The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-16

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RICHMOND, w WEDNEsI
| LATRR FROM CALIFORNIA
Action of the Vigilance committss
The 0sorgs Law, = aaaouaesd BY Telegraph,
arrived at New York Monday nornins. with ~
| California mails 10 the 2Osh ulk xs
| .tsFfs as#ass Califernia.
The sloop-of wat Decatur, hon Puest's Sound,
arrived ct San Franciaco on the 12th inst -
| The only news of interest from San Francisco
relates to the dsinss ef he Vigilance Committee.
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vary, Ave companies Of artillery. with thirty pieces
Of ordinances. These troops drill In several afmo-
riess in di6srent paris Of the city Occasionally
they appear In the streets for re6imentai drill
Gen. Wool has refused 70 loau the Governor
arms and ammunition on the ground that he was
not authorised to oct b the prsnlses, excepting
upsnan order from the President Of the United
States. s&ssw SsH assEess -
/ The yigilance Committee had thrown up breast.
works Of sand bags in front VI the buildings
pied by their head-quafters, and guarded Ill the
approaches with cannon Brass field pieces were
mounted on the roofs ready for instant action day
or night sfaa 1 10 -
Several additional criminals, convicted by the
Revolutionary Tribunal Of ballot box stufiing.
have been banished from the State and sent to sea
on board forsiga bound vessels.
The following uartias have been arrestad and
are awaiting theIr trf&1:-Thos b Cunninrham
one Of the mardurers Of Col. Weymouth, OF New
Orleans; Thos. Aiilery, highwaymas; Bill lie wis.
balos-box stufFar; Cohert Lipslev and PhiIaneer
Brace, muTdsisrA All the arrek - have been made
without blood. shed, and chiefly without violence
The Vigilance Comnitteu's police force number
some thousand men, armed with revolvers =.
An immense mass meeting was held on the 18th
bv the friends OF the Committee, when speeches
endorsinr the actions Of the Commi,tac. = -
Terrence Kelly, one of the men ordered to leave
the State refused to do 30, and was taken into
custody.
Since the first shipment of rogues the committee
have instructed John Grove. j. w. Baeiey James
Hanneseay William Hamilton William alias Jack
Mcguire James Cusick, Terrence Kelley and John
Lawyer to leay the State of California never %
return: ON or before the S9th of June
The Vigilance Committee have issued an I'd.
dress To the peonle of Caifornia of y hicb the fol
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io""uink eAs'Acs s1c slses .uo spAi''
For years they nave patiently waited and
striven, IN . peaceaDie manner, ana IN ACCORDANCE
with the forms of law, 10 reform Inc abuses which
have made orr city by.werd; fraud and violence
have foiled every EFFORT ana the laws TO which the
people looked for protection, whho aistorted ano
rendered eete IN Practice 50 - to shield the vile
have been used IS . powerful organ to fasten upon
Us tyranny and misruie
AS republicans we looked to the ballot-box aa
our safeguared and sure remedy, But 90 effeetu
ally and long was its voice smothered the votes
deposited In 1t by freemen so entirely out mum
6ered by ballots thrust IN through fraad at MID.
night, or nuhed by the false counts OF judges and
inspectors OF eiections AZ noon-day, tnat many
doubted whether the majority OF the people were
not utterly corrupt .
Organized gangs OF bad men, OF al political par.
ties, or who assumed any particular creed from
mercenary and corrupt motives, nave parcelieo
out our offices among themselves or sold them 70
Have provided themselves with convenient toois
to obey tneir noo, as CLERKS Inspectors ana JUDGES
OF election;
Have employed bullies and professional lighters
to destroy tally lists by force ana prevent peace
able citizens from ascertanDR, IN Aia"iui manner,
the true number OF votes poiied a. our eloctons;
And have Used deunninsfy .confrfved ballot boxes
with false sioes ana bottoms SO Prepa!e1 'nat ny
means OF spring OF shae spurious t'ckets, con
ceaed there previous to the election, could De MIN
sled with genuine votes
VI all this we nave Inc most nIetragabie proofs.
Felons from other lands and States, and uncon-
vcted criminals equally rs Dad, nave thus con-
trolled public funds and property and have often
amassed sudden fortunes without having done an
honest days work with head or hands. Thus the
fair inheritance OF our city mas Deen emoezzleo
and squxndered-our streets ana wnarves are IN
| RUINS and the miserable entailnent OF an ehol-
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