The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1856, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1856. 3 ‘But ff, “during long centurtes, marked by 60 many ‘changes, and so many struggles, that custom has pro- Berved throughout all the force of a national lay, itis because it is justified by the highest considerations of state. Markets. Lonpow Moxey Market—Fuipay"Evstna, Juve 20.—The ‘announcement that the government of this coautry bave determined not to imitate the policy of that of the United States has created a general fecting of sa’\-"u tion thr gh will, there is lit with full powers to negotiate on all matters at issue ve- «tween the two countries. It seems uiglily imp: ovablo that any person will be sent from this country to act as its ro: presontative at Washington, so long as the ad:niuistration of President Pierce continues t»hodl office. There can be ‘Little doubt that Pierce's term of ofiice is ty drawing tto aologe, a¥ the latest advicus from the United States state thet his own party (the democratic) have put him aside, and nominated unanimously as their candidate for the mext Presidency the Hon, James Buchanan, slate Minister to England—a nomination which bas mot wwith almost universal approbation throughout the States. The moderate and concyiatory spirit in which ‘Lord Palmerstou’s Cabinet have met that of the United States, as well as the knowledge tuat President Pierce ewill be gucceeded by Mr. Buchanan, whose lengthened residence must have given bim a taorough knowledge ot the people and inetitutions of this country, have caused a Detter sene to prevail in every description of commerce, with the exception of cotton ef A mntinues to be felt in the money market, but not to such an extent as to cause pressure; on the.contrary, au casy aspect has been manifested. The \ank of England rate continues without change, nor is it likely to be alter until the close of the month—tho pre- sent d for money being likely to continue until the payment of the next instalment o! the late loan, duc on the 28th inst., aud amounting to £1,000,000. {tis also felt that so soon as the government disbursements, for ‘whigh the loan was contracted, shall have taken place, together with the it of the dividends, a marked improvement will be observable. The large arrivals of to be on the way, much of which is overdue, “maust-also exercise a considerable effect upon the market. Next month js, therefore, looked forward to with confl- -denee by the commercial world as likely to present mauch easier aspect, as well as a further reduction in ‘the minimum of the Bank of England. In the discount houses of Lombard street ease continues to be mani fested; ‘the supply is stated to be over abundant, and demand quiet. the Stock Exchange the current rate is still wbout five per cent for short ioans on stock. The arrivals of specie are very large, three vessels Wow | arrived from Australia, viz.:—The Medway, with 40, ounces, the Morning Light with 60,000 ouaces and 10,000 sovereigns, and the George Marshall with 60,000 ounces ‘and 100,000 sovereigns—makiug an aggregate from Aus- ove £800,000—which, with the supply brought ‘by the Canada and Baltic steamers from the Statea, will «make the total amount reach nearly oue million sterling during the week, the greater portion of which, owing to vthe present state of the foreign exchanges, is likely to find its way to the Bank of England. The return from the Bank of England for the week end- ing the lth of June gives the following results, when compared with the previous week :— Public deposits, .£4,112,448 Increase £815,321 Other deposits ..10,218,761 Decrease oe. 618,752 Reat..........., 3,214,887 Increase saa | On the other side of the account:— Government securities.£11,226,468 Decrease, ., £455,658 * Other securitics....... 14,347,079 Increase. 13,7 Notes unemployed... 6,678,490 Increase. 25, The amount of notes in circulation is £19,233,750, being a decrase of £345,610, and the stock of builion in both departments is £14,068,792, showing an increase of £370,371 when compared with the preceding return. There has been a fair demand for silver this week, and themarket has been cleared at a slight advance on last week’s prices. Ferdinand dollars are inquired for, and fe.434d. per oz. would be given for them. There hi zeztome large arrivals of gold from Australia, the bank Fngland boing the principal buyer. ‘oreign gold in bars, (standard) per oz, Do. silver in bars, (standard) per oz ‘eld com, Portugal pieces, per oz Do, doublons, Do. 10 guilder'pieces, per 07. ver coin, Mexican and South Ai lars, “s Do. _ Bpanish pi P Y The Britiah funds, although not excited by the ministe- announcement, at the expected settlement of our dis- ‘with America, without ‘ing to widen tae rupture yy sending Mr. Dulias out of the country, have neverthe- less been very favorably influenced, and consols, although ‘not showing a marked udvance in quotation, have evinced strong and steady tone. Yesterday consols were first noted 945; @ 943¢ ey dividend, whence they deodined un. * Gil fora moment thfre were sellers at 943;. The final price, however, was 943; a 945,, and che market was good. To-day prevail in the funds, but there was not any business of “mportance transacted. Consols closing firmly as fol. Jews —Consols account, 94!, a M45; ‘The following table will show the fluctuations in con- ols since the 13% inst. Foreign supported. ‘Tue Liverpool Stock Exchange has been tolerably ac Uve since portend e teoagoee" intentions respecting Mr. ‘aud prices of all the leading stocks havesdvence. Ms ‘The George Marshall arrived at Plymouth this morning from Melbourne, whence she sailed vn the 2lst March, ‘With 60,000 028. of gold and 100,000 sovereigns. Seward Greeley. Ta the Senate, on Wednesday, an animate! debate took place between Mr. Jobnson, of Arkaneu, ane Mr. Seward, + arising from the vindication which the former gentlomag deemed to make of the coadact of Lis colleague ‘Rast, ip the aecault upon Mr. Greeley. Mr. Johnson said member of the House of Representatives of He is my colleague tu that branch of Con- & gentleman, and is certainiy one of the iformly magnanimous, generous, aud highly hon- T have known bita from my earliest uanhood, aud during his earliest youth, and this is my experience with refer- ence to him durivg the whole time Mr. Seward replied to Mr. Johnson's vindication of In the course of the debate yesterday it will bo reculiected that the honorable Senator from Virginia, (Mr, Hunter) alluding to the matter of Mr. Sumner, stated Ae A matter of gievance scanst the State of Massacha- setts, that she had converted what had been a personal difficulty into @ public matter, or she had takeu a course which had that tendeacy, I went on to show that Mas- sachusetts war not ro reaponsible tor baying converted ‘what he bad called a personal quarrel ato a public on, and that the fact of the assault eu Me. Swoon having Become & public question, oF rubject of »o creat tuagnl tude, resulted from its nature, cireume tance Api ante codents, and a forceight of the consequences which must follow |i. By way of illustrating rayiily as thoughts my mind, is nature and ¢irchmetanc Sand consejuences ¢ ‘the fact that an editor of a new sy ‘without sufficient preliminary notice to put nal defence, and beaten down iw one of ding to the Capitol, for the assumed offeace of wor: ‘Written concerning What bd ! wr by a member of the House of entatives in hi ai carmeity, * # T remember, was going va to illusirate, two or threo ears ago, when the Katews \ oraska bill was before the nave, Lentertained a very bad oytuion of Laat hill—an Spinion about as bar’ as eu¥ Senator or citizen can enter. tain of a me dressing the Senate i fo: the measure in strone against imputing to the author ot the measure or its 1 f for the Teasou that I had no ¢ at th at th | author had no unpet. ot 4 motives, and I eon, ceded to him, precisely as! myself, tneegrity Of motive, as 1 do every othor person engaged im pablic duties, freely cor purity of motives to the colleague of the Se ) ia the transaction referred tat all remem dered by know leg. just what eon to th Tean reac given him by band high b equainted with b Rus d the article of which he com aud} have son for doing +o now That is my wnderstan ling of this whole ease. In the first place, taking the aecours which I had received of we transactio Je Was Wuhout suilici nt pre luminary jon Of fart, if the circum on is derstood, | es, if more ven. stences remain as thea understood, my’ opt fame rill. If not so, if the facts are or other notice than I had ude In reward branch of the sider \« article of which & Of the J vleme as being it gant awiecvere. Ire extrave vot an at ad taste, © ried it, however, as tack on U.