

They also report that tea of the cre-- ofthe Challenge had died of injuries received -from Capt. Waterman and his two matesamong them an owner's son. .The civilauthorities l.ad taken Mr. Douglass, thefirst mate, and also the second mate, andput them in jail. Capt. Waterman hadmade his escape, and a heavy reward wasoffered for his arrest.- - The excitement wasimmense, and great crowds were searchingthe .shipping in port for. him. Six of thecrew were taken to the hospital in a dread-ful condition.

Among the passehar'sf S Is Col. G. W.Barbour, Indi? Agent and Commissionerior the SoulhernDistrict of California, whohas effected treaties with all the tribes inthe Southern part of the State, except afew tribes on the Colorado, near the mouthof the Gila, and a few of the Mission tribesin the vicinity of San Diego and Los An-gelo- s.

Col. Barbour has concluded treaties withsome forty or fifty tribes, the most of wbmwere, when he reached the country, at openwar with the whites, and had driven theminers from many of the southern mines.uol. IS. is of opinion that if the whites willact in good faiui towards the Indians, theywill on their, part scrupulously observe theconditions of the treaties. Vhen Col. B.left all was peace and quiet throughout thegreat valleys of San Joaquin 'and Tulare,where a few months since war and plunderprevailed.

lhe ship has experienced heavy weatherand rain during the passage up.

We have before ua a San FranciscoMorning Post of the 28th ult., in which wefind some interesting items. ''

The Post refers to a communication inthe Stockton Republican, on the past oper-ations and present condition of the minesin Tuolumne county. The following is theprincipal and most interesting portion :

The geographical portion of Tuolumnecounty makes the name appropriate, thenver bearing that name draining aboutseven-eighth- s of the county. . The headwaters of the Tuolume are within two orthrr e miles of the south fork of the Stanis-laus, the dividing ridge being much closerto the latter than the former river. Theconsequent immense extent of auriferousland swe eping down to the Tuolumne, gaverise to the conjecture of Gen. Vallejo,

.(since proved to be a fact,)

,that this part of

1 ift c. Tuie county was me ncnestin me oiate..

- The first diggings, on arriving into themining region by the Stockton road, areJamestown, Georgetown, and Wood'sCreek, at first known collect! velv by the latter appellative. This is one of the oldestplacers of California, having been workedas early as the fall of 1 848. Wood's Creektakes its rise Tn the mountains a short distance from Sonora, and flowing throughthat town, continues in a southwest direc-tion ;. watering Jamestown, Georgetown,and many a populous camp on its way,until it empties itself into tho Tuolume river at the important and. flourishing town ofJacksonville.

Wood's, Creek' was, at that time, alivewith busy miners. Two thousand menhad been working on that creek for fivemonths, making an average of from oneounce to

.twenty-fou- r' dollars per day 7 'T il i! i -- .ft' "ftc rom mat time to me present, mere lias

been continually at work, an- - average oftwenty-fiv- e hundred laborers, the proceedsof waose work is calculated to have beensix dollars per day. You must understandme as speaking of the average yield forwhile many were fortunate enough to acquire a rapid fortune, others were contentto make a rood living. From the mostrigid inquiries and nicest --calculations wefind that upwards of fifteen millions ofgold has been taken from the bed of thisstream, of twenty miles in length; and inwhich, at this moment, at least three thousand men are gaining good wages.

Another very productive stream, is thatcommonly known

fas ..." Sullivan's .....Creek,

ana running ior some distance parallel withWood's Creek. On- - this creek five and ahalf millions of dollars have been takenout. Prom Sullivan's camp to the iuaction of the stream with Wood's Creek, thewhole distance has been worked for nearlythree years, and is still worked with verysatistactory results

The vicinity of Sonora hasr perhaps, pro- -aucea more goia man an equal space inany other partof California.- - From thetime when the camp-- was first, formed by aparty of Sonorians, in April, 1849, up tothe spnng of 1850, when the camp becameAmericanized, upwards of twelve, tons ofgold have been taken out, without .includinga vast amount, dug by the lower order ofMexicans

The extensive placer of Columbia, fourmiles from Sonora, was opened last year,and on account of the dryness of the season is sfill almost in its virrin state. Thesmall amount of labor already expendedthere h:is resulted in a benefit of two millions of dollars.' In anticipation of therainy season, already have upwards of twohundred and fifty good and substantialhouses sprung up as if by magic.

