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Sacramento Daily Union
January 3, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
Funeral of Thomas Campbell - Thomas CAMPBELL, member
of the Legislature elect from Calaveras county, died
at the house of Mrs. O’BRIEN, in San Francisco, on the morning of the 30th
of December, alt., of consumption, at the age of twenty-five years. He was a
native of St. john, Newfoundland,
came to this State about seven years ago, and commenced
business as a druggist at Georgetown, El Dorado county, where he removed to
Calaveras county. He took a deep interest in the politics of the State, being a
Democrat of the Broderick school, and an ardent friend and supporter of the
Federal Union. He was a member of the Legislature of 1862, where he somewhat
distinguished himself by joining heart and soul in the movement for the
formation of the Union party and by taking the leading part in the impeachment
and removal of Judge James H. HARDY. As a legislature he was able and zealous,
and exerted great influence, in spite of his acute sufferings from the fell disease, which has terminated his life, and which had
even then progressed so far that he was only able to speak in a hoarse
whisper. He was well educated, and
universally beloved for his amiable and generous disposition, and his estimable
social qualities. He had been prostrated for several weeks prior to his death,
but only a few days previously had so far regained his strength as to walk out
of doors. In accordance with his own desire, the remains of the deceased were
brought to the city yesterday from San Francisco for interment in the
Legislative plot at the City Cemetery. His remains will lay in state to-day at
the Assembly Chamber, from 10 o’clock A.M. to 3 o’clock P.M., at which hour the
funeral will take place. On Thursday, at 2 o’clock P.M., the remains of the
deceased were taken to St. Mary’s Church at San Francisco, where the funeral
rites were administered by Father KING. From the church they were conveyed to
the Sacramento boat, accompanied by the following named pall bearers: Senators
McCULLOUGH, PERKINS, LEWIS and OULTON, and Assemblymen
BARSTOW, WRIGHT,
RIDER, AMES, O’BRIEN and IRWIN. The body was accompanied to this city by T.B.
SHANNON, H. FARLEY, M. KENNEY, Martin ROWAN, P.H. DALY and J.B. McGOWAN.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The following statistics
of the First Presbyterian Church were sent to this office in season for our New
Year’s paper, but by some unfortunate mishap failed to get into the hands of
the printers: “First Presbyterian Church, Sixth street, between J and K; Rev.
J. PHELPS, D.D., pastor. Present number of communicants, fifty-five. There have
been two deaths during the year past, and three have removed from the place and
been disposed to other churches. The number of admissions to the church during
the eighteen months past has been twenty-three. The number of names
on
the roll of the Sabbath school, which meets every Sabbath morning at quarter
after nine o’clock, is over 130, but the average attendance during the year
will not exceed ninety. The Elders of the Church are L.S. VAN WINKLE and G.I.N.
MONELL. The Trustees are: L.S. VAN WINKLE, R.L. ROBERTSON, G.I.N. MONELL and R.
STEWART. The Church is now in a more prosperous condition than it ever has
been; and this is matter of sincere thankfulness, especially when the
depression and suffering from the floods of the past year are taken into
consideration.
SEALED PROPOSALS - A few days since, C. CROCKER
& Co. advertised for sealed proposals for grading fifteen one-mile sections
of the Pacific Railroad, lying between Norris’ Ferry and Grider’s,
on the California Central Road. At twelve o’clock yesterday, the bids were
opened, sixteen in number having
been received. The following is the list of bidders,
some of them having put in several bids for different portions of the work:
FITZPATRICK & HAMAN, Thomas H. HEANEY & Co., S.D. SMITH & Co., J.H.
SULLIVAN, W. TURTON, Patrick BANNON, J.H. WHITE & Co., John COFFEE, John
RYAN, A.L. GAY & Co., James S. LAW, White, BUTRICK & Co., and W. FITZPATRICK & Co.
As the terms of the bids are quite complicated, the awarding of the contract
was deferred for a day or two to give time to figure upon them. C. CROCKER
& Co. have taken the entire contract of grading the road from Front and K
streets to Grider’s, eighteen miles in distance,
building the bridge across the American river, and laying the iron, which is
furnished by the Company for $400,000.
BELLE OF SACRAMENTO SOLD - We were yesterday shown a
letter from G.W. BIDWELL, of San
Francisco, to the owner of “Belle of Sacramento,” who recently won the ten mile
race at the Union Park Course, offering for that fine animal the handsome sum
of $2,500. The offer, we are informed, has been accepted, and Bell will, in the
course of a few weeks, leave a field in which she has never been beaten, for
another, in which it is confidently believed she will win new laurels, and
achieve a still higher reputation.
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of S.D.
CARKHUFF, deceased, the petition of the Public Administrator for letters of
administration upon said estate was yesterday filed and set for hearing on
Monday, January 19, 1863; due notice ordered to be given by publication. Estate
of and guardianship of W.A. LOWE and Dora LOWE, minors; petition for sale of real
estate filed and set for hearing on Monday, February 2, 1863; due notice is to
be given.
POLICE COURT - Rodger GANONG, charged last week with
disturbing the peace in the Police Court yesterday entered a plea of guilty,
and was fined $10. The case of W. CARROLL, charged with assault and battery,
was continued until Monday next. The case of STEUDEMAN, charged with a
violation of the sidewalk ordinance, was continued until to-day.
John DOE alias Charles COHN, charged with assault and battery, as continued until
to-day.
ASSAULT TO MURDER - At about half-past two o’clock
P.M. yesterday considerable excitement was created on I street, between Second
and Third streets, by an assault with a knife made by Ah Chim
upon Ma Now. A severe gash was inflicted over the right eye of the assailed by
the assailant, who then ran down I street, followed by a crowd of Chinamen.
When attempting to pass the station house, Ah Chim
was arrested by Deputy Warden RICE.
NEW YEAR’S FIGHT - A fight occurred on New Year’s day at Tenth and J streets between a soldier and
another who is supposed to be tinctured with Secab.
It was stopped by bystanders before it had progressed far. A large crowd
collected, and there were for a time some indications that several others would
take a hand in the contest.
ARRESTS - A man named NORRIS was arrested yesterday
by officer McGREW on a charge of violating a city
ordinance. Ah Chin was arrested by P. RICE for an assault upon Ma Now with
intent to murder; and John DOE, by officer CODY, for
disturbing the peace.
ERRATA - By an inadvertence, one of our city Grammar
schools was omitted form the list as given in our
paper of the 1st. We supply the
omission:
Grammar School No. 2 - in the building corner G and
Thirteenth streets - Miss M. A. STINEEN, Principal; Miss KEEGAN, Assistant.
BREAKING GROUND - The ceremony of breaking ground
for the Central pacific Railroad will take place at Front and K streets, the
western terminus of the road, Thursday, January 8th.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Monday, January 5, 1863
POLICE COURT - The case of J. NORRIS, charged with a
violation of a city ordinance, was on Saturday, in the Police Court, continued
until to-day. The case of Ou
Chin, charged with assault to murder in cutting one of his countrymen over the
right eye, was continued until to-morrow. John DOE
pleaded guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace, and waving time, was fined
$10. The case of STEADMAN, charged with a violation of the sidewalk ordinance,
was continued until Thursday next, with the understanding that if the ordinance
is complied with the prosecution will be withdrawn. Charles COHN was tried by a
jury on a charge of assault and battery on Emanuel RATTER by pushing him off of
the sidewalk into the mud. The defendant was found guilty.
FLUID EXPLOSION - On Saturday evening a fluid
explosion took place of the residence of L. FRINK, M street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets. Catherine FRINK,
aged twelve years, was engaged in filling a lamp, having a lighted candle a few
inches off. The spout of the can was brought near the blaze of the light and
the contents instantly exploded. The child escaped by being burnt but slightly
on the right side of the face. There are genuine non-explosive fluids
manufactured, and those of another character should be sold only for precisely
what they are, that those who use them may be on their guard and understand
precisely the risks they run in using them.
RESIGNATION AND ELECTION - On Saturday morning W.S.
WHITE tendered his resignation as a member of the Police Department. At a
meeting of the Board, held in the evening, the resignation was accepted, and
J.W. LESTER was elected to fill the vacancy. An election was also held to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of D.C. GAY several weeks ago. D.C. GAY
was re-elected.
FUNERAL OF T. CAMPBELL - The
funeral of Thomas CAMPBELL, late member of the Assembly, took place on Saturday
afternoon from the Assembly Chamber, and was largely attended. The funeral
rites were administered by the Rev. Father GALLAGHER. The remains of the
deceased were deposited in the Legislative plot at the City Cemetery.
DEATHS - There were, according to the mortality
report for the past week, seven deaths in the city.
ARRESTS - A.A. WOODS, J. KENYON, D. HARDY and E.
RUNYON were arrested on Saturday by officer McGREW
for violating the sidewalk ordinance. E. SWIFT and J. WETZLAR were arrested by
officer REDDING for the same offense. Also, E. HALL, by
officer SHEEK, for shooting in the streets, and ____ KENLEY, by McGREW and SHEER, for safe keeping.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Thursday, January 9, 1863
CHANCE FOR CONTRACTORS - C. CROCKER & Co
advertise for sealed proposals for building the bridge and trestle-work
connecting with it, which is to span the American river near NORRIS’ Ferry, for
the use of the Central Pacific Railroad. Bids will be
received at the office of the Company, K street, until 12 o’clock M., on the 15th
instant. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office. This
bridge, when completed, will doubtless be the finest structure of its class in
the State. The best of material will of course be used in its construction.
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday
pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on the bench. In the case of SANDERS vs.
KENYON, a motion of COFFROTH to dismiss the cause was denied. In the case of
LEWIS vs. McCARTY, the motion of GOODE to dismiss
said cause was granted. WATKINS vs. MILLER - Motion of BROWN to dismiss cause
denied upon condition that the appellant file a sufficient bond by the 12th
of January, and that he also pay the costs. Motion of
HERMANCE to amend the complaint to said cause granted upon paying costs. Adjourned until ten o’clock A.M. to-morrow.
NEEDS REPAIRING - A very dilapidated piece of
sidewalk may be seen on the east side of Fourth street and north of J, which
requires the attention of the sidewalk policemen. It frequently happens that
the most wealthy and substantial owners of city property are the least inclined
to repair their sidewalks, construct crosswalks, etc. The law should be
enforced with that class at least as promptly as with those who are less able
financially to defray such expense.
SUPREME COURT - The Supreme Court adjourned
yesterday to the first Monday in March, at which time it will sit, and continue
its sessions for three weeks for hearing arguments in civil cases. Transcript
may be filed up to, and including the 25th of February, and motion
to dismiss appeals, for failure to file transcript or to prosecute appeals, may
be made during the first week of the session in March.
COMMERCIAL - The only arrival at the levee yesterday
was that of the sloop Caroline from San Francisco, with 50,000 feet of lumber
to Friend & Terry. The schooner
Clara is loading with wood at the foot of R street,
and the Caroline Z, Anna Caroline and J.E. Haskins with cobbles and granite.
THE SYMONDS CASE - In the case of G.N. SYMONDS,
under convictions for the murder of B. RUSSELL, the cause was yesterday
submitted on briefs in the Supreme Court, with leave to appellant to file brief
in ten days and to respondent to reply in ten days.
IN A SNARL - The members of the Board of Supervisors
have gotten into an interesting snarl with each other. It is to be hoped that
they will keep it up until they thoroughly overhaul the transactions of the
Board and prove them to be whatever the truth may determine.
BIRTHDAY BALL - At a late meeting of Confidence
Company, No. 3, the necessary Committee were appointed to make arrangements for
the seventh annual ball of the Company, to be held at the Pavilion on the night
of Washington’s birthday, the 23d of February.
THE COBBLED SLOPE - The river having risen about
seven feet on account of the late rains, it reaches to the upper line of the
cobbled belt of the levee slope at and near the foot of R street. So far the
embankment appears to stand the test.
Supreme Court - Present: FIELD, C.J., NORTON, J.
HUSSEY vs. McDERMOTT - On motion of TYLER, of counsel, ten days additional time
granted appellant to reply to respondent’s brief. WILCOXSON vs. BURTON et al. - On motion of counsel, stipulation filed and leave given
respondent to withdraw transcript.
People vs. VICE - On motion of Attorney
General, continued to March 4th. People vs. WILLIAMS
- Motion of MOORE, of counsel for appellant, for duplicate writs of certiorari,
granted returnable first Monday in March.
People vs. HICKS - On motion of Attorney General, continued until March
4th. People vs. BALERCIA - On
motion of Attorney General, continued to 4th of March next.
People vs. SYMONDS - On motion of MOORE, of counsel,
submitted on briefs. Leave to appellant
to file brief in ten days. Leave to respondent to reply in ten days. On further motion, and filing stipulation, leave given appellant to
withdraw transcript, for examination.
People vs. SANCHEZ - Argued by SHIRM for
appellant, and submitted. On motion of
SHIRM, leave granted appellant to file brief in thirty days. On motion of
PIXLEY, ten days granted respondent to file brief.
Application of H.J. TILDEN - On motion of L. QUINT,
and after examination in open Court, admitted to practice in open Court.
Application of Henry C. STREET - On motion of T.H.
WILLIAMS, and affidavit of admission in the State of New York, admitted to practice
in this Court. Adjourned
until Monday, March 2d.
EMERALDS FROM CARIBOO - L. EDWARDS, late from Cariboo, exhibits in San Francisco, two large green stones,
which, he says, have proved on test to be emeralds. One weighs four ounces, and
the other five pennyweights.
Having purchased the well known DRUG HOUSE, corner
of J and Sixth streets - late D.W. WHITMORE - formerly Bowman & Whitmore -
we will continue the Drug business in all its branches. We shall keep the
largest assortment of goods and sell at the lowest prices, and by prompt
attention to business hope to secure the former patronage of the House, and
that of the public generally.
Wholesale Druggists and Importers of
Paints and Oils.
Sacramento, January 6, 1863.
Submitted by Betty
Loose betty@unisette.com
Friday, March 6, 1863
METROPOLITAN THEATER - A
full audience, muleted at the rate of a dollar a
head, witnessed the debut, last evening, of the “young and beautiful” Mrs. W.D Fair in the character
of Lady Teazle. Mrs. Fair is very tall, and
somewhat attenuated. She is a blonde, with light auburn hair, and rather comely
features. Her voice is unmusical, and her laugh - very
frequent in the comedy - thin and forced. She had entire confidence in herself,
read rather hurriedly, sometimes with mistaken emphasis, and acted occasionally
- as in the famous quarrel scene - with determined spirit. That the debutante
has some qualifications for the stage is undoubted, but they are not such as to
encourage hopes of her becoming an acceptable leading actress. This evening is
set apart for the benefit of Mrs. Elizabeth SAUNDERS. She presents an
attractive bill, comprising Boncicault’s excellent drama
entitled “The Willow Copse,” a farce, a song and a recitation. Mrs. Saunders
will personate Meg in the drama. Charles POPE has the fine character of Luke
Fielding, being, for this night only, the father of his own wife, who will
appear as Rose Fielding.
THE COSUMNES MURDER - At dark last evening Constable
SAUNDERS, of Lee township, arrived in the city with William PEARCE, who had
been committed to answer to the charge of murder in killing J. Frank WHITE. The
prisoner was lodged in the county jail. The main facts in connection with this
homicide appear to be as follows: A party of six or eight persons had been
engaged in playing cards at Tittle’s blacksmith shop,
at Grimshaw’s ranch. A quarrel occurred among them,
and the party was broken up. One of the company
invited the others to drink, and all accepted the invitation except PEARCE. He
soon started to go home, when a question arose concerning the return of a wagon
seat belonging to one of the company, which a third party had previously placed
on PEARCE’s wagon. PEARCE said he had nothing to do with taking the seat, and
if they wanted it they might go his house and get it, as he should not give
himself any trouble about it. Harsh words and a fight ensued. WHITE and PEARCE
clinched, and some of the witnesses state that the former had hold of the
latter by the hair with one hand and was striking him with the other, when
PEARCE drew a pocket knife and stabbed his antagonist. Another version of the
quarrel is that PEARCE was very abusive, and
challenged WHITE to fight, and as soon as engaged, drew the knife and stabbed
him. The blade entered between the seventh and eighth ribs, about four inches
below the left nipple. After receiving the wound, WHITE said he was stabbed,
called for water, and asked those present to send for a doctor. He died in
about twenty minutes after receiving the wound. Constable SAUNDERS arrived in a
short time, and arrested PEARCE. Justice GRIMSHAW held an inquest over the body, and a verdict was found in accordance with the facts.
PEARCE was taken before Justice KELLY for examination. Justice GRIMSHAW, being
a relative of PEARCE, declined to examine it, and appeared as counsel for the
defense. B.F. HEREFORD appeared as
counsel for the State. The examination was commenced at about six o’clock, on
Wednesday evening, and concluded at about two o’clock yesterday morning. The
Justice held the defendant to answer to the charge of murder, but fixed his
bail at $5000.
POLICE COURT - In the case of George TRACY, examined
several days ago on a charge of grand larceny in stealing a horse belonging to
Patrick BANNON - the case having been taken under advisement - Judge HOLL
yesterday rendered a decision discharging the defendant. Mary McGIRTY and Lizzie O’NEIL, charged with a violation of the
city ordinance concerning houses of ill repute, were
tried by the Court. Mary was found guilty and Elizabeth was discharged. The
charge against H.H. HARTLEY of violating the sidewalk ordinance was dismissed.
LOST CHILD - A lost child,
a girl about four years old, found its way last evening to MIER’s store, at
Sixth and I streets, where it was taken care of and information of the
circumstances sent to the Station House.
SERIOUSLY ILL - W.H. WEEKS, Secretary of State, has been
confined for several days in his rooms at the Union Hotel, and last evening was
considered by his physician, Dr. MORSE, seriously ill.
ARRESTS - W. BAILEY was arrested yesterday by Deputy
Sheriff LANSING, on a charge of an assault on T. CONGER. Joseph JOY was
arrested by officer SHEEK on a charge of petty larceny.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Tuesday, March 10, 1863
Defalcation of J.H. Gass -
A decided sensation was created in the city yesterday by the circulation of a
report that John H. GASS, an attorney of high standing, and an old resident of
Sacramento, had left the city and the State, a defaulter to a considerable
amount in his dealings with various parties with whom he had been connected in
business. He had lived for several years at the corner of Tenth and G streets.
During last week his furniture was sold at auction, and it was generally
understood that he designed to remove to San Francisco. His sister, who had
been keeping house for him, stated, however, to some of her neighbors, that
they were going to remove to Washoe. A few days later, on Tuesday last, she
went to San Francisco, and there told W.M. HARRON that they were going to sail
for Australia, and requested him - he being an old sea captain - to examine the
vessel, the Shawmut, and give his opinion as to her reliability, etc. He
complied with the request, and reported favorably on the vessel. GASS left the
city for San Francisco by Friday’s boat. On Saturday he wrote a note to H.
HARRISON, of the firm of HARRISON & ESTEE, requesting him to take charge of
his library, etc., until his return, without stating definitely when that would
be. Yesterday morning A.J. SHOBE received a note from GASS, through Wells,
Fargo & Co.’s Express, postmarked San Francisco, March 7th
(Saturday). It reads as follows: “Sacramento, March 6, 1863. - Dear Sit: I was
compelled to leave hurriedly for Sinaloa, Mexico, where I will be absent six
weeks or two months, in relation to a mine matter, for certain parties. Upon my return, I will transfer you the land,
and also the interest in the El Dorado copper lead. I have directed my
brother-in-law to indorse to you the Young Winemucca
and Esmeralda stock.” The above facts, taken together, render it altogether
uncertain as to what course the traveling party may have taken. The San
Francisco dispatch to the Bee of yesterday contains the following paragraph:
“Mr. Fred FRANKS and wife leave for Australia to-day and join Joe JEFFERSON and
company.” Mrs. FRANKS is said to be a sister of Mr. GASS. The developments of
yesterday show that GASS was heavily in debt.
Two suits commenced against him - one for $525, and the other for $345.
He had had in his possession mining stocks belonging to A.J. SHOBE, to the
amount of $2,000. SHOBE had purchased from him, but had not yet received the
deed for, two hundred acres of land in Yolo county.
The note above published promises to set the matter right in a few weeks.
Sylvester TRYON purchased, on the 18th of February, from GASS,
certain property at Eleventh and K streets, for which he paid $1,250. The deed
purported to be signed by F. FRANKS, in whose name the title to the property was vested. It
was acknowledged before W.H. BEATTY, Notary Public. The deed was duly recorded,
but it is now believed that the original name in the document was J.H. GASS,
and that that name was erased after leaving BEATTY’s hands, and that of “F. FRANKS” forged in place of the original. In
another instance we were shown a certificate of mining stock, on the back of
which the name of J.H. GASS had been substituted for the original name, which
had been erased. The certificate, purporting to be worth $1,400, was then assigned
to GASS as collateral security for borrowed money. It is reported that Dr.
PEARIS is a sufferer to the amount of $1,000, and a Mrs. GREEN to the extent of
five or six thousand dollars. There are many other reports afloat as to the
financial operations and delinquencies of the defaulting party, which will
doubtless assume a more definite shape in a day or two. GASS has been a
resident of California since 1849 or 1850, and of Sacramento the most of that
time. He has enjoyed the almost universal confidence of the community as a
lawyer and a citizen.
last evening. Present - President and Bidleman, BIDWELL, HILL, MORRILL and
THOMAS. Absentees - COLLINS and
HARTLEY. Petitions from Mrs. McDOWELL and John
G. HYER, for the privilege of sending their respective children to schools not
in their districts, were debated, and a good cause being shown in each case,
the petitions were granted. (The rest of article is cut off).
UPSET - On Sunday evening at half-past seven
o’clock, a small boat containing a party of Mexicans - four men, one woman and
a child - were upset in the Sacramento river, near the foot of N street. The party had been out on a boat ride and were about to land
when the accident happened. One of the men floated under the keel of the vessel
and was nearly drowned. The others were rescued without suffering so severely.
The child floated about a block down stream before
being taken out. Louis, the man who was nearly drowned, was entirely
unconscious when taken ashore, and was restored to consciousness only by the
most vigorous exertions on the part of Dr. CLAPP and his friends, who spent a
half hour or more at work upon him.
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on the bench. The business transacted was
as follows: Thomas FARRAR vs. A.W. BUTLER et al. - On motion of J.P. COUNTS,
attorney for plaintiff, it was ordered that the appeal in said cause be
dismissed for the reason that the appeal papers were not filed with the Clerk
and the fees paid therefor within thirty days after
filing the undertaking on appeal. W.R. ROSE vs. Margaret HARRIGAN. - Motion to dismiss appeal
herein denied, but the appellant is required to file a good and sufficient
appeal bond within ten days, or the appeal to be dismissed.
PROBATE - Estate of Seth BRIGGS, deceased - The
hearing of the application on citation heretofore issued, to show cause why the
administratrix should not file her inventory and
appraisement of said estate, coming on to be heard, ordered that the administratrix have until the 23d instant in which to file
the same. Estate of Mary JOHNSON, deceased - Ordered that the letters
heretofore granted to the Public Administrator be revoked, and that letters be
issued to Archibald BROWN, upon his filing two bonds in the sum of $500 each -
one as administrator and the other for rents and profits.
NOT OVERJOYED - The owner
of Young Tecumseh, J. PEASLEY, informs us that we did him injustice in stating
that he rolled over on the race track from excess of joy on the occasion of the
late triumph of his horse in the contest with Lancet. The facts of the case, he
informs us, are that a number of those who had bet and won money on his horse
made such a congratulatory rush upon as to push him over and roll over on top
of him.
POLICE COURT - There was but little business done in
the Police Court yesterday. In the case of Hugh O’NEIL, charged with assault
and battery on William BROWN, the defendant demanded a trial by jury, and the
case was continued until to-day. In the case of M.T.
CROWELL, charged with assault and battery on P.D. BURBANK, one witness examined
and the case continued until Saturday next.
APPOINTMENTS - Gilbert T. WITHAM - not WILLIAMS, as was
erroneously given yesterday - has been appointed by Governor STANFORD Captain
of Company M of the First California Cavalry. R.C. VOSE has been appointed
First Lieutenant of the same company. Both are residents of this city, and
members of the City Guard.
LEG BROKEN - On Saturday evening last Joseph
SWINDEMAN, who resides on the Georgiana road, six miles south of the city, had
his right leg broken above the ankle, by jumping from his wagon while his
horses were running away. Dr. SIMMONS
was sent for from the city, and set the broken limb.
GOING AGAIN - We understand that Young
Tecumseh, PEASLEY’s horse, will trot in the course of a few weeks against
Garibaldi, and also against Governor Downey. One of
these matches will take place on the first of April.
FOR TRIAL
TO-DAY - The following is the calendar of the District Court for to-day: B.B. FORDYCE vs. C.P. ELLIS et al.; W.G.
ENGLISH vs. B.B. STANSBURY; Nellie E. CLARK vs. Edwin A. CLARK.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily
Bee
SMASH UP - Last
Evening, several persons in buggies were coming in from a hunting excursion in
American township. When approaching the bridge the horses were started on the
run, and the result was that one of the vehicles came in contact with a large
log lying by the side of the road. The occupants of the carriage were thrown
out, and the horse for some time was unable to recover his feet. One of the
hunters lay a long time insensible, and it was thought he was seriously
injured. It was finally ascertained that much damage was done the buggy. The
other carriages took warning from the accident, and avoided the obstacle which
had caused the catastrophe.
THE HORRORS - A
young man, insane from the effect of liquor, was seen last evening standing at
the corner of K and Second streets, and acting in a strange manner. His hands
were grasping at the air, and his eyeballs appeared as if starting from their
sockets. The Lieutenant of police took him to the station house, where he spent
the night. This morning he had so far recovered that his money was returned to
him, and he was allowed to go with the advice to drink no more. He promised
that he would not touch it again.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Tuesday, March 24, 1863
GRAND AND TRIAL JURORS - At eleven o’clock A.M.
yesterday, the following lists of jurors were drawn by the Sheriff, in the
County Court room, according to the provisions of the statute. Thirty names
taken from the tax roll were placed in a hat and sixteen were drawn by lot as
Grand Jurors of the Court os Sessions. Fifty names
were then put in and thirty-six were drawn as Trial Jurors of the Court of
Sessions. Fifty names were then put in and fifty were drawn as Trial Jurors for
the District Court. The following are the names drawn: Grand Jurors - L.B.
HARRIS, A.G. TRYON, John P. RHODES, I.S. VAN WINKLE, J.L. BULENS, J.R. WATSON,
G.W. MOWE, M.H. TERRILL, T.L. ACOCK, A.T. ARROWSMITH, Caleb GOSLING, A.P. SMITH, James WHITCOMB,
W.H.
TAYLOR, James ANTHONY, Robert ALLEN. Trial Jurors of
the Court of Sessions:
Jacob LITTLE, N.B. THAYER, Henry TREICHLER, N.
STEVENS, J.L. CHAMBERLAIN, E. GREER, B.F. HASTINGS, C.H. WATT, A. CRANE, John
CLARKIN, Patrick BANNON, D.H. TAFT, N. SLATER, W.H. STODART, Edgar MILLS, H.M.
LARUE, H.M. HOYT, Bruce B. LEE, H. LOCKWOOD, C. MUNGER, J.M. HYNES, L.C.
EDGERTOON, Daniel FLINT, Frank GRAHAM, John HATCH, John JUDGE, J.L. JULIAN,
C.C. OAKLEY, George C. ZEH, J.L. HARBISON, Daniel HARDY, G.A. HALL, Josiah
JOHNSON, Charles BARTON, George CHADWICK. Trial jurors of the District Court:
E.H. COYLE, Mark HOPKINS, John WINTERS,
George BOEHME, Samuel JELLY, J.R. JOHNSON, W.K. LINDSEY, J.H. VAN TREES, Thomas
SHALOE, Reuben KERCHIVAL, George HACK, John REITH, B.F. WEATHERS, Thaddeus McCONNELL, Levi BLUNT, E.
HICKLIN, D. HOLLISTER, Job MASON, R.L. WHITE,
Abraham MUSIC, F.D. KEENEY, Ed. MASTERSON, Peter WILLIAMSON, Joseph WISE, Owen
INGERSOL, C.P. HENSLEY, W.H. SMART, H. WHITTENBROOK, John WHITTICK, John
HANCOCK. The Grand Jurors will meet on the 6th of April, and the
trial jurors of each Court on the 13th of April.
SENTENCED - In the Court of Sessions, yesterday,
Vincent TORTELL was arraigned for sentence for the crime of assault to do
bodily injury by shooting at Sylvester PEARL, of which offense he was convicted
last week. A motion of his counsel, MOORE and CURTIS, in arrest of judgement and for a new trial, was denied by the Court, and
the defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $400. W.J. HOUSTON, previously
convicted of assault to do bodily injury by shooting at Justice WING, of
Folsom, was sentenced to pay a fine of $150. Michael KOERN, convicted of an
attempt to commit arson by setting fire to the Ebner
House, was asked by the Court what he had to say why sentence should not be
pronounced against him. He responded in an incoherent manner, expressing his
determination to have $100 for every pound of flesh lost by him, and the same
amount of compensation for every wound received by him, while in service at Ebner’s Hotel. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment
in the State Prison. In the case of J. POMME, convicted of burglary, J.W.
COFFROTH made a motion in arrest of judgement and for
a new trial. The motion was based on the following reasons: 1st. The
jury received evidence out of Court other than that resulting from a view, as
provided by law. 2d. Errors of law in the Court in refusing to allow witness
DEAL to testify. The motion was sustained by three affidavits, sworn to by L. HARRIS, A.D. RIGHTMIRE and G.V. DEAN,
respectively alleging that E.P. FIGG had conversed with one of the jurors in
relation to the keys introduced as testimony during the trial. District
Attorney UPTON introduced a counter affidavit from FIGG, stating that he had no
conversation with jurors, except in answer to questions asked by them. The
motion for a new trial was sustained, and the defendant was remanded to the
custody of the Sheriff.
MURDERED BODY FOUND - At about four o’clock
yesterday afternoon a human body
was seen floating in the Sacramento river opposite the
city. It was secured
by
Wm. RAUGHT, who went out for it in a boat. It proved to be the body of a
Chinawoman, who had evidently been barbarously
murdered. The body was
entirely nude, with the exception of a scarf around the
neck. During the
evening, Coroner REEVES held an inquest over the body, A.A.
FLINT, John
QUIN, A.W. JAMISON, J.F. SUYDAM, James B. DOHERTY
and Henry HEORIE acting as
jurors. Two witnesses were examined as follows: “Wm.
RAUGHT, being duly sworn, says: I reside in this city; about four o’clock P.M.
this day I was on the levee between P and Q streets; I thought some one had fallen overboard from the wood barge; I
procured a boat and went out into the river; I then saw the deceased, now
before the jury, floating in the river; there was no clothing on the body, and
no money or other valuables on or about the deceased; I procured a rope and
took the body to shore and made it fast, and sent notice of the fact to the Coroner;
there was a sash made of hair, which was around the waist; I found a gash on
the back part of the head and a bullet hole about one and a half inches above
the right eye; the body is that of a Chinawoman;
should think she had been dead about three weeks.” Charles SUMMERS corroborated
the testimony of the above witness. The jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the body was that of a Chinese woman, name unknown, and had come to her
death by being shot with a pistol or gun, and by receiving other violent wounds
on the head and body, by the hand of parties unknown. The scarf found on the
body can be seen at Coroner REEVES’ room, and may
possible lead to the identification of the body.
DEATH OF HUMPHREY GRIFFITH - During
yesterday forenoon, J.A. TUTT and N.
Greene CURTIS received telegraphic dispatch from J.G. HYER, at San
Francisco, that Humphrey GRIFFITH was lying at the point of death and could not
live many hours and requesting them to go down at once. In response to this
dispatch a delegation of the Masonic order, composed of N. Greene CURTIS, J.A.
TUTT, J.C. GOODS and T. LETSON, left the city for San Francisco by the two
o’clock boat. A short time afterward information was received that GRIFFITH
died at about half-past two o’clock. He was a member of Washington Lodge, No.
20, F. and A.M., to which Lodge he held the position of W.M. We understand that
his remains will be brought to the city by to-day’s boat and will be taken to
Masonic Hall, on J street, there to remain (rest of
article cut off).
POLICE COURT - The following is the Police Court
record of yesterday: The case of M. MURPHY, charged with assault and battery on
G.H. MILLER, was compromised by the parties concerned, and the charge was
dismissed. The case of Tod ROBINSON, charged with
assault and battery on C.L. SCUDDER, was continued until to-morrow,
on account of the absence of a witness for the defense. J.M. BOARDMAN entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of disturbing the peace, and was fined ten dollars.
The case of Edward KELLY and that of John MATTHEWS, charged with disturbance of
the peace, were continued until to-morrow.
ARRESTS - The following arrests were made yesterday:
John DOE, for safe keeping, by Constable RAMSEY; Louis BOLLET, by Chief CLARK,
for exposure of person; Louis SELOFF, by officer CODY, for disturbing the
peace; O. DONNELLY, for assault and
battery, by officer CODY; Michael NOLAN, by special officer DEAL, for safe
keeping.
INSANE - A man named Thomas McGUIRE
made his appearance at the station house last evening, and desired to be
protected form a large number of persons who were, as
he thought, trying to murder him. As he was evidently insane, he was placed in
a cell and locked up. He states that he recently came from Mariposa county.
SUPREME COURT - The
following decisions were yesterday rendered in the Supreme Court in Chambers:
RHODES vs. CRAIG et al - Appeal dismissed.
HOFFMAN vs. San Joaquin county - Judgement affirmed.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY - An
unsuccessful attempt was made several nights ago to enter and rob the house of
C. GRUHLER, on L street, near Seventh. The thieves did not succeed in effecting
en entrance.
PAID IN GREENBACKS - Vincent TORTELL, who was
yesterday morning sentenced in
the Court of Sessions to pay a fine of $400 for an
assault to murder Sylvester PEARL, settled the account in the afternoon by
paying in greenbacks.
REFUSED - In the case of The People vs. B.B.
KERCHIVAL, on a charge of grand larceny, an application was made yesterday by
counsel, for the admission of defendant to bail on his own recognizance, and
refused by the Court.
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Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Saturday, April 4, 1863
Wholesale Exhumation - About
three hundred Chinese coffins, or boxes, containing the exhumed remains of
deceased Chinamen, were yesterday placed on board the schooner Kay Adams, for
transportation to San Francisco, preparatory to shipment to China. The packages
are made of pine lumber, and vary in length from three to seven feet. Some were
made of planed lumber, and others of unplaned. Each
package was marked with Chinese characters - probably the name, age, etc., of
the deceased. A portion of this large shipment was brought to the city by the
cars, and the balance were taken from a Chinese house on I street. The remains,
it is said, were exhumed in various portions of the State, and have been
accumulating for several years past. No shipment of any consequence as to
numbers, of this character, has taken place from Sacramento during the past
three years. The remains of men only are sent back to China, those of women
being deemed unworthy of preservation.
Chinese Funeral - A Chinese funeral took place yesterday, the deceased being
Ah CHEOW, the proprietor of a Chinese boarding house on I street. Before the
funeral took place a first class Chinese lunch, designed only, however, for
hungry spirits, was spread upon a table in front of the house. A roasted pig
formed a prominent feature of the lay out, accompanied by roast chicken and
accompaniments. The remains of the deceased were conveyed to the cemetery by a
hearse, followed by a wagon containing the fare above described and several
Chinese women, who, in the capacity of chief mourners, distributed along the
streets through which they pushed slips of marked paper, the significance of
which we are not enlightened upon.
New Suit - Thomas KIMBALL
commenced suit yesterday in the District Court against William RAUGHT and Amos
WILBUR, for the recovery of a cargo of cordwood. The complaint states that on
the 1st of April, 1862, (probably 1863 is meant), the plaintiff was
the legal owner and in possession of one hundred and five cords of oak wood,
the same being the cargo of the barge Widow, and worth five dollars per cord.
The wood was illegally and wrongfully taken by defendants, and on the 3d of
April, 1863, the restoration of said wood was demanded by plaintiff and refused
by defendants. Plaintiff therefore asks that defendants be ordered and adjudged
to restore said wood to plaintiff or pay the value thereof, $525, with costs of
suit, etc.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Monday, April 6, 1863
Arrested on suspicion - A
suspicious character named Jack HAMILTON was arrested a day or two ago by officer BURKE. He had sold to Dr. SHAUG, for $3, a case of
surgical instruments, which are of much greater value. The case is made of
black morocco, lined with dark velvet. The instruments, although considerable
used, are of excellent quality. HAMILTON also had in his possession when
arrested four door keys, a knife, a bottle of morphine and a copy in a well
written hand of the song ?Dublin Bay.? HAMILTON was arrested several years ago
by officer BURKE on a charge of robbing a man named SHELL, on Ninth street,
between G and H. He was also suspected of stealing the sum of $300 from John
HOUSMAN some time ago. He claims to have become possessed of the surgical
instruments honestly at Alcatraz Island, where he says he was employed as a
hospital steward.
ACCIDENT - On Saturday
forenoon, D. Virgil GATES was singularly and severely injured on K street,
between Second and Third streets. He was riding along the street on horseback,
and encountered a team stretched across the street in front of HARRIS? liquor store. GATES being determined to exercise his right to the right of way through
the street, jumped his horse across the chains in front of the wheel
horses. The animal made a bold leap, but
was so caught by one of the chains as to be thrown heavily, with his rider, to
the ground. Both man and horse appeared at first to be killed, but both
subsequently revived. GATES? nose
was crushed, and his face was otherwise injured. He was removed to the store of
his brother, in the next block, and cared for. He was represented last evening
to be doing well.
THROWN OFF - A boy named
William HAYES, about nine years old, whose avocation is that of driving a span
of goats around town, was yesterday thrown from a horse on Seventh street,
between J and K streets. The horse became frightened and ran some distance down
Seventh street before the boy fell off. In falling he
was kicked or struck in the right leg, but was not seriously injured. The horse
was soon caught, and the boy, with the promise to ?jerk
the bloody mouth off of him? if he didn’t behave
better, remounted and rode off, taking a companion on board as a passenger.
FIRE - At about half-past
five o’clock last evening, the residence of S. VAN PRAAG, on H street, between Sixth and Seventh, caught fire from the
stove pipe. The ceiling of one of the rooms in the house was considerably
burnt, but the flames were extinguished by means of a garden hose and water
conveyed in buckets, before any serious damage was done or a general alarm
given.
CANDIDATES - As the
probabilities of the anticipated municipal election increase the names of the
various candidates for office are talked of. For the position of President of
the Board of Board of Trustees we hear suggested the names of William SHATTUCK,
C.H. SWIFT, Robert BECK, H.O. BEATTY, J.F. MORSE and B.B. REDDING; for Police Judge, S.S. HOLL,
T.W. GILMER, I.S. BROWN and L.S. TAYLOR.
DUSTY - Yesterday afternoon
was one of the most disagreeable on account of dust, which has been experienced
in Sacramento for a long time. For several hours whirlpools of dust rendered it
difficult for pedestrians to walk the streets. Many of our citizens were caught
out of town in buggies and carriages, but they did not as a general thing enjoy
their rides, for the cause above referred to.
CHANGE OF VENUE - In the divorce suit of Mary M. HOLLAND vs. Patrick HOLLAND,
commenced in San Francisco, a motion for a change of venue to Sacramento county,
made by defendant, was granted a few days ago in San Francisco.
DEATHS - There were eight
deaths in the city during last week. Five of the deceased were adults and three
minors. Three were natives of California, and one each of Ohio, Germany, Wales,
Ireland and China.
ARRESTS - John DOE No. 1 was
arrested on Saturday by officer BROWN for assault and battery on Jane HANLEY,
and John DOE No. 2 by officer CODY on a charge of drawing a deadly weapon.
MURDER TRIAL - The second trial of Samuel CARKHUFF, for the murder of his
uncle, S.D. CARKHUFF, is set for to-day in the District Court.
TAKEN TO STOCKTON - Julius
FARMER and Manuel BERGAN, two insane men, were taken to Stockton, on Saturday,
by Deputy Sheriff
GRIFFITH.
TO BE TRIED - JACKSON and
CARR, two men charged with horse stealing, will be taken to Woodland, Yolo
county, this morning for trial.
George LEWIS, a hostler,
died this morning from the effects of a kick from a horse, received last
Thursday. Deceased was a native of Ireland, aged thirty years.
Independent Hook and Ladder
Company housed the truck, recently purchased in Marysville, at midnight. The
firemen partook of a collation. The race
between California Damsel and Fillmore, yesterday, was won by Damsel, in three
heats out of five. Time: 2:40 ? - 2:39
? - 2?42 - 2:45. Eight mining companies incorporated
yesterday, with an aggregate capital stock of $2,120,000.
The divorce case of Mary M.
against Patrick HOLLAND is transferred to Sacramento for trial.
Greenbacks were firm at 67
at the close last evening.
Catherine BRADY was taken
into custody for insanity. Arrive - Ship
White Falcon, 37 days from San Juan de Sur - coal to Roberts.
SUICIDE - Dr. Stephen DE
WOLF committed suicide at his residence in Yreka, lately, by shooting himself
through the head with a pistol, the bullet entering the roof of his mouth. He
had become paralyzed some time ago, which led to his determination to commit
suicide.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Thursday, April 9, 1863
viz: J.B. HARMON, R.C. CLARK, M.M. ESTES, F.W. FULLER,
John McCLINTOCK, G.T.
BROMLEY, J. BOWSTEAD, J.W. WILLIAMS,
F.W. HATCH, E.P. WHITE and J.B. WILSON.
FOR SAN QUENTIN - An Indian named Sam was brought to
the city yesterday, by the Red Bluff boat, in charge of Deputy Sheriff KEEN, of
Shasta. Sam had been convicted of murder in the second degree, in killing a
Chinaman, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State Prison. He was
taken below on the San Francisco boat.
A DOG BITE - A suit for damages was set for trial
yesterday in justice ROBINSON’s Court, in which the plaintiff claimed two
hundred dollars on account of having been bitten by a dog on L street, near
Seventh, owned by defendant. Before going to trial the case was compromised on
payment of twenty dollars and costs.
THE GASS CASE - No decision was rendered yesterday
by Judge HOLL in the Gass
English case, in which the defendant was tried on
Tuesday for forgery and cause taken under advisement. A bond in the TRYON case
was approved yesterday. In the State bond BURNETT case it is said the statue of limitation intervenes.
FROM THE EAST - George BUGBEY, brother to Sheriff
BUGBEY, arrived in the city on Monday, from the East. He was connected with a
Connecticut regiment, and was one of the first of the wounded volunteers of the
war, having received a rifle ball in the left shoulder, in the Vienna affair.
The shoulder was badly shattered, but the arm is still retained.
HEBREW PASSOVER - On the first two days of Passover,
Saturday and Sunday, April 4th and 5th, and the last two
days, Friday and Saturday, April 10th and 11th, there
will be divine service at Graham’s Hall, on Sixth street,
near J, by Rev. Dr. COHEN. Service to commence at 9 o?clock A.M. and 6 o?clock
P.M. each day.
THEIR NAMES - The three prisoners who were taken
through the city on Tuesday by Sheriff HUNTER of El Dorado county, were named
Samuel WARCOX, alias Stuttering Bob, sentenced to three years imprisonment for
robbery; Cosena JUNA, grand larceny - two years; and
Upton T. GASSWAY, robber - two years.
CIVIL SUIT - Joseph BREEN commenced suit yesterday,
in the District Court, against John H. GASS, for the sum of $800, money loaned,
and for the foreclosure of a mortgage given on property in the city as security
for the debt.
