Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-30


dants. Passed at Dover, March 4th, 1857.
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NED Mcgowan, OF PnILApRLpHIA.-Hi er.
pioifs in California. early every person in
| Philadelphia has heard of Ned Mctiowan.-
Ned and the Vigilance Committee of San Fran.
cisco have had a severe time of II. A friend
IN Sacramento, under date of March Sd, writes
us to the effect that when MCGOWAN arrived
| there she was armed to the teeth with reyoly-
ers, Knife and strychnine % The writer, III u
previous letter, say ST. -.
"Early yesterday morning II was whispered
I TO me con1dentially, that 'the yeritable Ned
McGowan' was in town. This was told as a
somewhat doubtful rumor, but with strict in
functions as to secrecy, aud was breathed In
Whispers among few of the faithful as some
thing to be withheld from the schokers,' bnt tha
actual appearance Of the indubitable parsonage
himself In barber shop, at about eleven o'clocl,
In the forenoon, out of which qQiSM number
of curious bystanders, myself - the nnm-
Der, beheld him emerge, il sDs, souos
~ ~ ine nis iorlneE iuulcs55llggS8 &pulency,
nis severe narusnlps Ranue a excite
ment OF mind having cItngets M pm the
'justice with fair round belly Wits lined
to the 'lean and slippered pantal lssV#
s.The fact being established that rs here
and no mistake, awaited myself o# invita-,
tion rom General Kibbe, and visitg8 Judge
In MS room at the Magnolia, wherd1 Seceived
us with great cordially, and to us atcl a great
many others who attended his lepee, he related
in part his wonderful exploits and hair-breadtb
,scapes since the 'purest and best took it into
their heads to hang him. He has been living
Sor trying TOY for the greater part of the time,
in Santa Barbara county, subsistinr on raw
roots, CLAIMS, fish and terraplns, and sleeping
where night did, and where he thought the
Ytgllantes wouldn't overtake hien !.
"he mas come here, as he SAYS to deliver
himself up to the authorities, asking, however,
change of renue from San Francisco county
10 some other, where he may be able to obtain
an impartial trial. This will undoubtedly be
granted him, it being evident that a trip to San
Francisco would be but to become another VIC
tim of REFORM" the Vigilance Committee hay-
ing already fixed his fate, if he comes within
their grasp.
"Ihe Judge appears to be we'll although
extremely thin, and in wonderfully good spirits.
Indeed, his indomitable will, and never diving
nope, are all that kept him alive and bore him
throngh MS terrible sufferings of mind and
pody' He is surrounded by many warm friends
whose influence in his behalf will doubtless
enect MS object in relation to the changing of
his place of trial from San Francisco to some
other more fitting place"
The McKM MURDER CAsE-AS IMPORTANT
DEvELoPMENr.--0nT Thursday morning, Young
man named Michael Bonner, an old ASSOCIATE
Of Mekim, the alleged murderer Of young
y orcross, at Altoona, was brought to this city
from Delaware county, and placed in the Gem
tral Station. 1t seems that at McKim's request
subpoena was served upoA Bonner, And the
officer who served it found him somewhat an
uer the influence of liquor. The upshot of the
matter was, that letter, written TO him by
Mekim, from the prison at Hohdaysburg, On
the oth OF April, was got from him.
Inc writer of this extraordinary letter almost
admits his guilt of the murder, and then ear
nestly implores Bonner, and others of his old
associates, to come to his rescue and swear him
out OF the difficulty. McKim lays out the plan
OF action, tells what sort of story is to be
tod, and how the witnesses are to prove an alibj
tor him. This important document will be sent
to the District Attorney Of Blair county, and
Bonner will be detained here until that officer il
heard from.
Those who are familiar with McKim's hand
say that the letter is in his handwriting without
a doubt.-PhiiGdelphi Bulletin.
The MoRMoYs.-A writer in the National
lntelligencer estimates the MormOnsin Utah AT
lOo,OOO persons, besides having 100000 spies
and agents scattered throughout the country.
