Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-08-16


orpcy sued out writ Of hnbecs corpus from inc Supreme
Court demanding the body Of Stuart 10 be mem
The Sheriff duly served the papers on three individual mem
bs who they had mot me man. nens n,u - ~
hns Il, accomplish their object Pxey qusshed those
ngs and sued out writ ordering the shefin 70 pro-
ducs The man Stuart and bring him before !hem ne
could be found by whom held ihis aiso 'sso ~ &c
comnsh the object nisnded During this time the committee
were quietly pursuing their investigations, In splte OF the
tbres,s and insinua.ions Of such men as @, and
the like who held meeting and passed resolution tns' ney
would NOT suffer any to be hung, OF whipped, oan
hea from the country without due process OF the law
naae resolutions then themselves refused to sign, wishing
the Judges and other officials OF the city to do o nem
These resolutions appeared in the newspapers on FRIDAY
morning. July lib, without signature simply Is proceed
ines of meeting.
a, O'clock Of the same day il whispered about town
hs stuart had had his trial. confessed his guilt, and would
be publicly executed halfpast o'clock The hrehel
upon the Plaza oed which at once responded TO
OF cannon from schooner in the bay In mo1ens the city
was in commoion Thousands ran to the vsnity Of the
COMMITTEE room expecting to see OF hear some great
thing Il was but the well known signal OF the committee
TO assemble 10 pass Judgment upon the prisoner
Thousands remained In the street fronting the committee
room until o'clock p. M, when Col John " Steven
son MEMBER came and publicly proclaimed the result
Of The deliberations and that Stuart was to be executed with
ia one hour. He made brief statement OF nis crimes .
and proved and asked the people for their appro
val or disspprovs is said that the response OF approval
was unanimous with the exception Of three dsseatiDg voices
The prisoner offered the services OF clergyman which
be refused to accept though WIS in attendance Tor az
hour The prisoners bound with rope securely
fastened round bis BODY and his wrists mansce bis
hands being casped In this way be was marched out Of the
committee room the street. preceded BY about one nun
bred members eight abreast The prisoner was guarded 10
line and followed BY some four hundred members OF 'Ie
committee all of whom marched in solid column eight
ABREAST with single file each sde and sold that every
member bad revolver with five shots each.
AS they passed down the pier and approached the scso
the column opened in 'front.' and the prisoner marched
through the fatal spot hene being closed in regular mill
tsy ORDER All still and silent death, save the sound
of the deshke tramp of the thousands there assembled
The prisoner walked with an apparent firm step and fo
few convesed in low tone OF voice with member
Of the committee shudder passed him as the rope
was thrown over his head with the knot behind All
having been previously prepared, at the cry Of OF hats oil
uncovered and be in instant hosed into the ar
No, struggle visible, except two heavings OF his chest
De died with great apparent case and was wonderfully com
posed throughout He was dressed in black rock coat
patent leather CATERS and brown California hat which was
blown of after he had been drawn up few minutes After
hanging in the air for twenty minutes, was taken
down and removed in boat by the Coroner, when the Com
mce, right about face retraced their march wo by two
to the: rooms every being obliged give bis pas
signal in the of those stationed at each side Of the dor
Thus ended the chapter.
Now follow the confession trial. &c. Of the prisoner, with
the Mayors proclamation The voice Of the people 10 that Of
approval Nineteen twenehs Of citizens feel as though
the pursued BY the Vigilance Committee was perfectly
ustsbe under existing circumstances. and the Committee
being thus persuaded in hot pursuit Of Others Of
like character
The reader will be surprised in reading the narrative
the OF hitherto respectable implicated IN
the commission Of of the recent robbees, and with
pockeing the spok while other omitted the
Committee are in pursuit OF Them The result will be that
they will probably be forced leave the country while others
more guilty will suffer after the Of Jenkins and
Stuart
The vsrdic, Of the Coroner is as follows The deceased
his death BY sangulaon by hanging, the hands
Of body Of men styling themselves the Vigilance Committee
Of San Francisco"
Judge Campbell the opening Of the Court Of Sessions,
convened the Grand jury and stated that every who
in any acted aided abeed, assisted in taking
Stuarts life, counseled encouraged his deatb Is I'M
doube]y gully of murder and closed his charge follows
Upon your fearless and faithful discharge Of the sacred trust
you depends in great the future peace
order, and tranquility Of the community"
MORE LYNCH Law.
Th. Sssramento TssnscrPt records tho h..sss of
at Downevile, under the authority derived from tn.
Lynch code. II says:
"The act for which the victim suffered entirely
ustifabe under the provocation. Sne bad stabbed mar
who persisted in making disturbance in her house, and
greatly outraged her rights The violent proceedings of
indignant and excited mob led BY the enemies Of the
fortunate woman, blot upon the history Of the State.
Had she committed crime Of really heinous character
real American would have revoted such
pursued toward this endess and unprotected foreigner We
had hoped that tie story fabricated As TO- the pepe
traitors of the deed have shsmed themselves and their
The Mexican is said have borne herself with the
utmost orttude and composure through the fearful ordeal
meeting her fate without fnching."
Dawn HILL, from Cortland county, New York. has been
al Sonoa but the account before does
what crime. We copy from the Sonora Herald:
'About o'clock Hill was led forth to execution A
large number Of accompces and other villains had collected
from various camps. After the prisoner placed the
stand, be made few remarks, describing bis life Of
crime, and warning others against following his He
also said that be had robbed and so and done many other
Of crime, but had she'd blood and he threw him
self upon the mercy Of the people The question then
put Shall he be hung large number answered sAy,
bot an equal number responded in the negative Immed-
atey some hundreds Of pistols drawn and universal
stampede occurred Horsemen plunged through the crowd
and over them, and the people in every direction Order
being partially restored several persons spoke for and against
the execution, until at length George Work arrived BY him
self and asked TO be heard He then pledged his life
the prisoner should be forthcoming the Dsrc. Court
they would deliver him into the hands Of the civil suthor-
ties bis remarks were responded to by cries Of Thorny
| Thornly :!
ln the excitement the prisoner was taken from the stand
bis bands oil the while pinoned behind him. and he was
thrust into wagon, which Immediately drove of at rapid
for Sono The Sheriff aud one other person were also
in the wagon snd several others accompanied them on horse
| back
News Of the result having reached here shortly after the
rescue d. l. Edwards, accompanied by e. Linoberg with
gong psssed through the city and called meeting Of the
people lnsanly in front of Mr.. Holdens nore Mr. Ed
wards then addressed the crowd in short but very effective
speech, referring to the escapes Of criminals hersto and
the danger Of ctsens while such thieves and scas
permitted to escape He proposed TO take the prisoner
soon ss be might arrive in town and hang him. There