> Wotives or the character of the memver who had introw.c.d the measure which was cuademned, al though 1 way have been in error on that subject. se T thought tha: (.¢ assault on him was 7 sufficient excuse in that way. Beyond that, the ‘honorable Senator knows, and everybody kuows, that it is my judg ment, opinion, my rule of action, that the in torests of justice, of rigbt, and of trch require freedom af the press, and freedom of spe nd debate, and that whatever errors may be committed in the exercise of that freedom they are counterbalan od in their effects by the good which results from disewssion. I think, as ail the world knows I do, that it is vot right for any per acn, citizen of member of Congress, or in aay official station, to resort to personal retaiation for the viudicatiou of character assailed in debate, or through the press. ‘This being 0, the transaction appeared to mo one cwhich was inexcusable, I referred to the fact, however, as &n historical one. I neithor made nor implied, no> in tended, any reflection on the assailant in that cas simply ave it as it was understood by me, as vue of the aetecedeat cireumstances by operation of whic! other causes, deeper and wider interest bh. beea exe ted concerning the transaction between Mr. Sumnor and Mr, wrooks. Tnx Exrress Rospery Tatat-Crosixe foxy. ‘Yesterday morning, at the opening of the Court, it was annouperd thet the’ jury had screed upon their verdict, whereat thoy were admitted to the Court room, and by their foreman, Mr. Snow, rendered their veract, that Wm. ©. Ayers, Oliver King and samuel C. White were $e, in the manner and form charged in the indictment. Mr. Bishop, for the defence, requested a poll of (se jury, which was done, and each Juror answered that the was his verdict. Mr’ Cook desired time to preprre a bill of exceptions, which was granted, and the prisoners wore remanded. The prisoners retained their perfect alt por ceasion when the verdict w . re. dered, evincing not the slightest emotion. The age’ father of ‘White was in the And seomed bowed down with anguish, as Court root iq iron entered his soul —Leirvn Advertieer, July 9 ‘The San Francisco Vigtlance Committee. As an appropriate addendum to the accounts we pablish- ed recently of the proceedings of the San Francisco Vigilance Committee, we subjoin ao account of their acts in 1851. It is extracted from the “Annals of San Francis 0," p. 665 to 687. The names of the Committeoare here i, no doubt, the kame persous ars uow acting ‘omunitte There was a district of San Francisco that was aoted us being the rendezvous of tue numorous rascals we have beeu deseribing; and from which peruse time emanated 48 much villainy as y per oven Dials” or the “Five Points’ produced. 7 quarter lay around Clark's Point, in Broadway, Pavilic street, aud tho immediate vicinity. ‘It was the notorious ydney town of San Francisco, Low drinking and danev) lodging and gambiing houses of the same inean constant scenes of lewdness, drunkenness an? xtri abounded in the quarter mentioned, ‘The daily an vig! ly occupants of these vile abodes had every one, wore or Jess, been addicted to crime; and many of them were at all times ready, for the most trifling consideration, to kill a man or fire a town. During ‘the early hours of night, when the Alsatia was in revel, it was dangerous in the highest degree for a single person to. venture withia its bounds. Even the police hardly dared to enter thers and if they attempted to apprehend some known individu: als, it was always in a numerous, strongly armed com pany. Seldom, however, were arrests made, The law- Jess inhabitants of the place united to save their luckless brothers, and generally managed to drive the assailants away. When the aifferent fires took place in San Fran cisco, bands of plunderersassued from this great haunt of dissipation to help themselyes to whatever money or valuables lay in their way, or which they could possibly secure. With these they retreated to their dens, and de fied detection or apprehension. Many of these fires were believed to have been raised by incendiaries, solely for the opportunity which they afforded for plundering. Per sons Were repeatedly seen in the act of kindling loose in flammable materials in out-houses and secret places; while the subsequent confessions of convicted criminals left no doubt of the fact, that not only had frequent at. tempts been made to fire the city, but that some of these had unfortunately been successful. Fire, however, was only one means of attaining their ends. The most daring burglaries were committed, and houses and persons rifled of their valuables. Where resistance was mae, the bowie knife or the reyolver settled matters, and left the robber unmolested. Midnight assaults, ending in murder, were common, And notouly were these deeds perpe: trated under the shade of aight; but even in be: Gaba in the highways and byways of the country, in the streets of the towa, in crowded bars, Fm are saloons and lodg- ing houses, crimes of an equally glaring character were of constant occurrence, People at that pares generally carried during all hours, and wherever they happened to be, loaded firearms about their persons; but these wea pons ayailed nothing against the sudden stroke of the “slung shot,’ the plunge and rip of the knife, or the se. cret aiming of the pistol. No decent mau was in safety- to walk the streets after dark; while st all hours, both of night and day, his property was jeopardized by incendiarism and burglary. Ali this while, the law, whose supposed ‘majesty’ Is so awful in other countries, was here only a matter for ridi- cule. The police were few in number, and poorly as well ag irregularly paid, Some of them were iu league with the criminals themselves, and assisted these at all times to elude justice. Subsequent confessions of criminals on the eve of execution implicated a considerable number of people in various high ana low departments of the Execu- tive. Bail was readily accepted in the most serious cases, where the security tendered was absolutely worthless; and where, whenever necessary, both principal and cau- tioner quietly disappeared. The prisons likewise were small and insecure; and though filled to overtiowing, could no longer contain the crowds of apprehended offenders. When these were ultimately brought to trial, seldom could a conviction be obtained. From technical errors on the part of the prosecutors, laws ill understood and worse applied, false swearing of the witnesses for the prisovers, absence often of the chief evidence for the pro- secution, dishonesty of jurors, incapacity, Weakuess, or venality of the judge, aod from many other causes, the cases generally broke down and the prisoners were freed Not one criminal bad yet been executed — Yet it was Lo- tortious that, at this period, at least one hundred murders had been committee within the space of a few mouths ; while innumerable were the instances of arson and of theft, robbery, burglary, and assault with intent to kill. It was evident tbat the offenders defied and laughed at all the puny efforts of the authorities to control them. ‘The tedious process of legal tribunals had no terrors for them. As yet every thing had been pleasant and safe, and they saw no reason why it should not always be so. San Fran cisco had been just destroyed a fifth time, by contlagra- tion, The cities of Stockton and Nevada had likewise shared the same fate, That part of it was the doing of incendiaries no one doubted ; and too, no one doubted but that this terrible state of things would continue, and grow worse, un il a pew and very different Executive from the legally constituted one should rise upin vengeance against {hose pests that worried and preyed upon the vitals of society. It was at this fearful time that the Vigilance Committee was organized. They knew they had no ordi nary duty to perform. They foresaw not merely much time, of, expense and actual danger occasioned to themselvee—these were tritles—but also grievous respon- sibility, and perhaps much misconception and undeserved rsobal obloquy thrown upon their mo.ives and con tuct. Th Y were prepared for all; for what will not aman sutfer to save life, limb and property? They knew they might possibly open a gate to insubordination and gereral anarchy, thereby perilling all future law, peace and hap- pines: Dut they did not think that a ble case, and at any rate the rick must be run. The chances were all calculated beforchand, and the result showed only aclear winning game. The law of nature, which is the foundation of, and is perior to all civil law, justifies every means for self ervation. An individual or a community attacked amo right to defend itself; and whero that attack cannot be otherwise resisted, Uses Is extoren