D.4IW
VOL. I.
SALISBURY, N. C FRIDAY, ; AUGUST 18; i65. NO.
72
the
mm
i ,vV.
. -i : -
f .
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION AND AD
VERTISINC.
Or-paper will be published daily at' the fellow -
iiir fates in Federal eurrencv
Daily, 1 year, ' .$10 00
" G months, 500
" 1 month,. 1 00
Weekly, i year, ....... . $3 00
" G months. . 2 0C
1 month,
50
Cash in advance.
Rates of .Advertising. '
. ' (payable in advance.) .
Ten lines or less, small type, -or one inch spate,
to constitute a square.
1 Sauare. 1 dav l wo
1 week, 3 50
6 00
3 -"" ..
1 month,
2 41 .
3 "
8 00
io oo
15 00
20 00
T Advertisers in Detail.
THE RATES WI LL F.K AS FOLLOWS '.
Quarter Column 1 month,'. . . $20 .00
" 2 " .. ... 30 00
. 3 " .... .. 40 00
Half Column 1 . "- 3000
. o " 42 00
3 " 50 00
One Column 1 ' 50 00
. ii . 2 " 75 00
i ' u 3 '.)... ... 100 00
Special Notices will be charged by the .square
ote dollar for each insertion, for one week; and
. seventv-five cent3 for each insertion, for 1 month.
" No:verti!
advance.
' The name of no subscriber entered on our books
unless paid for in advance. . .
No one is authorized to receive and receipt for
mony fbr subscription or other work done at
this Office, except the Publisher and theProprie-
P "3F" AH letters concerning business of the
Editor' t PuBLisnER.
SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY.
Fall Particulars of the Shooting of ffm. Malligan.
From the San Francisco Mornihg Call, July 8.
Anothkk chabter of BLOOD -THREE MEN KILL
ED -TKAGltAL END OF THE NOTORIOUS BiLLV
Mulligan. ;
The events of yesterday furnish another of
those revolting Ploclcl8t m",k ? ll,e lri"!.
iVds inTire Tnyfour cHv wltrK'disgiistriijr
r-v.utiiiity. A desperado, whose name figures
inthe annals of the VigilauceJlomtniJi
noted Billv Mulligan, shot down two men after
having tired twice ineffectually at oiher persons
and was at. last, while holding the force of the
city at bay, himself killed by a member of. the
police department, acting under orders.
MULLIGAN ON THURSDAY-. I
On Thursday, particularly during the latter
part of the day, Mulligan exhibited symptoms
of delirium t.emens, declaring, that the .Vig
lance Committee Were going to hang him. lie
went to the police office for protection, and
turned exceedingly uervous, insisting that he
was pursued. '
EVENT8 OF YEBTEROAV.
He remained in the station house through
:..i.. Un,t was sent out by Captain Doug-
a88 at eiuht o'clock yest. rday morning. About
. m shot was fired from an up-
Zr window of the St. Frac.s Hotel corner of
Clav and Dut ont streets, evidently a recieo
VMJ W .i .,;,Aa thfl street.
a Chinaman on uie upw-ie -
l iL-4. 1 its niMl'k. and entered the we
ther boarding of a house by which the China-
c..Jnfin(r .and bein2 afterwards ex-
tuau viaa ..-0, - i . I Ull
t, acted Fved to a la,Se C"mC pl u
. r...,o a enwerv keeDer close by, who wit-
. ,i ti,a ,.irf.nm stance, immediately reported
nor.t Ts. at the whee office, and omcer
McMillan was sent up to tnvesligate the matter.
AmVl , ihTnistol was fired by Billy Mul
- liaan who had 6hut nimselr up in h.s room
rmetl with h sell cocMug o...v.,
flectuallv haired the door agamst entrance by
rchnaryVieans. Detective officer Chappelas
i h McMUla", and th, two held a parley with
I, lli.ran who warned them against forcing an
. lulligan, who , .i nfrWr!
.nance - A plan was fixeu b) the.se officers,
h iheaid of officer McCormlck to capture
Uh the auJ o demonsira-
;d the svcM1 J uQnntftfi bv the idea that
ZZLo iere going to -
. il.a nal eV With Uie OUICCiau
he Ex utive Committee wonld come alter
: ?a ,..nder himself toXbein; but
...... Oi ha mil inp.iii uiai
t . r. .t ... .i....
11IH lievouiu oiv y ."""
MULLIGAN SHOOTS AT DETECTIVE OFFICER CHAPPEL.
