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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1854.
AfMti for ttw Argna.
. J. It. MrHiilUB, Lafuyette.
..; 4). A. Htiiv Vcm.
. Momoan RujiotfM, SuMimltf.
Wit. HARLOW, JsfoW . .. - !
.... 11. C Kavmond, Grout. .
i !.. Da Vis, Blmtm'mgHm.
k'lktt W, Usowx, (Mvllii. i
. Ajios Hatv, ' Fury.
, fcoLOatoN Aukn, Ji'y.
J. li. 1.VI.E,
Jon.i .VcKiN.tEir, L'ulnxioia.
lUv. Wilson Blain, ' Vat.
f A. l!l(B, Jacktoimille.
II. IIahbis, CinciniHlti.
Judge Smei.li.no, JV'lu, Cu7.
Jan. II. rni4.sT.jN, JFiV Co. 111.
R. A. X. 1'HKi.rs, UuMmry, III.
Law Conceroinr Newipapcn.
IT" f euoselibers order Itiu dincunliiiu.oue of
their ppf, III publisher may continue lo kimI
them unlit all tntntage re f id.
(J If ulcribr nexleet or refuse lo lake their
.papers hum tlx lol ofiVe, or oilier pluca, to which
lliey aro teni, wey are lino respwiwuM uin.i iirej
wllle III arrear.iKes, should thele be my.
IT If nilitcribem remove lo oiler dIiicm, with
cm! Informing llit publisher, and III" paper if sent
to lh former direutiuu, I hey in held renmnible.
IT II i not suflinenl for Kwlrunier, when
pner la not Lukrii mil of Ilia office, lo return one
with "not taken am" written on Ilia margin, but
Jia rouat writ leilrr lo lha publisher, giving the
nam and put-of!iee, and elating Unit llie puprr ia
not taken from lha offtVa. Oiherwiae the prt
instttr ia held rrvpomible.
V GoV. ClIBHY plareJ through till
city titftt Tuesday, on Lis way homo from
tho Dulls, Ho reports thitt there is no dan
ger of an alliance of ihe Nil Perccs with
the hostile bands. Col. Kelly lias been re
tained at tbe Dulls, inn 1 cud of being stnl to
Walla-Walla, as was reported. Gov. Cur
r treated Iho petition fur removing anli
I.ana men from offices in the army with
.merited contempt, llu says he will post
pone the matter till the war is over, at all
events.
' We give Cor. Cirnnv credit for hating
acted in this matter with decision, and fur
having acquitted himself well in his diffi
culties with 1 ho Indian on tlio 0110 side, nnd
whites, that nre less honorable, 011 the oth
er. We aro truly sorry that the Governor
has had ''his righteous suul vexed from tiny
-to day" with the whining And snapping of
political whelps, whilst tlio tares mid anxi
eties consequent upmi his position as cum-
loandur-in-chief of Iho army must have
woighed heavily upon his mind. Tlie.(!ov-
ernor, and every other man who it engaged
in the war, to lung hs they do their duty,
ought to be, and will ho, supported. In our
war with Mexico, and in fnct in all our oilier
wars, polities have boon ignored, nnd even
the worst porsouu! enclitic lint e become the
must ardent friend whilst they have stood
shoulder to shoulder in d fuse of our coun
try, and mingled their blood together nit
Americans nnd brethren Sacrificing ihvir
lives In defense of our honor and our coun
try's rights.
1 Whenever a man carries n political Ha"
iuto an army, he may bo juily set down as
a lory, and deserves hanging as muffli u
.over Arnold did.
tW Wm. McKay passed through this
city on last Wednesday, with acompatiyV
rronch and half-breeds from the French
Prairie, en route for the Spokuii country
...1 .i ... o. I
wuero uov. oievvns is expecteu to arrive in
December. McKay's company is intended
su an escort for the Gov , and will render
uch other servico in that region as may be
necessary 111 prosecuting the war.