ation Of the vilen- der proper, Where the constituted tri coum Z fail to accomplish the ends for which they were created, society becomes resolyea into its first elements, and some hew method must be adopted to preserve its very existence, Opinions may dilfer as to the particular in stant of time when formal law and legal courts become inoperative, and sanction a community to resorti ‘4, wo new and extraordinary measures for its own safes) at in regard to the general principle, ali bistory, and what is better, common sense and moral feel: abundantly establich it. The people of San Franciszo—and they of all the world could alone know their own troubles—'.o- lieved that the unhappy point of time bad been reached; and they accordingly seized tho occasion to make some terriblo experiments, by which to check the growth of those crimes that were so rapidly surrounding them, In the ense of Stuart alias Burdue, in February, 1851, the want of orgeiuzation and prerious arrangements on the part of the people bad been severely felt, As the popular demonstration of that period hud failed to strike criminals with terror or lessen crime, a number of the leading citizens organized themse!ves into the Vigilance Committee, ‘This was in June, 1851. The constitution of the association was as follows: — Whereas, Tt has become apparent to the citizens of San Francisco that there is no security for |e aud property, ether under the regulations of society’ aa it at present exisia, Or under the law as now administered; Therefore, the citizens, whose hames wre herennto attached, do unite themselves into an asso- Cia'.on to; the maintenance of the peace and quod order of 40- ciety, ad (he preservation of the lives and pro ty of the elt zens of Ban Prancise thy 7 but_we are determined that no t urglar, i jacaaainy shall escape, prtushia either by the q'u.vbles of the Jaw, the insecurity ot prison carelessness or corruption of the police, or a laxity of who pretenc to administer justice. And to secure the oby Of this assorinuien we do hereby agree— 1, That the nome and style of the association shall be “The Commitiee of Vigilance,” for the protection of the Hives and property of the citizens and resid@uis of the city of San Fran- i other person or persons w Cone to the person of property o. any’¢ dic inthe judg of the member or mombers of the «ommittee present. tt be such an act /s justifies the interference ©. the ter elther tn ate the execution of the or the prompt and summary panishmnt of the oende 1 ites she) he atone assembled for the pu: jon asa majorly 0: the commitice when assemble 4. That when the committe nt decision of s majority prewe II be binding W960 mittee, and that howe members of the ¢ whole chogen thy a Presict hall be the duty of « quired to be in daily ai rrevancatarme shall be nppointes! y such members of tetaila arms ehali reside atand be incon nt vitendance mitive room. There shall be « standing committee of fiuance, and qnalitication, og of five e¢ m shall be admitted @ them ler of this aneec ation vn! © A reapeciable citizen, aud approved of iGeation before admission, tenod te test the character and Y association, Ou the aren- ‘A person of the name of Joba Jenkin: nic tely entered a store on Long Wharf id stole a safe. He was subseqrently scon with a large burden slung across his back, and, alarm being raved, was porsned. He then got into » boat ‘and sculled out into the bay, followed by a # ether boats in keen pursuit, The fugitive was # taken; but before hie captors reaebed him he was & tuow the burden into the water. Thi war coon drawn up, and proved to be the stolen safe, The prisoner was next taken to the rooms of the Vigilance Committee, in Battery street, near her Ofline street. About ten o'clock of the same ‘a signal wax given on the bell of the Monumental Engine Company; and shortly afterwards about eighty members of the commitice hurried to the appointed *, and on giving the secret pasewor! were admitted. Meanwhile, knots of people, some of whom knew and all suspected what was going on, gathered about the pre mires, and impatiently awaited the further progress of events. For twe long hove the committee were closely occupicd in examining ee: icnes, and soon they had no rea. son to doubt the prisoucr’s guilt—though this he deniod to the last. At midnight, the bell of the California engine house was tolled, as sentence of death by banging was passed upon the wretched man. The sclemn sounds at that unueyal hour filled the anxious crowle with awe. she condetaned at this time was arked if he had anytluag to ray for himself, when he answered:—“No, T have nothing to eay, only I wich to havsa seger’ ‘This wae bended to him, and afterwards, at his rojuest, a little brandy and water, Ho was perfectly cool, and seen ing. ly careless, confidentiy expecting, it was believed, a resctie up to the last 1 A little before one nigh Mr. 8. Brannan came ont of nd to scending a mound of « « addressed the dep ited, he by the comm them that the prisoner's case had beow fairly tried, that he had been proved guilty, and was condemned ‘to be hanged; and that the sentence would he executed withia one hovr upon the plaza. He then asked the people if Phey opproyed © ghe action of the committee, When great chouts of tay! ayt"! burst forth, mingled with a fow cries of Sot dn the interval a clergyman had been sent for, who administered the last consolations of religioa to the condemned, Shortly before two o'clock, the committee issued from the building, bearing the prisoner (wie had bis arms tightly pinioned) wlong with them. ‘The committee were all armed, and closely chistered around the culprit to prevent any possible Chance of rescue. A procession was formed; and the io party, followed by the crowd, proceeded to the plaza, through Sansome, California’ Montgomery and Clay streets. Arrived at the flagstatl, rome thoughtlessly suggested that it ut serve to bang (he condemned upon, but the gropesal was indignantly ruled, a& derccrating tue liberty pole. ose in cherge ot the exeeution then proceeded to the south end of the adove building, whieh then stood on the northwest corner of the piaza, ‘The opposite end of the rope which was already about the nec! the victim, was hustily thrown over a projecting beam, Some of the suthoriues attempted at this stage of affairs to interfere, but their effort were unavailing, They were civilly desired to #tand back, and not delay what was stillto be done. The crowd, which numbered upwards of a thousand, were perfectly quiescent, or only applauded by look, gesture, and subdued voice the action of the committee. Before the prisoner had reached the building, a score of persons seized the loose end of the rope and ran backwards, dragging the wretch along the ground and raising him to the beam. ‘Thus they held him till he was dead. Nor did they let the body go until ome hours afterwards, new volunteers relieving those who were tired holding the rope. Little noise or confusion took place, Muttered whi pers among the spectators guided their movements or betrayed their feelings. ‘The prisoner had not spoken a word, cither upon the march or during the rapid propa- jor his exceution. At the end he was perhaps strung up almost before he was aware of what was so immediately coming. He was a strong built, healthy man, and his struggles when hanging were very violent for a fow minutes, ‘This Jenkins was one of the notorious “Sydney coves,” and wasbelieved to be a man of desperate and crime stained character. The committee who tried him were generally poople of respectability in San Francisco, stern necessity had led them to make tbis first terrible example, and their conduct was almost unanimously ap- plauded by the citizens. The public press, with one 6x ception, likewiso gave a hearty approval of their proceed- ings. That the execution was conducted during the dead of night was simply owing to the fact that the criminal had been apprehended only late in the preceding evening. ‘The crime, appgehension, trial, sentence and execution, all took plice within a few consecutive hours. The latter eteps were managed as swiftly as conyemient to the ends of Justice. If the crime had been committed in the morn- ing, the result would have been the same, and the con- demned would then only have been hanged in the open day, That tho trial tok place in secret was owing to the constitution of the committee, which was devised to pre- vent the excesses and turbulence of a mere mob sitting in judgment upon offenders. A coroner's inquest was held the 11th of June upon the body of the hanged man. Upon the evidence the jury, on the 12th June, returned the following verdict:— We. the jurors of a Jury of Inquest, empannelled by the Coroner of the county of San Francisco, to