The inner door of . Miillirran'a room, which
was on the 8ond floor of the building opened
r-'
into a wide hall, and another door led out on
a balcony over Dujiont street. 1 lie ofhoers,
while talking with Wn!ir-n, were in the hall ;
and during the conxfivation Chappel learned
that he had no favoi-; to expect horn the despe
rate man, while toward McMil'xn h was more
tractably disposed, ih. u:h '
slant death to any one wl
room. Chappel, witli !!
cretion, weut through tli-
balc'Hiy, Hfld WHS irnil"l:..t iv i
iian, the ball ffiaiint; pat his c".
;i i. atened in
,! enter the
; e than dis
room to the
. ,1 nl by Mulli
.U. After this
'without arms
i demonstration the otliceis. be'iiL
I -4 '
to cope with the now exasjK'r;Ued madman,
prudently retired , and as Uc.y went down me
6tairs Mulligan opened the dour.
BilOOTJ.NO OF m'naBB.
While descending the stairs the officers were
met by one Joha McNabb, an old acquaintance
and intimate friend of Bilk Mulligfb's, who was
going up t( talk with the latter, in me nope
that their mutual intimacy would enable him to
exert a pacifying influence over Mulligan, and
render him accessible u others. McMillan and
Chappel had scarely reached the street when
the leport of a pistol was heard within, and in
a moment afterward McNabb was brought out
mo'i tally wounded. The unfortunate man was
conveyed to Dr. Murphy's office, in Clay street
where' he received every attention his case de
manded: but nothing could be done fbr him
bevond stopping the woundjjQmsriiiw
lit lie Dranuy in a isaspoou, cy vnny oi . omuu
lant, and rubbing his limbs to keep up the cir
culation. He apparently suffered but little pain;
but it was evident that the current of life was
fast ebbing out. The ball had entered just be
neath the right shoulder, passing near the sub
clavan artery, and severing a large vein, from
which reat internal hemorrhage followed. He
died in about a half hour after receiving the
wound, at Dr. Murphy's office. The exciting
and tragical turn in aftairs t the St. Francis
Hotel was soon bruited abroad, and in a very
short time a crowd of five, or six thousand per
sons had garnered
of McNabb . ccurred about half pastone o clock,
p. m., and having now tasted blood, Mulligan
seemed to have been suddenly transformed into
a demon, and, with the cunning of the maniac,
glided from room to room in the building, with
the apparemV design of getting an opportunity
lo secure another victim. His appearance at a
door or window, armed with.a revolver, always
settt-a panic -1 brought the crowd and caused
them to fall back in confusion. Mulligan's po
sition was now somewhat similar to that of
BohTlitlircrtrmeof his capture. Armud as
i. . .....o i,. .,-Mim;.V.ild Mverv avme4i to-the
lie no wii " j .
' . i. it
IIC nnc w--- J . .
upper stories of the buiiding from below, and
kept a constant inoiioi, at one time flitting past
a window on one fl..r, and anon snowing mm
defiantly in Another part of-the building. .
vii i ivn t-o imiV It ART.
At. ii little helore tl.tt - o'clock a window Jook-
in'r aut on Clay stieet ('he, second from the cor-
ner iu 'the upper tier,) was raised a tew incites
and a hand thrust i.ut, preseiiimg a pisioi hi i
crowd. As usual, the terrified crowd piled over
each other to net out of, lh way ot the threat
ening danger; but the work of death was done
quickly. MulltgHii tired and instantly withdrew
his liana. ine mioi mucu
of Eureka Hose company, No. 4 the ball en
tering his heart, producing instant death. The
bodv was taken to Lelevnss drug store, corner
of'Dupont and "Washington streets, and horn
thence to the coffin wareiooms of Mr. Nathan
iel Orav, Sacramento street.' Here vt was plac
ed in a" coffin and conveyed to the house ot Eu
reka Hose company, on Gary street, near Ma
son, where it will he in state unhl .Sunday. The
remains will then be interred.. Deceased was a
native of New York, aged 26 years. H.s pa
rents reside in the State of New ork. He lost
his wife a few we"eks since, and leaves no fami
ly Hart being an entire stranger to Mulligan,
it is not probable that he was singled out as a
sed bis death was doubt-
less fired into the cr6wed at random and it was
TIarl's misfortune to receive it. lie has resiueu
in California about seven years.
