The New York Herald Newspaper, July 28, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. » WHOLE NO. 7272. ht oe) MORNING EDITION—MONDAY. JULY 28, 1856. PRICE TWO CENTS. An order was issued at 2 o'clock on Saturday af-| the proceseion, having Terry and Mahon; ARRIVAL OF . TERRY. awe the citizens and the civil authorities. By day and Tam well aware that “33, Seal” have ABBIVAL OF THE ILLINOIS. ternoon by the Executive nee Committee for | in naglase commenced moving, and passed pond As soon ay the assault fy Mr. Hopkins had been | by night they paraded in the streets large % ies of | an official denial of these projects. nn eon the arrest of one James R. Maloney, or as he was | Dupont street to’ Washington, down Washington to | made, the news was immediately telegraphed to Sa- | aimed men, and San Francisco presents continually | admit their treason in the outset. It is quite'as enay~ most generally known, Rueben Maloney, @ noto- | Kearny, down Kearny to Clay, down Clay to Mont- | cramento, and it was shortly after rumored that a | the appearance of a city in session of a | for “ 33’ todeny the parpese: until the plot is: ripe;. . rious scoundrel, The order was placed in ané gomery, down Montgomery to ramento, ‘and | vessel had been chartered, and the Governor, Mrs. | foreign foe. And it is so, practica’ly. It ia well | but it is well known $ many of its ‘TWO WEERS LATER FROM CALIFORNIA. | ri B the bands , M ny to Bac a y. is_well ki at of Sterling A. Hopkins, who, in company with | down Sacramento to the Vigilance rooms below | Terry anda number of others on the!: way down. | kuown thst the Vigilance Committee have armed | members have advocated a new government in the several others left the Committee rooms and went | Front, It was accompanied and followed by even | ‘Ihe Governor, however, judiciously again concluded | and bired a large ly of foreign mercenaries to | streets, and that others have avowed the ‘ews from Oregon, Central America, New | in search of the man whom he was to arrest. They | greater crowds than were at Cacey and Cora'sexe- | to remain at home. The rumor of the chartering of | shoot down the officers end citizens of the State in | keeping up the organization after the election, be- Gr: South Pacific, Sandwich proceeded up to Palmer, Cook & Co.'s Bank, on the | cution and their memorable procession. # veesel was untrue, Mrs. Terry, however, took discharge of the duties cast upon them by the laws | cause it was such a capita) thing with which to beat anada, 9 corner of Kearney and Washin, streets, and FURTBER LAW AND OKDKR SURRENDERERS. sage on the steamer Confidence, on her regular trip | and their oaths of office. their political opponents. When the proper time Islands and Jamalea. found that Malouey and a lot of his companions ‘As coon a8 the “Blue”s armory had surrendered | down, and arrived in this city lastevening. She Notwithstanding that the French Consul has or- | arrives these things will be fastened upon them by were in the office of Dr. Ashe, the Naval Agent, in | and the procession had moved off, and were passing | Preceeded to the Vigilance Committee rooms, | dered all French subjects to withdraw from their | irrefregible proof. Until within a few days, the plam : the second story. Mr. Hopkins placed his men on | the Plaza, the forces stationed there presented arme. | Where the was treated with great consideration and | present treasonable attitude, several hundred of | of the most moderate smog them was to disband 6 IN TREASURE. the outside of the bank and went up into Dr.| The procession then stopped, and large detach- | Politenees, and had a long interview with her | them, in defiance of the laws of their own country, | their orm, forego their military deka, orale Sele Ashe’s office, and approached Maloney for the pur- | ments were withdrawn from it and added to | husband. It is said thata largeroom has been | remain with arms in their hands in open rebellion | a1ms in some convenient places, so that at the tapot eee pose of arresting him, when the latter and his com- | those surrounding the California Exchange. | fitted up for the accommodation of the two, and | sgainst the government of this country. It is the bell they could meet, imtimidate the citizens, Doings of the Vigilance Committee penions among whom were Judge Terry, Dr. Ashe. | The procession moved on, and the forces left behind ‘that Mie. Terry will remain with her husband. to say that there are few, if any, of rape overawe the authorities, and contro) the elections. and Ham. Bowie, drew their pistols and presented | were disposed in auch a.way as to insure the sur- CONDITION OF MR. BOFEING. French residents amongst them; many of are | Nothing can with saiets be received ag evidence them, cocked. Hopkins, who was unarmed, ht it Se ae stronghold of “law and order,” too. At one o'clock we called at the Penusylvania En- | convicts who have been | for crime, and | of an inte:.ion to disband this dangerous one advisable to retire at this demonstration, and accord- | Several of capnon were brought to bear upon | gine House, and were informed, by # physician in | most of them were kept im order in their own coun- | nization but the delivery of their arms » 5. r ingly went down st: an men @ | the building, andj the mate! ‘even lit, read: attendance re was _elee} 4 ry only by force of arma. ich are men @ rubmission on the he wi D, 8. Terry fo ingl airs and toid his men to kee} andj the matches ready | ttendance ‘that Mr. Hopkins and | try only by force of Buch are the men pre- bmi h of the sination. strict guard upon the building while he went after | for an immediate attack, when a formal demand was | €emed comfortable. His » Which been | pared to be turned loose upom American citizens and | arrests and trial by the $1,649 more aesistance. Dr. overs oe happened to be | made for its surrender. After an interview and | V#tying all the morning, and was, at ono time down Amerieen property. oa sing by on horseback at the time, and Mr. Hop- | con; to JO, was then running at 100. His breathing had | Men gho have committed sueh crimes as these | quantity of George Law muskets were kins borrowed bis herse and rushed down to the odock, Gold. Re Wea me pon Ins rpc stilyed been difficult and abd last evening, caused, as | against the State, are