The Placer herald., 1856-07-19

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Total . Ayes, 205 Noes, 81
The announcement of the result of this
vote was wildly cheered. Phelps, Of Missour,
ri moved to reconsider the vote on the reso-
luton and to lay that motion on the table
which being carried, cinched the Pacific
Railroad plank to the platform.
Nomination of Vice President.
The Convention then proceeded to ballot
for this officer with the following result.
First ot-Brcckenrdge Of Kentucky,
55; Qutman, 50: Boyd, 33; Fitzpatrick, III;
Brown, 80; Herschel v Johnson, 81: Rusk,
q Bayard, 81; Polk, of Missouri, 5; John c.
Dohbin, l3.
Second Ballot-Mr. John G. Breckenridge
of Kentucky, was nominated, receiving the
unanimous vote Of the Convention.
A Democratic General Committee was ap-
pointed. Charleston, South Carolina, was
named as the place for holding the next Con-
vention the time tr be fixed by the General
Convention. The Convention on Friday af
ternoon adjourned sine de-
fire occurred at Malysville on the 10th, and
destroyed property valued at 100000.
MURDER IN PLACER CoUNTY.-On Satur-
day, the 5th Of July, a Chilean was murdered
at Eizabethtown. Subsequently an inquest
was held by the Coroner at Wisconsin Hill
The Iowa Hill Neacs says:
From the testimony it appeared that two
Chilenos came from Yankee Jim's the day
before and passed through Elizabethtown on
their way to Iowa Hill; that during the night
the occupants Of house at the former place
heard a noise, and going to the door found
one Of them dead, and saw some one running
of. The murdered man had been stabbed at
the back of the neck on the right side, and
the wound was six or eight inches deep, sever
ing some of the main arteries The murderer
left his knife and coat by the side of the body,
both Of which are in the possession of Mr..
Crutcher, the Constable. The knife is
nineteen inches long in the blade, and very
sharp on both edges Both knife and coat,
when found, were covered with blood.
ATTEMPTED ESCAPE AND SUICIDE OF WELLS.
On last Sunday, as the Sheriff of Contra
Costa county entered the Jail to look after the
prisoners confined therein, Beverly T. Wells
rushed by the sheriff as he unlocked the door,
and succeeded in getting outside Of the Jail,
about seventy five yards, but was recaptured.
In the evening wien the alor returned to
see whether all was right, he found Wells
bleeding about the neck; he having cut him
tL With tho ofa a,,l
ING his life The assistance ofmedical atten-
dance was Immediately procured, and dis
covered that he was only slightly wounded.
He is now doing as well as he could be ex
pected. Wells is under the sentence of death
for the murder Of Dunn and will be executed
on the Sth of August. Solano county Herdld
THE CALAvERAs AFFAIR.-The Calaveras
Chronicle denies the statement that Wolfe,
said to be Vigilance Comminee man, who
had been sent to arrest Jim Cusick, had been
maltreated at Mokeumne Hill. Sheriff
Clarke and his Deputies, it adds, sat up all
night to prevent any thing of the kind, it
having been rumored that such an attempt
would be made.
Could NOT AGREE.-In the case of Thomp
son, tried for murder in Tuoumne county,
on Wednesday, July the 9th, the jury could
not agree and were discharged The trial will
again take place this week.
CAMP MEEr1NG.-A camp meeting of the
NJ. E. Church was held at Indian Cannon,
near Iowa Hill, on the Sd July.
EXTENSION OF TELEGRAuH-A telegraph
line is about to be built from DownieviIle to
Rabbit creek. The route has been explored
and marked off.
CoNTRADIcTED.-The Chronicle of Satur-
day contradicts the rumor that Deputy Sher-
Harrison had gone in quest of Ned McGow-
an, on the steamer Sea Bird.
SUICIDE AT SAN JosE.-A Mexican named
Antonio Salinas shot himself through the
head at San Jose on Friday, the lth July.
ANOTHER FIRE.-A fire occurred at French
Gulch, Shasta county on the evening OF the
Fourth July, which destroyed about $4,000
worth of property. 1t originated in liquor
| store.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
TNHE Co-partnership heretofore existing between
! l Mark and Lewis Shawl at Michigan Bluff. un
der the style of Shawl & Brother was dissolved
by mutual consent on the 18th July, 1856. Any
person having claims against the firm will present
them to either Of lis for payment, and those in.
debted TO US will please come forward and settle