.v..TuirB attCMPT to capture mulligan.
t utUunt from M nllio-aii's movements
that he was watching his opportunity to throw
another shot1 into the. crowd. The excitement
had become intense, and various plans for se
curing bis capture or putting a summary end to
his career, was suggested. No one could tell
from what window or door would speed the
of death, or who would be the
victim. Still the crowd swelled in numbers,
and pressed upon the building with a strange
infatuation. At length detective officer Ellis
and officer Henderson, who were inside of the
hotel on the lower floor, concluded to try wheth-
er his tliirstbr Kqnor could not be made sub-
1 vuna uuiy oo IllctUO BUO-
servlent toio.f .il. : .
v" capturing mm. AC
cordinjrlv lknri : i i ..n- .
i ii-" , J uiiieu, auu caning
to Mu hpfronj the foot of the stairs, they at
tracted histtention And proffered the-drink.
Mulligan eptedtb offer, but would allow no
one but Indersoit o approach him with it.
He peremjrjly waroe(j Kilis off, and kept his
cocked rev-er drawp oil Henderson to accele.
rate his moments When about three fourths
of the wajp tb Itairs, Henderson stopped
niiu afivevipiiigao ii ,e woman t come down
and drink hnf Mulligan impatiently de
clined, ftvlJ5eud with ao impuUi Lo
6boot tWr, and'tirgtd him to leave quick:
Iv. HMa Ai ilia waiter at the bead
of the stairs, ate(j wjth0ut delay on Mulli-
.4. at 44 V-4 f i t 1,4 I - . A . n 444 . tl4 411 44 4.
liitu a ! iaur never a uioiucni. luium
Ii in nistoi ifroii iia Aim nn TTanrlAfnn until he
, . ,va .lu ul, iVV44. -
had got "tof eight. During this interview
Mulligan kept rjimsetf in a position where he
could see theotficer and command the approach
without eepwing his own person. Capt. Lees
learning of this attempt,, conceive'd the idea
of admin stering drugged liquor to him in a
similar manner as the first was given, and im
mediately commenced peparations.
! DEATB OF MULLIGAN.
In thejnieniiine the prospect of taking MuN
ligan alije prtsenting itself only as a sequel to
more mprdm by him, for which he was evi
dently preparing, it was determined to shoot
him down, and an' armed foice was immediately
despatched for, and were soon on the ground.
t hese coiuisiea ot a number ot lue rouce uuara
wni"o7ereVosftnTn nositionfi commandinQf those
i - o
noitionsof the hotel where it was most likelv
i
Mullip;"H W0U'J appear. After Whiting for some
tune, perhaps a halt hour after the men were
nosipd with tbeir riflles. the. renorUof the nun
r "
jining the opposite side of Clay street, startled
the crowd ; but Jt was at prst supposed that the
tirin was either premature or misaimed, and
the vast crowd were about to settle down on
ibis conclusion, and to look out for more favors
from Mulligan, when a member of the police
corps pa-ddowruClay street, carrying his rifle
and gave (be information that they had nothing
IllellL CaUn i JUIICIrtl I U3U IUI K LIU IlOUb Ot,C7J
of the hot Jl. Every one was anxious to see the
dead m-Jiptr : but, as a necessitv tbe crowd
exclulld only officers and some others
was
whom it V deemed proper to admit were al
lowed accjs.to the scene of Mulligan's death.
Ae..,.iidmltie brst niL'htot stairs, the bodv was
O V v - -
found strticied out. on the floor of the hall, the
head frhll'lilly shattered, his .brains spattered
on the wall ;nd poured out in the pool of blojd
nr. the fl" where his head rested. Mulligan
was sliOt
she was iu the act of stepping for
iii o-lass door orifliiiiiir on the Clav
ward to
street b
O m-w
wy to discharge his pistol again, ei
ierowd. or at the ofti.er on the ODliO-
ther at tl
site side
fixed hi
f'tlie, street, on whom it is said he had
mention. At all events the officer
fired jus
'ttime. bevond all neradventu re, t o
save eith
fiiis own or the life of some citizen in
the stree
the deadly missile told with'uner-
linfr nreP:orj. crashino through the ton of Mul-
ligaii's lifri, enteiing high upon the forehead,
"iioe with his nose, and pasingoul
tea rii)!tr a frihtful hole and scat
V . o - - t-
tering htiients of his skull in every direction.