naturally hurried by fear and gon Francisco, on speculation, to one of the mem- LETTERS FROM JUDGE TERRY AND HIS WIFE, Committee rooms. He went into the Vigilants’ pe the Armory, surrendered, and ordered his mento | WS supported, by blood in the larynx; | desperation. Before them is the abyss of revoln- | bers of the Committee. These muskets were lice office, gave an account of the position of » | march to na door and one by one, to deliver up their | but the difficulty been removed, and he was | tion and secession; behind the halter. They dare not | chased or seized by the insurrectioniats, together Sieirentnonneharanernnrrar, and asked tor aid. The Chief of the Police Depart- | arms to the Committee, which they immediately did. | breathing comparatively freely and easily. The | return under a government of honest judges, with a | with all others in the market on sale. they alee Capitalation to the Vi Committee of the | ™em* told him to return and keep a strict watch | As near as we cam ascertain, there were 250 | Chances were still a4 him, bat various of the | prospect of fair juries, who will administer the laws | seized the only two pieces of ordinance pi 0 the Vigilance e¢ OF the | apon Palmer, Cook & Co.'s building, and that he | muskets and rifles in this "Armory, besides other | Worst symptoms had peared. end stronger hopes | without the commission of perjury. It isa tact worthy | to the State, and have taken or purchased all Amery of the Marion Rifles. would soon send him reinforcements. ‘Hopkins rode | arms and munitions which were taken possession of | Were entertained of his recovery than at any | of notice, that during this whole movement, licentious } in the market. These men should not be back, and just as he arrived there, Maloney, Terry, | and sent down to the Armory of the Vigilance Com- | former time since the reeeption of the blow. as the press is, the district Judges in San Francisco | to disband nominally, and yet retain their formi Ashe, Ham. Bowie. J. McNabb, and another person, | mittee. There were about seventy-five men in the | COMMANDER HOWAKD’s OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE | —the highest judicial officers of the city, both as to | arrenal. After the treason and violence which armed with double , Were the | building at the time, who surrendered themselves | CAPITULATION OF Tar AkMORY OF Tur MaRioN | Civil and criminal jurisdiction—have not even been | have manifested they cannot retain these LARGE NUMBER OF ARMS SEIZED. corner of the bank from Washington into Kearney | prisoners, and were placed under a strong guard in | #IFLES. assailed. Their purity is not questioned. To eacape | danger to the raged peece and heoarts. street. They proceeded up Kearney street and into | the building. The eame course was taken by other | To His Excetency J. Nee Jonxson, Gover- | from the consequencesof trial before these officers, | _ I cannot doubt that the people of wit Jackson, occasionally turning round and le- | detachments of the Vigilance Committee with the | NO® OF THx State or Carirornra:—In pursuance | members of the Vigilance Committee, through their | rally to the support of the constitution and the PRISONERS OF WAR TAKEN AND RELEASED, velling their guns ‘at Hopkins, who had dis- | armory of Calhonn ’s company, near the | of Your orders of June 10, I proceeded to the city of | mouthpieces—the press—have constantly clamored | laws. To think otherwise would be to. them zt mounted, and his companions, James Bovee, | corner of Montgomery and Pacific streets, and with | 820 Francisco to take command of the Second Bat. for their resignation. have demanded also the | 8 slaves in feeling as well as vassals in fact. It is D. W. Barry, H. A. and Joseph Caprice, | a law and order” Armory at Madame Pique’s Hall, | t#Ty Division, and proceed to muster into the service | resignation of the Mayor, the Sheriff, and all other | Dot in the nature of things that Americans will eu- all of whom were in tt of the retreating scoun- | on the corner of Kearney and Butter aR dy. oy ’ | the volunteer companies which were organized. city and county officers, on the avowed pom ely witness their government overthrown—their FORTHICATION OF THE COMMITTEE ROOMS. | drels. When the latter party had passed up Jackson REMOVAL OF THE PRISONERS. In no instance did I depart from your orders, to | that the Vigilance Committee could not dis- | !aws and liberties subverted, without striking ablow street to a little above the Pennsylvania engine | About ten o'clock the prisoners, most of them be- | ct strictly on the defensive; neither was it my in-} band with safety until those offices were fill- | to prevent it. They will not see the lives house, (Terry and Ashe then being in the rear of | ing handcuffed, were marched in front of the Cali- | tention to act in any other than that of repelling an | ed with creatures of their own. Failing in this | some of their most valued citizens saerificed te ir g their party,) Hopkins attempted to rush past Terry | fornia Exchan; surrot with a thousand | ttack by the insurgents. Indeed, the in | object, they see no safety but in revolution. | the vengeance of traitors without attempt MINING NEWS. for the prrjooe Of setsing Matcoey, whan Terry pee. | Sisiear eae gag furrounded with a thous | which 1 found myzelf—without money and with | Knowing that the Execative despatched bythe lat | ing to renene, them. They will not veo the dua: erchnnremepernoncaanennine sented his gun, and prevented the former from pasa- | cay: with drawn’ sabres disposed themselves | ODly a few arme—rendered any other course im) steamer a requisition on the President of the United | geous of the Vigilance Committee filled with unof- nd North Cali- | 28- Hopkins seized hold of Terry’s gun and a peti the infantry, and at 11 olelock the sible. We had not the necessary means to form | States for the necessary means to put down this in- | fending men without striking a blow to deliver fadian Wars in Oregon ai jorthern Cal struggle ensued, in which Terry,aided by one of his | commenced their from the Exchange even an efficient encampment; and | therefore | surrection, and perfectly aware the President, | them. They will not see one of the highest fornia. rty, got the advantage and pressed Hopkins down | Washington