The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-02

""J u" Suhe last, yesterday, 10 puFsu.
""'e ~ the sentence Of the Court, exp,ated
'"' " crime upon the gallOws. The execution
p"N place IN the jail yard, aud Notwithstanding
The efforts mnde by Sheriff Hunter to have but
''w witnesses TO il, there were present some.
u'nE over hundred people who could not
"reg" lnUking upon the death struggles of
Their unfortunate fellow creatures. The nri,on.
crs were taken from their cells ut q ouar,sr IN
!: O'Clock aud about IL made their unDcnvnnc.
IN the Jh'l yard Clothed in their grave clothes
under charge "f Jailor Plat, Sheriff Hunter
and Deputy Sheriff Greeu, accompanied by Faith.
er LargAn, Of the Roman Catholic Church. who
was There to adtninIster then. the copsolntions
" Tue Caurch and receive their confessions Of
peh''ence. In the yard were some dozen Ia.
"'AhS' men aud women; 10 these the prisoners
talked Tor some minutes, most feelnOly and
earnestly, urging them to abstain from the use
:" whisky and be good men and women. Jim.
'he younger one, said Let whisky alone, boys.
Whisky DIN bad, for white man and Iui,
Ill Tue same See what it has brought me TO
'p"iniinR To the gallows)!" About ls minutes
past h"on, they ascended- the eallows,- " heb
was lnclosed by curtains ON ali sides except
that next to the jail, accompanied BY Father
I'argan bearing 4 cross with the image OF our
crucIted Redeemer upon il, Sheriff Hunter.
Deputy Sheriff Green, Doctor Rankin, and
MeSSrs. Codd'ngton, Burwell and Tureu,sn
They we're placed upon the trap, their arms
and legs bound, when Father Largan turned to
those present. saying" The,e poor Indians
die IN the boHom Of the holy church, 10 which
alone there Is salvation, and bcseech your
prayers in their behalf" Tor words to that ef.
Iee'J aud iurningto the Indians be presented
I" them the cross, which they devouty kissed,
and babe them tender farewell. They then
warmly shook lands with Sheriff Hunter. and
Messrs. COddington and Tureman having
placed tue black caps upon their heads and id
jnsicd the halierS ia their necks, at ~ minutes
past twelve, the Sheriff moved the lever, the
trap fell, aud two sOulS winged their fight to
eternity They made n few struggles with
their feet, which were the only indications Of
the presence "f the vital spark after the falling
If the tran. The b"dies we're permitted to
hang twenty minutes, when they were cut
down, placed in collins, and delivered to some
indians, who, 10 . wagon, had them conveyed
To G"ld Hill, To Capt. John, Chief Of the tribe,
who, We presume, will burn them in due furm.
The officers deserve the highest praise for the
manner in " hich the execution WAS conducted
and their kind treatment Uf the prisoners du.
ring their last hours.
NprwIIHsr IxDixG = new line Of stages has
been put on the rad from this city IL Folsom,
II has not in lac least inicrirred With the old
line. THE great aud constant increase NJ travel
Rendered the establishment IL anoiher line
necessary I" accommodate the public. The
coaches ii il'- old company are daily crowded
with rassren gr'r aud the new company " u
lie as tbctsIfy paTuuIsPd. Az vUou ~ the
RAINY SEASON sets In the different passes in The
mountains Trading ." WGshOr. With the excrp.
,i"n IT our own. will be closed with snow, aud
all the travel must necessarily be through our
city, The old line has Al~ays employed cur.
ie"us aud accommodating drivers, who take
pride and pleasure 10 administering 10 the conf
t"t"f their Passengers, and the new company
will doubtless employ equally as kind and aifA'
bic drivers.
ALARu ~ FIRE.- The alarm Of fire, about .
q clock Thur day afternOn, was caused by tie
burning IL the lining in a China store on Sac
street. Scarcely had the alarm been
given before The Fire companies came rushing
through the STREETS I0WIFdy TIE Itreuwued con.
aAgrA,"n. The store in which the lire origna.
ted Is surrounded by small buildings, construc-
ted 81 the most c0mbusIible material, and had
il got fair start might have destroyed vast
amount Of property before il could have been
; ubdued.
FIRsr RAIN.-The first rain Of the season fell
~ Tuesday morning. since the hrst Of the
rnng to give us u good ducking, but up to the
present whiting his threats have tz1led. Many
a long. dry. hot. dusty day has faded Into the
past since rain visited us, and although The
season for its fall has come. it yet seems reluc.
IAnt to leave its lofty abode to COIL and refresh
The parchcd earth. When il does come il i'll
probably make up for the past.
Nor MARRIED.-We, last Saturday, published
The marriage Of Mr. ShePPerd and Miss Berry,
II Georgetown. Our notice Was the first the
parties bad heard If the matier-as they are
not only n"t married. but Clancy Free" W.
received the notice by mail, from Georgetown,
with the request that we wonld publish il, and
~e did so. The fellow that imposed upon us
L.. al aLak AS,sn.a farm
lie preparation "f mean trick. He deserves
10 be punched to death with the blunies, kind
# bodk'ns. or else drowned in dish.water. We
lear that his heart 10 as bad as his chrOgraphy,
and that is the worst We ever saw.
CATHOLIc FAIR.-We are pleased to state
hat the ladies Of the Catholic church realized
upwards of sixteen hundred dollars from their
recent fair. This speaks well for the generosity
IT the cilizenS If Plscervillc, who are never
backward in contributing literally towards ell
worthy objects.
RELIGIOUS A. N. Bailey, Of the Meth
,dist Episcopal Church South, will preach in
The Court House in this city Tomorrow after
mon at 8 O'Clock. The public are invited to
attend.
Mas. Irwin, a popular Milliuer and Dress
Maker, Of San Francisco. has opened branch
# her store in our city on Main street, next
ioor to Nachman's, where she requests the !a'
lies Of PIacervills TO call aud examine her
'tock Of everyIhing pleasing to the female TASTE
CAMPBELL 4 BExxETT have sOme Of the finest
in the county, and any one getting
Iadde. horse. horses and buggy, or any thing in
he livery line frOm these gentlemen can a.
Ways rely upon their being of the A. No.
iind.
PEBELIE 4 Co. have just re.aTranged their
,aIh.FOOms At the Cary House. and are now
eady 10 administer Russian, Galvanic, Iron
md Sulphur, Hot or Cold Baths to our citizens.
Their bathing.rocms are Aperfect OVoS. Give
hem call.
CTS. Oar makes q tempting display Of edibles
o bis new show window. His "gOOd things
# life" are enough to create the appetite and