VINO Immediately communicate the acts of the
government and the sentiments of the commu-
NIFTY to the leaders at Salt Lake. lie represents
them as being opposed to the Federal Govern
ment, and insists upon the necessity of taking
prompt and decisive measures to protect the
country from the dangers which threaten II
from this quarter. The writer seems IN he
somewhat imaginative or suspicious, for he in |
sinuates that the secret vigilant organization in
California had something to do with this Utah
hoslilty 10 the Uhoni their secret passwords |
emblcms, &c, were all prominent signs of Nor, |
and nobody knew the object Of the |
yigilant organization but those who esau@ Bad |
brigham Young as their prophet prestaW mo.
according to the writer's standard O dr. |
ment, the great Known othing oreaI zion
must be Mormonites also, for they ham neir
wlnks, blinks, mods, passwords and seq Dob.
legations.
THE CALIFORNIA WAGON Ro1D.-WW ga
TON, April 23.-The Department of the ~ rior
TINS IN morning completed the organizationl the
Wagon Road Corps as follows, viz ;-Atl Fort
kidgely and South Pass Road, W. II. Ntlles,
o. pi minnesota, superintendent Philip P .gIub-
Bile, of Minnesota, Disbursing Agent; Snmnel
A. Medary, of Ohio, Engineer. At Fort Kcar-
ney, South Pass and Henry Lake, on tho Fa.. !
torla, w. NJ. L. Magraw of Missouri Spnrr l
lntendenti Aza Beal, Of Maryland Disbyrsing '
Agent; +. W. Leander, of Massachusetts, En- l
gineer. On the Western Division, John Kirk. {
OF California, Superintendent Frank Denver I
u VI S C,ie' Dlsbursing Agent - Bishop,
Of California, Engineer. AT Ell Passo and Fnrf p
una, James B. Leech, of Texas, Snpcrinten- a
ienti GsDrlel Jordan, of Alabama, Discussing J
agent; N. IL. Hutton, Engineer. #
ouperintendents Magraw, Mobiles and Loech L
cave Washington to-day. Superintendent Tobn Ii
ARK, of the Western Division, is already en- a
cute for California. ~ O
Operations are to be commenced with the l.
,ast practicable delay. The War Department h
as completed Its organization for the road as S
gned to it. 5
ARREST OF AN IMPORTANT WITNESS IN THE
tRDELL MURDER Cause.-The Albany IN. W
ournal OF last evening says: \
John |. Farrell the man who swore before I
o Coroner's jury in New York, at the exam Q
alton Of the Burdell murder case, that he =
: upon BurdelPs stoop adjusting his shoe 7 !
hen man came to the door and ordered him L
!, was yesterday arrested in New York, by v
fcer Keef, for illegal voting in the Eighth a
ard last Fall, and this morning brought to J
Is city. Soon after the election he was ar !
sted and held to bail. !
lie was subsequently indicted, but failing to I
pear, bench warrant was issued, upon
hch he was arrested. While on his way nm Il
q river he told officer Keef that he was adj v
sed by well known citizen of that Ward to J
N away. We state this fact simply for the Il
irpose of proving that 'sall that glitters is d
u gold - and that those who pretend to be L
ore honest than others need as much watch D
g as those they speak i'll of. This Farrell Is a
! important witness for the people in the Bur p
'll murder case, ifhis testimony can be relied y
oon. Butwe learn from Officer Keef that he
lstrict Attorney of New York endorsed the q
'nch warrant for his arrest, and made no OBJ &
ction to his being brought to this city. fl
The little schooner George Hanson, owned a
Id managed by three brothers, Nicholas and b
lsper, and accompanied by a relative of the a
mily, was capsiEed in Lake Michigan, early d
April, and all four were drowned, each OF o
% mon leaving families. The NicRols' fami- Is
came from oambridgsshirs, England, in z