Ctnijibr figjrtmttlj. 
ARRIVALS—-PREPARATION FOR THE RAINY SEASON—NEW DISCOVERIES—COLOMA—GAM¬ 
BLERS versus BAYONETS—“ HANGTOWN ”—PUBLIC executions—FASHIONABLE enter¬ 
tainments—WILD CATTLE—DANGEROUS SPORTING—MURDERED INDIANS—THE WRONGS 
THEY SUFFER, 
After the result of the different canalling operations was 
known, being about the first of October, there was a general 
uneasiness felt throughout the mines, partly owing to the ill- 
success attending the above, and in part to a desire to make 
preparations for the approaching rainy season, which was ex¬ 
pected to set in about the first of November. People were 
constantly arriving from San Francisco, having been informed 
that this was the u precise spot .” The overland emigration was 
also arriving, and there was a universal desire to change posi¬ 
tions. Those having productive private leads, were anxious to 
sell, go into the “ dry diggings,” throw up dirt, and prepare for 
operating during the rainy season. Some of the canalled bars 
were not entirely abandoned, and much of the stock was in 
market; but those who purchased it, were in a similar condi¬ 
tion to the man who purchased the bear skin, the worthy owner 
of which was running wild in the forest, little suspecting that so 
important a part of himself, had been made the subject of a 
mercantile contract. 
There were frequent reports of rich discoveries in the moun¬ 
tain gorges, and many of them were found quite productive, 
inducing the occupants to throw up temporary habitations to 
protect them during winter. Those who wished to retain their 
claims on the river, would do so by leaving some utensil to 
keep possession, and spend a week in prospecting in the moun¬ 
tains. If successful in finding a productive spot, the pick-axe 
would be left in charge. A rich deposit was found in the 