street; thence to Montgomery; thence | thought it advisable to let the companies continue | under the constitution and the acts of Congress, has | cial officers in the State, a man of honor, of Towards the ground. to Sacramento, and thence to the Committee rooms, | their drills in their various armories, without making | no discretion, but is bound tofurnish not only arms | integrity, of unstained reputation, seized, com- &., &., &. At the same moment Dr. Ashe had presented his | into which the prisoners were marched and placed | ®DY demonstration on the streets. bat to empioy all the land and naval forces of the | demned and ordered to execution without a trial, Goalie teeraied Sans aeked, ae with his finger | under guard. A: them were Dr. ‘Ashe Lieut. An affair occurred on the 21st ( ;), which | United States for that purpose, they perceive that | when he has committed no Co lg 4 upon the trigger, at ’s breast, and hesitating, * Reese, . Rowe, Ham. i resulted in an open armed demonstration by the in- | their ishment 18 inevitable—that it is a mere | jury in Christendom would con The steamship IHinois, C. 8. Boggs, U.8.N., | cried, “Are youn friend?” Bove said, “Yes,” and ue ear eam Dolan Bowie, Wan, surgents upon ithe volontear companies gitered uestion of time, unless they can throw off the au- honest yeomanry and miners in the coun! commanding, left Aspinwall July 19, at 7 P.M.,and | struck Ashe’s gun aside, and at the same instant . ta panera 2 ite ie into service under your orders. Between the hours | thority of the Union, and tear California from the | hearts, and the sentiments, and the souls of arived at Quarantine at 10 o'clock A. ML yesterday. | drawing his revolver, placed itat Ashe’s head. Ashe | ae man ‘stabbed by Jud Tony is named Ster | °!,tWo and three o’clock of the day, it seems that a | constellation of States. They see that under the | and free men. Call them to the rescue, with their She brings the California mails of the 5th inst, 627 | °tied, “Don’t shoot!” and Bovee replied, “Drop your | ting'a. Hopkins. He was oy waned ter | man, named Hopkins, with an armed party, acting | laws of this State there is no limitation of the time | rifles and such arms as they P apes will re- » gun, then, you scoundrel!” which Ashe did and took Ports in a is 7 » | under the orders of the so called Vigilence Com- | within which ie may be prosecuted for murder; pong to the call, and redeem the country this passengers, and $1,650,396 in treasure on freight— | to his heels, or at least retired towards the armory | {i%# brought up in Boston, and is now about thirty: | mittee, proceeded to the rooms of the Hon. David | thateo long as California is in the Union, and they | deep disgrace which is a stain upon every citizen, received from the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s | of the “Blues” at the corner of Jackson and Dupont | S24 °pe heen Scing: busines country 14 8. Terry, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, | exist and remain within its limits, they are liable to | however humble. The sober people have right streets, towards which the party it seems were pro- - “ ess a8 an artesian and Dr. Richard P. Ashe, for the purpose of arresting | proeecution and the ignominions penalty of the gal- | hearts and stout arms. They have made the coun- ‘eteamer John L. Stephens, R. H. Pearson, Eaq., com- ie beret, He ia ao member of the Independent National | Mr, Reuben Moloney. Mr. Moloney refused to re- yt They have no safety, therefore, ‘but in draw- | try what it isin peace and war, and will never fall minder. The J.L.S. left San Francisco July 6,at | “lathe meanwhile, the companion of Terry and | Guards, and oe ee ictienss Pome age col cognize their authority, and subsequently left the } ing all their fellow citizens after them into anarchy | to redeem it in the hour of danger and public cala- 7 P. M., with 580 passengers. Ashe, whose name we have not been able to secer- | been sent on some arduous enterprises, one of which | Toms and, in company with Judge Terry and Dr. co? ame = to put all dows to's com: | silty. “Lae Chee deal wit: the eatioes mien Ou the 12th passed steamer Sierra Nevada, and | ‘in and. who had been rendering them assistance | wag to arrest Cusick, near Sacramento, during the | ‘eny Was mmococding quietly inthe street, Hooks | — it is doubtless true that up to the time of the re- ou the 17th, the steamer Sonora, both bound to San pe Dara cocked | last week. Lage pon 5 Francisco. j i in the stree! "4 attempted to fusal of General Wool to grant tarms to the Stat ho na his left had | ,, Mf- Hopkins was stabbed in the back of the neck, | him, by seizing gun which the Judge eld in his | had he complied with the requisition, they would | _Having understood that my 4 be pete i De nenepentts ae ey of vVi- seize The following is the specie list of the Illinois :— | and with his right placed his revolver at the head | {ree or four inches from the left ear, and about am | hand. A scuffie ensued, in which Hopkins, failing | have disbanded within four days, and order would 4 ape BS F e " inch to the left of the cervical vertebre. The knife | to wrest from the Judge, ater restored withou ; bp ce pede Pie Weta Paces i:Gs-"sars00 Tresuwell O00... *P Tea to his heels forthe Sloe Armory, aa Ashe hed | Paswed Breyer fis saci pam hd 5 Peeel tee babeeds Teage hime hee Gees Oo temiten tak Gertie ee cena Eering on copersenity ba satin’ mayen xidebared i 37500 | done before him. It was at this instant that Terry, ing the oft carole ary. and savenal ot Sa bens “A knife, and inflicted a wound with it be all pw gar destitute of arms is the key to all their Resent high on Sacramento street, Would Yoo! unter chiens one Wm. H. Hall 51000 | who had drawn a large sized bowie knife, plunged | ‘isposed in the neighborhood of the windpipe, AS | it is needless to say that on the statement of facts | banded measures, outrages and crimes. They use | {f'sou would stats the facta of my arrest to the J.E. Wolf. 5,000 | it into the left side of Hopkins’ neck, inficting a ov (pen peiones meek ; | 98 represented to me, bad Hopkins been killed, it | their momentary power to gloat over, insult and lic. Tam the Third Lieut of the Conti- Jno. Durand & 63.. 