BAIL GIVEN - The bond of J.H. GASS in the sum of
$2,000 in the TRYON case was yesterday approved by Judge HOLL. O.D. LAMBARD,
George WARREN, C. SHRADER and Thomas
SHOWLER each go on the bond for the sum of $2,000.
IN TOWN - J. McLEAN, alias
EMERSON, recently pardoned by Governor STANFORD,
on
condition of his leaving the State, was in town yesterday. He designs to
migrate to Nevada Territory.
ARRESTED - V.B. KEENEY was arrested yesterday by officer LESTER, on a charge
of
furious riding.
FOR THE DISTRESSED - The citizens of Detroit have
sent to New York two hundred and four barrels of flour, being the first
installment of their contribution to the Lancashire relief fund.
THE PARROTT GUN MAN - Robert P. PARROTT, the
manufacturer of the celebrated Parrott gun, has paid to the Government, under
the Internal Revenue Law, since September 1, 1862, taxes to the amount of
$17,243.
SALE OF MINING GROUND - Fifty feet of mining ground
in the Overman claim, Gold Hill district, belonging
to the estate of John S. ROBINSON, was sold lately at Virginia City at public
auction. The ground averaged $38.50 per foot.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS - A dispatch to the Bee yesterday
says:
It is rumored that as soon as the boats now building
at Hunter’s and Steamboat Points are finished, some other steamers which have
heretofore figured in opposition lines are to be brought out, and a strong
opposition run on the Sacramento river.
J. GOLDSMITH and H. GOLDSMITH, Sacramento street
merchants, were arrested
last evening, on complaint of Fred. MEYERS,
who charges them with defrauding him by false pretenses.
Thursday, April 9, 1863
CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND
BATTERY - A man named James O’NEIL entered a complaint
yesterday morning, before Judge HOLL, and swore out warrants against Captain
POOLE, _____ MORRISON, _____ QUINN and others, of the steamer Antelope,
charging them with assault and battery. Several of the defendants were arrested
and the hearing of the case was postponed until to-morrow
in order to give defendants time to return from San Francisco. O’NEIL states,
in connection with the affair, that he arrived in the State on the last
steamer, and started from San Francisco with his wife and two children, with no
other money than greenbacks. Of this currency he had about $700, locked up in
his trunk and a $20 bill in his pocket. He alleges that when the fare was
collected he tendered this note for the four passengers, and it was taken, but
he was removed from his cabin, and beaten over the head, because he did not pay
his fare in coin. Yesterday morning he sent the porter of the What Cheer House with his checks for his trunks. The checks
were retained, but the delivery of the trunks was refused until the payment of
his part of the difference between greenbacks and coin, due on his passage up
the river. The papers were yesterday
being drawn for the commencement of a replevin
suit to recover the trunks. Such is O’NEIL’s statement. The other side will, of
course, be developed in the Police Court when the case is examined.
BADLY BEATERN- At about midnight, on Tuesday night, Officer BROWN, while on
K street, near Second, had his attention arrested by the cry of murder. Proceeding down Second street
towards L, he found a man lying on the sidewalk in from of McMAHON’s
Hotel, in an unconscious condition and covered with blood. He proved to be a
Volunteer from Camp Union, named DURKIN. He had evidently been brutally beaten
on the head with a stone or club, or some iron instrument. His wounds had bled
profusely on the sidewalk. Dr. CLAPP afterwards examined him, and pronounced
his skull fractured. The only person present when BROWN arrived was some one connected with the hotel, who stood in the
doorway. He stated that the person who had beaten DURKIN had run around the
corner. BROWN afterward found a man upstairs in the hotel with blood on his
shirt sleeves, but he denied having had anything to do with the affair. DURKIN
was taken to the station house for safe keeping and yesterday morning returned
to Camp. He was too much intoxicated at the time of the occurrence to be able
to shed any light on the subject.
POLICE COURT - John O’MEARA
was arraigned yesterday in the Police Court, on a charge of disturbing the
peace, and entered a plea of guilty. Peter KINSLEY, alias Dublin Jack, was
tried by the Court on a charge of disturbing the peace and found guilty. The
case of Owen HANNAN, charged with refusing to assist an officer in the performance
of his duty, was continued until to-day. John McNABB entered a plea of guilty to a charge of discharging
firearms in the street, and, waiving time, was fined ten dollars. The case of
Morris JACOBS and Louis JACOBS, charged with assault
and battery on B. ISAACSON, and that of
ISAACSON, charge with assault and battery on Louis JACOBS, were continued until
Friday next.
DEATH OF AN OLD SACRAMENTAN
- Information was received in the city yesterday
of the death of David MADDUX,
an old resident of Sacramento. The deceased was County Treasurer for a term of
two years, commencing in 1855. He built, and for several years owned the
building known was Odd Fellows’ Hall, at Third and K streets. He removed to San
Francisco some six or eight months ago, and has resided there since that
period. His remains will arrive in the city by this morning’s boat and will be
buried in the City Cemetery. The members of Washington Lodge, F. and A.M., are
notified to meet at half-past one o’clock P.M. to-day for the purpose of attending
the funeral.
DISTRICT COURT - The case of
Mike BRYTE et al vs. J.C. STILES, occupied the attention of the District
Court during the greater portion of yesterday. The question at issued in the
case is the priority of possession of a quarter section of land in Yolo.
HARTLEY appeared as counsel for plaintiff, and G.R.
MORRE and
CROCKER & ROBINSON for defendants. Some thirteen witnesses is
all were examined, and the case was continued for argument until May 1st.
In the case of E.A. BURR vs. His Creditors, a motion for rule on Sheriff BUGBEY
to pay over money was denied. The Court adjourned until 10 ½ A.M., to-day.
BOILER FOR ESMERALDA - FLOYD
& MOORE of this city have recently completed a
large steam boiler for S.C.
FOGUS, who is about to erect a quartz mill near Aurora, Esmeralda. It is
twenty-three feet long, forty-eight inches in diameter, and has a fire surface
of about five hundred feet. Its capacity is about 45-horse power. It is
constructed with six flues - two of which are twelve inch, and four eight-inch
in diameter. Attached to the main boiler is a steam drum five feet long and
thirty feet in diameter. The entire apparatus will weigh about ten thousand
pounds, and will cost about $1,200.
ON THE WAY - Jerome MADDEN,
formerly County Recorder of this county, who left the State for the purpose of
visiting Europe some sixteen months ago, sailed from New York on the steamer
America, on the 14th of March. It is supposed that the passengers by
that steamer would be detained at Nicaragua on account of difficulties with the
Nicaraguan Government, and that they will be compelled to proceed to Aspinwall in order to reach California.
NEW SUIT - Joseph M. FREY
commenced suit yesterday against Thomas S. FLAKE, in the District Court. The
complaint alleges that on October 1, 1861, defendant, for a valuable
consideration, gave plaintiff a note for $291.25, made payable in six months
from date. Payment has been demanded and refused, and a judgement
is asked for the principal and legal interest since April 1, 1862, the date at
which the note became due.
HONEY LAKE - The Territorial
Enterprise of April 3d has the following:
From J.C. JOHNSTON, the
Honey Lake express man, we learn that the Union Ledge, discovered at
Susanville, some time ago, is opening up in a very satisfactory manner. An
assay made by THEAIL & Co., of a specimen from it gave $1,146.07 to the
ton; $1,105 in gold and $41.00 in silver - which is about enough of the latter
to save it. The ledge crops out for a distance of fifteen hundred feet; it is
from six to ten inches wide on the top, and about two and a half feet wide at
the depth of twenty-five feet below the surface, and is steadily increasing in
thickness.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Thursday, April 16, 1863
The Hardware Case - The
case of W. STODDARD vs. L.L. TREADWELL et al., having occupied the greater
portion of three days, was concluded in the District Court yesterday. The trial
was conducted by Crocker & Robinson, as counsel for plaintiff, and Harmon
& Hartley for defendants. Between one and two years ago, STODDARD sold out
his hardware establishment to TREADWELL & Co., of San Francisco, for a
valuable consideration, accompanied by the condition that he was to be employed
in the store on stipulated terms. For the term of three years, he was to receiver $250 per month. For two years thereafter, he was
to receive $300 per month. A short time after the flood, the contracting
parties disagreed and separated. One question at issue on the trial was,
whether STODDARD broke his contract by leaving, or TREADWELL & Co. theirs
by compelling him to leave. The suit was commenced for the wages of the month
of October, 1862, after STODDARD had left the store, and certain other claims
on account of the original purchase. Forty-five witnesses in all were examined
on the trial. The defense aimed to prove that STODDARD had been negligent and
inefficient in his attention to business, and was therefore not entitled to
pay. The jury returned a verdict for STODDARD of $2,180. The verdict, it is
said, carries with it the wages of STODDARD for the entire term. The aggregate
pay for the first three years would amount to $9,000 and that of the next two
years to $7,200, making a total of $16,200. The case will be carried to the
Supreme Court.
SUPREME COURT - The following decisions and orders
were made and filed in the Supreme Court yesterday: BERREYESA vs. SCHULTZ - On
motion of J.B. HAGGIN,
counsel for appellant, time to file petition for rehearing extended to and
including the 24th instant. BROOKS vs. ROSSE et al. - On
motion of G. Frank SMITH, of counsel for
respondent, and stipulation of parties, ordered that appeal be dismissed. McCARTY vs. WHITE et als. - Judgment reversed, and cause remanded for a new
trial. In the matter of the application of James W. STEPHENSON to be admitted as an attorney and
counselor - On this fifteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred
and sixty -three, appears John B. FELTON, and moves that James W. STEPHENSON,
late of Cambridge, in the State of Massachusetts, now of the city of San
Francisco, of this State, be admitted as an attorney and counselor at law in
all of the Courts; and having produced a license from the Superior Court of the
State of Massachusetts, showing that said STEPHENSON has been admitted as an
attorney and counselor in the highest Courts of said State, it is by the Court
ordered that said James W. STEPHENSON be and he is accordingly admitted as an
attorney and counselor in all the Courts of this State. ROWLEY
ex., etc. vs.
HOWARD et al. - On motion of CATLIN, of counsel, ten days additional time given
to file brief. Heirs of NIETO cs. CARPENTER - Opinion filed.
DISTRICT COURT - The District Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge McKUNE presiding. The trial of the case of W. STODDARD vs. L.L. TREADWELL et al. was resumed and concluded.
After hearing the argument of counsel, the jury retired and returned with a
verdict for plaintiff for $2,180. Judgment was ordered entered in accordance
with the verdict and stay of execution granted for fifteen days. In the case of
J. KLOPFENSTEIN & Brothers vs. J.M. RUSSELL and MOORE, a Jury was impaneled
and the case tried. The original papers being lost or mislaid, copies of
pleadings were substituted by consent, and filing of replication waived.
Defendant was allowed to amend answer. Motion for nonsuit
overruled. Evidence taken and jury retired with instructions to return a sealed
verdict. In the case of E.A. BURR vs. his Creditors, on motion of counsel for
petitioner, leave was granted to file answer to opposition. A jury was
impaneled to try the cause, but before proceeding to take testimony the Court
adjourned until nine o’clock this morning.
POLICE COURT - Lorenzo AUGUILLA, Antonio AUGUILLA,
Maria KENNEDY and John CHINAMAN, alias Sam KENNEDY, were all tried yesterday by
a jury of ten on a charge of disturbing the peace. The jury found the
defendants all guilty as charged. The parties live on Fourth street
between L and M, in adjoining houses, and had a general row among themselves.
The case of James McCURREN, charged with disturbing
the peace, and that of John O?MEARA, on the same
charge, were continued until to-day. John O’MEARA is
also accused of attempting to commit highway robbery, which charge will be
investigated to-day. D. MAXWELL entered a plea of guilty to a charge of
disturbing the peace.
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on the bench. The trial of the case of
TOWN vs. WILSON, commenced on Tuesday, was resumed and concluded, the jury
finding a verdict for defendant. In the case of J. CLARKIN vs. A.B. LUTZ, G.R.
MOORE appeared for plaintiff and CATLIN and FRENCH for defendant. A jury of six
was impaneled to try the cause. A motion for nonsuit,
made on the part of defendant was sustained by the Court, and the suit
dismissed. The Court then adjourned until ten o’clock this morning.
STATE BONDS - But one bid was received on Tuesday by
the State Treasurer for the surrender of State bonds under the Act of 1857.
That was made by I.& S. WORMSER, who offered to take the entire sum
in the Redemption Fund ($109,344.06) at par. The bid
was, of course, accepted, the money paid, and bonds to
that amount surrendered.
INSANE - George H. DAKE, a private in Company B, Captain MOORE, of the third Regiment of Infantry,
was yesterday taken to the station house on account of insanity, and will be
taken to Stockton to-days by Deputy Sheriff LANSING. He has been deranged several weeks.
FAST DAY - This, the 16th of April, is
the day set apart by President Lincoln as a National fast day. So far as we are
advised, no preparation has been made by any of our city churches for its
especial observance.
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Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Friday, April 17, 1863
PASSENGERS FROM
THE EAST - Our correspondent at New York sends us the following list of
passengers, who started for California from New York in the Ocean Queen, March
1st. They will arrive at San Francisco in the Sonora, which is daily
expected.
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Beriah BROWN, and two ch Norman PORTER Lydia SWEETZER W.K.
BARNUM Susan W. BOYD and sister Charles NEWMAN Melina MARIS G.S.
WRIGHT J. ELDRIDGE W.W.G. FIELD E. PERKINS Wm. C.
GOLDBERG and 2 ch. W. BUCOMMON, wf and ch Archelaus HUNT and wife F. SMITH, wife and child A. ALDRICH H.B.W.
SMITH Sarah McDERMOT and sister K. HAAS C.S. KRAFT Miss WOOD H. CRONE J.C. PURRINGTON Mary A.
MAYO W. H. HILDRETH W.E. HOPPING Curtis
BALES and wife G.W. BALES Isabel
BALES G.W. PROTSMAN B. BELLHUMER F.C. KARSJ F.W.
SIMONTON and two brothers Mrs. S.A. PACKARD and 3 ch Mrs. L.J. POTTLE G. MONCHLAVELLO,
wife and sister F. KOKEAS and wife Miss ADLER N.P.
CARPENTER Alonzo COFFIN Mrs. H.N. WILSON and 2 ch Asa M. CRONER B.F. LOGAN Thomas MACKAY
and wife H. MELROSE |
W.S.
PIERCE Sarah SAWYER Rose SAWYER Ann SAWYER Martin SAWYER Maria WITHAM and child F.N.
HOPPING J.T. BURROWS C. BLOOMFIELD Mrs. C.H.
WILLIAMS and ch Miss J. WILLIAMS A. LeFONTAINE H. LEVY Oliver SANDER Miss Carrie PRICE Miss S.E. THURSTON Mrs. Moses QUIMBY Mrs. SIMON and 5 children Martha S. WARREN Levi BROADSWOOD and wife Wm. HEWLETT Mrs. M. KNOWLES and 4 ch Fredk. WAKEFIELD Maria F. MITCHELL Madalina SPATZ Sarah
MORGAN E.F.
MORTON J.T. JONES
and 3 children A.
HENDERSON E.
MONTGOMERY Kate CURRY A. HUBBS Ira
CLINTON Mary C.
FLETCHER J.
VERMELIYN E. DELONG J.H. HAMLIN J.W. COFFIN Alfos WORCESTER A.P. OATES P. BECKER
and wife P. WHITCOMB and wife Mona LEVY Sarah
LEVY |
E. WALLE, wf and 2 child?n Harriet FROST Margaret BAUER Lucy CONROY S.L.
BRADBURY Julia JONES E. SHEPARD and 2 children Mrs. W.B. CORLISS and
daughter Sarah J. LEWIS Mrs. J.L. SHERMAN and ch. Amy CULVER Helen A. FLINT J. CHEW William
CHEW G. SNAPP R. HACKETT R.D. GRAY H. WATERS and wife E. BUTLER Sarah E. STILES C. HOPPING William
STROUT Mrs.
SMITH, daughter and five children A. LUMSDEU J. BUNORCOYE and wife H.W. and
W.C. CORBYN Julia
RENVILLE H.
ZUFFRINER John
SARGENT H.B. WARD P.
CAVANAGH D. THOUX
and child Amelia LAPOINT James SHEISS and wife F. SICKLE, wife
and 5 ch. George POWERS J.B.
BURNES H.L. HOGGAN A.M. GILMORE T.A. PORTER F.J. SAYRE
and wife T. LEWIS J.W. DYER F. FROST C.W. DODGE A.B.
BOYNTON |
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Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
Thursday, April 23, 1863
POLICE COURT - J. HAMILTON,
who had previously entered a plea of guilty to a charge of petit larceny in
stealing furniture, was yesterday sentenced by Judge HOLL to six months in the
chain gang. Nicholas FECK, examined on Tuesday on a charge of attempting to
commit robbery, was discharged, two or three witnesses having been examined as
to his good character. John COFFEE was tried by the Court on a charge of
disturbing the peace, and found guilty. The case of Hong SING, charged with
assault and battery, was continued until Saturday. Charles HOFFMAN, alias Dutch
Charley, was tried by a jury of three on a charge of petit larceny, in
connection with HAMILTON, in stealing furniture, and acquitted. The case of
Thomas McGEE, charged with disturbing the peace, was continued until
to-day. Eli R. HUBBARD was tried by the Court on a
charge of disturbing the peace and found guilty. The case of James CAMPBELL,
charged with swindling Michael HAWES out of $40, was partially examined and
continued until to-day. HAWES testified to the fact
of his having advanced $40 to CAMPBELL on board the San Francisco steamer and
received a galvanized watch as security, substantially as narrated in our
columns yesterday.
SERIOUS STABBING AFFAIR - An
affray took place at about four o’clock yesterday afternoon, between a white man named William KELLY and a
colored man named Joseph SHEAFF, in which KELLY was seriously and SHEAFF
dangerously wounded. They live near each other on the alley between Fourth and
Fifth and L and M streets. KELLY drove on to SHEAFF?s
lot with a load of wood, in order to throw it into his own yard. SHEAFF
objected, and ordered him to drive off again. KELLY refused and a fight ensued.
KELLY struck SHEAFF in the mouth with his knife, cutting the root of the tongue in such a
manner as to cause excessive bleeding. KELLY received two or three gashes on
the left shoulder. He was removed to his own house close at hand. SHEAFF
started off and walked to Dr. SIMMONS’ office, where he received attention. It
is supposed that SHEAFF cannot recover.
yesterday afternoon. Present - Newton BOOTH, G.R. MOORE, John ARNOLD, J.G.
PHELAN and F.W.
HATCH. Ex-Governor BIGLER was added to the Committee as
President,
Newton BOOTH chosen Treasurer, and F.W. HATCH Secretary. A Committee, consisting of
BOOTH/MOORE and HATCH was appointed to draft resolutions and report at a
meeting to be called by the President of the Committee.
PROBATE - In the matter of
the estate of F. MUHLENFELS, deceased, a petition was yesterday filed praying
for the sale of personal property; set for hearing May 4, 1863. Estate of N.I. UNDERWOOD, deceased - Petition of J.M. MILIKEN filed, praying for letters of
administration upon said estate; set for hearing May 4th. Estate of
J.C. FAULDER, deceased - Petition for sale of personal property filed; set for
hearing May 4th.
ARRESTS - John BROWN was
arrested yesterday by Officer McGREW for assault and
battery on John ALDRICH and John ALDRICH by the same officer for disturbing the
peace. Charles SWARTZ was also arrested by Officer McGREW
for assault and battery on John BROWN.
FUNERAL - The funeral of
Lieutenant BOLLES, late of the United States Army, took place yesterday, and
was largely attended by the soldiers of Camp Union.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Monday, April 27, 1863
New Brooms Sweep Clean.
We have a new chief of
Police, who is making himself particularly demonstrative, in the style affected
by new officials. He has rescued the Sunday law from his depths of its
obscurity, and proposes to inflict its penalties on all who are rash enough to
transgress it. Last Sunday evening he pounced upon a score or so of offending victualers, who had violated the majesty of the law by
opening their places at five o’clock Sunday Evening. They were dragged before the Police Court on
Monday and fined. This is a very small proceeding indeed - a large city with
the customs of a small village being an anomaly not often witnesses in the
nineteenth century.
PASSENGERS FROM
THE EAST. - Our correspondent at New York has forwarded by
Overland Mail the following
list of passengers, who left New York April 1st, in the North Star
for Aspinwall. They will arrive in San Francisco on The Constitution, which is hourly expected:
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J.N.
PLUMB and wife Ellen
FOGLE Miss
LYNCH J.H. EDWARDS Orrin B.
FOGLE Jas. H.
GOODWIN J.B.
FRISBIE and mother D.
SAUNDERS, wife and son Mrs.
MILLS T.G. CARY J.H. PATRICK B.F.
HARDING W.H.
BARINHAUT A.A.
SARGENT, w. and 3 ch W.B. AUSTIN W.G.
PEABODY, w and ch C.H.
SMITH and wife G.K. SHIEL J.H. HATCH Mrs.
DESSMANY and 2 ch’n T.
ROBERTSON, wife and 2 ch J.A. MORISON F.F.
LOW, wife and child F.J. ALEXANDER Mrs.
E.M. CHAPMAN & son G.A. BALL Lucy
BALDWIN and sister Ella BALL Miss McDONOUGH W.M. WHITE E.
WOODWARD H.S.
LEWIS C.T.
HOLLER Mrs.
MORRIS J. BELL
and wife Mrs. McDOUGALL Miss A.E.
BALL G. ABADIE
and O.B. BAGLEY W.H.
WALLACE and wife W.W. WALLACE H.J. HALL Col.
C. LEE Lieut.
GRIMES Mary Ann SHIELDS and child Mary
TULLY J.
ROSENFELD and brother J.W. COLWELL Jos.
COLWELL Mrs. J.
MAKENZIE and 3 ch Mrs. H.R.
CLARK and 8 ch Kate
CURTIS Mrs.
Mills and 2 children A.
WRIGHT, wife and child J. MORAN M.V.
BAUK, wife and 2 ch Hattie B.
HALL J. HAYES
and wife Sarah
MORGAN J. PARKER Rachel
BAXTER A. CLEMENT W.A. COOPER C.C. REDINGTON J. PETERS E.
BURNHAM |
W.W.
LEVERING J.D.
SCHEIER A.H.
WETHERSPOON Lizzie
CARRUTHERS D.
HICKMAN, sister and 3 ch A.
THOMPSON J.
DONOVAN Teresa SARSFIELD D. WARREN
and wife F.C.
DICKINSON J.A.
DICKINSON Kate
FIELDS Madame
HERO O.P.
HAZARD S.P SHADE C.J.
CREASY, wife and ch J.
WENTEMUTE, wife and ch A.W.
FOWLER S.G.
PLASS T.
WILLIAMS F.R.
HOGEBOOM O.C.
MUNDELL Mrs.
ARGALL K. BALL Amanda
ALBRO F. FREEMAN
and wife A. LYALL H. POPE M.
HASTINGS T.F.
HAYWOOD J. PAGE W. PADAY D. YOUNG Miss K.V.
DARLING Mrs. McKENZIE and 2 ch’n John
OWENS and wife D.W.
CUTTS Maria McKAY and 2 d’ters Eliza
PURDY Mrs. H.C.
CLAPP and child Nathan
CURRY S. VAN
HEUSSEN Mrs. COON
and 3 children Hattie B.
HALL C.W.
PEGG, wife and child J. DeCRACKE R.C.
WOODWORTH T.B.
VALENTINE A.B.
LINDSEY W.H.L.
BARNES, w and ch Miss L.
WOODRUFF J.A. HURD J.Z.
JOHNSON, wife and ch Mrs.
MACOX Fanny McNIEL Elizabeth
DOTTEN Nancy F.
HART A.D. NUDD Henry
GILMAN A.B.
MOZZELL C.S.
BROWN W.T. HALE Susan T.
TREVOTT Mrs. B.F.
GOODWIN Wm. E.
FRISBY |
J.J.
ROCSALE E. BARRON
and S.F. WATT E.
MIJARES W.E.
BARRON J. BARRON A.C.
PEACHY Miss McCAUSLAND S.
LACKLING C.C.HOLLAND,
Hannah
HOLLAND and child T.
PARROTT C.D.
GAVIN C.
GREENLAND A.F.
PATRICK J.W.
PENOYER J. DUNN T. DUNN H.B.
MARSH Sarah A.
MARSH J.J.
THORNTON S. DEAN Annie
DALLEY William McGEE, wife and ch O. HOWES A.B. REED J.P.
WELSH Catharine
S. BROWN Mrs. W.
LOWE and child Mrs. A.B.
REED and child M. BESSEE H. PERRY
and wife S.
WILLIAMS Otis
JACKSON E.R.
POTTER J.H.
WALLACE and wife Amanda
CRARY Annie
MADDON W.H.
CRARY B.M.
ATCHINSON Rene
JOUSSE R. WARREN H.
MARKSON Mary VON
DOREN and 2 d’ters Harriet
STEVENS A.
MICHAELSON Ann BATY S.B. SHORT,
daughter and ch H.
MENDER, wife and 2 ch Mary E.
DANT J.P. McQUADE Mrs. De
MARGAUD Louise
CUCUER W.A.
CAMPBELL, w and ch J.S.
EVANS, wife and 2 ch J.C.
DURANT T. PAIGE H.W.
PERCIVAL Miss M.D.
BUNKER Owen
TIERMAN Mrs.
VINCENT and sister S.F.
AMBLER Frank
PARENT Mrs.
MONTAUGE and child and about 500 in steerage. |
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD - The
grading of the track of the Pacific Railroad is now finished from the American
river to and including Section 11, the culverts, bridges, etc., being complete.
This gives a distance of seven miles which is now ready for the ties and rails.
The eastern seven miles under contract are in a state of forwardness, and will soon
be finished. All the brick used for
culverts on the road, so far, have been hauled out from the city, some of them
a distance of fifteen miles. Preparations were made for burning brick on the
line of the road, but the rains have interfered with efforts made towards that
object. It is still the design of the contractors to burn the brick to be used
hereafter on the work. On Saturday, C. CADWALADER, engineer, was engaged in
locating the line of the road north of the slough. It will leave Sixth street
at the junction of that street with the alley between D and E, and, advancing
towards the Sacramento river, will approach the Water Works building, with the
necessary curve, passing on either the east or west side of that building, as
policy may determine.
MEETING THE FOE - At five o’clock yesterday afternoon, a man named KEARNEY
drew together a large crowd, at
the corner of Fourth and K streets, by his noisy and boisterous conduct. He was
quite drunk and exceedingly brave. He wanted to pound any man in the crowd, and
was not particular as to weight or size. He gathered up cobble stones on the
street and threw them around promiscuously, injuring no one, however, thereby.
He then laid down in the middle of the street, as
though to rest himself after his severe exertions. In this position he happened to spy officers
BURKE and MARTZ bearing down under full sail, when his anxiety to encounter an
enemy oozed out so suddenly that he jumped up and ran down K street at the top
of his speed, drawing a hearty laugh from an appreciative crowd. He soon
tripped and fell, and was quietly escorted to the station house.
POLICE COURT - In the Police
Court on Saturday, the following business was disposed of: the case of Thomas
FARRELL, who had
previously pleaded to a charge of disturbing the peace, Judge HOLL sentenced
the defendant to pay a fine of $12.50. In the case of James NOLAN and Joseph
ROSS, charged with grand larceny, NOLAN was discharged and the examination as
to ROSS was continued until Monday, May 4th. In the case of William
WILSON, charged with assault to murder, in shooting Edward DENUE, the
examination was continued until May 5th. Han Sing was tried by the
Court on a charge of assault and battery on M.T. HALE, and found guilty.
ARRESTS - The
following arrests were made Saturday and yesterday: James
NOLAN, by officer BROWN, on
a charge of receiving stolen goods. M.T. HALE,
by officer McGREW,
for assault and battery on Han Sing. Han Sing, by officer
McGREW, for assault and battery on M.T. HALE. Charles MILLER and James
MALCOLM, by CLARK, BROWN and
CODY, for the larceny of a meerschaum, the
property of W. DOOLEY. T. LAFONT, by
J.W. TAYLOR, for disturbing the peace.
John McGRATH,
by D. O’NEIL, for disturbing the perace. Bernard ROSAIN, by D.O’NEIL, for being drunk and sleeping on the
sidewalk. Patrick KEARNEY, by BURKE and MARTZ, for disturbing the peace.
ATTEMPT TO KILL - On Friday
afternoon, at about five o’clock, one of the brothers of W. KELLY, who recently
died from a wound inflicted by Joseph SHEAFF, visited the hospital for the
purpose of killing SHEAFF, who had been removed to that establishment for safe
keeping and medical treatment. He was prevented from accomplishing his object
by the wife of SHEAFF, who drew a pistol, and some of the patients at (rest of
article cut off).
FOR TRIAL TO-DAY - The
following is the list of cases set for trial in the District Court to-day: O.C.
LEWIS vs. Wesley MYERS et al.; Mary J.A.
FLEMMING vs. James ROWAN;
John W. SHARP vs. J.A. ANKENY et al.; Thomas ROSS
vs. W. DETERDING; L.A. BOOTH
& Co. vs. KEYS, CHESLEY & Co.
SINGULAR - On Saturday,
morning at five o’clock a pistol was fired at the house of P. McMANUS on G street, between Tenth
and Eleventh, the bullet passing through the weather-boarding and lodging on
the floor. A somewhat similar occurrence took place at the same house three
weeks ago - cause unknown.
NEW BUILDINGS - W.F. KNOX
will to-day commence the work of putting up four brick dwelling houses for L.
FARMER, on the north side of I street, between Tenth and Eleventh. They will be
each twenty feet front, forty feet deep, and will be one story and a basement
high.
FIRE ALARM - At ten o’clock
yesterday forenoon an alarm of fire was caused by the roof of Steamboat
Exchange, on K street, below Second, catching fire
from an adjoining stove pipe. Water was obtained and applied before any injury
of consequence was done.
INQUEST - The report of the
inquest held by Justice KELLY over the body of Philip ROWE, who was drowned on
the 19th instant near the Cosumnes, was
brought to the city on Saturday, to be filed according to law.
ANOTHER BENEFIT - Mrs. W.D.
FAIR, a recent accession to the stage, will have a benefit this evening at the
Metropolitan Theater. She will appear as Pauline in Bulwer’s ‘Lady of Lyons.’
MORE COOPER - Shipments of
copper ore from the Newton lode, Ione Valley, continue to arrive at the levee
daily by railroad and to leave occasionally per schooner for San Francisco.
DEATHS - Six deaths occurred
in the city during last week. Three of the deceased were adults and three
minors. Three were born in California, one in Ohio, one in Ireland and one in
China.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, May 1, 1863
PRIMARY ELECTION - The Union primary election for
delegates to the City Convention took place yesterday afternoon, the polls
opening at four o?clock P.M. and closing at six
o’clock. The most, but not all, of the candidates placed in nomination on
Thursday evening at Stanford Hall were elected. In the First Ward an opposition
ticket was brought out, containing two of the original and three new names, and
was elected. In the Second Ward, three different tickets were run, in the Third
three, and in the Fourth but one.
With the exception of the Second Ward poll, good
order prevailed; there one or two fights occurred. The delegates elected and
the number of votes received by each are as follows: First Ward - A.J. RHOADES,
157; J.F. MORSE, 170; J.W. BIDERMAN, 162; James H. MOORE, 156; William SIDDONS,
155. Second Ward - B.B. REDDING, 122; Andrew BLACK, 129, Wyman McMITCHELL, 143; William
B. HUNT, 204; John G. HYER, 129; Third Ward - C.
WEIL, 244; H. CRONKITE, 194; M. McMANUS, Sr., 194;
W.C. HOPPING, 193; Sylvester TRYON, 193; E.R.
HAMILTON, 177; M. E. GELSTON, 193; J. McCLEARY, 210; Enoch JACOBS, 194.
Fourth Ward - H.T. HOLMES, 124; Philip SCHELL, 119;
William TURTON, 123;
William HENDRIE, 119, Daniel HARDY, 119. In addition
to the above named candidates, who were elected, the following named candidates
received the number of votes opposite their names: First Ward - Henry
TREICHLER, 11; G.W. CHESLEY, 16; D.W. EARL, 12; D. BUSH, 3; W.B. CARR, 1; A.J.
SENATZ, 12; scattering, 5. Second Ward - Mark HOPKINS, 121; D. McLAUGHLIN, 96; H. KELLY, 95; A.C. BIDWELL, 94; Henry
MILLER, 38; D.S. HAYDEN, 56; G.A. YOUNG, 40; John DOMINGOS, 32; C. EBNER, 20;
H. SMITH, 21; S.E. HEDRICK, 4; SMITH, 2; SIDDONS, 1. Third Ward - M. McMANUS, 34; M. STANFELDT, 36; L. GEARGOL, 34; William
DOYLE, 34; John BOCK, 38; M.P. SEAMAN,35; W.A. ACKLEY, 36; J.B. KOLES, 34; W.C.
LYNDE, 18; J. KLOPENSTINE, 17; T.J. MILLIKEN, 17; T. WILKINSON, 16; E. KIMBLE,
9; F. SMITH, 1. In the Fourth Ward there were no scattering votes cast. The
whole number of votes cast in the First Ward was 187; in the Second 269; in the
Third, 247; in the Fourth, 124. Total vote of the city, 827.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT - At about
half past nine o’clock yesterday morning, William HODGE attempted to drive the
four horses which ran away on Tuesday last with Frederick COOK and W. GILPIN,
killing the former, and met with a similar catastrophe, so far as the action of
the horses was concerned. Accompanied by
a friend, HODGE left the Pacific Stables and started down Second street. The horses soon manifested a disposition to run, but
the driver for a time kept control of them. Below N street their speed
increased and the man who was with HODGE jumped out and lit upon the ground
without injuring himself. Near O street HODGE was
thrown out, and it is supposed that his left foot must have caught between the
spokes of the wheel as he passed over the side of the wagon. This foot was
almost broken off at the ankle. It was dislocated and turned up on the inside
to a right angle with the leg. The main bone of the foot was so badly fractured
that it had to be removed, coming out in three separate pieces. HODGE was taken
to the Orleans Hotel, where Drs. SIMMONS, MONTGOMERY and CLAPP performed the
operation above referred to. It is feared that the amputation of the entire
foot may become necessary. HODGE was at Folsom when the former accident
occurred. He is an experienced driver, and was awaiting the arrival of COOK and
GILPIN, with the expectation of driving the team across the mountains. He came
down and took charge of the horses with a view of taking them to Folsom and
then to Salt Lake. The horses were subsequently stopped on Q street,
having themselves sustained no injury.
A FEARFUL RIDE - At about five o’clock last evening
two ladies, Miss BISHOP and Miss SHAW, ran a very narrow risk of losing their
lives, by a fearful buggy ride. They had just taken their seats in the vehicle,
near Eighth and I streets, when the horse started, leaving behind the gentleman
who was going to drive and the lines dragging on the ground so that they had no
means of checking his progress. He ran down Eighth to K, and down K to Paine?s stable, where he had been
hired. The ladies kept their seats, but as they passed Eighth and J streets
manifested by their exclamations their appreciation of their perilous position.
As the horse passed SMITH?s stable on K street a man named HAMBURGH ran out and
attempted to stop him; he failed in his object, and was knocked down and
seriously injured in the left shoulder. On reaching Paine?s
stable the horse wheeled on to the sidewalk and came to a halt, without any
other injury than that of slight damage to one of the wheels of the buggy. The
gentleman who had charge of the horse was in the act of getting into the buggy
when the horse started. On drawing up the lines, one only took effect, and he
drew the horse so far around as to cause danger of upsetting the buggy. In
releasing his hold the horse got away from him.
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of David E.
WADE, deceased, the petition of James BANDY was yesterday filed, praying for
letters of administration upon the estate. Set for hearing on May 11th.
Due notice ordered to be given. Estate of C.S. HOWELL, deceased. Petition for
distribution filed and set for hearing on the 1st day of June. Due
notice ordered to be given.
NOT FOUND - The saddle and bridle belonging at
Paine’s stable, and taken away by Wm. QUIN, who hired a horse to ride to the
country on Monday, were not found with the horse, nor have they since been
heard from by the owners. The horse,
when found, was running loose near Poverty Ridge. The saddle, bridle and rider
are still missing.
ARRESTS - Caroline WRIGHT was arrested yesterday by
Lieutenant CHAMBERLAIN for contempt of Court. D. McLAUGHLIN
was also arrested by Lieutenant CHAMBERLAIN on a charge of assault to murder
Andrew BLACK. Also, Owen KERNON, by Officer SHEEK, for petty
larceny of two cushions, the property of E. GRANGER.
DISTRICT COURT - The District Court met yesterday
pursuant to adjournment, Judge McKUNE on the bench. The case of J.A. WILLIAMS, guardian, etc., vs. Park JOHNSON et al., was tried, argued and
taken under advisement. The Court will meet again at 10 ½ o’clock this morning.
TAKEN TO SAN FRANCISCO - The remains of Frederick
COOK, who died on Wednesday from injuries received in being thrown out of a
wagon, were sent to San Francisco by yesterday?s boat, preparatory to transmission to the East.
SUCCESSFUL - The efforts of A.R. JACKSON, SCOTT,
SHUNK and other ranchmen, to stop the water from running from the Sacramento river into the Gosling slough, proved successful. The spot
is now considered safe unless the river rises several feet above the present
mark.
Friday, May 1, 1863
BOARD OF EDUCATION - An adjourned meeting of the
Board of Education was held last evening, at the office of the Secretary.
Present - A full bench. Teachers were
elected for the various schools of the city for the ensuing term as follows:
High School - R.K. MARRINER, Principal; Miss E.R. SPAULDING, Assistant. Grammar School No. 1 - M.L.
TEMPLETON, Principal; Miss E. MACMILLAN, First Assistant; Miss MICHENER, Second
Assistant. Intermediate
No. 1 - Miss Jennie KERCHIVAL. Intermediate No. 2 -
Miss Mary STINCEN. Primary No. 1 - Miss Kate COLLINS.
Primary No. 2 - Miss ORR. Primary No. 3 - Mrs. WOLF.
Primary No. 4 - Miss HOWE. Primary
No. 5 - Miss OSBORN. Primary No. 6 - Miss Florence
CHAMBERLAIN. Colored school - Mrs. FOLGER. The
selection of assistant teachers is deferred to the Principals, the Board
reserving the right to confirm or reject, as may be deemed advisable. On motion
of Supervisor BIDWELL, Miss Ella BURKE was granted a diploma of the High
School.
FIGHT - A collision took place yesterday afternoon
at the Second Ward poll on Fourth street, between
Andrew BLACK and D. McLAUGHLIN. BLACK had been named
on the ticket prepared on Wednesday evening as a candidate for the position of
delegate from the Second Ward. Another ticket was brought out with BLACK’s name
omitted and McLAUGHLIN’s substituted. This
circumstance led to an altercation in which McLAUGHLIN
knocked BLACK down and obtained his pistol from him, with which he struck him
over the head. The pistol blow inflicted a severe gash on the forehead, which
afterward received the attention of Doctors SIMMONS and FREY. McLAUGHLIN was afterward arrested, and the case will
probably be investigated in
the Police Court. Another disturbance took place a short time
previous to the one narrated, in which Dublin Tricks (alias) was beaten
considerably about the face.
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on the bench. In the case of Thomas MOOR
vs. His Creditors, a decree of discharge was ordered entered,
and certain property set apart as being exempt from execution. BRAGG vs.
ELLIOTT - Motion for striking out answer and for judgment continued. A.P. SMITH
vs. His Creditors - Ordered that the trial of this cause be continued until May
14th, and that the insolvent herin do
appear before John S. BARRETT, a referee, to answer all questions which may be
propounded to him touching his affairs, on receiving three days prior notice of
the aforesaid examination. In the last named case, John RUSSEL and W.W. LIGHT,
creditors, appear in opposition to the application of the petitioner.
POLICE COURT - Frank ASHENAUR was tried yesterday by
the Court on a charge of assault and battery on August MONTANE, and found
guilty. P. CALLAGHAN was tried on a charge of disturbing the peace and found
guilty. Mary McCARTHY was tried and acquitted on a charge of petty
larceny, in defrauding Alex. BOUCHER of
$19.50 - refusing to give him that amount of change; BOUCHER was intoxicated at
the time the swindle was alleged to have taken place, and his statements were
somewhat inconsistent. Caroline WRIGHT - a witness on Wednesday in the case of
MILLER and MALCOLM, charged with petty larceny - was
yesterday sentenced to twenty-four hours imprisonment for contempt of Court;
the contempt consisted of tearing up and destroying a subpena
which had been issued by the Court.
INSANITY - Philip WEBBER was taken to the station
house yesterday by officer CHILDS on account of insanity. He was discovered on
I street, between Second and Third streets. From papers found in his
possession, it appears that he had served as a soldier seven years in Germany
and two years in Company E, Captain THAYER, Fifth Regiment, California
Volunteers. He was recently discharged from this company at Camp Drum for
physical disability. Officer GAY last evening arrested Julius FARMER at the
Metropolitan, for safe keeping, his gestures and actions clearly indicating
insanity. FARMER was sent to Stockton some two months ago, and was recently
released, apparently cured.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Saturday, May 2, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
INCORPORATED - The certificates of incorporation of
the Occidental Gold and Silver Mining Company was filed yesterday in the
Clerk’s office. The object of the Company is to work their claim in the
Occidental Lodge, at Rhodes Diggings, in Sacramento county.
The capital stock of the Company is $300,000, in 3,000 shares of $100 each. The
business office of the Company will be located at Folsom. W.W. DRESSER, Bernard
MITCHELL and Thomas HIGGINS
will serve as Trustees during the next three months. The
certificate of incorporation of the El Dorado Excelsior Gold, Siler and Copper
Mining Company was also filed. The lode of the Company is located in
Centerville district, El Dorado county. The capital
stock of the Company is $625,000, in 6,250 shares of $100 each. The business
office of the Company will be located in Folsom. The Trustees of the Company
for the first three months are W.O. ST. JOHN, D.H. HOGINS, and L. STEIN.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD - C. CADWALADER, engineer, has
been engaged during the past two days in measuring and examining the graded
portion of the Central Pacific Railroad, north of the American river. Some
eight miles of the road, running from the river, are now complete, with the
exception of the construction of two or three culverts. The track is fourteen
feet wide on top, and is a well finished piece of work. The embankment in a few
places, within the limit named, is about eight feet high, and some of the cuts
are five or six feet deep. J. COFFEE, sub-contractor, is at work with a gang of
hands at a cut rather deeper than any yet finished, about twelve miles from
Front street. In five or six weeks the entire section
between the American river and the Central Railroad, fourteen miles in length,
will be finished and ready for the ties and rails.
CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE - A
City Central Union Committee was appointed by the Convention yesterday
afternoon, composed of the following named members:
J.G. HYER, W.B. HUNT, B.B. REDDING, A.J. RHOADES,
W.S. SIDDONS, J.F. MORSE, W.C. HOPPING, C. WEIL, M.E. GELSTON, Daniel HARDY, W.
TURTON and W. HENDRIE.
The Committee met after the adjournment of the
Convention, and organized by the selection of W.B. HUNT as Chairman and M.E.
GELSTON as Secretary. A committee on Finance was appointed, composed of MORSE,
HYER, GELSTON, HARDY and HUNT. The Committee then adjourned to meet at the call
of the Chairman.
CITY TICKET - The Union City Convention met
yesterday at the Sacramento Theater and nominated the following candidates for
the various municipal offices to be filled at the election on Tuesday next:
President of the Board of Trustees - C.H. SWIFT. Second Trustee
- H.T. HOLMES. Third Trustee - Josiah JOHNSON. Auditor - B. PEARL. Assessor - J.E. SMITH.