atjr The Southern Mail came near being
a failure this week, not coining to hand till
j'oaterdiiy, whrn we had our paper nearly
made up. 1 lie "corner lor correspondence
svas reserved till Thursday night when we
were compelled to fill the vacuum. We have
a perfect buadlo of currer pomlence among
which we ounce a Lur (wm Hew Wilson
Blsin, "giving at Lt beinj. too lame on
the slavery question. W rather lake him
to be joking, but we will ere wlml we ctn do
for him next week.
tW The Cauemtdi has boca afsjn placed
upon the upper rivr Uade, after having un
dergone thorough repairs. We are in
formed that her boilers lute been tested, so
M to dismiss all fears f bcr liability lo
blow op. She will run as a Umperance
boat, whilst every wraa.u- eonitirt ill be
secured to her pajsswigers. Capt. Wvuant,
who takes charge of her, hut already tecurej
by hit urbanity and politeness, a notoriety
among the travel ing cnmmuni'y, which will
draw to his boat a largo ,uro of custom.
Mr. Huchul, head atwarj, wj ijlRt
her larder ia tupplied with the productions
of all the latitudes through aLUi the pas
tea, from Corvallia to Caueniah.
OklleatUas.
W are indebted lo the Pacific Etpra,
ai.o to i. v. Sulhtaii, for full fiU of late
California and KtHt, paper. J. W. Sullt
van atone fr the failure, bv aeudin '
nro large mildly
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latO from Puget SOUnd. V
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By an ISxtra I'ugut "unu wra""
Xov. Oth wa have somewhet revid edi
tion of the Dews which we published last
week m coming through an Extra Courier,
and an exprcseman. The White River hgW
ft seems took place on the 3d iust., between
about 800 Indians, and fiO regulars under
Lieut. Slnughter, and as many volunteers
under Capt. Hays. Instead of having the
Indians "surrounded," as was reporied, the
Indians were fifed at acroi the river, and
about 30 of them were tuppottd to be killed.
On the next morning after the fight no. In
dians were to be seen across the river. A
large p'y was detailed to cross the river,
and po In pursuit of the Indians. This
party, consisting "f 80 regulars under Lieut
Slaughter, SO volunteers under dipt. Hays,
and iho Pierce county volunteers under
Capt. Wallace, crossed over White river,
and proceeded at far as Green River, seeing
but one Indian on the way, who fired upon
the scouts in advaiico,wouiid:n Andr. Burge
in iheleg. Upon crossing Oreen Riverthcy
fell in with the Induins, who were so se
creted in the bruh and drift wood along
Iho river that they were fought all day to
liitle purpose. The Indians were driven
into oitmp at night. The number of Indi
ans killed wa not known. One white man
was slightly wounded. They afterwards fell
in with a few Indians on the Puyalup, when
John Edgar, A. Purham, and Corporal
Mugch were wotiuded, but aro expected to
recover, A pack train was sent in to Slcil-
Hcoom on the Oth, bringing in the bodies of
Col. A. H. Moses, Lieut. McAllister, and Jo
seph Miles. Dr. Burns was not killed, as
reported, but was found safely stowed away
in a stack of barley, having lost his horse,
coat, pistols, boots, and hat, and the greater
part of his other clothing, besides having
his skin dreadfully scratched by tho briers
nnd brush, through which the Dr. had done
some tall running. Ho had retained his
carbine and kept his "powder dry," and
'trusting in God," bnd guarded the barley
flack for soino four days before ho wns re
lieved from duty, by tho lucky appearance
of his comrades. About tho first words
I lie Dr. spoke, after he crawled out of thi
barley slack, were, "Look here, I have killed
seven Indians, and tho Inst ono I killed for
this sulinon." at the same time holding up
to view a piece of dried salmon skin.
Twonty-five Nisqunlly Indians had left to
join the hoslile band, as also a liko number
of Puyalups, who had commenced destroy-
ing property on their way out, as they enron
to it. A party of aoventeen whites bad
gono in pursuit of them. The Courier was
informed that all the dwellings nnd barns on
the Puyalup had been destroyed.
Concerning the massacres near Seattle,
the Courier learns that nine persons have
been killed. II. H. Jones and wife, (the
children escaped,) W. H. Burnam and wife,
G. King, wife and two children, anrTMr.
Cooper. One of the women is said to have
laid three Indians to tho land, before she
was killed.
