Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-15
ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA INTELLI.
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| The San Francisco papers publish report
from the sub committee of the Vigilance Com
mittee on the subject of official corruption,
which reveals system of flibustering upon
the community absolutely Startling even to
those well posted up in regard 30 ofRcial ras-
caiity Hundreds of thousands Of dollsrs
have been wasted, without authority Of Law.
on the shoulder-strikins Now York villains in
our midst Such fellows as Casey and Billy
Muiligan were found to have been in ,oosses-
sion Of sinecures of $3.50 PER month ana up.
wards In one instance, 900 and been nj.
lowed for the copy of records which had never
been composed. and were found full of errors
Every sheriff had held possession of his office
papers and books, instead Of passing them
over to his successor. The County Recorder.
had charged 81 900 for making an index to
| the records, which it was his duty to do with
out extra pay, and which anybody else would
have done for an eighth Of the sum The
Coroner had charged the city SIS each for
false inquests and burials, picking up the
| same man two or three times in the waters Of
the Bay, claiming him always to be a new
| victim to the man.holes in the planked street.
| The committee say:
"The county has been grossly and continual.
| ly swindled. Bills for carriage hire of grand
juries fees of coroner and sheriff; charges
for stationery; travelling expenses Of mem.
bers of the Board Of Supervisors; fees in
! criminal cases; appropriations and expendi.
lures for county roads, bridges, and jobs done
! without authority of law, at the instance of
| individual members of the Board printing
bills, expenses Of elections, furniture, and
| other charges-some of which have been gra-
| tuitOusly and Illegally allowed-which have
been presented for double or treble the amounts
due have been approved without examina.
1 tim and Maid in N hv,
| rants for twice the amount, to enable the
holder to realize cash value It is to be hoped
that before the county debt is paid or funded.
thorough examination will be made and
| fraudulent or exaggerated claims wholly reject
ed or properly reduced
The Vigilance Committee have 80 persons
| under arrest, and about half Of them have
| sailing orders for this steamer Some of the
| arrests made last week are of considerable
Importance. Ii has always been supposed
that the city could prove its title to much of
the disputed lands within its boundaries if
| the old records of the Mexican Pueblo could
| be ferreted out Alfred A. Green. formerly a
city officer, some months since boldly avowed
the possession of these records, averring he
had accidentally discoyed them, and unblush
lngly claiming the proprietorship of the docu-
ments, offered to sell them to the city for
$50 600! lie had previously offered to sell
| them to Mayor Garrison but Mr.. g., think
| ing them bogus, refused to treat with him
| MIR. Green delivered public lecture on the
| commences and Importance of these records,
at Musical Hall, just before the organization
| of the Vigilance Committee, whereupon a
committee was appointed to confer with him,
examine the papers and make a report.
This Committee reported the papers to be
| genuine. Mr.. Green then got up a petition
| to which his friends were soliciting signatures,
asking special tax to be assessed upon the
citizens to buy the documents. At this stage
| of the matter, the Vigilance Committee broke
up the speculation, BY, sending thirty horse
men out to Mr.. Green's residence, near the
Mission Dolores, with orders to bring Mr.
Green, his three brothers and the Pueblo pa
pers, If they could be found, to Fort Vigilance.
This work was promptly done, 50 far as the
persons were conoerned-and nobody doubts,
who knows the winning ways of the Commit.
| tee, that the papers will be forthcoming. II
appears that at the American settlement Of
San Francisco, these papers were in the hands
OF their legal custodian, Don Tobasco Vas.
| quez-that Green and some of his cronies, by
the assistance Of forged order, purporting to
be in the name Of the city, and by threats,
got them out of the hands of Don Tobasco-
and then, with the characteristic hardihood of
| San Francisco officials, expected to make q
fortune out of State Prison offence
The Vigilance Committee troops drill night.
ly In regiments, with music 1t looks rather
odd to see the streets, till or IL o'clock, full
| of cleaning bayonets
On the 18th, the Board of Supervisors, who
are our new rulers de jtre. under the CopsoIi.
dation act, declared the Offices Of Sheriff, Cor
| oner and Assessor vacant, in default of these
officers furnishing the proper bond in season.
| and proceeded to new election. While the
| balloting was going on, Judge Freedom on be-
half Of the Court of Sessions, claimed the
right to appoint the Sheriff, and, accordingly,
appointed Charles L. Strong, bookseller, to
that fat office Scannell, late Sheriff, will
contest the appointment, and perhaps the
Board OF Supervisors may also appoint a
Sheriff. In that case, we shall have three.
In the meantime, the people may cut the Cor.
dian knot, by ejecting the whole batch
Judge, Sheriffs, and Supervisors. -
JUDGE TERRY's TRIAL The San Francis.
co Bulletin Of July 17th says the trial of Judge
Terry will soon be closed Some hundred or
more witnesses have been examined, princi-
paily for the defence The trial has consumed
more time than the Vigilance Committee an.
ticipated or desired, but the case being very
grant him every facility desired, so that when
their decision was made public they could no,
be charged with precipitancy, or of having
abridged bis rights of defence.
GOLD DISCOVERY The Marysyille. Zeal
Herald states that at Slate Creek, four mile,
from Jacksonville. rich quartz lead has been
discovered by Chilean while On hunting
expedition. The Chilean was crawling under
some bushes to get shot at some Quail ana
discovered lump OF geld embedded in quartz
de broke of piece Of the quartz weighing
twenty-five pounds from which he procured
over 300 Great excitement prevails in the
vicinity, and a large number of claims have
been staked of and registered 1t is also re.
ported that the same lead has been discovered
about five miles from Slate Creek which
promises rich results
The ANNUAL Boston MUSICAL CoSyRy
| TON, which is largely attended by singers and