New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-11

/ awful by the contrast Ina, the sun should
/ lcok upon such devils dousS snd no, withdrax
his 'Ight, OF that Heaven should no, send down
! ~ hrts upor ,hen, sCcAc' indeed the forbea,
ance OF Infinite M,rc,
At length Nhitaker. having been hanged over
was sufficiently de.g 80 safety the hrst men m
I san Francisco, alc his nOdN Was hauled m and
I thrown rudev down beside 'ha; o. NcK.ngis
! The CO. clay. God knows iel; not me ln,isn,tv
/ and yer there Is that Sanc.ly and 3wfulness IA
/ death hich makes the b.lN OF The dead solemn
and sacred among the moss savage anu the mos
/ deprayed of men. Nor amor gti.a IS the earthly
shrine, that once nclo>'c the immortal SPIN.
/ thrown about Ike lcg The most resne,t
able merchants alg above such suoerst. gonx
" the hrSt citizens Scom hem, IN San Francis
/ co The ioulness ara Thsitry With which ut.
sad, for of this speak 0n.y from good authority
the yeunger members o. the Committee cl,s.dun
their Sunday wO!A-tht Elthy ,oses The beAst.
" deyll'S-iUn. which ADDED deeper horror 10
the mornings tragedy caulot 30 much - al
lude TO Those who are aware of the petuhar
physical phenomena which ars SAID generally 10
accompany death hy hanging, all Understand
NY meaning, and Vlu shhof IA it deserves the
loathsomc nceconct which could gloai with
ieer and est over such q SUB ect. and handy Il
round the room amid shouts ~ Laughter. with
the cOrpses OF the niurGerrf, too, lying suA ant
stark and livld in the mics,
Ii IL vas possible 20 lnaglue any thing nors
UFtaufnt IMAM ali tNlS. Vt 5 me tdCk mat
these horrors were perpe,rated-nOi 10 sup
press crime-nOt 10 protect NE. o. secure prop
erty-but simply AMI avowecly for = triumph
over the laws and their officers " v, Will let
then see - sald or rather yelled one OF the head
hangmen, IN his haIangu. to tue moo aiser the
hanging" ", vii .Ct them see ~5o Is The
s;roDge st-the authorities or the Vigilance Com
mliiee For this, two human beLgs were
snatched from their Knees from the house Of
God from His very altar snt ioOtstool, -. upon,
bound and strangica - death, unresbstlny. upon
the Lords day While The leading men aGi
trst merchants" cried We'll done AMI
wreaihed their smooth faces lato irlghifGI mics
OF all aw-breakeTs, cOnnend the to-prOpef-
" Property that l. 50 quiet. so conservative.
SO meek. lawful ard onier.lovlng-ossy AMI
smiling 40 long as tue Golfers are plethora, and
the sweat Of labor Is coined freely fer 4 into
dollars But. let cent per cen. once be m danger
from UeNereni hands-le. Labor absuTdly pre-
tend 20 some rights 10 the common soil-oT
Judge wickedly deny 20 wrest The law, and sell
uStIce--and what So furious as Property All
Tor ' aw and order" white law and order can
be bent 20 serve It's purposes ready to ssbsert
both whenever they cannot. Nothing 30
selfish nothing so cowarily and IN ITS terrors
nothing so cruel as, property and OK all
property the cruele.t ann bloodiest Is prop
eriy" IN land Bear witness, honseless wan
derers OF Ireland. victims of the Landlord, spec
tiers IN rags, animated cOIpses
Here too IN San Francisco. Property wac ihe
Diana OF the EpheslanS before which every one
was called upon TO fall down, under palns aad
penalties And at her bloody shrine, order and
the laws were thrown down. and human lives
were sacrificed by,mob-murder
The Vigilance Committee has since virtually
dsbanded, after having made few aeofllve ell
forts 10 recover the fast waning power which II
had % terribly abused Within a year the
names of IT'S members will he eXecraied IN Cali
fornia |, VAS a socre, unto, which met With
closed doors and tined, condemned and sentenced
men at the dead of night The "respectabc
merchants feared the light, because their deeds
were evil God forbid that should Judge any
but unless all our ideas OF right and wrong are
wholly false, at that last account, where the acts
Of all. though done under lock and key and IN
the depths OF midnight will stand on, IN the in
iolersbe light OF Almighty Justice, may stand
before that Cnerrlng Judge with any Of his err
ing children rather than with the respectabls
merchants, the " first citizens and the " lead
ing men" who fell upon and choked two fellow
creatures to death, AMID shouts, and cheers, and
oaths. and tests that woful Sunday morning
First Railroad observation-disclosures or Events
Facts in Regard 20 Gold Products. and Az
riculture- -Organizaio of II railroad Csmpa~
ny--Dirsctors ana Oncers--Sarveys Easy
Route--Ths Valley or Santa Clara--Statis-
tics OF Business and Travel--value or Stock
rs an Investment. &c.
Correspondence OF The N. Y Tribune
Ny DEAR GREELEY More than three years
have passed since gold WAS first discovered on
the banks Of the South Fork Of the American
River These years have been big with events.
and will mark the commencement Of wonder
f.l era in the history OF the world. The fable Of
Aladdin's Lamp has been changed to verify
In ls49, on the reception OF the first news OF tho
discovery of gold, gentleman OF this city.
speaking with friend OF mine on that event,
remarked This discovery OF gold IN Cahfor-
MIA is Just what we want. We need source
from which supply of two or three millions OF
dollars per annum can be drawn, with certainly,
TO keep things steady here, and gave confidence
10 commercial affairs and business generally
Two years have elapsed, and the supply hom
that source exceeds, semi monthly, the sum
then deemed an adequate annual regulator In
two years more, the shipment of gold dust from
California, will be more than doubed-probably
quadTupled.
With the numerous facts that are BOW s'aSing
money d-men, IN the Atlantic cities, 30 IN 'ns
face, tending to establish the permanent resour-
ces OF the State, and the enormous prohts when
udicions investments will pay, there Is ye's
dlstrust OF all California enterprises thai is IN
accountable hundredth part oi the evidences
thai have been presented IN her favor, 10 the past
TWO wears would have convinced the most skep-
tical oa any other subject or interest, and drawn
out millions Of dormant capital. But, because
California offers so large per cent. profit, she 10
called "humbug' and cheat" II does not
SIGNIFY that we point to the fact of the steadily
increasing product Of gold that while there Is
no dlrninution in he surface washlngs, the re-
suits ofquartz mining are startling even those
who witness them, and are such az TO induce
,ho bsI,ef tbat from this rsv source hundreds on
million. per annum additional will ere many
Years be drawn that, instead Of barren noun
tains and parched, sterile plains our soil Is iount
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