Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-17
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The Queen has gone to Balmoral.
,'si.s'N COAST DiSpiICHEs.
FROM CALIFORNIA.

II banquet gwen TO n British
CONSUL, w. Lane Boxer, al the Lick
House, by Governor Booth and May
or Alvord, was a magnificent affair.
Governor Booth presided, and at the
conclusion of the banquet. made a
short address, complimenting the
guests.
The palace car, Avon, arrived yes
terday with a party of English CAPT
taiists on board. In the party there
were T.. ii. Greene, Of the London
and San Francisco Bank, and Mr..
Ridewald, one of the Directors of the
Bank of England.
General Canby's body started for
the East from Oakland this morning.
The Mechanics Deliberative Assem-
bly, propose a receiving ship to make
good sailors out of bad boys in this
city.
Devine's funeral takes place to-day
from the establishment of the under
taker, who took charge of the body.
y large crowd are already on the
ground.
Camille UrsO Won the running race
Yesterday. The attendance was very
slim.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nav 16.
Devine has lot yet been buried.
Coroner S%tillInan took legal advice,
and was informed that he had moth
ing to do with granting a certificate
for his burial. Thus far the City Phv-
stefan, DR.. johnson, who was present
at the execution, declines to give a
certificate of death. McGinn. the un-
dertaker, who has charge ofthe body,
fears the penalty of the law should
he bury it without a permit. The diff
ticulty in getting Devine under the
ground is about as great as that expert
enced in getting hun under the scat
fold.
The city is very quiet ; little doing
in the Civil or Criminal Courts.
MARYsvILLE, May IS.
The examination of Matt. Kerrigan,
who shot and wounded Mrs. Ann
Walsh on the 25th Of last April at
Sucker Flat, was held Yesterday, re-
sultlng j n the discharge of Kerrigan
on the ground of self-defense, the
testimony fully justifying the dis
charge. In March, 1870, Kerrigan was
arrested on suspicion of being the
murderer of a miner named Dumphv,
who was al work on the Bro
claim, near Timbuctoo. An examine
ton was had at thai time and the
prisoner discharged. Since the arrest
of kerrigan for the shooting Of Mrs.
Walsh, sufficient evidence has been
obtained to warrant officers in arrest.
ing Michael Walsh as principal, and
Matt. kerrigan and Mrs. Ann Walsh
as accessories to the murder of Dunn
ply. A girl named Mary Hetfron
will be brought from Oroville to-day,
who is supposed to be an important
witness in the case. Walsh and Ker-
Ilgan are now awaiting examination.
NrS Walsh iS Still Sntfoc;,- x,o,.
the effects of her wounds.
SANTA BARBARA, MAY Is.
Inc farmers are now in the midst
OF haylnS, and harvest hands are in
demand. Sheep-shearers are also at
work on Santa Rosa Island.
Colonel Hollister has been elected
a life member OF the California Acad-
envy of Science.
SACRAMENTO, MAY, Is.
Charles j. Flynn, alias Mortimer.
paid the full penalty of the law to,
day, for the murder of Mrs. Mary
Gibson. About half-past twelve
o'clock, Sheriff Brytle, addressing the
prisoner, said: Charley, the time is
about up. You will stand up now.
preparatory to having straps placed
on you. Now, Charles Mortimer, we
are abou to start for the place of exc
cution have you anything to say be-
fore we start. Still no response. The
prisoner was led out to the gallows,
His conduct and expression of
countenance were exactly the same as
they have been for many DAYS, and
he carried with him, and held on
the platform, a towel with which he
had been accustomed to brush away
the flies. The prisoner was placed
on the drop. Under Sheriff Woods
e his death warrant. Afterwards,
Brytle again inquired of the doomed
man if he had anything 10 say. but
received no answer. Rev. Mr.. Shell
ling read the parable of the Prodigal
Son, aud Rev. Mr.. Parsell followed
with a prayer. The rope was then adj
lusted, his limbs pinioned, and the
black cap placed upon him. During
h entire time, Mortimer remained
passive his c%onntenance BETRAYED no
emotion or sensibility, and to all ap-
pearance he was not aware where he
stood. At 12:44ls o'clock p. NJ, Depu-
ty Sheriff Barnes cut the cord at a
signal from the Sheriff, and the drop
fell, the body falling about SIX feet,
as though it were a stick of wood,
scarcely q mussle moving. An AZ.