Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-08-22
From the San Francisco Herald. Dem, J July 81.

From the San Francisco Herald, (Dem. } July Fl.
We have been informed upon good authority that
it is the intention of the Vigilance Committee early
in the present week, to arrest all the officers of the
city and county government, lock up the City Hall,
and take the government into their own hands.
meeting recently held in this city for the purpose
of calling upon the city and county officers to resign
At that meeting a committee was appointed to wait
upon the officers of the local government and ascer-
tain whether they were willing to yield to the wishes
of what they facetously termed & the people," and
resign their Offices. They all, without we believe a
single exception, refused to comply 1t is thought by
some that the meeting to which we have alluded was
an outside affair." altogether and that the committee
had nothing to do with it. We do not believe it,
however, from the fact that report drawn up by
somebody, and signed by nobody, setting forth the
extortions which they aledged have been committed
in the public Offices during the last few years, was
spread before the people simultaneously with the re-
port of the proceedings of the public meeting. In
deed the committee have not taken any pains to dis
pute the fact, and 10 all intens and purposes have
admitted that the report on the corruption in the pub
lie Offices drawn up by q subcommittee OF their
body appointed for that purpose This fully explains
the character of the resignation movement, and es'
tabshes beyond doubt, when taken in connection
with the petition submitted to the Board of Super
Vsors by the peoples committee on recent oCca-
sion, requesting them 10 fill the Offices believed to
have become vacant by operation OF law, by the cleo
ton of certain prominent members of the Vigilance
Committee that the I" loaves and fishes now only
keep the committee together.
1t is also stated. but with what truth we are una
bic to say, in consequence of the mystery which en-
shrouds the secret tribunal which now rules over the
destnles of this people, that after having taken pos
session of the City Hall, The Vigilance Committee will
proceed 10 Sacramento seize the State officers and the
records, form provisional government and call upon
the people 10 yield obedience to it, Such are the
mors that afoat, There is some reason to
believe that there is truth in the statement from
the fact that the Vigilance Committee is undoubtedly
implicated in the resignation movement, if not the
only orignators of it, and having been thwarted in
their objects, will doubt the physical force at
their command for their accomplishment
In order that the people in the eastern States may
July understand The position of the raitorous organ
cation in this city known The Vigilance Committee
We would stale that it is believed that after the
clhOn OF Cora and Casey, and two or three different
Shipments of prisoners, the Governor Of the State Of
Tered, through Messrs Baldwin, Peachy Bolts and
MunSon, that if they would disband and surrender
up the arms belonging to the State which they had
captured ne would recommend to the authorities of
.lls county not to prosecute them-would interpOse
oue executive clemencY if convicted, and would sug-
soSe 10 the next Legislature the proprety of passing
general amnesty. These propositions were rejected
~ the Vigilance Committee Such is the present at.
"'uue Oh Inc State authorities and the insurgents.