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THE OREGON AI1CUS, rusumiso svear batvidsv mornino, BY WILLIAM L ADAMS. Office-Good' Building, Main tt. Edito rial Room in first story. TERMS Til Aeons vill b furnuhed at Tire Dollart and Fifty Ctntt per annum, to lingl uberiberTkret Dollart tack to club of tin at out office. IW Twa Dollar! for tlx month Nt lubtcrlp- tion received far a let period. UjT No paper diecontinued unlit all arrearage art paid, ' at the option of the publiiher. ADVEKTWINO BATES. " One square (13 line or less) one insertloB, f3,00 - - two Insertions, 4,00 - Urn Imertluns, S.' o Each subsequent insertion, 1,00 Reasonable deduetioiis to those who sdvertis by tbs yrsr. l'1 A," s mm vis; JOD PRINTING. Tits raoraiSToa or rns ARGUS is nsrrr to Inform tha publie thnt be has just recsivsd a Isrrs stork of JOli TYPE sud ether sew print A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jefferaonian Democracy, and advocating the nido of Truth iu every issue. ing rnati hoi, snd will be ia the speedy receipt nf adJitliuis suiifd te all Ois requirement at ibis lo oalny. J1ANDHILLH, PUbTKKH, Itl.ANKS, CAKDH, CIKCULAKS, PAMi'JILKT-YVOKK snd other kin-li. done te onlsr, on short notiee. iM:, In.' -l. Ill I I' 1 L. . Vol. III. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 0, 1857. No. 8. tr From the It. Y. Journal of Commerce, AprU 8 taporlsat tram Cfetaa. 70,000 MEN RRPOKTED KILLED MORE MI80.MKO ATTRnlPTKD. Macao, January COM, 1857. All for eign business is out only suspended, but entirely at in Hid, both here, ! Huim Konir, and at Canton. Sinon my last let tar, i ho greatest pari of tho Western mli urbs of Ihu latter city, in which were sit uattd nearly all ihe warehouses, shops, Ac, concerned in foreign trade, have been con. aumed. Of I lie total e'en! ruction of tin foreign factories, you will have heard by my last letter. The Chinese compute their louse in houses, un-downs, sl.ope, Ac at ever 40H0 buildings, up to the present lime; and in merchandise, and the value of thf above property, ihey stale their lo ees at ten million of dollar, hiuh ia pruh ably not fur from ihe truth. Wo cannot of course know very seen rilely the damage sustained hy the city nf Canton since ihe bombardment bepin. S8tb October last, but a the latter had been kept up with nire or lomt pertinacity, to within few day ago, when the Eng lish admiral retired with hi" force from before the city, it in fair to suppose that the Chinese do not over estimate, the lo in life when they at ale it at 70,000, of all apes and next. Everything fsvor thin calculation, an it in well known, thai ihe streets are exceedingly narrow, the popu lation of great density, the mean of the power to move within the reach of com pnratively few ; while the custom of do tnir the gate of every street, during a pe riod of public danger, createa immense low of life by any sudden movement of the popi.lace. Te any nothing of the otber distresses which have been riveted upon them and which are inseparable from audi a con dhion of thing, the total destruction of the trade of 'lie place, the interruption to all the daily avocation of the people, Ac, are very oppressive in their effect. Still, up to the present moment, the Chinese do not male the slightest concession. The Viceroy, Yell, in all hi official document is as firm at this moment as he waa when the " Arrow" lorcha was seized hy his of ficer en the 8th of Oct 'Iter last. The peo ple, too, are even more hitler and exaspera ted against the U n'lisli, mid perhaps all foreigner nod notwithstanding their dis tresses and their suflerings, their opposi tion to everything which bears the appear ance of reconciliation r terms of any kind is greater than ever. At Hong K'mg, a most comprehensive scheme to poison the whole foreign coin miinity was planned by a China baker min ed Giia:, who mix! a large quantity of arsenic in the bread baked for the con sumption of the IS'li inst. Upward of 4011 persons wi re pi-nu d ; many had must N'irraw ecnp'S from death, the suf ferings of all were dreadful -hut, provi dentially, ii is ascertained that not a singh person died. The qjiumily of ars nic viesfoo iarte, so thai immediately after eating the bread, sickness and nausea fol lowed, and the poison wa thus ejctd from the stoinnch. The eflec's, howetei, are many and up to the present lime may at ill he aeen. Since then another attempt has been made, but on a much more moderate scale, through poisoned orange, a