inquire into the death of one Jobn Jenkins, alias Simpton, do find upon our ‘oaths that the said Jenkins, alias Simpton, came te his death ‘on the morning of the 11th of June, between the hoars of two and three o'clock, by violent means, by strangulation, caused by being suspended by the neck, with a rope attached to the end of the adobe building on the plaza, at the hands of, and in rt of an ‘associa pursuance of a preeoncerted action on the ion of eftizens, styling themelv of whom the followin} : . Derby ant muel Brannan; the following members by their voluntary avowal of par: ticipation in the act. (Here followed a list of the members of the Vigilance Committee.) In consequence of this verdict, (which, it may be just said in passing, was never attempted to be followed up by the authorities), the Vigilance Committee held a meet- on the 13th June, when a unanimous resolution to the following effect was passed, and ordered to be published:— Resolved, That we, members of the Vigilance Committee, remark with surprise the invidious verdict rendered by the coroner's jury, after their inquest upon the body of Jeni alias Simpion, atter we have all notified to the ‘said jury and the public that we were all participators in the trialand exe- tion of said Jenkixa. We desire that the public will under- stand that Capt. E, Wakeman, W. H. Jones, James C. Ward, Edward A. King, T. K. inttelle, Benjamin Reynolda, J. 8. Eagan, J.C. Derby and Sumuel Brannan, have been’ unne- cossarlly picked from our numbers, as the coroner's jury have had full evidence of the fact, that all the ‘undersigned have been equally implicated, and are equal) 2 Woodworth Wheelwright Wm. G. Bad . E. worth, A. el 5 ‘m. G. Tr, F. A. Woodworth, ©! F. Fourgeand, J. Mend Huxley, Francis E, Webster, A.Jackson MeDuilie,S, J. Stabler, Wm. N. Thompson, P.D. Headley, ‘Geo, Clifford, Clinton Winton, "8, B. Marsbail, Charles Soule, Jr., H, Hazeltine, Robert H. Belden, Sco De Lambert, Randolph M Coot eo. D." Lambert, jolph M. Coole, |, dobn P. Tait, Chas. i" Hin, - J, Neal, Jr, di Wm. Browne, . C, Tread Robert Wells; John H. Watson, Isaac Bluxome, Jr., H. D. Evans, Wa Burling, Lathrop 1. Bullock, Jobn'J. Bryant, —F. Quince; eo, John W. Rider," . Kirtua,» Thos, N. Cazneat, Theodore Kuhlman,Thos. N. ‘Deblois, Geo. W. Douglass, joweph K. Dale, 'R. Gi rm. C. Graham, Julius D. Shultz, Frank 8. Mahoney, Chas, Hi. Vail, J.P. er 55 ‘Ward, oe Minturn, ee fest Reem a. W. , Benjamin Reynolds, Edward ¥. Baker, John ®. Kagan, | Mephen Payran, 9,6, be Wataworth, C. Boring, ‘Wiliam Hart, Wm. J. jood, George M. Garwood W. L. Hobson, RS. W. Travers, A.C. Tubba, , Tillin, R. Curtia, Win. Seas, J. Thomas,Jr.,A. 1. Hill, . Hutton, m, H. Graham, ‘Thos. K. Battelle, 13, B. Babeock, " Horace M: Fisher, 5 Belknap, iford Joy, F. joshua Hilton, Horatio 8. Gates, joha F. Ongood, —Q. P. Sutton, James Pratt, Jer. uldiog, Jone Me tom tule, Wun 1, fecuet 8 Phil Jobn M. Cougiitis, m, te mue Kamel Mos Jee James Chan. Del Vecedine now, C, O. Brewster, F. W. Crowell, Renn Pont, Charles L. Wood, A. IL. Gildemeester. Jas. King of William ‘These were the signatures of some of the rich®st, most intluentia!, orderly and reepectable citizens of San’ Fran. cisco. They how, however, only a small portion of the yeople who subsequently omed the Vigilance Committee, tince every day wos ine"casing ity numbers by the accea sion of the best Inhabitants of the place, “At the time when the above resolution was formed and published the committee Likewise put forth the following bye-laws, as on address to the poople:—— Whereas, The citizens of fay Francisco, eonvineed that there iste within ite linaite band of robbers and ince whe have, several tn urned and attem| to burn their city, who nighily” attacl their buildings, destroy their q perty, ond gonerelly disturb the ‘order of society; And Whereas, many 6: thosp taken by the police have succeeded in escaping |rom their pr'sous by carelessness, by connivance, or from Want of proper weans or force to secure their condue- ment; thercfore be it ved, That the mm Viet izens of this place be made aware that nee Will be ever realy to receive infor bouts of any disorderly or suspicious os well as the persons theméeives, when suspect ‘That os it is th that there exists ittue of Vigilance, a« ied to leave thie por the expiration of whic be competied to vepart, if they have uot done so voluatarily a. ty committee of thirty y ho ap pointed, wih y ieaball beto viait ever Fiving with w nies they character av from wheneo our sot Resolved. That a!l ood citizens he invited to join n the Committee o Vigilanes in carrying ont the sures 40 nec: sary for ihe perfect restoration of aufety and geod order of our eomme ity. ted to pollu not be perm Fome individen's waving chosen to throw obstacles in the way of tie Vigilance Comm y issued the following notice to the pub: here given to show the «pirit of their p 1 the ceaseless watebfulnese with which they were conducted. Not a word need be eaid as to their illegalit by all— Yysu.arce Comnrrtiy Roow.—Tt having become necessary er vind quiet o: this community, tall eriminais and ahetlors th crime should be driven froin among us, no quod eit’7en, having the welfare of San Francisco at heart, will the Commitice of Vigilance such information as will enabl them to carry ont the above object. Nor will they with suid committee when they may deem it best to search y premises ior suspicious characters or stolen property, re. 1 That we, the Vigilance Committee, de claim to ourselves the rig! ler an} Ton oF ‘Teous' premises: ‘here we have good reason to believe. that! we shall ind et dence to substantiate and enrry ont the object of this body. Aud furtber, deeming ourselves engaged in a good ani jas cause, we intend to maintain it. My order of Tus Commrrtes oF \ romance, No. 67, Secretary. Sax Francisco, July 6, 1851. ages The next etriking oceasion when the Vigilance Commit- te® excreted ity power was on the Lith of duly following. A person of the name of James Stuart=tho real party of that name, and for whom Burdue had been mistaken in the affair of (be 19th of February preceding—had beon for some cays in the hands of the committee upon various charge. He had been regularly and fairly tried, found guilty, aud rentenced to be hanged. Subsequently he nade a full confession of his crimes, and acxnow'odged the justice of his punishment. He was an Pngishman, and hat many years before been t ported from Great Britain to Australia, for forgery. At that time be was culy sixteen years of age. His whole life afterwards was wed tissue of the most daring crimes. After aveut various parts of the Pacific. he lighted ‘at last upon California, and during his shor: residence there wae supposed to havo perpetrated more raurders, burglaries, and other erimes of every dark and desperats description than wy other villain fornia, His con feesion revenied an extraordinary state of social impurit; “ and showed, clearly and minutely, the alarming mass of tilieny Ww cxivted among the communis and the suppert it received from the lax and culpable behavior of the Executive. This confession was immediatery publish ed, and the people warned against the many px wna whom it named and implicated in the crimes acsnow edged. Abort nine o'clock on the morning of the 11th, the customary taps on the bell of the Monumental engine howe, which showed that a matter of life and death was under consideration, summoned togeth® the Vigilance Committce, Immediately 4 numerous assemblage of ly responsible with members convened at their rooms, and proceeded the prisoner, Evidence was duly led and consi an 6 guilt being fully established, hho. was sen’ tenced by uw unanimous voice to immediate death by hapging. Before the execution, Col. J. D. Stevenson went forth to the crowd of people waiting outside, and ad. dressing them, stated the facts of the case briefly, as established Ly cvidence, the subsequent confessign of the privoner himself, and the proj judgment of the . He then inquired whether’ the people ap- of their proceedings, and would confirm the sen- ». A loud shout in tho affirmative from a great crowd ed his inquiry, against which there were only sev. ives in the negative. yt this time the committee were in consultation as to their further proceedings, while the prisoner remained maracled in an adjoining room, He appeared quite reckless of his fate, and only at times aid that the business was “d—d tiresome,” red, When sentence was delivered, he was permitted todur*- ‘@ delay of two hours, to frame his mind to the sole of the occasion; and to that end the assistance of « cler- gyman was given, although the prisoner seemed very incitlerent about religious duties. ‘This clergyman, the Key. Mr. Mines, was closeted with the condemned