The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-23 00:00:00

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAM.)

The learned judge having summed up, the jury returned
a verdict of guilty.

The prisoner, when asked if he had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be passed upon him,
replied, " Nothing."

The judge, assuming the black cap, said :—John Jones,
you have been convicted, after a careful and impartial
trial, with the dreadful offence charged against you. The
whole of the evidence pointed to you as the murderer;
and, though I carefully weighed all the points in your
favour, I could come to no other conclusion than that the
law will be more merciful to you than you were to those
poor creatures, as you will have time to make your peace
with God and obtain pardon for those most heinous
crimes.

At the conclusion of the sentence the prisoner stepped
down, saying in a jaunty manner, " Thank you, sir."
Hisses followed the prisoner, who, glaring at the crowd,
was promptly removed.

MORE INDIAN TROUBLES BREWING.
Late accounts from the plains do not foreshadow

peaceful state of things, either present or prospective.
Large parties of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes are on the
warpath, and the Sioux, with their aggregation of scores
of tribes and thousands of warriors, breathe fight and
vengeance, while peaceful tribes are prevented from
going on their usual hunts, in consequence of the
danger of their being mistaken for foes and
shot down by Government troops. We believe a
serious Indian war is imminent. Everything seems to
point in that direction, and there are substantial
reasons for it. The swarms of Indian traders, Indian
agents, speculators in mushroom "city lots " on the line
of the Pacific Railroad, army sutlers, land grabbers,
squatters, desperadoes, government employes, camp fol-
lowers, disappointed miners, ambitious army officers and
thousands of others who are interested in having a big
army, with its attendant chances for stealings and jobs,
sent to the Indian country, are doing everything they
can to get up an Indian row on a grand scale, in
order that they may reap personal benefit there-
from. Throw in a few horrible massacres and it
will be a wonder indeed if these influences do not
manage to bring on a contest with the savages that will
be unparalleled in extent and bloodthirstiness. It would
be a good thing for the Government to look these coming
Indian troubles straight in the face, and by authorising
the Governors of States on the frontiers to call out a few
regiments of mounted volunteers to act in conjunction
with the regular troops, administer chastisement to the
warlike tribes, the effects of which will last a little longer
than from one hunting season to another.—New York
Herald.

A SUIT AGAINST THE CENTRAL PACIFIC

RAILROAD.

The San Francisco correspondent of the New York
Times, writing on July sth, says :—Samuel Brannan has
commenced suit against Leland, Stanford, and other
directors and officers of the Central Pacific Railroad and
of other corporations, and in his complaint alleges that he
subscribed and paid for 200 shares of Central Pacific
Railroad stock, and now owns them ; that the defendants
subscribed for and agreed to pay for 650 shares, but that
the said stock was issued to them without a consideration ;
that the defendants illegally, as directors of the Central
Pacific Road, issued to themselves and others large
amounts of the stock of said corporation without valuable
consideration, and the said directors managed the affairs of
the Company for their individual benefit to the detriment
of other stockholders. The plaintiff estimates the various
subsidies of the Company at 156,000,000 dols., and charges
that only a part of the same has been legitimately ex-
pended, and that the directors have wrongfully converted
the remainder to their own use. He charges
that a contract company was organzed under
the name of Crocker & Company, through which the
directors let contracts to themselves, in some instances,
at 200 per cent. above the value of the work done, the
aggregate profits of which to the defendants is $7,000,000.
The plaintiff claims that the profits of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company should be divided pro rata among the
stockholders. He gives a history of the connection of
Wells, Fargo and Co. with the road, whereby for con-
sideration of an exclusive control for carrying ex-
press packages, bullion, &c., the stock of Wells,
Fargo and Co. was watered, and one and a half
million of dollars of the watered stock delivered to the
directors of the railroad company. He avers that the
Central Pacific Company has purchased the property and
assets of the Western and the Southern Pacific, the San
Jose, the Alemeda, and Oakland Railroads, and the
Alemeda and Oakland Ferries ; and asks that receivers
be appointed, pending this suit, and that the defendants
be restrained from disposing of the property of the
company. Benjamin F. Butler is one of the defendants
counsel.