Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-05
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fattine The bloody riots at Sacramento
City lave been teeeieed-and that is
about all. The report does not state
whether she brought airy gold OF not.
We learn ti,at still further riots and
tiuudsltel had taken place Mt Rattaiilentu
City, though at tie last accounts order had
been restored
Il appears that OH The evening Of tie
18th q conflict took place between the
citizens and sauattefs, IN wliel, Sheriff
Mckinney and three OF four squattess were
killed.
The Mayor had isstetl 4 proclamation,
Offering q reward Of thousand dollars iot
the apprehension and conviction OF aty Ut
the principal leaders III the Gtsl aIllays
A letter was found in DR.. Nebihsoit's
tent. after his arrest, which proves that the
. OUTRAGE was rtemediated on The part OF
the sunattefs. II furnishes strong evidence
against Dr.. Robinson.
The following From The Sacramento
Times describes Tie events Immediately
succeeding The date If our last news
Al . o'clock yesterday "wednesday q
- body of suuatteis numbering about forty,
!, proceeded 10 the foot Of | street, on the
levee. and undertook 10 regain russessioi
Of n lot If ground which had been lately
IN The occupation Of one Of their rnrty
Otll,ey were fully armed, and q general
understanding prevailed that their Object
included the liberation ~ the two mel,
committed the day before 10 the prison
ship
The sduattefs tetieated in martial order,
end t,assed ~ | street to ~, thence tn j
and ~ Atl. followed Ivy q crowd Of persons
The were here met ly the Mayor, Wlo
ordered them 10 deliver up their arms aud
,~lisrerse. 'l'liis they refused to DO, aud
Immediately several sliets were fred at him,
four Of which took elect, lie fell from
HE horse AMI was carried to llis residence,
dangerously if not mbftally wounded
0Mr !. W. Woodland. who, unartied.
stood teaf the Mayor at the time, received
"a shot IN the groin. he survived but a few
MOMENTS. A ma,i named jesse Morgan.
said to lie from Millersville, Ohio, lately
arrived, and who WINS seeli TO aim at the
Mayer. next fell dead from the effects Of a
ball which passed through his neck. Mi
James Harper was very severely, but not
dangerously wounded, in supporting the
sheriff.
The citizens ecngregatel Al the corner OF
Second and j streets, stil in other places
Throughout the city, and proceeded to or
ganiBe in parties to prevent further ont
,age. A body Of mounted men, under the
command Of the sheriff, hearing that the
su,atters were reinforced at the fort, pre-
ece,led thitltef. The lawleas mob were
aewl,afe 10 he found scouts We're de-
0 spatche,l ia all directions. but no trace Of
them could I've discovered liria. Gen
VIM isstiel q proclamation, declaring the
city under martial law, AT evening",
quiet was fully restored throughout the
The city. An extraordinary police force
II 900 was summoned for duty during The
night, O
Tie following is from the Times lsStra,
issued at one o'clock the next day
The night passed without the least dies
,nflanee The companies Of Cart, Bier
wood and Major Snyder. aud the artillery
under Major Fowler. were constantly Oh
duty also a police fierce Of about Two
hundred,
The squattefs have successfully con-
oealed themselves. ar fled, A proposition
,s very generally supported, to give notice
60 all occupying city properly. Ia Hluattefs,
to leave forthwith, aiid that their tone
ments be demolished, and all vestI ees of
their presence le removed, An early
action TO THE direction win probably eii-
e,e. Lieutenant Gov. MeDougal returns
ed from Henieia, on the Geld Hunter, this
morning, btinging CITY stand OF arms and
fifteen hundred cartridges,
The same night the second collision
took place, This occurred on the evening
Of the 18th, not long after the funeral
obeepuies of Mr.. Woodland had been
completed. The following account is
from the Placer Timee
The sheriff Of this county, Joseph Me.
Kinney. had proceeded to Brighton, i'll
company with n party OF about twenty. TO
make arrests OF persona whom he had
been advised We're concerned Ia the riot.
ous outrnges of the 18th. On reaching the
Pavilion, aud being assured that the rar.
ties sought for were at the hotel Of one Al
len, in the nelghbofhoed, it was arranged
that Mr.. Mcdowell, Of Mormon Island,
well kpswn ut the house, should proceed
there. SHnake observations, aud return.
They did not wait for him, however, but
soon after rode up TO the door. when the
sheriff demanded that Allen and the Others
should surrender themselves. They re-
fused TO do this. and immediately several
shots Were fred, MORALLY woundiug Mr.,
Mckinney. lie expired in u feS mo.
ments, Meanwhile, several Of those with
him had entered the bar.rnom, where about
n dozen squattSyss were assembled. Three
OF the latter were killed on the spot. Al
len escaped, through wounded. Three
D prisoners were taken and brought into
town.
On the 23d new was received at Sa.
cramcnto city that order had been com
pletely restored,
DIR. Robinson, the squatter leader, was
doing very well. and rapidly recovering
from his wound.
The volunteer corps under command Of
Capt, Sherwood, were dismissed on the I'd
nlt, at noon, by order of Gen. Winn, no
further occasion existing for their services.
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