The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-29
John Cooney and Edward Buger should be taken 10 the

John Cooney and Edward Buge should be taken 10 the
Their arrest was effected without disturbance, though
In the OF Duane and Muigan disposition only Was
shown by outside parties 70 interfere TO procure their re-
lease During all this while reports were circulated thai
Gov johnson about to call into requison whatever
he might discover TO suppress the revolutionary
organization but he has taken such STEP When these
runors were prevalent unbounded excitement prevailed,
and word came from Sacramento and other places that
thousands wcro ready TO come 70 the assistance OF the
Committee and their friends
Early on Friday morning June l. the city was stirred
into wordy uproar by the announcement that Yam
kee Sullivan had committed suicide the night before
in his CELL at the OF the committee This was true
He had severed the bracha artery Of the left arm with
knife which taken to his cell with his food. His
body was carried away by the Coroner inquest held
and he was buried without any display The arrest or
Sullivan caused some wonderful deveopemonts concern
ing the ingenious system OF balotbox sufng which has
for long time enabled the rogues OF this city to elect
whoever they pleased to offices of public trust Between
and O'Clock the deceased called the guard into his COLI
and said that he had experienced horrible dream In
which he thought no had been tried and condemned 10
death.
On Monday the I'd inst the opponents of the Vigilance
Committee endeavored to hold great mass meeting to
denounce mob violence and sustain law and order" But
the affair boisterous failure.
The health Of the city good, and business only mode
rately active.
The total coinage at the Branch Mint for the month OF
May was 81, 261, 1853.
The weather has been pleasant though in various places
unusually heavy rains have fallen, accompanied in some
instances, by wind, thunder and lightning Accounts
from the mining regions highly favorable and while
few rich discoveries are made the old claims being
vigorously worked and paying well for the labor
pended on them Business in the larger towns has not
been very brisk but merchants and mechanics anticipate
speedy change for the better The villages OF the nte
ror exhibit considerable activity and many improve
ments going forward The crops are neither remark
ably good nor poor yet in some localities they are repre-
scntcd as very promising.
We incline to the opinion that, when the season is lit
tie further advanced, we shall be able to report the
coming harvest Of the abundant ones. The po-
lice records OF inland communities reveal an evident
decrease of criminal offences But few cases of a
gross nature have occurred and the list of casualties Is
also brief. On the 18th May d. Harris killed in
Trinity county while Thomas Baker and Joseph Voshay
were engaged in dispute and scufiie. On the 23d
in San Francisco harbor, and bound for Callao, re-
fused TO do duty, and were placed in irons, and the
Gently killed at Dutch Flat by the falling Of boulder
on his head. He leaves wife and five children in
was picked up in the bay and he was identified as ma
tive of Holmes county, Ohio Two brothers, named Ber
y were injured one Of them fatally on the 2oth May,
where they at work On the 27h Of June, Samuel
Garrett. who killed Amiel Brcknell and VIM. Stewart
Kelly Of the slippery for MURDERS will be hung at
Sacramento. Mr. James Ryder killed the 23d ult,
at South Yuba Ditch while blasting rock. VIM Weeks
and wm Shelton engaged in fight at Petaluma lately,
and Weeks received a wound thought to be fatal.
The Indian war in Tuare Is about terminated
A. j. Blake shot dead at Tuttletown by Jack Tomp-
A man named A. Williams has been arrested at Sacra-
mento, against whom charges of grand larceny will be
on the 10th May last floating wharf at Salt Point Quar-
ries was capszed in gae and John Cunningham, late Of
Boston, was drowned.
The dead body of named Terry Couray was found
the steps OF the Jewish Synagogue in San Francisco
None knew the cause Of his death.
Keee the murderer Of Hayes at Grass Valley in March
last escaped from the Nevada jail May &c. reward Of
$3.50 is offered for his capture.
All the influential presses in this State have endorsed
the action of the Vigilance Committee and the intelligent
country people arc announcing their approval by holding
meetings and adopting sensible and dgnfed resolves
Tho miners, too are favoring the movement and
everywhere the cry is heard Let rid the State Of Of
fetal corruption and purify the cities and enforce good
titizcnshp.'