5,000 | wound some six inches deep and which will in all | {Ake them, Vigilante,” or something of that kind, as | would bave been a clear ease of justifiable homicide | trample upon the people of the State. Pental Guards, Captain Feng, and was in the arme- Booth & Edgar .... 5,000 | probability prove ne ae kins staggered back, | fore said, and staggered back. He was immedi- | ox the part of Judge Terry. It is difficult to understand what adequate motives t the corner of Clay and’ ben at the 000 T. Wattson x ons... 6,000 | and cried, lam stabbed—take them, Vigilantal” | Stely taken to the Pennsylvania Engine House, His | When this occurrence took place Iwas on business | there can be alleged for all this violence, commo- | fine of its captare by the Tike rer ‘Terry and those who were still with him > » Wife, elder bi and sister, Drs. R. B. | on Montgomery street. As Foon as I was informed | tion and crime. two most prominent reasons wis ecumndad an when ia | ey tte ei acy wich ce | apace monn aan ada | cy Tae, ces de teams | Ete We Whe ae ecg, | Esa unmet” per i 8,000 in en » Bovee and Barry at their Gate ‘measures were taken to make the wounded a _ Commitee were net with my having given ‘000 | The latter placed themselves t on t street; I thither, but found the Pee vette eo me ag pone frauds Povo closed in their faces. Sees He or tas te roy During the Bight oor barred and Vigliance Gommlttes’ people is the officers of If crime is not i poe edge af agp deni Ans aap p= iit | hon o the bing to proven bor ext oren: |e Soret ene area ll WT enpecet” "He | SecS™ oe uttncy sade arnt, Rae | Gan Franc, i ot fri want of le nde | fessor captatmnee ee. ef - 2,100 | Tame cD ACTION OF THE VIGTLANCE comurrree. | W288, however, in a very critical condition. diately sounded, and all the streets in the neighbor. | ries. “It will be admitted that the ate | Verte ies cows wes the Onteroat 1,350 ‘The news of the m it was instantly | CAPTURE OF ARMS ON THE SCHOONER MARIPOSA. hood at once filled with the military of the Commit- | San Francisco has not always been Fuathable fer m pas! BP 7 00 | carried 20 the Vigilance O rooms, where | ,_A Party of twenty-two of the Vigilance Commit | teo, armed with muskets, and a multitude of citi. | ite purity. But whoee faalt le thie? That of the | D¥.tvelumtrance that the efeers hoc be Geatied 700 alarm bell was sounded. The streets in a few | tee received orders on Saturday. at 10 o'clock, to in- | zene, al! rushing together in {ila confusion, and | very merchants and shopkeepers who now mainly | like gentlemen. I, with others, on Sunday lass, wel some ai mi war, which | man; them clamoring for death co} igilance Committee. decline 4 inutes were filled with crowds, and a number of sasuld te tee toahe Oh y s judge frivo. | Was selected out of the ranks and a I was put in irons tes ode gegen was re- was mons, “aw and order” army of San ‘isco. The party | left the whole to an arrangement perjury in swear- | :nowin, “ . esr, nes draymen, — vg ge og were teobea te ae immediately embarked on the sloop Malvina and | myeelf and the Vigilance Committee. 1 pro- | ing to excuses to evade serving on Bod This is | evenin Fa Ticlosk, ies re = drays for the up river boats, like Stopped in | proceeded up to Corte Madera, near which point | ceeded to demand an interview with the Commit- | an evil which the members of the Vigilance Com- | §7°m08;t eas ek ene the midst of their labors, unharneseed, mounted Sane Se three-masted scuooner Mariposs. In | tee, and, after some difficulty, succeeded in mittee might easily have corrected by the simple | mistake pom oe there; that I = their horses and rushed to their ranks. ‘There was ‘to the regular crew, Sam Bantam and “the | ting an interview with William . Coleman and two | discharge of their duty as citizens, and the reform | baye been disc oy y with one great excitement in every place. The streets in | Benicia Boy,” two notorious scoundrels, were on | other members of the Committee, who suid that they | would have produced a pure and efficient administra- | on and spel Yor thelr T have tha: Every, direction were filled with g ta | board. The Malvina ran up to the side of the Mari- | had authority to coufer with me. I stsicd the eir- | tion of justice. The evil is not likely to be made | C2» an ee lock tee cee ek 5 and drawn sabres; horsemen were hi and | pom, and the Jumped from the former to | cumstances asl }ad learned them, and demanded | leas by superseding as Judges, such men as Judges | in continual usony about me ond the vile no 4 he Illinois, for favors; and to the Pacific Express | fro, infantry companies were forming and marching; | the deck of the . They took off the hatches, | that Judge Terry should be allowed to o into the | Norton, Hager and Shattuck, by the creatures of | the pai of the Commntives endeavoring 0 ose aap neisco News Depot of J. W. pet Pes was depicted upon every face, | #nd found in the hold eleven cases of masketa and | bands ot the civil authorities, snd ato myself | the Vigilance Committee. If business men would pomd m my character, for no other howe ke « ompany, the San Francisco News Depot - W- | and everything predicted a time of terror. three boxes of either pistols or ammunition, which | that he should be safely to abide his trial. Dr. | discharge their legal obligations as good citizens | that I stood u» for the maintenance of the constite: Hlivan, and the California Express of G. H. Wine | 125 sooscy anp CAPITULATION OF THE ARMORY op | WET? Covered over and concealed with adouble layer | Ache had already informed me from the window | there could be no necessity for Lyach few and revo- | tion and een ot os country. I have, as an Ameri- Co., for files of California and other papers. = ON RIVED. of brick. The arms were taken on deck and im- | that the Judge was in the possession of the police. | lution. But the greatest monstrosity of all is that | can born citizen Deen obliged to rgo the humili- a B ona'a itn isl "hie sadeia, “Mowat, care Selina te ehtiinen- Y, passed over to the other vessel and se- 1 represent to these men that Judge Terry could | some of the very men who, as jurors, refused to con- | ation of being insulted and oe man named Peter . other triumph. A few “ law and order” men cured. It was all done in from six to ten minutes. | not be arrested and tried by the Vi e Commit- | cur in a