Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-01
K | G III MOND WHIG.'
CALIFORNIA.

From the dha CaiiJor-ia Of L..n~ 5.
AT no time since the acquisition California have such
number Of wonderful events occurred or 80 much in
tensely excited public feeling known as during IN.
period embraced in the past fortnight The ten day. pre-
cedng the ssilug Of the last steamer gave these -tarns
occurrences origins but their after development has exbibi
ted m immensty not yet its Ultimate All matter,
throughout the State have been regarded a.
unnpotant In view Of the absorbing TACT that by au
tho Of the people grca, revolution has begun attend
ed y acts that assure VI the accomplishment of re
iorins which none say have not needed.
The weather has been pleasant though In vario.s l,c.
unusually heavy rains have fallen accompanied some
INSTANCES by wind, thunder and lgting Accounts from
the mining regions are highly able and while few
rich discoveries are made the old claims are being yy
rousiy WORKED and paying ell labor expeDde,
on tem Business in the larger has not been very
orisk, but merchants and mechanics anticipate spe.y
change Tor the better The villages OF the irioe hib
considerable activity and many improvements are poinv
Forward The crops neither good nor po
some localities they are represen-d very prom
weincline to the opinion that, when the season il
htie infther advanced shall be enabled TO report th
coming harvest Of abundance The police record,
oil inland communities reveal evident decrease Of Grim
nal offences But few OF gross nature have occur
red and the list Of casualties is also briet On the 18th
May, ID. Harris killed in Trinity county vhi Tbon..
Baker and Joseph voshay were engaged in ,s,,,. All
scufhe On the 23d, the on board the shin Os
borne Howes lying in San Francisco harbor and bound
.o' Oauao, rciuseu 70 DO duty aud placed in
IRONS when the ship proceeded on her vvyage Mr. Nc
Grew recently killed Dutch Flat by th, falling of
boulder his head He leaves wife and five chL,,ar
Ia jefferson county Ohio The body OF Thomas Man
chester was picked up in the Bay and h. identified
a native OF Holmes county, Ohio Two brothers name,
Berry were injured Of them fatally on the goth Nav
oy ue caving in of n bank at Columbia Nevada
county, vhere they work. On the 9th OF
June Samuel Garrett who killed Amci BrckneIl and
Wm Stewart Kelly, OF the Slippery Ford n,ur,erers
VIII be hung at Sacramento Mr. James Ryder was killed
IL dlIIf A.,s VI m.
VIM Weeks and WIN. Shelton engaged in fight AZ Peta
fatal. ~ NC
The Indian war in Tulare has about terminated
Al Blake ~as shot dead at Tuttleon by Jack Tomp-
son. who escaped
man named A. Williams hss been arrested at Sacra.
against whom charges Of grand larceny will be
brought extending through the past two years
on the Goth Nay floating harf at Salt Point Ouar,es
vas capsized in gale, and John Cunningham late Of
Boston, was drowned.
The dead body OF man named Terry Co,,-x ,~.s .a
on the steps of the Jewish Synagogue in San Fapci-co
None knew the of his death
heei the murderer Of Rayes at Grass Valley in March
last, escaped from the Nevada Jail he 3oth Nav
reward OF $3.50 Is offered for his capture
AL the influential presses in the State have endorsed
The action OF the Vigilance Committee and the intelligent
eouh! people are announcing their approval by holding
meetings and adopting sensible and ciru6ed resolvps
The miners too avoring the new movement and ey
cry where the cry Is heard Let Us nd the State of Of
| zenship." s S'"
tor several days the Committee devoted their time to
endeaVorins to effect the of Edward Mciowap
notorious aeeompiee OF Casey, and Who along with him
n"i oeei indicted for the murder of Mr. King Their ei-
ris TO bring him justice-the scaford-have NOT he
successful andit probable that he left the country upon
"esng the late of his confederate The friends OF Ca.
<! oOA ts Doly, laid in stae aud followed IT, TO the
lumber OF four hve hundred TO the grave H. had
no relative here, but leaves aged mother Who resides
IA NeN lo'k- Coros body given to Bell Co.
IA VINO was married him Just before his execu,io,
on whose account he killed General Richardson sb d
Pye1 Inc g'eatest devotion him. and attended him
Win ,, many Sa,;5 isns 9fmogiag to the cemetery.