Collector - Samuel SMITH. Police Judge - S.S. HOLL. Supervisor of the First District - A.C. BIDWELL. Supervisor of the Second District - Thomas ROSS. A full report
of the proceedings of the Convention will be found in another column.
POLICE COURT - Owen ROMAN was yesterday tried by the
Court on a charge of petit larceny in stealing two cushions, and found guilty.
In the case of Frank ASHENAUR, who was convicted on Thursday on a charge of
assault and battery on A. MONTANE, a motion for a new trial was overruled, and
the defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or be imprisoned 12 ½
days. The case of D. McLAUGHLIN,
charged with an assault to murder Andrew BLACK, was continued for examination
until Monday next, on account of the inability of the prosecuting witness to be
present.
INSANE - A man named Connor CHISHOLM was taken in
custody yesterday by special officer DAKE, and confined in the station house on
account of insanity. The officer found him near Eleventh and J streets, talking
and acting in an insane manner. The two insane men - Julius FARMER and Philip
WEBBER - who was arrested on Thursday, are still at the station house. They
have been visited by the examining physicians, and will doubtless be sent back
to Stockton.
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Wednesday, May 6, 1863
SAN FRANCISCO - A dispatch to the Bee yesterday has
the following:
In the Twelfth District Court, Susan B. BEAN was
divorced from John J. BEAN, and Sarah W. BONNEY from Alpha BONNEY. A clipper ship was reported ashore last
evening at eight o’clock, near Point Bonita. No further particulars had reached
us up to a late hour. In the United
States District Court, yesterday, Judge HOFFMAN rendered an opinion,
instructing the Surveyor General in regard to the survey of the Sutter ranch [referred
to in the Union]. It has been found that under the former instruction the
rancho would contain far more than the limited amount of eleven leagues. Judge
HOFFMAN orders, therefore, that the tracts known as Nos. 7 and 13, containing
1,392 and 1,767 acres respectively, shall be excluded from the survey, and all
the tule land from tracts Nos. 6 and 9, and about
3,500 acres, are to be left in the Hock Farm tract. So that
this will leave some persons who bought from Sutter out in the cold. The
Hock Farm is of older date than the purchasers excluded, and the purchasers
bought on speculation, supposing that Sutter was entitled to twenty
leagues. Greenbacks,
65@67.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Thursday, May 7, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
POLICE COURT - The trial of John HOOD on a charge of
disturbing the peace, commenced on Monday, was resumed and concluded yesterday.
The defendant was found guilty. In the case of Thomas O’MEARA, charged with
assault and battery on Job COURT, partially tried on Monday, the defendant was
found guilty. The case of D. McLAUGHLIN, charged with
assault to murder committed upon Andrew BLACK, was dismissed on the suggestion
of the Prosecuting Attorney. The prosecuting witness was not present. The case
was dismissed with his consent, with a view to taking it before the Grand Jury.
The charge in the case of W. WILSON, who shot Edward DENUE in a saloon on
Second street, was reduced from that of assault to murder to assault and battery, and the defendant entered
a plea of guilty. The case of G. JOSUE, charged with drawing a deadly weapon,
and that of J. SWEENY and W. DWYER, charged with assault and battery, were
dismissed. The case of Joseph SHEAFF, charged with murder of William KELLY, and that of Timothy KELLY, charged
with an assault to murder Joseph SHEAFF, were to have taken place to-day, but
were postponed on account of the non-appearance of SHEAFF. He had so far
recovered on Sunday night as to leave the building to which he was taken from
the Hospital. It is probable that he will appear for examination in a few days.
MISSING MAN FOUND - We mentioned several weeks ago
that a man named George W. HOPKINS had mysteriously disappeared in the night
from a cabin on the line of the Freeport Railroad, in Brighton township. He had
been employed in superintending a portion of the work on the road. He retired
to bed in usual health, and in the morning was gone, leaving his blankets, money,
etc., behind. Four or five weeks had elapsed since that event and nothing had
been heard of him. Yesterday Chief CLARK was informed that there was a crazy
man at a public house on I street, near Second. He removed the man to the
station house for safe keeping, and he proved to be the person who had
disappeared from Brighton. He came to the house on I
street several days ago, and gave his name as HOPKINS. He talks but little, and
cannot tell where he has been during the past five or six weeks.
CHANGE OF RESIDENCE - The Rev. Dr. COHEN, who has
for the last two years officiated as the minister of the Hebrew congregation,
the Benai Israel, of Sacramento, has resigned his
position, and designs to cast his lot with his brethren in Nevada Territory.
Thursday, May 7, 1863
I.O. of G.T. - At a regular meeting of Capitol
Lodge, No. 51, I.O.G.T., held on Tuesday evening, at Graham’s Hall, D.L.
TOWNSEND, D.G.W.C.T., installed the following officers for the ensuing term:
Theodore REICHERT, W.C.T.; Miss Frank M. STEVENS, W.V.T.; Samuel SIMES, W.S.; Miss MITCHEL, W.T.;
Albert GALLETIN, W.F.S.; D.L. TOWNSEND, W.M.; Miss Emma FISKE, W.D.M.; Miss
HOSS, W.I.G.; J. THOMPSON, W.O.G.; Mrs. D.B. STEWART, W.R.H.S.; Miss Mary
FISKE, W.L.H.S.; William C. BARRETT, W, Chaplain; F.E. MITCHELL, P.W.C.T.
SOCIABILITY - Yesterday forenoon a fellow, who was
partially drunk, on J street, attempted to kiss a lady
who was walking on the sidewalk. She did not concur, but informed N. Greene
CURTIS of the fact, giving a description of the offender. On this description,
officer SHEEK arrested a man named CORRINGTON. The prisoner was taken from the
station house early last evening by the officer for the purpose of being
identified, but as he was not brought back again it is presumed that he was not
the right man and was discharged.
GRAND LARCENY - Yesterday morning J.H. WARWICK
missed his gold watch at his residence, on Third street.
Having cause to suspect a Chinaman who was employed in the house, he arrested him
and took him to the station house. John
denied all knowledge on the subject, and, of course, refused to give any
information. On returning home and instituting a thorough search, WARWICK found
the watch wrapped up and secreted under an iron pot in the kitchen. The
Chinaman will be examined to-day.
ARRESTS - John DOE was arrested yesterday by special
officer DAKE, for assault and battery; Jim Chinaman, by J.H. WARWICK, on a
charge of grand larceny in stealing a gold watch; Joseph CARRINGTON, by officer
SHEEK, for misdemeanor; and Julia DAVIS, by officer LESTER, for assault and
battery on Catherine CRONEN.
A COUNTER CARD - W. MANTES publishes another card in
connection with the BURKE and HOLL imbroglio, stating that he authorized the
BURKE statement of the affair.
BAILED OUT - William PIERCE, who has been confined
in the county jail several months for killing Frank WHITE at Daylor?s ranch, gave bail yesterday in the sum of $3,000,
and was released from custody.
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Daily Bee -
Sacramento
Monday Evening
May 11, 1863
SCHOOL TEACHER'S
OATH - Justice COGGINS, accompanied by Director THOMAS, visited most of the
schools this morning and administered the new oath, which is as follows (we
copy that of Mr. MARINER, the head of the High School, the others being the
same except change of name):
"State of
California, City and County of Sacramento, as - R.K. MARINER being duly sworn,
on oath says: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully support, protect and
defend the Constitution and Government of the United States against all
enemies, whether domestic or foreign; that I will bear true faith, allegiance
and loyalty to the said Constitution and Government, and that I will to the
extent of my ability teach those under my charge to love, reverence and uphold
the same, any law or ordinance of any State Convention or Legislature, or any
rule or obligation of any society or association, or any decree or order from
any source whatsoever, to the contrary notwithstanding; and further, that I
will do this with a full determination, pledge and purpose, without any mental
reservation or evasion whatsoever; and I do further swear that I will support
the Constitution of the State of California. R.K. MARINER.
Sworn and
subscribed before me, this 11th day of May, 1863. Jas. COGGINS.
We met the
gentlemen on the way to the up-town schools, the following teachers having
already subscribed the affidavit, vix: M.L.
TEMPLETON, Mrs. Julia ORR, Mrs. Julia FOLGER, Mrs. Margaret E. WOLF, and Misses
Mary HOWE, Mary A. STINEEN, Alice M. STINEEN, Fannie W. REED, Mary E. MICHENER,
Elizabeth MacMILLEN, Jennie G. KERCHIVAL and Kate
COLLINS.
An incident - On
Saturday night, when the cannons were thundering, the bells sending forth their
joyous peals, and the city was beginning to be aglow with bonfires, one,
turning into O street anywhere between Seventh and Tenth, might have seen some
dozen women in their night-dresses, with wrapper or shawl around them, and
divided into threes and fours, cooking up little
fires on that street. Thus arrayed, they gathered chips from the yards and
sidewalks, and then made a raid on the wood piles, collecting light wood to make
a blaze, and in a few minutes the street was brilliant. Little girls came out
of their beds, with the national flag in hand, collected around the blaze,
waving their banners aloft, in the full joyousness of their young hearts, while
the boys made search for more fuel to pile on the fires. At one place on that
street, where the women of the adjoining dwellings had exhausted their store of
light wood, one of them conceived the happy idea of hewing down and casting
into the fire a row of locust trees that had been killed by last years flood, and were dry as a tinder box. One woman went
after her buck-saw, another for an ax, and the cutting began - the others
pulling and pushing to bring the trees to the ground. All the trees were thus
cut down, and when the morning came only their ashes remained. At another place
on that street a woman, who had been unsuccessful in her hunt for light wood,
dashed into her kitchen, grasped the basket containing the morning kindlings, and threw all into the flames. And so we hear this enthusiasm among the women prevailed in other
portions of the city.
FOLSOM GAS
COMPANY - The certificate of incorporation of the Folsom Gas Company was filed
in the Clerk's office on Saturday last. Forty thousand dollars is the capital
stock, divided into four hundred shares. J.P. ROBINSON of Sacramento, J. Mora
MOSS and W.W. BEGGS of San Francisco, are elected the
first trustees.
SLIGHT ACCIDENT
- James H. SPORE, while working on a mowing machine on Saturday, at the ranch
of WAITE and CHILDS, on the lower Stockton road, had two fingers on the left
hand badly lacerated. Dr. MONTGOMERY dressed the wound.
THE
FIRST - Henry STARR, on Saturday, filed in the clerk's office, his oath of
allegiance, in accordance with the late Act of the Legislature, making such a
procedure necessary with all attorneys who practice at the bar in this State.
RACING STOCK -
On Friday Col. GIFT's celebrated mare, Ruby, dropped a filly foal by Ashland.
As this is supposed to combine the best blood in the State, the Colonel will
probably have a fast mare when the filly grows up.
Monday, May 11, 1863
A DANGEROUS LEAP - When the Extra Union, with the
news of the capture of Richmond, was issued, on Saturday night, the papers were
given away at the Union office to all who applied, but many of the newsboys
drove a thriving trade in selling them about the streets. Upon arrival of the
San Francisco boat a rush of newsboys took place for the upper deck, and one
eager lad undertook to jump on board before the boat reached the landing. The
distance was greater, however, than he had calculated, and he was barely able,
by dropping his papers and grasping the railing with both hands, to save himself from a watery grave. Of course the Extras fell into
the water, and can only serve to enlighten water sprites as to the recent rebel
disaster.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING - On Saturday night, during the
excitement which ensued on the announcement that Richmond had been taken, James
L. CLARK, aged ten years, son of Chief of Police CLARK, was accidentally shot
by a boy named Bradley HOYT. HOYT had a pistol for patriotic purposes, which he
had unnecessarily loaded with shot. On firing it off at Seventh and G streets a
portion of the charge lodged in the back of the head of the boy CLARK. A
catastrophe quite similar in character is said to have happened to very many of
our citizens during the night, with the difference, however, that while young
CLARK was shot in the head, they were only “shot in the neck.”
COURT OF SESSIONS - In the
Court of Sessions, on Saturday, the following business was disposed of: The
People vs. John H. GASS - On motion of N.
Greene CURTIS, time was granted defendant until the 18th
instant to plead to the various indictments against him. The People vs. H.P.
SMITH, for grand larceny, in horse stealing; the defendant having appeared for
sentence, asked leave to withdraw his plea of guilty and enter a plea of not
guilty; leave granted, and Frank McCONNELL appointed
counsel for defendant; case set for trial on the 22d instant, at ten o’clock
A.M., to which day and hour the Court adjourned.
FOR CHINA - The engine and boilers of the steamer
Enterprise, now moored on the Yolo side of the river, are to be taken out and
shipped to China for use on a new steamer to be shipped out from San Francisco.
Captain TRUEWORTHY, who sent out the steamer Anna to China, is the agent in the
present movement. The Enterprise was built in 1854, by J.A. CROCKER, for the
Citizens’ Steam Navigation Company, and ran on the Marysville route some eight
months. W. BOWKER will superintend the work of transferring the machinery.
DISAPPOINTED - A large procession was spontaneously
formed on Saturday night, which paraded the various streets of the city,
expressing everywhere their Union sentiments and their joy at the news that
Richmond had been captured by KEYES and STONEMAN. On visiting the residence of
Gov. STANFORD, loud calls were made for the Governor, and a general demand was
also made that the flag should be raised. Their disappointment in meeting with
no response was of course mollified by the reception of the information that
the Governor and his family were absent at San Francisco.
SUPREME COURT - The
following decisions were made and filed in the Supreme Court Saturday: People
ex rel. BURR vs. Dana et al. Judgment reversed and cause remanded, with
instructions to the Court below to dismiss the action. BLANE vs. BOWMAN et al. - Judgment affirmed. WHITNEY et al. vs. CHASE et al.
·
On motion of
R.P. CLEMENT, of counsel for respondents, and filing stipulation of appellant,
ordered that the appeal be dismissed.
POLICE COURT - In the case of M.V. HINKSON, charged
with grand larceny in stealing $115, the property of John DENN, an examination
took place in the Police Court on Saturday, and the defendant was discharged.
The only witness against the defendant was Jacob OULSON, who had been employed
by DENN during the past year. On Friday, the day on which the money was taken,
he had seen defendant near DENN’s house before nine o’clock in the morning, but
did not see him go into it. Several witnesses were in Court prepared to prove
an alibi, one only of whom was called to the stand. He testified to the fact
that the defendant had arrived in the city on Friday evening with his team, and
that he and others were with him in the city at the hour at which OULSON had
sworn that he was out at DENN’s ranch. The defendant was discharged and OULSON
was subsequently arrested on suspicion of having committed the larceny.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS - The public schools of the city will
reopen to-day, at the usual hour. The teachers will be visited during the day
by a Justice of the Peace, accompanied by the President of the board of
Education, and sworn in according to the requirements of law. Male and female
teachers alike are required to take the oath.
ACCIDENT - On Saturday morning a man named James H.
SPORE, who was employed on the ranch of WAITE and CHILDS, on the lower Stockton
road, had two fingers of his left hand badly lacerated by a mowing machine. He
was brought to the city and received surgical aid from Dr. MONTGOMERY.
THE OATH - On Saturday morning last Henry STARR
filed in the office of the County Clerk his oath of loyalty, as required by the
late enactment of the Legislature. This is the first instrument of this
character filed. Other attorneys will, of course, follow suit.
COUNTY COURT - The only business transacted in the
County Court on Saturday was the following: McCOMBER
vs. STEVENS - Motion to retax cost bill granted, by
striking out $6.40 and costs of this motion.
DEATHS - There were eight deaths in the city during
the last week. Four of the deceased were adults and four were minors.
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Daily Bee,
Sacramento
Tuesday Evening,
May 12, 1863
SQUALIDNESS -
Towards the close of last week the Chief of Police and officer Cody visited the
premises of Joseph BROWN, on I street, between Eleventh and Twelfth. Their
attention had been called to the fact that at the place above mentioned, a man
either sick or crazy, or both, was lying in a hogshead and appeared to be
suffering terribly. The officers went there and found BROWN coiled up in a
hogshead, and exhibiting every appearance of being in great suffering. It
seemed to them that he was in the last stages of consumption. It is described
to us that everything in and around the premises was filthy in the extreme.
Foul odors filled the air and dirt was to be seen and felt in all directions.
Chief CLARK says that he would not have believed that so disgusting a place
existed in the city. BROWN seemed to have a great objection to going into the
house where his family was. So far as attractiveness and cleanliness were
concerned, the house and the hogshead were about "six and half a
dozen." The officers viewed the premises and the accommodations, and as
BROWN appeared to be quiet and tractable, they did not think it necessary to
remove him, but left him in a fix a good deal like that Diogones
was proud of. Since then, the Board of Physicians have, we understand, examined
BROWN, and found him a fit subject for the lunatic asylum. We have not visited
Brown's place, but from all we can learn, it is a splendid ground for the
exhibition of philanthropy, and the sowing of good seed in general.
A RIFLE - This
forenoon, a man quite young in years, went to the store of J. DAVIS, on Fourth
street between J and K ,and offered to leave on
deposit a valuable rifle, if he could by such operation raise the sum of
twenty-five dollars. Mr. DAVIS told him that he could not, on the article, advance that sum of money. He then asked how much could be
advanced. He received no encouragement. Just at this time, N. LAWSON, who was
passing, was shown the rifle, and he at once said that the weapon was property
of Mr. ---- SAUNDERS, who lives in the country, somewhere near the city. The
young man was put under arrest, and on being searched there were found on him a
pistol and a gold watch. Other circumstances attending the arrest go to show
that the person who offered to sell the rifle has been guilty of either a grand
or petit larceny.
INSANITY - An
insane man named James CAPE arrived here yesterday from Tehama, and at two
o'clock took passage for Benicia, there to be transferred to the Stockton beat
for conveyance to the Lunatic Asylum. Joseph BROWN, on I street, between
Eleventh and Twelfth, is as crazy as ever, and will probably be removed to
Stockton to-morrow, or else taken to the station house. G.C. HOPKINS, the
insane man who was taken to the city jail last week, became so debilitated by
his disease and confinement, that although an order had been issued for his
removal to the Asylum, it was thought that he could not stand the journey; so
this morning he was sent to the City and County Hospital. C.A. SWIFT, at one
time teacher of the Sacramento High School, is still at the station house, he
having been arrested as insane. Dr. SIMMONS made a pro...ional
examination of him this morning, but we have not heard his opinion of the case.
THE SUTTER GRANT
- We find the following in the Union's San Francisco dispatch:
"The survey
of the Sutter grant, embracing the city of Sacramento and surrounding lands,
and also a strip of land containing about 6,000 acres, lying between the mouth
of the American and Feather rivers, was finally confirmed by the District Court
of the United States this morning. A motion made in the same cause by
CADWALADER, in behalf of claimants, to reopen and prove the validity of the Sobrante grant or twenty-two league
was denied."
THE FIRST LAND -
Professor AGASSIS, in his scientific articles in the Atlantic Monthly, under
the title, "America the Old World," maintains that the American
continent has been falsely denominated the New World. "Here was the first
dry land lifted out of the waters, here was the first shore that was washed by
the ocean that enveloped all the world besides, and while Europe was
represented only by islands rising here and there above the sea, America
already stretched an unbroken line of land from Nova Scotia to the Far
West."
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Daily Bee -
Sacramento
Thursday Evening
May 14, 1863
LOCAL NEWS
TRUSTEES - The
Board of City Trustees met this morning at ten o'clock. Minutes of yesterday's
meeting read and approved. Bond of S.S. HOLL as Police Judge, given in the sum
of $5,000 was submitted, read and approved - the sureties on the same being E.
MAYO, J. ROWAN, Jas. LANSING, Thos. HAMILL, P. FRANKLIN, W.C. FELCH, J.A. DUFFY
and Jas. COGGINS.
Bond of E. H.
HEACOCK as City Attorney given in the sum of $10,000 with N.G. CURTIS and L.H.
FOOTE as sureties was approved. Communication as follows was received by the
Board: "Sacramento, May 14th, 1863, To the Hon. Board of Trustees -
Gentlemen: As I see by the Union newspaper that you are about to elect
policemen, I think it my duty as a citizen and tax payer to lay before you a
complaint against one of the present police force. At the late primary
election, held at the Union House, Fourth Street, I was attacked and badly
beaten by one Tip McLAUGHLIN. F. CHAMBERLAIN, one of
the policemen, was a looker on during the whole affair, and made no arrest. He
was afraid to make the arrest or he was partial to McLAUGHLIN
and his crowd of rowdies. Such a policeman, in my opinion, is more of an injury
to the citizens of Sacramento than a benefit. I will also state that there is a
man in the County Hospital since that day, who had his limbs so badly injured
and bruised at said place of election, and by the same parties who attacked me
- and that said CHAMBERLAIN was an eye witness and made no arrest. I will take
no further action with said CHAMBERLAIN until the Grand Jury meets. I can make
affidavit to the above facts. I also saw officer BURKE take sides with parties
in a row, had encouraged parties to commit assault with intent to kill. Said
Officer BURKE, in my opinion, is not a fit and proper to occupy the position of
policeman in this city. Great blame was very justly attached to some of our
former policemen, but the present force, or at least some of them,
are no better; for in many instances they wink at crime. Place said CHAMBERLAIN
and BURKE on the police, and let them be detailed for duty at the police on the
day of the election, and a certain crowd of rowdies can control the ballot box.
Hoping you may give this communication a hearing. I remain, most respectfully
yours, Andrew BLACK." This document was ordered on file. Jesse MORRILL had
permission to address the Board. He stated that on the day of the election he
saw the difficulty between BLACK and McLAUGHLIN. He
saw Officer CHAMBERLAIN jump in between and try to separate them. He was tossed
aside, and incapable of doing anything till aided by
other officers. J. MORRILL would, if necessary, make oath to this statement.
Counter affidavits relating to charges against Policeman SHEEN were read and
laid aside, as the Board had no official knowledge that any such charge or
charges had been made against such officer. The attention of the Board was
called to the flooded condition of a portion of the lower part of the city.
Towards correcting the evil no action was taken. The Board took a recess till 3
o'clock.
ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE - This morning, about half past five o'clock, persons engaged in the
kitchen of the Cincinnati Restaurant heard calls for help proceeding from an
upper and back window in the Union Hotel. They informed the clerk of the hotel,
and he, on going into the court yard, saw a stream of blood running down the
side of the house, and the head of a man projecting out of the window. On going
up stairs to the room it was ascertained that William S. WHITE, who had for
several days been quite unwell, and was much depressed in spirits, had made an
attempt to take his own life. The weapon used was the small blade of a
pocket-knife, about an inch in length, which he had pushed into the right side
of his neck, making a small wound, which bled quite freely. When the clerk got
into the room WHITE had left the window and was lying on the bed. Dr. CLAPP
came to attend to the wants of the wounded man, and he
found it necessary to use but plaster in stopping the bleeding. The knife
blade, in penetrating the neck, passed close by one of the large blood vessels,
which if penetrated would have probably caused WHITE's death in a few moments.
Those persons who were with WHITE yesterday say that he was under the influence
of morphine or chloroform, or both, and the effect of the drug was to produce
temporary insanity.
TURNER FESTIVAL
- The Committee of fifteen, whose duty it is to make
arrangements for the grand Turner festival, to come off in this city next
month, met last evening and agreed upon the programme
and order of exercises. On Saturday, June 13th, the visiting Turners and
Singers will be received. On Sunday the exercises of the festival will really
commence, with a picnic, to be enjoyed at some spot not yet decided upon. The
day following there will be the grand procession, with the three military
companies - Sacramento Hussars, City Guard and National Guard - doing duty as
escort. After marching through the principal streets of the city, the
precession will move to the picnic, where an excellent collation will be
discussed by the Turners, the military and visiting societies. On Tuesday, the
last day of the festival, the Turners and their guests will seek pleasure as
fancy may dictate.
THE RIFLE CASE -
J. THORNTON, arrested for trying to dispose of a rifle belonging to O.
SAUNDERS, and who was charged with grand larceny on that account, appeared
before the Police Court this forenoon for examination. The prosecution reduced
the charge from grand to petit larceny, and the matter received further modification.
SAUNDERS said that he had given the defendant permission to take the rifle when
he wished, and under the representations made by SAUNDERS, the prosecuting
attorney entered a nolle prosequi,
and the defendant was discharged.
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Daily Bee -
Sacramento
Monday Evening
May 18, 1863
LOCAL NEWS
SERENADE - It is
surmised that a number of citizens of Sacramento have determined to compliment
Judge S.J. FIELD with a serenade previous to his departure from this city,
where he has so long resided. It is known by all that the Judge has been called
by the President and Senate of the United States to a higher sphere - to the
Supreme bench of the United States in fact - and as such Judge, to preside over
the United States Circuit Court. He has vacated his seat upon the Supreme bench
of the State and will soon leave for San Francisco; wherefore, those who esteem
him as a man and honor him as a patriot, for his outspoken and unflinching
loyalty, have thought meet to offer him musical adieu. It is said that it will
take place about ten o'clock to-morrow night, in the vicinity of the Vernon
House, where the Judge's family at present reside.
COURT OF SESSIONS,
TO-DAY - J.H. GASS, forgery and grand larceny; demurrer to indictments filed,
and motion for change of venue set for hearing on Saturday next. Thos. JACKSON,
grand larceny; trial continued till 23d instant, and witnesses put under the
rule to appear at that time. Thos. H. ARMIGER, assault to murder; continued for
the term, and defendant remanded into custody until a new bond in the sum of
$1,500 be given. Adjourned till 10 o'clock, A.M.,
to-morrow.
LATE RAIN - At eight o'clock, this morning, the sky suddenly became
cloudy and the rain began to fall in heavy showers, transforming dust into mud
and doing away with all need of those institutions known as
"sprinklers." After a heavy rain of an hour or two, we had a
temporary season of sunshine. The clouds are again in the sky and the prospect
is "more rain." Rain, just now, is calculated to do more harm than
good to the farmer.
CASH - Amounts
as follows were paid over on Saturday last: District Attorney, taxes of '61,
$278.87; taxes of '62, $612.12. County Clerk, fees in
general office and District Court, $81.10; fees for recording, etc., $71; fees
in Probate and County Courts, $94.65; to Probate Judge's fund, $11. Sheriff, State licenses, $342.50; County license, $4,358.75; fees
and commissions; $193.91. Assessor, Sate poll tax,
$227.10. Clerk of the Water Works, $445.
POUNDMASTER -
Nearly all the members of the Board of Supervisors have signed a document
recommending the City Trustees to reelect Eli MAYO to the position of Poundmaster. We believe that there is but one other
applicant for the position, and he is objected to by some who think him too old
for the active service required of a Poundmaster who
thoroughly attends his duty.
PROBATE COURT,
TO-DAY - Estate of J.W. MARTIS, deceased; final account referred to John S.
BARRETT, to report thereon on the 25th instant. Estate of Seth BRIGGS,
deceased; the hearing of the citation issued against the administratrix
of this estate to show cause why she should not amend the inventory, coming on
to be heard, the case is continued indefinitely.
COUNTING THE
VOTE -The Board of Supervisors, met this morning at half-past ten o'clock ,all the members being present, except Mr. HALL. On
motion it was determined to suspend the usual order of business and count the
vote for supervisors. That work is now progressing and will probably occupy
several hours.
CITY TRUSTEES - At the adjourned meeting of the Board of City Trustees, held
last Saturday afternoon; the bond of H. MILLER as City Treasurer, given in the
sum of $150,000, with D.O. MILLS and A. HEYWOOD as sureties was approved. Adjourned till two o'clock this afternoon.
RACE - At the
Union Park Course the Spring races closed on Saturday last with the contest
between "Miami," Beauregard" and "Woodford" - mile
heats, best three in five for a purse of $300. "Miami" won the three
first heats in 1:50 - 1:50 - 1:53.
POLICE COURT
TO-DAY - E.S. HINDMAN, grand larceny; examination postponed till to-morrow.
James NOLAN, receiving stolen goods; attachments ordered to issue for
defrauding witnesses, and trial put off till to-morrow.
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Daily Union
Sacramento, May
23, 1863
BLACK SPANISH - During the progress of the trial of J. CARR in the Court of
Sessions yesterday forenoon, on a charge of horse stealing, a fight occurred in
the entry - the door being open - between A.A. BENNETT and Levi CASTLE. The
occurrence taking place in full view of the Court, Judge CLARK ordered the
arrest of the offenders and fined them $25 each for contempt of Court. BENNETT
and CASTLE both own Black Spanish and other fancy poultry, and both sell eggs
for hatching, realizing, it is presumed, lucrative prices for them. In the
quarrel of yesterday Bennett accused Castle of having said that Bennett boiled
his eggs before selling them, or pricked them, etc. etc., to prevent their
hatching, ir order, of course, to prevent the breed
from becoming too numerous. Castle accused Bennett of having said that his
(Castle's) Black Spanish rooster was not of a pure breed. The suggestion as to
boiled eggs brought Bennett's blood to boiling heat, and the imputation upon
Castle's rooster brought the owner at once to the fighting point. Castle called
Bennett a liar and Bennett struck him in the face. Castle proposed to go into
the street and settle the case, but the officers of the law interfered and the
conflict was suppressed.
COUNTY OFFICERS
- The Union County Convention will meet in this city on the 3d of June. One of
the purposes of the Convention is the nomination of a county ticket to be
supported at the next general election, although it is possible that this
branch of duty will - after the selection of delegates to the State convention
- be deferred four or five weeks by an adjournment of the Convention. Whenever
the nominations are made the following names, among others, will be likely to
be submitted for the consideration of members in framing the ticket: For
Sheriff - B.N. BUGBEY, James McCLATCHY, L. HARRIS,
John ROONEY and James WHITCOMB; For County Clerk - James F. MADDEN, Amos ADAMS
and W. TIMSON; For Treasurer - F.S. LARDNER, George L. LYTLE and W.E.
CHAMBERLAIN; For District Attorney - Henry STARR, M.M. ESTEE, D.W. WELTY and
L.B. MARSHALL; For District Judge, J.H. McKUNE; For
County Judge, R.C. CLARK; For State Senator - J.H. WARWICK; For Assemblymen -
W.B. HUNT, L.S. TAYLOR, Dr. DUNCOMBE and Larkin LAMB. There will of course be a
large number of additional candidates brought before the nominations are made.
BOARD OF
TRUSTEES - An adjourned meeting of the Board of Trustees was held last evening
at Jordan's building. Present, SWIFT and JOHNSON. Johnson offered Ordinances
No. 3, amendatory to Ordinance No. 87, relative to the city pound - was
submitted, read and laid over under the rule. The bond of C.G. CALDWELL,
policeman, in the sum of $500, with A.B. NIXON and Joseph HALL as sureties, was
submitted and approved. The bond of S. SMITH, City Collector, in the sum of $60,000,
with thirty-five different citizens as sureties, was submitted and laid over
for consideration until the next meeting.
TARANTULAS - An
Italian who has had the misfortune to lose both hands and both eyes by some
accident, accompanied by a small girl, did a heavy trade yesterday afternoon,
at Fourth and J streets, in the sale of ingeniously manufactured artificial
spiders. These articles are made in imitation of the tarantula, of large size,
and are fitted out with the legs of wire, the vibration of which, when
suspended, give them the appearance of life and animation. They were commended
to purchasers for the double purpose of pleasing children and frightening
flies.
DESTITUTION - A
man named W.K. SHERIDAN, whose left arm is paralyzed and who is otherwise
physically disabled, has spent the most of his time during the past two weeks
among the bales of hay which are piled on the levee, near the foot of N street.
He says he has applied for admission to the Hospital, but was refused for the
want of a proper certificate. He was formerly a member of Captain JOHNS'
company of Volunteers, but was dismissed on account of ill health. He desires
to go to Marysville where he says he has friends.
POLICE COURT -
In the Police Court yesterday, Phillip GOMEZ was tried and convicted of
disturbing the peace; L. LINDSAY was tried and convicted of being drunk and
lying on the sidewalk. In the case of WILLIAMS and BOOTH (colored), charged
with the larceny of furniture, and partially examined on Thursday, the charge of
larceny was subsequently dismissed, and the defendant Williams entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of disturbance of the peace. Waiving time, he was fined
$10.
RECOVERED - Some
four weeks ago a horse belonging to D.J. THOMAS was stolen from Sargent's ranch, on the upper Stockton road. On Thursday
last information was received to the effect that the horse was at Carpenter's
ranch, four miles beyond Folsom. Yesterday E.T. COLE succeeded in finding and
bringing him to the city. It is presumed that the thief had ridden the horse on
the road to Washoe as far as convenient and then turned him loose.
RAILROAD
INJUNCTION SUIT - The application of J.P. ROBINSON for
an injunction to prohibit the issuing of county bonds for the benefit of the
Pacific Railroad Company, was to have been argued in the District Court
yesterday. J.G. HYER appeared as counsel for the petitioner, and George R.
MOORE for the Pacific Railroad Company. The case was, by consent, continued
until Monday next.
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Sacramento Daily
Union
Monday May 25,
1863
COURT OF
SESSIONS - The Court of Sessions met on Saturday, pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Judges CLARK, CONE and CROUSE. The case of Thomas JACKSON, charged
with grand larceny, was continued, on motion of the District Attorney, until
the 13th of July, on account of the absence of witnesses. Thomas
CLARK, Basil PERKINS, W.O. DUDDON and A. GREGGS were placed under rule to appear
as witnesses on that day, without further notice. In the case of the People vs.
J.H. GASS, a motion for a change of venue was argued by counsel and taken under
advisement by the Court. The Court then adjourned until Thursday, the 28th
instant, at which time convicted parties are to appear for sentence.
POUND ORDINANCE
- An amended Pound Ordinance was adopted by the Board
of Trustees, on Saturday evening. It provides that a Pound master shall be
elected for one year on the first Monday in June, and that his official bond
shall be in the penal sum of $1,000. It provides further, that cattle, horses,
etc., shall not be allowed to run at large within the city limits, excepting
two cows to each family, and they may run east of Fourteenth street and south
of the north levee or C street, between eight o’clock A.M. and sunset.
TO APPEAR FOR
SENTENCE - It was ordered in the Court of Sessions on Saturday that the
prisoners who have just been convicted in that Court appear for sentence on
Thursday next, at ten o’clock A.M. The following is the list: George DAVIS,
grand larceny, in stealing a violin; James MURRAY, petty larceny, in aiding
DAVIS in stealing the violin; H.P. SMITH, grand larceny, in stealing a horse
from Miller’s livery stable; John POMME, burglary, in entering Figg’s store, etc.
ARRESTS - The
following arrests were made during Saturday and yesterday by the city police:
John DOE, by officer CODY, for exposure of person, John E. BAKER, by MARTZ and
CODY, for petit larceny in stealing a pair of pants belonging to E. PERRY.
Jessie TAYLOR, by officer AMES, for assault and battery on Margaret GALLAGHER.
Daniel HARE, by special officer LOCKE, for sleeping on the sidewalk. David D.
VALENTINE, by officer BROWN, for sleeping on the sidewalk.
POLICE COURT -
In the Police Court, on Saturday, F. GOMEZ, who had previously been convicted
of disturbing the peace, was fined $10 by Judge HOLL. L. LINDSEY, previously
convicted of sleeping on the sidewalk, was also fined a like amount. Elizabeth
BRANNIGAN, charged with assault and battery on Jessie TAYLOR, entered a plea of
guilty. John DOE, charged with vagrancy, was tried and found guilty.
DISTRICT COURT -
The following cases are set for hearing in the District Court to-day: Anna M.
OLDS vs. M.L. OLDS; D.D. PHILLIPS vs. A. RICH et al.; J.P. ROBINSON vs. A.C.
BIDWELL et al. The last named case is the Pacific Railroad injunction suit.
J.G. ILYER and Tod ROBINSON are counsel for plaintiff, and George R. MOORE for defendants.
DISCHARGED FROM DEBT
– In the case of Thos. RICHARDSON vs. His Creditors, a decree was on Saturday
ordered entered in the County Court, discharging plaintiff from his debts and
liabilities, and setting aside certain property as exempt from execution.
BOARD OF
EDUCATION - A regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education will be held
this evening at the offices of the Secretary, No. 117 J street.
The Principals of the several schools must send in the nomination of their
assistants, to the Board this evening.
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Monday, June 1, 1863
County School Examination - In compliance with the
provisions of the School Law, Dr. F.W. HATCH, County Superintendent, through
the past week (being accompanied the first day or two by J.B. HARMON, and
afterwards by D. J. THOMAS), has been holding the annual examinations of the county
common schools and delivering the yearly addresses or lectures to the trustees,
teachers, parents, guardians, etc. We learn that there are forty-six duly,
organized public schools in this county, and that they contain over fourteen
hundred pupils. The result of the examination completed is said to have been
very satisfactory, so far as teachers and scholars were concerned, but that the
general style and condition of the school-houses and of - or, rather, want of -
school furniture and the modern appliances for imparting instruction (alphabet
and spelling and reading charts, maps, globes, blackboards, convenient desks,
comfortable seats, etc.) are such as not to create any very extravagant feeling
of local pride on the subject; but still it is stated that great improvement in
these matters has been made during the year. Thus far but one teacher, in
either the city or county, has declined or objected to taking the requisite
oath of allegiance. He obtained his warrant up to the day the new law went into
effect and resigned his school and quit the profession. Dr. HATCH, either
accompanied by one of the above named gentlemen or Judge HARTLEY, will probably
proceed with is labors to-morrow.
CERTIFICATE FILED - The certificate of incorporation
of the Capital Prospecting and Mining Company was filed in the County Clerk’s
office on Saturday. The object of the company is set forth as follows: “The
prospecting of grounds and claims, both under the location of claims and
ground by ourselves and under contract and agreement
with persons who have taken up and located and own claims supposed to contain
gold, silver, copper, or other precious or valuable minerals or valuable matter
or substance, and in so doing to acquire an interest in or ownership of the
grounds and claims so owned, whenever such prospecting shall discover valuable
ores, minerals, etc.” The capital stock of the company is $20,000, in ten
shares of $2,000 each. The business office of the company will be located in
Sacramento. The company is composed of the following named members: Edgar MILLS,
A.K.P. HARMON, James BAILEY, George D. ALDRICH, D.W. WELTY, W.S. MESICK, L.H.
FOOTE, C.C. JENKS, C.W. REED and James BOWSTEAD.The
first nine named on the list are constituted trustees for the first three
months.
PIONEER MEETING - A regular monthly meeting of the
Sacramento Pioneer Association was held at the usual place on Saturday evening.
N.L. FREW made a motion that the Society celebrate the anniversary of the
battle of Bunker Hill, on the 17th of June. W. GWYN, proprietor of
Alabaster Cave, in El Dorado county, invited the
Society to make an excersion to the cave on that
day. Other propositions were made, as
steamboat excersions, etc. A committee was appointed,
composed of N.L. DREW, James LANSING, J. McGUIRE, W.
GWYN and S.B. ROBBINS, with instructions to confer with steamboat and railroad
agents with regard to an excursion on the day named and report to the next
meeting of the Society. The Secretary reported the reception of agricultural
reports from Senator LATHAM, and BURNETT’s work on the American Government,
from the author. The meeting then adjourned until Monday evening, the 8th
of June.
COURT OF SESSIONS - The Court of Sessions met on
Saturday, pursuant to adjournment. Present - Judges CLARK, CONE and CROUSE. In
the case of The People vs. J.H. GASS, the counsel for defendant made a motion
to set aside the indictments (eleven in number), on the ground that the Court
was not legally constituted - one of the
Associates, W.W. CROUSE, not being an American citizen. The motion for a change
of venue previously made was granted, and the case was sent to Placer county. An order was made directing the Sheriff to send the
defendant to that county. Counsel for the defense asked for a suspension of the
order for the removal of the prisoner for the present, but the Court adhered to
the order. The Court, after sentencing John POMME to three years imprisonment,
for burglary, adjourned sine die.
ARRESTS - Following arrests were made during
Saturday and yesterday: R.
FOX, by officer LOCKE, for assault and battery on John LINESS;
Indian Joe, by officer CODY, for disturbance of the peace; T. FALLON, by
special officer LESTER, for grand larceny. In the last named case the defendant
was arrested on a warrant issued by Judge HOLL, on the affidavit of AE. DALE, charging him with the larceny of a yoke of cattle.
FALLON’s statement is that DALE rented a ranch in Yolo county
for two years, and recently sub-let it to FALLON. In doing so he told him to
break in and use certain cattle which belonged to the owner of the ranch.
Accordingly he left the ranch - his family remaining on it - and came with a
team to the city to load for Washoe, and was arrested as above stated.
INJUNCTION SUIT - W. WALDRON commenced suit in the
District Court on Saturday, against the Placerville and Sacramento Valley
Railroad Company, asking for an injunction to prevent defendants from
constructing their road through plaintiff’s farm and vineyard, near Folsom. The
Company was directed by Judge McKUNE to appear and
show cause why said injunction should not be granted.
CITIZENSHIP - In the Court of Sessions on Saturday,
in the case of the People vs. J.H. GASS, the question was raised by counsel of
the right of Associate Justice CROUSE to occupy that position. It was stated
that Justice CROUSE was born in Canada, of parents who had removed from
Connecticut, and therefore that he is not a citizen of the United States, under
the law of Congress touching the question.
NEW SUIT - J. ROTH commenced suit on Saturday, in
the District Court, against P.L. DUSTON, for the sum of $2,771.67, the
indebtedness having accrued for saddlery, harness,
etc., sold and delivered to defendant.
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of David E.
WADE, deceased, the petition of James BANDY, administrator, praying for an
order to sell personal property, was filed on Saturday, and set for hearing
June 15th.
COMPROMISED - The case of the People vs. HIDDEN, in
which the defendant was originally fined $50 for the larceny of a squash, has
been compromised in the Police Court on the payment of half that sum.
OUT AGAIN - Jared IRWIN, County Clerk, who has been
seriously ill for seven weeks, has so far recovered as to be able yesterday to
ride eight or nine miles into the country.
STILL IN THE FIELD - W. McMITCHELL
denies the report that he has withdrawn from the canvass for the office of
Sheriff, and says he will be a candidate until the selection is made.
EXAMINATION - The examination of Captain EMERSON, on
several charges of swindling, etc., will take place to-day before Judge HOLL in
the Police Court.
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Sacramento Daily
Union
Tuesday June 2,
1863
FATAL AFFRAY - An altercation took place at Eagle Creek, in Shasta county,
May 24th, in which Peter LOPEZ shot and fatally wounded Matthew
POINTON. The shot took effect in the abdomen and passed through the bladder,
producing death on the following day. Lopez was arrested and had an examination
before Justice HART, at Horsetown, on the 25th,
when he was committed to the county jail, to await the action of the next Grand
Jury.
COPPER IN SHASTA
- Lately one M.A. CHARSON discovered a rich copper claim on the east fork of
Clear creek, about eighteen miles from Shasta. An assay was made which showed
the rock to be rich.
LEG AMPUTATED - A young man named Lorenzo ACKLEY, at Lowery’s ranch, on
Butte creek, near Chico, had his leg so badly injured by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun last week as to render amputation necessary.
BOUND EAST - Dr.
W.P. TILDEN, Resident Physician of the State Insane Asylum, has taken his
departure for the Atlantic States by the Overland route. He will visit many of
the Eastern Asylums for the insane.
UNION MEETING IN
SAN JOAQUIN - On Saturday evening, May 30th, there was an
enthusiastic meeting at Woodbridge, on the Mokelumne.
It was addressed by G.W. TYLER and H.B. UNDERHILL.
FINE CHERRIES -
We acknowledge the receipt of some excellent cherries of large size and the Ox
Heart variety, from the garden of Mrs. E.L. NICHOLS, Horseshoe Bar, Placer county.
COMMUTED -
Governor STANFORD has commuted the sentence of Jacob GREER, in Butte county, from the death penalty to imprisonment in the State
Prison for Life.
