Butte record., 1856-07-05

ties, and pl ldged myself that he shonh
Ee safely k'pt to abide his tiial. d.
Ashc had already Informed ine from th
window thu thc Judge was in the pos
session oisthe police | represented Il
] these mea that J"dge Terry could no
be arrested and tried by the Vigllanc,
Committee without danger Of an immcd
ate co h>ion Of arms, which would in
yolyc the pe..ce Of the Who'll State. tb,
Consequences Of hich 10 one cnu d fore
see. Mr. Coleman spoke # mode
ard departed with his as>ocia cS, to con
fer, as they said, viii other members o
the Conamittee. They p esantly return
ed aa1 said they h,heyed they under
stood aud wished | would communicate
vita then in wiring. | immediatcl.
addressed letter 10 Mr. Coleman and
the otlcr memb"rs Of the Committee
dem ndin4 that J"dgr Terry shou be
left in The hands oflhc civil 4 Ii horitics,
Or, il in the power # the Committee,
should be restored TO them To this
communication there was verbal an
suer that there was no reply.
In the meantime, the military of tie
Com .ittce had surrounded the house in
which Judge Terry was 81 uated, planted
cannon in font Of il, and succeeded in
arfes nsthe ia re and DR., Aabe but
under what pledges or assuranc from
the Committee, IF ahv, have not learn
ed. as Up 70 10 O'Clock It night Ill COM
munica ion with in ige Terry or Dr.
Ashe had been refused t. their friends.
There were stationed al the different
armoli 3. al. this Tune, only small
su ID over tlia ;urpss In few of til IN
portions of lid 10 Sssaass, COLLECTED a.
fast as pesassa, ssse Instantly
surrounded BY the military Of the Cm-
m;ttec in l.rge forre, and conipd.ed to
su render. Resistance would have b en-
madness in She face Of such an over
" hclning force. Their arms were seized
and lax TO the ouls Of the Commit
tee, and many Of the men arrested and
marc ed as prisone:s to the fort of the
insurgents.
| have also to report !hat the arms
(II3 standl delivered on your requi-i-
ton to the State by Gun. Wool, while
in GU tody # t 70 officers Of the Stat,
in small vessel on th"ir way to San
francisco, were IL d by an armed par
iy Of the Vigilance Commit e, who had
ben ~ett f ON tie city for that purpose,
in a vessel armed with c,nron an mus
k. IS. That whe one OF the officers de-
mrnded their authority, til ; produced
the "ell-knovu al ard authority If the
Committee, and read il. commanding
the sc zure | also learn at the arms
shipped from Sa' ramento were sub<e-
queatly seized in tn same way. ThS<
has this lawiess b nj of men added pi
r.cy TO their other crimes and enormi-
ties
Seeing that there was no hope Of
eif4ct.ng anything in Ihe e.ty for the de-
fence and protrcuo Of those arrests d, |
have deem i It my duty to report Ill the
circumstances to your Excellency, that
you make t. Ike such actlon IS your judg-
ment may suggest.
The circumstances connected with
bis mosem, ut are such as to leave no
doubt on my mind that the insurgents
nim at nothing less than an entire over
hrow Of the State government and Sc
ccssion from the Federal Unioa. If it
had been their purpose to diSbaud in ii
short period, they would not Lave COM
ma ed piracy by robblng e Y, ssel of d
small qaanti'y of arms upon the Bay
They moald not subsequently, lave lev
I'd actual war upon the 5 ate BY sur
rounding the aFmori,s by large militia
ry force and seizing the State arms, anc
ma king prisoners of the men guarding
them especially when they knew that
your orders were that l should act OIL
4 he defensive, aad that | had no DOW,
OF means to pursue any other line of con-
duet Il mast BE- obvious to all men oi
0 diaaFy discernment, that this lawles:
association HIS proceeded from one
crime and outrage 10 another until III '
have arrired at the conclusion that ther,
IS no saietJ- for their leaders but in rev.
oluiion and separate government o
the Pacific. They hure committed Trea