quantity of which (ahuiit 4,(100 in number) was intr.i. ducd into the colony. It failed, howev er, in this instance, as too liul of the pois on f.u'1 been absorbed by the fruit, altlu.' twodeabM !00R' P'HCl Rm' ''""y Chinese. The Chinese fihv method of poisoning oranges, bv piercing I hem in the first in stance wiih minute holes, then placinjj them over the vapor of the poisonous suit rtsnce, which they then cause them to in hale. Attempts bava also been made to fire (tJbe settlement. That the Chinese are sub ala enough : creite eome great catastro phe, i. well known, but ho"-or when no one can drvtwe.. , The eons,-;'"' ,n, (he whole coratnuaitv ia living in 2 of complete and most painful anxtetv and alarm. There is a law force there afloat and ashore. Still, tlie mode of circum venting their enemy, by Ihe Chinese is al ways bidden and secret ; and while every street and every pass ia guarded, either poison, kidnapping, or assassination, strikes terror throughout. In the latter sin the Chinese are great adepts, as you will see. if you take the trouble to read the news papers I have ordered to be sent to you. At this place, Macao, on the otber hand, we enjoy the most perfect peace and aecarity. The Portuguese, who have held this now mora than 300 years, know ih Chines people well. They live on terms f mutual good will so far as any Chi- fine can possibly he ""th anything r-and there i registered populslion of lbs latter people of nearly 30,000, who bava inhabited the peninsula for nany successive feneratione. The consequence is that their families, their dwellings, their tenbs and temple w property De-ng "it hero they are fully as much Identified with the place as tbelr rulers, the Portueuese, and, therefore, as much interested to pre - serve it in all lu present integrity. T here ia, moreover, no question Mween the Chinese and lha Portuguese govern- of running about with no one to look a f menta. They are on excellent terms, ter him, while at the same time he ia a which it is the object and the wish of both slave. lie ssys griuninuly, lliat he CO. 'Id to preserve. Of fnrrigner, there are make thousands of dollars, if allowed, by about 70 Americnna here, Including wo- men, ana children J or Kntftish, not more limn 13 or IS in all ; of Spanish, French , ' 1 ' """." "r1 " '" o"", ami IfiAlllillflo thorn naa .AH mn.i ...ue.l C.l i" iiiwikuiii tnv ieiiiivwii mi'i itivv) there may be about hundred. The de. fences of the place are several judicious, ly placed forts, all built over 225 years ago about 300 artillery men, a brig of war of 10 guns, and an armed lorcha of six. In the in. an'iine, Sir Michael S yinour has been obliged to withdraw all hia forces from the city of Caeton, and he is now es ablishing his headquarters about three miles from the citv, to the southward, in a' r. - - , 1 '. .Eurois-an commissions, and report upon -...all r.. iuL... fM. ih. PI.:.-.. I.. .11. ... 1 11 small fort taken from the Chinese, built on a rock in the middle of the river, called the Macao Passage Port, and by the English, very absurdly, the Teetotum Fort, from its being circular with a tall pagoda in its centre. . The Chinese take great courage for this so' of retiring, when tbey reflect I hat the Admiral's force consists of no less than 13 men of-war, nearly all steamers, and very heavily arnud. Thus, be intends to wait for reinforcements, but the delay is most prejudicial to him In every respect. Already the Chinese have attacked the fort sud the men of-war stationed around about it, with great energy and unexpected daring. When the reinforcements arrive, there is no doubt but that Canton will be in the military occupaiion of the English, and then the Chinese must either bend or submit la a long and desperate struggle with their masters, as the former must then become. J3T Dred Scott the distinguished color. ed individual who has become a celebrity as identified with the trial Scott vs. San ford, the Missouri Compromise, and the judges of the U.S. Supreme Court, is s resident not "a citizen" of St Louis, hav ing located there some thirty years ayo. The St. Louis News thus sketches hia per sonal history : Dred Scott was born iu Virginia, where he belonged to Capt. Pe ter Blow, the father of Henry C. and Tay lor Blow of this city. He was brought by his master to St. Louis about thirty years aj;o, and in the course ot tune be came the property uf Dr. Emerson, a sur geen iu the army, whom he accompanied n that trip to KocK Island and Fort Slid ing, n the ground of which he based bis f'eedom, The wife of Dr. Emerson was formerly Mi.