INDIAN
DEPREDATIONS IN TRINITY - John McCAMMON, residing on
Trinity river, gives, under date of May 26th, to the Trinity
Journal, the following account of Indian depredations by which he suffered:
On Thursday
evening, May 14th, between seven and eight o’clock, I was attacked
by some forty Indians. I was standing on the front “stoop”, when two rifle
balls passed close to my head. Immediately after came a shower of balls,
completely riddling the side of the house. I got my arms as soon as possible,
gave my shot gun to John MYERS, who was in company with me, and consulted with
him about holding the house until dark, which we concluded to do, but we soon
changed our minds, as the Indians were advancing. I saw at once that we must
run, which we did. We started down the river to give the alarm. I took an old
Indian trail and got lost, and could not return until day-break. I then
returned and found my house burned to the ground. During the night I kept close
to the river, endeavoring to get to my ferry boat to cross and give the alarm.
I came up to Big Flat the following day, where I got twelve men, and three from
North Fork. We returned the next day to my place and found everything burned, outhouses and all. My impression is that no flour or
rice was burned. Everything was packed off. I am quite certain they have a pack
train. After spending an hour on Cedar Flat we went on to BRAINARD’s and found
his house burned. From thence we went to WINSLETT’s and found his place burned.
We then concluded to go on some three miles further, to TINSLEY’s, but we had
not gone far before we fell in with his pack train. His house was safe, but the
family, in company with Winslett and others, had gone
to New River, and from thence to Big Flat. We accompanied Tinsley’s train to
Manzanita Flat. Lower Trinity is now deserted entirely. Had we a few more men
and arms, I have no doubt we could have got back a good portion of the goods
and a number of redskins in the bargain.
APPOINTMENT -
Governor Stanford has appointed Miles N. MITCHELL, Commissioner of Deeds for
Virginia City, Nevada Territory.
A MURDEROUS
ASSAULT - The Stockton Independent of June 1st has the following:
At about
half-past nine o’clock on Friday evening last, two men, one of whom was masked,
knocked at the door of the store of Dr. LOCKE at Lockeford,
on the Mokelumne, and demanded admission, as they
stated, for the purpose of purchasing a pair of boots. The father of Dr. Locke,
who is accustomed to sleep in the store, answered the call, and as he opened
the door he was struck upon the head with a pistol which knocked him senseless.
He recovered, however, almost instantly, and upon gaining his footing the
companion of the assassin who had struck him the blow with the pistol, as if
determined to finish the work of death in which the other had failed, drew a
knife and stabbed Locke three time, once in the breast and twice in the back,
also cutting his hand severely in the struggle which ensued for the possession
of the weapon. Locke is a man well advanced in years, and at the time of the
assault upon him was alone in the store. The robbers suspecting they were in
danger of arousing the neighbors, fled before their contemplated work of murder
and robbery had been consummated, one of them leaving his hat behind. Who they
were, there is no means of knowing. Locke is in a critical condition,
and being aged and somewhat infirm his wounds have an effect upon him which it
is feared may prove fatal.
SEVERELY INJURED
- William BORROUGHS, of Deadwood, Siskiyou county, met with a very severe, and
perhaps fatal accident, lately, by being thrown our of a carriage.
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Monday, June 15, 1863
POLICE COURT - SATURDAY - LEVY, of the firm of Cohn
& Levy, paid his fine of $10, for obstructing the sidewalk, in violation of
the ordinance, the Court being satisfied that no preliminary notice was
required. R. WALSH, for disturbing the peace at his place, corner of Third and
L streets, was fined $40, with the alternative of twenty days imprisonment.
Thomas O’CONNOR and Patrick CARRICK were tried by the Court for stealing six
dollars from an Indian girl called Lizzie, who occupies a small room on Second
street, and passes for Spanish. Each defendant was sworn, and denied ever
having seen the girl before, and her testimony not being admissible they were
discharged. After the case had been decided a man present said he saw them run
out of Lizzie’s room at the time of the alleged larceny, and one of them
dropped a half dollar. The Court said it was too late for him to testify, but it
was apparent that perjury had been committed. The money supposed to have been
stolen was returned to O’CONNOR.
CHARGES OF RAPE - Special officer LESTER was
arrested yesterday by officer MARTZ on a charge of assault to commit rape, a
warrant having been issued by Judge HOLL on an affidavit sworn to by officer CHAMBERLAIN. He was also arrested subsequently by
officer AMES on a charge of rape. These offenses are alleged to have been
committed several months ago on girls between twelve and thirteen years of age.
Judge HOLL fixed the bail of the defendant on the first charge at $1,000, and
during the afternoon the bond was made out and signed for the necessary amount,
but one of the sureties concluded to withdraw his name, and the example was
followed by the others. LESTER, when in charge of MARTZ, made threats against
the life of CHAMBERLAIN for the part he had taken against him. He was therefore
directed, when in Judge HOLL’s office, to give up his pistol, but refused to do
so, and it was taken from him by officers MARTZ and CODY and Judge HOLL.
OFFICERS APPOINTED - The following named
non-commissioned officers have been appointed by the newly elected Captain of
the Sacramento Hussars: Orderly Sergeant, G.B. SCHWARTZ; First Sergeant, John
BUTCHER, Second Sergeant, A.
NEUBAUER; Third Sergeant, Charles SELLENGER; Fourth Sergeant, A.
ROSS, First Corporal, J. RETZ; Second Corporal, A.D. LABASSE; Third Corporal,
J. MEISTER; Fourth Corporal, George UHL;
Treasurer, F. WAGONBLAST; Standard Bearer, H. MYERS.
CHARGE OF GRAND LARCENY - A man named Charles JONES
was arrested by officer NORRIS on Saturday evening at
the Melodeon, on a charge of grand larceny, committed in Solano county. He had
been intrusted by his employer, J.H. BAILEY, with $180 for the purpose of paying to
a third party, but mounted a horse and came to this city. When arrested he had
in his possession a purse marked “J.H. BAILEY,” containing $127.10.
SUPREME COURT - In the Supreme Court on Saturday the
following order was made in chambers: McLARREN vs.
HUTCHINSON - Motion of George ROWE, of counsel for appellant, for writ of
certiorari, granted.
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Sacramento
Daily Union
Tuesday, June
16, 1863
MEETING
LAST NIGHT - An adjourned meeting was held last evening at the County Court
room of the various delegations appointed to make arrangements for the
celebrations of the approaching National anniversary. N.L. DREW, President of
the former meeting, occupied the chair, and A.R. JACKSON acted as Secretary.
The Committee appointed on Saturday to select the General Committee to make
arrangements for the celebration made the following report: "Your
Committee, to whom was referred the nomination of fifteen from the citizens at
large, to act as a Committee of General Arrangements, with additional members,
that may be sent as delegates from all the Associations, military and civic, in
our city and vicinity, to act with said Committee to consummating arrangements
to properly celebrate our eighty-seventh anniversary of National Independence,
respectfully submit the following names: J.H. CARROLL, Maj. HOWELL, R.J.
GRAHAM, John ARNOLD, N.L. DREW, W. McMITCHELL, James McCLATCHY, C. WEIL, George ROWLAND, C.T. WHEELER, D.W.
WELTY, J. FRIEND, James LANSING, C.H. MARVIN, J. HOVEY." The above report
was accepted, and the meeting adjourned sine die.
DIVORCE
SUIT - Parmelia TAYLOR commenced suit yesterday
against her husband, Edward B. TAYLOR, from whom she asks for a divorce. The
complaint states that the parties were married on the 3d of July, 1845, at Springfort, Jackson county,
Michigan. After residing there two years they removed, and resided for
different periods in several other States. They came to California in 1857, and
have lived in Sacramento county over one year. They
have six children - John, Henry, Charles, William, George and Franklin - aged, respectively, seventeen,
fifteen, thirteen, eleven, eight and five years. Plaintiff avers that she has ever
been a true and faithful wife, and that she has always performed her duty to
her husband and family. It is also averred that defendant has been intemperate,
shiftless and lazy; that he has not provided for his family, or endeavored to
do so; that he was expelled from the Odd Fellows Association and the
organization of Good Templars, and has since been
drunken in habit and violent in disposition; he is accused, among other
charges, of brutal treatment toward his wife by beating, ordering her out of
the house, etc.
PROBATE -
In the matter of the estate of J.L. LOCKETT, deceased - Letters of
administration ordered to issue to R.S. LOCKETT upon the filing bonds in the
sum of $1,000. Estate of A.C. DAVIS, deceased - Application for letters of
administration granted to Public Administrator. Estate of D.E. WADE, deceased -
Application of administrator for sale of personal property granted. Estate of
Seth BRIGGS, deceased - hearing on citation continued until the 30th instant,
at 10 o?clock A.M. Estate of
Bernard COLEMAN,
deceased -
Petition of Public Administrator for letters filed and set for hearing on the
29th instant. Estate of John BRADY, deceased - After hearing the testimony of
C. CLARENBACH, W.H. MILLER and HANNAN concerning the application for citation against
Peter MILLER to show cause why he should not answer questions touching the
property of the deceased, said application was taken under advisement until
June 22d.
COUNTY
COURT - The County Court met yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on
the bench. The case of J.Q. SMITH vs. James WEAR was continued until July 6th.
Laura A. FAIR vs. Her Creditors - On motion of H.H. HARTLEY it is ordered that
J.J. ENGLISH be and he is hereby authorized and permitted to proceed under the
execution issued in this case in the Court of G. HAINES, Justice of the Peace,
in the case of ENGLISH vs. FAIR, against
all property levied on under said execution, prior to the date of filing plaintiff?s schedule, and may also proceed against the
garnishes already served in this case prior to said time.
SERIOUS
ACCIDENT - At three or four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a boy about twelve
years old, a son of HAMMOND, hardware dealer on K street, in gymnastic
exercises at the Half-Way House, dislocated his left wrist, and broke the main
bone in the arm near the wrist. He bore the disaster with great fortitude,
remarking, when told that his arm was broken, and as he looked at the hand
hanging out of its natural position, "I am sorry." He was brought to
the city, and received prompt medical attention.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, June 19, 1863
DREADFUL MURDER - At about nine o'clock last evening
Charles YATES, proprietor of
the oyster saloon corner of Second and K streets, was stabbed and killed at the corner of Fifth and L streets, by
Alonzo DAKE. YATES was walking on the
sidewalk with his wife, when DAKE met them and called him a little to one side.
After a word or two DAKE struck YATES a heavy blow with
a
knife in the upper portion of the left breast and ran off. YATES and his wife ran to the door of the house of C.H. SWIFT,
pushed open the door and
ran into the entry. YATES said: ?I
am killed!? and fell upon the floor and instantly died. The locality was so dark that Mrs.
YATES could not see
distinctly who the assailant was. DAKE went at once to the
Station House, and, meeting
Chief CLARK, asked him to lock him up. When CLARK asked what for, DAKE said he had killed Charley YATES, and
stated that YATES had called his (Dake's) wife a prostitute, or used some other insulting
epithet, and also said
something of YATES having accused him of stealing. DAKE told CLARK to go up to the corner of Fifth and L streets and he
would find YATES. The deceased was a
member of Knickerbocker Engine Company, and as that
company has no bell the
bell of Engine Company No. 3 was tolled on account of
his death. DAKE and
YATES were formerly both on the regular police. They married Spanish women, who lived with Mrs. HERMOSILLA, on
Sixth street, near L. Both the married couples had lived in the same house, for
a time, on Sixth street, but recently in the southern portion of the city.
On account of domestic
difficulties, DAKE and his wife moved from YATES' house lately. The body was removed by Coroner REEVES, soon after the
occurrence, from the house of Judge
SWIFT to his rooms on Fourth street. An inquest will
of course be held
to-day, and the circumstances of the affair be more fully developed. In a conversation at the station house
DAKE stated to some of the policemen that
he had thrown the knife into the slough. He also said that when YATES and he met, YATES caught him by the
throat and threatened to kill him. He then
drew the knife and stabbed him. C.H. SWIFT, prior to the entry of YATES and his wife into his house, heard the cry
of murder, apparently by the voice of the
woman. During the past year and a half YATES has had charge of the oyster saloon connected with the Bank
Exchange, at Second and K streets, and
DAKE has been employed as private watchman on J street,
west of Sixth. The wife
of DAKE was an adopted sister of HERMOSILLA, who was killed
some two years ago by G.W. JOURNEY on the north levee.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE - At about three o'clock yesterday
afternoon a man named EMERICH, who is
said to carry on business near Tenth and J streets, attempted to commit suicide by drowning at the
slough, north of the levee, near Sixth and E
streets. He took off his hat and coat and "waded in," but the water was so shallow and the mud so deep that
the attempt fortunately proved a
failure. After struggling about in the mud for some time he
returned to shore, and like a sensible man washed off the
mud and returned home. He
complained of ill health, and said he had been deceived by some
one telling him a
lie, and he could not bear to be deceived. He should remember that if everybody would commit suicide to whom lies are told, there would be nobody left to bury the dead. Some very obliging
boys gathered around EMERICH when he
came ashore and courteously volunteered to show him where he could find deep water. He respectfully declined
their proffered kindness.
TEHAMA - At the late Union
Convention in this county, the following nominations
were made:
For Sheriff,
Joseph SMITH; Clerk, Thomas J. BUTLER; Tax Collector, W.B. PARKER; Treasurer, Barget
NEEL; Assessor , Samuel ENGLISH; District Attorney,
L.W. ELLIOTT; Surveyor, John CHARLTON; Public Administrator and Coroner Dr. C. SEBRING; Superintendent of Public
Instruction, W.H. DABNEY; County Judge,
Warner EARLL.
CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK, MAY 27th -
J.T. DOYLE, T. WALKER, A.B. HALSTEAD, O.P.
BLACKMAN and A.S. BANCROFT.
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Saturday, June 20, 1863
ANOTHER STABBING AFFAIR - At about six o’clock last evening
a colored man, whose name we have not learned, went into the slough near
Seventh street, north of the north levee, to bathe.
While in the water he was assailed by a number of boys, who threatened to whip
him when he should come out. About the time he had dressed himself they
attacked him, several of them having pickets in their hands. He got the
advantage of one of them in defending himself, and got him down, but released
with without doing any serious injury. The boys then renewed the attack, and the
party assailed retreated as far east as Tenth street,
closely pressed by his adversaries. On
Tenth street he ran into the yard of Captain
LITTLETON, and was still pursued by two or three of the larger boys. His foot
was caught by a hose on the ground and he fell, and was stabbed in the back by
a boy named Alexander WAMBLE, a boy about eighteen years of age. He afterward
procured an ax and stood on the defensive; but further trouble was
avoided by Mrs. LITTLETON, who directed the man to go into the house and
induced the boys to leave. The wound was probably inflicted by a pocket knife,
and was not of a dangerous character. The man subsequently stated his case at
the police office, but as yet no arrests have been made. He was not acquainted
at Captain LITTLETON’s, and is said to be a cook at one of our city hotels.
Police court - The following is the record of
yesterday’s proceedings in the Police Court: G. COOPER was tried by the Court
on a charge of disturbing the peace and found guilty. Mrs. GIBSON was tried on
a similar charge and found guilty. The case of MENAIN and MILLER, charged with
assault and battery, was at first continued until this morning, but was
afterwards compromised and dismissed. The examination of DAKE on a charge of
murder, in killing YATES, was continued until to-day.
The case of Frank EMERSON, charged with petty larceny, in stealing the watch of
Mrs. HOWARD, was continued until Monday.
The case of Mrs. PALM, charged with assault and battery on Poundmaster HARDING, was continued until Wednesday next. In
the case of T.G. LESTER, previously tried on a charge of assault to commit
rape, Judge HOLL postponed rendering a decision until to-day.
Coroner REEVES held an inquest yesterday at his
rooms on Fourth street over the body of Charles YATES,
who was killed by DAKE on Thursday evening.
The following is a report of the testimony:
Mary YATES - I know the deceased; he is my husband;
his name is Charles YATES, a native of New York; aged thirty-five years in May
last; about half-past nine o’clock last night (June 18th) me and my
husband, on our way home, were met by officer A.C. DAKE, near the corner of
Fifth and L streets; my husband told DAKE he did not want to see him; they came
together; DAKE put his hand to his side and drew a knife and stabbed my
husband; my husband then haloed, “I am killed! I am killed!” he then ran
across the street, toward the boarding
house (SWIFT’s); DAKE and his wife had been boarding with us about four and
one-half months; my husband and DAKE had had some words about the board bill,
DAKE not having paid his board; on last Tuesday (June 15th) DAKE and
his wife moved away from our house and we have not seen them (the Dakes) until last night, when DAKE met my husband on the
street, as stated before; DAKE was coming from M street when he met us. Charles H. SWIFT sworn - I reside at Fifth
and L streets; at about a quarter past nine o’clock last night I was sitting in
the back room of my residence; I heard loud screamings;
thought it to be on Fifth; I ran out; saw a man running up Fifth toward K
street; I then ran around to the front door; I went in, and found the deceased
(who is said to be Charles Yates) lying on the floor at the foot of the stairs;
a woman was with him; he was bleeding profusely from a large wound above the
left clavicle; I sent for a physician; the man died in about five minutes; he
(the man) stated that he had been stabbed and would die; I was present when the
Coroner arrived and examined the body; there was found on his person one
hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ten cents in gold and silver, and one five
dollar greenback or treasury note; Allison took from the person a small gold
watch, which was also handed to the Coroner; a small penknife, a key and some
letters, was all the property or effects that was found on the deceased. R.M. ALLISON sworn - Reside on L street,
between Fifth and Sixth; about quarter past nine o’clock last night I was on L
street, between Fifth and Sixth, and I heard the cry of murder; heard a woman
screaming; the sound was close to the grocery store, corner Fifth and L; ran to
the place and saw deceased running across toward Judge SWIFT?s house with a
woman after him;
It was his wife; they ran into SWIFT’s house, and he
fell on the floor at the foot of the stairs; there was no one in at the time
but the deceased, his wife and me; she said DAKE had killed her husband;
LAMBERT cut the guard and took the watch off, and I gave it to Mrs. SWIFT; the
deceased died in about five or seven minutes after he came in the house. J.T. CLARK sworn - Am Chief of Police of this
city; about half-past nine last night special officer DAKE came to the Police
Office and requested me to lock him up, saying he had killed a man; said it was
Charles YATES that he had killed; told me to go Fifth and L, and there I would
find the deceased; he said that YATES had abused him, and that he (Yates) had
called his wife a d---d w---; he said YATES had accused him or his wife, I am
not certain which, of stealing a cross; I then left for the place of the
murder; he did not give me any weapons when he gave himself up; I examined him
and could find none; he gave no cause for committing the murder but what I have
stated, only that YATES had threatened his life, and that he would break that damned
crooked neck, etc.; I asked him what he did with the knife that he committed
the murder with; he told me that I could not find it. G.J. PHELAN sworn - On the 19th of
June, 1863, I made a post-mortem examination of the body of Charles YATES,
assisted by Doctors SIMMONS and TAYLOR; I found a wound below the left
clavicle, which entered the chest and cut the subclavian
artery; this wound was sufficient to cause death; I found a second wound which
passed through the right arm near the shoulder, wounding the brachial vein;
these wounds were made by a sharp cutting instrument.
The Jury returned the following verdict:
We, the jury summoned to inquire as to the death of
the deceased now before us, do find that the name of the deceased is Charles
YATES, native of New York, aged thirty-five years, and that he came to his
death about half-past nine o’clock P.M., June 18, 1863, from the affects of two
wounds inflicted - one on the right arm and one on the clavicle and left arm -
by a knife or some sharp instrument, inflicted by the hands of Alonzo DAKE.
Signed: L. EPPINGER, George W. HILDRETH, Charles E.
BISHOP, James CARILLO,
George NELSON, J.R. VALLEAU.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, June 22, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
CITIZEN?S MEETING - Pursuant to a published call, a
meeting was held at Concert Hall on Saturday evening, composed of ?Union citizens
of Sacramento county, who are dissatisfied with a portion of the nomination
made by the recent Union County Convention.? C.H. SWIFT was called to the chair, and Dr. SPENCER was chosen Secretary. The Committee
of Seven, appointed at a previous meeting to report the names of a Nominating
Committee of Twenty-one, presented the following list of names as such
Committee: City:
First Ward - D.W. EARL, Justus HOVEY. Second Ward - L.F. REED, W.E.
TERRY. Third Ward - Joseph KLOPENSTINE, Sylvester
TRYON, J.L. HUNTOON. Conrad WEIL.
Fourth Ward - Henry MARWIN, J.T.PIKE,
L.H. FOOTE. Sutterville - J.S. HARBISON. Sacramento River - C.E. WHITE.
Mormon Island - Ezra WOOLSON. Folsom - J.W. SPRUANCE, Jesse
DRESSER. Michigan Bar - J.S. SHEPHERD. Live Oak
- J.H. URICK. Brighton - S.N. BAKER. Lake House -
Samuel Rich. Korn’s Store - A. WOODWARD.
The report was accepted, and the names as reported
were, on motion, one by one approved by the meeting. The Committee was, on
motion, enlarged by the addition of thirteen additional names, viz: Thomas ROSS, I.S. VAN WINKLE, B.R. CROCKER, W.W.
DRESSER, D. BUSH, J.H. CARROLL, Joseph GLOVER, Amos ADAMS, N.L. DREW, E.R.
PERRIN, W. WALDRON, ____ WHITE (of Twelve Mile House, Auburn road), and George
ROWLAND. J.G. HYER moved that the Committee be requested to nominate a full
county ticket, taking from other tickets such names as may be deemed advisable.
The motion was, after discussion, adopted. The Committee was, on motion,
requested to meet
at
Concert Hall on Wednesday, the 23d instant. On motion of E.H. MILLER, the form
of a circular was adopted, and a Committee of eight was appointed to circulate
it and procure the signatures of citizens to it. The circular is addressed to
the members of the Nominating Committee, and states, in substance, that serious
objections are entertained by our citizens to the ticket already nominated, and
that the Committee has been selected to remedy the evil by making new
nominations. The undersigned, therefore, approving
such selection, request the members of the Committee to
meet and fulfill the duty assigned them, etc. The Committee appointed to
procure signatures to the circular is W.M. SIDDONS and L.L. Baker, of the First
Ward; J.W. AVERY and D.S. HAYDEN, of the Second; J.C. SPENCER and John McNEIL, of the Third; and W. MORROW and F.R. DRAY, of the
Fourth.
FUNERAL OF CHARLES YATES - The
funeral of Charles YATES, who was killed on Thursday evening by Alonzo H. DAKE,
took place at two o’clock yesterday afternoon, from the house of Knickerbocker Engine Company, No. 5, on Fourth street, near
K. As is usually the case, where deaths occur by violence, the attendance was
large. The funeral train moved from the Engine House up Fourth to J, and up J to Sixth street, and to the Presbyterian Church
on Sixth street. The remains of the deceased were there transferred from the
hearse to the church, where Rev. Dr. PHELPS administered the funeral rites of
the church in the presence of a closely crowded audience. At the conclusion of
the service the coffin was again placed in the hearse, and the cortege
proceeded to the City Cemetery, where the remains of the deceased were
deposited in the Firemen?s
plot. The following is the order in which the procession moved: Sacramento
Brass Bank, Knickerbocker Engine Company No,. 5 (about 70 members), hearse and pall bearers, carriages
with mourners, members of the Police Department, delegates from Neptune Hose
Company No. 1, Young America Engine Company No. 6, Eureka Engine Company No. 4,
Sacramento Engine Company No. 3, Protection Engine Company No. 2, Confidence
Engine Company No. 1, and some twenty buggies and carriages containing private
citizens. The pall bearers were: G.W. WHITLOCK from Engine
Company No. 1, M. McMANUS of Engine Company No. 2,
Joseph BATCHLE of Engine Company No. 3,
Joseph MOSS of Engine Company No. 4, J.W. COFFROTH
of Engine Company No. 5, C.H. MARVIN of Engine Company No. 6, J. CAMERON of
Hook and Ladder Company
No. 2, and B.W. MARTZ, of the City
Police.
NOT ON THE POLICE - Neither T.G. LESTER nor A.H. DAKE,
who now occupy a prominent position on the criminal record of the city, has
been in any way connected with the police department since the present Board of
Trustees came into power. Both had previously served as regular policemen, and
both were applicants before the Board, but neither was chosen. LESTER then
applied to Chief CLARK for an appointment as special policeman, but the Board
passed an ordinance requiring all applications to be made to that body. LESTER
had, however, been acting as night watchman for several weeks, but had no
authority from any source other than that which any citizen possesses.
RETURNING - J.J. WATSON, who brought from Virginia
City a prisoner named LEVY, charged with grand larceny, returned from San
Francisco on Saturday’s boat, and will leave for Washoe this morning. His
prisoner has been detained at the station house, and will be taken to Maryville
to-day by Captain COOKE.
TWO CHANCES - John DOMINGOS, whose name was on one
of the unsuccessful tickets at the Union primary election held several weeks
ago, was on Saturday elected a delegate to the Democratic County Convention.
His name may have been used in one case or the other without his consent.
MURDER TRIAL - The District Court will meet at 10
1/2 o'clock this morning for the trial of Geo. REDDING for the murder of Tadeo VALDEZ.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, June 22, 1863
POLICE COURT SATURDAY - Mary SHAW, convicted of
disturbing the peace, was fined $20.
George COOPER, for the same offence, was fined $25. The examination of A.H. DAKE for the murder of Charles
YATES was fixed for Wednesday next,
at the request of his counsel and with consent of the prosecuting attorney. The larceny cases of L.H. and
M.A. TAYLOR were dismissed on
payment of costs, the difficulty being a family affair and satisfaction having been formally acknowledged. H.
CONNER was tried by the
Court and convicted of assault and battery on
Napoleon EDWARDS, a boy employed at the
Golden Eagle. The provocation alleged was that the lad had insulted CONNER's wife while passing in the street.
INSANE - At about ten o'clock yesterday morning a
man named J.E. NEWLAND visited the
station house and asked leave to sit down. Permission was granted, and it was ascertained that his clothes
were dripping with water. He said he had jumped into the slough, but could
give no satisfactory reason for so doing. It being evident that the man was slightly deranged, he was locked up or safe keeping. The
examining physicians believe the malady to be but
temporary, and that he will be able to be out again in a few days.
ARRESTS - The city police made the following arrests
during Saturday and yesterday: Peter MILLER, by
officer CHAMBERLAIN, for sleeping on the sidewalk;
J.R. MILLER, by Cody and O'BRIEN, for obtaining goods under false pretenses; H. COURTAINE, by officer CODY, for safe
keeping; Alexander WAMBLE, by BROWN
and AMES, for assault and battery; Antone ALVARO, by officer NORRIS, for assault and battery.
FRUITS OF CALIFORNIA - The
Bulletin says: We were shown specimens of Chinese lemons, grown on the farm of B.D. WILSON at the
Mission of San Gabriel, Los
Angeles county. The lemons,
two in number, are on the same stem, and are of mammoth
size, weighing two pounds nine ounces. Their appearance at this season of the year is proof that almost every
variety of semi-tropical fruit can be grown
within the boundaries of this State.
NEGRO SHOT - A negro named
WILLIAMS was shot lately at Kentucky Hill, in Sierra
county, by a German named WEISS. WILLIAMS was working in the latter’s
mining claim and was told to leave. He would not and
replied insolently, when he was
shot.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, June 23, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of Amos H.
WHITCOMB, deceased – Will
filed, and also the petition of the widow of the deceased,
praying that said
will be admitted to probate, and that letters of
testamentary issue to her upon said estate, set for hearing July 6th; due
notice ordered to be given by posting. Estate of Bernard COLEMAN, deceased -
Application for letters testamentary continued until the 29th instant. Estate
of John G. CLEAL, deceased - Petition of widow filed, praying that homestead be
set apart for he use of the family, and prayer of the
petitioner granted. Estate of William KELLY, deceased - Order for sale of
personal property granted.
Estate of N.I. UNDERWOOD, deceased - Application for
sale of personal property coming on to be heard, ordered that the administrator
sell at private sale one hundred shares of stock, subject to the confirmation
of this Court. Estate of W. KELLY, deceased - Honora
KELLY appearing in obedience to a citation heretofore issued, requiring her to
answer questions touching the property of the deceased, and after being
examined in relation thereto, was discharged.
Estate of Maurice NOLAN, deceased - Petition to
revoke letters of administration heretofore issued to F. NOLAN upon said
estate, filed; ordered that said letters be revoked, and that letters upon said
estate issue to D.W. WELTY, upon his filing a bond in the sum of $500.
Estate of John COMMONFORD, deceased - Final account
of administrator filed, and set for hearing July 6th, 1863.
POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY - Frank EMERSON said he did
not steal Mrs. HOWARD's watch; and as the people of the State of California say
he did, the question of veracity between them will be settled by a trial to-day. The examination of
J.R. MILLER, for obtaining goods under false pretenses, was postponed till
today, there being a flattering prospect that the debt will be paid in the
meantime, satisfaction acknowledged, and ten dollars costs paid to the
Court without any further trouble. Peter MILLER paid ten dollars into Court, that being the price of
his lodging - on the sidewalk. Antonio ALVARADO
pleaded guilty of assault and battery on one GARCIA. One
GARCIA was the dirtiest, bloodiest and worst battered man ever seen in Court
during the
present generation. He looked as if a dozen men had pounded
him, in turn. ALVARADO only stated as
his excuse that GARCIA had insulted him. Sentence
deferred. Aleck WAMBLE, aged about fifteen, was charged with
assault and battery (with the blade of a jackknife) on C.E. REYNOLDS, a young
gentleman
of
the African persuasion. Witnesses being absent the case was
postponed one day. Aleck considered it a great outrage that the African should
have caused
his arrest, and to "get even," made oath that
the African had assaulted and battered him, thus procuring his arrest. The difficulty arose in regard to bathing in
the limpid waters of Sutter lake, somewhere about Eighth or Ninth street.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES - The
Board of Trustees met yesterday, pursuant to adjournment. A number of accounts
were allowed. The bond of Israel LUCE,
Superintendent of the City Cemetery, in the sum of
$3,000, with M. GREENBAUM, Jerome MADDEN and C. CROCKER as sureties, was
submitted and
approved. The Board then took a recess. On re-assembling, a
number of additional accounts were allowed on the Floating Debt Redemption
Fund. The
following is the entire list: T.A. TALBERT, $25,
D.C. GAY, $1,530, J.L. GRAVES, $154.25, J.L. GRAVES $67, Stephen HITE $443,
A.C. BIDWELL $133, W. YULE $621.71, KLOPFENSTEIN & Co. $200, W.H. HEVENER
$333.28, W. HADWICK $416.66, JENKS & FOOTE $935.26, R.T. BROWN $100, E.
GRANGER $63, Samuel DEAL $419.35, F.T. BURKE $1,622.68, Samuel DRURY $1,933.80,
J.D. PARKER $2,564, W. SHATTUCK $1,536.29, J.D. PARKER $300, J.D. PARKER
$1,165.40, James M. McDonough $421.78, C.C. JENKS $170, Jerry GUAGE $25,
Patrick O'MALLEY $25, J. FERGUSON $25. The claim of Samuel COHN for $16 was
rejected. The bond of M. McMANUS, Assistant Clerk of
the Water Works, in the sum of $2,000, with the name of Patrick CONLAN and W.F.
FRASER as sureties, was submitted and returned on account of informality. The
Board then adjourned until ten o’clock A.M. to-morrow.
DISTRICT COURT - The District Court met yesterday
for the trial of George REDDING on a charge of murder. The charge was dismissed
on account of the
absence of witnesses. P. FRANKLIN, D. KOHN, W.H. HALSEY, S.
SIMS, John BATCHER, F. LIVINGSTON, F.W. CLUTE, E.H. MILLER, Joseph SHAW, C.S.
COFFIN, S. HITE, T.B. SHERIFF and E. DWYER were, for various reasons, excused
from serving as jurors. A venire for thirteen additional jurors was ordered to
issue, returnable to-day. The Court adjourned to meet at 10 1/2 o'clock this
morning.
PIONEERS - At the Pioneer meeting last evening,
further time was extended to the Committee of Arrangements for the Fourth of
July. R.T. BROWN was
selected as Marshal for the Society, and as Aid to the Grand
Marshal of the day. John H. CARROLL, John G. HYER, and Chas. H. SWIFT were
appointed a
Committee to receive the banner to be
presented by the ladies to the Association on the Fourth of July. Adjourned to the regular meeting,
Saturday evening next.
CAVALRY HORSES - I.M. HUBBARD arrived in the city
yesterday from the vicinity of Tehama with fifty head of horses designed for the use
of Captain WITHAM?s cavalry company. They are half breeds but are of large size
and appear to be satisfactory, so far as appearance goes, to the men who are to
ride them. They were taken to Camp Union, and will be passed upon within a day
or two by the proper officers
THE EXPLANATION - We have received a note from John
DOMINGOS, who acknowledged that his name was used as a candidate at both
primary elections recently held. He says, however, that he does "not
belong on the Republican ticket," but did consent to run on the Union
Democratic ticket, and was
elected. He repudiates both extremes, the Black Republicans
and the Fire Eaters.
MURDER TRIAL TO-DAY - The trial of Jesse McMAHON for the murder of Samuel CROUCH is set for to-day
in the District Court. This murder took place on the Cosumnes
in the Summer of 1860. McMAHON
made his escape at the time, but was arrested last Summer
in Arizona, and was brought back from that
Territory by Deputy Sheriff CHRISTY of
this county.
PETTY LARCENY - A man named John GRAHAM was brought
to the city yesterday by Constable RILEY of Folsom, and left at the county
jail. He had been tried by Justice WING on a charge of petty larceny in
stealing a bridle worth $6. Being found
guilty, he was sentenced to pay a fine of $50, or be imprisoned twenty-five
days.
ARRESTS - Charles E. REYNOLDS (colored) was arrested
yesterday by officer AMES, on a charge of assault and battery on Alexander
WAMBLE. James REDDING, by officer BROWN, for safe keeping. John, officer BROWN,
for assault and battery. J.S. LOMAX, by officer AMOS, for assault and battery.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Thursday, June 25, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
A ROUGH CASE
- Justice Robinson's Court was occupied a large portion of yesterday with the
case of Alfred NETHERCOTT, who has fallen into great tribulation on account of
a feud with his brother, George NETHERCOTT, and his (George's) wife. The
charges, which were for malicious mischief and disturbance of the peace at
night, were first brought before the Police Court, but as the parties live out
of the city that Court had no jurisdiction and they were transferred to the
Justice's Court. Mrs. NETHERCOTT, who is a small, fragile woman, appears to
stand in mortal dread of her brother-in-law, and added to the charges a
complaint of threats against her life. Alfred was in a state of considerable
excitement, regarding himself as a persecuted man, and said he would be his own
lawyer. He is a man of powerful frame,
and wore an ample red shirt. To the first charge of maliciously cutting some gutta percha hose belonging to
his brother, he pleaded guilty, and added that he did cut the hose and he had a
right to. To the second charge of disturbing the peace he pleaded not guilty,
and elected to be tried by the Court. The evidence was that having been
arrested for a difficulty which occurred during the day, he was released on
bail, and about half past ten o’clock at night went to his brother’s residence
in the neighborhood of the English Brewery, Thirty-first street, and demanded
admittance, and that his revolver should be given up to him. Mrs. N. spoke to
him, but he called her by certain opprobrious epithets, threatening to cut her
heart out, and finally forced his way into the house.
Defendant cross-examined the witness, and disputed with counsel fiercely, but
in the end he was adjudged guilty and required to be present to-morrow for
sentence on both charges. He was next
examined on the charge of threatening to take his sister-in-law's life, and she
testified that she had once or twice fled from the house with her babe in her
arms to escape from his violence. She was in constant terror lest he should put
his threats into execution against herself or her husband. George testified
that the defendant on one occasion snapped his revolver at him three rimes. He
then succeeded in getting the revolver away from him, and had since kept it in
his own possession. Several others testified to his having a knife or revolver
drawn and making threats, and the defendant said his revolver was the largest
sized dragoon revolver, carrying six good balls, as many an Indian had learned
to his cost, between here and Fraser river. Let those
men go on, swearing lies against him; he would meet them again this side of the
grave, and would be a match for them. The Court decided that the defendant must
give bonds in $3,000 to preserve the peace towards all the people of the State
of California, and especially in regard to Mrs. George NETHERCOTT.
SUICIDE - We mentioned several days ago that a man
named Emerick had attempted to commit suicide by
drowning himself in the slough north of the
North Levee. The water proved to be too shallow, and he washed
off the mud and returned home. The name given proves to be erroneous, but from
evidence discovered yesterday there is no room to doubt that he has since that
date consummated his design. Yesterday afternoon some boys discovered on the
banks of the slough, opposite Tenth street, and north
of the North Levee, the clothing of a man which they recognized as the clothing
of the man who had made the former attempt at self-destruction. The clothing
was taken to the Coroner’s office, and has since been recognized as that of
F.C. HENNIG, a German tailor, who formerly kept a shop on K street, near
Fourth, adjoining the International Hotel, but who has recently been located on
K street, east of Seventh, opposite the Catholic Church. The coat found on the
bank of the slough was made of Scotch plaid of peculiar stripe, and there can
be no doubt as to its identity. HENNIG was not seen about his premises
yesterday, nor was his shop opened by himself or any of his neighbors. He had
been drinking excessively of late, and has suffered from delirium tremens.
HENNIG was a native of Germany, probably fifty-five or sixty years of age. He
came to this State from Missouri, where he leaves a wife, and, it is said,
considerable property. At about half-past six o’clock on Tuesday evening
officer CALDWELL saw a man who appeared to be insane, with no other clothing on
but hat, pants and boots, running in the
vicinity of Fourteenth and H streets. He disappeared near the North Levee, but
his description does not altogether agree with that of HENNIG.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS - At a regular meeting of
Eureka Lodge, No. 4, I.O.O.F., held last evening, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term: G.J. CROSS, N.G;. P. FRANKLIN, V.G.; J.T. MIER,
Rec. S.; W.C. FELCH, P. Sec.; F. MIER, Treas.; W.C. FELCH, Asa
P. ANDREWS and B.
KOZMINSKY, Trustees.
ADMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP - Peter E. PETERSON, a
native of Denmark, was yesterday admitted to citizenship, in the District
Court, on the testimony
of
W.W. SHELDON and Louis ROSENBERG.
CARD OF
J.H. GASS
Editors Union: As I have (without any desire on my
part, however), been the subject of many items to you, will you not, as a
recompense therefore, allow
me
the use of your columns to say a few words upon the recent "attempt to
break jail," with which I am charged. Could this, like many other charges
preferred against me, be made the subject of
Judicial Investigation, I would leave it for time and such investigation to
determine its truth or falsity - but as this cannot be, I wish, for the first
time, to say a few words in my own defense. It is almost a pity, I know, to
spoil such a nicely concocted item as appeared in this morning’s Union, but as
the notoriety conferred thereby is anything but palatable, I would rather the
facts should be told, although the interest and tragic effect may be spoiled.
That the
bolts of one of the iron doors were cut, is true, but that the facts authorize
the inference that I cut them, I deny. It is also true that the various
articles enumerated, with three material exceptions, were found in my
possession; but I apprehend they will scarcely be considered injurious in their
tendency, or very destructive, unless about a wineglass full of brandy should
be so considered; but it is not true that any arsenic, muriatic or other acid, or
mixture of wax and soap, was found in my possession. There was a small quantity
of carbonic of soda, a vial of olive oil and bay rum, mixed, and a piece of
Castile soap, and I have no doubt but the deadly and destructive articles said
to have been found will turn out to be the harmless ones I have mentioned, if
examined. Indeed, Mr. HARRIS informed me this morning that he and Dr. PHELAN
tested the supposed acid, and found it to be a mixture of oil and rum. Another
statement made, is, that the blacking found in my cell was the same as used
upon the bolts. This is wholly untrue, as any one can
satisfy himself by testing it. The blacking I had shone
like varnish, and would only have drawn attention to, rather than have
concealed, a cut in the rusty bolts.
But more
than all this, this JACKSON, one of the prisoners - and by the way, a person to
whom I have never spoken - told HARRIS and others, last
evening, that he knew the bolts were cut before I entered
the prison. The truth is, that certain of the prisoners have attempted to
fasten this charge on me, instigated by revenge, because I interfered with a
scheme of theirs to escape, five or six weeks ago. I discovered, one evening
after the cells had been fastened for the night that one of the prisoners had secreted
himself behind my door; I asked him what he was doing there, and he replied
that he was going to attempt to escape during the night by the very door the
bolts of which were cut. I told him that to do so would compromise me, and that
I could not therefore permit it; he then begged me to allow him to remain in
the passage all night, but I refused to do so, and immediately called HARRIS,
who was on watch, and he locked him up. I subsequently learned that the plan
was, that one of the party was to secrete himself in the evening, when, the
doors were opened to allow them to get water, and that during the night he was
to unbolt and unlock the doors (they being fastened on the outside), and they
were then to escape by the iron door; if they failed in this they were to jump
on and overpower MOORE, the Keeper, when he entered, the next morning early, to
unlock the doors, and then make their escape. Since then, some of these parties
have expressed great animosity against me, and a determination to be revenged. Both HARRIS, the Warden, and MOORE, lately one of the
deputies, can vouch for the truth of what I say. Moreover, scarcely a day has
passed since my imprisonment but what I have had ample opportunities to have
escaped, had I so desired, without cutting bars or bolts, and did not avail
myself of them; and for the truth of this I appeal to HARRIS, the Warden.
A word or
two in relation to my intention to commit suicide, and I will trespass no
further. The collar I wore, being rather small, was tied with a piece of
string. I asked RICE, Deputy Warden, to hand me a small knife, near his hand,
to cut it with; he stepped up and cut it for me. The largest blade in the knife
will not measure over one and a quarter inches. I have no
love nor talent for the tragic, and have, therefore, less hesitancy in
spelling the tragic affect of your item by a statement of the facts.
I thank God
I have plenty of hope left and courage to meet life, let it bring what it will,
and the serious charges preferred against me at the same time. I am free to
admit that Mr. Ex-Editor McCLATCHY stumbled on the
truth when he said I lacked the courage to commit suicide. If restrained by no
other or lighter motive, I should consider it a poor way to requite the ?unrelenting attention? and
love of my mother and sisters, to add to their afflictions by the commission of
so foolish and wicked an act.
SACRAMENTO, June 24th J.H. GASS
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, June 26, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
Body Found -
Inquest - We mentioned yesterday that the clothing of F.C. HENNIG had been found on the bank of the slough near
Tenth street, above the north levee, and
that there was every reason to suppose HENNIG had committed suicide by drowning. Soon after eight o’clock yesterday morning the body was found in the water near the spot where
the clothes had been discovered the day before. It was subsequently taken to charge by
Coroner REEVES, who held an inquest over
it at his rooms on Fourth street. A boy named Lot PHILLIPS testified in substance as follows, "At about
half-past eight o'clock this morning I went
over to the slough at the head of Tenth street to fire off my pistol; I there discovered the deceased, now before
the jury; the body was afloat in the
water, with the head up; I do not know the depth of the water at that point; the body was eight or nine feet from
the shore; I did not know the
deceased; I got a stick and hauled the body to the bank; I notified Mr. COATES, and brought a rope and secured the body.
