CALIFORNIA. (From the Alta California, July 26)

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 374, 14 November 1849, Page 3

CALIFORNIA. (From the Alta California, July 26)

A mme'iunt lias ta'<cn place m >!i- <?olj ic^ion, \<h'ch, from its probable resi'l s, mils not onl\ for f lic itit'*rvcii>ion nl the civil ond mil laiy an 1 iviti s but set m to require im eu-ne't exp <-fisi'>n of llieir foelinirs irom nil those citizens of the Uni cd Scales who have a regard for the honour of ili^ir cuntrp, and who m solved to maintain it. We allude to tin forcible «Xi>ulMon of certain foreigners and intirali/ d cif'z ns of the United States from the PJarer? of the Middle Fork «im(l neii;hb mrhodd, hy an nrmed holy of men, calling themseles American?. Or tin ea inlividuals f hits expelled, whom we have seen, one is tin old resident of Calilonia and a natuuil/jd i itizen of ihe United States. Another, a nativt* P ruvian ntvl a naturalized citizen of fie United .Suites, who Ins, to our knowledge, perilled his life many liuipr in this c unhy, fi^lnini! under the Amciran fl,i«:, and was fever* ly beaten by the enemy because he refused to !)uar urmi against na. We have be n informed that hostilities li,ne l>een commenced ngn n t ihose.only who speak the Spanish lm»iu^e find who cannot speak Engli-.li ; inri not only aic the Rn;h<>h, French, Dutch, 1 alia is, Portuguese, &'C, reported f> have b-en nnmoJ -ted hut we are informed th.it they aciu Ay omjiosed a oart of tl;e oxpel'inff forre God grant th.it thoy ixny havi" composed the wliole of it— hat v.» American ciin have so far forgotten lii-i own li n <ur and that of his rountiy as to e\p'l those from the Placpr who n our Givernmont lia 1 * sworn fo proiect in the full enj >ytnent of all the pi.v lcijes of Amcican citizen 1 ;. We are informed tint the regul.i'ors ga\e to their victims three hour- 1 grace : tins is a piecj of ooi>dcsei>ns"on for winch these n fortuna c men aic doiilit le^s, th.nkful, since it embled th'-m to rscape with some of their animds; but they would certainly felt still more indebted had tliey h.ivd hern nble to fiuve brought away with them thnir provisions .in-1 nvichuies. This disorderly proceed. <t^ iii.iy be nttcided with mmy serioiu results Those jrovei nmeiits wh»f>e ciuzens oi subjects ha»e been the victims of this | artia'ity ought to, »nd paob.ibly will, den.md inst.i ,t repanition for all dam.ige3 they may have sustained. — Every child, that i«, every Amfiinn child, ought io know that the Govrinment of the Umled Statos alonf haß the light to pievut peisons Fiom di/sfin"; in the gold region ; and \\>i will not q'ics ion the com nnn hensa of our read r-. by at'.emptmg tj prove it. O.ir -advieei from the Mines ara not of a very e\ei'Kg nafure, if we except the icpoits that the Americans have commence I in eiinest Vo ex el all foreigners from the Middle Fork; if such be the fact (anJ 'here appears to bu little doubt of it) we h >pc some mo lerntion and hni'y will be exercised t iwards those who will be compelled to leave, and that they will be allowfd time to take their effect* with them. We conversed with a gentleman lait evenin; fnm the North Fork, who serm d well acquainted with the success of the miners of that section : those who w;ik laithfully with machines seld >m fail of making from 1 to 3 ounces per day, while many are making more, and a far greitfer number leu. Theie had been two deaths by drowning within a few dayi, but our infoinunt did nftt recolle. t the names of the unfoitunab3 men ; these frequent deaths should be a warning to those engaged at the mines, as well as to fuiuie udventuiers. From what we learn from other sections of the Minei we incline to the opiui. n that those who labour indu - tiiously are doing well; and us the water is stcadi'y falling, there is certainty of d ling much bettsr. A cons>i"Crahle number, however, are comidg down to await the falling of the streams, and until the weather become.s a shade cooler. ' Nice young gentlemen,' having become sntiated with the romance of the thin" 1 , come down like Shuffleton Pope with their tail between their legs, or a fka in their ear. Vast numbers of emigrants were pouring into the Placer, and it is probable tiiot there will be a lively lime in the Diggings this ial). '

A 1)/pi.. — A duel w>s fought on Fii lay morrin* last in the western part of the town. Both pirticn are taid to have belnved •' handsomely," and one of them went of the ground with a severe on the si le of his face nnd head. This was considered a sufficient salvo for " wounded honor," and we helievo the matter has since heon amicably arranged. Tbe quarrel is said to huve grown out of sotau misunderstanding at a faro table. Suicide.— \ man hy the name of Walker, who came passenger in the Greyhound from Baltimore, committed suicide in ihe southern outskirts of she town on Sunday last by blowing his brains out with a piitol. There is no reason known for the commission oi the deed. Large Piece of Gold. — We were shewn last week at the stores of Messri. Cross, Hobson and Co. the Urgest specimen of gold we have yet s<'eu. It is un irregular shu(,e«l boulder composed of ffold andquaiV, and nvnsurps 7 inches in length by an average thickness of 2\ inches, and varies in width from 6} inches to 3 inches. A'mut tliree-fourths of its bulk is quartZ) which we should think constitutes one quaiter of is wtigh 1 . The weight of the pisce is 14H>s. 9. J- ounces troy, which, «t lfi dolhrs tlie ounce, would give 2,840 dollars aa its intuusic value, were it all gold. Deducting one qiiartei for the stone it contains, and is value is 2,130 dul'.nis. The upecimcn has been purchased of Don Fi,incis"o Leon of Ma/.itldii for 3,5(30 dollars, and it is suppisL'd to be intended for the Cabinet of Queen Victon.i.