[From the Sydney People's Advocate.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VI, Issue 448, 17 November 1849, Page 4

[From the Sydney People's Advocate.]

A movement has taken place in the gold region, which, from its probable results calls not only for the intervention of the civil and military authorities, but seems to require an earnest expression of their feelings from all those citizens of the United States, who have a regard for the honour of their country, and who are resolved to maintain it. We allude to the. forcible expulsion of certain foreigners and naturalized citizens of the United States from the PJacers of the Middle Fork and neighbourhood hy an armed tody of men calling themselves Americans. Of three individuals thus expelled, whom we have seen, one is an old resident of California, and a naturalized citizen of the United States, who has, to our knowledge, perilled his life many times in this country, fighting under the American flag, and was severely beaten by the enemy because he refused to bear arms against us. We have been informed that hostilities have been commenced against those only who speak the Spanish language and who cannot speak English, and not only are the English, French, Duich, Italians, Portuguese, &c, reported to have been unmolested, but we are informed that they actually composed a part of the expelling force. God grant that they may have composed the whole of it ; that no American can have so far forgotten his own honour and that of his country as to expel those from the PJacer whom our government has sworn to protect in the full enjoyment of all the privileges of American citizens. We are informed that the regulators gave to their victims three hours' grace. This is a piece of condescension for which these unfortunate men are doubtless thankful, since it enabled them to escape with some of their animals ; but they would certainly feel still more indebted iiad

! they been able to have brought away with them their provisions and machines. This disorderly proceeding may be attended with many serious results. Those governments whose subjects have been the victims of this partiality ought to, and probably will, demand instant reparation for all damages which they may have sustained. Every child, that is, every American child, ought to know that the Government of the United States clone has the right to prevent persons from digging in the gold region, and we will not question the common sense of our readers by attempting to prove it. Our advices from the mines are not of a very exciting nature, if we except the reports that the Americans have commenced in earnest to expel all foreigners from the Middle Fork. If such be the fact (and there appears to be little doubt of it) we hope some moderation and lenity will be exercised towards those who will be compelled to leave, and that they will be allowed time to take their effects with them. We conversed with a gentleman from the North Fork, who seemed well acquainted with the success of the miners in that section. Those who work faithfully with machines, seldom fail of making from oue to three ounces per day, while many are making more, and a far greater number less. There have been two deaths by drowning within a few days, but our informant did not recollect the names of the unfortunate men. These frequent deaths should be a warning to those engaged at the mines as well as future adventurers. From what we learn from other sections of the mines, we incline to the opinion that those who labour industriously are doing well, and as the water is steadily falling there is a certainty of doing much better. A considerable number, however, are comipg down to await the falling of the streams, and until the weather becomes a shade cooler. Nice young gentlemen having been satiated with the romance of the thing, come down like Shuffleton Pope with their tail between their legs or a flea in their ear. Vast numbers of emigrants were pouring into the Placer, and it is probable that there will be a lively time in the diggings this fall. — Alia California, July 26.