I then left word of the discovery at the Coroner’s office. There was no clothing on the body except a red cloth tied around the waist; there were no
papers or other valuables about the body
to the best of my knowledge.” William COATES testified: I reside between
Tenth and Eleventh and B and C streets; at about half past eight o’clock this morning Lot PHILLIPS called at my house,
and said he had discovered a man
or boy drowned in the slough; I went with him, and saw the body of a man, about ten feet from the shore,
leaning forward, the face downward, the
back of the head about six inches below the surface of the water; we got a long pole and drew it to the shore,
and tied it to the root of a tree; the
body was naked, except a red piece of sloth around the waist." Jacob RUOFF testified as follows:
"I have known the deceased fifteen or
sixteen years; I knew him in this city since 1854; he was a tailor by trade, and carried on business on K street, opposite
the Catholic Church; I think he had no
property or means, or stock in his shop; his name is F.C. HENNIG; he is a native of Germany, and leaves a wife
somewhere in Missouri; he was about
fifty years of age, was a very good man when sober, but would get quite crazy when intoxicated." Henry
SCHROER testified as follows: "I know
the deceased; he
told me last Sunday that he would drown himself; he said he had been drinking and could not stop, and
would drown himself; this was at five or
six o'clock on Sunday morning, June 31st; he drank a good deal ever since I know him; I think he had no
property; his age is fifty-five
years." The jury , composed of B.F. CUMMINGS, J.H. LEWIS, M. McGAUGHRAN, B.B. BRIGSS and Richard STUART, returned a verdict
to the effect that the body
was that of F.C. HENNIG, a native of Germany, aged fifty-five years, and that he came to his death by drowning, on
the 24th instant.
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - The case of Frank
Confidence EMERSON, for feloniously
appropriating Mrs. HOWARD's watch, was again postponed till next Monday, the jury previously demanded not having been
summoned. George PRICE was charged with
knocking down and kicking Mary MILLS. He expressed, in German, his anxious desire to compromise, and
entered into serious negotiation with
Mary for that purpose. He was allowed another day to conclude his diplomatic effort. Frank WARDEN was
acquitted on a charge of assault and
battery on Lafayette ANDREWS, the evidence showing that ANDREWS was drunk and hurling "dornicks"
promiscuously about J street, and that WARDEN "did not give him half
enough." John MAXWELL, colored
waiter, the "oldest
inhabitant" of the St. George, had been arrested for refusing to give his name to the Military Poll Tax Collector.
Upon a statement of his excellent
antecedents, and his payment of the tax, his case was dismissed without costs.
Charles SHAFER said he had an indistinct recollection of being a little drunk last night, but did not know
whether he was guilty of making any noise
and disturbance on J street or not. Judge HOLL said he knew, because he arrested the defendant; he
therefore found a verdict of guilty. William
VIDER, whose face exhibited all the colors of the rainbow, had not the slightest recollection of what was the
matter last night, and especially didn’t
remember being drunk on the sidewalk in J street. The Court informed him that that was "what's the
matter," and, with his illustrious
predecessor he will appear for sentence this morning. J. KISCHLER said he guessed he was tight last night,
but for some reason he Didn’t remember clearly. Officer O'BRIEN informed
him that at three o’clock in the morning he was "raising hob" on
Second street, and would not let his friends take him home. Judge HOLL said about ten
dollars, he thought, would cover the case,
and defendant expressed a sanguine hope that Johnny BLACK, who employs him, would pay the money in the course
of the day.
SENTENCED - Alfred NETHERCOTT was tried on
Wednesday, before Justice ROBINSON, on a
charge of malicious mischief, and also on a charge of disturbing the peace in the vicinity of Sutter’s Fort, and was found guilty on both charges.
Yesterday morning Justice ROBINSON passed sentence in each case, as follows: Malicious mischief, thirty dollars
fine or fifteen days imprisonment.
Disturbing the peace, twenty dollars fine or ten days
imprisonment. NETHERCOTT was committed to the County Jail, in
default of a bond in the sum
of $3,000 to keep the peace toward his sister-in-law.
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Sacramento
Daily Union
Monday,
June 29, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
A General Engagement
- Considerable excitement occurred on Fourth street, near K, at about eight o'clock yesterday morning, on account
of a general engagement
which came off between J.W. REEVES, Coroner, undertaker, etc., and E.A.L. LOCKHART, a young man employed in his
establishment. Public attention
was called to REEVES' office by the lively rattling of glass on the inside, which carried the conviction very forcibly to
the mind that something was being broken. In a moment more a
large large pane of glass in the front door gave way, and two heads and accompanying
shoulders came suddenly
through toward the street. LOCKHART occupied the lower position, with his face turned upward and his back resting across the
wood work of the door. REEVES was uppermost and had a decided advantage of
position. Hostilities raged in this
uncomfortable predicament, until the two were separated
by outsiders. Soon after being parted, and after both were on the street, LOCKHART drew a pistol, and another collision would
have ensued, and perhaps
serious results, had not the crowd interfered and finally restored order. The excitement was greatly increased by the fact that
Mrs. LOCKHART was on the
ground and greatly terrified. After doing what she could to allay the storm, obtaining her husband's pistol from him, etc.,
she fainted from the
affects of the excitement. Several outsiders on the street, in taking sides for or against the principals, came near getting up a
fight of their own, but
no blows were struck by them. The circumstances attendant upon this affair and causes which led to it will probably be developed
in the Police Court
to-day, as both parties were subsequently arrested. LOCKHART and wife occupy the upper portion of REEVES' building, and use the
furniture, etc., which was
in the house before the death of Mrs. REEVES. The difficulty in the case seems to have arisen on account of the use of
certain portions of this
furniture, although the bitter feeling has been growing up since the adjournment of the Union County Convention, before which
body both were candidates
for the office of Coroner. On Saturday night, after a conversation between REEVES and Mrs. LOCKHART concerning the
furniture, at which her
husband took offense, LOCKHART made threats against REEVES and provided himself with a pistol. They did not meet, however,
until yesterday morning,
when they encountered each other in the front office and "waltzed in," breaking considerable glass in the show cases in
the room and making their
debut before the public as described.
POLICE
COURT, SATURDAY - Dr. SAUNDERS, arrested on a charge of perjury in connection with the LESTER rape case, was in Court ready for
examination. Counsel
for the prosecution said the people were not ready, and wanted the case postponed till Wednesday, to allow time to get a
material witness from San
Francisco. SAUNDERS said he was entirely ready and did not want the case continued. He had been arrested on the outrageous charge by
men who ought to have been
arrested themselves. He could show by a multitude of witnesses that this Courtney girl was the girl who lived at his house.
GOODS said the witness
they wanted from the Bay was the uncle of the girl, who had her in his charge at the time SAUNDERS swore she was living with
him. SAUNDERS went on
excitedly, denouncing those who had caused his arrest as a gang of thieves and robbers, who wanted time to cook up testimony
against him. He was
stopped by the Court and the examination was postponed till Tuesday. George PRICE
was placed on trial for assault and battery on the gentle Mary MILLS. The effect of George?s recent diplomatic efforts became apparent the moment Mary began to testify. She was certain, to begin
with, that George never
kicked her; secondly, he never struck her; thirdly, she had thrown two or three bricks at his head, and he only gave her a little
push, whereupon a brick she
still held in her hand flew up in her face and blackened her eye and she fell down and "hurted"
her head with her comb. It was true she told the
officers that he struck her and kicked her, but at that particular period in her history she "was in such a violent
passion that she told a lie." She here confidentially informed the Court
that she possessed a remarkably
bad temper. The Court said it would reserve its decision, and Mary said "Thank you, Judge," dropped a graceful
curtsey, beamed a broad smile, and
retired from the Court room. The examination of DAKE, for the murder of YATES, was further postponed till Wednesday,
counsel not having yet
decided whether to waive an examination or not. The cross cut cases of Mrs. PALIO and Mr. and Mrs. HARDING, all growing out of the
same general mess -
pounding and impounding - were further put off till Monday, juries having been ordered all around.
NEW SUIT -
L.H. BAYERQUE, President of the Freeport Railroad Company, commenced suit on Saturday on the District Court against
S.P. PAGE, owner of certain
lands on the upper Stockton road. The suit is brought to secure the right of way for Freeport Railroad through the lands of the
defendant. It is alleged in
the complaint that the land in question is Government land. Plaintiff?s are willing to pay for the
land (a strip six rods wide and 1,480 feet
long), and ask for the appointment of three Commissioners to appraise the land and access damages. They also ask for an
order empowering them to
take possession of the land in question, on conditions of their filing a sufficient bond to cover damages, costs, etc. The
defendant in the case is
directed by Judge McKUNE to show cause on the 7th of
July why the prayer of
the plaintiff?s petition
shall not be granted.
ARRESTS -
The following arrests were made during Saturday and yesterday:
George
COOPER, by officer AMES, for assault and battery on D. MURPHY; D. DIKES, by officer LOCKE, for safe keeping; Thomas E. HEALEY,
by special officer
TAYLOR, for safe keeping; Thomas FARREL, by officer O'BRIEN, for being drunk and sleeping on the sidewalk; J.W. REEVES, by
special officer DEAL, for
assault and battery on E.A. LOCKHART; E.A. LOCKHART, by the same officer, for threats against the life of J.W. REEVES.
YOUNG
EAGLE - A young eagle, some four weeks old, sent to
the city from Jerome
DAVIS? ranch, in Yolo county, has recently become one
of "Swimley's Boarders."
He was presented to the proprietors of MOORE's saloon, at Second and K streets, but they presented him to SWIMLEY on
condition that he bring him up to
the standard size and weight of the establishment within schedule time.
FOR TRIAL
TO-DAY - The following cases are set for trial in the District Court to-day; James F. MONTGOMERY vs. A.B. BATES; C.P.
JACKSON et al. vs. M.M. REED
et al; David WOODS vs. B.N. BUGBEY. In the County Court the cases of ROSE vs. HARRIGAN; BRAGG vs. ELLIOTT; HYDE, executrix, et
al., vs. HAINES,
and MOORE vs. BUDD, are set for trial.
A SHOOTING
MATCH - A shooting match with target rifles was arranged between John ANDREWS and Mark FOSTER, to have come off yesterday,
but on account of difficulty
in determining upon the ground on which to shoot, the match was postponed until Sunday next.
DEATHS - Four deaths only occurred in this city last
week. Of this number two were males and two females - two minors and two
adults.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Tuesday, June 30, 1863
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - George PRICE, the German
diplomat, was found not guilty of assaulting and battering Mary PRICE, and
departed a free man. George COOPER,
remarkably well known as a peaceable citizen, was charged with assault and
battery on Daniel MURPHY. On account of the absence of MURPHY and other
witnesses, the case was postponed till Wednesday. Thomas FARRELL said he
guessed he was guilty of getting drunk yesterday and going to sleep on the
sidewalk, and was requested to pay $10 into the city coffers. What gave his
face a bunged up appearance did not transpire; probably it was sleeping in the
sun. Lafayette ANDREWS, one of Judge HOLL's faithful customers, was tried and
convicted of disturbing the peace last night, by using ungenteel
language in Second Street. Captain Confidence EMERSON's case, for stealing Mrs.
HOWARD's watch, was postponed indefinitely, Mrs. HOWARD being sick and the
confidence gentleman having business in the Court of Sessions. Coroner J.W.
REEVES and A.E. LOCKHART were tried on charges of disturbing the peace, by
thrusting each other through a window into the presence of an intelligent and dignified
public. Each of the defendants was made
a witness against the other, and LOCKHART had the first chance to tell his
story. He had been out to get shaved, returned to the back shop, and hearing
REEVES coming down, went into the front shop to meet him; told REEVES to get
another man to help him, and that if he ever had anything hereafter to say to
his (LOCKHART's) wife he must come and say it to him; might have told him that
if he spoke to her again he would punch his jaw, but on that point his mind was
a little unsettled; other words passed, and finally REEVES told him there was
no use talking in that way -if he wanted satisfaction he could pull off his
coat and they would go into a room and have it out; as soon as that was said he
stripped off his coat, and half turned to throw it one side, when REEVES seized
him around the arms, and they had a tussle [here witness used language which
would shock the modesty of our compositors], and just as he (witness) was getting the best of it people took him
off; during the struggle they both pitched through a window, and witness' wife
appeared on the scene in a state of
consternation. J.W. REEVES was the next witness, LOCKHART
having assumed the defensive attitude. He had learned the night before
the battle that LOCKHART had procured a pistol and threatened slaughter; and
when he came down, just before hostilities commenced, the enemy advanced upon
him from the street, not from the back room, and the fight set in about as
LOCKHART had narrated. Witness here diverged to explain his talk with Mrs.
LOCKHART, which had been the casus belli. The talk was about domestic matters,
and he had not intended to say anything offensive to that lady. He did tell
LOCKHART if he wanted satisfaction he could have it, but it was in his own
office, and he had no disposition to be run over. When LOCKHART stripped off
his coat he (witness) noticed that he had a pistol on
him, whereupon he seized him, and thrust him first through a glass window in
among a lot of coffins, and next out of doors, giving him no chance to use his
pistol. Having heard both sides, the
Court found each of the defendants equally guilty ten dollars worth, which sums
they paid in liquidation. REEVES made a complaint against LOCKHART for threats
against his life, on which an examination is to be had next Wednesday.
AQUEOUS - The Police Court room, in the Water Works
building, and the passage-way leading thereto, were pretty thoroughly deluged
yesterday
morning with water which drizzled down from toward a dozen
new leaks in the tank overhead. Officers, prisoners, witnesses and reporters
entered the
temple of Justice under peril of a ducking. It is said
that the tanks are to be cleaned out shortly, and thoroughly mended and
remodeled.
INSANE - A man named Thomas THOMPSON was arrested
yesterday morning by officer CHAMBERLAIN and taken to the station house on
account of insanity. He has been living
along the levee for some time, and was formerly an inmate of the Stockton
Asylum. An insane man named Archibald MANNING was removed last evening by
officers DEAL and O'BRIEN from the Golden Eagle Hotel to the station house. He
was brought in the city from Folsom and will be taken to Stockton.
EMIGRANT TRAINS - The train
of PERRY & HARPER arrived in the city yesterday from Missouri, having left
the Missouri river on the 5th of April. They brought through in fine condition
one hundred and sixty mules, and started with twenty-six wagons freighted to
Salt Lake City. At that point all the wagons except nine were left behind.
RANDALL?s train also arrived yesterday, embracing some
sixty large horses, which were taken through to the Bay.
THE FUNDS - R.K. MARINER, Principal of the High
School, stated in a communication to the Board of Education last evening, that
the sum of $240
had been realized by the pupils of the school by the
late entertainment at the Metropolitan Theater, and that $100 of the amount
would be appropriated
to
the purchase of astronomical instruments, and the remainder to the purchase of
a piano, or some other musical instrument, for the use of the school.
BRUISED FACE - A drunken
man, whose name is given as John BROWN, was found at dusk last evening on the
sidewalk between Fourth and Fifth streets, on J, with a face badly bruised and
bloody. He stated that he had been beaten at Cunningham?s drug store, but was unable or unwilling to give
the details of the case. He was removed by special officer DEAL to the station
house for safe keeping.
SUPREME COURT - In the Supreme Court the following
orders were made in chambers yesterday: PIOCHE vs. PAUL; order of stay of
proceedings until decision is rendered on petition for rehearing. McLAUGHLIN et al vs. KELLY et al.; on motion of counsel,
stay of proceedings ordered until decision is had on petition for rehearing.
HOUSE RAISING - The sloop Wasp arrived at the levee
yesterday from San Francisco, having on board the hydraulic apparatus of Fell
& Brother, with a large amount of blocking, etc., for the purpose of house
raising. It is said that a number of property owners in the city are making
arrangements for raising their brick buildings above high water mark.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS - The following named officers
were elected last evening for the ensuing term at a meeting of El Dorado Lodge
No. 8,
I.O.O.F.: F.F. FARGO, N.G.; J.W. SCHOONMAKER, V.G.;
T.A. MORAN, Rec. Sec.; C.H. MARVIN, Per. Sec.? W.H. HOBBY,
Treas.; S. CROSS, F.F. FARGO, A.G. DAVIS, Trustees.
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Friday, July 3, 1863
SUICIDE AND INQUIRY - At about two o'clock P.M. yesterday the body
of a woman was discovered by some one in a boat in
Sutter Lake, near the Chinese Chapel on Sixth street. It proved to be that of
Mrs. Ann HAYES, who, with two sons, ten and seven years old, resided on Sixth street in the immediate vicinity. The deceased had been
addicted to drinking and for several days past had been under the influence of
delirium tremens. She had stated at the station house on Wednesday that certain
parties intended to burn her house, and asked for the protection of the police.
Her two sons state that during a great portion of Wednesday night she walked
the floor, crying and talking. The
burden upon her mind at that time was the feeling that somebody intended to
drown her. At two o'clock yesterday morning she left the house. When the boys
arose soon afterward, they could not find her or learn anything concerning her,
until the body was discovered in the water. The body was removed to the
Coroner's rooms, and an inquest was held last evening. T.C. BENTON, Joseph
WALDRON, Alfred PRENTICE, L. BOOTH, John SCHAFFER and Martin WALBOCK acted as
jurors. Mary LINDSEY, officer O?BRIEN and Chief CLARK
were examined as witnesses. The main facts as above narrated were elicited.
There was no evidence to show how or when she fell into or jumped into the
slough. The jury returned a verdict to
the effect that the body was that of Ann HAYES, a widow woman, forty-five years
of age, a native of Ireland, and that she came to her death by drowning herself
while laboring under aberration of mind. The two boys above referred to are
known by our citizens generally from the fact that during the past year they
have driven one and sometimes two goats to a small wagon over town gathering up
wood, waste barley from the levee, etc. The deceased has another son, about
seventeen years old, who is employed in a ranch on Putah
creek, Yolo county. The funeral will be delayed for a
day or two until he reaches the city to attend it.
BODY FOUND - INQUEST - Coroner REEVES was notified
at about noon yesterday that the body of an unknown man had been found afloat
in the Sacramento river, some seven miles below the city. He visited the
locality in the afternoon and held an inquest. A jury was impaneled, composed
of the
following named persons: Philip SHANK, Thomas NORRIS, Manuel
KING, Manuel SILVEY, John FRANCIS and Antone SILVEY.
The only witness examined was Reinhart BROWN. The witness stated that his
business was that of a fisherman, and his place of residence Ristine's ranch. At about ten o'clock yesterday forenoon he
was informed by the Captain of the schooner Independence that there was a body
afloat in the river. The Captain
requested him to secure the body until the Coroner could be
informed of the fact. Witness secured the body by means of a rope. The name and
cause of
death of deceased were unknown to witness. There were no
marks of violence on the body. Deceased had probably been drowned, and had
apparently been dead five or six days. Hight of
deceased five feet ten inches, very heavy build, about forty years of age,
auburn hair, sandy beard, a good set of
teeth, upper teeth large, lower teeth small. The jury
returned a verdict in accordance with the facts above stated. The person who
first discovered the
body was Captain J. CHAMBERS, of the Independence, and
the location opposite Pleasant ranch.
DIVORCE SUIT - Anna Maria WITENHAVER commenced a
divorce suit yesterday in the District Court against her husband William. The
complaint states that the parties were married in January, 1848, in Germany.
After residing one year in that country they removed to the United States and
resided successively in Wisconsin, New York and California. Defendant came to
California first, and was followed eight months afterward by plaintiff.
Defendant soon afterward became addicted to
drinking, and in 1859 he abandoned plaintiff, and she has since supported
herself by her own labor.
She asks for a decree of divorce, and also for a
decree of ownership of certain property earned by her labor and occupied as a
homestead, in the
clock between N and O, Third and Fourth streets.
RIGHT OF PROPERTY - The matter of the ownership of
property in the DINGLEY divorce case was yesterday tried by R.C. CLARK, referee
appointed by the District Court. Some five or six witnesses were examined. The
referee will of course report to the District Court.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Saturday, July 4, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
SINGULAR RAILROAD ACCIDENT - Between
five and six o'clock yesterday morning a singular
railroad accident occurred near Front and R. streets, on the Sacramento Valley railroad. A fireman named Charles
DUGAN had started from the old depot to
R street with the locomotive C.K. Garrison to come up to K street to be in readiness to start for Folsom with
the usual morning train. At about the same time, and without his knowledge, a
special train had started from
Front and K streets for Folsom. This train consisted of the locomotive George F. Bragg and one passenger car.
The Bragg was run by Engineer
WOODRUFF, and the car contained the Express party referred to
yesterday - FARGO, CHENERY, BARNEY and McLANE
- who are visiting the various express offices
of Wells, Fargo & Co. in the State. The Garrison was, of course, backing up the street, the tender being in
advance. At the curve near R street both engines met. DUGAN first noticed the shadow of a locomotive before the engine itself made its
appearance. He at once reversed steam, but a
severe shock nevertheless ensued by which he was thrown from the engine and lodged between it and the tender. He
was badly bruised but not dangerously
injured. The Geo. F. Bragg and the Garrison and tender were considerably damaged by the shock. The collision had
the effect to
disconnect the Garrison from her tender. Her steam being
reversed she kept in motion, not
in the original direction, of course, but the opposite. Without
waiting for engineer, fireman or passengers, she started for Folsom. On reaching Brighton, a distance of five miles, by
force of habit, or to take in wood, or
from exhaustion of steam, or scarcity of water, or some other potent reason, she came to a halt, and did not
start again until overtaken my two
men on a hand car, who had been dispatched after her from the city. She was, of course, brought back under the
control of the engineer. None
of the passengers in the car behind the Bragg were injured. Engineer
WOODRUFF was slightly injured, but was not thrown from the engine. On account of this accident the morning train was
prevented from leaving the city until nine
o'clock.
THE ALLEGED LARCENY OF GOVERNMENT MULES - J.D.
HARPER and Elias H. PERRY, charged with
grand larceny of Government mules, were examined before Judge HOLL yesterday afternoon. The prosecution had no
testimony to produce except the fact that
defendants had the mules in their possession, brand "U.S." J.R. MILLER testified in behalf of defendants that
he was at Salt Lake in July, 1859, when
about 3,000 Government mules were sold, not more than 100 or 200 of which were branded as condemned or
"vented." He also testified that
the Government agents were very careless in that matter, frequently branding the mules so lightly that the brand would
wear off in a short time. The defendant PERRY was also sworn, and testified
that he was present when these mules were
purchased bona fide in Salt Lake. He said they had brought
the animals through four military posts on the way, at
each of which they were examined
and allowed to pass. The defendants were discharged, but General WRIGHT still holds the four mules, and will
not let them go until he has become
satisfied that Uncle Sam does not own them.
ADMITTED TO CITIZENSHIP - John LONG, a native of
Ireland, was yesterday admitted to
citizenship, in the District Court, on the testimony of Andrew RYAN and M.F. McLEARNEY.
THE COURTS
District Court - J.H. McKUNE,
Judge
Friday,
July 3d.
H. TREICHLER
vs. C.F. REDDING - Demurrer to complaint taken under advisement.
John LYONS
vs. B.N. BUGBEY et al. - Motion for new trial continued.
Henry MILLER
vs. H.M. STOW et al. - Motion to strike out answer as sham, and for judgment.
The
Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroad Company vs. WALDRON et als. - Motion for leave to amend petition granted.
James DUMAS vs. Joseph MOORE - Demurrer to complaint. Continued.
J.C. KINCAID
vs. DRESSER - Motion for execution for costs continued.
J. WILCOXSON
vs. C.H. BURTON et al. - Motion to pay taxes of 1862 out of funds in Court continued.
Thomas E.
KIMBALL vs. T.H. ROBERTS et al. - Demurrer to complaint. Continued.
LEINBOCH vs. G.G. WATERS - Demurrer to complaint. Continued.
C.C. HAYDEN vs. C. MORRILL et al. Demurrer to complaint. Continued.
Joseph
BANQUIER vs. D. TAYLOR - Rule to show cause why injunction should not issue granted, and A. WOODWARD appointed
receiver upon giving bond in the sum of
$1,000.
R. FOLEY vs.
Empire Stove Company et al. - Demurrer to complaint overruled and ten days given to answer.
O.D. HUNT
vs. M.M. REED et al - motion to put cause on calendar denied.
E.M. SKAGGS
vs. E.R. PERRIN et al - Motion for judgment granted and judgment ordered entered in favor of defendants for
$20 and costs taxed against
plaintiff.
D. STRONG
vs. S.D. CLARK et al - Demurrer to complaint overruled and five days given to answer.
C. STREMING
et al. vs. John LITTLE et al - Decree ordered entered of record.
John LITTLE
vs. Eli MAYO - Decree ordered entered of record.
RUSSELL vs.
SMITH - Finding and decree filed and decree ordered entered of record. Stay of execution granted for the days.
Adjourned until Monday, July 6th, 1863, at half-past ten o'clock.
THE WHOLESALE MURDER AT SAN FRANCISCO - A dispatch
to the Bee has the following
particulars in reference to the family murder mentioned in the Union yesterday:
Last evening
at eight o?clock, a
discovery was made which thrilled with horror
all who witnessed it. Dr. George W. BEERS, the well-known lecturer, his wife Julia, and his daughter Annie, were found dead. The scene of these unparalleled tragedies is in the lodging house of
Mrs. BARNES, on the corner of Geary and
Stockton streets. Neither of the parties had been seen during the day, and not a sound heard in their rooms by any
member of the family or lodger in the
house. A light was observed in an outhouse. Dr. BEERS has been in extremely reduced circumstances, having been
unable to pay his board. Latterly, he has been delivering lectures, and was
to have appeared at Dashaway Hall in a series on Physical Life. The last lecture
was so thinly attended that he
became dispirited, and for a day or two has kept his room, where he was heard pacing about in a
restless manner about 11 o’clock on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. BARNES
failing to receive any reply to her repeated knockings informed her husband, who burst open the door,
revealing the horrible scene. On the bed lay the dead bodies of Dr. BEERS and his
wife, the head of the man hanging over
one side of the bed and directly over a pad which had been carefully placed to receive the blood, while the
wife lay with her head near the foot of the
bed and suspended over in a similar manner to bleed into a vessel placed there for the purpose. The sheets and
bed covering were
drenched with gore, and the bodies attenuated from loss of
blood. In an adjoining room
lay the dead body of their child, her mouth covered with froth and the face convulsed as with the effects of
poison. Close by was found a vial
which had contained strychnine, but its contents had been emptied into a tumbler. A small lancet with bloody
blade, and a bar of iron weighing some
eight pounds, was also found, spotted with blood and matted with hair. The following letters throw some light
over this before mysterious
affair. They were discovered on the bureau:
Mr. and Mrs.
BARNES, Please take charge of all our effects and sell them for your own benefit, except the portraits, which do
not let out of your hands until you
may have an opportunity to send them to Mrs. Julia P. DOUGLAS, Brooklyn, New York. I have nothing to state further than that
I am feeling my wife is really
to
pass away from me, and difficulties are accumulating around me that I cannot withstand. GEORGE W.
BEERS P.S. - Also keep the writing desk, and burn
the letters. See that the letter under this reaches its destination.
This was a
note directed to Frank TUTHILL, and reads thus:
Doctor, will
you please send the inclosed to its destination, as a
last act of kindness
to my dear wife's mother. I take your daughter
with me, rather than have her die by inches as her father died before my eyes. Pardon the act, for we have suffered much for each other’s sake. G.W. BEERS
The murderer
evidently had a preconcerted plan with his wife for
taking their own lives
and that of their child. The wife's appearance after the murder, as first seen, presented a ghastly
spectacle. The forehead and face crimson with
blood, and the back of her head apparently crushed. The indication about the mouth showed that the wife had swallowed poison, and probably the husband, seeing her in agony, completed
the deed by a blow on the head with
the iron bar. The head of the man hung near the rim of the
pad. He had severed an artery in the palm of his right
hand and bled to death. The most
touching sight was that of the daughter. The face looked somewhat distorted, and from her mouth oozed a thick saliva. She had been poisoned,
and a heavy blow was visible on the back of her head, which doubtless was inflicted by the same weapon used in
dispatching the wife. The Coroner
on his arrival made a hasty examination, swore in a jury on the spot, and announced the inquest to be held at
one o?clock this afternoon. The doctor and wife were about
thirty-seven years of age and natives of
Brooklyn, New York.
ATTEMPT AT RESCUE - During the exhibition of
fireworks at the Park on Saturday
evening, an attempt was made to rescue from confinement a prisoner named GARLAND, who has been confined at Camp Union
for several weeks. GARLAND is a deserter from the Oregon cavalry, and
was arrested at Red Bluff and brought to
this city. He was contained in a cell a short distance south of the main entrance. The cell is constructed
against the outside wall, which is lined
with a partition of thick plank. At the close of the
pyrotechnic exhibition, it was found that the brick composing
the open work - constructed
for the purpose of ventilation for stock during the Fair – had been removed
opposite the cell, and efforts had been made to force the plank in front from its position. This work was of
necessity done by some party on the outside. On
an examination of the cell it was found that GARLAND had by some process cut the chain on his legs, thus
increasing his chances for locomotion. As a
horse had been observed tied near the spot during the
evening, it is supposed that it was the design to have
GARLAND mount him as soon as he
escaped and ride off. The plan was a daring one, but did not succeed.
ARRESTS - The following arrests were made since last
report: Yong HONG, by officer BROWN,
for petty larceny; E.A. LOCKHART, by officer BROWN, for misdemeanor; George DAVIS and Silas S. RUSSELL, by
CHAMBERLAIN and MARTZ, for being drunk
and disturbing the peace; T. LANGTON, by CHAMBERLAIN and MARTZ, for sleeping on the sidewalk; John GLEN, by
officer AMES, for safe keeping; C.
TOBY, by officer CALDWELL, for safe keeping; S. TERRY, by TAYLOR and CHILDS, for assault and battery; R. WILSON, by
officer O'BRIEN, for grand larceny;
KEAN, by MARTZ & TAYLOR, for sleeping on the sidewalk; M. BLANCHARD, by MARTZ, AMES and TAYLOR, for furious
riding; J.W. TREATTON by MARTZ and
CHAMBERLAIN, for desertion; J.W. PENROSE, by officer NORTH, on three charges of petty larceny, in stealing property
belonging to A. LeMOTT, Sacramento Valley Railroad Company and Dennery & Brother.
CHARGE OF GRAND LARCENY - A man named R. WILSON was
arrested yesterday by officer O'BRIEN on a charge of grand larceny in stealing
the sum of about
$50 from C.H. NEWTON. NEWTON came to town from Lone Valley with a load of copper ore. At the Five Mile House on the Jackson
road, he took a drink or two; four or
five men with whom he was not acquainted asked permission to ride with him. He became unconscious, either from
the effects of the liquor he had taken or
from drugs which may have been put into it. When he came to his senses he was lying in the wagon, which had
arrived in the city. All of the men were
gone except one WILSON, and all of his money also. WILSON was taken in charge by an officer.
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - Owen HUGHES, for disturbing
the peace, was sentenced to
labor for ten days for the city unless he could pay $20 fine.
A.E. LOCKHART, charged with threatening the life of
Coroner REEVES, was discharged, the
evidence showing that the threat was limited as to the time, to the night on which it was made. He was
subsequently arrested for carrying concealed
weapons, contrary to the statute which recently went into effect, and gave bonds in $50 for his appearance next
Monday. The case of Dr. SANDERS, charged
with perjury, was at his request, postponed till Saturday to enable him to satisfy himself whether or not Kate
ROONEY is a myth. The Court adjourned
over till Monday.
DISSATISFIED - Henry RAMSEY expressed his
dissatisfaction yesterday towards Henry
STROBECK because he had not extended him an invitation to join in the procession to-day, and
against the Grand Marshal because he had not appointed
Henry A. CAULFIELD as Assistant Marshal over them. RAMSEY broke his leg on Tuesday last, STROBECK
his on Monday, and CAULFIELD his long enough
ago to be now able to walk with the aid of a pair of crutches. RAMSEY entertains the idea that the three, if assigned a
place to-day, would constitute a
striking and interesting feature in the procession.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, July 10, 1863
PASSENGERS FOR CALIFORNIA - The following named passengers
left New York June 13th in the America for California via Nicaragua:
McNULLY and wife, Miss M. WHITNEY, Miss M. BROZZELL, Miss
L. CHURCH, Mrs. J. GRISWOLD and two children, F. TURNER, S. HALE, Mrs. HALE,
Mrs. L. DEAN and child; O. BARTON and wife, Mrs. G.B. CADY, J.S. COLBY, W.H.H.
HALL, Mrs. and Miss McCONAHEE, Miss M. O'CONNER, G.
FOSTER and two ladies, Mary BRINBAUM Mrs. E. CASSIDY, R. WILBUR and wife, E.G.
BELL and wife, Mrs. WORSLEY and two children, Mrs. H. WOOD, G. DYER and wife,
Miss J. LAYTON, J.A. CARTER; GOULD, wife and child; L.A. TOWNE; Dr. TUSKER, wife and child; Bibras FITALINT, WATERS, RICHARD, LECLAIR, J.E.B. HAIGHT,
W.G. EDGAR, Wm. GALLAGHER, W.H. WILCOX, Master LAKE, R.B. SPENCER, Sister Marie
Patrick, Sister Marie Praxede, Sister Marie
Catharine, Sister Marie Romuald, Sister Marie
Delacroix, Sister Emerentienne, Sister Euphenie, Sister Isadore, Sister
del Enfant Jesus, Sister Hyacinth, Sister Paul Miki,
Sister Kate Kirrs, Sister Catharine, Sister Lajoye, Sister
Olivier, Sister de Arimathie, Sister Fredrich, Sister Terese de Jesus,
Sister V. du Crucifix, Sister Marie Louis, Sister Marie de Assise,
Sister Marie du Sacre Coeur, Sister Marie de Sept Douleurs, Sister Marie Heduldge,
Sister Marie Helene, Sister Marie Justine, Sister Marie des Anges
Gardieres, Sister Marie Virginie,
Sister Enerancienne, D.E. AVERY, D.H. ROBINSON, James
CAMPBELL, R.B. LOVE, W.H. JAMISON, John O'CONNOR, M. FRY, L.P. VERNON, J.
GRAFF, G. WAHO, L. HOPKINS, P.B. JOHNSON, J. SHANKS, T.S. BENTLY, H.J. ROSS,
W.S. COOK. William DOOLEN, C. KEPPLEN, J. McCLAIO,
D.K. ALLEN, J. FLUDDER, G.D. LINNEO, Miss A. JUDD, Mrs. C.A. CHASE, Mrs. LAKE,
Sylvia S. WILCOX, Mrs. BENNETT, Mrs. E. TRAUX and child, Mrs. E.M. CONLISH,
infant and seven children; Mrs. McGRAW and three children,
J.M. DUTCHE and wife, J.C. HOLLAND, wife and sister; Mrs. HENRY and infant,
Mrs. W.G. EDGAR, infant and two children; William SHEPSON, mother and three
children; Mrs. GLACEE, two sisters and two children; Miss A. McDOUGAL, Miss A. HARKNESS, Rev. Mr. HODGES, Rev. S.B.A.
BROUILLET, Rev. Mr. HAIDE, A.S. DUBOIS, Dr. GOULD, wife and child; Miss B.C.
NICHOLS, C.O. SLATER, wife and child; F.H. ROSS, wife
and child; Miss H. BENTLEY, W.A. BOYD, wife and
sister; W. BRINSBAUM, J.L. COLES, D.H. COLES, J.H. PASSENGER, Orton HUBBELL,
F.B. LAMB, J.D. McBANE, E.A. SLOAT, B.R. SLOAT, W.B.
CHAMPLIN, J.E. LAWRENCE, G. SHADDECK and wife, P.J. O?GRADY, J.P. BUCKLEY, wife
and child; S.G. McCULLOUGH, daughter and three
children; Miss C. MURDOCH, Miss M. McCORMICK, Elizabeth
JENKINS, Miss S. FOLSOM, Mrs. TRYON, infant and two children; Mrs. A.J.
ANDERSON and two children, Mrs. M. GOLDEN and two children, Mrs. E.T. GORDON,
daughter and four children; E.H. GUPTILL, wife and two children; Mary AVEREL,
L. AVEREL, M. ALBERT and wife, Rev. F.H. BLANCHET, S. DAIGNEAU, and about 300
in the steerage.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, July 13, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
ARREST OF MURDERER - S.D. JOHNS, Sheriff of Tehama
county, arrived in the city at five
o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Suisun City, having in charge James LACY, alias Poker Jim, alias H. MADISON, the
murderer of James A. SWAIN, at Red
Bluff. On the night of the 1st of June last SWAIN was sitting in WATSON’s saloon at Red Bluff, reading a newspaper, with his
back to the door, when LACY, who had just
returned to town from Copper City, appeared at the
open door and shot him with a shotgun. LACY made his escape, and SWAIN died immediately. Until within the last few days
nothing had been learned concerning the
murderer. A few days ago the Sheriff became suspicious that LACY?s clothing was about
to be sent to him by his friends. When the Red Bluff
boat was about to start for this city a suspicious trunk was placed on board, with the following written on a card
attached: "H.M. In care of the landlord
of the What Cheer House, Sacramento. To be left until called for." The Sheriff being satisfied that the trunk was
designed for LACY, took passage
on the boat. On arriving in this city, on Friday morning, the day was spent in a fruitless search for the murderer in
the city. The assistance
of
special officers DEAL and TAYLOR and officer CHAMBERLAIN was called in, and a constant watch was kept on the trunk at the
What Cheer House. JOHNS had received
information which led him to believe LACY might be at Suisun City, and on Saturday, in company with H. HOLMES, of
the Barton Stables, started in a
buggy for that point, leaving directions behind that the trunk should be closely watched, and if removed, followed
by one of the officers. On arriving at Suisun, JOHNS disguised himself, and
discovered LACY in a saloon playing
poker. He followed him subsequently to his room, and
at five o’clock the next
morning, having procured assistance, broke open the door of the room and arrested him while in bed. When brought
to the city the prisoner was of
course taken to the stationhouse. LACY is said to be a desperate man. He was tried in 1859, in Siskiyou county, for the murder of his
father-in-law, but was not convicted. He
formerly lived in this city, and in 1852 was
proprietor of a saloon on Sixth street, between I and J, known as "Civil Usage," which was
destroyed by the great fire of that year. LACY committed the murder for which he is now
arrested from jealousy. He
killed his father-in-law, on account of his objecting to
the marriage with his daughter and
difficulty about the property, by waylaying him on a trail in the mountains and shooting him. He also killed a
Mexican at one time, but it is said that
in that case he acted in self-defense.
POLICE COURT SATURDAY - William H. TOON was tried
for carrying baggage without a
license. He is a porter on the Marysville boat, and was arrested while distributing baggage to the cars, hotels, etc.
The defense was, in the first place,
that he had tried to get a license and could not succeed; and second, that, being a porter employed on
the boat, he could not be
compelled to take out a
license. Judge HOLL took the matter under advisement, to consult the ordinance. Ah Chung, a
?moon eyed? gentleman, was charged with carrying concealed weapons. There had been a general
muss between Ah Chung, On Gia and Gin Sting, during which a formidable butcher-knife
was made manifest, but nobody could swear which of the belligerents had it
concealed, as they all bore
a striking family resemblance. Ah Chung was therefore permitted to "wheelah!"
Long and learned arguments were made in the Lucius RICH perjury case, which was taken under advisement.
SUPREME COURT - The following orders were made in
the Supreme Court in chambers on
Saturday: HICKS vs. WHITESIDES - On motion of counsel, and by stipulation, submitted on briefs. MAULSON vs. VAUGHN
- On motion of counsel, and
by stipulation, submitted on briefs. VERZAN vs. McGregor - On
motion of counsel, and by
stipulation, submitted on briefs. FREEBORN vs. BAEDER – On motion
of counsel, and by stipulation, submitted on briefs. VERZAN vs. McGregor - On motion of
LEWIS, and by stipulation, leave granted to withdraw transcript. GLUCKAUF vs. BLEVINS -
Same order. THOMAS vs. His Creditors - Same order.
POLISH COMMITTEE - The Polish Committee of
Sacramento met at the office of the Secretary at
half past seven o'clock on Saturday evening, ex-Governor BIGLER, President, in the chair, and Dr. HATCH,
Secretary. Captain Corwin PIOTROWSKI,
General Agent for the Central Committee of California, being present, made some suggestions as to the importance
of immediate action in promotion of the
objects of the Committee; and, on motion, it was resolved to enlarge the Committee of Sacramento by adding the
following members, viz: C.H.
HOLBROOK, L. UPSON, Edgar MILLS, J.H. CARROLL, H.H. HARTLEY, C.T. WHEELER, J.F. MORSE, C. WEIL, Mark HOPKINS, Captain
WOLLEB, W.A. McWILLIAMS, and Jas. LANSING. On motion, the Committee
adjourned, to meet at the call of the
President.
ARRESTS - The arrests made during Saturday and
yesterday by the city police are as follows:
T.H. TROON, by officer CHILDS, for disturbing the peace;
James HALL, by the same officer, for fighting; John
SMITH, by officer AMES, for sleeping on
the sidewalk; P. COOK, by officer AMES, for assault and battery.
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Tuesday, July 14, 1863
GRAND AND TRIAL JURORS - In the Court of Sessions yesterday
the Sheriff and County Clerk, in
the presence of two witnesses, appointed by the Court - N. Green CURTIS and J.C. GOODS, drew, according to law,
from the "jury-box" provided by the
Board of Supervisors, thirty names to serve as Grand Jurors, and thirty-six names to serve as Trial Jurors, for
the ensuing terms of the Court. From the
two hundred and ten names placed in the box by the Board of Supervisors the following were drawn: Grand Jurors -
J.P. ROBINSON, L. FRINK, A.T.
ARROWSMITH, T. BURNETT, R.C. MONTGOMERY, John VOORHIES, C.T. WHEELER, R. DALE, W. SHARP, J. WATERS, B.F. SLATER,
Wm. YULE, J. ZUMWALT, T. McCONNELL, John GOULD, F.W. CLUTE, G.W. PROCTOR, E.M. SMITH,
L. HENBLEN, L.B. DREW, W.W.
MARVIN, C.C. KNOX, W.B. BAILEY, M. GREENHOOD, M.K. MURPHY, C.W. WALLACE, D. KENDALL, H.C. ROSS, T. RILEY and
Larkin LAMB. Trial jurors:
R.K. BELT, W.D. WILSON, C.F. WAGENBLAST, Levi BLUNT,
N. DINGLEY, W.A. THOMAS, S.C.
HALL, W.W. LATHAM, A. UPSON, Lyman WILCOX, G.W. MOWE, W.A.
GETT, T.H. JACKSON, G.G. CUDDEBECK, John BRADLEY, S.
RICH, Frank POWELL, F.S. LARDNER,
C.E. CASTLE, T.W. STROBRIDGE, Joshua BAILEY, John McCLINTOCK, H. BAYER, A.J. FOSTER, T.A. GIBBS, W.R. STRONG, N.A.
KIDDER, J.S. JULIEN, Geo. W. HOPKINS,
Paul MORRILL, J.P. RHODES, J.W. VAN TREES, John RIPPON, Justin GATES, James ANDERSON, and H.H. WACHHORST.
The Sheriff was directed to summon the
above named jurors to be and appear at the Court of Sessions on Monday, the 20th instant, at ten o'clock A.M. At
that time thirteen of the thirty Grand
Jurors will be selected to serve during the present term of the Court. In order to find a true bill in any case
twelve votes out of the thirteen will be
required.
CHARGE OF MURDER - On Sunday evening a man named J.W.
MARKLEY was brought to the county jail
by the Sheriff of Yolo county and locked up on a
charge of having murdered
J.H. PALMER at Putah Creek. PALMER was found dead in
GUILE's corral on
Thursday last at about ten o?clock
A.M., tied to a horse. One end of the rope was
fastened around the neck of the horse and the other around PALMER?s neck. His head was
also bruised in several places. PALMER had been employed
by GUILE on his ranch. At the time the death took place there was nobody connected with the ranch at home except the
deceased. At the Coroner?s inquest evidence was adduced to show that the
deceased and MARKLEY had had a
previous difficulty on account of a dispute about land, and that MARKLEY had threatened PALMER's life if he should
ever come upon his place again. MARKLEY
was subsequently arrested and examined before Justice PIERCE, who held him to answer to the charge of murder. MARKLEY has been engaged in
ranching in Yolo county and has a family in the East.
