The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-18
Our California Correspondence.

sAr FRAScisco, July II. 1851.
Mon Hung ~ s pscplEsoa and .frrtuai Of DC aanat
The Irish Pctrot, &c.
The steamship Commodore Stockton LEFT San Pran.
cisco her Erst trip Panama on the 18th Il MAY
Carrying Ioo passengers and $4,000 in gyld dust
The Columbus left on the 18th for Panama and the
California ON the 18th
The mot startling item of intelligence which send by
this Is the Lynch Law excitement at San Fran
risco which participated in b. large proportion oft
nest respectable citizens Before the sDouderug ruins
81 the recent extensive con1grston had been fairly
er,d named Lewis dected almost the very
act II setting fire TO large hotel Long Wharf and
Icing arressd by tho police the popuacc assembled 90
the number Of severs thousand. aud demanded that
be should he placed Ia their hsi ds for punishment
Nhbe, however. preparations making for storm
lhg ine station house. the prisoner taken
'u' The back say, and conducted to phase
~ safiy. hIUnj the reach OF the excited pnpulace
The attempt, aud he frequent aud numerous escapes
nom ltsuc" 90 The desperate Williams who inf st Am
fia cco 80 rxasp.rated the prop.rtv bnrs tssv
assembled privately 20 the numbsr IT one or two nun
dieo. and enrolled Themselves a. COMMITTEES OF
ssiey for the protection Of he citizens the detection
oi crnt hls aud The faithful execution OF the py
~ tbth lves and property" for the faithful pert r.
uabCt 81 whai,wrduiy or act should br deto up,u
- ut nrj rty u ia cOmuiitiee bylaws I'd ipt-
I'd tfhc,s thtsen ard building selected for holding
etinIs and tn, trial Uf Grim nails The CON, pttve
tum1 red amongst it, members bsnkers 'rtdesmen.
oreeis aud ib fact alm every prof and calling
Kcttt lawyers. An organisation hardly perfected
i'iurr terTib instance q their determination to
lubhh crime pre- onted to the citizens such as
h,ud have struck terror to the hearts OF the providing
villains
On June nth Sydney man amed John Jenkins ai,a,
IN itt n. vac detttt'd IN carrying OF safe from
mce on Long hart. "a Francisco aud after n strug
ee was arrested in his boat lie was IN medstey taken
tstore the Committee " Safety consisting ~
iutditd citiztus tried found guilty and sentenced 20
te hung within an hour minister was sent for who
'bdtaVtitd TO administer cancellation bat whose efforts
we're ohtir disr garded by TIL hsrdeocd convict At
'Wcoc'rk ~ night he wac taken TO the public Plaza by
he O. mte and the result Il thus given by the Herald
e The ~ xt morning
Arrived at the fs staff wore climbing up Il 90
sUai O. the halter WHEN earnest cry raised by
prvstDt: For GODS FAKE not 90 hang him the
httty pole " The appcsl hoard, aud those IN
charge 81 the execution mounted the beams the
~uth porch a the adobe roIT stretched across
t,wter vi The supporters 60 the middle q witch
hhck aid pulley we're fastt nd another rope
Httutb Thu with moose at ono end. Volunteers were
al 4 90 man The other cud The ptisonrr who had
OF apskenp wffd far could hear. during the
Vbois nsfch and the dreadful preparations g'ing
tefotp him. taken by his guard beneath the beau
tie nccse adjusted around Lii MEX, apd In an Instant