-s Sanford, and is now Mrs. Cli 'fT. o, wile nf the lion. Mr. ChafTee of Massachusetts. He has been matried twice, bis first wife by whom he had no children, having been sold from him. He has had four children by his present wife two boys, both dead, and two girls, both iviug. Dred was at Corpus Christi at the breaking out of the Mexican war, as the servant of Capt. Uainbridge, whom lie sp-aks of as a " good man " On hia return from Mexico he applied to his mistress, Mrs. Emerson, then living near St. Louis, for the purchase of himself andfamily.offeriiiirtopaypartoflhemon. ev down, and Bi'vina an eminent citizen of, St. Louis, an officer in the army, as seciri- j ty for the payment of the remainder. 1 ! I is mistress refused his proposition, and Dred being informed that ho was entitled to Ins f'eedom by the operation ef the laws regulating the North West Territory, forthwith brought suit for it. The suit was commenced about ten years au'o, and has cel Dred "00 in cash, besides labor to nearly an equal amount. The suit was defended by Mr. John San ford, as executor of Dr. Emerson's will. Dred does not appear to be at all dis couraged by the issue of the celebrated case, although it dooms bim to slavery. tit. : about S5 yearn "Id, though be does . i 1 1 i.;. n.n is ot iinnuxea : ... hbwt mnA blaek a a O eee of char- Fn,,wo, three vesra t,ast no one ha. exercised ownership over him or put any restraint on his movements. If be were disposed to make the attempt he could eain his freedom at a much less cost than even one-tenth of the expense of the famous suit. He will not do to, however, insisting on abiding by the principles in- volved in the decision of the suit Eede- dares that be will stick to his mistress as1 long as he lives. His daughters, Eliza and, Lizzie. lea conscientious about tbe mat. ler, took advantage of lha abseace of re- strain! on their movements, a year or two since, to disappear, and their whereabouts remain a mystery. Dred, though illiterate, is aot ignorant, He has traveled considerably, and has im- proved hie slock of common sense, by auel! !nfbrrat;i jm op la on ftormr- ( ' ings. lie is anxious to know who owns htm, being ignorant whether he la the ' property of Mrs ChafTee, or Mr. Sanfoid ; j wo presume, there is no doubt thai the , former ia his real owner. He seems tired j travelling over the country and telling who he u. .. . . . , Uniform Cbrrrnct. During a debate in thp House of C'ngres. upon a a reaolu " lion to provide for ascrtaininit the relative value of the coinage of the United Slates and Great Britain, and the fixing the rel ative value of the miliary coins of the two Coui. tne, Mr. Tyson moved an amend ment that the units should not only ap proximate in r l'ie value, but that the whole should be on the decimal ijtltm This amendment was adopted, and an nan! will ha annoinled IA Confer with the subject of an international coinage. One object of the commission is to neutral ize the present inequality between the res. pective staadarda of value in the coin of Great ltriiain and the United States, an in equality which is expressed by that com mercial figment the pur of exchange, or adding nine per cent., to our money. The adoption of a common standard would make five of our dollars amount to a pound sterling, and put an end to the ex isting inequalities in silver aa well as gold coins. The decimal system now prevails, by law, in many parts of Europe Eng land, Germany, and Russia excepted. In ihe former two countries a favorable im pression prevails in regard to it. It is also in force in Chili, Columbia, and New Gra ondn, in South America, and a feeling el ists in favor of it in Mexico. If it could be adopted in every country, it would greatly facilitate the transactions of trade and be almost a convenient as a universal language. Mr. Tyson deserves the thanks of the mercantile community for giving this movement the right direction. Phil adelphia Ledger. China. Tho reigning Emperor wf Chi na is said 10 be forty-six yeara of aire. He is the seventh Emperor, of the pres ent dynasty, or Tartar-Mantchou dynasty, whose chief, Tchoun Tchi, was proclaimed iu 1041 According to the Chinese bisto. rians, the organization of the celestial em pire dulea from 3000 yeara before our Sa viour. The family of the reigning Em peror is composed of four sens and a daughter. The elder Yih.Wei heir to