Mistake.
We lesrn that "Itev. l ather randoty, the
Oulliu!ic pr estof the Vak'ina Miss on," has nor
been killed by the Yukimas, as staled by the Oro"
gnnisn two weeks ago. It will be recollected
that (he Times of Oct. 2d contained a loiter from
the Dulles, signed Juslice, giving an entirely differ
ent account of the priest-powder afiiiir from that
furnished us by Mr. Wm. Klliott. The Times'
vorMpondrnt't account entirely exculpated the
priest, and made him nut aa innocent as a kitten.
The Standard, about the tame time, waa furnished
information by one who had been to Waiilatpu,
gving the priests quite a pufTfor their invaluable
tervicis in trying lo prevent hostilities. Now we
understand the whole game lo bo a piece of Jesuit
ical cunning, played ofT to keep down the exciie
nienl produeed by the discovery of the powder plot,
and other oircumitancee wliieh we alluded to two
weeks ago. .The papera containing theso news
items were probably unaware of the game that was
being played.
If any of the priests are killed by the Indians, or
if a hair of their heads ia injured during the war,
you may conclude thai we were not inspired at the
lima when we predicted thai lha Imliana would
aef harm them, but would cHeritk them and pro
tttt thrin.
ali.
John Riehnrdson, hating resigned his
teat in tho Council, the Oov. bos proclaim
ed au election to fill tho vacancy, to come off
ou Monday, the 20th Nov. Ve see but
one name entered as a candidate yet. N.
Uu'jcr, Esq., says he would like to go, and
if Yamhill and Clatsop cannot send a bet
ter man we hope he will be elected.
Carre lien.
Green Davis, (Davidson), instead of hav
ing gone lo lit mime, (a tome person in
formed us who called at our omc last sum
mer, and ordered us to discontinue his pa
per) it jet alive and kicking in amhill, as
he assured 111 yotorduy, ,,. t,
upou us aud paid us up like a gentleman.
nrTh Mrgraph wire ia aew (Friday, 4 o'clock
r..)allh.wteur..ffio. W((tMkeltotMN
H rg.l op ia ear eomrosint mam t.n;-hl. sad
gel a "dispatch" noea Portland for thia lasiM of Tux
i Ator. lanothMmonihw,pllobei,eo(1,
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have
ucieoi iwwtiiuiM.. , -
.lanaed ainca the soldiers left the Dalles, in
penult of lha Indians, laid to be encamped forty
miles distant We are forced to conclude that
when the srmy got there lha Indians had got some
where eU. If Uiey fin.1 the Indiana before Chriat
will do well. Gen. MeCsrvet informs
us lhat he fears the Indiana have decampeJ and
gone down Into llie l'oget Sound couniry. Per
hpe eo 1 and Iheir brethren at Vaneouver may
have left for tha put poee of meeting them. It is s
cunning ".lodxe," If Ihis be lha case. Our corres
pondence from the Dalleecame to hand too late for
Innartion, and as it contains nothing particularly
new or interest ing, we have not regretted the fail-
.1 n . . L
ere much. M s have no news irom uie ooum.
On the whole the prospect acems to be that our
toldiera will have more difficulty in finding the In
diana than In whipping them.
BeniiL IxrriTUTe, Polk co., Oct. 29, 1855.
Ms. Aois-Zfr Sir .We have thiaday
had lha pleasure of meeting together for the pur
poat of dedicating Bethel Instilute to the present
and rilng generalion, for moulding and training
the youthful mind in lhat course of education which
will strengthen and invigorate llie physical facul
lii 1 cultivate, improve, and enlighten the intel
lectual i and ao instruct the moral fucultiea, aa to
place man in lhat bijjh elation in soc ety where ha
will be au ornament lo a Christian people and free
inslituiione, adorn the age In which he lives, aud
prepare him for happinese and usefulueas in this
life, and lo enjoy unending blias in llie future.
The achool ia now lo be opened and put in suc
cessful operation, when all brauchea usually laught
in acaderoiea will be laught by Mr llarrison, whose
experience of twenty years' teaching in New York
ia a sufficient recommendation to all who are famil
iar with lha thorough course of Instruction required
of teachers in that Stale.