ARRIVED - William REYNOLDS, an old resident of
Sacramento, who keeps a livery stable
and sale stable on Seventh street, between K and L
streets, arrived in the
city on Sunday night from Missouri. He left St. Joseph on the 25th of April, bringing over his family and thirty
head of fine horses.
ARRESTS - The arrests of yesterday are as follows:
Daniel O. MOXLEY, by officer NORRIS,
for safe keeping; John DOE, by officer CODY, for refusing to give his name to the Federal Tax Collector; George
UHL, by officer MARTZ, for disturbing
the peace.
Supreme court - In the
Supreme Court yesterday the following order was made in chambers: Burpee vs.
BUNN et al. - On motion of BEATTY, ten days additional
time granted to file petition for rehearing.
FOR TRIAL TO-DAY - The trial of T.H. ARMINGER, on a
charge of assault to murder in
shooting at Henry GEISEL, is set for to-day in the Court of Sessions.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Wednesday, July 15, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
Police Court
Yesterday - The ruins of a stout Irishman named Daniel O. MURPHY were brought up for getting tight and
disturbing the peace. They admitted that
they were not exactly sober, having several glasses or two of what the bar-tenders called liquor in them; but,
inasmuch as they had not made much noise
and had come along quietly with the policeman who wanted them, the Court let them off with a few words of
admonition respecting their future course of
life. These were the remains of the individual who was
recently pounded into a jelly by one of our fellow citizens.
J.H. ALLEN was charged with
getting drunk and sleeping on the sidewalk. He made a confidential statement to the Court, in
consideration of which he was dismissed - on
payment of a
fine of $10. In the case of H. PHILLIPS, accused
of stealing somebody’s blankets, defendant’s counsel demanded a jury trial, which necessarily postponed the case, and
Thursday next was fixed for the trial.
William H. TROON, (Caucasian) and J. HALL (African), were mutually tried for disturbing the peace by hammering
each other publicly. The defendants are rivals in the baggage business,
the African having a license and the
Caucasian having none. Policeman CHILDS testified that he saw
the Caucasian pursuing the African and seizing him by the neck, while the public on the levee were shouting "Give it
to the black ____". TROON testified that
"this yere darkey"
challenged him to come ashore to fight, which
challenge he accepted. HALL testified
that “this gentleman” was the aggressor every
time, having damned him, insulted him in various ways, snubbed his nose, and struck him. The Court believed
all the testimony, and charged each of
the combatants $15 for the damage to the peace and dignity of the city. On Gin, the Celestial carrier of
concealed deadly weapons, not having yet been
unearthed, the witnesses were sent home till wanted. J. HAWKS was charged with obstructing the sidewalk on
the corner of K and Fifth streets with a
huge pile of hides. Testimony showed that for a day or so only nineteen inches of sidewalk was accorded to the
public; also, that there was a
clear space of four feet all the time, and that all the obstruction there was lasted only three hours, defendant’s
intentions being altogether
public spirited. The verdict was guilty. In the other case of William H. TROON - one of the belligerents above
mentioned - the accusation
of
smashing baggage without a license from the city, counsel urged that the Trustees? ordinance was
illegal because it provided for the punishment of a felony. The decision was reserved. John DOE, the
incorrigible law-breaker, labored under
two accusations of withholding his name from the Tax Collector, for each of which he was required to pay
the tax; also costs.
John SMITH, who had been on a bender and taken free
lodgings on the pavement said he didn’t feel “more than half middling” this
morning. The Court said he was at a loss
what to do with him, but decided to keep him on the first floor one day longer, that he might improve in
condition. Two small, dirty, impish lads were
accused of robbing a school house up town. They denied the charge with lachrymose lamentations, and the Court
deferred their business for the purpose
of further investigation, having the State Reform School all the time in his eye. The examination of Daniel
DOUGHERTY on a charge of stealing and
selling four oxen belonging to another man, was concluded ant
taken under advisement. This is one of the toughest cases
on the records of the Court, in
respect to identity, two respectable citizens - Jerome DAVIS and E.M. SKAGGS - swearing positively that he is the
man; and a cloud of witnesses, some
of whom appear to be veracious, swearing as positively that at the time of the sale he was in Clarksville, El
Dorado county, engaged in sundry
"musses." James GRAVES, a defaulting witness in this case, from El Dorado, was required to explain his non-attendance
at the previous hearing, and explained
that he had no means of locomotion unless he came on foot. He had walked six miles to collect money due him, so as
to pay his railroad and stage fare, but
when he got there his debtors had gone to celebrate Vicksburg and Gettysburg, and so his project was
defeated. The Court held that the
explanation was satisfactory.
DIVORCE SUIT - Mary CLINE commenced suit yesterday
in the District Court against her
husband, William CLINE, from whom she asks to be divorced. The parties to the suit were married in San Francisco in
the month of May 1858. Since that date plaintiff has resided in Sacramento.
Six months after marriage
defendant abandoned and deserted plaintiff, and has failed to provide for her the necessaries of life, although
abundantly able to do so. Plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce, and also for
the custody of their child, a
daughter, four years and three months old.
COURT OF SESSIONS - The Court of Sessions met
yesterday pursuant to adjournment.
Present - Judges CLARK, CONE and CROUSE. The case of the People vs. CHAMORRE was continued until Monday, July 20th.
Isadora ALFARO, a witness in the
case, was placed under rule to be present. The case of the People vs. ARMINGER was continued until August 12th.
It was ordered by the Court that the
service of summons upon grand or trial jurors one day before they are required to appear at this term of the
Court shall be sufficient. The Court then adjourned until Monday, July 20th.
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Tuesday, July 21, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
COURT OF SESSIONS - the Court of
Sessions met yesterday pursuant to adjournment;
present, Judge CLARK and Associates.
The following named members of the Grand
Jury were impaneled for the ensuing term: J.P. ROBINSON,
R.C. MONTGOMERY, Richard DALE, John WATERS, B.F. SLATER, J. ZUMWALT, John GOULD, G.W. PROCTOR, L.B. DREW, W.W.
MARVIN, C.C. KNOX, M. GREENHOOD and
David KENDALL. All the other grand jurors on the venire were excused for the term. The following named prisoners
being present, were informed of
their right to challenge any or all of said grand jurors for cause shown. No challenge being made, John WATERS was appointed Foreman. The jury
then, after being duly sworn in, retired for deliberation. in
the case of the people
vs. A. TROVERO, on motion of N. Greene CURTIS said defendant was discharged, he having been in custody during two
terms of the Grand Jury and no bill having
been found against him. In the case of the People vs. Thomas JACKSON, the defendant was arraigned for
trial on a charge of grand larceny in horse
stealing. U. BAYER, Levi BLUNT, A.J. FOSTER, J.S. JULIAN, R.K. BOLT, James ANDERSON, S.C. HALL, John McCLINTOCK and F.A. GIBBS were selected as jurors. The panel being exhausted, a
special venire was ordered to issue, and
the Court took a recess until 1 o?clock
P.M. At that hour William YEAKLE,
M. WILSON and W.F. WATERMAN were chosen to complete the jury. District Attorney UPTON appeared for the State, and J.C. GOODS for the defendant.
COONSMAN and S. DEAL were examined for the State, and
the defense introduced no
witnesses. After the argument of counsel the case was given to the jury. The jury subsequently returned into Court
with the following verdict:
"We, the jury in the case of the People vs. Thomas JACKSON, find the defendant not guilty as charged in the
indictment." It was thereupon ordered
that the prisoner be discharged from custody as to this offense. In the case of the People vs. Francisco CHAMORRO,
charged with grand larceny in stealing jewelry
from the residence of S. ROSENFIELD, the defendant appeared in person, and withdrew the plea of not guilty and
entered a plea of guilty to a charge of
petit larceny in stealing the articles mentioned in the indictment, of the value of forty dollars. Defendant
was ordered to appear
for sentence at 2 o'clock P.M. to-day. It was ordered
by the Court that an attachment issue
forthwith against John BRADLEY, F.S. LARDNER and T.W. STROBRIDGE, defaulting jurors, requiring them to be
and appear in Court and show cause, if
any they can, why they should not be punished for contempt. The Court then adjourned until 2 o'clock P.M.
to-day.
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - Charles HIRSCHFELDT was
tried on the accusation of Maria ANTOINE,
alias "California Mary," that he had stolen thirty or forty
dollars from her. The testimony was conflicting, and the
Court, construing the doubt in
favor of the defendant, acquitted him. Then "California Mary" was tried for assault and battery on Charles
HIRSCHFELDT, pursuing him into the street,
collaring him and compelling him to give her money, which she said belonged to her; found guilty and requested to
contribute ten dollars to the funds of
the city. The evidence in these cases was curiously mixed and conglomerated, setting all theories of fact at
defiance. Ah Chung, from Chino, and quite
recently from the mines, pleased guilty of carrying a concealed knife. He proved a good character, for a
Chinaman, and was evidently wholly
ignorant of the law, but the Court could do no less under the statute than fine him twenty dollars - which sum
his friends paid for him. James
JOHNSON was tried and convicted of assault and battery on an elderly Frenchman, at the County Hospital; but as
the assault was not severe, and was
committed under some provocation, the Court only imposed a fine of ten dollars. J.W. PENROSE
was adjudged guilty of stealing Dennery & Bros.' crockery - the Court having
examined the law on the subject to its own
satisfaction. He was also sentenced to pay fifty dollars fine or serve twenty-five days in the chain gang for stealing a
box belonging to A. LAMOTT. PENROSE
took occasion again to remonstrate with the Court, protesting that there was no evidence to show that
he was a thief. He thought it was
too bad that an honest man like him should be locked up when he might be earning money in the mines, and when
great rascals were allowed to run at large.
TAKEN THE OATH - As the
Supreme Court had decided that test oath to be administered
to attorneys to be constitutional, it is probable that the members of the profession generally, with a few
exceptions, will take it. Below is a list of those whose names are already
filed in the District Court, given as
nearly as practicable, in the order in which they were filed: Henry STARR, E.B. CROCKER, E.H. HEACOCK, F. McCONNELL, John G. HYER, William
S. WOOD, D.W. WELTY, J.B. HARMON, C.G. W. FRENCH, Charles P. GOFF, Samuel CROSS, George R. MOORE, L.S. TAYLOR, M.M.
ESTEE, W.W. UPTON, H.O. BEATTY, R.C.
CLARK, Robert ROBINSON, I.B. MARSHALL, Presley DUNLAP, P.J. HOPPER, W.R. CANTWELL, G.W. SPAULDING, Daniel J.
THOMAS. The first five names on the
list were filed on the 9th of May. The last two were filed yesterday on the announcement of the decision of the
question by the Supreme Court.
SINGULAR ESCAPE - Thomas JACKSON was tried yesterday
in the Court of Sessions on a
charge of grand larceny in stealing a horse. He had been arrested by officer DEAL at San Francisco on several similar
charges. The jury yesterday
afternoon returned a verdict of not guilty. His counsel asked for his discharge. The Clerk of the Court was
appealed to as to whether there were any
other charges against the prisoner, and answered negatively so far as he was informed. The Sheriff’s office was appealed to with the
same result. JACKSON was then discharged. It was soon
afterwards ascertained that he was
still under indictment for horse stealing in Yolo county,
and had been placed
in the Sacramento county jail for safe keeping. He was once tried at Woodland on the charge but the jury failed
to agree. All efforts to find and
re-arrest him up to last night had failed.
EXCUSED - Under the new law jurors can be excused
from service for such special reasons
only as are designated in the law. In the Court of Sessions the following named jurors were yesterday
excused for legal cause: W.D. WILSON and W.A. THOMAS, Justices of the Peace; C.F.
WAGONBLAST, military man; Lyman
WILCOX, S. RICH and H. WACHHORST, ill health; W.A. GETT, sickness in family; John RIPPON and Justin GATES, exempt
firemen; G.G. CUDDERBECK, absent from the
State; Joshua BAILEY, sickness of self and family.
DISCHARGED - A. TROCERO, who was charged with
assault to murder, was yesterday, on
motion of his counsel, N. Greene CURTIS, discharged from custody by order of the Court of Sessions. TROCERO
was sent to the city from Folsom, charged
with shooting at some one in a fight. Two Grand
Juries had met and
adjourned since the confinement of the prisoner, without indicting him.
NEW VENIRE - It was yesterday ordered by the Court
of Session that the Clerk and Sheriff
proceed, at ten o?clock this morning, to draw,
according to law, twenty-four
trial jurors for the June term of this Court, to be and appear before said Court on the 10th day of August, at 10
o'clock A.M.
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of J.L.
LOCKETT, deceased, an application for
sale of personal property was yesterday granted, at public or private sale. Estate of B. COLEMAN, deceased -
Hearing of citation against L.M.
MOORE coming on to be heard, further hearing was continued until this morning.
ARRESTED AT MARYSVILLE - J.H. MURPHY, who a few days
ago violently assaulted his wife, on Eleventh
street, between K and L, and then took his furniture and a child thirteen months old to the Marysville
boat, has been arrested at Marysville and
will probably be brought back to this city for trial.
PRESENT - The following named prisoners were present
in the Court of Sessions
yesterday, pending the enrollment of the Grand Jury: A.H. DAKE, T.J. LESTER, D.L. BROWN, F.E. EMERSON, H.F. SWEET,
C. JONES, A. AUGUSTINE and John CARR.
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Wednesday, July 22, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
THE
CUNNINGHAM RAPE CASE - The examination of Porter CUNNINGHAM, a grey-headed individual aged upward of fifty years,
on a charge of committing rape on the
person of a little girl seven years of age, took place yesterday in the Police Court, the general public being
excluded from hearing the horrible
details. Dr. HALL testified that four days ago he was called to attend the child, and found her suffering deplorably
from an infamous disorder. Dr.
J.F. MORSE testified that two or three days ago he examined defendant and found upon him traces of the same
disorder. At the request of defendant?s counsel, Drs. MORSE and CRANE retired with defendant
and made another
examination, and on their return reported that all such traces had disappeared. The alleged victim, a beautiful child,
rather small in stature for a seven
year-old, was next placed upon the stand and allowed to tell her story, although not considered old enough to
understand the nature of an oath. Her story was of a
harrowing nature, well calculated to
cause the blood of an
honest man to boil. She related that some two or three weeks ago - she could not remember dates - she had been sent
to the Ohio Brewery after
some yeast, and on her way home this wretched
defendant came out of his den on I street,
near Third, and coaxed her in with a promise of a pair of ear-rings, and then and there perpetrated the crime
with which he is charged. The
child gave the details of the outrage with so much particularity, and described CUNNINGHAM's rooms with
so much minuteness, as to make it
morally impossible that she could have been inventing the story.
CUNNINGHAM ripped her dress, spilled her yeast, and
threatened that if she told what had
happened she would lose the jewelry which he had promised her. She was considerably confused in some other
statements regarding minor matters - as to
when and how often she had seen defendant before, whether the door was open or shut, and whether or not
Chinese prostitutes, who swarm about the
locality, were present when the crime was committed - but as to the main fact of the crime committed against her,
there was no variableness nor shadow of
turning. F. CHAMBERLAIN, Lieutenant of Police, identified a well used syringe, and a dirty shirt, with
suspicious spots upon it, as articles which
he had taken from defendant’s den. The lady,
whose adopted daughter the
child is, gave her testimony in relation to discovering the diseased condition of the little girl, and repeated
the story of her wrongs as she first heard it from the child’s
lips. It was between two and three weeks
ago that the child was sent after yeast to the Ohio Brewery. She remained away a long time, and when she returned her
dress was torn and soiled, and but
very little yeast was in her can. CUNNINGHAM had been in the habit of visiting her house occasionally, and had
pretended to great fondness for the
child, giving her fruit and promising her earrings and other presents. When CUNNINGHAM was arrested and
brought toward the house, the little girl
pointed him out as "the bad man who did it," and appeared very much agitated. "That," said the
witness, "was after Jack JOHNSON had loaded
his revolver to go and blow his dead off, and nobody would let him do it." Jack JOHNSON testified relative to the
discovery of the terrible condition of the
child, and the subsequent measures taken to ascertain
the perpetrator of
the deed. The child, who was always in the habit of calling him "Papa," went with him and pointed out
where CUNNINGHAM lived, and described him
and his den with great exactness. She also described to him what CUNNINGHAM had done. Officer CODY testified
that defendant acknowledged to him having
been afflicted some months ago with a certain loathsome disease. Some other testimony mainly corroboratory
in character, concluded the
case for the prosecution. Counsel for defense called Joel SMITH, an old fellow who lets houses to Chinese females, to
CUNNINGHAM, and the like, and this person was
questioned as to the locality, and also as an expert, about the character of the suspicious spots on the dirty
shirt. The Court ruled that as he was not a physician nor a chemist, he was not competent to give this sort of testimony. Witness said CUNNINGHAM had
two paintings in his den, which were
respectively five feet by six, and five feet by four. These he said were "not pictures,
but reg’lar paintin's;" one
represented "Tom Bell on his hoss," and the other "a man and a woman on hosses," and being rather
conspicuous objects, witness evidently thought it remarkable that none of the witnesses for the prosecution had
mentioned them. On cross examination
witness said he was not standing at the door just now listening because he wanted to hear how the testimony was
going, but because he wanted to know how soon
they would get through, and he was hard of hearing. Several witnesses were called as to the character of the
girl for truth and veracity, but
she did not appear to have made a "general reputation" in that respect. One witness was also asked by counsel for the defense as to
the reputation of
the child for chastity! The Court promptly decided that it was not necessary to investigate the chastity of a baby
six or seven years old; whereupon that
line of defense was abandoned, and the case was closed. The Court patiently listened to arguments of counsel,
and then reserved the decision till
to-day.
COURT OF SESSIONS - The Court of Sessions met yesterday
pursuant to adjournment -
present, Judge CLARK and Associates CONE and CROUSE. It was ordered by the Court that the time in which to pass
sentence upon CHAMORRO be extended
until Thursday, July 23d, at two o'clock P.M. It was ordered by the Court that F.S. LARDNER be excused from serving
on the trial jury for the reason that
he is a fireman. The Court then adjourned until July 23d, at two o'clock P.M.
LARCENY - The residence of Geo. E. COGGESHALL, at
Twentieth street, above the
north levee, was visited on Monday night by thieves. A pair
of pants and a locket containing the
miniatures of the father and mother of the proprietor
were all the property found which was deemed worth carrying away. While
present, one of the thieves availed himself of the opportunity of combing his hair, an operation which was proven
necessary by the fact that COGGESHALL?s comb was broken before it was completed.
NOT YET FOUND - Thomas JACKSON, the prisoner who
escaped from the Court of Sessions on
Monday, through the inadvertence of those who had charge of him, has not yet been found. It the case of the
indictment pending against him in Yolo
county for grand larceny, he had been once tried and convicted, but on motion of his counsel was granted a new trial, on
the ground that the verdict was not
in accordance with the evidence.
IMPROVEMENTS - E. KIMBALL, whose wheelwright shop,
on K street, above tenth street, was
destroyed by fire, some two or three weeks ago, is now erecting on the site of the old one a large and commodious
building for the continuance of
his business. Arrangements are also being made for the erections of a new building on the site of
Brockway's Saloon, adjoining, which was
destroyed by fire at the same time with the wheelwright shop.
RUNAWAY - Soon after six o'clock yesterday morning a
horse attached to the meat wagon
belonging to George SCHWARTZ became frightened on J street,
near Fourth, and ran
off. On running up J street he dashed into an ox team,
to the material
injury of one of the oxen. A little further along the wagon was upset, and becoming detached the horse kept on his
course for some distance out J street.
PROBATE - In the matter of the estate of Bernard
COLEMAN, deceased, the citation
heretofore issued against L.M. MOORE (requiring him to appear before this Court to answer questions touching the
property of said deceased),
regularly coming on to be heard, the testimony of MOORE having been heard, said citation was, on motion of J.G.
HYER, dismissed.
ARRESTS - The following arrests were made yesterday:
Robert WATSON, by officer CODY,
for assault and battery; AH Chung, by officer BROWN, for safe keeping; Mary KANE, by officer CHILD, for disturbing
the peace; McCARTY, by S.
DEAL and Constable SMITH, for disturbing the peace at Craig?s
saloon, on Fourth street.
OUT AGAIN - W.W. GREEN, of Camp Union, whose arm was
injured by the premature
discharge of a cannon on the evening of the Fourth of
July, has sufficiently
recovered to visit the city. The arm will not be seriously impaired.
TO BE BROUGHT BACK - Deputy Sheriff CHRISTY was sent
to Marysville yesterday for J.H. MURPHY,
who was arrested in that city for an assault and battery committed on his wife in this city. The officer and
prisoner will return to-day.
SCLAVONIC - Of the two Austrians whose remains were
recently taken through the city from
Nevada Territory to San Francisco, the name of Marco ZENOVICH should have been given instead of Marco MILLANOVICH,
as a former resident of Sacramento and
member of the Confidence Engine Company. On the arrival of the two bodies at the railroad depot, and until
their transfer to the San Francisco
steamer, they were taken in charge and carefully attended by members of the Sacramento branch lf
the Sclavonic Society. A delegation of ten members of that Society accompanied the remains
from Virginia City, and four more
members were added to their number here - all constituting a
Committee to superintend the transfer to San
Francisco., The central organization of
the Sclavonic Society is located at San Francisco,
with branches in all
the principal cities of the Pacific coast.
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Sacramento
Daily Union
Thursday, July
23, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - In the case of
Porter CUNNINGHAM, examined yesterday for rape on a child, the Court decided to hold the
defendant to answer. Aside from the statements of the child, there were
facts which he thought pointed inevitably to the guilt of the defendant. He
fixed the bail at $2,000. The Court said an individual who appeared on the
record as "Bob Watson," had been to his office and pleaded guilty of
assault and battery on James H. ROBERTS. A Policeman whispered to our reporter the
real name of "Bob," which sounded somewhat like "Harry
Barney," of "Hiram Barnyard," and added that the assault was made
under peculiar provocation. R. McCARTHY was tried for
disturbing the peace last night at Craig?s
saloon, on Fourth street, between J and K. The evidence showed that McCARTHY was an ex-member of the celebrated New York
Sixty-ninth; that he was engaged yesterday in celebrating the battle of Bull Run,
at which that regiment covered itself with glory [great applause by the
defendant]; that while so engaged he fell in with a Dane or Swiss at Craig's,
who raised some objection to fighting "mit
Sigel," and said some other things not musical to loyal ears; that high
words and
squaring off ensued, but no blows were struck. CRAIG
interposing between the
belligerents; and that at this juncture Sam DEAL entered and arrested the ex-soldier, allowing the
Dane to go Scot free. As CRAIG said his peace had not been disturbed,
the Court decided that no damage had been done, and McCARTHY
went his way in triumph. Daniel COSTELLO was tried for two
assaults and batteries on his wife, but that lady having repented since making her
affidavits, took them all back, said she only was to blame for allowing
Mrs. WELSH to persuade her to get drunk, and swore positively that she did
not know who struck her, and that she had not the slightest recollection
of the assault, nor of having made any complaint against her husband.
COSTELLO was consequently discharged, but his wife was, by order of the Court,
arrested for perjury, and for want of bail in $2,500, locked up for
examination. Mrs. Catharine WELSH testified, however, that on the occasion
of his first assault on his wife, COSTELLO had also attacked her and struck
and kicked her, and several credible witnesses corroborating material
portions of her testimony. COSTELLO was found guilty on that charge.
The fourth charge against him was for disturbing the peace on the same
occasion, but inasmuch as the disturbance was a part of the same transaction,
though the evidence was conclusive, the Court took the matter under
advisement. Mrs. WELSH was next tried for disturbing COSTELLO?s
peace, which gave him a "swear" at her. He improved the
occasion with great vigor, charging her with calling him bad names and striking his
beautiful nose, while he only told her she was his gossip, and gently pushed
her away. The swearing in this whole grist of cases was steep enough to
astonish the Chinese. Mary KINE was up again for disturbing the peace and
made a great to-do in Court room. The testimony was not very conclusive,
and Judge HOLL told her he should let her go with a warning that he should
be very severe on her if she came there again. Said she:
"How much will you give me, Judge, if
I come again?" The Court - "As much as $50,
and the chain gang, too, perhaps."
Mary - "Well, I don't care for that." Mary went away complaining that down
at the Bay she could take a glass of beer whenever she liked, while here
they had her "tooked up" for everything.
ST.
JOSEPH'S SCHOOL - The annual examination and
distribution of prizes at St. Joseph's School, at Ninth and G streets, took pace
yesterday, commencing at half-past nine o'clock A.M. A large number of spectators
were present. The
exercises consisted of examinations in spelling, reading, grammar, geography,
philosophy, history, etc., interspersed with recitations, songs, etc. The
exercises were commenced by a grand march, the children uniting in singing,
"I see him on his upward way," and concluded by their all singing "The
Star Spangled Banner" and "Hail Columbia." The following named
young ladies received "crowns" for general good conduct
during the session:
Margaret
DUGGAN, Margaret BANNON, Catharine BURNS, Sarah RIGHTMIRE, Susan DOUGHERTY,
Alida BABCOCK, Elizabeth SPENCER, Mary KOHNER. Premiums
were awarded for general good conduct to Margaret DUGGAN, Amanda
HARRIS, Alida BABCOCK, Marie McCANN,
Mary FROHNER, Kate PRIOR, Susan DOUGHERTY, Emily VENTREES, Sarah RIGHTMIRE, Mary
FREDERICKS, Ella GREENWOOD, Kate BARNES, Ellen KAVANAGH, Margaret BANNON,
Eliza SPENCER, Margaret PRIOR, Lizzy FREDERICKS,
Margaret KILGARRIFF, Alice WATSON, Sarah CLARKE, Mary CRAWFORD, Mary
ROCKFORD, Isabella RYAN, Sarah GILDAY, Adelaide ASH, Emily MIERS, Jennie
BABCOCK, Annie RYAN, Ellen PLUNKETT, Margaret O?CONNOR, Mary TRIERNON,
Anne McALLISTER, Mary McDONALD,
Mary CONLIN, Fanny FROHNER, Sally MAYO, Foscaline
WILLIAMSON. For needlework - to Josaline WILLIAMSON,
Ellen KAVANAGH, Mary COSTELLO, Margaret ENNIS, Lucy NELLIS, Ellen
TRIERNON, Josephine CLARKE, Henrietta FREDERICKS, Mary MANGAN, Kate
WALSH, Kate CONLIN, Mary A. DRISCOLL, E. COFFEE, Matilda ARRAS, Mary
BISCAY, Lizzy TRYAN, Caroline GISCHLER, Kate McCARTHY, Litzzy TOOLE, Emma
KREZBERGER, Kate HURLEY, Mary Augusta BRUCE, Margaret DUGGAN, Alida BABCOCK, Margaret DINEGAN, Kate BURNES. For
proficiency at Sunday School: Mary TROHNER, Isabella RYAN, J.A. MARKS, Annie
FAREWELL, Mary CONLIN, Annie McLAUGHLIN, M. Ellen
CASSIAN, Mary A. CASSIAN, Emma FRIESBERGER, Josephine CLARKE, Mary FAREWELL,
J. Anne HOLFELDER, Sally MAYO, Lucy NELLIS, Mary A. McCAFFREY.
The next term of the school will commence on the 1st of
September next.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Saturday, July 25, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
BODY IDENTIFIED - The body
which was found afloat about a week ago, eight miles
below Washington, and which was buried by Justice HOAGLAND after holding an inquest, was disinterred on Thursday, by
J.A. CONBOIE, and sent to Volcano,
Amador county. Two of the friends of
James H. ALLEN, of that county, came to
the city for the purpose of removing the remains of the deceased - the articles of clothing which were sent
off having been identified by
Mrs. ALLEN. Witnesses who saw the body and testified before the jury state, in connection, that there was a
severe wound on the forehead, as
though the deceased had been struck with a slungshot
or some heavy instrument.
This fact in connection with the circumstance that there was neither purse or note book in his pockets, both of which he
usually carried, justify
the conclusion that the deceased was murdered. The fact that strangers in the city can, by means of liquor
or perhaps drugs, be enticed to the
levee, and there be knocked down, robbed and thrown overboard
with impunity, indicates a state of affairs which should
call out the most vigorous efforts
of our best detectives. It also requires a much more vigorous examination at the time of holding inquests
than generally occurs. Marks on the
surface of the head or body are often passed over on the presumption that they have been caused in the water
after death. The business of
murdering men for their money, in the city, should be rendered too perilous to pay.
DISTURBANCE ON FOURTH STREET- On Thursday evening,
at about nine o'clock, a disturbance took
place on Fourth street, below K, in front of a
restaurant kept by a
colored man named WILLIAMS, in which WILLIAMS and a white woman figured. A story gained credence yesterday that the negro had attempted to commit
rape on the woman, had thrown her down on the sidewalk, etc. Considerable excitement was, of course, created by
this report. William's statement of the
affair is that the woman had been eating at his house, and had left a shawl and other articles with his wife as
security for her meals; that on Thursday
evening she was accompanied by a man, and both were under the influence of liquor. She asked for her shawl,
etc, saying she wished to pay her bill. On
the articles being given to her, she started off without paying, when a scuffle ensued, WILLIAMS finally
pushing both out of the door. As the
woman has not made any complaint against WILLIAMS or obtained a warrant, as nobody seems to have seen anything like
an assault to commit rape, and as the
hour was early, the evening moonlight, and the location central, where a call for help would at once have
drawn a large crowd together, it seems
probable that William's statement of the affair is somewhat near correct.
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - The only business before
the Court was the trial of Captain
Confidence EMERSON, for the larceny of Mrs. HOWARD's watch. A jury of six
taxpayers was impaneled, before whom Mrs. HOWARD testified that EMERSON
was in her room at the Casco House, when she took the watch from her
trunk, placed it on the top of the bureau, and turned around to look for the key; and when she turned back again the watch
had disappeared, and EMERSON with it.
The next she heard of the watch was, after Emerson's arrest for swindling, that he had pawned it. J. DAVIS,
pawnbroker, testified that EMERSON pawned
the watch at his counter for $10, and a day or two afterwards also pawned a chain for $5, giving his name at the
time as "Mr. SMITH." He valued
the watch at $25, and the chain at $10. EMERSON asked for more delay to get the
landlady of the Casco House as a witness, which was denied him, and the jury, after a short absence, decided that he
was guilty. The Court promised to pass
sentence this morning.
NEW SUIT - Jane EYRES commenced suit
yesterday, in the District Court, against
John H. GASS, Henry THOMAN and A. MEYERS.
The complaint states that on the 4th of
May, 1861, the defendant, GASS, made and delivered to plaintiff his promissory note for the sum of $800,
payable in six months, with interest at
the rate of two per cent, per month until paid. For the security of the payment of said note said defendant
gave a mortgage on lots numbered 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9,. 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 Rutte’s
Garden (near Smith’s Garden.)
GASS paid the interest on said note up
to July 4, 1862, and $200 of the principal sum. The mortgage was duly recorded in the office of the County Recorder.
Subsequent to the date of the mortgage GASS
sold the property to defendants THOMAN and MEYERS. Judgment is therefore asked against defendant GASS, and for the
sale of said property to pay the
remaining indebtedness.
PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE - The Odd Fellows Hall
Association has purchased of D. HARRIS and
J.D. BITHELL the two lots and building fronting on J street adjoining the St.
George building. The purchase of this property gives the Association the ownership of a full lot eighty feet
front by one hundred and sixty feet deep.
We understand that for HARRIS' property - twenty feet front, sixty feet deep and brick building two
stories high - about $4,000 were paid, and
that for Bithell's property - twenty feet front,
eight feet deep and two storied
high - about $7,600 were paid. BITHELL has a least on his store for the term of six months, and it is
likely that HARRIS & ARONSON
will retain possession of their premises for the same
period. It is contemplated, of
course, by the purchasers to sooner or later improve the newly purchased property to make it accord with the
main building.
SWAMP LAND COMMISSIONERS - A meeting of the new
Board of Swamp Land Commissioners
was held on Tuesday last at the office, No. 117 J street,
for the purpose of
organizing. There was a full attendance present. The new Board is composed of the following named members: J.
HOAGLAND, of Yolo; M.M. RICHARDSON, of
Solano; Philip E. DRESCHER, of Sutter; E.H. ALLEN, of San Joaquin, and B.B. REDDING, of Sacramento. J.
HOAGLAND was elected permanent President of the Board, and B.B. REDDING,
Secretary. But little other business was
done except to fix upon the first Tuesday after the third Monday in each month as the day for holding the
regular monthly meetings of the Board.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, July 27, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
FIRES - At about two o’clock on Saturday morning two
dwelling houses on the north side of E
street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, were destroyed by fire. The fire commenced in the frame
kitchen attached to a two-story brick
house owned by ____ FLANDERS, and occupied by a lawyer named WALLACE who came from the East last Fall, and who is
at present in Nevada Territory. The
family knew nothing of the origin of the fire as they were all asleep at the time. No fire had been used in the
kitchen for several days. A portion
of the furniture was saved. The house was partially insured. The
flames spread simultaneously to the brick front occupied by WALLACE and
to a
one-story frame dwelling on the west, owned and occupied by William KIRK, a house carpenter now in the Humbolt mining district. Mrs. KIRK had scarcely time to save her five children and a
portion of their clothing before the house
was enveloped in flames. After the
engines arrived on the spot
considerable difficulty was experienced in getting water. At about one o’clock yesterday morning a small frame dwelling house
on the north side of I street,
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, was also burnt. It was owned by Joel JOHNSON and was unoccupied. It was of course set on fire. The loss was not very great.
ARRESTS - The arrests of Saturday and Sunday are as
follows: Ah Lann and Wap,
on suspicion of larceny, by CHAMBERLAIN, HARRIS and RICE; Charles SMITH, by officer CALDWELL, for being drunk and
sleeping on the sidewalk; B.A. SANDERS, by
officer BROWN, for disturbing the peace; Joseph BAUQUIER, by officer AMES, for committing a nuisance; Charles McKILLUP, by officer AMES,
for committing a nuisance by throwing manure in the street. John RYAN, by special officer DEAL, for an attempt to commit
grand larceny; Honora FEENY,
by AMES and BROWN, for disturbing the peace; Patrick MURPHY, by George REDDING, for disturbing the peace.
SUPREME COURT - The following orders were entered in
the Supreme Court in chambers on
Saturday: ARMSTRONG vs. GALLUP - On motion of counsel, ten day
additional time granted respondent to file brief. People vs.
FREMONT et al. - On motion of
SHAFTER, of counsel, ordered that remittitur be
stayed until further order of
this Court, and twenty days granted appellant to file petition for rehearing, and on further motion, leave
given to withdraw transcript.
People vs. PARK et al. - On motion of SHAFTER, of counsel, ordered that remittitur be
stayed until further order of Court, and twenty days
granted respondent to file petition for rehearing. Leave given to
withdraw transcript.
POLICE COURT, SATURDAY - Captain EMERSON, alias
Smith, the confidential rascal who was
convicted on Saturday, by an intelligent jury, of stealing a gold watch and chain, was sentenced to pay $200,
with the alternative of one hundred days in the
chain gang. The trial of James WELCH, for assault and battery on Dr. SANDERS, was postponed till Tuesday,
because of the absence of one SCOTT, a
witness who lives out of town. An attachment was issued for SCOTT, and subsequently WELSH, in the way of retaliation,
had SANDERS arrested for
disturbing the peace.
NEW SUIT - W.A. HAWKINS commenced suit in the
District Court, on Saturday, against W.
MOORHEAD, for the recovery of a certain sorrel mare and colt worth $700. The mare being with foal,
was left with plaintiff about the first
of the year, as security for the payment of a debt of one hundred dollars and interest. This money has since been
tendered plaintiff, but he refuses to give
up the animal.
ODD FELLOWS? FUNERAL - The funeral of R.D. DENTON will take
place this afternoon at
five o?clock, at Grace
Church. Services by Rev. Mr. McALLISTER.
ENGINEER OF WATER WORKS - John FERGUSON has been employed as
Engineer of the water works,
in place of W. ANDREWS.
HEAVY PAYMENT - S. SMITH, City Collector, paid into
the city treasury on Saturday, $50,365.15, the result of last week’s
collections.
ENTITLED TO VOTE - There are, according to the
returns in the possession of the Secretary of the
Board of Delegates, 419 members of the Fire Department entitled to vote at the annual election on the 3d of
August. The several companies stand
as follows on the list: Confidence Engine Company, No. 1, 65 votes; Protection, No. 2, 43 votes; Sacramento, No.
3, 63 votes; Eureka, No. 4, 65 votes; Knickerbocker, No. 5, 64 votes; Young America, No. 6, 65
votes; Alert Hook and
Ladder Company, 36 votes; Neptune Hose Company, 16 votes; Chief and Assistant Engineers, 2 votes.
CURIOSITY SHOP - Officer CHAMBERLAIN, Warden HARRIS
and Deputy Warden RICE, while hunting on
Saturday for a Chinaman who had escaped from the station
house, came across a curiosity shop on I street which
contained a large quantity of
property supposed to be stolen. Several hundred grain sacks, a variety of clorthing, a
quantity of lead, etc., were found in the house. Several Chinamen were arrested by them on suspicion
of having stolen this property.
ATTEMPT AT HORSE STEALING - A man named John RYAN
was arrested on Saturday, on a charge of
attempting to commit larceny. He was found attempting to
catch a horse in an inclosure
near the Pacific Pottery, belonging to N. CLARK.
He appeared to be intoxicated at the time.
INDIAN DIFFICULTIES - Remarking upon the late Indian
troubles in Butte, the Record of July
25th says:
The Indians in the vicinity of Butte creek
have again become restless, and commenced an
indiscriminate slaughter of persons who may chance to fall within their power. Of the cause of the present
outbreak and massacre of peaceful
inhabitants - women and children - in that vicinity, we are unadvised, but fear that the hanging of the five
Indians recently at Helltown, on suspicion of having committed depredations upon
property, has incited them to
retaliate by murdering those who may fall into their hands.
Of the
murders committed by the Indians the past week, we mention those of Richard MORRISON, Mrs. BLUM, and three children of
the LEWIS family, residing near Pence’s ranch, some twelve miles from Oroville. There are reports of other murders, but not sufficiently
authenticated, and it is to be hoped that
they are reports only.
Of course,
the people of that vicinity are greatly alarmed, and have taken measures to protect themselves and little ones from
butchery. A company of some forty or
fifty men was organized, and are now engaged in hunting the Indians. A portion of the Oroville Guards have also
volunteered to assist in punishing the
Indians. A number of the Guards left on Wednesday, and some eight or ten more started on Thursday.
Some forty
or fifty Indians came into Yankee Hill, disclaimed having any connection with the Indians committing the murders,
surrendered their arms and claimed the
protection of the residents. This was granted them. Among them, however, four Indians were found who did not
belong with the tribe, and they were
taken out to be disposed of when two of them succeeded in making their escape.
THE LATE STAGE ACCIDENT - Referring to the late
stage accident on the Henness route, by which a life was lost, the Virginia
Enterprise of July 24th says:
Now, since
these disasters are becoming a matter of every-day occurrence, it may be well enough to inform the
public who are to blame and where the fault
lies. We can give this information in very few words – the cause lies in
the overloading of the coaches, and the Stage Company, of course, are alone to blame. When the California
coach which arrived here yesterday left Lincoln, there were twenty-three
passengers packed in it, together with
their trunks, valises and a lot of extra baggage. In thus placing so much human life under the special
protection of Providence (for nothing else
could save them) the Stage Company saved the expense of running an extra coach, and took the chances of losing their
last dollar in a succession of
lawsuits for the recovery of broken limbs. This style of doing business is a cursed outrage, and a law for its
prevention ought to be
passed and stringently enforced. Every man who designs
traveling between the Territory and
California by stage should make his will before he starts, for he is taking his life in his own hands.
Teamsters' Association - At a Meeting of the
TEAMSTERS' UNION AND PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION,
held Sunday afternoon, the following prices were adopted for hauling freight to
the following places, to go into operation to-day, July 27th:
>From Sacramento to Carson City...3 1/2 cts. per pound
>From Sacramento to Dayton....4 cts. per pound
>From Sacramento to Silver City....4 cts. per pound
>From Sacramento to Gold Hill....4 cts. per pound
>From Sacramento to Virginia City....4 cts per pound
>From Sacramento to Washoe City....4 cts. Per pound
>From Sacramento to Markleyville....3
1/2 cents per pound
>From Sacramento to Aurora....6 cts. per pound
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P.
McGRAW B.
CAVE S.M.
HOOVER J.M.
GRANT COOK
& CROSBY J.A.
CLARY F.
COLGROVE W.F.
MOCK H.B.
& C.E. PAINE L.D.
OLINES R.
BILLS C.W.
COPE G.W.
FOUNTAIN John
MEANS H.
PARKER A.J.
GUINNIP Geo.
HILTON Dan'l WATERMAN E.P.
BATES John
H. PIERCE J.W.
HUNT |
W.
STEINER Joseph
COX David
SALSBURY John
P. CARROLL M.
BARKWELL M.J.
STOVER J.G.
PERRINS H.B.
BATES John
CANARD P.
COGGINS A.
EARLY W.
SCOTT J.W.
STOUT J.C.
STEWART G.N.
TEASLEY S.
DE KAY T.
BITTENCOURT C.
HORSEMAN G.
REEVES T.J.
WHITING Frank
OSBORNE |
Geo.
GARDENIER E.
JACOBS Frank
HANNA E.M.
WISE J.W.
BARBER G.W.
BOONE John
ALTMAN Sam
ELY W.
HAGEMAN Ben
TINTLE J.B.
LYNDS S.
TRYON Wm.
BEAR C.C.
MOUNT Wm.
GRANGE Wm.
S. BISHOP A.W.
WILSON R.
