California is losing some of the high reputation bestowed upon
it by Taylor and other writers. A steady and alarm- ing increase of crime among lawless individuals has been met by
an outburst of public disorder in Sacramento city. A young
ii an from Eng,land,,anneyed in- a..crowd,,, had indniged a sat& -n burst of passion, t rt. shooting an unoffendintr bystandenr: the naurderer was with dilifeulty arrested so aato swathe scandal of Ms death on the spot; the plaeeessitre the-jury, ,witlamaning• fortitude and deference to appearances, sat in deliberation, was be- set by a mob, demanding a verdict " the right way "; after that was given, the gaol was torn open, at the command of the mob, and the cowering wretch was hanged. Persons of consideration headed this tumult. Such is society in the land of. gold—mani- festly degenerating since more of " respectability" has been in- fused into it !