. The house was called to order by the appoint
ment of G. O. Uurnelt Chairman.
The order of lha exere aea was aa follows
1st, Prayer by F.ld. Noah Powell, of Yamh 11. af
ter which the Chairman called on Eld. A. V. Me
Carty, whs came forward and delivered an able,
interesting and eloquent addreaa on the subject of
education, which was very attentively listened to.
The Chairman then called out Mr. T.R. Ham
ton, (the teacher) whe look Ihc stand and addressed
lha friends of education, patrons and pupila, on the
importance of a correot and thorough practical ed
iicntion, and the course to be pursued to obtain it;
which was received with marked attention, and
much app'ause.
On motion of Dr. Warriner,
Remleei, That a vo'.e of thanks be tendered lo
llie speakers for the able and eloquent manner in
which they have addreared the audience, and they
be n quested to furnish copies of their addreeses for
publication.
Renohcd, That the proceedings be published in
Tin A sues with the addresses.
Please publish the above, together with the ad.
dnws, aud much oblige the friends of educetiou.
Yours iruly, G. 0. BURNETT, Ch'n.
One of tho addresses has come to baud,
but it is out of our power to publish it in
our paper. It is at least four times too long
for our columns in these exciting limes. If
the friends at Bethel nro desirous to hnt o it
publixhed in pamphlet form, we can print
a hundred copies for forty dollars; or a thou
sand defies for ixty dollars.
One False Move, Certain The American
pipers in Tennessee ours among the rest made
one false if sue at least iu the late content for Gov.
ernor. Rather, we should say oue impolitic issue'
by wh'ch we lost voles. We aie now satisfied of
he foci, end suspected it at Ihe time. We pub.
lished to the world a list of farly-tist criminals,
from ihe record, who had been pardoned out of
the penitentiary by Gov. .Johnson, for aleal.ng,
counlerfi iling, house-breaking, and selling liquor
lo slaves for stolen property. That Ihero were
thousnns of intelligent, honert, and high-minded
men who voted for Johnson, no sane man will do
ny ; but when Ihe American party assailed him
for his parlialiliee for line vie, it at once drove into
his support all lhat class of voters, who had been,
as a matter of course, divided in their preferences.
There are, we doubt not, ten thousand voters In
Tennessee, who either hart been stealing, at dif
ferent times, or who are intending to oteal, and lo
deal with negroes, in violation of law. These at
least speculated upou Ihe cAnf of breaking into
the penitentiary, and hence they look to the aource
whence "aid and comfort" must come, and vole
accordingly. It ia fair to presume that (tea thou
nnd of theee would have voted with Ihe Aineican
parly, had they not been driven out of our ranks.
A very large majority of them, by birth, education
instinct and association, would naturally enough
act with thia Foreign Johiisouian party, and iu op.
position to Gentry, a man who very looks, to say
nothing of his principle! and Msciaioa, would
lead him to show no quarters to thia class of men.
noxtMt Whig.
The Knoxvillo Whig draws a sorry pic
ture of the lights and shades of political life
in Tennessee. It was bad enough when we
left there fifteen years ago, many of the
most "respectable" citizens of the western
counties were pointed out to us as men
whom Stewart had published as of the Mur
rell gang. Believing the "Whig," we con
clude Tennessee hasn't improved much
since then. We thought tho main-spring
01 political chicanery was bad enough in
Oregon, but we knock under to Tennessee,
for ihe present, at least Out of 10,121
voter, we have probably 500 who, instead
of "intending to deal triM negroe in fio-
tatioH nj lair, only wish to "deal in nig-
Cers in conformity with law." So you see,
friend Whig, we have the advantage of you
thre. We hate (as an old democrat in
Yamhill lately aured us) about 5000 vo
ter who, instead of "having iofr, 0r in.
tending to steal," have only either been
candidate for office, or erperf lo be, ardent
.y wishing to get (honestly, of coarse a
, , .... ..ir, p, po tou sc mat
Aeairanreaelt may appear, w. have not spar
1.. ,. . ...!.-.m.v Seventeen davshsu
we are slightly ahead of you again.
