Daily national Democrat., 1861-03-29
nailp goatlonal Qrmucrat
Execution of Cinnamon.

Sheriff Patterson, OF luolumhe, executed
the extreme penalty of the law on Friday,
rnon Chin Lit and three other Cinnamon, in
the yard of the county Jail, at about twenty
ninutes past 12, NJ. Notwithstanding +he
execution was known to be private there
WAS considerable gathering of the people,
who ayailed themselves of the house tops,
and prominent hills to catch a glance at the
proceedings in the Jail yard, At about IL
o'clock, says the Sonora Age, the Sheriff and
the deputies entered the prison from the yard,
and after a few moments emerged with the
victims of the law, who, by low waiing
means. gave warning of their approach.
They were Immediately conducted to the
ocaffod and took seats on chairs prepared
far their reception. An interpreter then in
formed them that if they had any remarks
a. make. that the opportunity was then pre-
sontod Chin Lit said he was guilty of the
.nnrder and that the others were innocent.
Tbe others made many gestures and low,
,noonino sobs, which the Interpreter informs
"a we're protestatons of innocence and suppli-
cations to the deity whom they worship.
The strong voice of the Sheriff was fire.
cnentlv drowned while reading the death
warrants. by the sobs and lamentations of
the Cinnamon who seemed deeply to feel q
sense of the awful fate awaiting them, ex-
cent Chin Lit, who maintained an almost sto-
ical indifference to the preparations going
on around him. and seemed less affected by
the heart touching words of his countrymen
and fellow victims, than the Sheriff and his
assistants, or even the spectators. After the
death warrants had been read in English, the
Chinese interpreter came forward with CO.
nies of them in the Chinese tongue, which he
read to the prisoners, who paid deep atten-
tiop till near the end, when they broke forth
with wild gestures and sobs, made low pas
ses with the hand and pointed to the sun, as
if imnloring that planet to aid them in their
dire extremity When the Interpreter con-
cluded his readingiof the death warrants, the
officers proceeded to pinion their hands and
feet two of them shook them cordially by
the hands, and seemed to take an atlectionate
farewell of those who so long had charge of
them, and called on the interpreter to eX-
press their thanks to the officers for their
Kindness and to say that they died innocent
Chin Lit admonished his fellow sufferers
that they were in the hands of the foreign
ers, that it was of no use to supplicate-they
must de-that they had better make no ado
about it. When arranged on the Drop with
the fatal nooses about their neclls, they SEEM
ed to gain irmness, and appeared quite calm
except one old fellow who has long been an
invalid, his strength seemed to fail altogether,
and he had to be led up by main strength
by one of the Shetiffs assistants.
The caps were drawn over their faces, the
ropes adjusted to their necks, when, at twen-
ty minutes past twelve, the Sheriff touched
r Al. 1
bodies of four Cinnamon, with a jerk that
made the heavy timbers of the gallows fairly
tremble and they were hushed forever in
death, those voices which were So vocifer-
ously pleading to their own peculiar deity
for assistance and mercy.
After hanging about thirty minutes, the
physician pronounced them dead when they
were taken away for interment
THE FREsIEr OF IS6l-ACCDEXTs AND IN
ClprNTs. 1t was anticipated that the heavy
rains which have prevailed for several days
past would culminate in rise in the rivers,
but it was not calculated that we should be
treated to n regular freshet of the odcn kind
We are chroncfng now Il brief account of
the greatest freshet which has occurred in tAe
American river since the memorable and dis
astrous winter of 1852 3, when the city was
conveyance, ferries being established at every
corner The American began to loom up
about o'clock, Yesterday morning, and con-
tinued on the ascending scale up to the pres
cnt writing, midnight, when we have, upon
Investigation, concluded that it has reached
its hight. the stream being very exciteabe--
rising and falling suddenly, and the storm
being abated-probably discontinued. I'm
mediateiy on the commencement of the rise
taking the cue from the drift wood over
ture-our Chinese population. and a spring.
ling OF all classes, took to ther boats to Sc
cure from the drift Whatever was worthy of
being saved. There were some fifty or sixty
Cinnamon thus engaged during the day in
the vicinity of Swift's bridge, across the mouth
OF the American. We were mucn amused in
Witnessing the interchangeable energy of the
Celestials in packing heavy logs and timber
over the levee and rolling them into the
slough as a safe place of deposit, and their
subsequent tribulation upon the rise of the
water in the slough, on perceiving their re-
Gently acquired property again ahoat togcth-
er with their domicils. The bulkheal at
Rabel's tannery, more Familiarity known as
Rightmires bulkhead, was carried away
about A. NJ, at which tine the river com
menced washing away the bank at Mrs. Nc
keons ranch. At the latter point in less
than an hour 60 feet in depth of the bank
was carried off, and 10y five o'clock p. NJ, the
cut had been made to the depth OF at least
one hundred and fifty feet The drift kept
hammering away at Swift bridge as though
1t regarded it as an obstruction to the stream,
and hammered with effect. About 4 p. NJ,
two of the riers of the twenty feet spans
were carried away. but by reason of the
girders above, the structure retained its .po-
sion, Soon after, by orders of the propr-
etor, hands commenced tearing off the super
structure, it being apparent that it would be
swept away if permitted 80 remain. At g.
p. NJ the center pier was carried away 10y
socdolager, and at half-past eight o'clock
about two-thirds of the structure adjacent to
the north bank of the river was swept off,
and breaking up at the Yolo bridge, passed
on down the Sacramento. The American
river for the first time in years, overhowed
its banks near Mrs Mex cons ranch-cutting
several channels into the slough, which grad
ually widened until at 10 +. NJ. there was n
perfect lake frem the pickle factory, near the
mouth of the river to and including her
ranch. AT that hour the water inside Of the
bnlkhead at the late mouth of the slough,
Sutter Lake on First street, was two feet
higher than the river, and all of First street
was Hooded At half past 10 P NJ the water
was up in front of Robert Young's store, and
rising at the rate Of four inches per hour
hesidents in that locality We're busly engng
eu In moving to more secure quarters. The
water was running over the road at the old
battery Hotel, and in the yard opposite was
-our feet deep Mr. France had to remove