verdict for the conviction of Charles Cora, who G0 mot Bnow the lenguape of our oe us, near Dead Man's Bar, on the 23d inst. | pod to their different «but before | 2b¢ Malvina then cast loose of the Mariposa and re- | tee without danger of an im te collision of | subsequently as membersof the Vigilance Commit- | wich to know what benefit the constitution and la e was a Canadian Frenchman, aged thirty-two | any nomber of them were aware of it, the armo: tarned to San , where she at about | arms, which involve the of the whole | tee voted to him. of my country confer me, or where is their 3 Fae ian? one aoe Q mory | 5 o'clock, at Clay street wharf. The arms State, the consequences ot which no one could As to election frauds—bribery and ballot box | Cinduter nates oo ors pee of armed Maney Rs Gnone rad cy were | taken out, and a large company of the Vi see. ‘Mr. Coleman spoke of moderation, —there is no doubt that it has been a mon- . “ James McDonald, late Captain olice, and ez- oe bodies at Pleo % infantry having been ly sent down for the | ed with his to confer, as they said, with | strous evil in San Francisco. These crimes have LETTER OF LIEUT MAY. City Marsha! of San a and a ‘end parpoes, were carried up to the Vigilance rooms in | other members e Committee. They presentl been resorted to to a frightful extent by all political Having noticed my name in the Herald of this before ten o'clock, on the pee abe pple ol nie A a he riumph. returned, and said they believed they undei , | Parties; but the punishment has fallen jusively | morning, as having deserted from the armory, at the of Sechanne, Gn ts of K. ‘and Cla; SEARGH FOR ARMS AT THE MISSION DOLORES. and wished I would communicate with them in | upon theoffenders in one. Some of the most no- | the corner of Jackson and Dupont streets, I desire to residence, on the corner and of Calhoun ae won Anahi pecan After all the law and murder armories in the city | writing. I immediately addressed a letter to Mr. | torious pe rs of election frauds are prominent | refute the same by stating the facts: Twas in the = of Mon! ae ee? tee Secnee rect a stong detachment of the je | Coleman and the other members of the Committee, | members of, and sympathizers with, the armory on Saturday afternoon, and ran down stairs A little boy, William Boswell, was drowned at ond fodiens serena sale, Gane ous Ce went out on Saturday evening to Mission | demanding that Judge Terry should be leftin the | Committee. They are honored and mem- | to se two dogs which were fighting—one of old Hill . ‘mind whose genius bad y it | Dolores, to capture the arma and accoutrements of | hands of the civil aut , or, if inthe power of | bers of that treasonable association. Since they | which belonged toa member of our com) (fa- recently hs oo ea all — mailita Cae been he gman tain Thomas Hayes’ cavalry company. Nothing | the Committee, should be restored to them. To this | have created anew punishment, unknown to the | rion Rifles). As I reached the foot of the I On the 20th ult., an Indian was lynched at Wat- pao nbhy wh toy Rye RA, ek ee o i | was found, however, Capt. Hayes’ company having | communication there was a verbal answer that there | law—that of banishment—why do they not mete | heard a pistol shot, and ran towards the corner te aville, for killing a white man from Sonora. tion by surprise and ensured their poh seal either secreted them or not having any worth cap- | was no reply. it equal justice to the offenders of all parties? | learn the cause, when Judge Terry and Mr. Moloney Wm, Smith, merchant, had been murdered at | and mrrenher total turing. We are disposed to think that Captain | In the meantimo the military of the Committee had | Again, the Legislature at its last session has passed ea rapidly by me and went into the armory. " ” When th fe Vigilance Committee had formed about | 22omas Hayes’ company was made up of fellows | surrounded the house in which Judge Terry was situ- | an efficient remedy ag to San Francisco, by at were closely followed by Joseph and veras. this building, which is located. comer Jackson and | W280. Would ride to the Mission on Sunday for | ated, planted cannon in front of it, and succeeded in | several gentlemen of character, selected from x-policeman Russell, members of the V: ee Com- On the 12th ult., John Williams was sentenced to a pre thy ‘a knock came to the door. Captain amusement, and would go through the drill as rare | arresting the Judge and Dr. Ashe; but under what | parties, to appoint the judges and inspectors of | mittee, who took possession of the door, and draw- bung for the murder of Casper M. Shepperd, in ety ‘and tenant ‘what was wanted. | "POT pledges and assurances from the Committee, if any, | elections. Is mere revenge in punishing frauds | ing their revolvers, myself and several “ To this a written reply was received from the Vigi- SATISFACTION OF THE COMMUNITY. have not learned, as up to ten o’clock at night all | on the ballot box a sufficient motive for all this re- | ot! from eras. ioheb Comeuiann. ar 1 Frage ie ‘Thus again did the poogle accomplish @ peaceable | communication with Judge Terry or Dr. Ashe had | bellion and civil commotion? The crimes which the Joux W. May, 24 Lieut. Marion Rifles. john A. Stone was killed in Amador county by Talent Wares ane Seeenenene victory! The Vigilance ittee, the exponents | been refused to their friends. Vigilance Committce have committed against the LETTER OF SERGEANT PURCELL. caving of s bank of earth. an Fraxensco, June 21, 1866.” of the public will, wee same Guilds Sn ‘There were stationed at the different armories, at | laws and society are of a much blacker dye, and In paper of Sunday morning I find my name f from Sai R.P. Ase and J. Mam Reese, commahding-—Gen. | The murderous ls who w have fain | this time, only a small guard over the arms. In a | more injurious to society in their consequences than ‘dona deserter the Win. Wilaon had been sent for 20 years 2 4 5 ng of a ment asa from the armory of Sen tlemen—We have to say, in reply to your communica. | brought back the roign of the bowie knife and re- | few of them the companies collected as | the offences of those men whom they have sent into | Francisco Bines, on the occasion of its being sur- o to the Penitentiary for killing a negro. tion