The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-14

priest addressed the assem- blsgs in Spanish. The
sheriff notified the military corps that their services
would be required on Friday next, ueon the occasion
of the execution of an Indian, far the murder of
Spaniard.
From the San Francisco Courier. July l2l
A NEST daring highway robbery was 90 N uitted
in Sacramento, on Wednesday, by four men, on
the person of Mr. James Wilson. They kaoeked
him down in the street in broad daylight, aud rob-
bed him of 500. They were instantly arrested.
The people demanded their Immediate execution.
The excitement was delayed by the court consent
ing to bold sps ca session yesterday to try them.
II found guilty. under the new Law, they will be
hung.
The names OF the persons are derived from their
own declarations:-W Ssnjann Robinson, Of
New York, lately residing at No Is West Broad
shipped at Valparaiso, in the Elizabeth Elem from
New York James Gibson, af Sootlaud-csm, to
this country in the ship Union. from Van Diemsn's
Land; Owen Crutaers, of Ireland-came here in
first three are between twenty-five aud thtrty.hye
years. The last is some what more advanced 10
Life They are part Of gang which tho police
have been watching FOR some time past, aud who
are thought to have been concerned in severa
crimes heretofore, but have escaped detection.
of San francisco.
PROCLAMATION TO THE CITIZENS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
We have arrived at an important crisis in the
civil and social condition and prospects of our city.
voluntary association of men has been formsd,
under peculiar bonds to each other, aud assuming
most extraordinary and irresponsible powers, add
have undertaken t. institute extra judicial pro-
ceedings in forms not known to the laws. This as
sOciation claims and exercises tho right to nhct
penalties upon those adjudged by them of crime,
even to the penalty of deash and has publicly and
boldly inflicted that penalty in two instances.
They claim and exercise the right of do niciliary
visits, without any accountability, of character
not known under any other thar n9iisi.oral 60
ns great and sacred writ Of s
the authority Of the highest tribunal of the State
The circumstances in which the authorities are
placed, in consequence, seem to demand of me, as
the cons tituted chief magistrate, some action by
which the views and purposes of the city govern
ment, over which / have been called to preside,
may be indicated to the citizens, to the country,
The people of the United States, of whom we
are proud to be consi Tered a part, have always
attributed their eminence above almost any other
people in the scale offreedom and security in their
rights, to the fact that they live under a govern
ment of laws of their own voluntary adoption.
The people of California have taken. perhaps, a
more conspicuous place than those of any Of the
ican medium of public authority and of common
protection.
The several departments of the only government
have been created by the constitution and Ia vs., TO-
which you, as well as the public officers, have given
q common assent.
These departments have been committed to the
administration of men taken from among your
selves, and they have entered upon their trusts,
doubtless, with firm reliance upon the loyalty of
their fellow citizens TO the constitution and laws,
for steady support in the exercise of their respec
tive functions. The obligation of such loyalty on
the part OF the people, is unquestionaby a, impera
tive upon them as any Of the obligations Of the
laws can be upon those who are entrus led with
obligation on the side is as disastrous to the
community as the abuse or perversOn Of official
station can be on the other.
The idea that any defects 10 the law or any in.
competency Of its execution, can be remedied by
voluntary associations of citizens, assuming supa-
Iiority to the laws is not only preposterous, But
implies an abrogation of all law, and resolves So
ciety into state Of perfect anarchy.
The result is inevitably the same, however intel.
ligent may be the minds, pure the motives or TEN.
porarily beneficial the acts ofthose who become SO
associated.
In a community like ours, where the institutions
ofgoyernment have but just been established, auy
combinations of citizens for purposes mol author
lied by law, and whose proceedings not con-
trolled by law, or subservisnt to the support Of
constituted authority, can have no other than an
insurrectiopary tendency throughout the common.
wealth; and must, TO an absolute certainty, inhict
disgrace upoa US, in the estimation Of our country
men in other parts Of the MON, and ruin the
6dence which it is of first necessity to prosperity
to secure throughout the comm ,rcial world.
With these views feel impelled, by the strong
est sense OF official duty, and by every consideration
for our common welfare and public character, to
ia upon all citizens TO withdraw from such asso ii,
ations, and to unite in common effort to support
the laws, and to sustain prompt AMI energetic at
ministration of them in their proper application
and action.
In addition, deem the prese Mt a proper occasion
to announce, in the most distinct TERMS that shall
not shrink from q prompt discharge OF the duties
which the statutes Of the State and the ordinances
IN m va hmm ms nd
that there may be 10 msapprehension in respect to
what these duties may be, have to call the a.ten
ton OF all citizens to the provision of the Act to
regulate proceedings in criminal cases." Chap ".
|, hosever. appeal to the good sense and delibe-
rate judgment Of my fellow citizens, to relieve me-
and the other public functionaries of the city, by
their common submission to public order, from che
necessity Of any application Of the requirements Of
that act. G.. J. BRENNAN, Mayor.
Mayors Office, July IL.
War against the whites by the Indians.
IRON the San Francisco Courier, July IL
An express reached this city by Mr.. ). Heyc,
nom the vicinity Of Trinidad. The Indians seem
to have broken out in open war With the whittier.
Mr.. Heye and three others left Capt. Randall on
Tuesday last, in an open boat, there being other
conveyance, until they reached Bodega, where they
Chartered a small sloop. Mr.. Heye proceeded to
Vallejo yesterday afternoon, for the purpose Of
en1eayoring to obtain assistance from the Govern
or. The following letter will be read with nteres.
and anxiety
-. TRINIDAD, June ~, lS)l
We are having great trouble in this section of
the country with the Indians. They have attacked
many ranches on the road to the mines, and killed
quite large number of persons. On the evening
OF the 10Th, two packers were attacked by the In
dams, and one killed. The Indians were travelling
with them, and pretended to be friendly and whes
about four miles from Young rancho they attacked
them with knives: One Of the packers, Jacob Ben
der, was killed on the spot by one Ia
dian, who struck him with large knife
on the neck, cutting the jugular vein. lie
had Just strength TO speak to his partner (by the
name of Webb,) to run for his fife. lie started
and one Indian after hi n, running until he hccame
exhausted, and finding that the Indian was gaining
on him fast he turned md stabbed the Tndan tw 10
under the left arm, and contrived TO make his
escape. IL was ZONE time after arriving at the