PETERS Mars'l HUMPHREY John
POSTLE ALONZO
G. MARJESON, Secretary. |
SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT
List of Members Entitled to Vote at the Election,
August 2, 1863
ROBERT J. GRAHAM ...Chief Engineer
EDWIN KIMBALL...First Assistant
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CONFIDENCE
ENGINE CO., NO. 1 – 65
Members BROWN,
Edas BIDERMAN,
J.W. BIRD,
Charles L. BARHYDT,
Walter CAROLAN,
Charles A. CHRISTIAN
N.I. COGGINS
James COLEMAN
William P CUMMINGS
T.B. COLVYN
James M. DEETH
Dexter DALY
Richard H ENGLISH
William G FERN
George FLANNAGAN
James FRANKS
Henry GOODS
James C. GELSTON
M.E. HUNT
William B. HARRIS
Leonard HOLMES
William JOHNSON
Frank JOHNSON
Chris. JARVIS
L. JOHNSON
Henry KIRBY
William A. KOSTA
Frank LANGVILLE
George W. LANSING
James LEWIS
Henry LINDSAY
R.B. LETSON
Thomas LEONARD
Charles J MOORE
James H. MESSERVY
George H. MORRIS
A. MASON
Joseph A. MILLER
D.C. MERKER
Frederick McDONALD P. McLAREN James NESMITH
J.F. O'NEIL
Michael O'CONNOR
T. O'MEARA
Michael PETTIT
Robert PUTNAM
George A PRADER
Joseph RHOADES
A.J. RHOADES
Charles RACE
Jere. N RAMSAY
Henry SWIMLEY
William F. SIDDONS
William M. SCHROEDER
J. SCHEIBEL
George SHERMAN
Thomas TENBROCK
Jacob M. TORBET
C.J. TYRRELL
Frederick D. THOMAS
Jesse TRAINOR
Charles H. WHITLOCK
George W. WINN
A.G. WOOLLEY
Thomas PROTECTION
ENGINE CO., NO. 2 – 43
Members ANDERSON
Axtel BALDWIN
S. Smith BECK
john BALUE
Chris. BORDEN
William EBERHARDT
J. FOSTER
Frank GRAVES
John S. GROTH
James H. GRANT
J.M. GERGEL
Louis GRAPP
Charles GRENELL
B.J. HOWARD
T.M. HOLLOWER
William JONES
A. KUHN
C.C. KUHN
W.H. KESSLER
Mat. KENKEL
Adam LANE
J.P. LEE
George LYMAN
Pat. LAAUSER
F. McMANUS Michael MADDEN
L. MAJOR
Fred. MAZEAUX
C. MONDAY
S. MELLECH
A. NORRIS
George NELLIS
A.R. ROSBACH
H. REED
Mat. M. SCHMEISER
George SHAFER
D. SEARLES
James STEINMETZ
M SEABOLDT
A SHAFFER
C. SCOTT
C. SCHEIDT
Philip WARREN
George SACRAMENTO
ENGINE CO., No. 3 – 63
Members AVERY
Ira ARNOLD
Jacob ANDERSON
Joseph AMES
Seneca G. BURNHAM
Henry BACHLE
Joseph BROWN
John BAILEY
Joseph A. BLOSS
Daniel M,. COOPER
John H. CULVER
John CALLEN
Robert COHEN
Philip CLARENBACH
Cuno CRONIN
Timothy CHAMPION
Israel COOLEDGE
Isaac H. DEVINE
Pat. J. DUCK
Lewis DAWSON
Robert DOHERTY
James B. DOOR
Edward DREHER
William EPPINGER
Louis EBNER
Charles FRIEND
Joseph S. FOX
Charles GAMBLE
Ed. A. GILMAN
James K. |
HADWICK
William HALL
John HEISCH
Aug. HOPPER
William HARRITY
James E. HERNDON
William L. HOLT
Chris W. HEDERICK
William ISAAC
John INGLISS
George JULIAN
Charles KLOPSTOCK
Curtis KRONTHAL
Henry KENDALL
Nat. B. KRAUSE
Ed. KENNEDAY Blakely LEE
William H.H. LARKIN
John LAUGHLIN
James E. MANGAN
Peter F. McCREARY Wm. H.H. MOORE
Allen MOONEY
John E. NEWMAN
J.H.F. NEUMAN
George ROBBINS
S.B. RICE
Patrick ROACH
John SMITH
James J. SEGER
John TREAT
John D. TAYLOR
Ed. T. TUILY
John WALL
Charles J. EUREKA
ENGINE CO., NO. 4 - 65 Members ALLEMAN
George K. ALLEN
C.C. BURKE
Fred. T. BEST
R. BADGER
George W. BARNES
J. BRENNERMAN
W.J. CARR
William B. COHN
Jacob COIL
Pat. COULTON
C.W. DEALING
O.W. DAVIS
James DAVIS
Joseph DE
YOUNG Henry EPPINGER
Jacob ELLIS
W.H. ELLET
W. EVANS
J.R. FULCH
Walton C. FRANKLIN
P. FERRIS
John GREENBAUM
M. GLASS
J.B. HALLEY
John C. HICKEY
Ed. HICKEY
William HAPEMAN
Al. ISAACSON
Ben. JACOBS
Elias JACOBS
John JACOBS
M. JOSEPHS
M. JONES
Alph. KENNEY
Robert KARCHER
Mat. KORN
Leopold KOHLER
H. KREBS
Julius KELLEY
Pat. LOBENSTINE
M. LARDNER
F.S. MOSS
Joseph J. MOOS
H. MORRIS
B. MAHARRAH
William MILLER
H. PHILLIPS
George ROWLAND
George RAUGHT
William ROWAN
James REGENSBERGER
J. ROSE
Buck SAWYER
Aug. SHEPHERD
Joseph SMYTH
John A. STOHE
J. TUKEY
Frank, Jr. VANNEMIRE
J. VANDENBERG
L.B. WILSON
David C. WISE
G.W. WEIL
M WHIPPO
Otho ZEITLER
Charles KNICKERBOCKER
ENGINE CO., NO. 5 – 64
Members ADAMS
Charles BIDWELL
A.C. BIDWELL
W. BOARDMAN
J. BRANNAN
A. BRANNAN
J. BABCOCK
F.L. BENNETT
John COFFROTH
James W. CRANE
Jere. COFFEE
James CASEY
Owen CLOON
Michael COFFEE
Dan. COFFIN
Cy. S. COX
John CONVERSE
C. DONELAN
John DOYLE
John DOYLE
William DEVINE
John ENGLISH
Thomas FAGAN
J. FITZPATRICK
Michael GROVER
James R. GASSON
Charles HEILBRON
Aug. HAYDEN
C.C. HOAG
W.M. HANNON
Thomas HUGHES
Thomas HERRICK
James H. HOUCK
John JOHNSON
John KELLY
J.C. KELLY
Hugh KNOX
John LAWSON
Powell S. LAFLIN
Dennis LANE
Samuel T. McDONALD M. McLAUGHLIN D. |
McINTYRE E.J. MARTZ
Charles MITCHELL
John McMAHON Terrence McMURRAY James NOLAN
Thomas POWELL
Robert PURNELL
H. PARKER
J.E. PIKE
J.T. PRATT
Amos REED
E.F. SMITH
George STEPHANO
Nicholas SINGLETON
John SOULE
George W. SMALL
Henry STAGEMAN
John SCOTT
Pat. SCHELL
P. TOOLE
William WALSH
J. YOUNG
AMERICA ENGINE CO., NO. 6 – 65
Members BEELER
George BARNES
Charles BEEBE
A. BRYANT
F. BROWN
Daniel BOWMAN
H. BERNHARDT
J.D. COOPER
W.B. CRONKITE
H. COHN
C. COX
George CASTLE
Levi DREENAN
John DAKE
Alonzo H. DUNCAN
J.M. DAVIS
Richard FENNER
John D. FAIGEL
Nich FARMER
L. FARR
B.A. GEISEL
J. GARBER
S. GILLAN
William GOGGINS
R.E. HOSSEY
Daniel HITCHRICK
T. HUNTOON
J.L. HILL
J. HANNAH
William HOOVER
D. HAMMER
M.S. HOEHM
J. HENDRIK
W. IRELAND
Richard JONES
Richard S. JONES
Thomas C. KETCHUM
S.M KLEINSORGE
George KELLOGG
Leonard KOHL
J.B. LUSHER
George LORENZ
C. MENKE
Anton McCLEERY J. MARVIN
Charles H. MENKE
C. MERKER
John MARSHALL
Sylv. MARCOVITCH
John PAGE
J. PIERCE
H.O. ROSS
Thomas RELYEA
L. RUSSELL
F. RENNER
S. SOULE
E. SHULTZ
E. STANLEY
Lee TRYON
Sylv. TAGGART
J.H. WITMORE
Syl. S. WISE
W.E. WEAVER
Fred. WHITING
C. WOODS
A.A. ALERT
HOOK AND LADDER CO., NO. 2 - 36 Members ARNOLD
John ACKLEY
A.N. ACKLEY
Warren BLAUVELT
W.H. BLUM
Julius COPLIANDOLO
Frank CONDON
J.C. CADOGAN
J. CADOGAN
W. COOK
G. DRUMMOND
W.J. EDWARDS
R.M. FOLGER
Robert M. FOLGER
Charles M. FIGG
E.P GRISSIM
W.T. GATES
James H. HENNESSEY
R. KOHN
D. LINDLEY
Thomas M. LOCKE
G.W. LEONARD
John LAWTON
D.W. LYON
Ed. McMANUS Pat. McMANUS Michael MOTT
E.B. McGUIRE James McNEIL John PERRY
John ROBINSON
PRESCOTT ROSS
Charles H. SWINERTON
G.H. SUYDAM
J.L. VANDENBERG
E. WALLACE
George W. NEPTUNE
HOSE CO., NO. 1 - 16 Members BRUMMETT
William BADLAM
Alexander BURNS
Alexander BROWN
Benjamin B. DUNCAN
John M. DREMAN
John DREMAN
Benjamin FOLEY
John FARRELL
Owen FRASIER
William GARRETSON
De Witt C. HARMON
Henry B. HOWE
D.C. MAYO
Eli MOHLER
C.L. TALBOT
John |
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Sacramento
Daily Union
Thursday,
July 30, 1863
FUNERAL OF
J. ADAM GRIESEL - The funeral
of J. Adam GRIESEL, who
died on Tuesday morning from injuries sustained by a fall on the
railroad on Sunday evening, took place yesterday afternoon at three o’clock. At
an early hour in the day the body of the deceased was removed from the
office of J.W. REEVES, on Fourth street, to Turn Verein Hall, on K street. It there lay in state
until the hour designated for the funeral. It was visited by a large number of
the friends of the deceased of both sexes. Previous to the departure
of the funeral procession an address was delivered in German to the
assemblage by Fr. ___. A song was sung by the members of the Sing Verein, and the
rites of the Episcopal Church were administered by Rev. Mr. McALLISTER. The
procession was then formed, and moved up K to Tenth streets, up Tenth
to J, down to Ninth - taking this route for the purpose of passing the
business place of the deceased. The order of the procession was as follows:
Sacramento
Brass Band, twelve pieces; escort of the City Guard, twenty-two in number, under First
Lieutenant FRIEND; hearse; carriages, with mourners; Turner Society, with
draped banner, twenty-eight in number; Turner Rifles, twelve in number; second
platoon of City Guard, Captain PEART, twenty-four in number; National
Guard, Captain BAKER, twenty-six in number; delegations from each of the Fire
Companies; Sacramento Hussars, First Lieutenant STEUDEMAN, twenty-four in
number; and thirty-nine carriages and buggies. As the procession moved
from the Hall the bells of the several engine houses were tolled out of
respect to the memory of the deceased. On arriving at the place of interment,
the City Cemetery, the usual rites were administered by the Rev. Mr. McALLISTER, and three volleys were fired near the grave
by the *** of the City Guard. The deceased was engaged to be married to
a young lady who resides at San Jose. She was informed on Monday, by
telegraph, of the accident which occurred the evening before. Accompanied by her
father, she came to the city, but did not know until her arrival yesterday
morning of the fatal result.
THE SCHOOL
CENSUS - The School Marshal of the city, T. HATCH, has completed the work
of canvassing the city, with the following result: Number of boys between
the ages of 4 and 18, 1,029; number of girls between the ages of 4 and 18,
1,059; total number, 2,088; colored children between 4 and 18, 30; children
entitled to apportionment from the State and county, 2,088. Number of children under 4 years of age,
966; between 18 and 21 years of age, 77. Number of
children of all ages born in California, 1,807. Number of
children between 4 and 6 yeas of age, 425; of whom 78 attend public schools. Total number of
children reported as attending public schools, 853. Number of children between the ages of 6 and 18
not attending any school, 281. Indian children, 25. Chinese children, 27; negro children, 61; deaf and dumb, 1; blind,
none. Total number of children in the city under 21 years of
age, 3,244. The census of last year
shows that there were in the city: Boys between the aged of 4 and 18, 1,036;
girls between the ages of 4 and 18, 972; total 2,008. This shows an
increase during the past year of children in the city between the ages named of
80. The actual increase, however, is 97, as the Tivoli school district,
containing 17 children, was by law included with the city, and is now separated
from it. It will be seen by an examination of the figures that there has been a decrease of
seven in the number of boys during the year, and an increase of 87 in the
number of girls. The returns of the county are not yet received,
except from a few school districts.
POLICE
COURT YESTERDAY - The order of the Court forfeiting the deposits of BAUQUIER
and McKILLIP for non-appearance was reversed. These
are the stable keepers on the alley between Sixth and Seventh, and K and L
streets, who were tried for permitting a nuisance. Judge HOLL having
personally inspected the odorous "res gestae,"
held that BAUQUIER was not guilty of the nuisance, but only
of obstructing the alley, and that McKILLIP had
contributed, along with several others, toward swelling the volume of the
stagnant puddle. He therefore fined McKILLIP $10 to
pay the costs of the prosecution, and ordered that all the stable men in
that locality take concerted action, under the direction of the Chief of
Police, to abate the nuisance. Henry SUTHERS and J. HARDY, the
contrabands who mutually disturbed each other’s peace on
Front street, were each fined $20, with the option of
ten days at the water cure. John QUANCHI, who knocked down one of the
aforesaid because he owed him four bits, was required to contribute $10 toward
the support of the city government, with which request he complied, under
vehement protestation. Jas. WELCH was fined $20 for hitting Dr. SANDERS a "kelp."
"General
Ford" was not in attendance to testify in relation to his being assaulted
and battered by one HICKEY, for which reason an attachment was sent after
him, and one HICKEY was requested to call again this morning.
DROWNED - At about nine o’clock yesterday
morning a man named Hugh McGARRY, a deck
hand on the steamer Chrysopolis, was drowned, at the
foot of K street. He was
engaged at the time of the accident in adjusting a plank to connect
the steamer with the barge American Eagle, which lay
outside the steamer. He lost his foothold, and, falling between the two
vessels, disappeared. A rope and plank were thrown for his relief,
but as he did not come to the surface, he could not, of course, avail himself
of them. He did
not appear to
strike either vessel, nor was he injured in any manner before reaching
the water. As he is believed to have been a good swimmer, it is singular
that he sank so quickly. During the afternoon several men were employed
with grappling irons in a fruitless effort to recover the body. A little
less than a year ago McGARRY, while at work on the
steamer then lying at the foot of N street, was crushed by a heavy iron
casting, which he and others were engaged in removing to the levee. His life was
at first despaired of, but he was removed to the hospital, and
recovered. He subsequently visited New York, where, it is said, he has a
wife living. The search for his body will be resumed to-day.
SINGULAR -
The School Marshal, in his returns, reports that there is but one deaf and dumb
person in the city, and not a single instance of blindness. His inquiries on these points go not
only to those who
are under twenty-one years of age but to persons of any age. The single instance
referred to is that of a little girl some four or five years old. The
showing is remarkable for a population so great as that
of Sacramento.
BAILED OUT
- B.A. SAUNDERS, who was indicted by the Grand Jury for perjury, was
yesterday released on filing a bond for his future appearances in the sum of
$5,000. Henry MILLER, N. DINGLEY, H. TREICHLER, G.W. YOUNG and H.S. NICHOLS
became his sureties in the sum of $1,000 each.
POISONED -
The large Newfoundland dog, Ben, owned by P. ROBINSON, Justice of the Peace,
and also a smaller dog, owned by R.B. NORMAN, both of Odd Fellows'
Block, were poisoned on Tuesday night. The author of the deed and the
motives which prompted it are unknown.
ARRESTED -
Johnny TOURS was yesterday arrested by Officer O’BRIEN on a charge of
assault and battery on POLITZ.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, July 31, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
DEATH AND INQUEST - At
about noon yesterday, Coroner REEVES was informed that H.C. HARVEY, formerly a member of the City
Council from the Third Ward, had died
suddenly at the Six Mile House on the Marysville road. This house was formerly kept by HARVEY, and is still owned by
him, but is kept by another person.
His sons live on an adjoining ranch. HARVEY has recently resided at Dutch Flat, from which place he arrived a
few days ago. The Coroner visited the Six Mile House. The body of the
deceased was brought to the city by him
in the afternoon, and W.E. BOUTICAN, W. CLARK, E.B. DAVIDSON, J.S. POND, N.B. HANER and C.P. RICHTER
were impanneled as jurors. Several
witnesses were examined, from whose testimony it appears that the deceased had been in the city on Wednesday and had
been drinking; that the had a slight difficulty with one of his sons about a
span of horses; that he went to the Six
Mile House and took supper at six o'clock in the evening, slept over night and took breakfast yesterday
morning as usual. During the forenoon another
man went up stairs to his room and found him dead. Dr. PHELAN testified before the jury as follows:
"At the request of the Coroner I
made a post mortem examination of H.C. HARVEY on the evening of July 30, 1863, assisted by Doctors SIMMONS and FREY. The organs
of the body were in a normal
condition, except the stomach and a portion of the small intestines, which were inflamed." The jury returned a
verdict to the effect that the body was that of
H.C. HARVEY, a native of Waldo county, Maine, aged sixty-five years, and that he came to his death on
the 30th of August, 1863, from causes to
the jury unknown.
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - J. TOURS pleaded guilty of
assaulting A. POLITZ, and stated in
extenuation that POLITZ had been bothering him about some pigeons, and in his absence from home had insulted
his (Tours') wife, for which offense
the next time he came he (Tours) ran him off the premises. The Court levied the lowest legal assessment, which is
ten dollars. "General Ford," from
Africa, was still absent, notwithstanding the Court's attachment, wherefore one HICKEY, accused of making
war upon the General, was allowed to
go upon his own recognizance, and a second attachment was sent out after the General, as a reinforcement for
the first. J. TROON, who has been a long
time under consideration for carrying baggage without a license, was discharged. John WELCH, recently from
Dutch Flat, acknowledged that he had
carried concealed a dirk knife four inches long. The Court gave him till this morning to reflect upon the
heinousness of his offense, and will then
pronounce sentence.
SUPREME COURT - The
following orders were made in chambers, in the Supreme Court, yesterday:
CHAPMAN vs. THORNBURGH - On
motion of R.S. MESICK, of counsel, ten days
additional time granted to file brief for respondent.
ABRAMS vs. HOWARD et al., administrator - On motion
of counsel, and by stipulation
filed, placed on term calendar, and on further motion submitted on brief, in pursuance of stipulation.
LEET vs. WILSON
- On motion of G. CADWALADER, and
by stipulation filed, leave given to withdraw transcript fifteen days for examination.
KITTREDGE vs. STEVENS - On
motion of SPENCER and REICHERT, of
counsel, ten days additional time granted to file brief.
Contra Costa Railroad Company vs. PIOCHE et al. - On
motion of counsel, ten days additional
time granted to file brief by appellant.
MINISTERIAL
CHANGE - The Rev. J.A. GALLAGHER, Pastor of St. Mary's
Church, Stockton, is
about to be transferred to this city, where he will officiate at St. Rose Church. The Rev. N. GALLAGHER and the
Rev. Mr. BRENNAN are now stationed in
this city, one of whom will of course be transferred to some other point on the arrival of the new clergyman.
There are three Catholic clergyman in the State named GALLAGHER, the two above named
and Rev. H.P. GALLAGHER of San
Francisco. H,P. and J.A. are brothers. N. GALLAGHER is
not related in blood
to the other two.
PERHAPS SO - Deputy Warden LEE, who was on guard at
the county jail at the time of the
escape of J.H. GASS, but was inadvertently asleep, received on the 19th instant from his brother, B. LEE, the
following telegraphic dispatch:
"Gold
Hill, July 29th - 1:30 P.M. - Wm. LEE, Deputy Warden:
Between one
and two o’clock this
morning a man passed here that I knew in Sacramento
by sight. He acted queer, stopped at the house where I was, called for a drink; did not get off; it may have
been GASS."
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge CLARK on
the bench.
In the case of William CURTIS vs. His Creditors, W.R. CENTWELL appeared as attorney for Edward J.
WEST and P.C. ATKINSON and withdrew the
opposition heretofore filed to the discharge of said petitioner. It was therefore ordered that said
CURTIS be discharged from his debts, and that
certain property, claimed as exempt from execution, be set aside for his benefit.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, August 3, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
RETURNED - J.W. COFFROTH arrived from
Marysville by yesterday’s boat. He was quite seriously injured by the falling of the
balcony in that city, and although able to
walk from the boat to the carriage with the aid of a crutch, will be confined to his bed for several
days. He was on the balcony when the
accident occurred, and was precipitated to the ground with the mass of those who were similarly situated. His right foot
caught in the iron railing,
injuring it severely, lacerating the leg up to the knee. His left temple was also so much injured as to cause
apprehension at first on the part of his
friends, by whom he was carried from the ground. Some three or four persons have already died from injuries
received on the occasion referred to.
NEW SUITS - On Saturday last F.S. MALONE commenced
suit in the District Court against
George K. COOK for $1,000 damage sustained by the loss of a horse. The complaint states that plaintiff hired to defendant a
stallion valued at the
sum above named, with another horse, on the 10th of June last, for a short drive, and that plaintiff drove them
eighteen miles in a reckless manner,
and in consequence thereof the stallion died. MALONE also commenced suit against John CARROLL for the sum of
$700, alleging that he hired to this
defendant on the 3d of May last a span of horses, one of which was killed by hard driving. They were hired to go to
Brighton, but were driven to Folsom
and back on the same day. The horse referred to died on the 6th of May.
PATENT CIGAR LIGHTER - W.H. HOBLEY, who has a cigar
stand at the Orleans Hotel, procured
and placed in operations on Saturday last a patent cigar lighter of Eastern invention - three of which had
been sent out to Sacramento to
Clark & Co. as samples. A gutta percha tube connects with a gas
pipe and hangs from the ceiling in such position as may be most convenient. Attached to the tube is a gas burner,
which is regulated by a pendant glass
weight. When undisturbed the flame is reduced, but not extinguished. As the weight is raised by the finger,
the flame is enlarged and projects out
several inches from the burner.
POLICE COURT - In the Police Court, on Saturday, in the
case of Owen HUGHES, charged with
vagrancy, Judge HOLL discharged the defendant with an admonition to not appear again on the same charge.
George RIVAS, previously convicted of
assault and battery on Ah Quin, and Ah Quin, convicted of assault
and battery on George RIVAS, were each sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or be imprisoned five days. The case of J.W.
REEVES, charged with a violation of a
cemetery ordinance, was continued until Wednesday,
the 5th instant, on
account of the absence of defendant?s counsel, J.W.
COFFROTH.
SUPREME COURT - The following orders have been made
in chambers in the Supreme Court:
HEYMAN vs. LOWELL - On motion of HARTLEY and by
stipulation filed, leave
granted to respondent to file brief in thirty days.
People vs. RAINS - On motion of appellant thirty days
additional time from July 16th to file
brief. People vs.
RAINS et al. - Same order as last above.
ZEIGLER vs. Well,
Fargo & Co. - On motion of counsel, twenty days
further time granted appellant to
file brief. JONES vs. Wells, Fargo & Co. - Same order as last above.
SUDDEN ILLNESS - Soon after the Rev. W.H. HILL had
commenced his sermon yesterday
morning at Grace Church, he suffered a sudden attack of vertigo, and fell heavily on the platform in the presence of
his auditors. He was at once surrounded
by his friends and carried into the ante room. After the lapse of a few minutes he recovered so far as to be
able to return to the pulpit, and
without finishing his sermon dismissed his audience, stating that his health had been poor for the past day or
two.
ARRESTS - The arrests on Saturday and yesterday were
as follows:
Spencer BURNS,
by officer MARTZ, for refusing to give his name to the Tax Collector;
William JOHNSON, by officer CALDWELL, for disturbing
the peace;
John WILLIAMS, by
officer BURKE, for sleeping on the sidewalk;
Thomas DURKIN, by BURKE
and AMES, for sleeping on the sidewalk.
DEATHS - There were six deaths in the city last
week. All of the deceased were males, and
all were adults. One was a native of Maine, one of England, two of Ireland and two of Germany.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Friday, August 7, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
BODY FOUND -
Inquest - Coroner REEVES was notified yesterday that the body of an unknown man had been found afloat in the
Sacramento river at Freeport. He
visited the locality and held an inquest over the body. Erskine GREER, L. GREET, T.B. JULIAN, F.L. GOOD, R.C. MONTGOMERY and
John KADY were impaneled as a jury. The
only witness examined was J.P. CLARKE, who testified as follows:
"I reside in Franklin township, at the
town of Freeport; about six o’clock A.M. this
day (August 6th), I discovered the deceased now before the jury lying in the Sacramento river near Freeport; I
procured a rope and made the body fast
and sent notice to the Coroner; I do not know the deceased, his name, age or cause of death; the deceased had
auburn hair, black beard, was about five
feet ten inches in hight; should think he had been
dead two or three months;
the body was in a nude condition; there was no money or valuables found on or
about the body, and no marks of violence on the deceased;
deceased had a good set of upper teeth."
The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the name, age and cause of death of deceased were unknown. The remains of deceased were brought to the
city and buried at New Helvetia
Cemetery. It is supposed that the body
was that of a soldier from Camp Union who
was drowned in the American river, near Twentieth street, some six or eight weeks ago.
FUNERAL - The funeral of G.W. BIDWELL, who committed
suicide on Wednesday morning, took
place yesterday afternoon from the rooms of J.W. REEVES, on Fourth street. The Rev.
Dr. WILLEY, of Oakland College, officiated on the occasion. The funeral was largely attended, the
train being composed of some forty vehicles.
The interment took place at New Helvetia Cemetery. The hearse which conveyed the coffin to the cemetery was
drawn by four black horses.
ELECTED - The following named officers have been
elected by Knickerbocker Engine Company: John DONELLY, Foreman, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Hugh KELLY, elected Chief Engineer of the Department; M. COFFEE, First Assistant, vice M. McDONOUGH, absent
from the city; J.E. PARKER, vice
C.C. HAYDEN, who is about to sail for the East.
ESCAPED OR STOLEN - A small sized black horse which
was brought from San Francisco by the
Wednesday evening boat was tied fast on the levee on the arrival of the boat, to await the coming of
daylight. At about two o'clock in the morning
(yesterday) he disappeared and has nit since been seen, having either broken loose or been stolen.
IMPROVEMENTS - W.L. BURDICK, the new engineer at the
Water Works, has been engaged within
the past few days in putting the engines and pumps under his control in complete order, both internally and
externally, as is evidenced by the smooth
and efficient manner which they work and by the new coat of paint with which they are decorated.
REMOVED - John WELCH, who has been confined at the
station house several weeks, was taken
to Stockton yesterday by special officer MURRAY. He was unwilling to go, fearing,
apparently, that some great injury was to be done him, and had to be handcuffed before he could be
taken.
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Sacramento Daily Union
Monday, August 10, 1863
CITY INTELLIGENCE
POLICE COURT SATURDAY - Ned DUFFY admitted the
charge of having got drunk and disturbed
the peace, and was fined $20, with ten days incarceration as the other horn of the dilemma. Belle STEWART was
tried for disturbance of the peace and quiet of Sister’s addition. She had got
into a row with a boy who set a dog on
her goat, and addressed him and his respected parent in language not to be found
in Webster’s Unabridged. The verdict was guilty and the sentence $20 or ten days. Eugene DUPATELLE, a
little Frenchman, was tried for an
assault and battery perpetrated on the venerable Dr. Joel SMITH, the landlord of a battalion of Chinese
females on I street. It appeared that
the Frenchman made a call on one of
Uncle Joel’s tenants, and was robbed of
$27. He made a fuss about the robbery, and the Celestial battalion being unable to expel him, called on Joel
as a reinforcement. Joel made a gallant charge, but victory was about to
perch on the French banner when a policeman
came to the rescue. Eugene was fined $20 or ten days, and having lost his dollars he, from necessity, chose
the days. L. FRIEDMAN, a boy with a
scratched face, who had pleaded guilty of disturbing the peace, was fined $10. The case of J.W. REEVES, charged with
violating the ordinance concerning the
City Cemetery, was argued on strong and multifarious points of law, which almost convinced the Persecuting
Attorney. The decision was reserved,
although the Court admitted that his present impression was against the validity of the ordinance.
DROWNED - At about three o'clock yesterday afternoon
a young man about eighteen years
of age, whose name we have been unable to learn, was drowned on the north side of the slough, opposite Fourth street. He and several companions
went into the slough to bathe, when the deceased was seized with cramp and sunk. His companions tried to reach him in
time, but were unable. They also used considerable effort to recover the
body, but without success. They then took
his clothes to the Coroner's office and
narrated the facts in the case; but
the party in attendance omitted to take down the name of either the deceased or his companions. The deceased
is said to have recently come to the city
to reside and to have been employed in a workshop of some character somewhere in the city.
SUPREME COURT - The following decisions and orders
were made in the Supreme Court on
Saturday:
BROOKS vs. CROSBY et al. - Rehearing denied.
WOOD et al. vs.
Truckee Turnpike Co. - Judgment affirmed.
KITTRIDGE vs. STEVENS – On motion of appellant
and by stipulation filed, five days additional time granted to file brief.
HIGH vs. SHUMAKER et al. - On motion on counsel, ten days additional time granted respondent to file
petition for rehearing.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT - At half past eight o'clock on
Saturday evening, a lady named Mrs. CARL,
and her sister-in-law, who reside near the Louisiana Race Course, were upset from a buggy on First street,
near the Sacramento and Yolo bridge.
They were returning from Yolo county at the time the
accident occurred. Mrs.
CARL sustained an injury to the spine and concussion of the brain. She was attended by Dr. CLUNCES, who states
that her condition last evening was
improving.
SUDDEN DEATH - The body of John MALONE, brother of
Drury MALONE, was brought to the Orleans
Hotel last evening for interment. The deceased left the city two or three days ago, in poor health, for Washoe.
Thirty miles from the city he was
taken ill, and yesterday morning died of congestive chills. The deceased had recently arrived in the State, having
come across the Plains.
ROBBERY - During church hours yesterday morning, and
while the occupants were at church,
the house of Seth GAINSLEY, in Washington, was entered and robbed of a fold watch and chain worth about $80.
FOR TRIAL TO-DAY - the Court of Sessions will meet
at ten o'clock this morning for the
trial of Porter CUNNINGHAM, on a charge of rape, and H.W. ODELL, on a charge of perjury.
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Tuesday, August 11, 1863
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY - In the case of Abram
MORRIS, the boy charged with assault and
battery on L. FRIEDMAN, a jury trial was demanded and set for this morning. L. FRIEDMAN, the boy charged with
assault and battery on A. MORRIS,
consented to be tried by the Court. This was a quarrel between rival apple peddlers, as appears from the following
testimony of MORRIS, when called as a
witness for the prosecution:
"I went around
to the cars, me and POLITZ, the
other apple peddler; I wasn't a sellin' apples, but I
went to see if they was
a sellin' anything; POLITZ had a plate of peaches,
and FRIEDMAN says to
Jim MILLER he'd bet him a quarter that he dasn't
knock the plate of peaches
into the middle of the street; they put the money up into my hands, and Jim at first kicked off one peach, but
FRIEDMAN wasn't satisfied and
then Jim MILLER he kicked the whole plate into the street and I guv Jim MILLER the money;
then FRIEDMAN got mad and followed me round to father's
store, a callin' on me sons of ____, and things, all
the way from the cars, to the
store. Then he undertook to upset the green boxes of shoes that
we have for a
sign, and struck me and knocked my hat off and bit my finger." Two other witnesses testified
similarly, and the defense failing to impeach the evidence, the Court decided
that the FRIEDMAN boy was guilty. A youngster
from the country, named STONE, was charged with furiously riding a horse in the streets. When called upon to
plead, he said he didn’t know what the court would call it, but he supposed he was
guilty. He was riding tolerably
fast, but then he didn’t know the laws,
and was trying to catch up with a friend
who had gone out of town ahead. The arresting officer related that he pursued STONE and his furious charger up and
down the streets for some time; which
somewhat damaged the fugacious friend theory, and STONE was adjudged guilty and requested to pay $20 or got to
jail for ten days. He afterward
proposed that the Judge take his "hoss" for
the amount, and let him go. It was the first “hoss” he ever had, and pr'aps it would be the last,
though he might work for another. The
saddle and bridle were not his, but the "hoss"
was his individually and collectively. Judge HOLL declined the proposition, not being in that line of
business. M. CHRISTOPHER and D.E. CALLAHAN were tried for permitting a stagnant
water nuisance, but some of the evidence
going to show that a leaky water pipe was the offender, their cases were
postponed till Wednesday. J. IRELAND and son were charged with disturbing the peace of Bell STEWART's goat, and their case was postponed
until to-day. Edward McDONALD,
of Calaveras county, was partly tried for
carrying a concealed knife, and allowed till to-day to prove that he was a traveler on his way to San Francisco. He
had frightened some Celestials with
his weapon. R. WILLIAMS and J. NEWTON were found guilty of taking lodgings on the sidewalk. The Chinese
vagrant, whose case was postponed till to-day from humane motives, had taken
leg bail, wherefore his case was not
further inquired into, and the Court decided that the verdict of guilty of vagrancy first found against
him should stand against him for future
use - which saves the fees.
COURT OF SESSIONS - The
Court of Sessions met yesterday, pursuant to adjournment.
In the case of the People vs. H.W. ODELL, on a charge of perjury, the demurrer was overruled and
trial set for ten o’clock A.M. to-day. In the case of the People vs. Porter
CUNNINGHAM, on a charge of rape, District
Attorney UPTON and J.W. COFFROTH appeared for the State,
and Henry STARR for
the defense. The following named jurors were impaneled to try the cause: David BARTON, T.W. STROBRIDGE, F.A.
GIBBS, U. BAYER, W.W. LATHAM, T.H.
JACKSON, S.C. HALL, G.I. LYTLE, W.R. STRONG, J.S. JULIEN, J. HAWKS, L. ELKUS. Drs. HALL,
MORSE and CLUNESS and S.S. HOLL were examined as witnesses
for the prosecution. The jury were then permitted to
disperse under the rule
of Court until one o'clock P.M. At that hour the Court resumed the hearing of the case. Emma NEWALL, Eliza
T. FOSTER, Jack JOHNSON, _____ ST. CLAIR,
Thomas CODY and F.D. CHAMBERLAIN were examined for the prosecution.
Dr. MORSE, Joel SMITH, Dr. CRANE, Jerry RACE and others were examined for the defense. The jury, after hearing
the charge of the Court, retired and,
after coming into Court for instructions, and an absence of about an hour, returned with a verdict of guilty.
The Court then adjourned until ten o'clock
this morning.
PROBATE - In the matter of the
Estate of N.I. UNDERWOOD, deceased – The application of
the widow for allowance coming on to be heard, it was ordered that the administrator pay to her the sum of $50 per
month for twelve months from the time of
the death of the deceased, and that the administrators pay $850 forthwith.
Estate of R.D. DENTON, deceased - T.J. MILLIKEN was appointed administrator upon his filing a bond in
the sum of $2,000.
Estate of
B.B. BROWN - Continued until to-day.
Estate of S.D. CARKHUFF, deceased - On application of the administrator, it was ordered
that N.B. BUGBEY, Sheriff, be
cited to appear on the 17th instant, to show cause why he should not deliver
certain moneys in his hands to said administrator.
Estate of E.E.
FISHER, deceased. - The final account coming on to be heard, it was referred to J.S. BARRETT.
Estate of Joseph SUTTON, deceased - On application of the administrator, ordered that a citation issued
against Eliza SUTTON, widow of the
deceased, requiring her to appear on Monday, August 17th, and show cause why she should not answer questions
touching the property of said deceased.
TRIAL FOR PERJURY - The
trial of H.W. ODELL, for perjury in connection with certain lead claims in the lower part of the county,
will take place in the Court of Sessions at ten o’clock this morning.
CONVICTED OF RAPE - Porter CUNNINGHAM was tried
yesterday in the Court of Sessions and
found guilty on a charge of rape. The defendant is nearly sixty years of age, and is convicted of violating the
person of an adopted daughter, seven
years old, of Mrs. FOSTER, who keeps a saloon on Second street, near I. the testimony in the case was given,
so far as fit for publication, at
the time of the examination in the Police Court.
SUPREME COURT - Several orders were entered
yesterday in chambers in the Supreme Court,
as follows:
KILE et al. vs. TUBBS - On
motion of counsel, ten days additional
time granted appellant to file brief.
CREANOR vs. NELSON - On
motion of counsel, ten days additional time granted appellant to file brief.
MOSS vs. SHEAR - On motion of counsel, ten days
additional time granted
appellant to file brief.
COUNTY COURT - The County Court met yesterday
pursuant to adjournment.
In the
case of A.F. LASKILL vs. J.W. CONNER et al. –
On motion of P. DUNLAP the appeal in said cause was dismissed.
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Union
Wednesday,
August 12, 1863
CITY
INTELLIGENCE
POLICE COURT YESTERDAY -
WILLIAMS and NEWTON, for sleeping on the sidewalk, were fined each ten dollars. In the case of E. McDONALD, arrested for carrying
a concealed weapon, the testimony of the landlord of the St. Louis house convinced the Court that defendant is a
traveler, and he was permitted to assume his
journey without further detention. The trial of IRELAND and Son, for disturbing a goat on Jibboom
street, was further postponed till Friday, out of courtesy to eminent counsel employed
against the goat. A jury of three
taxpayers was impaneled and proceeded to try the boy MORRIS for assaulting and scratching the boy FRIEDMAN. The
other version of the battle of the apple
peddlers was related to this intelligent jury by young FRIEDMAN, in this wise: "We was down to the
cars and sold a couple of bits worth, and this
boy and Jim MILLER came and they were making a bet. I says, Jim, says I, you dasn't
just knock that plate off. The boy I told that was bad friends to the other boy. I says, Jim, I bet you
two bits you dasn't knock
it off. I was in fun, and I winked to 'em. Says I,
you know I never bet. Jim says, pr'aps you think I aint got two
bits? He up with the money and kicked one
off, and says I that aint fair; but they give him the
money anyhow. He said
he'd pay for the plate, but anybody would let you kick two bits worth of peaches if you pry
for it, and I wasn’t satisfied.
Then I went round to his father’s
store, and says I, I'll make your father give me the two bits, and he begun to push me and called me sons
of ___ and things, and whatever he
called me I told him he was the same. I picked up a piece of a stick and throw at him but it happened to go into
the store; then he struck me first, and I
didn't hit him till he hit me, at all." Witness denied having attempted to cut up MORRIS (beginning with
one finger), and insisted that MORRIS was
the aggressor throughout. Other witnesses were called and the case was submitted to the jury with the remark
from the prosecuting attorney that he
thought defendant did perfectly right in defending his
Father’s store,
in which remark counsel for defense concurred. The jury of taxpayers agreed to their verdict without retiring
and announced it in these words: "We
find that the defendant is right and that the plaintiff is guilty." Judge HOLL said that was scarcely a
proper verdict; the question was whether the
defendant was guilty or not guilty, and the intelligent
jury responded that
he was guilty, whereupon the Court in great amazement discharged the jury. Counsel for defense moved to
set aside the verdict, but at this juncture
the jury came back and amended their verdict to
?not guilty,"
the foreman adding that he knew he was right in the first place. Counsel for defense said then, if the Court pleased,
he withdrew his motion.
PERJURY CASE - In the Court of Sessions, yesterday, H.W. ODELL, of
Georgiana township, was
placed on trial on an indictment charging him with perjury in making an affidavit that he knew of no legal or
equitable claim upon certain land which he
entered under the Swamp Land Act. District Attorney UPTON, in opening the case to the jury, said they would show
by W.H.H. DAVIS, who owned a mortgage
for $1,500 and interest on this land, and by other witnesses conversant with the facts, that at the
time of making the affidavit
defendant knew of this $1,500 mortgage; that the land had been several years occupied by one DODSON, who had a
two-story brick house upon it and had lived
in the house up to about that time; that DODSON had become involved, and for the purpose of cutting off the
mortgage he and defendant had agreed that
DODSON should go to the County Surveyor’s office and give up his
claim, and that this defendant should be there at the same time and immediately file his application and take up the
land in his own name. W.H.H. DAVIS
testified that he had purchased the mortgage and had had conversations with the defendant about it previous
to the filing of the affidavit by
defendant. The mortgage was given by Jasper DODSON to another party, of whom he (witness) had bought it, in the
hope of securing himself from loss on
another transaction. G.W. COLBY testified that defendant made the affidavit before him as County Surveyor. The
prosecution offered to introduce the
mortgage as evidence, but defense objected on several grounds, and after very long arguments the Court ruled it out
on the ground that it was misdescribed in the indictment, the indictment conveying
the impression that it was drawn by DODSON directly in favor of DAVIS, instead
of a third party. The
prosecution declined to proceed further with the case under the circumstances, and by direction of the Court the
jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The
Court then, on motion of the prosecution, made an order holding defendant in $1,000 to answer to the next
Grand Jury for the same offense.
BODY FOUND -
INQUIR Y - At about
half-past 11 o'clock A.M. yesterday the body of
young STRAHLE,
who was drowned on Sunday in the slough, was recovered. O'NEIL
and JOHNSON had resumed firing cannon over the slough and their efforts resulted in bringing the body to the
surface. An inquest was held over the body in
the afternoon by Coroner REEVES. Walter P. EMERY, W.T. WATERMAN, Edgar CULVER, J.M. BOARDMAN, G.F. MESCERVY
and Robert FORSYTHE were impaneled
as jurors. The testimony adduced was in substance as follows:
"James P.
GOODWIN, Jr., knew the deceased; his name was Justini
STRAHLE, his age about 18
years; he was a single man, and commenced working for witness on the 6th instant;. G.
LEOPOLD brought witness the clothing and purse of deceased; the purse contained $4.25 in coin; witness
knew of no other property
belonging to deceased except a gold chain, which had been returned to his brother. Guilke
LEOPOLD - Knew deceased at San Francisco; about half-past
three o'clock P.M. on Sunday, deceased and Paul POISDEVIN went to the lake to bathe; witness remained in the boat and
the other two remained in the water;
they jumped out of the boat about fifty yards from shore; witness had asked deceased if he could swim, and was
answered in the affirmative;
when they got into the water, deceased sank three times; POISDEVIN tried to assist him, and deceased caught
hold of him and came near drowning him;
witness took the clothes of the deceased to the Coroner's office; witness found in the pockets $4.25 in coin
and a gold chain, which he gave to J.
GOODWIN. Paul POISDEVIN testified that the testimony of Leopold was a correct statement of the case. D. O'NEIL testified to the circumstances
of finding the body by the discharge of cannon." etc. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts as
above stated.
COWHIDING AFFAIR
- At about eleven o’clock A.M. yesterday a cowhiding affair took place on K street, near Front, which drew
together a large crowd of spectators, who
were of course interested in the performance. The victim of the affair was H. MORRIS, boot and shoe dealer, and
the administratrix was Mrs.
GROSS. The husband of Mrs. GROSS has been absent at Nevada Territory during the past three months. MORRIS had circulated
certain definite reports concerning her
conduct since her husband's absence, stating that he himself had witnessed the evidence of her guilt. She
yesterday proceeded to his store on K street with a cowhide, with which she struck him five or six blows. He then admitted that he had not himself seen
any improper action on the part of Mrs.
GROSS, but stated that his information had been derived from other parties. The audience
were divided on the subject of the cowhiding,
some desiring it to progress and others wishing to prevent it.
CATTLE STEALING
- Two boys, named Henry SCHRODER and Henry PEARSON, were brought to the county last evening by a Deputy
Constable of Yolo county, and confined on a charge of cattle stealing. They
brought eleven head of cattle to a corral near
Washington and shut them up. J.C. DRUMMOND discovered among the number seven head which had been stolen from
him. While he was about procuring a
warrant, the boys drove a portion of the cattle out into the tules. Justice HOAGLAND issued a
warrant for the arrest of the boys, charging
them, however, with but petty larceny. One was arrested in the city, but the other escaped to the Yolo side, where
he was arrested an hour or two
afterwards. They have not yet had their preliminary examination.
RET URNED - A boy named KENNEDY, a fugitive from his
home at San Francisco, who had been
absent several weeks, was arrested by officer CODY, at about midnight on Monday night, and taken to the station
house. He was yesterday placed in charge
of the captain of the New World, and sent home in accordance with a telegraphic request from his
mother.
SUPREME COURT - In the Supreme Court, the following orders were made in chambers yesterday:
GYLE vs.
SHOEMAKER - On motion of WHITING, of counsel, and
upon affidavit filed, ten days granted appellant to file brief.
