The New York Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1856, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1856. fcription — Bands had then become white, the blood bad apparently | fn the centre of Brenham place, bearing the following in- weased dead. to flow, and Graham was propeanced § Proclamations from the Authorities. Hanger ares, 2p Drv, Cat, Mit. , ‘Say Fraacisoo, June 3, 1856, GENERAL ORDERS. No, I.—The following extracts of an act the nization of the militia of this Passed April 25, 11855, is published for the information of all concerned:— ‘Sec. 1. All free able-bodied white citizens between the of eighteen and forty-five years, residing in this and not exempt by law, shall be subject to military @uty, and shal! be enrolled as hereinafter directed. See. 2. The enrolled militia and volunteers and indepen- dent companies of this State shal! be organized in six di- ‘visions ——, the counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, ‘Bae Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa, shall compese the Second ; ‘See, 17. In of war, insurrection or rebellion, or the Peetetance of the execution of the laws of this State, the @ommander in is authorized to call for such portion @f the enrolled militia of this State, by ‘wany or ail of the Major or Brigadier ae he ip hie diseretion may deem or the volunteer 13 s § i won brought — e officer to whom calling men service was issued, in any court of competent juris- person was drafted. forty nor more than eighty privates, and the number of fiers and m as requi: the regular service. ‘Batmlions and regiments shall be of the same standard as established in the United’States army. Sec. 22. All troops called into service after the ef this act, to repel invasions, or quell insurreetions, or @r any other pu requiring continued service for more than one week, shall receive the pay of the United g ‘Oops Sec. 81. The Governor of this State shal) be Commander- fm-Chief of the militia. + e for the militia of this » 33, The rules of disci} ‘State shail be the same, at all times, as those established for disciplining the regular troops of the with ten per cent on if i E rs 8 ¥. ‘Signed asd certified b} St W. DENVER, Socretary of State. B. The following orders have this day been received from the Commander-iu-Chief, and are published in par- guance of the foregoing sec. 18 — Exxcutive DEPARTMENT, Sacramento Crry, Can., June 2, 1856. Sm —Information having been received by me that ap armed body of men is now organized in the city and county of San Francisco, in this State, in violation of law, and have resisted the due execution of the law, especially ‘by preventing the service of a writ of habeas corpus duly weed, and is threatening other acts of violenceand rebel- ‘Ton against the constitution and Jaws of this State,—you are therefore commanded to cal! upon such number as you may deem necessary of the enrolled militia, or those sub- to military duty ; also, upon all the volunteer or jependent companies of the military, within the mili- ry division under your command, to rendezvous at such ‘ame and place within the county of San Francisco as you may decm necessary end proper to aid the civil authorities, especially the Shoriif and his deputies of said eounty, in enforcing the laws and rendering obedience Mereto, and with such forces as you may be able to com- mand, to aid and agéist the enforcement of the laws, and She service of such legal process as may be required of Ea by such officers of the law as may command your Im the organization and equipment of euch militia Porce you will be governed by the law and regulations ‘Bow in force. Very respectfully your obedient servant, J. NEELY JOHNSON, Governor and Commander-ia-Chief. Jo William T. Sherman, ‘Major-General Commanding 2d Div. California Millitia. IM. The officers commanding the volunteer and inde- dent companies of ths city wil! proceed forthwith to their companies to the hivhest standard, and will re- oll person the strength and names of the members of companies to Gen. W. C. Kibbe, Adjutant and Quar- termaster General, at Recorder’s court room, City Hall. ‘The companies will hold themselves prepared to assemble ‘at such place as may hereafter be indicated. All enrolled members of these companies are hereby commanded to report to thoir respective captains or commanding officer, who will report the names of all who refuse to obey, with such evidence of their disobedience as will bring them within the provision of section 20 of the foregoing lature. ; zens of San Francisco county, betweon the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, not members of the regularly enrolled volunteer or tire companies of the weeny, OF not otherwise exempt from military duty, are hereby commanded to enrol themselves into companies of from fifty to one bundréd men, to clect from their own mumber a captain, one first lieutenani, two second lieute- mants, four cerjeants and four corpordis, afd to agree on & place of rendezvous in case their services are called for. The captain or other commanding officer will pré- Pare a roll of the names of the members of his company and the place of rendezvous, and will deposit the same ‘with Adjutant Genera! Kibbe, at Recorder's court room, Hall. Parties refusing so to enrol themselves are Drought within the provisions of Article 20 of the act be- fore named. Citizens so enrolling themselves for future eal] arc requested not to suspend their usual business, euly to hold themselves prepared for service in further orders. Should they be called ints the servic the State arms and ammunition will be provided for them. V. The Major General commanding takes this occasion to say that the troops to be organized under this call ave nothing to do with the exciting issues of the past two weeks. The only question is, shall the laws of the State of California henceforth be sustained? All violence ‘of act or language is to be deprecated, and no force or threats must be used without my orders. The good ci- Aizens of San Francisco should retlect that we all hold our lives and property by force of law, and that a forci- Die resistance of the law does not end with the case in point, but may rise up against ourselves in some other ‘aud iees pleasing form, and may injure our reputation in other States, where the evils we complain of are not felt. ivi’ war, or the array of armed citizen against citizen, fe too horrible in its consequences to be spoken of, and it to be hoped that all good citizens will forthwith return fe their business, and cease any display of force or re- nee w the regular operations of our courts of law. W. J. SHERMAN, Major General, Txxcunve Derarnrest, exto Ciry, June 3, 1856 ‘Wherens, satisfactory information has beon received by me that combinations to regist the exocation of legal process hy force exist in the county of San Francisco, in this State lawful organization, styling Cominittes, have resisted b force the execution of power oi said cour Deen sufficient to eva’ ecute such process :— t e, 1, J, Neely Jobn- eon, Governor of the State of California, by virtue of the Power vested in me by the constitution and the laws thereof, do hereby declare said county of San Fran- cieco in'a state of insurrestion, and I bereby order and direct all of the volunteer militia companies of the county of San Franeisco, algo all persons subject to military duty ‘within eaid county, to report themeel ves for duty imme- diately to Major Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, commanding Se- end Division California militia, to serve for such term in ‘the performance of military duty under the command of gaid Sherman, until disbanded from service by his orders. Aleo that all yolunteer military companies now organized, or which may be organized within the third, fonrth and fifth military’ divisions of the State; alzo all persons sub. ject to military duty in said military division, do bold ‘themselves in readiness to respond to and obey tue orders @f the Governor of tnis Svate, or said Sherman, for the performance of miliary duty in such manner and at comnty to € wuch time and pla inay be directed by the Governor of this State. 1 ‘more order and direct that all asso- giationg, conibinations or ¢ at ver, existing im gaid county of San Francisco or e!: ore in this State, §n opposition to, or in violation of, the laws thereof, more particular by the association known as the Vigilance Com- muitec of Sun Francisco, do disband, and each and every Lndtvidua! thereof yield obedience to the constitution and Suwe of the Slate, the writs and processes of the courts, ‘ard ail lega! orders of the officers of this State aud of the county of San Francisco. hed) J. NEELY JOH Huav Quarters, First Inrantry Batralio: 3 Sax Francreco, June 6, 1856, Battalion order No. 7.