Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-26
California News.

on known as Jim Stuart, by the Vigilance
commute. body Of citizens Of the bishes
responsibility and standing in society. lie
was tried Tor multiplicity of offences. and
by ms own confession, voluntarily made
was villai, Of the most desperate character
lie was hung about 2 o'clock on Friday. the
lth inst at the end of Market Wharf in
The presence Of several thousand citizens.
In Sacramento. Maysville, Stockton, and
elsewhere The citizens have felt themselves
compelled to act IN their own behalf. the law
having pioved SO inadequate in themselves.
and their administration by the properly con
stitued authorities so lax.
.I,ha Jndiaps are still Troublesome in Sac
! place specineG'' ""n refuse To come in az the
one o the Indan CommRslMvr snr aooses..fs
kee. also one of the Commissioners, is at
Bencia preparing 10 prosecute his mission
iu the region Of the Klamath and Trinity
rivers. Col. Barbour is in the vicinity of
Los Angeles, intending 10 visit again the In
dians 10 the Tulare Valley. who have re-
Gently exhibited disposition to break their
treaty Of peace and amiiy. The Commiss-
! ion are totally without funds and utterly I'M
able TO prosecute their mission 10 Success
! fnl issue withou, additional supplies
! Ia Sacramento City, most aggravated
| nlgUWbN FODDGtN was on iUO JtU
inst, in broad Daylight. Impatient Of the
laws delay, the people, by their united ex-
preston, induced the court and lawyers Sc
ecied 10 defend the prisoner, TO go into tri.
al Immediately, and al last accounts. one Of
the party was before the court on trial.
The intelligence from The mines cootin-
ues TO be extremely encouraging, and gen.
eral spirit OF conlentment seems to prevail
among the mioers.
The effects of the a,, fire in tins city are
yet preceptible, bat the energy aud enter
prise Of our ctizeps appear 30 be undated.
The burned dlsulcI, although not entirely
rebuilt, is pretty thickly studded with tene,
ments Of all descriptions. and brick and stone
bulldogs OF the most substantial character,
are in process ofeteciioD in all parts. For
the particulars OF events which have trans
pred since the 2st, inst, we must refer 10
other portions OF this days paper.
The EXECUTION OF SruARr.-Abou; Q
clock, yesterday morning, the tapping of
the bell Of the Monumental Engine Compa-
ny's house, on the Plaza attracted the atten-
ton of our citizens, known, as il was, to be a
signal of the Vigilance Committee. People
soon began to lnong down in the direr,ion OF
the committee room. aud il was reported that
Il
tolled for about half an hour. when number
o { guns were fred from brig in the harbor
and it was observed that many of the vessels
had their flags displayed; aud it was alter-
wa,ds leaned that the committee had reques-
ted this. BY ten o'clock, ;wo or three thou
sand people had gathered, and appeared TO be
QaicIly wairing with The expectation of see
ing somebody hung. The Committee in the
! mean tine, were passing 10 ard out, and it
was evident that something was in progress
inside Everything was conducted, howev-
er with so much secresy, that it was known
to but very few, il any outside, what was re
[ ally going on, aud many, after waiting an
| hour or two, went away with tue suppOsitiOn
| that nothing would occur. About half past
! one some one came out Of the committee
room, and read n portion Of The confession
which Stuart had mad, and it was stated
that he would be hung in an hour The
crowd sanctioned this proposition almost
unanimously. The news spread and large
crowd soon gathered. About half past two
o'clock, the committee came down stairs and
formed, three abreast. There were nearly
a thousand ofthem, principally composed of
| our oldest, best known, and most prominent
citizens. merchants mechanics, bankers, and
business men Of every description. Previ-
Gus to this clergyman had been sent for,
who remained with Stuart some time.
The procession moved up Battery street,
proceeded and followed By the crowd, with
Stuart haudcuiled and pinioned, near their
centre. There was no noise, no outcry, no
apparent excitement, and there was some
| thing awfully solemn in tho measure tread
of the procession upon the plank street.
When the procession reached Market street,
and it was preceived that they were about
turning down, rush was made to secure
good places, and some time before the pris-
oner arrived, every boX bale and barrel had
its occupant The decks and rggings of the
vessels lying around the wharf, was one per-
feet sea of heads a galIows Of plain up
rights and cross beam had been erected,
block with rope Ia it, with tho moose
ready made. On the way down Stuart APP
peared perfectly cool and collected, and not
at all excited. When he reached tho gal
lows, the rope was placed around his neck,
and with the exception of slight paleness.
there was no change in his appearance, no
trembling, no agitation. ilo appeared to
feel satisfied with his sentence, and did not
desire to live longer. Tho resemblance be-
tween Stuart and Burdue was most striking,
and it is not at all strange that one should
nave Oecn lahen lot the OtUeIs Hc ith-
mense crowd remained breathless; and Stu
art, when under the gallows, said--'l die
reconciled-my sentence is JUST The rope
was pulled, and in moment he was dan
Cling in the air. AS he went up, he closed
his eyes and clasped his hands together
lie had previously requested that his face
might not be covered. lie scarcely gave
struggle, and although the knot was on the
back Of his neck. appeared to be in but little
pain. A slight contraction ofthe lower
limbs, and strained heavng oftho chest for
moment, were all the symptoms ofap-
proaching DEATH Aller hanging about five
minutes, his hat blew off. and exposed to
view the ghasty features of the robber-
When he had hung about 90 minutes, he
was cut down by Coroner Gallagher, placed
in boat. and taken TO tho first district police
station house.
There was no attompt made at rescue by
the authorities. and many persons in the city.
knew nothing of tho affair tiIl It was ovor.--
II was conducted with the greatest order