MELCHER vs. KUBLAND - On motion of
QUINT, of counsel, ten days additional time granted
respondent to file brief.
ARRESTS - The
arrests of yesterday are as follows: Isabella STUART, by officer CODY, for threats against the life of Sarah
IRELAND; Signor SEBASTIAN, by
officer CODY, for assault and battery on J.W. ADAMS, and also for drawing a deadly weapon upon J.W. ADAMS.
FOR STOCKTON -
E.B. DAVIDSON, who was arrested on Monday evening on suspicion of insanity, was visited yesterday by
Doctors SIMMONS and NIXON, who pronounce
him insane. He will of course be removed to Stockton within a few days.
PROBATE - In the
matter of the estate of J.A. GREISEL, deceased, the will of deceased was yesterday admitted to probate and
letters of administration were granted to
Charles EBNER, upon his filing a bond in the sum of $5,000.
FOR TRIAL TO-DAY
- The case of T.H. ARMIGER, for assault to murder in shooting at Henry GEISEL, is set for trial to-day in
the Court of Sessions.
FOR INTERMENT -
The body of J. STRAHLE, who was drowned in the slough on Sunday, will be taken to San Francisco for
interment.
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MEMORANDA - We are indebted to Dr. McDONALD for the following memoranda concerning the Washoe
sufferers who were removed yesterday morning from the steamer Antelope to the
Vernon House. Although brief and unsatisfactory, we give them for the benefit
of the relatives and friends of the parties referred to. Many of them, alas!
are already dead, and but few can possibly leave the Vernon House alive: Edward
BRICKETT, San Francisco; emigrated from Boston (Mass.), where he has a father,
four sisters and a brother; his mother and best friend died about three months
ago; write Sarah A. STANDIS, milliner, and Charles ROSS, keeper of the Railroad
House, San Francisco. Manuel M. BROOM, Drytown; quartz miner; is from the Western Islands; his
partners are G.W. SEATON and Emanuel KING. Emanuel KING, Drytown.
S.W. GRUSH, Nevada, formerly Steward of the Washoe; known to Avery,
Government Assessor, and others. Nicholas SOLOMON,
sailor; from New York; native of Austria. James CLUNEY, Kings county,
Ireland; has four sisters in Nevada; was deck hand on the Washoe; they owed him
wages from July 15th to the present time. William DUGAN, San
Francisco, 66 Tehama street; has a wife and child and mother in San Francisco;
write to wife to come up; Irishman, from Philadelphia. Thos. ANDERSON, engineer
on Washoe; from Missouri. Robert JOHNSON; hand on the Washoe; emigrated from
Boston (Mass); write to Mrs. ANTONY, of San Francisco. Hubert BURGESS, San Francisco.
Peter FRITRICK, San Francisco; from Hapstein,
Germany; has a mother there. L.B. BLAKE, San Francisco; bill poster and runner
for Washoe; name in India ink upon his arm. Peter BROWN, San
Francisco; work hand on Washoe; from Meister, Germany.
N.L. HAMILTON, San Francisco; from Lodi (Ohio);
write George FOUCETT, San Francisco. John CLINTON, San Francisco; from Roxbury
(Mass.); deck hand; wife and three children in San Francisco; came to
California in ship New Jersey, in 1849. Bartholomew GILLESPIE, Rock Creek, near
Auburn; write to William BASSETT, Auburn, to come and see him. William SIMPSON,
213 Stevenson street, San Francisco; wife and three children in San Francisco;
will go and see them in a few days; does not want his wife to come up; formerly
of New
York city. J.C. TURNER, sailor from New York; of Liverpool.
Emanuel JACOBS, of Dutch Flat, formerly of Savoie
(Norway). James O’HARA, an Irishman; lived at Folsom last Spring.
Charles Fredric MAYER - Could learn nothing more than the name of this man, but
we think the name correct. Samuel HARLAN, of Washoe City,
formerly of Attica, Indiana; work hand on the Washoe; has two brothers and a
sister; write to Nathan HUBART, Washoe City.
SACRAMENTANS - In the list of killed and wounded
given elsewhere will be found the names of several Sacramentans.
A.H. MAYERS, chief cook of the Washoe, leaves a wife and children in this city.
D. GRAY, who died at the Vernon House, had been employed at Bannon’s
Ranch, American township. H.F.A. MYERS, another of the dead, is recorded as a
resident of the city. W.N. HASKILL, of Donner Lake, was recently a
resident of the city. He was employed by Hubbard & Baker as foreman while
building the Pacific Railroad bridge across the
American river. Among them are J.G. BAKER, of the firm of
Hubbard & Baker. When taken form the boat
strong hopes were entertained of his recovery, but his symptoms last evening
were considered unfavorable by his physician, Dr. HARKNESS. Anna McGEE, who resides at Ninth and R
street, had her right thigh broken and her face badly burnt. The limb was set
yesterday afternoon by Dr. LOGAN. She bore her misfortune on the boat with
considerable fortitude, and will doubtless recover. Thomas DOWNARD, Charles
MYER and H. CONNELLY are recorded as residents of Sacramento. We are not
informed as to the exact nature of their injuries, but they cannot be free from
danger.
THE DEAD - Twenty-eight persons were yesterday
carried from the steamer Antelope to the Vernon House, which had been
transformed into a hospital to suit the emergency. They were kindly cared for
during the day. All were dangerously injured, and at 10 o’clock last evening
but eleven remained in the building. During the day seventeen had died and had
been removed to the Coroner’s rooms on Fourth street.
That officer held a number of inquests during the day, brief reports of which
will be found in another column. The most of the bodies were identified and
have been or will be taken in charge by their friends. Several, however, are as
yet “unknown”. Three bodies were removed from the city. Those of Mrs. LECKEY
and Mrs. GODIEU, of San Francisco, were taken by the husband of one of them to
that city for interment. The body of J.H. CLARK was sent by railroad to Placer county for interment. The remains of many of the deceased
will be buried to-day.
Explosion Of A Boiler Of
The Steamer Washoe
Before sunrise yesterday morning the exciting
intelligence was received in the city that a terrible boiler explosion had
occurred the evening before, by which the steamer Washoe had been reduced to a
wreck and a large number of her passengers had been killed, while many others
were either dangerously or slightly wounded. The disaster occurred at half past
9 o’clock on Monday evening, at the mouth of the slough, about thirty-five
miles below the city and ten miles above Rio Vista. Some two hours after its
occurrence the steamer Antelope, Captain FOSTER, from San Francisco, reached
the spot and took from the wreck and vicinity all the passengers who remained
alive. Some seventy-five or eighty in all were taken in charge and brought to
the city. Of this number more than one-half were badly injured, and perhaps
one-fourth slightly injured. The Antelope arrived at the foot of R street about 5 o’clock in the morning, and running around,
was unable for a time to reach her berth near the foot of K street. To convey
to our citizens the intelligence of the mournful disaster, her bell was tolled. The fire bells of the city were at once rung in
response, and in a short time the levee was thronged with an anxious crowd of
men and women, many of whom feared that their relatives might have been on
board the unfortunate steamer. The Antelope remained at that point some two or
three hours before the efforts of the Steam Navigation Company’s boats to tow
her off were successful. The scene on board was such as has rarely been
witnessed on the Pacific coast. The floor of the cabin and a portion of the
deck were covered with the dead and wounded. The mattresses and bedding of the
boat had been brought into requisition, and some forty sufferers were stretched
out - some of them enduring great agony and others too badly injured to be
conscious of their condition. The most of the physicians of the city had been
sent for, and promptly responded, rendering all the aid within their power.
Among the seriously injured were three women. Two of them - sisters - died
after being placed on board the Antelope; the other, Anna McGEE,
had a thigh broken and was scalded in the face, hands and breast. The other sufferers
were men who had, but a few hours before, been stricken down in the enjoyment
of full and vigorous health. They were, almost without exception, badly scalded
about the head, face and hands, and many of them over large portions of the
breast and body. A large portion of them had also evidently inhaled steam, and
were fatally injured thereby. At about half-past nine o’clock the Antelope was
hauled off and towed up to her landing at the foot of K street.
At that time at least a thousand persons had assembled on the levee. An
impromptu Sanitary Committee was organized. The Vernon House, on J street, had been engaged by the Howard Benevolent Society
and opened as an hospital. Stretchers
were hastily constructed and cots were forced into requisition, in which the
victims of the disaster were removed to the Vernon House and a few to private
residences by volunteer citizens, who manifested a laudable desire to do
everything possible which humanity dictated. Several deaths occurred after the
boat landed, and of the forty or more badly injured nearly all will probably
die. It is impossible to tell, as we write, how many lives have been lost, but
is seems probable that the killed and fatally injured will amount to more than
a hundred. We learn from H.H. STEVENS, chief clerk, that there were 158
passengers on board the Washoe on leaving San Francisco, and several others
came on board at Benicia and Rio Vista.
With the officers and crew, the total number could not have been less
than 175 persons. The Antelope brought up, injured and uninjured, about eighty,
leaving some five or six dead bodies at the locality of the wreck. The number
blown overboard or killed and remaining in the lower cabin cannot, of course,
be at present ascertained. The passenger list was lost, and therefore cannot be
referred to. Passengers who escaped uninjured describe the scene, at the time
of the catastrophe, as heartrending in the extreme. The lights were of course extinguished by the
shock. The report of the boiler was followed by the crashing of the fragments
of the boat and the groans and cries of the wounded. Some called for help in
one form and some in another; some asked for light, some for water, some
desired to be thrown overboard, and others jumped overboard. Some who were
enabled to gain the shore did so and ran into the bushes in vain in search of
relief. Is it said that Captain KIDD and his uninjured officers were prompt in
extending relief, but had of course but few facilities at hand. When the
Antelope arrived, Captain FOSTER, Chief Clerk VAN PELT and all the officers and
crew exerted all their power to relieve the suffering and insure them all the
comfort possible on their way to the city. Below we give, so far as practicable
up to the present time, a list of the dead and injured:
Father James CALLAN, native of Ireland (died on the
Antelope)....San Leandro Mrs. L. LECHEY, native of Ireland (died on the
Antelope).....San Francisco Mrs. Mary J. GODIEU, native of Ireland (died on the
Antelope).....San Francisco Albert H. MYERS, native of Italy, chief cook of the
Washoe (died on the Antelope).....Sacramento Dr. ROSS (instantly
killed).....Greenwood, El Dorado James H. CLARK (instantly killed), stage
proprietor, Auburn and Michigan Bluff G.C. VAN LANDINGHAM (died at the Vernon
House), Salem, Oregon Mrs. VAN LANDINGHAM (instantly killed), Salem, Oregon D.
GRAY (died at the Vernon House).....Sacramento W. SIMPSON (died at the Vernon
House), fireman on the Washoe John C. TURNER (died at the Vernon House),
London, Eng. Thos.
ANDERSON (died at the Vernon House), San Francisco. Nicholas SALAMENCTI (died at the Vernon
House), deck hand.....Austria Edward BRICKETT (died at the Vernon House), San
Francisco. W.N. HASKILL (died at the
Vernon House)....Donner Lake W.F. WILLIAMS (died at the Vernon House).....Wales
Henry F.A. MYERS, native of Germany (died at the Vernon House).....Sacramento
David DAVIS (died at the Vernon House)
Manuel M. BROM (died at the Vernon House) - Drytown, Amador county Edwin JACOBS (died at the Vernon
House)
E. FARRAN (killed).....San Jose
Marshal PORTER (died at Vernon House)
_ _ BENRITT (killed), Spring Garden,
Placer county.
D.M. ANDERSON (second engineer Washoe).
Samuel W. GRUSH, steward Washoe (died at the Vernon
House)....Nevada
Emanuel KING (died at the Vernon House)....Drytown
|
BADLY INJURED J.G. BAKER.....Sacramento Anna McGEE
(thigh broken).....Sacramento Thomas DOWNARD.....Sacramento Charles MYER.....Sacramento H. CONNELLY.....Sacramento J.T. MARSHALL.....San Francisco G.W. POLLACK.....San Francisco W.P. DUGAN.....San Francisco L.B. BLAKE.....San Francisco John SIMONS.....San Francisco James CLOONEY.....Nevada W.T. WILLIAMS.....Forest Hill J.R. ROLLOCK.....Virginia City Henry STEIN.....Boston R.W. KLUDER......Madison county
(Ill.) H. BURGESS.....Boston Peter BROWN.....New York E. JACKSON.....Dutch Flat N.L. HAMILTON.....Carson City J. O’HARA.....Folsom Chinaman (name unknown) John DOY (fireman Washoe) E.F. STEWART (barkeeper Washoe) Bartholomew GILLESPIE.....Auburn E. DODSON (colored boy - waiter
on Washoe) S.W. HARLON.....Washoe City ----- MARSHALL (porter of Washoe) Conrad GRANTS.....Deadwood,
Placer county W.B. McKINLEY.....Solano
county Thomas FOX.....Napa Patrick DALY Henry STEELE W. DURAND.....Placerville James
RANON.....Virginia City |
SLIGHTLY INJURED H.H. STEVENS (clerk of the
Washoe) Michael DUNN (fireman on Washoe) C. CROSSEN.....San Francisco John CLINTON (deck hand).....San
Francisco C.W. SMITH.....San Francisco W. BOWKER.....French Corral Henry RAY.....French Corral Leopold Kavalsha
(cook on Washoe) Miss Margaret Hattie
CUMMINGS.....San Francisco Benjamin COGAR.....Sacramento Patrick DORAN.....Sacramento W.A. PLUNKETT.....San Francisco James FRASER.....Gold Hill Daniel THOMAS.....Grimes’ Creek,
Idaho C. H. PRATT....Sutter county I.J. HAGUEWOOD.....Lincoln Emma (child three years old) William BACHELLER.....Omega,
Nevada Charles COLLINS.....Virginia City John McCUSH.....Napa Joseph RUSSELL.....Sacramento John VAN SAUN.....Sacramento D.R. GREEN.....Colusa R.G. BACHELDER.....Lowell (Mass) M.G.
MORGAN.....Springfield (Ill.) |
SAVED Miss Jane BROWNING.....San
Francisco J.M. BARDWELL.....Michigan Bluffs ______ PRATT..... Nicholaus Mrs. Leggett, boy and
girl.....Petaluma Mrs. LANE, boy and girl.....San
Francisco Thomas THOMPSON.....Grizzly Flat J.M. BARDWELL.....Deadwood
(Placer county) ______ ROSENHEIM.....San
Francisco G.W. KIDD (captain Washoe) S.S. BALDWIN (pilot Washoe) ______ EASTON (pilot Washoe) Robert MORRISON (mate Washoe) ______ PHILLIPS (chief Engineer
Washoe) G.D. KEENEY.....Virginia City John HELMSLEY.....Monitor, Alpine
county Lady
and sister, who live in Sierra county, names unknown. Their mother resides in
Sacramento city. Frank
OSBORN (ten years old).....Sacramento R.J. MILLER.....San Francisco John PLUMMER.....Rough and Ready Frank DUFF.....Rough and Ready L. JARVIS.....Sacramento M. ROSENBAUM.....San Francisco S. HITCH.....San Francisco F. STERRIA.....San Francisco S.G.
GRANGER, wife and sister-in-law.....Forest City |
The above lists are of course incomplete. Several
bodies remained last night at the Coroner’office
which had not been identified. Some had died at the Vernon House and others had
been brought up from the wreck by the steamer Visalia. Some of the slightly
wounded, of course, were able to take care of themselves, and it was difficult
to obtain their names. Many of those who were uninjured passed through the city
by the morning trains. It is with extreme gratification that we record the fact
that the officers and employes of the Steam
Navigation Company, our resident physicians, the members of the Howard
Benevolent Society, a large number of ladies and our citizens, generally,
manifested a praiseworthy degree of emulation in doing all that could be done
to alleviate the sufferings of the unfortunate victims of the terrible
disaster. Of the physicians who were promptly on hand and worked earnestly, we
noticed Drs. HARKNESS, CLUNESS, LOGAN, MONTGOMERY, SIMMONS, FREY, NICHOLS,
OATMAN, HATCH, PIERSON, H.C. CLAPP, WOOD and MORGAN. Of the ladies in
attendance at the Vernon House during the day, while the name of Mrs. Horace
ADAMS “leads all the rest,” we noticed Mrs.
S.E. HARRITY, Miss Mary McCERN, Mrs. H.S.
BEALE, Mrs. J. COGGINS, Mrs. M.C. FRAZIER, Miss J. WILKINSON, Miss D. BALDWIN,
Mrs. GORDON, Mrs. TITCOMB, Mrs. CRONEY, Mrs. TURPIN, Margaret BERGEN, Miss
BEALS, Miss McMILLAN, Mrs. NEWCOMB, Mrs. YOUNG and
Mrs. BUDD. There were doubtless other ladies whose names should in justice be
given, but which we have failed to obtain. While we refer with pleasure to the
acts of generous and kin-hearted sympathy which characterized the day, we shall
not fail to record one or two cases of an opposite character which were brought
to our notice. An application was made at an early hour to KLINK &
MARTFIELD, druggists, at Second and K streets, for lint to be used for the
benefit of the sufferers on the Antelope. The lint was refused on the ground
that the physician, Dr. LOGAN, did not usually send his prescriptions to that
store. The messenger crossed the street to WAIL & CHILD’s, where the demand
was promptly supplied and no questions asked. The wagon of SENATZ, of the City
Hotel, being on the levee, several injured men asked the driver to take them to
the Western Hotel, on K street, near Second. SENATZ at
once complied. On reaching the Western, the proprietor, N.D. THAYER, refused to
admit them to his house, premising, of course, that they had no money. SENATZ
at once told the man that he had taken them to the Western at their own
request, made because they had been in the habit of putting up at that house,
but that his own establishment was open to them, money or no money. They were
at once taken to the City Hotel. If
these allegations are true the facts are disgraceful. If they are not, then our
authority - in which we place implicit reliance is
greatly mistaken.
Wednesday, September 7, 1864
Miss CUMMINGS occupied stateroom No. 12; had been
asleep and had just woke up; heard a crash, and the timbers commenced falling;
the upper berth fell on me. I jumped up and looked out the window; saw nothing
but steam; there was no steam in my room. A lady was standing on the guard, who
told me to come out, as the boat was sinking. When I put my foot upon the
stateroom floor it was wet; the room of my door was crushed in, and two men
came through and jumped out the window. It was very dark then, as the lights were all out, but some of the passengers had matches and lit
pieces of newspapers, which was all the light we had. A gentleman came to me
and inquired if I was injured. I said no. He then said he would bring me a
child, which was crying in the next birth. He did so. It was scalded, and I
bathed it with cold water. Shortly after we went ashore.
I did not see the babe again. All of the passengers who were uninjured were
very kind to us; but two, whose names I do not know, were unremitting in their
kindness to the wounded, bringing water and doing everything in their power to
relieve their distresses. Captain KIDD was also very kind to us.
R.G. BACHELDER, of Lowell (Mass.), proprietor of PEARSON’s
“Mirror of the War,” occupied stateroom No. 8, forward of the wheel house, in
company with M.G. MORGAN, of Springfield (Ill.), a young man in his employ. He
states that when the explosion occurred everything seemed to be thrown up and
pieces flying in every direction. The top of his room settled down again, when
he put his hand through the glass skylight and pulled his head and body
through. Upon reaching the upper deck he found his head and hands were badly
cut, but he was not otherwise injured. The texas of
the boat was turned partially around, and the deck was a mass of ruins. His
companion made his exit through the aperture made by him, and received no
injury, except a slight bruise from a flying wash-bowl and slight cuts on his
hands. BACHELDER
states that the explosion turned the boat toward the bank, where she grounded.
The boat began to settle by the stern in about ten minutes. He says that the
captain, mate and pilot acted with the utmost coolness, and did all they could
to render aid to the injured. A man who was badly burned jumped ashore and
began to sing; then he would call for water, frequently saying “Johnny, why
didn’t you bring me some water” then he would screech with pain.
I had just laid down in berth
about fifteen minutes of ten o’clock - in outside starboard forward stateroom.
Boat was going rapidly. My first impression was a burst or whiz of steam,
sounding like tearing something.
Immediately shut my mouth, and putting my hand over my nose rushed for
the door, which was burst off the hinges. Went out to the
starboard quarter of the boat.
Think it was one of the starboard boilers exploded. Think the aft head
of the boiler went first and threw the fires forward, as the boat was on fire
in three places forward immediately after the explosion. The explosion was up
and aft. The steering gear was ruined, but she took a sheer, and having headway
enough ran ashore; think the boat was about thirty yards from the shore when
the boiler exploded. The Antelope arrived about two hours after the explosion.
Had one hundred and fifty-three passengers on board when we left San Francisco.
I was Clerk of the Washoe. Captain KIDD was in the pilot house, with BALDWIN
and EASTON, pilots, and all escaped uninjured. Robert MORRISON, the mate, was
asleep in the texas; was blown out and fell through
the deck, but escaped without injury. We were about four miles beyond the Chrysopolis. The scene on shore was awful, the cries of the
wounded for water being heartrending. A fisherman brought a sack of flour and a
bottle of oil, and did everything he could to alleviate the sufferers. [We are sorry we could not obtain his name -
Rep.]
R.H. KINDER, of Madison county, Illinois, is very
badly burnt about the head, legs and hands; is at the Golden Eagle Hotel. He
states that he was on the upper deck before the explosion, and finding it too
cold, went into the saloon, took a drink of water, and sat down with his back
against the steam drum, and engaged in conversation with “a little man from
Napa, who carried a cane.” They had been conversing but a few minutes about the
farms in that county, when he felt as though he had been tossed up about two
feet. He next found himself standing upright to the smoke stack and nearly
suffocated with heat. Almost immediately the side of the pipe was crushed
(probably from falling), when he crawled out. His chances for recovery are very
slight. KINDER but recently came across
the plains, and has some stock in Carson valley. He had been to Petaluma to
make arrangements for locating, and was on the way back to Carson to bring his
property. KINDER thinks the Napa man was instantly killed.
One of the Washoe’s
passengers states that just before the explosion he had been looking at the
working of the engines, but remained not more than a minute or two when it
occurred to him that he ought not to remain there. He then went and sat down in
the after cabin, and had only seated himself when the crash came and the cabin
was filled with steam. He instantly placed his hand to his mouth, to keep from
inhaling the steam, and rushed for a window, which he succeeded in breaking
open, and by some means got on the upper deck. From there he got down, and, by
aid of a Portuguese, cut loose and launched a small boat, with which they
picked up several persons in the water, among whom was one man badly scalded,
who begged to be allowed to remain in the water, as he knew he had to die. They
also took off a woman and child. Finally the boat got away from the wreck
without him and he had to swim ashore.
S.G. GRANGER, wife and sister-in-law, of Forest City
(uninjured), occupied the farthest stateroom aft, No. 15. The sister-in-law had
just left the stateroom for the ladies’ cabin. Mr. GRANGER states that it was
nearly an hour before candles could be procured, and the only means for
obtaining light to search the ruins was by burning paper. Passengers state that
Mrs. GRANGER is entitled to great credit
for her activity and energy in extricating the wounded and scalded from the
ruins and for her attention to them afterward.
Frank OSBORN, a boy ten years old, a passenger on
the Washoe, was, after the explosion, extricated from a perilous position by
F.D. COLTON, of Petaluma, but escaped unhurt. In the early part of the evening
young OSBORN had occupied a certain berth, but had been removed to another
berth by some one connected with the boat. The berth
vacated was blown to atoms, while the substitute was comparatively uninjured.
BUCHANAN, of San Francisco, slightly wounded in the
head. A short time previous to the explosion, finding it too warm in his
stateroom over the boiler, he left and went down to the bar, bought a cigar and
sat down in a chair between the bar and the boilers. Thinking it too hot in that
position he left, and while proceeding toward the bow of the boat was struck by
a flying splinters.
John McCUSH, of Napa City,
badly bruised about the head and spine. He states that he was lying on the
floor of the saloon over the boiler, and was thrown forward some twenty feet.
Three or four who were standing near him were scalded to death by the steam.
H. VAN SAUN, of Sacramento, was sitting between two
ladies, engaged in conversation, and was but slightly scratched, while the
ladies were both killed.
Mr. PRATT, of Nicolaus,
was standing on the hurricane deck. He was hurled into the air a considerable
distance, falling among the ruins of the boat but sustaining no injury.
A sweet little child, about three years old, was
saved from the wreck by J.M. BARDWELL, of Michigan Bluff, who burst in the door
of the state-room and carried it ashore. It had nothing on it by which it could
be identified except a gold chain necklace to which was attached a gold ring
with a blue enameled set. The child was slightly injured on the neck and face.
When brought to the city it was taken to the Golden Eagle Hotel, where its
wants were attended to by D.W. MADDEN, one of the Board of Supervisors of
Placer county. When the Visalia arrived last evening
the body of the lady brought up on her, which was taken from the wreck, was
identified by Mrs. BARDWELL as the mother of the child. The father is thought
to be in Marin county and has been telegraphed to, and to-day we will hear if
the child has found a parent or not. It says its name is Emma UPTON.
Pearson’s Panoramic Mirror of the War, which was on
the boat, was badly damaged.
VAN LANDINGHAM, who was badly injured and since
died, when asked for his name gave it, but the physician misunderstood him and
called it VALLANDIGHAM.
William R. WILLIAMS sworn - I know the deceased; his
name is David DAVIS, a native of Wales, aged about thirty-five years and
single; died on the steamer Antelope some time during the forenoon of this day;
am informed that deceased deposited with Captain KIDD $600 or $700; am
satisfied that death was caused by injuries received by the explosion on the
steamer Washoe on her upward trip last night.
Loreis SCHUETS sworn - I know deceased; his name is Henry
Frederick A. MEYER, a native of Altopa, Germany, aged twenty-seven years and three days,
and a single man; he died at the Vernon House, in this city, about 11 o’clock
A.M. this day, and death was caused from injuries at the explosion on board the
steamer Washoe, on her upward trip to this city last night; deceased worked for
E. SOULE, Tenth and J streets, in this city.
William R. WILLIAMS, sworn - I know the deceased; his name is William
F. WILLIAMS; he is a native of Wales; he
is a single man, aged about thirty-five years; he is not related to me; he died
at about 12 o’clock M this day, at the Vernon House, in this city; deceased
told me this morning that he had $60 and some silver, which he had given to the
captain of the steamer Washoe; he also had a claim in Sweetland,
near North San Juan; do not know the value of it, though it cost him over
$3,000; he has owned it about four years; at the time deceased gave Captain
KIDD the $60 a man named David DAVIS gave Captain KIDD between $600 and
$700. Patrick BANNON sworn - Know the
deceased; his name is David GRAY; think he is a native of Bangor, Maine; his
age is about fifty-two years; he is a single man; he has worked for me for two
or three years, portions of the time; do not know of his having any property or
effects excepting eighty dollars, which I herewith hand over to the Coroner;
the deceased died at the Vernon House in this city, between twelve and one
o’clock P.M. this 6th day of September, 1864; I am satisfied that
death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer
Washoe on her upward trip to this city last night.
John D. GODEUS sworn - Was a passenger on the
steamer Washoe; now before the jury is my wife; her name is Mary Jane GODEUS;
she is a native of Ireland; her age is nineteen years; she died about one o’clock
A.M., this day, on board the steamer Antelope, on her way to this city; she was
taken from the wreck of the steamer Washoe about twelve o’clock last night; she
was severely scalded by the explosion. I was forward on the steamer Washoe; at
the time of the explosion I was on the forward part of the boat, on the forward
deck; our residence is in San Francisco; we were coming up on a pleasure trip.
William S. TOLBERT - Have been employed by the
steamer Washoe and the California Stage Company; was on the steamer Washoe last
night at the time of the explosion; it was about ten o’clock at the time the
explosion took place; think it was the boiler that exploded; at the time of the
explosion was sitting on the right hand side on the hurricane deck near the pilot-house;
recognize the deceased now before the jury as being one of the persons that was
taken from the wreck of the Washoe; am of the opinion that the injuries
received by the explosion was the cause of her death; the steamer Chrysopolis passed us about fifteen minutes after we left
San Francisco, and the Antelope had started out ahead of us, and we passed her
about the time the Chrysopolis passed us; the Chrysopolis got to Benicia about twelve minutes ahead of
us, and she had left and was about the Government works before we made the
landing at Benicia. William SABER, sworn
- I know the deceased; his name is W.N. HASKELL; his age is about forty-three
years; think he is a native of Maine; he is a widower; he died at the residence
of Mrs. BAKER, on K street, between Fourth and Fifth, in this city, at a
quarter to three o’clock, this afternoon; I came up with him from the steamer
Antelope this morning; am satisfied that death was caused from the effects of
injuries received by the explosion on the steamer Washoe on her upward trip to
this city last night; he has left a watch and some money in the hands of George
NELSON, of this city; he has been at work at Lake Tahoe for some months.
John G. GODEUS sworn - Know the deceased now before
the jury; her name is Louisa LECKEY; she is a native of Ireland; her age is
about twenty-three years; she died about six o’clock this morning (September 5th)
on board the steamer Antelope; she was my wife’s sister; her death was caused
by injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe; she occupied
room No. 2 on the
Washoe with my wife.
Mary A. MYERS sworn - Have resided at San Francisco
for the past four months; know the deceased now before the jury; his name is
Albert A. MYERS, is a native of Genoa (Italy), and his age if forty-nine years;
we were on board the steamer Washoe on her upward trip last night; I was in the
aft part of the boar near the foot of the stairs at the time of the explosion;
my husband was head cook on the Washoe; at the time of the explosion he was
sleeping in the galley or kitchen on a side table; it was about half or
three-quarters of an hour after the explosion that I found him; he died on
board the steamer Antelope between nine and ten this morning; am satisfied that
death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer
Washoe on her upward trip to this city last night; Captain KIDD was down in the
ladies’ cabin to see a lady and gentleman who occupied room B; they were from
Virginia City; they told the captain that they had heard the runners say that
there was danger of the boat being blown up; Captain KIDD remarked that he
thought there was no danger, if he had thought so he would not be on the boat
himself, and said that he also had something to live for;
I saw the captain after the explosion; he was doing
all he could to relieve the sufferers.
A.B. SCOTT sworn - Reside at Forest Hill, Placer
county; know the deceased now before the jury; his name is James H. CLARK; he
is a native of Virginia, aged thirty-five or forty years; he is a married man;
think his wife is at San Francisco on a visit; he died on board the steamer
Antelope, in front of this city, about twelve o’clock M. this day; noticed the
head was very much lacerated on the right side; am satisfied that death was
caused from injuries received by the explosion on board the steamer Washoe last
night on her up trip to this city; deceased was proprietor of the stage line
running from Auburn to Michigan Bluff, Placer county; was present when the
Coroner examined the body; there was a large, plain gold ring found on his
finger; this was all the property found.
Frank D. STARRETT sworn - Know the deceased; his
name is Samuel W. GRUSH; is a native of Massachusetts; is a single man, aged
about 45 years; died at a quarter before seven; he was head steward on the
steamer Washoe; know of no property excepting a gold watch; was second steward
on the steamer Washoe; was on deck aft the wheelhouse at time of the explosion;
have attended the deceased since the accident; am satisfied that death was
caused by injuries received by the explosion on board the Washoe, which
occurred about ten o’clock P.M. yesterday, September 5, 1864. John M. AVERY sworn - I corroborate the above
evidence as far as I know; examined his person and found $6.10 in coin, a gold
Masonic pin and spectacles.
Thomas F. SUMMERS sworn - I reside in this city at
present; know the deceased; his name is D.M. ANDERSON; he was either First or
Second Engineer on the steamer Washoe; he died at the Vernon House, in this
city, about eleven o’clock A.M. this day; his age is about thirty-six years; I
am satisfied that death was caused from injuries received by the explosion on
the steamer Washoe, on her upward trip to this city, last night. R.H. McDONALD sworn
- Think the deceased’s name is Emanuel M. BROOM, a native of ____; he told me
he was a partner of KING & SEATON, at Drytown;
should think he was thirty-five or forty years of age; said nothing about his
effects; death was caused by general inflammation, caused by the explosion
which took place on the steamer Washoe, last night, on her trip up to this
city.
Dr. R.H. McDONALD sworn -
Know the deceased now before the jury from information from himself before
death; his name is Emanuel JACOBS; he is a native of Sorwie,
Norway; his age is about twenty-eight or thirty years; he died at the Vernon
House in this city, about one o’clock P.M. this day; I find that he is a Jew;
death was caused by scalding steam or water, which I believe was caused by the
explosion on the steamer Washoe last night.
Joseph A. GALLAGHER sworn - I know the deceased; his name is Rev. James
CALLAN, a native of county Cavan, Ireland, aged about
thirty-eight years; has been officiating at San Leandro, Alameda county (rest
of article is cut off).
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Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Sacramento Bee
Thursday Evening
December 29,
1864
LOCAL
NEWS.
BURGLARY - Patrick
NOLAN and Thomas MALLEY were brought up this morning before the Police Court to
be examined on the charge of burglary. Owen HANNAN testified that between
twelve and one o'clock of the night of the 23rd his saloon in K street between
Third and Fourth was broken into; defendant closed his saloon and went to bed;
was awakened by hearing a noise on the sidewalk; got up and found that a
portion of a pane of glass in one of the front doors had been removed; the
glass was taken away close by the key of the door; found that the saloon had
been opened; missed the contents of a box and some drawers and some bottles of
wine; witness went to his house on Fourth street and there saw Nolan drinking
wine which was of the same brand as that he had lost; was told that the box was
found; asked Nolan where he got the wine; he said "Down town-at
Coffee's." a pistol was among the articles; was told by a man whose name
witness did not know, where the pistol was to be found; went to a shed near the
railroad and got the pistol; do not know who owns the shed; witness found the
pistol rolled up in a gunny sack. John KANE testified that he boards at Hannan's; at times kept bar for Hannan;
at times had access to the drawers, but could not say he had ever seen any
instruments in them; there was a dollar or two in coin in the drawer; witness
could not say that he had ever seen the articles in Court. Policeman CHAMBERLIN
testified that at an early hour last Friday morning went to Hannan's
boarding house; found Nolan in bed there and asleep; searched his clothing;
found on him a dollar and ten cents and some of the articles in Court; there
was a part of a bottle of wine there which Nolan said he got at Coffee's; told
Nolan that a revolver was missing; he said he had not had it, but, describing Malley, thought he (Malley) knew
where it was; arrested Nolan and took him to the station house; when Nolan was
confronted with Malley, Nolan said Malley was not the man whom he had seen with the pistol. M.
FITZPATRICK testified that on Saturday morning he was told of the robbery;
Nolan had worked for witness; witness could not say whether or no he had paid
defendant any money on the day preceding the burglary. M. COFFEE testified that
he resides at the corner of Q and Third streets; was awakened early Saturday
morning by Hannan who told witness of the robbery;
keeps a grocery; sold Nolan no wine or liquor that day; keep for sale no wine
such as that in Court; no other Coffee keeps a grocery at the corner of Q and
Third streets. Here the state rested. Malley was
dismissed from the charge, and also that of being a vagrant. Nolan made a
statement to the Court. His story was, that on Friday
he drank a great deal, and in the evening got a bottle of wine from James
COFFEE, corner of K and Fourth streets. He drank some of this wine and got very
drunk; was awakened by the officer who arrested him, and was then much
intoxicated. The officer, he said, told him to tell the truth about the
robbery, or he would get twenty-five years in the State Prison. Told the officer that I could not say anything about breaking into
the saloon, unless I told a lie. Nolan said he was a native of Ireland,
twenty-two years of age, and that he had served in the Forty-Ninth
Massachusetts regiment at New Orleans. Some half a dozen witnesses were
introduced by the defense to testify to good character. J.W. COFFROTH, counsel
for the defendant, asked for the discharge. This was opposed strenuously by the
prosecuting attorney. Judge HOLL reviewed the evidence, and held the defendant
to answer to the charge of burglary - fixing the amount of bail at $1000.
A FLYING
CHINAMAN - For some time past, a system of stealing potatoes, etc., from the
grocery store at the corner of K and Fifth streets, has been carried on. The
stealing was performed to the extent of about six or eight dollars worth
nightly. Last evening, officer CHAMBERLIN, who was on
the lookout for the thief, saw a Chinaman approach the pile of potatoes and
pull down a sack. This was soon after nine o'clock. The Celestial, almost as
soon as he touched the plunder, saw the officer and ran off at a rapid rate up
Fifth, towards I street. He had slippers on his feet, and a terrible noise he
made, as terror lent fleetness to his motions. The officer could not gain on
the scared Chinaman, so when near the corner of I street, he sent a few leaden
pills after him - but without the desired effect. The echoes of the pistol
explosions were lost in the darkness, and so was the Celestial, who suddenly
turned form the walk into the mud, and sought and gained the desired security
in some of the rookeries that line that portion of I street.
EDUCATIONAL - At
the meeting of the Board of Education, last evening, the reports of committee
and the Superintendent were received and ordered on file. Sundry bills were
audited and directed to be paid. Action for the reappointment of Miss KELSEY to
the position of Assistant in Primary School No. 1, was
postponed. Amendments to rules governing the public schools were submitted and
laid over. The Board adjourned sine die.
PROBATE
BUSINESS - Estate of Alexis REGAL, deceased; petition of Public Administrator
for letters filed and set for hearing on the 9th of next month - notice to be
given by posting. Estate of B.B. BROWN deceased; hearing of final
account of administrator continued.
SAVANNAH SALUTE
- This afternoon, a salute was fired, on the steamboat landing, by a detachment
of the Sacramento Light Artillery, Lieutenant McMITCHELL
in command, in honor of the latest heard from Union victories.
FUNERAL - Members
of the Masonic fraternity are invited to attend the funeral of Captain John
Gorham THAYER, from the residence of J.F. HOUGHTON, Ninth street, between G and
H, at 11 o'clock A.M. to-morrow.
ON THE RIVER -
It is stated in a Stockton paper that Captain SCHRACK had purchased the stern
wheel steamer Visalia, which for a short time will take the place of the Arrow
in running between that city and Sacramento.
EUREKA LODGE -
At the meeting of Eureka Lodge No. 4, I.O.O.F, held last evening, these
officers were elected: Joseph A. CONBOLE, N.G. ; T.J. JACKSON, V.G; George W.
CARROLL, R.S; Michael MILLER, T. PONY LETTERS - Wells, Fargo & Co.
advertise that their express for Virginia City and intermediate points will
close at their office in this city, at 10 o'clock, P.M., daily.
SPORT - Lovers
of sport will not forget the shooting for turkeys to come off at Richards' on
the lower Stockton road, to-morrow.
DISPLAY - Flags
are flying in different parts of the city, to-day, in honor of the Union
occupation of Savannah. DEPUTY - Notice is given by Poundmaster
HARDING that he has selected James McLANE to act as
his deputy.
SCHILLER -
Schiller Lodge of the Order of Odd-Fellows will meet this evening to elect
officers.
FRANZ MULLER,
the English railway murderer, was executed in front of Newgate
Jail on Monday, November 14th. When the convict had been placed upon the drop,
and the rope adjusted round his neck, Dr. CAPPEL addressing him with great
animation and solemnity , said: "In a few
minutes, Muller, you will stand before God; I ask you again, for the last time,
are you guilty or innocent?" He replied: "I am innocent." Dr. Cappel said: "You are innocent?" repeating his
own words in the form of a question. Muller answered: "God Almighty knows
what I have done."
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Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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Friday, December 30, 1864
Shoplifting - Yesterday officers BARRETT and CHAMBERLIN
arrested a woman at her residence on B street, near Thirteenth, on a charge of
stealing clothing from the store of Agate & Co., on J street, a few days
since. On searching the premises, an immense amount of dry goods and clothing,
consisting of shawls, dress patterns, etc., was found. The officers brought a
quantity of the plunder to the station house, where it awaits recognition by
the owners. This woman, who answers to
the name of Mary MORGAN, was arrested some weeks since and convicted on a charge
of larceny, in stealing boys’ clothing from Jack NATHAN’s store, on J street,
and from appearances she has been successfully engaged in shoplifting for some
time past. She is an Irish woman, medium size, light complexion, dark eyes and
rather spare features, has a cracked voice, sometimes speaking in a whisper and
again squeaking it out, and generally carries a baby in her arms. The articles
she stole from Agate’s store was found in the house by
the officers.
Died In The East - James
CAROLAN, of the firm of J. & P. CAROLAN, merchants of this city, received
yesterday, by telegraph, information that his brother and partner, Peter
CAROLAN, had died in New York city on Christmas day. The deceased came to
California and settled in Sacramento in 1850. Since March 1, 1851, he has been
connected in business with his brother, and, except when temporarily in the
East, has resided in this city. On account of ill health and the requirements
of business combined, he sailed for New York on the 3d of October, 1862. His
lungs were at that time affected, but it was hoped that a change of climate
would restore him to health. The immediate cause of death was an attack of
hemorrhage of the lungs. It was the desire of the deceased that his remains
might be brought to Sacramento for interment, and the dispatch received
yesterday states that they would leave New York for the Pacific coast on the
steamer of January 3d, accompanied by his widow and the business agent of the
firm.
Accident At Freeport - An
unfortunate accident occurred at four o’clock yesterday afternoon at Freeport.
George BUCKNER, a conductor of one of the freight trains, as the engine was
switching from one track to another, attempted to step on to the cow catcher
and missed his foothold. Although the engine was moving slowly, the left foot
was caught and one wheel ran over the leg between the knee and ankle. Both
bones of the leg were of course badly crushed and the limb was otherwise
mutilated. The injured man was brought to the city by a special train and taken
to the What Cheer House. Dr. SIMMONS was called in,
and Drs. FREY and PHELAN were called upon for consultation. It was found
necessary to amputate the limb, and the operation was performed at a late hour
last evening. BUCKNER has been for several years a resident of this city, and
has until recently been employed by CARROLL & MOWE.
Leg Broken - At about noon yesterday a boy named
JUDGE, about nine years old, residing with his father in American township, was
thrown from a horse and had his left leg broken. He was riding on the plains in
search of cattle, when his horse fell and rolled on the leg. The accident
occurred too far from any house to be seen by any one, and the boy remained on
the grounds in a helpless condition about an hour; he was then accidentally
found by some of the neighbors who happened to be traveling in that direction.
Dr. NIXON was sent for and visited the patient. He found both bones of the leg
crushed between the knee and ankle, but believes amputation will not be
necessary.
District Court - The District Court met yesterday,
pursuant to adjournment, Judge McKUNE on the Bench.
The following business was disposed of: GRANT vs. the Telegraph
Company - motion for judgement overruled. The People
vs. POOL et al. - Ordered that GLASBY and WILSON, in the El Dorado jail, be
brought into this Court as witnesses on the 16th of January, 1865.
SMITH vs. CARROLL - Motion to set aside stay of proceedings overruled, and
defendant given until to-night to file notice and
bond. Order appointing A.J. MARSH reporter of this Court vacated,
and Robert S. MOORE appointed reporter. J.C. DRUM vs. J. CARROLL et al. - Judgement
for plaintiff.
Election of Officers - At a meeting of Schil Lodge, No. 105, I.O.O.F., held last evening, the following
named officers were elected for the ensuing term: John BELLMER, N.G.; Louis
GREENBAUM, V.G.; J.W. LEEMAN, Secretary;
Frederick MECKFESSEL, Treasurer.
Arrests - Three arrests were made yesterday: Mary
MORGAN, by officers CHAMBERLIN and BARRETT, for petit larceny; John DOE, by officer RICE, for being drunk and disorderly.
Probate - In the matter of the estate of Alive E.
AYLETTE, deceased, the final account of C.T. BOTTS was yesterday affirmed, and
an order made for the sale of real estate in San Francisco.
Submitted by
Betty Loose betty@unisette.com
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