Great Excitement at Jacksonville—Pursuit of the Robber Joaquin

The Sacramento papers have long accounts of a warm and exciting chase after the famous robber Joaquin.

On Friday last the citizens of Jacksonville brought in the dead body of Mr. Lake, a butcher, of that place, and the body of a Chinaman, who was wounded by a pistol ball. It was not then known who had committed these outrages. On the next day, Saturday, three Chinamen were killed between Sutter and Jackson, a distance of some four miles. The driver of the Stockton stage and two passengers were killed on the same day by Joaquin and two others, supposed to be Mexicans. The three men were shot and the horses taken from the stage.

On the same day, the same parties drove some fifty Chinese from a camp in the neighborhood, and carried away or destroyed their tents. On the Thursday previous, Joaquin rode through the village of San Andreas at a quick gallop, and shot three Americans as he passed through the streets. Joaquin is a young man, of about nineteen years of age, and must be one of the best shots with a revolver in this or any other country, as nearly all these men were shot through the neck. The whole band, it is supposed, consists of about sixty men, all of whom are thought to be Mexicans.

A letter from Jacksonville, dated 13th inst., says: "The town is under the greatest excitement. A large meeting of the citizens was held this evening, at which measures were taken that must lead to the eventual capture of the murderers. Nearly our whole population has volunteered to turn out in pursuit to-morrow. Wo to the Mexicans if they are caught."

The party of Americans who started in pursuit, found at Cook's Gulch, on Sutter Creek, the dead body of a Chinaman. They traced the robbers to Jackson Creek, a few miles below this village, and there found more of their work—one Chinaman mortally wounded. Mr. Lake was living, but speechless, and died in a few minutes after the arrival of the Americans. He had been shot twice, and stabbed through the neck, and his mule taken.

The American party followed on, and soon overtook the Mexicans who had committed all these murders. The villains managed to escape, with the loss of their horses, blankets, &c., and one and perhaps two of them were wounded.

One of the party, worn out by fatigue, having been in hot pursuit of the robbers for six days, returned to Sacramento with three horses captured from a portion of Joaquin's party. The utmost excitement prevails throughout the mines.