The Chinese Camp, Campo Seco, York- -

town, Shaw s Hat, all within two or threemiles of Sonora, have been and are yet asproductive as the richest placers 'of theNorth. At Campo Seco a canal four mileslong was made to supply the place withwafer. -- In diy seasons like the -- present,want of wter is the great drawback to theenterprise of the miner in the Southerncounties. The " Tuolumne Water Company," got up for the purpose of supplyingColumbia, Yankee Hill, Shaw's Tlats, So-nori- ta.

and the environs of Sonora, withwater from the South Fork of the Stanislaus, has been busily at work 'since thecommencement of July. " lhe canal witbe twentv'two miles in length, ndcaloukvted to supply tefl. cubic-fee-t of water. Itii already graded and ditched) and taking

On motion, it was .

Resolved, That this meeting apjninttwo hundred delegates to attend theDemocratic Convention to he held atJackson, on the Sth January next, forthe purpose of selecting delegates torepresent the State of Mississippi inthe National Democratic Conventionat Baltimore.

Oa motion of Gen. Jefferson, thechairm'n appointed one gentleman fromeach precinct in the county, who wererequested to furnish a list of delegatestherefrom, and the following gentle-men were named:

Jackson, George R. Fall. Raymond,Daniel Thomasl Clinton, John R, Jefferson; Brownsville, Henry White.Edwards, John A. Walton. Utica,George W. Minims. ". Auburn, W. F,Dillon. Cayuga, II. Lowry. New-town, Dr. Holmes, Sturges, J. D.Houston. .

' The last named Committee "reporteda, list of more than two hundred delegates, which, we - reluctantly omit-t- o

make room for other matter.Gen. S. A. D. Greaves was called up-

on to aildress the meeting, which hodid in an able and eloquent manner,expressing his approval of the resolu-tions just adopted; Ins unwavering ad-

vocacy of" Democratic measure, andhis determination to support the nom-inees of t!i Baltimore Convention.

Mr. E. Barksdale was ako called forby the meeting, and addressed it iu'ushort and stirring sjecc!i.

On motion, the Mississippian, and allother Democratic papers of the S tate,were requested to jHihliih the proceed-ings of this meeting.

On motion of. Gen. Jefferson, thankwere tendered lo the Chairman amiSecretariei of the meeting.

Oa motion, the meeting adjourned.C. S. TARPLEY, Ch'm.

Ei-isn.-v Lott, ) ecretariej.Jo. Dotson, ) '

A Sample of Union Meetings. .

Cantos. Dec. 10th, 1851.To the Editors of the JlissixsippiaH:

Gentlemen The LTnion Demtcratsome time since called a meeting, whichcame oil" last-Monda- y, It was calledby the Union Democrats, but was main-ly composed of old fashioned Whigi.

It was but thinly attended someseventeen or eighteen Whigs and onlythree Democrats. This. Democraticmeeting (the aforesaid three) apjxjintedsome sixteen delegates, to the Demo-crati-c

Convention (as they termed jt)to be held at Jackson on the 1st' Mon-day in January next.

The poor Whigs looked ashamed ofthemselves, as they thus unceremoni-ously interred ancient Whiggery, with-out even" extending to it the poor riteof decent sepulture. -

But perhajjs they think that Whig-ger- y

is not dcad,hul only sleepcth, andthat jt will be revived by the touch ofthe sot disant Democratic, meeting, tobe held- - by the. Whigs in Jackson oathe 1st Monday of January. "

- One thing is certain they are eitherpulling the- - Union Democrats, or theUnion Democrats are gulling the.Whigs. The 'former is, I think themoreprobable conjecture, as ihe Whigsare niore versed in finesse and politi-cal' trickery.' ,

The combination bears on its facethe most unmistakable evidences of itsoffice-huntin-g elements! the trick is tootransparent, and surely can deceive nogenuine Democrat.

k As 1 write merely to give you thenumbers who-- participated . and theirparty predilections, I shall make dofurther comments on this new politi-cal movement. ' , .

I may add, that one of the Demo-cratic participants in our county meet-ing (the President) has always been aDemocrat-- Of the - other-- two, onehas heretofore called himself a Demo-crat, but has for the most part, in thisState, voted the Whig ticket; th re-maining member of the trio set out inlife a 'Whiz, then turned Democrat.and has now ioined this new Union or--ganization, having been about" half 'ofhis life U Whig and the other half aDemocrat. . .

-

So that, upon! strict arithmeticalSrinci pies, 'the meeting had about fieo

in it: rather loo small aportion of Democratic leaven tor de-mocra-

tize

the old fashioned Whig par--,

ty of - ; MADISON.

" t&" We learft from a gentleman, whoresides in Panola County, thai James II.Dyson, who waylaid and shot Nelma,few weeks, ago, has been tried byJh com-

mitting court and discharged, lie wasdischarged on the ground that Xfalsawlalthreatened to take his (Dyson's) .:"r

.