during the time granted. In the interval, tho members present of the committee—some four fhundred in number—sat grimly on their reats, sileut and determined. | They felt ho responsibility and unpleasant nature of the task be- fore them; but they did not hesitate. It was for the good of the community and their own safety that they had been laboring, and while conscience approver of their proceedings, they did not so much court, as they ho and expected, the contidence and applause of their fellow Citizens. The silence in that chamber of judgment was profound; a pincould have been heard to fall on the floor. After the two hours’ grace, the condemned was led forth, still manacled, and closely surrounded by those who bad the direct charge of watching over him. Tho rest of the committee formed inaline behind. They were all well armed, and prepared to resist any attempted rescue, either by the prisoner's friends, or the authorities themscives, In this order they marched, two by two, as in funcral procession, after Stuart and his guasis, ng Battery strect to Market street wharf, down which t hey proceeded to its extremity. A great crowd of citi- zens followed. Hitherto the prisoner had preserved much coolness, but towards the close fear was beginning to overcome him, and he was at last obliged tobe supported by two of his guards. At the end of the wharf every thing had been hastily arranged for the execution. scon as the procession reached the spot, tho fatal rope was fastened, and the condemned quickly ‘hoisted up with a jerk upon a derrick, He did not struggle much. After hanging a few seconds his hat fell off, and a slight breeze stirred and gently waved his hair. This was a sorry spectacle—a human being dying like a dog, while thou sands of erring mortals, whose wickedness only had not yet been found out, looked on and applauded! But ne- cessity, which dared not trust itself to feclings of com passion, commanded the deed, and unprofitable senti- ment sunk abashed. Reason loudly declared—So perish every villain who would burt his neighbor!’ and all the people said Amen!” Atout twenty-five minutes afterwards, when life was supposed to have fled, the body was lowered, and posses -sion allowed to be taken on the part of the authorities. ‘These had, previous to the execution, made some at tempts to recover the person of the deceased; but were resolutely opposed, though no overt act of violeace took place. ‘The verdict of the coroner's jury was as follows “We, the jury, find that the deceased came to his death by strangulation by” hanging, at the hands of a body of mien styling themselves the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco.” It is, perbaps, unnecessary to say that the Authorities took no legal action on this verdict. The Grand Jury empannelled for the special July term by the Court of Sessions, towards the close of a long report on the state ofcrime in San Francisco, and in which they had made allusion to the Vigilance Committee, took ocea- sion to say’: ‘When we recall the delays and the inefficient, and we be lieve that with truth it may be said, the corrupt administration of the law, the incapacity and indifference of who are its sworn guardians and ministers, the frequent and unnecessary postponement of important trials in tbe District Court, the dls- regard of duty and impatience while attending to perform it manifested by some of our judges having criminal jurisdiction, the many notorious villains who have gone unwhipped of jus tice, lead us to believe that the members of that association havetheen governed by a feeling of opposition to the manner in Which the law has been administered and thosa who have administered it, rather than w determination to disregard the iw itself. Unider institutions so eminently popular as those under which we live, the power of correcting all these abuses is with the people themselves. If our officers are unlit for the stations they occupy, if the laws are not faithfully executed, if an ar- raigned criminal procures his own friends to be placed on the jury that tries him, where is the fanit, and where the remedy ? { those of our citizens who are most Interested in having good and wholesome Iaws, and in seeing them well and purely ad- ministered, Will not give suflictent attention to our elections to secure proper and sober legislators, judicial and other ofllcers, and neglect to obey the mandates of onr courts. when sum moned 9s Jurors and witnesses, as hax been too often the case, can they expect to see justice prevail or crime punished ? Aud is it not in the neglect of their duties in important par- ticulars that they may find the true fountains from whenee have sprung many of the evils we have suffered? ‘The Grand Jurors believing, whilst they deplore their acta, that the asso ciation styling Ives *Vigilanes Committee,” at x reat personal sacrifice to themselves, have been influenced n their action by no. pe private malice, but for the dest interest of the whole, and nt time, too, when all other means of preventing erime and bringing etiminals o direct punishment had failed, here dismixs the matter, as among thowe peculiar restlte of circumstances that sometimes startle communities, which they can nelther justify, or present: ment effect any benetit fo individuals or the country; and with the uesurance that there is @ determination on the part of all ‘Well disposed citizens to correct the abuses referred to by ae Iecting proper officers to take the place of thoe who have vio- lated their trusts, and by perform! each his part in the ad ministration of the laws) ‘When this iv done, the axe will hay been laid at the root of the remedy applic | t roper correction of the grievous ‘evils ‘our city and countr Becessity for th there will be no mtTobint tor itaceses. ‘The above teetimony to the purity of motive and pru dence of conduct in the Vigilance Committee is highly important, and shows the estimation in which they were ld by some of the giost enlightened 1 Neate themeelves bad a legal « uty to perform cepting as before, continued tf, , The public press, ex od, and even from the pulpit was heard a sound“ or'hy plause, As for the commonaity, it was almost unani- mously in favor of the committee. In consequence of the examples made of Jenkins and Stuart, crime was now fast diminishing in San Francieco, and the number of notorious criminals was much reduced. ‘The next great occasion on which the committee figured was ip August following. They hat had in their custody for some time back two persons of the name of Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie, wo wore char; with the various crimes of burglary, robbery and arwn. ‘These persons had been fairly tried, had confesmed their guilt, and were sentenced to be hanged. The particular time for the execution had not yet been fixed, although a rumor spread abroad, on the evening of the 40th August, that it would take place next day. Meanwhile the Governor of the State, the Hon. John McDougal, isened (on the 20th August,) a proclamation to the people in the county of San Francisco, directed t the Vigilance Committee by name, and which called upon “ali good citizens of said county to unite for the parpose of sustaining public law and tranquillity, to aid the publiy oMcers in the discharge of their duty, and by all yi means to discountonance any and overy attempt which may be made to substitute deepotic control of a self constituted association, unknown and acting in deflance of the laws, in the plave ‘of the regularly organized govern ment country.’ To this proclamation, the follow. ing strange certiicate was published in answer :— Sax Prsxcuco, August 20, 1951, ‘We, the nndersigned, do herebygver, that the present ¢ vernor, MeDougal, 4 to be Introduced to the E Committee of the Committece of Vigilance, which was allow ei, and an hour fixed. The Governor, upen being in that he approved the acts of the committer, and that ood had taken place. He Roped tha’ they would go 0, deavor to act it, concert with the authorities, an? in case wae guilty of mala tion, to hang bim, and appoint o! ‘ko. Comment upon the above document is unnecessary. Tt shows that aithongh the Governor, in prosecuti: tice of bis office, frit bound to oppose the proceedings of the V gilance Committe on the ground of their (egy as an individual, he was willing to acknowledge t Lene fetal effe Indeed, the private opinion and w hes of the “good citizens’? upon whom he called for actions of the committee, were nearly unanimous in their favor. On the morning of the Slst, before ¢ el. John C, Ha ting a warrant of corp procured upon the aifdavit of Governor McDougal him self, went with one of is deputies to the rooms of the committee, which he entered out experiencing any resistance. y of policemen foliowed behind, to be There were « sufficient number nd to have forcibly and success. surprise, and oodshed, they Some of t partment the California engine house. i< soon aroused the numerous members of the commit tee from slumber, and seut them quickly to the scene of action, By the time they arrived, the Sheriff had left With the prisoners. There was something strange and unexpected in the whole affair, and treachery on the part of some of the prisoners’ guards Was suspected. The au- thorities had known for week it Whittaker and McKenzie bad been in the hands of the committee, and during that time had made no effort to procure their release. It wns generally believed, indeed, that the au thorities, knowing the good the committee had done ia diminishing crime, took ready advantage of their situa tion in protesting that feebleness alone kept them quiet. Yet now they were perilling all the benefits that had al. irem the wcuon of the committee. The leeply deplored the hasty conduct of the officials olved to be cool and proeced cautiously in their further steps. Villainy meanwhile looked stenithily on and began to breathe more freely. The old tribunals, and old delay s—perjury—quibbles and technical errors— corrnpt and bribed prosecutors—ignoran: «l_ corrup: tion among the jury=misundermood and misapplied laws —4), lite itself, ane freedom again to rua a long course of rapine and murder—all were suddenly of |, by this legal stroke ot the Executive, to the astonished and de. lighted criminal | As for the authorities themseives, they wre wonderstruck and almost afraid of their own many could scarcely believe od, at last, to circumvent the formi. dable Vigilance Committee, So they made preparations to resist any attempt that might be tried to rescue the prisoners, while fear and trembling, arising frum man, different ee, filied the hearts of all ‘good citizens," About half pest two o'clock on the afternoon of Sunday, the 24th of August, an armed party, consisting of thirty. six members ot the Vigilance mi forcibly broke into the jail, at atime when the Rey Mr. Williams hap pened to Be engaged at devotional exercises with tho risopers, Ameng whom were Whittaker and McKenzie. he slight defence of the jailers and guards was of no the Sher: vnwilling t suffered the that they bad mana avail, The persons named were seized, and burried to and placed within a coach that bad been kept in readiness & few steps from the prieon. The carriage instantly was driven off at full speed, and nearly at the same moment the «bell of the Monumental Engine Company ra piuly and loudiy toiled for the immediate assemblage of the com nuttee and the knell itself of the doomed. The whole population leaped with excitement at the sound; and immense crowds from the remoteet quarter hurri to Pattery etrect. There blocks, With the necessary tackle, had been hastily fastened to two beams which projected over the Windews of the great ball of the committee, Within seventeen minutes after the arrival of the prison- ers they were both dangling by the neck from these beams, the loose extremities of the halters being taken within the building itself and foreibly held By members of the cemmitice Full six thousand people were proseat, | who kept au awful silence during the short time thesa | preparations lasted. But 80 soon as the wretches were | swung off, one tremendous shout of satisfaction burst from the excited multitude, and thea there was silence | again. After the bodies had hung about halfan hour, the peo- ple were addressed by Mr. Branvan, Dr. Robinson and Mr. Peyran;and shortly afterwards they slowly dispersed. Jn the course of an hour later, the bodies were delivered over to the authorities, anc the same evening a coroner's | jury returned the following verdict:—In accordance | with the foregoing testimony, the jury, after deliberate considerstion, have come tw’ the conclusion, and accord: ingly render their verdict, that Sumuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie came to their death by being hanged by the neck, thereby producing strangulation, by the act of & body of citizens styling themselves the ‘Vigilance Com- mittee of San Francisco,’ on the afternoon of Sunday, August, 24th instant, at about three o'clock, in front of the Vigilance Committee Koons, on Battery street, pear California street, from the second story thereof.’ As heretofore, no steps weré taken by the authorities to im- plement the verdict of the jury. ‘Ibis was the last time the committee took or found oc- casion to exercise their functions. Hencetorward the ad- ministration of justice might be safely left in the hands of the usual officials. The city now was pretty weil cleansed of crime. The fate of Jenkins, Stuart, Whittaker and McKenzie showed that rogues and roguery, of whatever kind, conld no longer expect to find a safe larking place in San Francisco. Many of the suspected, and such as were warned off by the committee, had arted and gone, seme to other lands, and some into the mining regions and towns of the interior, Those, however, who still clung to California found no refuge anywhere in the State. Previously, different cages of Boon law had oceur- red in the gold districts, but these were solitary instances which bad been caused by the atrocity of particular crimes. When, however, the Vigilauce Committee of San Franco had started up, fully ergwnized, and began their great work, Sacramento, Stockton, Sun Jox an as other towns, and the more thickly’ peopled’ mining quarters, like formed their committees of vigilance and safety, and pounced upon all the rascals within their Dounds, “These associations interchanged information with each other as to the movements of the suspected; and all, with the bundred cyes of an Argus and the han- dred arma of a Briareus, watched, pursued, harrassed, and finally caught the worst desperadoes of the country” Like € A murderer aud wanderer, as most of them were, they bore a mark on the brow, by which they were known, Some were hanged at’ various places, some were lashed and branded, but the greater number were simply erdered to leave the country, within a limit. ed time, under penalty of immediate death if found after a stated period withiu its limits. Justice was no* longer blind or leaden Li With the perseverance and speed of a bloodhound, she tracked criminals to their lair, and smote them were they lay. ‘Thus by almost a univer-al—a national effort, was our beautiful country, which had so long contained and been detied by the ‘sweepings from the prisons and the h alleys of other lands, ence more made pure, sweet and safe. Hercules did no greater labor when he cleansed the Augean stable by turning a river through it. The people of California, and more particelariy dhe people of San Francisco, bad turned the great stream of justice from its former slow, devious aud uncertain course, and seat its waters headlong to overwielin crimi- nals and wash society clean trom the stains that crime had left. For a long time afterwards, the whole of Cali- fornia remained comparatively free from outrages against person and property. From all the evidence that can be obtained, it is not supposed that a single instance occurred in which a really innocent man suitered the extreme penalty of death. Those who were executed generally confessed their guilt, and admitted the punishment to have been merited. We have seen that it Was soin the case of three of those hanged at San Francisco. The Vigilance Committee has long ceased to act, but the association has never been formally dissolved. ’ The wiginal members are doubtless ready, if ever sad occa- jon should require, again to assert the right of self-pre- tion, and the Supremacy of natural law over defec- il rules, tedious if not cerrupt tribunals, mastery of scoundrels and the quirks of professional tricksters, if thereby the substantial ends of justice can be best or alone obtained, and socicty relieved from the horrors of ecked and triumphant villany. Let rogues, then, beware! It is, however, to be siacerely hoped that never again shall there need to be revived those terrible times of 1861. California is perhaps not yet quite so sub- ject to the influence and strength of law as most of the Atlantic States or the more civilized ptries in Europe; but she is fast being gently and sec broken in to its majestic and salutary sway. Her career has been unlike that of any other modern nation, and the many anomalies in her history must be peculiarly and leniently judged. God save California! Seizure of the Arms of the Chicago Kansas Emigrants. PRO-RLAVERY ACCOUNTS. {From the Lexington, Mo,, Express, June 28.) Tt becomes our duty ‘in $0 chronicle the seizure of arms by our citizens. we found them carefully packed away