Butte record., 1856-07-05

oaher a few seconds. His eyes sho
6fe-fury was depicted in his counte
nance. He made a spring toward
M, and the next moment lay u corps
on the floor.
The noise of the pistol aroused th'
fair sleeper; she started in the bed
and seemed an angel of the Whit
clouds eme-ging from her downy bcC
TO soar up to the skies.
The first thing that PIE .cnted Itself
to her view was myself standing neal
her, with a pistol IN my Land.
'Oh. d. not murder me take al
you cannot, you viii not Kill me, sir. .
The servants now rushed in-all
was eHp,ainld.
The Wrc c1 turned out to be vag-
abond, supposed to be a runaway slave
from Virginia. I had the proyidential
opportunity Of rescmng one from tlc
worst Of tatcs, who, IN after years,
called me husband, and related to or
c4ill.en her miraculous escape from
the bod attack Of a nidningt ASA s>in.
II His Ercc1ency, J. Aeeiy JoAasea
Gnreraor ef Tic St'te + Collfornja.
SR;-lu pursu nee Of y " orders O.
Jun 10th, | proceed d to the city of
Saa Fanciscr to take command q. the
p Military Division, and to pr"c ed to
muster into the service the Volunteer
Companies whioh were there orean:z d
In ua ST nee did depart from your
orde s-to ac' sir city on rha defenslv':
neither WAS it my intention to act in
any other than lhai Of repeliing an at ark
J the insurgents. Inleed, the position
IN which fund M tseI-wilhout iss5ael
and wi'h only few arns-renfercd
any nlher course impo -sibls We had
not tn necessary means to firm even
an efficient encanpme, t; and | therefore
bonehi it advisable to let the compa-
lies couti'ue their drills in their yoriols
armorics, without making a y demon
STATION on the streets.
An affair occa'red on the 2ist, S Is
nrdiy, which resulted in ail oP med
demonstration by the Insurgents upon
the volunteer companies ma ter i into
service under Your orders Between
he hours of two and three O'Clock OF
the Gay, it S, ems that a NAN named
Hopkins, with N arm 4 party, acting
uud Ike orders cf the Sc clll d Yigi~
lance Committee, proceeded 10 tic
rooms "f the Hon. David : Terry. one
Of tie judges of the Suprcmn Court
and DR.. Richard ? A~he, for the pur-
pos Of ARE ting Mr. Reuben Maloncy
Mr.. Malouey refused to rccogn;z- their
ho'ity, and subsequently, left the
10 ma, aud, in company with Judge
Terry and DR.. Ashe, Pre- eded along
- street. While Judge Terry wa
proceeding qui tly ia the trect, Hop
kins rushed upon the Ju lee, and at
t mptcd to di,arm him, by seiz NJ 8
Gun vhich the Judge hell in his hand
\ scufi ensued- ia which Hopkins, f H.
ing to w7est the gun from he Jnd 5e, al
tempted to draw pistol fom behind. /,
,Julge Terry thn drew a kilt. and in
i'cted a wound with it upon Hopkrn-
1t is needless to say that on tie state
ment of facts as represent' to me, had
Hopkins been killed, it would have been
il q ar Gaze Of js,t,fable hom eide Oh
the part o. judge Try.
When t is occurrence took pl ce
was on bus ness on Montgomery st'eet.
As soon rs [ was informed OF il, | went
immediate Is TO the rooms of NJ, ssrs. Ter
ry and -A,Le, but armed they were in
the Armory on Dupont street. | pro-
cded Ihither, but found the door bar>
rrd and Vigilance Committee people il
poss -ssio1 Of the entrance and street in
front The alarm-bell Of the Vigilance
Committee was Immediately sound d,
aud all the streets Ia the neighborhood
1T onrc filled III the military Of the
Committee, armed with musket,; and a
multitude Of citizens, all rushing iogeth
er in wild confusion, and t1any Of them
s.amoring for the death OF judge Terry
About this time DR. Ashe opened one
Of the second story windows of the Ar
mor,. and said that, on the part oI
Judge Terry, himself and oth,rs, the,
left the whole AFFAIR to an arran-em nj
between myself aud the Nisil4nce Co u,
niitlee. proceeded TO demand an in-
terxiew with the Committee, au1, after
some difficulty, secceeded IN getting al
interview with Wm I. Coleman anC
two other members Of the Committee
| who said that they had authority 70 con