Death twhave followed instantly. Mtillig- n
never kw what hurt him. The ball that ai
coinplisOulie work passed on at a small an
rrle of elrltion- srorfd ih.q ceilinrr sonifl t fiirt.v
feet bef
. , " -".--v I
ri luen glanced downw aru, periora-
tins a t
f 'at the extreme end ot the hall, lbe
"ing was a necessary measure, though
one ; yet it must be remembered
act of s
an extl
that it
'an extreme case. Chief lsurke was
conlinei
on th)und the order to shoot would have
beep Si earlier. MulligAn might have been
takeniJejbut it is certain thai it would have
been oql at the cost of one at least, and most
probaWjio or three more lives, each one of
whicbs iorth more than the lives of a hun
dred stf a his. The bodies of McNabb and
Mullii ;re taken q Mr. Ma's'sey'is coffin
wareiicpij here the Coroner, made au exami
nation I t lem. McNabb's . body was af
tecwrhak ?n to the residence of his mother,
on Kjr street between Greene and "Union.
-Mulli remains were removed to McGinns
coffinf grooms, on Market street. -The officer
who po Mulligan dtserves credit ' for his reso
lulioihperlbrming so disagreeable and yet so
3
ioipoj iti, a dutv. Even had Mulligan been
takei le, no power under Heaven could have
save $ n from the fury of the crowd. He
voui..b,-e been hanged and limbecTon tbe spot,
an J l&olice would have been powerless to re
sist pel a crowd. Thus ends the career of a
manfwtse name has been one of the synonyms
for bjfoy, and whose existence has been a blot
n ttis immunity.
. ' " '. .
DENTISTRY.
EL. Colejnan D. D. S,
(Saccessor to Dr. W. F. Bason,)
HFi.sPRr.TPTrr.r.v nrunpa ma ponepc-
-. 44 44. 44. w ugu X IV i.' EjJm
sioaal Services to the citizens of Saiisbonr and vicin
ity. Dr. C. feels aAured with the experience or four
teen (14) years practice-he can give general satisfac
tion Ha can h fonnri at his nmr.m. fnrmftriv nvn-
n!t l.v lip VV J? Ruinn ot all dntH
L When money cannot be Pi for oprtlom on (ha
fl.(hi pm4V wilt Ve -
hams, no. I Bear, cti.es v. g -.t
market prices. my30tf
. i. 1
FOR REIT
A FARM of 425 acres near Salisbury good
land fine water excellent houses productive
meadows and fair fences. Apply lo
T. G.HAUUH TUJN.
Salisbury, August 9, 1865. lm-65
20 ACRESf LAND NEAR
T0WN.
TO BE SOLD ON THE 21st JAUG. INST.
I will sell at public sale, on . the premises, Aug.
21st, the valuable property on which I reside, coin
prisin? 2i acres of land, dwelling house, kitchen and
other building.
Also, her household and kitchen furniture, some
farming tools, an excellent Wheat Fa,n, one-horse
wagon
&c. Ac.
lET Terms of sale cash.
MARY M.JAMES.
Aug. 14, 1865
4t.
WALTON HOUSE,
MORGANTON, N. C.
"
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING -LE A S"ED
(he above Hotel for a number of years, are now
refitting it and puling it in good order for the accorn
modiftion of the public, and those who wish to visit
Mnrgaiiton and enjoy ihe fresh Mountain "breeze, -will
find at iha Walton Houi?e a good, comfortable
Room and thebest turuished.table m the Mate.
HUNT & WALTON.
v August 7th, 1865.
3 mo-62.
SWEPSON, MENDENHALL, & CO.,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
FOB THE SALE OF
TOBACCO, RAW COTTON, COTTON
YARNS, CLOTHS, & NAVAL STORES,
121 Front St., New York.
T. J. SUMNER, Company Shops, N. C.
Robert It. Swepson, Sm'l. G. Murphy, New York City.
Cyrus P. Mendenhall, President Fiirnier's Bank, Greensboro',
N.C.
Dan'l. Worth, Company Shops, N. C.
Geo. W. Swepson, Haw River, N. C. July 5-d6m
SOUTHERN BOOKS.
,. : -'
srlins: Campbell ami Albrighf,
. PUBLISHERRS,
And dealers in Books, Stationery t&c,
: : GBEENSBORO, N. 67.,
CONTINUE TO PUBLISH "Our Own" Series
oCScIkk)I Books, consisting of Prime re Spelling
Books, Readers, Aril hrnelics and Eugli?li G rammers ;
also Bingham's Latin Grammer and Cresar. We
offer our Boots to Teachers and Booksellers on as
moderate terms as are offered by publishers in any
part of the United State. , ,
O For specimen copies or lists of prices adderesa
as above. . ' - .
Aug. 10th 15 3mo.
DR. M. WHITEHEAD,
OFFICE AT BI$ BESIDENCE,
WHERE he can be found at all hours unless
Professionally : Engaged. .
. Salisbury June 15, 1865,
LEASE
1
no otheis.