of this date, that if Judge Terry, 8. R. Moloney and | volver—the times, in fact, in which only villians | fast as possible, but they were instantly surrounded | exile. To make the complete and purify | rounded by the Vigilance Committee, Satarday Dr. Dickerson and daughter were drowned in the | John Phillips, together with arms and ammunition in | conld thrive—were all, or mostly all, prisoners of | by the military of the mittee in large force, and | society they should follow the men they have ban- | jest. as t 4o not wish to remain under such y nigh wal tives. Fone Posse anions De surrendered to the charge of our | war; the intense excitement which bad prevailed | compelled to surrender. Resistance would have been | ished, and leave their country for their country's good. | putation, I have but to state that I was in the armo- ody, we will give you and the building which you arein | throughout the whole city subsided, and the most | madness in the face of such an overwhelming force. | _ The doctrines they proclaim can never be produc- fe B. F. Marshal was shot and badly wounded in an | “protection from vigilance.” Yours, J , 3 Ty at the time of the of Judge Terry and ns Joes By order of the Executive Committes, of which we are | €ntire satiefaction reigned over the whole community. | Their arms were seized and taken to the rooms of the | tive of anything but disorder and anarchy. They | cthers, and hearing the noise out to see at “ Murphy’s- nd Nos. 15, 1, 60, 648, S82 At midnight 1g was quiet. Committee, and many of the men were arrested, and | inculcate openly that a majority of the citizens of | what it was. On tenia Sons dhedeen eevee Tite Nicholas Dellepiane deliberately shot and killed | An answer in fifteen minutes—it being now ten mi BISCHARGE OF THE PRISONERS OF WARK. marched as prisoners to the fort of the insurgents. | any single city may overthrow government of | Judge Terry, Captain Ashe and others hurrying to- n. Dawes, at San Jose. nutes past four o’ciock Atabout eleven o'clock yesterday morning, the I have to report that the arms (115 stand) | that locality and supersede its officers, although that | Dupont street. I up to a of . 4 ee To this a reply was returned, to the effect that | prisoners of war—about = -nine in | delivered on your requisition to the State by Gen. | government has been ordained by the le of the | gentlemen g near, to about fhe Anat Callahan bed been bel , | they would give up Judge Terry and Reuben Molo. | were formed in line inside the Vigilance Committee | Wool, while in the custody of two officers of the | whole State, and ite oficers appointed ® con- | ter, and,on learning of it, returned to the door of the ed with arson, in the burning of the residence | ney ; that John Phillips was not in the armory, and | rooms, when they were informed that they would be | State, in a small vessel, on their way to San Fran- | stitution established by the le of California. | armory, which I found closed, and pared 2 E. BR Stockwell. that they wished Jndge Terry and Reuben Moloney | released. They were then told that if should | cisco, were seized by an armed party of the Wig They assume to enact a new c: code, and ap- | number of men with drawn pistols. I was ly killed near | #hould be protected from the violence of any ou! ever be found in arms, acting the com- | lance Committee, who had been sent from the city | point new Judges, under which, and by whom, the | aq; by them, and thus was excluded my post Ibert Cunningham was accidentally ties; that they be treated as gentlemen, and that | mittee and the good order ol community, | for tbat purpose in a veasel armed with cannon and | citizens of any county in the State accused of crime of a member of the Blues. These are the facts of hey would turn over their arms, accoutrements and | they might expect the infliction of doe pu- | muskets; that when one of the officers demanded | in San Francisco may and sent to exe- | the case, and which I respectfully submit. fathan Cottle, of Amador county, had been found | sidearms. This communication was subseribed by | Bishment. were then, with their authority, they prodnced the well known seal | ¢ution. Joux Puncent, pasar R. P. Ashe, Captain Company A, and J. Martin | €xception, as is said, of one Lieutenant Kennovan, | and authority of the Committee, and read it, com- They iqnene ten exhsonee of Sie posste of Coline. 4th Sergeant San Francisco Blues. Reese, First Lieutenant of Company B, San Fran- | #nd one Corporal Tice, who aro retained, marched manding the seizure. I also learn that the arms | nia, and, in effect, declare that the merchanta and OP CORPORAL SIREN. man named Sherman was killed at a Mexican | coco Blues. gut in squads of four through a file of Vigilant sol- | shipped from Sacramento were subsequently seized | shopkeepers of San Francisco arenot only the Btate, | heous ef thle tueuming fon enete et 2 Ge- at Salvador. To this the Vigilance Committee replied: — diers reaching to Battery street, and then dismissed. | in the same way. Thus have this lawless band of | but the only people in it who have any of the rights | 1m Jou" paste ot (rite marmite Jn Basho Leas S Gee on H. Hall was accidentally shot and slightly Jeu mi, rece. | Many of, theme were qeite chop Allen; some, how. | men 08006 plieey to thelr other erimes and | of Se goveeins Cem, Tey een ol one ir in the act of closing the front door, when the bie a R. P. sewn and J. Manmn Raven, Commanding: ever, acted the ruffiaas to the last, and were only | euormities. tions of the State, and treat the people of the bh, te, and throw mo te te stan. ’ \ We agree to protect Judge Terry and 8. R. Moloney ‘erred from open dem: jas of their brut ing that there was no hope of effocti any- | counties as their vassal J dy his friend, named Perkins, at Squaw y | deterred fi demonstrations of their brutal | Seeing th h M y. ties as thei La. fam cs an cler. cad de uo alee from violence from parties outeide of our organization, as | natures by fear of the armed mon who were about hing in the city for the defence and pi of | Neither can these men escape scrutiny intojtheir | i orious a charge laid against me. meng muel Steel and Samuel Clark were robbed on | Proposed, and beg leave to remind you that the time | them. Such a set of gallows looking