probably bad 500 "intelligent, honest, and
high-minded men" who voted against the
American ticket, believing it to ba a "bad
egg." Here, friend Whig, we acknowledge
the corn, that you have a considerable ad-
i . . .a 1 a l.uaritlf tt
vantage over ut. JJui insirau i u....6 -vote
of "10,000 who oil her have been steal
Ing, at different times, or who am intending
hnteal," thrown against us, we hnve only
been able to detct, by a careful examine
lion, the names of 181. So wo shall not
despair, as being the "greatest of sinners,"
yet; for, (leaving our comparative popula
tion out of view,) we beat you in three
points out of four, and claim to como in
ahead of old Tennesseo.
Who tome Mealt
Mr. Win, Foula,of Cunemah, has presented ut
with a tweet potato weighing two pouudt and
seven ounee. Tbit beale Mr. Walling nearly
half pound. Mr. Fouls tprouted teed, brought
from the Saudwich Islands last spring, in a com
mon "hot bed." He used no glnsa. Mr. Fouta ia
quite an amateur in horticulture. Experimenting
seems to receive from his binds something oi inai
attention which it demanded at Ihe hands of far
mers and gardeuert in this new field of agricultu
ral resourcet. Mr. F. it now gathering a bountiful
crop of surior beam, raised upon eUilkt which
stood over lost winler, thus gelling two crops froai
one planting. He intende to winter tlum over
again, and see what they wilt do next year. The
stalks sre uow nearly an inch In diameter. The
teed of the tm et polatoe wat brought by Mr. Wil
son of Cam mall, from the Islands.
Wc have heard a great deal of bragging on
Claekamat county for vegetables, espicially pota
toes. We would like to tee some of the br.ig spec
imens, (thai it if any can bo produced lhat will
beat those already handed iu by Sunil. K. Bar
low, Esq.)
ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL.
The P. M. 8. S. California, W. L. Dall
commander, reached Astoria on last Tues
day morning. She was six and a half days
in coming up from San Francisco. In cross
ing the Columbia bar, one of her flues cl
lapsed, setting fire to the steamer. In the
confusion of tho moment, wo understand,
some twenty cases of powder were ihrown
overboard, out of some three hundred cases
which were on board. Gen. Wool nnd
staff, and about f0 regular soldiers, came iu
on the Columbia, on their way to Ft. Van
couver. In another column will bo found
a short compend of news from ihe Crimea.
We shall givo fuller particulars next week.
From California.
We have dates to Nov. flih. The miners
in the dry diggings, says the IIkrald, are
all praying for rain. T he small streams are
all dried up, and the rivers are lower than
they were ever before known to be.
Dr. Trask, the State Geologist, who has
recently mndo the tour of tho State, esti
mates tho amount of flour produced the
present year, at 390,000 bbls. Tlio home
consumption is put down at 370,000 bbls.
a year; leuvtng n surplus of 20,000 for ex
portation. Flour in San Francisco stands
at from $4,12 to $7 per hundred.
The full of Sebustopol was celebrated by
an immense concourse of English, French,
Sardinians, and others, sympathizing with
the Allies, in San Francisco, on the 4th inst.
The meeting was addressed by several I2ng.
lish and French orators. As tho French
did tho hardest fighting at Scbastopol their
orators in Sun Francisco made the most fla
ming speeches. Geo. Aikin, Esq., Consu
l'ir representative of Her Brittnnio Majesty,
in the course of hisspeech. thus yielded the
palm to French intrepidity nnd valor :
"We sre met here to prepare for celebrsiing
the great and noble victory which our noble allies,
Ihe Freneh, havo mainly carried through ; and
lei our rrjoiciug be appropriate to so great an oc.
casiou."
The California papers report tho usual
number of murders, robberies, and lynching
operations.
from the States,
Our advices from New York aro to Oc.
