Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-09-19
ErrpTurR CALIFORNIA NEWS.


, FURTHER CALIFORNIA NEWS.
R,r,m nuI Puradr0 Of Hy T.u0ncr C'mm"ftr-ir
D,<b.l.dm ai-.L,dge 1,lry'S R~chraSe-P0'f'e0
THURS. Miscellaneous, sc.
We make up the following additional NEWS """
our California files to the 2h:h ut;
DEMONSTRATIONS ny HE VIGILANCE C"M"ii IL:
The San Francisco papers have txtohheu 'Iou'.
of the review and parade If the Vigilance Cohi'n'-
tee On the 18th of August, preparatory IT 'aSu;S
down. for the present, their usurped au'hoF''!. W..
copy the following from the Bulletin, Il paper n'e'u'y
10 the Committee:
GATHERING OF THE HOSTS. @,
By about 9 O'Clock the streets were filled VIII .rnieu
men, resoriIng to their places at ineetihS' M','"
music was heard in various parts OF the ci'!' anu
soon companies were forming and march!iIS III mhny
localities and directions. By ii O'Clock the coInP1i
MES had formed and We're drawn mp III lines. iiey
were i'll citizens dress; black lrock coats buttoned uP
Ia the heck, black pantaouns, glazed or cloth caps
and white gloves. Each man wore upon tn" i"it zap
pei Of hs coat u white satin badge, drnGtirS the COM
pany Ia which he belonged. The officers were gene
rally mounted. Many Of the muskels had beautiful
bouquets on them. Flags and colnr- were quite nu'
meruus. BY hall. past II o'clock, Front, Battery
, Suns0ne, Sacramento and California streets were
crowded with Vigilance soldiers by hundreds ana
thousands. Bayouets glittered in every direction
The sidewalks of all the streets were crowded with
spectators; citizens aud strangers were out Ell tna.Se,
music was heard un every side Inen were marching
and counter. marching.
DECoRATIOS OF THE CITY.
Early this morning the works vi preparation oo"l-
menced. Most of The stores, the schools ana me Du'
siness places remained closed. Banners hhM haSs
were waving. spread ucross the streets aud iloatihS
from the stalls which rise in every portion OF tiicciy'
while the ships in the hartor libern!ly flung oaiInsrs
10 the breeze.
MARCHING INTO THIRD STREET.
At half pnst l. O'Clock the cavnhy companies nav
ing formed into line, marched towards lil'rd sireet'
the locality appointed for thu RrvIew. Zen o'hey,
The Commander, and aids were escorted 10 lie GROUND
by Company Is, Of The Orag0ons. The Artillery
companies likewise took tee same drrecil"iI, and
Third street wa soon filled throughout lis len2IiI.-
The Cavalry AID Artillery formed along tho sIl's ol
the street and awaited the Infantry cUlnpanIes, which
approached III regiment al | o'clock, with iiiu-!c and
streaming banners, and i'll lnni"r!st, numbers. AZ
the luinu:ry pissed Ill" Cavalry, tho latter presented
their drawn srhrc.. Tho tramp OF the hosts, thr imu'
sic, the loud words OF command filled the air, ani the
glorious display Of military, uurXan.pird heretofore
III the State, filled the eye of every behvlder.
THE REVIEW.
When the companies had formed into II line extend
Ing the whole length of THIRD street, about one mile
long, the executive III and the board at dele.
gnics, mounted, rode past them uncovered. The up
pcnraricr at the mulrItuIrs of soldiers was, oi course,
very splrndll, mt regular intervals the coiurs inarkIng
the various companies.
THE PROCESSION.
A. soon rs the rcN.rM Was over, the lines formed
int" procession and commenced tlrir march. II WAS
led I'll by Major General Charles DnaDc and stall.
Next came the Light Artillery and Marine Arhlle.
~, ~ t"ur companies, with fifteen mounted cannon,
drawn by six. tour or two horses, according ~ the
siZt Of tie gan. They were under The command OF
Col. L. ID. Johns, gu1 cOi.-!strG OF lJO men. The
rear "i the Artillery was brought up by II representa-
ton Uf the Battery, or Fort GGTHy B".s,' Il frame
work, mounted on wheels, covered with can, ass,
painted, representing the battery or sand brg breast
| works of Sacramento street. There were loop hule.
and five small cannon looking through rs II ready for
Immaculate action. Next cam the Executive Com
inIttrr Of the Vigilance Committee, ON horseback,
three abreast.
Then followed the military representatives. Of the
Vigilance committee of 1871, ninety IN number, &c.
IhKcH OF TIE PKOCFs>i"S.
The march Ol The procession, which was cxpectant
~ waited for by large crowds nt ladies. Gentlemen
and children stationed along the whD!s lin" which II
proposed taking, was trr rome reagol Delayed tor n
length ot tim-. IL WIS :ong before the IIHmei'st
crowds got into motion, and then they w"r" retarded
ocGasiunHlly nj various points. By fur O'Clock, how.
ever. tho line Was fairly III marching order. and pro-
ceeded dowri Market street through various other
streets Ia Sacramento street hcadG quarters. when, G!'
Ter drpo.iiin. their arms, the men dispersed IL their
homes.
The companies marched in platOons, many of them
twelve and fourteen abreast, aud none less than ten.