in boxes, marked ‘Carpenter’s Tools :’’ but this time we found them im the hands of regularly drilled and organized bands, who were boldly and openiy pas- sing through the State, for the purpose—not of besoming peaceable, tena fide settlers in Kansas—but for the Pur ee eee ple and the United states. We found thers in the ands of open rebels to law and order, and, as law aud order men, we have interfered to prevent violence and bloodshed. Several weeks ago the newspapers informed us that military companies were being formed in and other Northern cities, for the purpose of invading ‘They started with threats to lay open the heart of Mis- souri, and their progress was uninterrupted until they reached this place. Here they expected objection would be made to their further progress, and we are happy to say their expec coma not disa ted. = The facts are us follows : company of cighty men, wader the command of Captain Avdrews, from Chi wmed = with rifles and like private citizens, bot as soldiers, aid tui AYOWRE irpose was to enter Kansas a3 soldiers, to ald the abo- ecm _s in resisting the ype orgy a fighting pro-slavery party in erritory. Being so informed, and the President having oon bis pro- clamation forbidding any armed invasion of Kansas, our citizens ee. and soberly resolyed that it was their duty, as loyal citizens, to interfere and prevent this war- like foray into a peighboring Territory. They accord. ingly appotuted a committee to wait on Captain Andrews, and inform him of the determination of our people. When the boat arrived, which was late on the night of the 224, the committee proceeded to discharge its duty. The abo- Ntionists raved and swore considerably, bul afera few minutes of paresing the whole thing Was a isiictorily arranged, Tt was agreed that the soldiers should be allowed to retain all small arms, and arms that were pri- te property, but the public arms—the rifles and bayo nete—were to be eX at Lexington, subject to the order of the Governor of Kansas Territory, The men were al- icwed to pass on without further thterruption, It was expected that this would ent the waole matter, and that these poor, deluded fanatics would be allowed. to enter Kansas without further interruption. This, how: ever, was not the ease; under the President's proclama- tion no organized bulies of men were to be allowed to on- ter Kansas, and these filibusters were accordingly met at Leavenworth City by the people of Kansas, who required of ‘hem that they should immediately return peaceably to their homes.” The order was rigidly enforced, and they returned to St. Louis on the same boat which bad eight. bronght them out. The number of rifles taken was fit can for a moment doubt the propriety cecding®. Even if the Presideut and ed their proclamations forbidding such armed inva. 8 Kansas, it would nevertheless Lave be r for the people rito prevent Purade in our State. We justify the whole proceed vg, end hope our citizens may act with equal promy Id another attempt b» Made to pass (iron, rmed bands from the North. (From the St. Louis Republican, June 90.) having been made, in detached paragraphs, of trip of the steamer Star of the West, with ber emigrants, to Leavenworth City, we nave ob- from aa eye witness the following parti ihe officers the stamer Star of the W made a con- tract with a we of this city to go to Alton, and receive ed and twenty-five em grants—not armed wen-—for Leavenworth City. They wr ot to Altoa Thur evening, Jane 19, and found, instead of » Hun. dred and twenty-five men, only seventy-six men and two women awaiting their arrival. ‘They had very little baggage, and efter that was taken card tue emigrants went toa warehouse and cre with a ¢ No man Notice 2 o'clock at night. The ro wot! the heat morning ut as soon as he did so he ordered the gugs to be discharged, which order was promptly complied with. Alter the ‘guns hal beoa as- charged they were taken into one of the state rooms. T+ fore the boat had arrived at Lexington the emigrants bat managed secretly, to reload their guus and supply them with bayoucts, and one of the men wae caughi in the Alton about dl that the gu at Lexington, a good ied amonget them. The com- pany assembled in squads, and seemed t» be holding con- Having by some means gained information that they were to be intercepted at Lexington, their he- rolkm began visibly todeclne, and they offered the cap. tain $7,000 for Ps cotwent no* to land it Lexington. The ‘aqtain informed them that be had freight for that piace, snd was obliged to land to discharge it, and would land there at all events, freignt or no freig! The announcement of this determination increased their alarm, and some twenty of the mer took refuge in the ladies’ cal.n and on the ladies’ guards, with their guns in hand, aud awaited their approach to Lexington, On their arrival at thet dreaded place, a committe: of ths citizens came ob bard aid ¢cmande:! an audieace with the cap tain of the party. The leaders were dificult to tind, but ae Mesers. A. C. Grifin and A. A. Griffin had gotten up the company in Chicago, they at length came forward to answer. The commitice, in a 1 manner, announced their ebject, and demanded their arma. After some hesi totlon, the emigronta finally concluded that © diseretion was the better part of valor,’ an b The guns were found secrete cies’ cabin, texas, and in almost every other portivn of the boat. They were cerried ashore, snd plac! ine warehouse for sae keoping, and a receipt was giveu for all the arms taken, During this sceue, which lasted some Ume, no bard words tor disrespectful language passe! on either side, The work waa done very quiet y, aud the went ow their y a portion of their in the'r possession. rrived at Kansas orning, Where the steamer wae awaited acoripany of thirty South Caroli- niane. On the r way up the fiver, Gen. Atchison, Gen. ctringteliow, and r. Wm. Ht. Ruseell, also got on board. Wien theee g-ntiomen learced what had passed, they requested ar audience with the leaders of the company, and told them thay orders had been given to disband ail armed parties in the Territory, and advised them to ro. ‘urn heme, They had found by experience that this ad- vice Was good, and conelided to accept it. They had all agreed to return before they reached Leavenworth City— weir destination, When the bow drew up that place Ly Gen. Jones, w & very large crowd were assembled on shore to receive The crowd were tnformed that the not to land, but pass on t Weston po hin with boat. This Announcement was #atistactory, and ao was sent with them from Leavenworth to Weston, zee they did not attempt to land—having given up all idea | eeuling in Kansas One incident occurred at Weston worth mentioning. & free State lady loft the boat there, who bade the company an uffectionate good or and said she hoped they w soon return, reinforced, and whip every pro slavery po} in tho Territory. We are not sure that sho did pot use even stronger language than this, A committee was ap. pointed from Leavenworth and Kansas to escort the com. pany out of the river. Nothing further of note occurred on the trip down. Tig captain of the Star of the West having agreed to laad bic passengers either at the mouth of the river or bring thong to St. Louis, as they desired, about forty chose to be put off at the nearest possible point in Iilinois, and the re mainder arrived here yesterday morning, without received any serious injury; apd all, it is to he wiser men. It is worthy of remark that on the passage down of the Star of the West she met the Sultan on ber way up, wilt about forty more emigrants belonging to the same pany. These people baving learnud the fate of the detachment, expressed a general desire to return w them, but for some reason their request was not grant We have learacd from areliablo source that this company were to be paid by a society in Chicago the sum of 6L each for going to Kansas, part of which money was te be expended in arms and ammunition, and the remaindes remitted to them after landing at their destination. ‘They were also to be proviled with thirty day’? visions. Soon after leaving Alton they found by had been ‘‘sold,’” aud that the contract would n filled, which caused consiterable dit satisfaction among them’ On leaving the Territory they expressed them- selves much pleased with the courteous manner in which they bad been treated—said that the border ruftians were better men than they had been reprosented, and some them offered to return to the Territory in the charactor af ma fide pro-siavery advocates. FREE STATE ACCOUNT. [Correspondence of the St. Louis Someeeah Sr. Lovus, June 29, 1866. Having been identified with the “Kirst division Obt- cago Kansas settlers,’’ which left Aiton on the ev Ci the 10th tost., on the Star of the West, en route for =, tas, 1am enabled to give the main facts conuected wits that affair, They are substantially as fullows:— We were sixty-cight men, ail tol childria. Our object war to become bona Jide setters im Kantas. We were armed with breech-loading rifles, with bayonets, and many of us carried revolvers bowie knives.’ We were in no sense a military company, as has been reported, many of us not even knowwg kw to use our arms. We had provisions, carpenters’ tools, tents and other things necessary for a pionecr Most of us intended to take claims and become farmers. A few miles below Lexington a genticman leit the gteamer, leaving his bi e behiud, and went up the river om horseback. @ were informed that a force would be concentrated at Lexington to dlapate ou passage. We arrived at that place in the evening. AS we drew near a large force of armed men was di discernible on the levee, and on landing swarms cf cith- zens came on board, diling the cabin. A o mumittese citizens waited on our officers, demanding the surrender of all arms belonging to the company guaranteeing to us the possession of our private arms of whatever kind, Mr. Andress, our president, told me he was shown three pieces of artillery, aud informed me that four more were: in readiness on the opposite side to sink the boat, should we resist the execution of this demand. After somo ne- gotiations the conditions above stated were agreed te, and our rites were given up, a receipt being takeo for them for their return when the troubies in Kansas shal cease. Few, Tthiuk, will be found willing to blame our officers for this capitilation, for there were little, if any, short of one thousatd atmed men on the ground; but must pay a tribute to the men—they were at their and ready to fight. I saw one of them actually ehed tears +from pure chagrin at the result of the negotiations, We Were treated very civilly by the peopl: of Lexington, and they did not seem to take the admission from your corres. pondent that they were “the pink of border ruffian olvil- ity’’ at all amiss. In the morning we proceeded on our voyage. At Kansas City the boat laid by for several hours. The reason given for the delay was the It might be the true one, but m the morning ac of Jones’ men, with himself at tueir head, came on 4 They were armed with United States muskets, revolvers and bowte knives, and carried cartridge boxes—soldiors al Dut the uniform.’ They were rather a hard looking set. At Leavenworth City « largo crowd of armed mea collect |, ed nnd formed into line, and we were told that we must fight or return to St. Louis, With only a few rides and small arms—many of us éntirely Shout arme— your correspondent had none—it was again thought thag discretion was the best part of vaior, and we agreed te the conditions. Gen. Atchison was on board, and assured us that no exertions should be wanting on’ his to make our stay agreeable and our return safe. erMd looks like a good natured old blnbber, and one would hardly take him to bo the demi god of the border rufllans. General Stringiellow was there, and conducted us up te Weston, where we laid over one day (last Wedn 2 under arrest, and started on our return voyage the day. He looks very different from Atchison, and if phy siognomy has anything of truth in it, free Stato would learn wo dance a hornpipe on nothing in his hands, provided “the party” would not suffer for it. Our pri ‘vate baggage was searched for arms. All were takem away; the small arms were returned, but the rifles have not been seen since by their rightful owners, save in the dans of our “guard.” Passing by Fort Leavenworth, @ questions occurred to my mind, *‘Whatare the troops bout Where are the United States authorities? Where is the federal arm?” We wero kept under guard until below Kansas City. And here I forgot to state that a Mr. Groves, a citizea of Kansas, who owns a farm about two miles from Law- re Set ene aes et ne ena citizen, paying his own way, and net a “pauper,” State prison convict, or an inhag- tant of the “‘Sanus"’ of Chi @# we wore reported to was permitted to pass un ted = On our reture Ieavenworth, however, he was brought »n board _— faper, and not even allowed to couverse With us. At be your correspotittii¢ kawashare. and what his tate is ve ‘& passenger on board the boat, from Madison, Wi going on his prt businets up the river to Nebraska, was also detained, big baggage taken from him, and he was sent back with ts. Somebody had said that they thought he was a spy, and i borders. appears that is conviction with the barons of the All the lending men declared that any private citizen tra- yelling to whatsoever point op the river, could do se un- molested, no matter wat were his political Prociivities, but taking the facts stated into consideration, may there het be a strong doubt as to the validity of this dectare- tion? On Friday we met the Sultan, aaviog ou board about forty Kansas emigrants from Massachusetts. We adviged them to return, and they would have done se had said boat waited long enougii to effect « tronster of the baggage. During the conversativa some of the omi- grants attempted to board our boat, but wore by one of Col, Bufford’s Loutenants, who stationed himself om the guard with a revolver, declaring that none of them should come on board. Capt. Dix ordered bim t yiele bis position, and he refused, swearing that he was Qe of the boat ax much as he (Dix) was, The cape tain then armed bisnse!* and went below, whereupom order was restored. Said lientenant discharged one @f the barrcis of bis revolver, some sald at our president, being prevented from shoot.ay him only by a bystander, who knocked hts arm from ite aim; others said it was ae cidental, One of the Macsachusetts emigrants come om board our boat, sud was too late to get on the Sultam arain. He consequently came down with us, Those .@ the main facts, stated with as little bias as possible, aad, I believe, entirely correct. The following call for a mecting has boon ixsuod im Chicago to take the matter meationcd abo, e into considere ation = ‘The Exec ciety. requ Dearborn Ps * 2d jost., at * PL ML ‘rated upom citizens af who had omigrated to Kansaa, great national highway of the United States is in the hands of « lawless banditti. The Missouri river is o@ longer navigable for free state people. Peaceiul sevilers are robbed, disarm od, imprisoned, and driven back by brute viol ace, while quietly travelling from one s« of the Union to ancther, ch: arged with crime lmown to the laws, The border rw from freo ane hve declared that no emi be permitted to travel to the re ‘erri- vested to meet, dcliber exigency demands, Theatrical, Musical, &, Nivto’s Gsrwxx.—The Ravels and their distingwiahed yantemimic auxilarics, Mlle Rovert sad the great baile’ troupe, Hengler, the great vaulter, aud his assistants, Will all appear to-morrow evening in a series of their most attractive performances. The pieces selected are the admirable ballet denominated “Figaro” and the great comic pantomime of “ Robert and Bertrand.” Bownry Timatys —The popular play called “ Masts and Froes ' is to be g.ven tomorrow evening by a good cast, ia which is emb poet the names of Madam Merers, Fisher, Craoe, Canoll, Whiting, &. A variety of Singing and dancing (viows, an! the whole is to cloew with tho bighly interesting patriotic drama entitied the “Bid of Freedom,” in which Mr. Brougham and the leacing embers of bis company play. Broapway Vanierms.—The intensely interceting drama etyled “Ingomar, the Barbarian, and Parthenia, the Greek Maiden,’ is to be performed to-morrow evening by the versaiile and talented company of mi tiatere actors and actresses, Mise Louise enacts the hero, tetle Mary the heroine, and Master Goorge the part of Polyder he Miser. Woon's Mixerrms.—These morrymakers keep up tha: ep its of their patrons as effectually ae ever, despite the warm weather, and, in retern, are always cheered them- selves by the presence of Iarre audiences. To-moccow evening they offer a good selection of song? and dau com, and the lerychable farce of the “ Double Bedded Reta. Farine Hart.—M. Keller bas provided a varied and highly attractive selection of tableaux for the amusomeng: of his patrons tomorrow wight. He also offers the sera vices of the Hofer Far'ly, a will introduce several fa ‘Tre THeertaN DRAMATIC AssociATION are to perform Shakepere’s tragedy of “ Macbeth '' on the 2ist inet. IB is to be produced with new scenery, appointments, and the ori nal mnsic, Macheth will be sustained by Meg Reseell, and Lady Mocbeth by Miss Jackson Harvest in Many tany.—The Centreville, Md.~ Sentinet «tater that the wheat end rye iarvest baa gous eraliy commenced in that county. Tt of no fel that haye been in the least adveted by either rugs sm