Oth. The conventions nf five polifcal pur
ties have brought out tickets for JS. Y. Tin
Whigs, Republicans and Know Somethings
have fused. The Temperance convention,
which met at Utica, adjourned Oct. 3. The
only nominations ihey saw fit to make we're
for Atty. Gen., and Judges of the Court of
Appeals. The Republicau nominees were
endorsed for these offices. A resolution was
passed to support for other offices those can
didates who were known lo favor prohib
tion. The following are the tickets already
in me iieiu :
w. SEP. and k. s. K.N.
Sec. State, Preston King. J.T.Headley.
Conipt'r, Jas. M.Conk. L. Hurmwg.
Treas. A.I). Williams. S. C. Clark.
Atl'v Gen. A. Mann. Jr. S It rwi.in,.
Canal Com. I). M. Bissell. S. S. VV helau.
Slate Engiu'r Gen. Oeddes. 8 Seymour.
1 nson Insp r, J.V, Railev. VV. A. Russell
Judgesof 4 B.K.Wood. W.W.Campbell.
Appeals, J Jos. Muller. G.C.Comstock.
HARDSHELL. SOFTsnELL.
Sec. State, Aaron Ward. I. T. Hatch.
Compt'r, T.B.Mitchell. Lem. Sieison.
Treat., Jos. M. Lyons. A.S.Thnrstnn.
Atfy (Jen., J. Sutherland. S. J. Tilden.
Stale Eng'r, John D. Fav. John I) Jervis.
Prison Insp, Darius Clark. Pairiek H Ad
judges of I S.I.. & Idcn. 8.L. S. Men.
Appeals, I Juhu Willard. Nich. H,, Jr.
I he ticket of the Liberty party, or "col
ored" fusiotiisU, we published last aeck.
Ks nsas, The election returns, to far as
tl'l .t .1.1 lln ttfA.
lavory candidate for Congress, it c.ccieu.-
Gov. Shannon voted tne proi.j .
The election is taid to have gone off peace
ably. The trial of McCmt, for thoot.rg
Clark was progressing at Leavenworth City.
MAssAciiosF.TTS.-The Republicans con
veued at Worcester, Sept. 20tb. The Tri
bune says that over a thousand delegate!
were in attendance. Creat effort wero
made to re-nominate Gov. Gardner, the
present incumbent. Julius Rockwell wns
ti e choice of tho convention. The ticket
stands thus: For Gov., Julius Rockwell;
Lieut. Gov., Simon Brown, (present incum
lu.ni : Sec.of ritnte. Geo. S. Williams;
Ail'y (Jen., E. Rockwood Uoar ; Auditor,
S. N. Gilford, (present incumbent ;) Treas.,
T, J. Marsh. The K. N.'s have nominated
Gov. Gardner, who received 812 vote out
of 820. the wholo number cast in the con
vention. The following is tho rest of the
State ticket : Lieut. Gov., Francis Ut ;
Treas., II.Fernald ; Auditor, Joseph Daw
lev : Att'y Gen. A. II. Nelson. The dem
ocrats of the Oth dist. met Oct. 3d, at Sa
lem, and nominated Albert Currier and
Geo. E Loring a- delega'es to the National
DemoiMtic Conven ion. The convention
passed a imiiniiiioim resolution in fiivor of
the re-nomination of President PtKRCB.
Connhcticut. A large majority of vo
ters have decided in favor of the proposition
to so amend tho constitution as to renuire
ill electors hereafter to be able to read the
constitution and the statutes.
Maine. The fnll election returns give
the following results : Senate, Detn., 15 ;
Whigs, 9 ; Repub., 2. House, Dem., 09 ;
Whins, 21; liepub., 01. Maine has deci
ded lo amend her constitution so as lo ena
ble tho people to h-ct li-r Judges of Probate,
Registers of Probate, Municipal and Police
Judges, and Sheriffs. The Legislature, by
tlio new arrangi-mcnt, will elect the Land
Asrent. Adjutant Gen'l, and Att'y Gen'l.
Georgia. Johnson, dem., is elected Gov.
by about SHOD mnj. Tliere are probably
5 rinti-K. IN. s nnd 3 K. N.si-u-ciod to won
cres.
