The Nevada journal., 1851-11-15
Villains in California.

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Of Marysville, and the probably mortal
wound inflicted on the Sheriff, who was
in search of the actors in these tragic
scenes. In our exchanges from every
section of the State, we find accounts
Of brutal outrages, murders, and crimes
of every hue, till we have wearied of
the task of transferring them to our
columns. The morals of California were
never before SO bad as they now are,
and every day they seem to grow worse.
1t is not for lack of courts, or the facili-
ties for rendering justice, for these we
have of every name and form. 1t is not
that the great mass of the people are
Indifferent to the prevalence Of crime,
for public vengeance has frequently
been exercised, and many villain
taught to drink the bitter cup Of sins
requited 1t is found in an evil not
likely to be remedied for years to come
the population of this country by reck-
less foreigners, felons from their own
land, tempted hither by the golden re-
wards offered to California adventurers.
Practiced guerrillas and robbers from
Mexico, familiar with all the details of
plunder and blood, and remorseless as
Moloch, are scattered all over the State,
with opportunity, staying the traveller,
firing our cities for plunder, without q
particle Of restraining principle, and
approachable by no other argum ent than
the revolver or halter. Public indig-
nation has been frequently and justly
poured on the heads of Sydney villains,
who have committed depredations on
property; but rascals Of that class are
generally prompted more by n spirit of
acquisitiveness than destructiveness, and
generally recoil from the act of murder,
while these miscreant Mexicans dabble
their hands in human gore as pas
time, staying with fiendish delight. The
victim of a Mexican is found stabbed in
twenty places, as if the killing had not
sated the murderer's appetite for blood,
and he had plunged his knife again and
again into the body. Such hell-hounds
should receive no more consideration at
the hands of justice than wild beasts
Their crimes are getting to be too fire.
quent and appalling not to excite intense
vigilance in the State, and bring most
terrible retribution on the heads of the
detected.
There is generally little love for the
Spanish blood among other races. The
species is too strongly associated with
the stiletto and assassination in the dark,
to be received otherwise than with sus-
picion and dislike. There is little doubt
that this does injustice to the great
mass, although there are more cool, MUIR
derous villains Of Spanish extraction
than any other race. They have sig
nalized themselves so greatly in this
State by sanguinary acts, that it is un-
wise to travel lonely road in their
company. They should be watched with
suspicion when encountered, and travel
lers should never omit to 60 armed, and
use their arms Immediately on any hos
tile attitude assumed by these lawless
Williams. We presume six. eights of all
the murders that have been committed
on California soil have been by foreign
ers, and mostly by those speaking the
Castillian tongue. determination of such
Ishmaelites is the only safeguard Of So
ciety, and every one Of them put out
of the way is public benefit. We hope
to hear from Marysville next that these
recent murderers have been taken and
punished to the extent of human law.
THANKsGIvING.-- Governor Of Cal
ifornia has set apart the 9th instant as
day of public thanksgiving. We are
glad to see this time -honored custom
originating with the pilgrims, and gra-
dually extending over the States, is
thus formerly recognised here, and u