The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1851-10-15
CALIFORNIA rNrEELIeENcE.

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Francisco who were but 25 days on the
passage. being the shortest periodin which
The distance has vet been travelled.
The ship Flying Cloud. which had ar
rived at San Francisco from New York.
in eighty days. the shoriesttrip on record.
was built by Mr.. Donald M'Kay, of East
Boston, and owned by Alessrs. Grinnell,
Minturn q Co... of New York.
The steamship Monumental City lett
San Francisco on the 2lst for Rea'Jo,
thence to Panama.
The steamship Tennessee left San Fran
cisco on tine Isl ultimo for Panama, with
the mails and one million and seven hun
dred thousand dollars IN gold dust.
Governor McDougall has issued a proc
lamaiion respecting the action OF the vigil
lance committee, in which he says:
a.'The government is determined, at all
hazards, to sustain the constitution and
land laws; public peace can only be secur-
ed. and public liberty can only be main
tanned by a snict adherence to that feeling
of suborlination to the law, and respect
for its ministers, whichahave heretofore
characterized the American people, ~
The steamer Fawn, on her upward trip
I'd Vernon on the morning 1.-the 10Th
August. burst her boiler when about four
miles above this city. scattering death and
destruction Throughout the boat. q: s5' ta
l1a sno THE ELECTION .t.ao'
The election in California seems to have
absorbed general attention. The returns,
as far as received Though in the main i'm
perfect, from the counties of San Francis
CO, Sacramento, Yolo, Nevada, Ell Dora
do, Solano, Maria. Tuolumne. San Joa-
quin. Calaveras. and Santa Clara give
Pearse B. Reading (whig) a majority over
John Bigler dem. OF about 1000. and
the balance Of the State ticket from 600
to 500. The counties of Mendocino,
Nspa, Klamath. Trinity, Shasta. Los An
geles. San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara
and Santa Cruz, will give Reading at least
5000 majority. This puts his election
beyond the possibility Of a doubt; and the
same vote will elect the most of the State
ticket. The democrats have probably car
ried the Legislature, though the whole is
in confusion, and it is impossible to con-
lecture what the result is. Both parties
claim the ascendency, though even in San
Francisco it was not known on the sail
ing OF the Pacific which party had been
successful for the municipal offices in that
city.
From the San Francisco Herald, Aug. %.
EXECUTION OF WHITAKER AND
M'KENZlE.
About a quarter past two O'Clock yes
terday afternoon, the Jail was torcibly en-
tered by a division of the Vigilance Com.
mittee, consisting of thirty-six members,
and the prisoners, Whitaker and Mcken-
zie, taken and carried to the room of the
committee, ON Battery street, where they
were hung.
THE RESCUE. ...
The circumstances OF the proceeding
are as folIows:-The Rev. Mr.. Williams,
) as has been his custom on Sundays for
some weeks past, was engaged in religious
exercises with the prisoners, who had been
brought out from their cells into the yard
or area between the inner wall Of The pris.
+ on and the high wooden fence that sur
+ rounds it. The hymn had been conclud-
ed, and the minister was offering up a
; PRAYER. when a noise as Of persons en-
deavoring to force the door in the wooden
barricade was heard. Captain Lambert
attempted TO keep it fastened. but ii was
burs, through. and the detachment of thir-
ty-six men rushed in. One portion in
stan,ly pinioned the officers on guard, and
et1ectually prevented any interference on
their part, while another portion seized
Whitaker and M'kenzie to bear them off.
They, however, struggled and resisted un-
til forcibly carried of by their captors.
During this scene. the other prisoners re-
NAMED overcome with fear, and profound
ly quiet.
THE ROUTE TO TIE COMMITTEE
ROOMS.
In the meantime, the prisoners had been
hurled off in a carriage, provided for the
occasion, standing at the corner OF Du-
pont and Broadway streets. but a few
steps from the Jail. Into this they were
liTuSl, lOiloWeh ny q guam vi ~ o'h
mittee. The driver piled his whip, and
off dashed the vehicle at the utmost speed
to the rooms of the committee on Battery
street. ....,.
The whole affair was conducted with
such expedition that before those in Mont
somlery street, who knew OF the rescue al
most as soon as it occurred, could run
down TO the committee rooms, the prison.
ers had been carried within, and the car
riage was returning. Before they had yet
reached the rooms, however, the bell of the
Monumental Engine commenced to strike
the we'll known signal for the instant as
semblage OF the committee. All under.
stood in an instant how matters stood, and
the whole city seemed rushing towards
Battery street. ,. f,
THE EXECUTION. u "a.
In an incredibly short space of time.