The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-05-13
CALIFORNIA CORRESPONDENCE
ESPECIALLY TO THE HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
samuel Brannan Shot.

Samuel BranEan Shot.
The name OF Sam Brannan is as familiar
to old CsIifornians as it is possible for the
name of any prominent man to be. 1t has
been identified Sith many OF our public en-
terprises, and Is particularly associated with
the Sutter title sam is a man of wealth,
Eberalify and public spirit He has his vices
and bis eccentricities, fwho has not u bnt
on the whole. i good citizen, and one who
deserves TO be hon0red. he is the owner of
certain property at Calistoga Springs, Napa
County, and Ii was on account of difficulty
growing oct Of his claim to = mill that he
was shot, and seriously wounded, on Thurs
day, the 10Th inst The telegram from Calls
togz. narrzting the event, is as follows:
i" He had been given possession Of the
premises by the Sheriff, but party claiming
authority from the assignee of the late lessee
Of the mill, Mr. Buck, now an insolyeut, had
taken possession, aud Mr. Brannan was in
the act OF entering the premises when he
was ordered 10 stop he did SO, and, in at
tempting TO leave. received the contents of
EOlley Of buek-shot- Upwards Of twenty dis
charges Of guns and pistols were made, and
he received four buek-shOt in bis back and
one pistol bail in his neck, within half an
inch Of bis jugulsr vein Mr.. Brznnzn made
DO effort 10 defend himself, and after being
shot, fell from his wounds, in which eondi-
ton be was robbed Of his watch. The party
who fred were Andrew Snider Theo Lar
biz Wm- Quinn, Milton Mcdowell and Jas-
Lee They are under arrest, and the prelim-
inzrJ examination will take place tomorrow.
Drs RoweIl and stillEagon are here, and
pronounce his wounds not necessarily fatal,
but very serious"
The latest information received from Mr..
BrzBnan represents bis condition as inproy-
ing, with the prospect Of recovery.
Loss Of a Vessel
remarkable fact, worthy Of the strict
est Investigation, that the number Of vessels
wrecked within the past two or three years
at our very doors, hzs been greater than on
any other part Of the coast beside The
fault seems to be attributable either 70 care
lsssness on the pzrt Of the commanders in
refusing the aid Of tugs or pilots, or 70 the
pilots themselves when ernpiOJed, on account
Of iuczpzcify OF intoxiczfiOn- The latest in
ezcus&ble loss was that Of the ship AHocTat,
1s3 days from Baltimore, on Arch, or Bios
SON Rock, near Angel Island She went
brozdside on the rock al P. n, on Monday,
the 9Th instant during the prevalence Of only
zII9bf westerix breeze. All s1bsequeut cf
forts to get her OF faiIed- She viii prove
a complete wreck T. J. L Smiley purehas-
ed the vessel and cargo for SIC, 900, and II Il
suppose6 viii Lose IL The bargain The Ar
fe<rsf had ], 80 st0Ds Of coal on board. and
was Consigned 70 ". B. CnmmiDgs q Co
she was built near Boston in 1sJ9, and own
ed By Thomas Howe, Of that city. she rated
a. A IL on LlOyd's Register, and l. Of ], I'D
tons burfhen-
One Of our city reporters, in describing
the accident SAYS: Az soon AZ the rock was
seen the anchor Was hove oct, bat before II
brOzxhi the vessel up she struck, aud now
lee On the sezgard side Of the rock. A
strong food tide Vas running at the time
There Is No less fnlln from Ten to sixteen