FioiiT at Asi? Hollow. Gen. Harney
fi ll iu with a largo bodv of Brule ndinni
camped upon the bights in ihe vicinity of
Ash Hollow, on the 2l of Sept., and killoil
nl"ut70 of them, with the loss of 4 kilh d,
4 wounded, and 1 missing. A great manv
Indian women nnd children were killed.
Tho squaws fought like tigresses. Forty
women and children were taken prisoners,
beside a great many hones, nnd biifHilo
meat enough to supply the whole armv for
a long time. In their flight, the Indians
threw ntvny powder horns, saddles, and nil
their other hint 'hat proved to be Weights
in tho way of doiti',' up tall running.
The Vancouver Isdlnns,
Who (scared fnin the reimp he Sih tilt., and
went off lo jo n tho en my, have not let n In ai d
from up to Ih's dale It will be recol'cc:e.l that
Judge -trung wont in pursuit of them, with tome
thirty voluun ers. Gt n. MeCurver informs us that
ihe Indians had the start of them by two nights
and a day
1 he Indians, by their great powenof waw-waw,
had induced the commander ut the Fort to believe
that they were perfectly friendly, and their blasts
were fairly hurting them with a superabundance of
the milk of kindliest towards tho whiles. Conse
quently tho testimony of the slave Lucre, who in
formed Lieut. Withers of their hostile intentions,
wot entirely disregarded, and the Inl'aiiB wore al
lowed to camp about one and a half miles from the
Ft on the n'ght aforesaid, with all their arms.
On the next morning, up m going lo their camp,
the tqiutwi only were to be found. Thoy report I
that the Indians had hid out a short distance, for
fi r cf the white, and would noun b? back. Their
report was croditod, aud nothing w as done in tbe
way of uiirsuit that day, (Friday) until perhaps
Friday n glit, when an express arrived slating thai
the savnget were already far on their way towards
the enemy's camp, having made their mark along
the route by burning a barn nnd plundering one or
two houses. On Saturduy morning following Judge
Strong started in pursuit ; but no tidings of h t
having found the Indians has reached us yet, and
wo shall be disappointed if we hear of hit overtak
ing them in a month He had provisions for but
ten days, and will of course be compelled to abnn
don the chase in about five days. We think Lieut
Withers it but little acquainted with Indian char
acter, when ho takes their word for their future in
tentions. We understand that Lieut. Withers now
sees and deeply regrets his blunder.
P. S. Since the above was in type. Gen
McCarver informs us that Judge Sirong has
returned without the Indians. .He over
took the band who declared they would
fight before they would come back, but ex
pressed themselves friendly to the whites.
An agreement was made that both parties
should fire off their guns into the air, ap
proach each other and bate a talk. It
seems at this moment, Humtuts, the Indian
Chief, was out somewhere, looking after
his horses. Some of Strong's men were
nlso out scouting ntthcsanietime. When
the guns wero fired tho scouts mistook it
for the commencement of the action, and
shot Humtuis. It is said that Judge Strong
thinks the chief was shot by tome fellow
who went out to steal the Indians' horses.
Finding the Indians resolute in their
purpose of .fighting rather than returning,
Judge Strong concluded lo take them at
their word and leave them as fnVndly Tn.
dians, notwithstanding .hey had already
bnrntabarn on "Ten milo Prairie" and
robbed a house of valuables on the way.
If this be a Correct statement of imii.p.
how must the heart sicken at the prospect!
Wore us, of bringinj the war to speedy
termination! . . ....
heard from, indicate that ". "' r-
FALL OF SEBAST0P0L1
DREADFUL CARNAGE I
Thirty Thousand Men BUrf . and
WOunaeu on vuui
iWians ia the Northern Forts.
Address of the Czar to the Army.
Alteatvt U A Nolcaa
' ..