—The Battalion companies will as- semble this morning, at ten o'clock, at their respective armories, in citizen's dress, with fatigue caps. Com- manders of companies are required to act in accordance ‘with special order Ne. 4. By order of Lieut-Colonel J. R. WEST. Jno, J. Horr, Bvt. 2d Lieut., Acting édjutant. Opposition tothe Vigilance Committee=—Meet- a ing on the Plaza. ‘ram the Herald, June 3.) ld of yesterday the following notification In the He ‘was published « Mass Mrerivo—Tuis Day, a1 Two o’ctock—The citizens of San Francisco who are in favor of maintaining the su macy of the Constitution and Laws of the State, are | ore requested to assemble in the Plaza Tus Day, QMonday,) 2d inst., at 2 o’clock.”” In the morning ‘to the same effect were posted in several places tl ut the city. It will be observ: it no signatures were attached to ‘the call, and that in \teelf it contained no evidence of au- thenticity; etill at the appointed time a large concourse of ple assembled in the Plaza, About an hour or so be- Kore the time for the assembiage of the meeting, placards were posted up about the city ordering all the members of the Vigilance Committee, and those who sympathised ‘with them, not to enter the gates of the Plaza while the rte | was being held. is order of the revolulonary called) junta was titerally obeyed, aa the sequel will paths ‘and another striking example of the ability of the Executive Committee of the Vigilants to control the ‘canaille in whose bands they have placed muskets and beyoneta was afforded, The scenes which tranepired have no parallel in the history of rowdyism ‘and biackguardism. The voices of the speakers wore drowned amid etorms of hisses and groans—epithots of ‘the most offensive character were applied to them—rotten ‘oranges and other missiles were hurled at them, and every mudignity that could possibly be devised was heaped upon them, While to the gaze of the multitude were exposed placards to the following effect— OOOPODOEOOLDODCOLOLOLIDOLEDILEDEDOLE HO DELELOLONE HERS AND FRIENDS OF THW VIGILANCE COMMITTER, COME OUT. nee And another suspended between the Plage gatepostg MEMBERS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE : OKDER MUPT BE MAINTALNED, ARCA DRONE ION: Tt must be admitted, and we believe it to be the fact that the seenes enacted in the Plaza yeaterday were 1 the result of any orders issued by the Commilttec. It was admitted by every man who attended the meeting that rowdyism yesterday attaimed its climax, and the only conclusion “that cam be drawn from this fact is, that the Executive Committee have not the power to control their armed minions. There was nothing wrong in the assemblage of the people in the Plaza to discuss the i of the The people exciting quesuons rs had a right to assemble. Tt was for the acknow mt of this right that our forefathers bled, But the mittee will «is- avow the acts of the Plaza mob—they will state to the public that no such proceedings could receive their coun- tenance—that fearing that such scenes might possibly occur, they caused to be posted all over the city, warning the members of the Vigilance Committee to keep Plaza —that, @ excite- ment had attained its height, Placed in conspicuous places, uy of the Committee to come out from. scenes would never have 8] TOU Ihe the oth of Usair nainiont. sed the Poor plea t they did not autherise it will have but very litée effect on the minds of reflecting men, caer to streagth- en the conviction that even in the case ofthe Vigilance Committee, there is 'A power behind the throne, and that power is the twenty-five hundred bayonets ‘which the Commitice have distributeed among their sup- porters. Butto our report of the sayings and doings of yesterday:— ASSEMBLING OF THE MEETING. At the appointed time a large number of persons had assembled onj the upper side of the Plaza. The preeon- certed movement to break up the meeting was at once observable, The Committee, as stated, above, bad caused placards to be posted about town warning the members of the Commitiee not to enter the Plaza during the time the meeting was being hed. This order, to @ certain extent was obeyed, but on Brenham place, out- side the railings, and en the tops of the houges on the Plaza, fronting eastward, a large crowd was observable, and we must state that they succeeded very effectually in “the objeet for which they congregated. At the close of the meeting there might bave been fivethousand people assembied on the Plaza. The housetops and bal- conies all around were also filled. It will not, of course, be claimed that all who assembled were in favor of main- taining law and order. Of whatever material composed, the meeting was large. We do not pretend, however, to be such proticients in physiology as to be able to de- termine, with any degree of accuracy, the component parts. ‘ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING. Shortly after two o’clock, Mr. ALEXANDER CaMPRELI got up on the lower part of the railings on the upper part of the Plaza, and called the meeting to order. He said : Gentlemen, you are aware that this meeting was called for the purpose of sustaining the law, and for the purpose of expressing our opinions on that’ subject. It Will, 1 trust, be conducted temperately, as all meetings of American citizens should be. A Voice—Get up ona box in order that we can hear you. Judge Canrrer1—I move that Major Roman be request- ed to take the chair. The motion having been put, there arose a storm of “Ayes”? from the persons in the Plaza, and ‘‘Noes’’ from those assembled on Brenham place. There must have been something irresistibly funny in this expression of dissent, from the fact that a rans neal laugh succeeded along Brenham place and on the house tops. A great many persons confessed that they were not astute enough to discover the point. Judge Campret, remarked that the opposition came only from those outside the fence, who were hostile to the meeting, and declared the motion carried. At this stage of the proceedings, it was deemed advisa- ble to move down somewhat towards the centre of the Plaza, in order that all present might have an opportu- nity to hear what fell from the 5] ers, The meeting ‘was accordingly organized under the liberty pole, which stands somewhere near the centre of the Plaza. From this pole the national ensign usually floated. It had been, however, removed some time before. At this point, Judge Campbell, mounted ona box, and having by in- quiry ascertained that Major Roman’ was not present, pro- posed the name of Hon. James Wade for Chairman. ‘Ascene precisely similar to that which occurred on the proposition to elect Major Roman Chairman followed; Mr. Wave mounted upon the box and said :— Fellow citizens, ] have to return you my thanks, (Con- It was supposed ly ing, called for the maintaining the laws, and I hope that tiose intain the law. It has been said, fellow ns, and published broadcast throughout the land by the hireling pr that San Francisco was in 7 those who haye orginized to subvert the constitution and the bert of the people; that every man in San Fran- cisco favored the movement, and that no man dared to voice against it. This meeting to-day has been called to give the lie to that charge, andto prove that there are people in California, and people in San Fran- cisco, who ore still loyal to the constivution—still loyal to purpose the law A Voice—Yes, the ballot-box stuffers. Mr. Wane, continuing, said :—People who are in favor of liberty of’speech, and of preserving the liberty which these are attempting to take from us now. I will now call the meeting to order, and will entertain any mo tion that may be made for the purpose of carrying out its objects. ‘A geptleman who had climbed to ® very conspicuous porition on one of the piers of the gate in the rear of the meeting here shouted, at the top of his Inngs, “Friends of the Vigi ance Committee, you are requested to come out of the Plaza, and we can then see to whom they belong.” Alderman Green was then elected Vice President, and Edward B, McGrotty Secretary. MOB RULE ILLUSTRATED. Judge Campreit. then mounted the stand and was re ceived with a storm of cheers and hisses, When quiet was gestored he said:—Fellow citizens—the sight I see before me is new and interesting. Heretofore, among American citizens, when a map arose to vindicate the laws and the constitution he has always met with corcial Bu ‘pport. ‘A Voire—What abont the batlot box? Sndge Caxiusiz—Let us peacefully, as American cili- zens should do, discuss the questions which arise at the present crisis. ‘A Vorer—What abont Yar co Sullivan? (Great, laugh- ter end exultation in Brenham