The weekly Sierra citizen., 1856-06-28
w.rT.lk under Re.trninf.

war.Talk Under Restraint.
Major General Volney e. Howard, who commands
Gov. Johnson's spectral army, recently made war
talk in Sacramento, which we sorry to say was
very much interrupted by the il-mannered crowd
The speech is mostly dialogue, between the Major
General and the crowd.
He said Terry would be murdered by the Copmittee-
rwhat paper is it State Journal or Herad?] The Gener-
al then read a statement of Mr. Dunlavey which was
listened to with attention. but at the close received with
cries of derision [Cries Of what paper The San
Francisco Herald. edited by John Nugent, honorable
man. [Great hooting] Fools and towards may scoff
at him good men-difierent from these before me-w
not (Don't insult us, General] You are hired to dis
turb this meeting. Then tenths Of bought"
Immense cheerng] Such men you rs bad those
shipped by the Committee you would stuff ballot boxes
[Gas Ned MCGOWAN; you ought to read the Bulletin
truth in it. but not in the State Journal Or Herald
Judge Terry as the officer of the State, and law
compelled to go to San Francisco Where did he
get his knife and gun?] You who dissurb me vile
towards Go it General we are good natured and can
stand heap.]
A fair specimen of the whole speech, reported in
the Union and the American
That's the sort of public triumph newfedged gen.
erals will get everywhere who would baptze their u-
tried steel in the blood Of the people! Not even a
Pennsylvania Militia Captain. leading forlorn hope
of ragamufins against beleaguered grocery, could
the buster of those hedgeling military who are
humping sheepskns and blowing penny whistles to
ghostly array. With the forces that could be raised
for such purpose they could scarcely storm Digger
wigwaul.
LAWYERS AaAIN.-We are asked almost every day
why it is that all the lawyers the lawandord
side?
nav all thnfS Sie. knOyv Of two
three of the more distinguished legal gentlemen here
now, who are friends of the Vigilance Commtte-men
who if thrown in the scale, would cause great tremb
ling oil the beam.
The reason can be easily explained as far as the
San Francisco lawyers concerned though we can't
how it effects our attorneys. The Vigilance Conr
mttee have banishe' their most valuable clients and
mort trustworthy Jufymcn they have taken the bread
from their tbs. halEboted; like carron birds they
lived the msfortunes and infrmtes of the city, and
now, since the carcass has been dragged away. like
hungry ackals they must be allowed to- gromb before
they begia to draw breath through their ribs.
Honor AMONG TnIEvEs.-We are told that when the
Gambling Act under consideration ip the Legisla-
ture the gamblers Of San Francisco raised large sum-
Of money to prevent its passage. The money was
taken to Sacramento and expended in Senatorial eec
tiopeerng PURPOSES and not cent Of appropriated
to til purpose for which it was intended. The gam
bers were much astonshed to hear that the act was
passed, after all, but they dare not demonstrate
were only miserable gamblers after their money was
used up!
If this a.t true the State Journal or California Ex.
press can easily contradict it in search Of truth
that's all
SOME of the law and murder papers are goating over
the probable srangulaon Of DIrkee for piracy OF Gov
Johnss scowload of bricks and ml;skctS intended to
arm the rabbe of San Francisco. and t.eir vagrant
riotic gentlemen will not be gratA6d by the anticpa-
ted spectacle 1t would indeed be luxury to see
somebody hung in San Francisco according to law,
but there sundry little obstacles to prevent Mr.
Durkees blood from consecsating the scaffod There
are, probably. two hundred and fifty thousand people
who have the right of petition, aud if that fails they
have still the last argument of kings.
Electionecring.
1t hoped that in the coming campaign candidates
will be nominated, by both parties. who will not he
under the essty Of trottng themselves round the
country and exhibiting their fine points in every dog
gerry previous to election. 1t is pltable sight to see
candidate for Office, where dignity requisite tag
ging round from place to place. and blowing off steam
wherever he can get crowd, either on the stump or
in barrooms where, for two bits worth of gin and tur
pentne he expects to win the vote of thirsty in
dvidual, who, ten to one, will feel headache aud
contempt for the magnanimous man in the morning.
We have no allusion to the candidates of former oc-
casons; in counties abuses of all sorts creep in
and very disgracefu practices become sanctioned
by custom among these the practice of peripetetic
eeconeerpg is Of the meanest and most contempti
bic.
No man should be nominated for office whose abili-
ties and character questionable; his former
life has been probation enough, pecuding the necessity
Of any extraordinary exhibition just before election; it
might be necessary about the Kanawa Salt Works or
away down behind the Ozark Maintains, but in Cali
fornia, never
PREcEpENrs.-The Union publishes extracts from
an old Philadelphia paper of 1894. in which "Shay's
Rebellion'-or as we in good old Pennsylvania used
to call it, "Whskey Insurrecton the burden
Of the editors song Poor, old fellow ! he was a good
law-andorder in his day. but he has gone to DUST
The sentiments of Thomas Jefferson, expressed at the
time, may throw damper the enthusiasm OF many
OF the "Jefersonan School," who will perceive that
"times Change and we change with them"