scoundrels | those “T have esteemed it duty to report | motives. are not purely those of the public good. ‘A. Dinix, Corporal 8. F. Blues. in Ne county, of $1,800. proposed in our first note bas already expired. were never before collected ther in one crowd. | «ll the circumstances to your Ex: y, that you | There are in theV Committee some merc! yas comand ~ highway jevado o a By order of Executive Committee, of which we are | ‘Their faces alone would almost have convicted them | M JUDGE TERRY AND HIS WIFE nay take such action as your judgment may suggest. | of wealth and business integrity, There are a host ot LETTERS FRO! the cirowmstencas counectea ah “4 of . H. Yates, formerly of New York, committed | members. Nos. 12, 13, 60, 332, 645. of any crime with which they might be charged be- this movement | others on the verge of bankruptcy. There are men un- —_ act ‘There was no seal or names attached to these notes - pa at Stockton, on the 23d ult. He was well fore an intelligent jury. are such a8 to leave no doubt on my mind that the | ble to make remittances before this commotion be- | State way be unbe- a6 0 wetter for ho pens. AS the come SURRENDER OF TERRY AND MALONEY. RVENTS OF SUNDAY. insurgents aim at nothing less then aa entire over- | gan, and who are now urging its prolongation, be- | coming, I ask their kindly and o on Deh also | ping {on as the prisoners in the armory of the | The sun of Sunday morning rose glorious and | throw of the State government and secession from | cause it affords them o7 excuse for not send- | the distressing position in I am placed. De- on the same day, Mrs. , a German, Blues found that they were completely in the power bright upon our city. Brerything was goa, and | the federal Union. If it had been their purpose to | ing per mail funds which they are unable to remit. | prived of the counsel and advice of my husband hy oyed ber own life. <~ wenn Committee, Dr. Ashe appeared at | quiet; people were inquiring ut condition } disband in a short period they would not is com- | No one wishes to take out an attachment or fore- | those who hold him in durance—-denied the oppor- ly Wells had been convicted of the miter | 0R¢,0f the windows in the second story, and said | of the wounded man, and quietly disouasing the | mitted piracy by robbing a vessel of a «mail quan- | close a m against an, influential member of | tunity of seeing him in any way, or even of comme- I ; that Terry was there, and would not attempt to | events of Saturday; but there was no excitement | tity of arms upon the bay. They would not subse- | the Vigilance Committee. As to him the courts are | nicating with in eye ye be man named Dunn, near Benecia. escape. He aaked that some of the Execntive Com: | and no anxiety as there had been the day before. | quently have levied actual war upon the State by | practically closed. Capital is timid, pardoned if I do or baa I had better he body of Frederick Shilinsky was found near | mittee might be sent for to confer upon the terms of | At the usual hour the church bells rang, and the | surrounding the armories by a large military force | trom insurrection, civil commotion and conflict | unsaid or undone. , however, it cannot be river, where he had been murdered. surrender. A message was immediately dispatched | worshippers flocked to their places of devotion as if | and seizing the State arms, and making prisoners of | of arms, but a man who trades on borrowed capital | wrong for the public to know how Iam treated by , to the Vigilance rooms, and at 4 o'clock the crowds nothing had happened. ' the men guarding them; expecially they knew that | and in an untried hour is little more affected by the | persons who assnme to act in its name. Oar San Francisco Correspondence. having in the meantime become perfect jams | .xnesT OF JOHN L. DURKEE PY THE UNITED states | your orders were that I should act on the defensive, | losses of his creditors and landlord than the barri- | Up to last ee oe, had been allowed Jer 6.1 throughout the whole vieinity of the armory, five MARSHAL. and that I had no power or means to pursue any | cade Frenchman whom he hires to devastate the | to visit my husband at in his confinement. Sax Franorsco, july 5, eee, Joses,; | Members of the Vigilance Committee arrived, and | It was currently roported, on Saturday evening. | other line of conduct. It must be obvious to allmen | city. An ocean of flame barns nothing that he can | Since that time I have been refused admittance. Om 34 P. M—just before mail closes. | made a written demand for the persona of Terry and | that John L.. Durkee, who was lately a police officer, | of ordinary discernment that this lawless associa- | call his own. Sunday morning I visited his prison, and was re- ‘Terry has offered the Committee that if his | Moloney, and for all the arms and munitions of war | but resigned and joined the lance Committee | tion has proceeded from one crime and ontrage to | What right have such men to kidriap one of the | fused. On Monday morning I made personal appli- be subnitted to a jury, ona public trial, and he | i the building. Several commnnications passed to | bad been the commander of detachment who | another, until they have arrived at the conclusion | Judges of the Supreme Court, a gentleman who is | cation again, with the same result. I then begged be elated of even 8 on easanlt, that and fro, and frequent despatches were sent to and | who captured the arms on board the schooner Julia | thot there ia no saiety for their leaders but in revolu- | the soul of honor and truth? How dare these trai- | that m: husband might be allowed to write to me, d be convicted of even a comm * received from the Committee rooms, when the pri. | on Friday night or Saturday! morning. An affidavit | tion and a separate government on the Pacific. They | tors thrust Dr, Ashe into their dungeon, erected at | and inform me of his welfare. I asked that an open ll immediately resign. The proposition has | soners in the armory were finally notified that they | was made before the United States Commissioner | bave commi treason, murder, piracy and the felo- | the meee of their creditors—a gentleman who has | vote from me might be taken to him; it was per- yeen sccepted. must surrender in fifteen minutes, and several cannon | George