place.) Su uMPneri—I find iy! K ious post posed that I wat a freeman--l find that I terous laughter on Brentam place.) who are my masters; a privilege which th Southern W ganization which it is said has for the pur- pose of doing what the courts aud the oilicers of the law done. A Vowr—That is the fact. Judge Camrsr1i—lt has been said that justice could not be administered here. A Voiwcr—That’s a fact. Judge Camrpeiz—If justice has been administered here, if the officers of the law haye been honest in the discharge of their dutles, if the records of the courts show that justice has been done, where, I would ask you, ig the excuse for this so called revolution? What, gen- tlemen, are the principles that you are called upon to maintain’ Is it said that the Judges of the courts in San Francisco are eek! A Trestor . Jvpcr Camrsetr—Js Judge Norton an honest man? Every one of the men who have now banded together to overthrow the laws will admit that he is ag honest and an able lawyer. Let us look, then, at Judge Hager. He has exhibited — A Voicr—What about Freelon? Judge Casvuxtt—The only complaint is, that he has been too severe, Has not Judge Freelon administered the law fairly? Look at the record of convictions and punisiiments in this court. I deny that there has been any failure in the administration of the law. ‘At this stage of the proceeedings a good deal of excite- ment prevailed. Some enthusiastic individual mounted on the. railing and exhibited on a long pole a tin box which, by a sort of poetic license, was said to represent @ patent ballot box. At the sight of it the crowd on Bren- ham place cheered and jeered, and laughed and laughed, and jumped about. Another’ individual exhibited a pla- card on a pole, on which was inseribed the words:— COME. OUT OF TIE SQUARE. OL LL OOD OOLE LL ACOLDL ODI SLOOLEONEOITOLPSOOEDIOODE DE lad precisely the eflect which it was intended to have. They did not come out, and by this flimsy pretext tue Vigilance Committee will, doubt- less, endeavor to clear their skirts of the disgrace which will attach to the doings of yesterday. Judge Campvets—I want no further proof that we are right than the fact that those who are opposed to ns are afraid wD us. (Applause.) They dare not listen of reason, for when they do they condemn arene ones FRIENDS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE, This ruse, however, a. A Vorcr—Put him down out of that. The gentleman who was exhibiting the representation of the patent ballot box on the top of along pole was seized with a musi fit, converting the tin box intoa drum, and laboring away at it with a will, This was also regarded as a very amusing performance, and the crowd in Brenham piace testitied their gratification by loud laughter, cheering, &c. Judge Campneti—Now, gentlemen, let me ask you what it is that they now attempt to overthrow, A Voicy—The ballot box stuffers, Judge Camrueti—I will come to the ballot box stuffers, gentlemen, and will show you that that is only a false issue, gotten up to shelter their crimes. There is no foundation in it. One of ue privileges which the consti- tution guarantees to us ia freedom of speech. We see an illustration of it now. The constitution also guarantees to every man the right te have a fair trial when he is accused of acrime before an honest jury—tne right to know why he is arrested, and what crime he is charged with, and who are his accusers—the right to have wit- nesses and to be defended by counsel of bis own x: tion—the right to be confronted with his accusers, What are these rights pow in San Francisco? Who are tho judges? Who are the accusers? Who are the execu- tioners?_ Who are the counsel? ‘A Voicz—The peoplo—the people—all of them. Judge Campneri—ts there a single valuable right in tho constitution, one distinguishing feature of American liber- ty, that i not now prostrate under the feet of the Vigi- lance Committee? (‘‘No! No!’’) Not one, gentiemen. Another pretext upon whioh they go is, that life is not safe here—that murders and asseesinations were daily com- mitted m the open street, and yet I, for one, have never felt a eufficient apprehension of murder or aessssination to carry & weapon during a residence of several 2 this city. I have never been molested by any person. I say (bat criminal justiog Las been properly administered. Tray that during the present administration there has not bee one single case of a Lyme a to this town. A Dutcumax—I knows there has, 1 vants to prove Srvenat Vorces—Get up, then, and state it. Some excitement here took piace, and the Dutehman was hustled up to the stand, but he could rail- ge to make the threatened disclosures. the lives of citizeas. Heretofore, the slight risk that at tended attempts at murder, was borne entirely by the assassin. His aiders and abettors felt no fear of the law. It was his to do the deed, theirs to eecure his safety by their wealth and influence. This state of affairs raust be put a stop 0; and if other executions are necessary to the end, other executions must take place. There must be no balf. Measures, ey sueeon who applies the knife CaMPnELL—I will state again that OF caustic to an ulcer, not content himself with the pent tration of the c1 laws no alteration of fits (surface. His aim is its ext In ofa ed jury can be cited, = treating disorders of the body politic our course should be A How was it BS thay ago? % the same. Judge Camrreti—One of the two men recently executed ‘We do not mean, we again repeat, to make suggestions to the Committee. But it appears ¥o us that to ensure the future purity of elections, an example should be made of some one or more of thove who have prevented or per- verted the expression of popular opinion in those that are pat It may be that there ame other means; but if n the men who have insulted our ER RRey, disgreny —Charles Cora—I prosecuted, and as ited. ‘A Vore (rather weak)—Where is Werth? Judge CAMPuELt—I am free to say this, that the Jury on this case was an honest jury, and that their disagreement en, some of them the commencem: ry leading members of the bar, at ent | our State, and sown the seeds of which we have lately of the trial believed Cora guilty—and among them were | been reaping the fruits, mect their due fate—death by Judges and. - the words must be poken-—not ie revi for tained the opposite opinion. Having made some remarks | the past, but as a warning to al! ‘who might be incliwea to upon the domiciliary veits and suspension of the { emulate their je m the future. Hang one ballot right of the writ of habeas. corpus, the peaker said that | box stuffer, and we shall have no more of them. be bad no doubt but that there had beep in times past ballot box stufling. THE GOVERNOR.8 PROCLAMATIONS, ‘A Voice—Do you think the Vi Committee did i? [From the San Francisco Sun, June 4.} ¢ CamPnsii—] would not surprited if some of We learn that Governor Johnson has at last determined them did do it; some of them are ready eneugh to do it. action, and has ‘Sherman or- upon 5 to General ders to call out the militia to sappress the mobocrats, who But I gay this pretext is idle and fruitless. It is well known that there could be none of it at the mext lection have, up to the present time, the functions of —it is well known that under the provisiong of the Oon- | s°vernment and defied the constitution and laws. 01 Bailie Peyton and a numberof We think it is high time for his Excellency to act, that is ean tnneeted ere 1, cnch.ce acest aoe cemeane wieiteae create to appoint,the judges and inspectors I. a chau aeeenctaaaie eae me a wae ballot box stuffers is insane. Now, where excuse? | The people here to think that the Governor, al But these men, because they did not in ‘as | though elected as a Know Nothing, had proven himself they should have done, stand up fer their to be a do nothing, and both , Mobocrats and ail, now in vement 0 subvert the have entertained and ex the most decided con- ‘A Voxx—Now, when we take it in t, you com- Clty panera vacillating policy of his Pijudge Cawpmai—I have now detained you bug enough. |, But itis said that the Governor has again resorted to diplomacy rather than to arms, and this time has con- Cries of ‘Go on, go on.’’) There are a number of gen' maaeed It is rumored that there is the most cordial understand- Committee ae present who wiil addrese you with more ability than cap, A Vorcs—Is Ned McGowan them? ing between the and his Excellency, and the Judge Caxraxii concluded by stating that every good } latter could not be prevailed upon to issue his proclama- cilzen present should bold BimseIfin readiaom, Bow and | Gh vay and widoutrenisung further the laws PA peproerr eerogpar tien Y, nt | Weare glad that the Executive Committee have at last come to the conclusion that their labors are ended, and that to longer keep up an.armed organization against the laws would only result im conflict and disorder—in evil rather than . We are, though, somewhat astonished that the Gover- nor would again trust to their pledges, after having been once so decetved and caught in the snare set for him. There is an old proverb which says, “Any man may be ceived once, but he who is caught asecond time isa fool.”