They marched dcnscly packed, and the streets, az
they passed through them, appeared NJ one solid black
mass Ui people. From an elevated position at the
corner of Montgomery Ia Clay streets, looking up
Clay to Stockton, and down Montgomery 10 Market,
the streets presented nothing bar black columns,
bristimg with bayuncis aud divided by banners,
marching through stationary black Inhsscs on both
side- of the streets.
The number If armed mon WIS vsriously estimated.
From Il count after the procession was marching, II
was nsr-rtaim-d that there were between four and
five thousand armed men, besides numbers OF cit
zens on horseback and on foot, who fell into line ut
the rear.
The balconies, and Windows, end house.tops, past
which tn. line went, we're crowded. The whole po-
pulnt,om Of the city, III fact, wer: out 10 witness The
great exhibition. There never had been such 4 dis.
! piny in California. IL was Il fitting conclusion OF the
great sccn-s through which ". have passed.
iRVrsrs.
Scvcra. pe.14bs E~.!ci2ptcd - interfere with the pro-
crssIUn or sUIle members vi tie ooh, u9a: !GrInS The
day, but were promptly ordered INTO arrest. n.id were
placed ia the cells nj the head quarters. There
were five in all thu; wrrr arrested. Some ut them
drew knives aud pistols, but were prevented from do.
ing any harm viii! them.
JUDGE rERRy's REiEAsE.
The r-lease "t Judge Terry By the Vigilance Com
mit;r' wa- Al first GENERALLY received with much dis
satisfaction lay the members "f, and sympathlzrrs
with, the COMMITTEE, both i'll town and country. The
Executive Cunn!nItt.n and the Board of Delegates al
Companies found isrIy guilt, II. ali ID. charge
made against him, after II fall, fair hTd impartial
trial" but considered It mex prdirut 10 irtijct either
of the only two punishinents in their power, viz. death
o. banishmGut, under pam Ut death II he should re.
turn. They therefore relraard their prisoner unrond'.
tinnally Ut , o'clock On the morning -! The I'll 81 Au-
gust. l "flI IT Ii'lftii'I lI'iIl lHt piblIr VI
side Of the COMMITTEE, on Lonrd the L. 5. s,o"p OF war
JOHN Albums. aud took the evening up.rvrr boat for
Sacramento, his form' r place Of Residence.
The first dissatisfaction loudly expressed Tor n time,
particularly III san Francisco, among the members
OF the General I'M on hearing of Terry's RI.
! IeHsr hGs Galmcd down; and, now, all seem content Ia
beer the Eg"cui;ve GO..,G,Il!se cut to the end. III"
first hiSarm,ipnis;s, i l. eaid; nfr ~r:-thrri 10 eve up
their personal opinions for tic common gnod, aiiu "p
prove Of Whit they can no longer help. When Terry
r,anhcd Sacramento, after his rrlease, a party OF sym.
patnizerJ with him received him about 5 O'clock III
the morning, fred slTiLs, played on pipes aud made
congratulatory speeches. Terry II eIrr''el =" AXE
l, srnt in the Supremy Court, Us Que OF tslc Judges,
in u tvw days.
POLITICAL.
THE ia nothing particularly important in the way
nf politics going ca. Party clubs continue T." be
formed throughout tie country, and the Urhinlrv pro.
| cessipnin. and sperchifyiES, v~iiiFyirg ALL r~iori:yimy,
ru,uula!I NJ aIcIi times, Ure taking ptnrc. Ih" g.rai"r
number Of papers III thu Stale display me banners
either of Buchanan or FllaIofe. The liepubiican,
have only three declared ~'Grgans" which huIsi the
Fremont flag.
Tie A American party Of San Francisco have h1!d u
large mas meeting and rat fi"! the nominations oi
Miilard F,llmor. ami Andrew j. D"rcls"n.
DESPERATE FIGHT With HiGHwAYMEN.
! Tie attack uu the stage with SlU',utn, III gold, be-
tween CaInp,onvi:!r and Mar sviil-, by ,x mounted
hi.hwnyrn-u.n IN the l2:h ut, wa" Il desperate affair.
l. upp.ur- that robbers commanded the driver ot Tie
st..:.. John (iear, Ia stop, and threatened I" Kill The
frs; !uan who should oppose tir"n in their des'gns.-
Mr.. - ,tsan, messenger for Lang'"is Express. I'm
inrdig,eiy drew on the robbers, ani c"mmcHcri hrinE.
His first lire tuUk fleet un ti'e Epo4ssinhn OF Tie rob
Urrs and endorsed him. An indiacflin!nals Eight no"
comm. need hpt wpci the robbers and pns-rugers.--
a, many ~ forty shots were tired on both sides. The
robbers, finding ,hem-rircs so st"utly opposed, re-
treated, leaving the passengers mastrrs Ut TIE held.
The driver SIR. John Gear, was shot fhronG! inc
right arm nbnvu the show. Mrs. T:lghInnn. wife of
Il barber in MarysvAle, WIS shot i'll the head, the ball
euteriu. over the right eye and penetrating the brain.
Mr.. John Cuinpbril. another passe:,;.r, received ii
gllIics shot over r'r eye. Another passenger Was
shot III both legs. The STAG was ridIied with builc;
holes.
When the st6ge Was chopped nEl the firing had