The Washington, Pacific, and America
arrived at N. Y., bringing European dittos t0
the 22d Sept. '
Tho great fuct by those steamers It tho
full of Subostopol. New York wat tkroftrt
into o ttuto of great excitement ia soon ar
the news spread over tho city, as no oner
was prepared to hear, thu early, of to deciV
site a success as tlio Allies liavo gainoiL
On tho oil of Sept., at day light, tho Al
lies opened the bombardment with mora
than three hundred' pieces of heavy artillery;
und at noon on tho 8tli, after three day t fire,
which GorUthakoff culls "infernal,'? tbo
Allied forces attacked' thu defence of Scbas
topol, and the French succeeded in guiuing
possesion of the M'nlnkoff. -
The English who attempted tlio Redan
wore not suecessfuF. IWmg-tho night ihe
Pftirs-iansin the exacerbation of despair, be
gan to sink their ships, blow up their innga-
tines, and burn Weir City, and on tuo fol
lowing morning Subas'.opol was evacuated,
and tho communication between t'fio north
forts ami tho town broken ofT.
Tlw assault on the MalakolT wns made at
noon of the 8th Sept. Its redotibta and thd
Redao of Careening Ibty wero carriud by
storm by the French soldiers with admirable
intrepidity to the shouts of "Vive I'Empt.
reurl" Tho Itedan of Careening Bay was
not tenable, owing to1 tho heavy firo of ar
tillery, which was poured upon tho first oc
cupiers of that work, On beholding tho
French eagles floating on tho MalakoflJ
Gen. do Salles mado two attacks on tho
"Central Uastion, but did not succeed. Tho
French troops returned to their trenches.
Tho loss was serious. '
The plan of tho' battle appear to- hava
been lis follows-:'
The place was nt tack od in liur directions.
The British troops attemptud the storming
of the Ki dnn the French attacked tho
Malukuff. The rxireum right of the French
made a diversion on the Little Redan, nnd1
a united attack nf the English, French and
Sardinians was made on the Central Battery,
All the attacks were inuclo siimiluncoaslyv
and with great epiiit nnd energy ; but tiro
ono which was eminently successful was led
by Gen. Rosquct nnd (sen. M'Mnhon ou
tho Mulakoff. Both tho Rednu and the
Central Bastion were nt times in tho hand
of the storming parties ; but so accurately
did the guns of tho Russians cover these,
that as soon ns the English had gained
possession of them, it " as fouud impossible
lo hold them.
The intelligence of t he full of Scbastopol
was received in London with demonstrations
of grcnt joy. At lha various theatres and
places of public amusement the fact was
officially announced, mid tho bauds at each
placo immediately played tho national an
thems of England nnd France, and through
out England tho demonstrations were gen
eral. -
It is impossible not to admire the gal
lantry displayed by the, French on this mem
orable occasion, iu repeatedly assaulting the
Malnkofl'; and tho dreadful losses of the
Allies sufficiently attest tho fierceness and
undaunted resolution with which tho Rus
sians met tho desperate impetuosity of their
enemiesduring the whole of lhat tremendous
day. ' v
The fall of Scbastopol is one of tho most
important events that has transpired during
the present century but what effect it will
have in restoring pence remain yet to bo
seen. The London Herald says that "with
the taking of Sevastopol, the war only in
reality commences. ; Russia is not hutnblod.
Her power is not broken. . Her gigautio
might still lies almost unscathed." . , . :
Details of he Assault.
The correspondent of the Daily Newt,.
writing on the eve of the assault, say : '
"The arrnngement is that our attack oiti
the Redan shall not be made until the Mala-
koff ig actually occupied by the French.
Tl .
men out stormers will Hash on to the Ho--dan,
the French supporting them by asim-.
ultaneous rush upon the small flanking bat-,
tery. Our assaulting force is to be com
posed of tho second division, and the second
brigaiof the light division, with tho first
brigade of a reserve. General Markhnm of
the second division, commands the whole.
A general fceline of confidenoe in the result
prevails." , - ,
The following detail are from a French,
letter duted Constantinople the 11th.:
"Malukoff Tower, attacked with unexam
pled impetuosity to the cry ' Vive I'Umpe
reur !' was carried after a murderou strug
gle on both sides. The formidable posi
tion was occupied without delay, and bat
teries were published on it with remark-,
able celerity. The Litile Redan on Ca-.
reening By was also.taken, but a tho Rust
sian bat'eriea poured down a tremendou
fire on those who where first to occupy it,
our men were obliged, to abandon, it, to r;.