? While, of course, we would not intimate that ed authorities, in order ‘that the supremacy of the laws y next mounted the stand and ad- dressed the mecting. During the delivery of his speech @ good deal of escitement prevailed, and in consequence of the interruption of the crowd in Brenbam place tho shouting, aboving and everything else, nothing but a few disjointed sentences could be heard. The'report of his remarks given below, of course, under the circum- stances, must be very incomplete. He said:— “Fellow citizens’? —— A Voice—Are you a citizen? Governor J, Neely Johnson is a ‘‘ fool,” we certainly en- Ee i , tertan tho opinion that his sphere is not diplomacy; and peony gms ‘Yes, a d—n sight better citizen than | ir) has, in truth, succeeded this time, in his second par- ley with the enemy, he is more indebted to the remaining good sense and policy of the Executive Committee than to his own skill in circumventing the foe. He has so com- promised himself by his vacillation, by backing and filing, and turning and twisting, that we must confess we placed very little credence in the reports circulated for several days, that he would at last return to his duty and temember his oath. We have never for a moment doubted that had the Executive thrown the weight of his influence in the ecale against the mobocrats, instead of countenancing and suc- cumbing to them as he did, our city would rot have been disgraced by the scenes Which have characterized the last two weeks, certainly the government would not have Deen brought into such low repute and disrespect, as has deen the case. Once let it be established, as it thus far deen established, that this government is but the mere shadow of a government, unable to sustain its own dig- nity and the power of its laws against’a mob-that it is blown about by every breeze of popular discontent or excite- ment—not only will we lose the respect of the civilized world and bring into disrepute the cause of republican institutions, but it will be powerless for any of the pur poses for which governments were instituted, and must nally be subverted in impotency and disgrace. ‘Chagrined and mortifled as we are at the events which bave trangpired in our midst—disgusted at the weakness and imbecility displayed by those who have been elevated to power and position, we are glad to I that the gov- ernment is, at least by words and form, about to vindi- cod bpd and that the 2,500 musketeers are about to isband. We hepe to hear no more about midnight searches, ille- gal arrests, bloody executions, and the hundred other outrages with which our people have been regaled by this Vigilance Committee. ‘eare happy to learn that they think they have gone far enougl od knows we thought £0 long ogo—and that they ‘will quietly disband and go about their business, whether that business be the flour speculation or not. If, however, they again play false to the Governor, there ere yet enough men left who have not lost all reason, or forgotten their duty to the constitution and laws of the land, and who are ready and willing to sustain them at every hazard. We dont’t intend to threaten, tuat isn’t a partof our game, or necessary to the occasion, but we do think that the Executive Committee bad better retire from their un- enviable position as gracefully as possible. They have no object now unaccomplished, which will justify or pal- a an armed confict with the sworn officers of the . Mr. BeNHAM—I have on other occasions —— ‘The individual who exhibited the tin box before alluded to at this stage of the proceedings rattled away upon it 80 furiously, that nothing could be heard. Great excite- ment on the part of the Brenham place mob followed. Mr. BensaM—I have had the honor on other occasions to address the peopie of California, A Vorcr—Hoist him up. Mr. Bexnam—I have never before undertaken to exer- cise that right under such humiliating circumstances as he present. The liberty of every man is stricken down, and among them there are but a few who have sense enough to know that they are slaves. ‘A ruflian in the crowd shouted out—Dry up old pud- ding head. Mr. BennamM—I think before we get through this meet- ingand they have heard what is to be said they will haye wiser men than before. Here in San Francisco, where Liberty is now stricken down, she will have to be resurrected. What is the complaint now? Is it that Casey had stuffed ballot boxes and made himself a public officer? Cries for (Rear arog Mr. Baynam—ls that any reason why respectable peo ple who know nothing about it sbould be deprived of their liberty ? (No, no.) 1s there not a proper mode to adjust this’ difficulty ? ‘Cannot it be adjusted by public opinion snd the law? Itgeems to me clear that there ‘was no necessity for the violent remedy. Some person here observed that Mr. Benham had a istol on his person, and inquired why he carried it—if e was @ ‘law and order man??? Mr. BexuaM replied by etating that he carried it for unknown assailants. Now, gentlemen, let us look into this thing— Aman whose name we learned was Wolf (steamboat runner ) here mounted the pillars of the gate and shouted out, “Vigilantes, come out of there and let us see who they are—oh, you Vigilantes, come out.” The confusion here became so great that it was impos sible to hear any of Mr. Benhamn’sf remarks. He after- terwards alluded to the outrage committed upon Major Roman, and gaic—It is said by the lordly men who pre- tide on Front street_that we are trying to get up sym- pathy besause of the Roman affair. Whence can this sym- pathy be excited for bleeding Liberty but in the person of the good, the brave and the noble? (Great applause.) Pointing to the pole from which the flag had been pre- viously taken down, he thanked Proviaence that the flag under which they had achieved their liberty from Great Britain did not wave over this disgraced, abject and down trodden city. He thanked God that they had the good taste to uike it down. He also stated, in com. menting on the course of the GoyOrnor, that he thought he would still act. Dr. BrosxaX and Col. E. D, Baxre also addressed the meeting, amid increased confusion and uproar. While the latter gentleman was addressing tne crowd rewdyism obtained its climax. He was obliged to stand for pny a quarter of an Lour before he could commence an ad- dress. Ww. Whatever good there was, or could be, in the organiza- tion, (and we confe=s we ‘regard it a3 an unmitigated evil.) has surely been accomplished, and the best thing they can now do is to obey the call of the Governor, and poe ae ne to complain of a second “breach of faith, [From the San Francisco Globe, June 5.[ In all times and ages there are men who become con spicuous, not from inherent greatness, but from manifest Ittienesi Among the latter stands’J. Neeley Jchnson, the present Governor of our State, as illustrated in hi action of yesterday, in declaring the county of San Fran- cisco in a'state of insurrection. Never has @ State paper, fraught with so much evil intent, fallen so completely stillborn as his demand for the carolment of the militia, as far as Our city is concerned. Yesterday passed, as many of its predecessors hayo, in quietude—Dut quietude of portentous import. The pro- clamation, as well as the address of Major Ge eral Sher- were freely discussed, to the exclusion of almost every other topic, and we are rather confirmed by the various opinions and remarks which have reached ug, jn the belief that a collision between the Vigilants and the authorities need net be apprehended. If we were to judge from the public response to the call of the Major General, bis ferces will make but a sorry ap- pearance; but it is asserted, on the other hand, that tio real work of enlistment goes on, silently and rapidly, ‘aud that at the proper moment the city will be astonished at the force which will be brought to support the cause of law and order!?? We do not believe in any such fan- cled demonstration, and for the simple fact that whilst the city is known to contain only seme 11,000 voters, full 4,000 able bodied men are enrolled in the cause of the Committee, and we are at a loss, atter deducting the aged, the timid, end the indifferent from the remainder, to know where this overpowering force is to come from. We have no fears of a ‘ collision.”” General Sherman must see that any attempt by force of arms to break up a powerful organization. emanafing from the great body of the substantial respectability, integrity and wealth of the city; an organiz into spontaneous existence under the naturzd law of sei dofence against the bullet the assassin or the robbery of the clection bullies: a association which was bailed even with gratitude by « outraged people, who have awarded to it their fi, dence and support—would result in scones of dis HOISTING OF THE NATIONAL COLORS. On the conclusion of the speeches of the above named gentlemen, the stars and stripes were run up to the top of the liberty pole, amid the loud huzzas of the law and order party, who immediately uncovered their heads and saluted it. A dead silence was obseryed om the part of their opponents. After the flag was hoisted and floating in the breeze a ruch was made by several members of the Vigilance together with several outsiders, towards the ‘The cry was heard, “Down with it! Tear it down At this moment the gentlemen who were ¢1 gaged in hoisting the fisg rallied and succeeded in pr tecting it from desecration and insult, While the rush was made towards the flag statf the flag was flying from the top of the pole, and those engaged in ruising it were ling the mob from tearing it down; several persons, on the staf! to belay the halliards, took a turn around the mast. At this time some person hauled violently on the balliards, which caused the strap of the ck to part, and the flag, to use a nautical phrase, the run.” Since this has happened it is n d, for the howls, groans aud vindietive shrieks which accompanied the fall of the American tla only shows varacter of the men who conspired to disturb a public meeting called for the mainteuance of the constitution and the laws of the land, THE AMERICAN FLAG AT TALF-MAST, The flog Weaimmediately recovered, and a young man threw it around his neck and ascended the pole, amid the jeers of the rowdies, and tied it half-mast, in which posi. tion it remained when we last saw it. In his descent the young man who fastened it up was pelted with rotten Oranges, as were also the olficers of the meeting. Com- ment is unnecessary. ‘The following resolution was then adopted:— Resolved, That it is the sense of t meeting that the reign of law and order should be resumed in the city of San Francisco, and that a termination should be put to the present excitement, and that every free American citizen © remitted to those inalienable rights which a free con- stitution and equal laws assure to them. ‘The meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the Chairman.| to be rem 0 nd misery which years of subscquent law and order covld not hcal or obliterate from the disgraced character of the city, ‘We, however, repeat onr hope of yesterday, that the Committee will use prompt despatch in e‘Tectvally bring- ing to asuccessful close the objects of their association. Such we are sure is the desire of every member of that ody, albeit they are, and but naturaily, unwilling to lay down their arina until the good work, that which as we have eaid has been forced upon them, has been fully com- Newspaper Articles. pleted. And let the citizens generally, who may be dis- WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPECT OF THE VIGILANCE COM- | posed to listen to the specious arguments arrayed against tt {the Committee, pause and reflect upon what MITTEE. [From the San Francisco Bulletin, May 29.] The organization of the Vigilance Committee in this city was the last resort of an outraged and insulted people y had endured wrong, rather than right it legally. Time and again they had made attempts through the bal! boxes to sceure officials who would be true to the trust reposed in them, and time and again were those efforts nd What it is likely to become under of the men who have assumed the ¢ the wrong we have en- ¢ that the city has existed. Governor Jehnson really city has been, purging influen 1 neibility of righti surrection ? thwarted—not by legitimate means, not by the voice of | citizens of uh contemplated a majority, but by fraud, violence, and audacity, Still | That we had banded together, 1 time and money the people endured. ‘Then came the murder of Richard. | and incurred ail the responsi\ylities involved for the eole fon. high, but ag when it was © popular gea swelled, and ita waves dashed it was calmed and no storm ensued. But seon that endurance ant respect for law in by the rufflan office seekers and + oftheir own immunity from punivh- ment, as encouragement to further outrages, the tempest came, and in its sweep revenged not alone the death of a marter, but a long series of previous outrages, and gave hope of better days to come. ut the work is not yet complete, and we trust no senseless tirade wil influence the Committee to relax in its action, much less break up its organization, The scoundrels who bave hitherto been behind the scenes are now trembling. They trust, forsooth, that the Committee will go uo further; they really do hope it will stop here. They profess to be appalled by the consequences which will ensue if the Committee goon. And well they may be! Their reign is over, hiose who ave hitherto sup- ported the Committee, are ready still to do so, and no fabrications of “domiciliary visits,’’ or “outrages”? will have any effect on their confidence in. the Committe. No dim shadows evoked from the future, as nurses sufamon ghosts to frighten children, can avail to weaken the faith or impair the action of the men who are to redeem our city from its past degradation. ‘There is another work before the Committee, moretim portant than any which bas hitherto engaged their atton- purpose of opposing the mini ters of the law in the per- formance of their sworn duties? Does his lency know anytbing, or will he still persist in his Know No- thing ideus of the present movement of the people of this city’ Must we again inform him that we are tho real “aw and order’? party? that the people have not done anything but what the laws should have done. and that they do not contemplate doing anything further than the enforcement of the Act entitled an “ Act for the punish- ment of vagrants”—in a somewhat moditled but vastly improved form—ridding the country of them, instead of keeping them confined in our local jail, at a public ex- pense; pensioners instead of convicte? ‘We call upon the Governor to refiect—to think and act for himeelf, and to shake off the influence unduly obtain- ed, which precipitates Lim into such uncalled for and outrageous action, « THE TOPICS OF THE DAY. [From the San Francisco Herald, June 4.] ‘When the present morbid oxeitement Shall have paseod away—when reagon shall have resumed its sway over minds ordinarily eound, but now crazed by the heat of passion and the lust of power—when the citizons now banded together for the accomplishment of illegal ends, ehall have quitted their present attitude of treason to the constitution, and resumed their allegiance to the law—it will be a bitter reflection to every American amongst tion. It is the purification of the ballot box. If we would have order hereafter, an example must now be made of | them that for the achievement of what even to them the ballot box st rs. If there is any one in the custody | Must appear but a transitory and trivial good, they have of the Committee on whom ballot box’stuffing can be clear- | not alone imbrued their hands in blood no law nor right had sanctioned them in shedding, but moreover, and by the employment of extraneous aid, had battered down those muniments and guards which the eonstitution we arouad every man who claims the proud title of American citizen, however infamous his character or however lowly his lot may be. It was to brenk down just such irresponsible aud despotic powor— a power claiming to invade just such rights as the Committee of Vigilance have invaded—the biood of the Revyoluuon was shed on so many desperate fields. The absolute, practical, positive and un- denied abrogation by the Committee of the right guaranteed in the writ of habeas oorpus we regard as of all the acta of that body the most inde- fensible in its committal, and the most dangerous and de- trimental in its consequences. For centuries, wherevor the English language is spoken the sinfringoment of this right has been looked upon as the deadliest of all crimes that tyranny can perpetrate againat the liberties of a free people, Such a thing is unheard of and undreampt of in aristocratic England; and even in that land where hither. to freedom has gleamed but fitfully through a vast cloud of oppressive enactments, any interference with this in estimable right would raise a storm of* indignation