Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-15
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.
California BY the arrival of the George
Law, at New York, We have received our reg
ular f!es of newspapers from California, and
especially from San Francisco
The papers of that city contain glowing ac-
counts of the grand parade of the vigilance
troops, five thousand men beirg under arms.
forming triumphal procession Among the
many incidents, it is stated that the Execu
tive Committee were crowned with fowe,.;
the ladies taking a prominent part in the
civic coronation.
As we anticipated il fol mer number of
the Star-being in receipt Of reliable private
advices from that State-the Vigilance Com
mittee have Internationally released Judge
Terry from custody, and he is again at lib
erty to resume his judicial functions; i'm
proved, we trust, in temper, and cooled of his
impetuosity by arrest and Imprisonment
1t will be recollected that we heretofore
condemned a resort to mob-la but, at the
same time, regarded the formation and ope
ratiOns of the Vigilance Committee as "ne
cessity" forced upon the better class of citizens
of San Francisco, such were the villainies
perpetrated and the dangers arising from the
subversiOn of public justice by adventures
whose appropriate business should have been
oakum- picking in the penitentiary, or en-
ployment at treadmill, if they had received
their deserts.
Having purged the city and State of many
deep-dyed villains, and aroused the people
from their ar athy upon the subject of public
affairs, the various forces of the Vigilance
Committee, after the grand parade. were dis
banded, and the next morning those who took
prominent parts in the demons alton were as
busiIy and quietly engaged in their different
vacations, as if they never knew what a rife
or musket was. The labors of the Vigi
aance Committee are over, and we have au
thority for saying its sessions have indefinitely
adjourned
Inc oan FRANCISCO newspapers express the
belief that the Vigilance Committee have ae-
complsbed the main objects Of their oryani-
zaton-haye revived and maintained the
freedom Of speech and Of the press-havs laid
the foundation for the security of the ballot
box In all future elections have rendered
life, liberty, and property mora sec urc than
they have ever been since the incorporation Of
the city-Eave re-iBvigorated the arm Of the
law, and inspired due degree Of terror into
the bosOms Of all the ruffians and law brsake,s
in that State.
We admit that We were at one time fearful
that the committee would exceed the pur.
poses for which it was organized. and that
OWING 10 rash counsels, their acts might be-
come more deieteriOus than beneficial; but so
lar az We nave learnt, these, under the excl
ing circumstances which recently prevailed
have been conducted with comparative pru-
oence. We presume that the members who
composed the committee will now retire from
their labors, ard subside into the great mass
Of their fellow citizens, without moIestat;on
from the State authorities, as did the comnc.
nent parts OF the former similar organization
Our private advices from California arc that
DR.. OWNS return to the Senate in Januarv -
regarded as almost certain, and Buck and
Dreck Will sweep the State by an immense
majority.
i0iioa Indians.-A correspondent of the
fhh adeiphia Ledger, writing from Camn Och.
havana under date of August % omona o,b.-
things, has the following: 0'A'i
"one old soldier accidentally ma, -.
the other day said that the INDIA m ., WIN
fear any one of the officers who had s ulu not
here but old Harvey When Co, e' m been
was here, he treated them with So rD,,.h ney
verify, that the Indian women TO tbis a
scare their children by telling them tha, Thy,
will give them to old Harvey ey
For my part, from what have Sean &c
TINS country, firmly believe that the Indians
can enter into any hammock and remain there
tni the resurrection day, if they are not driven
~ mounds Some Of these hammccks can
Ae'er De penetrated by white men"
harney, above mentioned, is gal
laa' general Of our army, who may have seen.
nO' % exceed perhaps, ffty-three years. He
na'i'e Of Nashville, Tenn, ard was an
esPeciai TT'ffse and friend Of Cen. Jack.on
The writer above speaks Of Tho ...an,, "c
Harney' by the Indians, upon tbs E,o,;sa
peninsula. Lie might have said fn,th.. 49,.
there is not an Indian of any trih. ~ ne. .sS