Recollect that SUhell's b tbplace to find alf th good tlijs fir CSut- -

kiiii'r lail on our book-tabl- e a neat,19 rrra-- ; bc-t-s- Laslsomeiv rrinted octavo volnme.5.r.liMSI '"TV Ic-t- Tc

"it'r c: tSre; r? narratives of Uie voyage of the Exploring

K'--rrI?- tie S?Ze ef 17jvre c.F-n- , commanded by Captain Charlesf lm Crcrr? I Wiikcs, of the United States Navy, in the4k-tof- ti- I'd- - ycarslC3S,33,M0,'41 and 1842: togeth-rV-r

i.rt raeI to wiA exriloratkn3 and discoveries.fire thewLrk taav ; crai -

sis ia tLe 3f Ltrraria. t receive anl i other navigators and travcllersr and an ac-- r

tt?-- . UsIi Siiir the sail Lcals I count of the Expedition to the Dead Sea,ivxaa iaa - acsMriCr: ra cs a;v.

;

DcaA cf Xtra. Sua.zr cvfciiruul r, says Uic :

r jc, i ra :ta rrjw f.rthe !eathin.racc in a condensed form," all thatV-

- rr L. Swsaa, tlc wife cf ournlTa T.' is n3ST valuable in the numerous and un-v;.- ,,,

f--li aal t ut. Co1. Gcrze

volumes which have beent,.-- , -- :ts,r ,f S s" eJrea3uUjf large

rvHiit. Oa aturJar ccr.;nr. --- -i ., , " , . r , thor is hinlr distinguished for his skill,

- accuracv, good taste and discnmmatmghIoKr;.inJ? the rtiCarct fSrinamirennssjuwoAMfoTpop.

her nat-- rc ia recalng a UUn cd child ; uUr use. name is now a passportfroc. r pprcaeadel dxr.cr. She breath-jtoJ.(aDl-ic &.Tor, for all the books written by4 Lexlitoa Wcdneydav isoming, --

m. We cordially recommend this workotter Kn rrrjtg throcgh eighteen days taall readers.sal long c;giU of agv-sij-

- aal suiftrr- -

irv- -. sLt-fti- t kkCocccival!e. with a Chris- - ,

lian f.rtilile Ivyon J She leaves. 1 . - . 1 I rv.t c:ft-frf- t rfV-.- !

I er made' - --iaicl11 u -- "iue, vapiam uoss, ana

coder Lieutenant Lynch. By John &Jenkins. -

This work Is one of ihc-mo- st interestingand instructive volumes of narrative which

fid from the Press for many years

41 1 "TWtnf f)V.Aak VtVft?AAt0 A T

Semphis A. CaarleMoa .Kail Goad.Slaj. Tbomas Moll -

We are requested to give-notic- e

j regaru to mis suueci are iiiiieu ; auu2 ceneral attendance of the people oflhe County is desired.

Jfew Groceries.--X. E. Hampton invites the Ppl

llollr Spring and Marshall County, to.call and examine his splendid stock of gro- -

ceiies before they make their purchaseselsewhere. We have looked into his es--

; tiblL'luncnt, and were surprised to find so

; rrots, believing in the old adage, that ai nimble sixpence is better than a slow sh3I Mnd' See advertisem6nt., - --F.

. , . . S that Mai. Mud has yielded to the soh--tfrtra to roc-cr-a a ks iaJeed irrepara-- j - -

' citatK-n- s ofman v of his friends to makeItc. WevnUtoa n.cre ccmpttenti . . .

. .ia speech, in the Court House in tinsra the rortraval o! the Virtues and,1 . 1 . . I place, xn the first Monday of the nextcaa-- T lacts d cuaracter of this j .- , , , .r ; Circuit Court, in regard to amending

- . ithe charter for said road, rreedis--syi-Rathie-

s c--f tsr vliole couimuaity . . . .- "... , , . . , jicassiou and interchange of opinion in

t..ai:,y.J

MJ Kabtsry.We Icara fnow the IIuaUvi"e, Aia.

llrrwk --it tv-r- . tV. dm r-.frT-

i- i ir -

'ton, was retted, a boird of theSteamer Atlaalx, between Whitbcr-- a-a-d Gactersrille; oa the 5th inst. ,

hy a nua oained Jarat Hackney,- - of

iria ciy. .;a. m nea taken : Ur,ej 0o4 chi,a?t an assortment ofat 3 cui'.oJy. Harlacy had cpwards of grnes in Holly Springs." Hampton

ia baal K1I aad checks ia bisons for cash and is satisfied with smallrossc"ok!:, lrr litter drawn ia Mem -

phs ia favor of parties ia Xew Yorkno. thera civics