throvghont the island from shore to shore, The suspen sion of this writ by the Committee of Vigilance |s a mortal stab at the freedom of this peopie; and they have not even the poor excuse that there existed danger of it abuse, The Jedge by Whom 4 wea gramted, Mr, Jusilgg ly proved, his punishment should be exemplary. We are not ignorant of the weight of the words we utter. Tampering with elections ia in fact the most heinous of crimes. It is worse than treason; for to the traitor the laws aselgn capital E ishment, and popular opinion in- effucable disgrace. diet Arnoid did no more against the liberties of the Ainerican people than Jamos Casey and the men who prompsed him to and aided in his ballot box outrages have done, An example must be made. It must no longer onsidered a yonial offence to instigate false voting. It must no longer be thought simply “smart”? for politicians to pay for these frauds, and rutllins to exo- cute them, Had notthe ballot box been corrupted, Jamos King’s career of usefulness would include to-day; and our city would have been far above the position she now oceupies. We do not doubt that the Committee bave their plans well laid, and that they are prepared to carry therm out atall hazards, It {a not with the view of making any sug- gestion to that body that we pen these remarks... But the people look to them for,reform—a radical re-organization in spirit, if not in fact—of our city government. In the measures taken by the Committee for the capture of Mc- Gowan and Wightman, nine-tenths of the community co- incide; and if those men are clearly found guilty of bavin accomplices in the late assasrination, nothing should prevent their fate being the same as that of those on whom tice has already done its work—not in revenge for Wat deed, but w pat a stop to fapure gonepiracios against Terry, of the Supreme Court, isgperbaps of all men in authority the least obnoxious to apy Class cf citizens. His purity, is Manliness, bis sterling integrity have never een questioned. In his upright and honorable character there was every guarantee against abuse or malversation. But the worst feature in this erganized defiance of the ministers. of the law isthe admixture of an alien cle- ment in the ranks of the rebellious band. American citizens may bear a yoke imposed by Americans; a detes- tation of bloodshed and a desire to avoid the horrors of an internecine war may make men tolerate many wrongs at the hands of their fellew citizens; but the whole spirit of our , every instinct of their nature, every prin- ciple instilled in them in childhood revolts against the hu- miliation of wearing chains forged by men who owe no allegiance to the government and who have no sympathy with the institutions of the land, Gentlemen of the Com- mittee, in this you have made a fatal mistake. When on Saturday evening a sworn officer of the law was resisted in the performance of his duty and repulsed with bayo- nets from your portals, and when in anticipation of some danger your entire force was called out, your guard was doubled, your whole array was displayed for the pur- e of overawing the citizens; the oceans of your world, spotism next srening, proviaimed to ge of the guns. They einen to the nation Far tr, Sebecyp rd The Righest officer = the State, preme Cou forcibly re- sisted tiene, We ead SEE with manned by 'e all have road how, at the dawning of this great republic, a vicious and yr monarch, by a sordid , employed an oper Hessian bayonets to crush out the ofa struggling to independence. Gentlemen the Ce ittee | y no parallel for this act of turpitude of an inglorious rhich, more than any other tin committed by George the Third against our , has ever since bitterly in the memory of the American nation? been advocates for granting the largest privieges to thore not natives of the soll, ‘But if citizenship bare any value, it is that it confers rights on those invested with {ts sacred mantle pot enjoyed by those averse to swear allegiance to the government. But how much less right than citizens have those who are notcitizens to take arms against the laws which shelter and protect them? ‘e can alford to speak thus plainly to those who compose ‘the foreign legion in the Vigilance Committee organiza- tion. Through an editorial career of more than six years, no word has escaped us that did not Aauply recoguive the courtesy due to their respective nations, Our intercourse with the French and Germans of this city, both in private and as a journalist, has always been of the pleasantest character. We can then, afford to speak frankly to those who have been entrapped into this movement. Men of France ard Germany, who are in those ranks with arms in your hands, believe us, upon you will fall the brunt, the evil consequences, the expiation of this disastrous revolt. assured that when the turbulent feelings of the present hour shall have subsided—years from now—when its principal actors shall have sunk into obscurity or the graye—you, gentlemen, will be the marks for the hosti- lity of the very men who are now using for a bad end your gallantry, your generous instincts, your reprobation of wrong, and all the finer feelings which characterize your nationalities. Men will hereafter tell the unwelcome story how, by aid of German bayonets and French «ns, the constitution of this great republic, the constit 1 of this free commonwealth, were trampled under foot—how, by the same aid, American laws, framed by American freemen, were set at nauglit—hew, by the same aid, American Judges, elected by the free voice of the citizens of California, were treated with contumely and scorn, and their mandates derided—how, by the same aid, the pusiness of a great city was impeded, its citizens terro- rized, its ordinances abrogated, its officers mocked—and how, by the same aid, a despotic oligarchy, an irrespon. sible junta was maintained for an indefinite period in open defiance of the Executive of the State, in avowed anta- gonism to the ministers of the law—to the great detriment of the public interests, to the utter prostration of mercan tile pursuits, producing a feverish excitement in the pub- lic mind, and to the lasting ruin of our reputation abroad as a loyal, peaceful and reputable community. ‘THE COURSE TO PURSUE. ym the San Francisco Alta California, June 5.) ‘When the people of San Fracisco united themselves to- gether for the purpose of purifying the city, they tool upon themselves a high and holy duty, one in the full ment of which they will bo sustained by their fellow citizens, and the large majority of the people of the State. A plan of action was laid out, ‘which is now being pur- sued, and the perple look to those who have been called upon to perform the executive portion of the duty, to com- lete their work, to continue in the good way which they ave been travelling, till the object which they had in view in the commencement has been attained, and to suf- fer no interference from any quarter to embarrass or prevent their further action. If the issue must come, (which God grant may be averted,) if a struggle for the supremacy must be made between the good citizens and the vile hordes of thieves, murderers and ballot-box stuffers, who have ruled us too long already, if we must fight in defence of our dearest rights and our future peace and security, so be it. A holier cause never nerved the arm of mortal man, If we falter now, if we permit the class of men who sympathise with felons and murderers, whe countenace and fup- ort baljot- box stuffers, again to establish themselves ere, We might as well give up all hope, all desire for the future peace and prosperity of our city.’ Shou!d this re- sult ensue, assassination, violence and fraud will again be Tampant amongst us, and good men had better prepare to abandon the city. The people and the Committee must be firm. They must steadfastly pursue the course they have declined upon, regardless of any outside movements. The peo- ple of San Francisco afe with them, and if we require other aid, thousands of brawny armed, stout hearted men stand ready to come at our call from’ the mountains. They must not go backward, but forward. And now a word of advice to those who are disposed to oppose the will, the majesty and the might of the soye- reign people. We caution you to beware—we caution you, and you particularly who are leading in this moye- ment, to commit no overt acts. If you desire to indulge in the harmless amusement of organizing military compa- nies, you will not be interfered with. But be careful how you provoke the spirit which is now reused in the com- munity. Be careful what orders you give and what or- ders you obey. You can effect nothing but slaughter and bloodshed by your action; and God help the man who, either with orders or without orders, fires the firat shot upon the people. All the minions of official power, all the executive authority, all the election stuffers and mur- derers in the State, would not be sufficient to save him from the gallows. The Grand Jury on the Proceedings of the Vi lance Committee. The following is the concluding portion of the report of ae cee Jury in San Francisco, rendered on the evening of May 31:— The events of the past month, which have taken place in our midst, productive of so much excited feeling in our community, cannot be passed over by this Grand Jury without comment or remark. However, no good purpose can be subserved by an- other reiteration of the details and causes that have so deeply affected the people of this city; they are familiar te us all: and whilst we are constrained to confess that from experience and belief, apart from our investigations as Grand Jurors, together with the additional developements deduced from our inquests, we regret to say that, with few honorable exceptions, the administration of the laws baye been in the hands of corrupt and inefficient men. ‘The eacred rights of the people have been outraged. Life and property baye not bad the security of well regulated and honest administration of law and justice. Under color of law, great crimes have been committed and permitted, and in the almost vain pursuit of justice ia the execution of law, the vilest criminals have escaped punishment; when all other modes failed, by technical defects in prosecution or disagreement of juries. Never- theless, in view of the sacred oaths we have taken before the honorable court, as well as the dangerous principle and precedent, allowing any body of men to wield on- “checked power, however respectable and intelligent that body may be, whilet we deplore that the aggravation existed which {n their wisdom has led many to affirm the necessity of a revolution, we are compelled to condemn the course which a large and respectable portion of our fellow citizens have approved, and we sincerely hope that our fellow citizens will, as speedily as possible, restore to the community a condition of society relying upon (he laws alone for protection and redress; and that, in future, the administration of justice may be so conducted as to obvinte for ever. £0 painful a necessity as has, in the judgment of many good citizens, been considered un- ‘avoidabie. THOS. J. POULTERER Foreman, Gorham, David Jobson, W. Leouard, 8. R. Throckmorton, ) Olmstead, C. Welch, John 9’ Meara, J. 1. Riddle, 1, . Tatayotte Story, . P, Folger, W. B. Parker, Peter Crystal, § Jobn 'M. Dall. Ballot Box Stuffing—How It ts Managed, ‘From the San Francisco Bulletin, Moy 29. The day breaks at last. The villany and corruption which have go long run riot in this community, now bid fair to be fully exposed. The outrageous frands on the ballot box that have been go long connived at, if not openly countenanced, by the vile ofliciary of our city, are being exposed. No wonder that these vampires’ are heard to how! for “law and order,’’ now they find that their power to plunder the people is passing away. As the honor of this expose is alone due to the Vigilance Committee, let every good citizen aid and countenance their efforts to unmask the yillany which has so long preyed upon the vital interests of our people. here was on exhibition last night, at the rooms of the Vigilance Committee, a ballot box used at the elections in acertain ward in this city, which gives us one of many clues to the modus randi of the stuffers. The box re- ferred to is about eighteen inches square, painted blue, ra- ther roughly made, but a ballot box, and known to have been used for that purpose. It has the hole, and the old wax used to seal it up with at the closing of the polla, still remaining on the box. On opening the lid all appears right—a plain simple box, nicely planed and smooth; at the bottom lie a few ballots, (just as it was found.) opened, Pull out he bottom, and presto, change! im the box upside down, when a fresh supply of new and unopened bal- lots present themeclyer, of the right stripe, and in quan- tities, If these are found to be insufficient, presto change again, and you pull up one side of the box, and loand behold! there are hundreds, if not thousands, of tho “ttle jokers,” all closely folded, and of the genuine stripe, all nicely printed, reminding’ one of the pion of maggots that cover the mouldering, decaying ré of some vile animal. Now the ‘‘Law and Order’ clique ean see and behold how easy it is te elect a Casey for Supervisor, when he ‘was not even a candidate nor received asingle vote for the office ; or how Sheriff Scannel and Billy Mulligan hold tho bah of the county jail, when Johnson, the ple’a can- didate, received a majority of the votes | at think you now as to the mecessity of a Vigilapce Committee y ie door is bat just opening, gentleman ; keep quict, and the broad light of day will yet dawn upon our city, Miscellancons, Wno wn. Fine vue Finest Gun ’—The people of this city are called upon by the highest authority to forthwith enrol themselves, and be in readiness to bear aris against that portion of their fellow citizens who have formgd ap armed organization for ibe pur pose of up. pressing crime, punishing desperadoes, exposing election Rents end caowtully eniavariogto toad, eee protection to life, society and property which will have some foundation in decency and virtue. Now, if a tangi- ble response is made to the Executive mandate, and it es uecessary to forcibly quell the ‘ rebellion,?? who ig the man that desires to fire the first hostilegun? Who ig it so fearful of insurrection, so devoted to con- stitutional law and order, so anxious for the real publio food, x earnest in defence of constituted authority, thas feels within him all hagardor that command’ the Patriot to strike in haste, @hd with a potent arm, for the preservation of the general welfare? Has such @ man enrolled his name? Has he forsaken all other duties, and, void of any mean any of despicable revenge, wilt take’ a weapor ie Mande and, for the protection of the community only, RS ward, prond to be considered the first Paorlfve? is not a man of the opposition to the committee thus ac- tuated in San Francisco. Who, then, will fire the first shot? Who will boldly become a representative wi whose self mmolation shall inspire Eis Comrades: peas the and extermination the courts have never punished, or a lawyer who securea his escape from justice? Will it be the murderer who kills the good citizen, or the one who k him 1 pete nindpinnr igh bad Cad Will RE me x r, or the knave who seeks, employs, pays: for his services in the accomplish of 1 auds? Willit be the vile uli or the one who 1 lauds his beastly encounters? must for those who are the true lovers of law and order culetly attending to their honest pursuits, but wishing yevolutionary movement entire success, and ready See it when threatened. Who will dare fireat them the gun’—San Francisco Alia, June 5. Tre GovERNOR.—It seems to us that his Excellency, J.’ Neely Johnson, has gone to a considerable degree of trouble for the purpose of ‘ writing himself down anaas.’? Had his “ proclamation’? been issued when he first came cown here, he woifld have been commended for the ful- tilment of a plain duty prescribed by the constitution and laws. The “ proclamation’ would of course have fallen stillborn, and would not have created any excitement or confusion, But now, when the time for any immediate action on his part hes expired—when the people and the Committecthayve fully organized—when their plans have ‘been maivred—when they have obtained the confidence, and will have the support, of the whole comm: spasmodic movement of his Excellency comes very. J. Neely Johnson is a weak man—a man who intends to do abuitt right, but who is too easily influenced and con- trolled by other men of larger calibre. We do not antici- Pa however, any serious results from his late action. ¢ thing will bea harmless, laughable farce. But should the result be otherwise—should he have beon instra- mental in bringing about a collision between tho of San Francisco and the rowdies, murderers and on bullies—even his gubernatorial position will not save him from the loud and bitter execrations of 11 whole people of the State.—San Francisco Alia, June 5. Mason Gexerat Witam T, Sierman.