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Show telegraphic! BBOOEBKH'S BITCHER. Terry Tora To Tatters. Xew York, 21. Tn T.m-s Lis tho (olIowiDgon Terry: Tue D. S Terry woo hmi jual beea rjcruirjited lor state attorney general by tbe democrats ol California, 13 tbe notorious D.vr Terryt wno killed Broderick in 1&-59. Terry, at that time, was chief justice ol the etate, and a fi-.rce champion ol the rights of slavery. Broderick was Dot a duelist, not eren a good ehot wilh,a pistol, and it is a matter ol tradition tbat Terry wa selected s an old djeiist to gue the olnoiiour anti-Lecnmpton senator bis quietus by a trick p ayed by tffitrs ot the court, Terry escaped even the for mulitics of a trial lor murder. Soon after, tbe rebellion having broken out. he flipped ofl 10 Miissippi, and headed a rebel brigade during tde war. This epieode over, be returm-d to Califorui, where be lived very quietly until tha recent political upheaval up-heaval broucht him, with other uu-c!eau uu-c!eau thingi?, to the eurface. He wp an active membt-r of tbe party known as tionorable uilks, a nondeecript or (ianiZ'ttion o( political fo;eils end ren-ei;adea ren-ei;adea o( every stripe. Demccratt. Beeing Terry needed "vindication" very badly, acd being hard preened lor a caniiidaie, have uomiuated bim fur attorney general, in place of a discreet dis-creet yr.ui;g gentleman who hja dt-chutd dt-chutd that honor. |