Pen Johnson, by John E. Phillips, who hai | vy of kidnapping. They have violently and with force | committed no offence, and upon whose integrity the | mitted. I then requested of the Committee in wri- con oakthean anagunent, by the, organs of the which had been brought to the ground, were placed in | been on board of the Julia, in charge of the arms | of arms troaden down the authority of the execn- | mildew of calumny has never for a moment d? | ting that I might be allowed to see him. 1 was told j y J 8 position ta compel acquiescence. At the expiration | captured, charging Durkee with the crime of piracy | tive and the judiciary. They have, at the pointof | Are the people of California decendants of men | ® reply would be sent to me between four and five mittee that Hopkins is out of all danger. of the time allowed, a demand was made for the | upon the high seas, to wit: upon the Hay of San | the bayonet resisted the execution the writ oi habeas | whocan & liberty with their swords, or some | o'clock. None came. After it grew dark in the = surrender of and an entrance to the armory, and the | Pablo, and a warrant for the arrest of the accused | corpus—for ages justly considered the bulwark of | bastard race reduced to slavery on the shores of the | evening, unable longer to bear the suspense, | went ince Committee. doors were immediately thrown open by those inside, | was placed in the hands of the United States Mar- | personal liberty. Thee have assembled around the | Pacific by at and merchants? When shal! | down again. I was refused admittance. As I was ( and a company of Vigilants marched in. If a few | shal, James Y. McDuftie. About half past 3 o'clock | Jail of the county of San Francisco large nuinbers of j we all be sold in the market to pay their debts in Herbig 2 ® gentleman asked me if I had received a THE COMMITTEE STABBED BY JUDGE DAVID | minntes about 300 muskets and other munitions of | yesterday afternoon, while Durkee was sitting at the | armed men and ~~ ‘@ cannon against the front, | New York and Boston? letter from my husband, because one from him had nt 8. TERRY. war were carried out and placed upon drays, ready | corner of Sansome and Sacramento streets, United | and thus compelled the surrender of two persons No one who has closely observed the proceedings = the board, and must be laying on the Secre- ky he ha-hy) record another deed of blood. | for the purpose, and as soon as these drove off oa | States Deputy Marshals Terrell and Palmer ap- | therein detained in the custody of the law, whom | of the Vigilance Committee for the last few days can y's desk. He went in and obtained it. It wae al ay on a — David 8. | their way to the Vigilance Armory, two carriages, | proached him and read the warrant, and, at their they have since put to death without legai trial or | doubt that it has sunk into a mere political machine. | open. On Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock, I attended dmia, stabbed ladges of the Supreme Court + near at hand, drove up, and Terry and Moloney | request, Mr. Durkee accompanied’ them to the | the forms of judicial proceedings. They bave, with- | Even it the association should not have the nerve to | again, and was informed board had not met. lies Deret ceeciin A-Hopkins, a memberof | were brought down and placed in the carriages; | United States Marshal's office, in the Cali- | out» warrant or any other process of lew, forcibly | proceed with the revolution and overthrow of the 4 A gentleman offered to submit my request in wri- po) — Vigilance Committee, | large bodies of infantry formed around in front of | fornia Exchange Building, on the corner of | cearched the houses of honest and peaceaie citizens | government, it is manifest that for the last three | ting, “to see my husband on pecuniary matters, g ne yk - yl & wound from which the | and behind them, and the cavalry disposed of them- | Washington and Battery streets, whore he re- | at the dend hour of night, outraging families and | weeks it has been a mere oy ge The leaddii though it should be im the presence of witnesses.’ d a hardly recover. Two extra Bulle. | selves along the sides of the streets, completely sur- | mained all night, and where’ he still is. | terrifying defenceless females. For neatly six weeke | spirits outside and in belong to a certain politi The following reply was sent me about 12 o’cloek:— shyt ye: - y evening (one at 5 and | rounding the infantry, and keeping off the crowds | He informs us this morning that he has beon w they have trampled down by an armed military | combination, are well known and marked for their Admittance denied. For the it Mrs. Terry care dem, and tes y evne the “pony > = made the streets, for aquare after square, treated) aud eqiezed 0 geod Sighs rest, An exam: | de at Le every constitutional | former = ——— = Ey They | communicate on business with her busband io writing.; ‘i a . mation wi place before the Cc io t to the oi ise their w bition. | July 1. d; from both of which and from further par- THE PROCESSION AND ITS MARCH. er, which we will di Ss oe itizen by M Charta and | cannot disgui ly ambition. y i rig) ly report and lay before our | the Bill of Rights, They have rol us of the | Their purpose is various; some wish for a tion communication | have had in mans cere Naile ee = we think to A strong detachment having been left to | readers. The warrant apon which Durkee was ar- | heritage earned for us by the labors and suf- | from the Union—others to continue until it the m b— & —.- letter. After it has passed re ¢ whole tragic gas the balance of the prisoners at the | rested contains the names of three other persons, | ferings of the and patriots of 1776. They | November election fer mere Pty pepe, They | scrutiny of the Nara, th con 20 longer ts ogee ATION AND FLIGUT oF ues’ armory, (of whom there were some | companions of Durkee, also accu ed of piracy: bat | bave erected in the heart” of the commercial me- | think they see in its patent lever for controlling th: | secret. I give it below, simply and as it ia, SB ASTIN, . THE ASSASSIN, | fifteen or tweenty,) and everything being ready, ' ncne of them have been arrested tropolis a fortification filled with armed men to over. — elections in California, : T forbear to add a word of comment opon all &