— What does Major General Wm. T. Sherman desire to do? Is it hig wish to bring the army of the ballot box stuffers and rows dies which he may raise in collision with the decent, respectable citizens of San Francisco? Is the military glory which he might attain, by leading on a horde of villains against the citizens, suflicient to compensate for the execration which he will justly receive, if he precipi- tates an issue which is to be dreaded ? General Sherman isan old military man. He has a high idea of military glory, of military beauty, and military power. The army lost one of its brightest ornaments when he left it. But his army skill, his military prestige will not be of any value, ih the ‘present crisis. The people look upon him with no degree of fear. He has not even the respect that he had when he was a Lieutenant of the 3d Artillery, for then his soldiers looked upon him with fear aud trem- bling, and made wide the path wherein he was wont to walk. But now he is shorn of his military locks and i plain Wm. T. Sherman, a partner in the banking house of Tucas, Turner & Co. His military commission from the Goyernor, it seems, is contested; and whether he has 9 right to hold it or not, for his own credit he had better re- sign a8 not Cagis to pip, opt teen feather”? authority against that of the le city. Francisco Alta, June 6. La sr Viarance Cemmirrax.—Everything is perfectly still and quiet around the Vigilance Committee Head Quarters this morning. The cannon arc again housed, and no one is ta sight except the sentivels at the door. Yesterday after- noon, when it was anticipated that an attack might be made by the ‘law and order” men assembled at the Plaza, a thousand men were armed and on duty in half an hour.—San Francisco Bulletin, June 3. TRIANGLE.—The largest steel triangle in the country is now suspended over the Vigilance Committee’s Lead quar- ters in Sacramento strect. When struck with rapidity it can be distinctly heard all over the city. The object for which it is placed there is to call together all the :nembera of the Committee, in case of emergucy. Rooms oF THE CoMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE. ‘The editors of the Al/a California will please disavow any action on the part of this Committee in the matter of the proposed extra session of the Legislature, the Evening Bulletin of this date haying erroneously attributed the origin of this movement to this body, By order of the Executive Committee, Say Francisco, June 4. 33 Secretary. Miutary ComPanres.—We hear it stated that nearly all the military companies of the city are broken up, and hat if called upon to oppose the Vigilance Committee, ‘ut very few members of each company would appear. his is particularly the cage with the San Francisco: lunes, City Guards, California Guards and National irds.—San Francisco Bulletin, June 3. Coxsriracy oF PrisonkRS.—A conspiracy has’ been do- ‘seted n board the Sacramento County prigon brig, v hich had nearly been consummated by the prisoners im murdering the keepers and effecting their escape. The j Tisoners concerned in the conspiracy were Samuel Gar- retand Wm. Stewart Kelly, both confined under gen ‘ence of death; W. Y. Henry, awaiting trial upon two. charges of grand jarcency; Samuel Hall, awaiting trial \ pon three charges of grand larcency; David Dunn, am « d offender and conyict, although quite young in years, now held to answer for ‘grand larcency, and having bur: glarious tools in his posession; Wm. Curran, contined to: answer for highway robbery; H. J. Blair, charged with bur- guy Wm. Foster, an escaped convict; and two negroes, rabk Dixon and Frank Ewing, held on a charge of grand. larceny. Four of the above, Henry, Hall, Dunnand Cur- ran, are old prison convicta. ‘The con: piracy was carried on through a convict named John Harrigan, Who was employed on the brig as cook, who carried letters between Garret and Kelly, and had furnished them with knives. The affair got wind by Har- rigan’s being detectcc in stealing the ciothes of his fellow prisoners; a search being instituted when eight or tem knives were found among the prisoners, and some of the letters relating to the plot, which bad been carried by Harrigan. By its timely detection the lives of the keepers have been preserved, aud the prisoners aro now safely guarded. Screniorn Covrt—Jrxr 4.—Judge Shattuck adjourned the Superior Court this morning immediately. AS soom as he heard of the Goyernor’s proclamation he stopped business, and it is somewhat uncertain when he will com- mence again. ‘The Day Preceding the Sailing of the Steamcr. WAR DECLARATION—ENLISTMENT OF RECRUITS—AD- DITIONS TO THR COMMITTEE—CALL FOR AN EXTRA SE°SION OF THE LEGISLATURE. From the San Francisco Alta, June 5] Yesterday was another of those days which are fraught with stirring scenes, and productive of great excitemert. The proclamation of the Governor and the instructions of General Sherman were laid before the community by the morning papers, and people read the documents with rfect astonishment. First, because they were uncalled r} secondly, becurse of the very inopportune time of issuing them; and, thirdly, on account of their double meaning and contradictory statements. It was evident that the “law and order” party had succeeded in getting the ear of his Excellency, and that they had over-per- suaded him {nto a course that his best friends, and these ho should rely upon, would caution him against. But inan evil moment he yielded, and we fear has parted with his birth- right for much less than a mess of pottage, and placed <himeelf in a position where he cannot expect the support or sympathy of any party. The Governor must know thas these fellows have no respect for hin, and only wish to use his official position to secure their hellish ends. So soon as that is accomplished, (which we pray God nover may occur) they will turn from him with scorn and contempt, and if possible stuff him out of the gubernatorial chair. But we will not anticipate what is in store for a man who has gone so widely from propriety, He will see: it soon enough himself, and will repent it to his sorrow, Had there been any occasion for this, it would have been dif- ferent. But, after two weeks’ serious, cool and calm de- Liberation, during v hich time vot a blow has been struck, the committee have progressed in their arduous labors, one object in view, and which they are accom- ne g wost rapidly; that after so long a time, when he as seen and known the motives of the committee, he should make all this bluster and official parade is a wie mysterious. THE PROCLAMATION. ‘There was little respect shown to the official document, and the only effect it had upon good citizens was to drive: them into the ranks‘of the Committee. Even many oft his “subs” here are ready to throw up their commissions: rather than bear arms in this unholy cause, We know there are some who hold positions the most responsible: and lucrative that would sooner give them up than enroldi themselves with the builies and shoulder strikers. Who: then, in Heaven's name, will stand by this deserted offl- cial, when the present crisis shall have passed away, and: his course in this matter shall be spread upon eho great: record and history of the State ? Will the peoy whor now so unanimously endorse the Committee ? ill the: “Jaw and order” gentlemen, who only wish to stay the: storm that threatens to banish them from the offices andi ) laces of trust they have by fraud and deception obtain ad? He may possibly find supporters among those who: J ave been foremost in advising him in this proceeding, nd on whom much of the responsibility in this matter ests. They are known, and will be remembered for the: art they have taken in this affair. We are sorry to see hem prostitute their official position to so base a purpose. ‘They already have been made to fecl somewhat of the manner in which their conduct is regarded. We cannod but express regret at the position the Governor has beca forced into, but we can have no sympathy or affiliation with those who haye misled him. THE RECRUITS. . The call for recruits by General Sherman, to meet at the Recorder’s court room, was finally responded to. Gen. Kibbe was in attendance, well fortified with a large number of blanks, ready to receive the names of those who felt patriotic enough to array themselves against the people. Ata late hour in the morning a few stray “law and order’ advocates came in, and confusedly wrote their namos with a trembling hand, and left the room ia- stanter. We would mention the character of most of these persons had we not done it so often before, It ia useless to describe them—they are well known and jden- titled. We saw the names of ome there who had occa sion to made themeelvas rather scarce about the time of the Jast Vigilance Committees. There were others who are often seen in the Recorder’s Court for almost daily violations of the laws they now are go ambitious to sup. port. We took a little pains to transcribe the names ol tho enlistments at the beadquarters, that tbe