The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-10

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ballo,ings had been had The following is the resul,
of the last ballot:
Meifer K!eif Is
Fremont
Geay !
After the result, Of this ballot had been declared.
ton was made to adjourn the joint meeting until the first
Monday in January next, which was carried-yeas 25,
nays 49, So the election OF senator Will devove upon
the mex, legislature.
# From the Sacramento Balance, Feb. g..
Tremendous Excitement at ihe Saeramento.-Lynd Lag
in Earn@. "A Man Shot and the Murderer Hanged.
The shooting affair on street. Sacramento just as The
boa, was leaving her wharf, which mentioned very
briefly in yesterdays paper was II seems but the pre-
geapce by the people on The murderer. -
We give as much OF The details as our space Will al
ford
tee of twelve elected by the people, appears that on
the sMansion % House, we'd known gaming hell corner
table when the dealer asked him TO play He declined,
and Frederick j Roe, gambler told him TO 80 10 HI
Some words ensued, and Roe struck the miner in the
face fight was the result, in which Roe gosted.
when he was Joined by several OF his fellow gamblers,
and they all together fell upon the miner Mr. Charles
n Myers blacksmith, passing by at the moment, IN
terfeed on behalf Of the miner, and cred "Fair play
don't four of you get on one man ne struck no one,
however but succeeded in drawing off Roe, who there
upon drew his pistol Colts revolver, and turned upon
Mr. Myers, with "What the HI have you got TO DO with
shot him through the head near the ear The ball lodging
in the back part Of the head Myers fingered abou, four
hours and died O'Clock Il appeared from the state
men,s Of Roes witnesses that he had been "busr'
the night previous and had been drinking Just before the
afray,
up An immense crowd speedily congregated, filled with
Indignation and determined TO nllct Immediate punish
ment. The meeting having been organixed and char,
appointed. twenty-five persons were deputed TO AID
in guarding the prisoner and, alter several Intellectual at
empts by citizens TO dssnade The people from
n. S. Myss ~a. sober CHI.
zea, from Columbia, ONO, where he leaves family.
THE rRrAl.--The following jury (or commits of in
vestigatlon) selected n Scranton, T. Bayley,
Starr, d. Milne, II. G. Langley, Dr. Cronin, ?. b.
Cornwall, Levi Hermance, General Winn, and O. g.
Wright.
Hemance was chosen Judge, and Mr.. John Cca sheriff
Col Kewen appeared counsel for the prisoner
Several witnesses were examined for and against
Roe-those for him being mainly gamblers
The proceedings OF the committee frequently in
errupted by messages from the crowd without demand
ing despatch and that the lawyers should be nuslled
having concluded Colonel Kewen Roes COUNSEL said u
the committee Judged il case Of murder the law would
The room was then closed for the jury deliberate
The evidence was summed up, and vote taken as 10
whether +. J. Roe sho, c. II. Myers was decided
unanimously in the affirmative Ihe comml',ee men
agreed u,on and signed report simply setting forth the
facts OF ,he aiEAir (as have above stated them)
Scrsrs oursrDE.-Whe the committee was taking
testimony, various scenes were enacted outside.
Mr. Cunningham the marshal, addressed the crowd
against the course they were pursuing, and
sistng that the prisoner should not be taken from his
tody until ne tried BY the courts Of law He called
on ali good citizens to aid him He listened Il
with great mpatience, however, and only three o fou
gentlemen answered his CALL who greeted with lous
cries Of dsapprcbs,on and calls for vangeance upon M
prisoner aslihl stt Aasn.tl - aai - ashAa ~
committee having been appointed 10 zee to the safe
keeping OF the prisoner, Mt Ryhmire addressed the -
sembhge. cslling fov veneeAbce on th< prisoner an
stating Myers bAd left a WE and four chihrtn ~
said "he had killed innocent, inonensve man G--t
Id--n him, hang him ~ Iv0ciferonH ApplAnte.]
| The crowd, which greatly increased, showing SYM
toms Of impatence At the length OF time occupied p'