Oh Saturday, May 3lst Nicholas Graham was hmm, t
e authorities al the Jail for the murder Of joseph
BROOKS III January last He tried and sentenced 10 he
3lst. eP's'e u 'ne
The Committee quietly Proceeded in their ,oL .. !;
curry INTO the conduct Of certain leading characters wbo
h1u mueh 10 do with the management of elections
Aet eIose YET quiet investigation it was determined
INIT tne Wen known Yankee Sullivan and Charles Du
ane billy Muiigan, WOoley Kearney Martin Gallagher
William Carr John Cooney and Edward BugAr should be
taken TO the Rooms OF the Committee
Their arrest effected without disturbance thon IN
the case OF Duane aud Mulgan n disoosition onlv
lease rN '"e'' IT,
Early on Friday morning. June the l.t ,b c;,v x.s
srred intoa wordy uproar by the announcement that
aAee sullivan had committed suicide the night before
~ hs eei at the rooms Of the Committee This was true
az au the braehla artery of the left arm With
Aiie which was taken 20 his cell with his food His boIv
was carried away by the Coroner an nquest held and b
was buried without any display The arrest of Sullivan
caused some wonderful developments concerning the nge
noas system OF baot-box stuing which has lor long
time enabled the rogues of this city 10 elect boevar b
please 10 Offices Of public trust '
on Mooday, the I'd inst, the opponents of the vig-
ahce committee endeavored TO hold great mass meet
lug to denounee mob violence and sustain law and order
But the affair was a boisterOus failure
Ihe heah OF the city is good and business only mod
The total coinage at the Branch Mint TOR tho ,L s
May was $4,26 ,l5s.
THE FAILURE OF JOsEPH MAYA Co-Suits have been
commenced against Joseph May Co., wholesale grocers
Oahorna street. In the Superior Court the amount of
ts,is2 Attachments have been issued in every case
on the lst OF June an inquest held on the remains
OF sullivan From the evidence extract the following;
bDny Mary SHfiirdR sworn-I the wife of one Fran
els Murray alias James Sullivan now deceased and have
been Tor the last fourteen months We were married bv
1ernan clergyman in this city We have lived toge6.
er ~ TINS city and the Sandwich Islands He is native
OF Ireland and aged 81 years. him last alive on Fri
day last at IL NJ He confined in cell in Sacramen-
TO street al the vigilance committee rooms He told me
the committee we're going TO hang him on the following
DAY. lie looked at the wedding ring my finger and
said that IL was the hrt present he had given me-
He then took diamond ring from his pocket and said
inst would De the last he would give me, he was po-
sltVe Nc would be hung the day be had heard
the guard q, the cell door told him not 10 be afraid
they would not do He did not seem much dentscJ
in spirits and was as cheerful usual The last day
was with him before his arrest he speaking Of the
crime OF suicide and sad that he would never do il for
he@ be coGd not get the rites o the church. he
ttft sssataa
OF his arrest The day he arrested he told me 10 hns
up al my clothing as be going leave the State for
good. have one female child months old by the &C.
ceased j recognize the body AZ that Of my husband
Several OF those connected with the vigilance committee
testified that Sullivan bad been assured that no harm
should be done him further than to send him from the
State The verdict ofhe jury that the deceased csue
20 his death from the effects Of a wound with knife in
acted by himself upon the left arm which severed the
brachial artery
EHEcurioN oF AND CORA
While the last tokens Of respect being paid 10 the
memory Of Mr. King at the church. very different pro
ceedng was going At the Of the Vglance com
miice. IL bad been determined 70 postpone the e1ecu
ton of these persons until Friday but report of such
character a. led the Committee 70 believe that an Al.
tempt to rescue the prisoners would he made BY an or
gsnHlOu at the time Of the funeral when they though,
that the rooms would only be partially guarded gained cir
culson and finally determined TO complete the vork
sud relieve themselves OF the anxiety and suspense bv
Tying out tho Judgment which had already had been pro
nounccd.
Notwitbstandug the great gathering AZ the funer, the
rooms o the Committee surrounded bv about 2n 600
people Who had got intbaton Of the proposed eSecu
q on and buried 10 the spot.
The most formidable guard arranged which EN-
braced oil the Of tbs committee consisting OF about
5000 stand Of mukets andtSo field pieces The streets
IN the immediate vicinity Of the rooms we're cleared by
the sodcrs aud the bstug hsyoucs that were display.
ed IN direction made The SCENE ono of yest i