the throne, is now eighteen yeara of age- Hi mother died in giving him birth. The yoiinit prince is said to be well educated ; but he professes, like his father, a profound hatred for foreigners. The second son is named Yih Chun ; he is fifteen years of age; the found is Yih-Tsnng. The Em peror's daughter who ia said to be an ac complished princess, is fifteen years of age. She was marri. d Inst year to a nephew of the Emperor, Prince Ting-Tain Wani!, who has the reputation of being highly educated. The Emperor has three brothers Yung-Trum, Mien-Wang and Mien Uin ; the latter wa degraded during the preceding rein, deprived of all bis dignities and banished from the Court. He was accused of having been affiliated th B rcret soci,ly for lhe l",rPe of wt'ang te crown. Twenty of hia accom diets in the capital were tortured and put 10 death, and O'lO in the provinces. The ministers of the Emperor form a distinct category, and possess enormous power. They are fourteen in number, and are di vided into iwn distinct classes. (T I1 is a remarkable fact that all the inaugural speeches of Mr. Huchanan's pre decessors, though he i now the fifteenth President of the United States, have been delivered since he was born, so young are we as a nation. Washington delivered his tirsl and only inaugural speech to the Sen ate, as did both Adams and Jefferson, but bedulivered none on his second election. Though Jefferson delivered bis first in augural iu the Senate chamber, it was ad- OfF"?" " s"J. blue his lime ma iiiauKur. apeeunc u. 'he Presidents have Men ..JOresaeO to ine peP. nn ' 0fD ereo "om lne ! portico of the Cspitol. Thk Massachusetts Boot and Shoe Trade The value of the Boot and Shoe jrtde of Massachuseits ia estimated in amnunt at upwaids of $45,000,000 for tbe nasi year. Tbe wholesale jobbing houses ngve (j04 a full average business, While h profits of tbe manufacturers have teen small, and a large body of opera'.',ves have worked on low wages, notwrihsfanding tbe high price for food. 7b" manufacture of women's work baa been fairly remonera tire, wbil profile on men's beaey goods have been quite small. The collections at the Soolbhave been fair, bat the interior j trade ef the Western State has paid as prewptiw wnmj. . I . -j Vrae Hell la Ml. Lewis. Tbe Intelligencer (Americsn) aaya of the recent Einancipatiwii victory in Saint Louis: We have at no lime doubted that St. Louis ia 'Free Slate' in sentiment by a heavy majority. This fact has long been notorious here. It has been the case for years ; but the proverbial sensitiveness nf a biave ata'e community to any ciscuasion of Free Slate principles Las heretofore kept the Free State feeling in abeyance. It baa been evoked at laal, and rises at once into politioal ascendency. This ascend ency, it strikes us, is likely to be perma nent ; for while it ie true thai hundreds of men voted for Mr Wimer who ara not ia favor of Emancipation, it is also true that hundreds did not vote for bim who ara as thorough Emancipationists in sentiment as be is. 'The election of the Wimer ticket is. therefore, only the emphatio declaration of the city of Su Louis, not only on the ex pediency, but the certainty, of the early extinction of Slavery in Missouri. For it were very foolish in St. Louis la proclaim a policy that was of doubtful strength, and thus provoke isolation to herself from Iba rest of the State. "TV Consequence. It ia not new easy (a calculate the effect that the election of Monday will have on St. Louis and Mis souri. The result was sped through tbe laud Monday niyht, and we shall soon bava lhe expression it will evoke. Ills tbe first instance in Ine history of the country or a Free State party boldly taking lha field in a Slave Slate, and bearing to the ground the strong prejudices that such a move-mei-t is calculated lo arouse. "In the New England and Middle States the result will be received with a shout of toy. In the South it will probably cause a shiver of pain, lha rremont parly will strike their spears upon their shields in token of delight. The Southern nulli fied will gloat over a coming agitation and utter new curses on the Union. 'n Kansas the eflect will be strikingly manifest, no doubt. The Free State party will grow doubly strong in moral courage, and the Pro-Slavery party must cringe un der such an "attack in the rear." Willi ibis powerful commercial metropolis in the field for Free Kansas and Free Missouri. Slavery propngandism cannot thrive on the bo der. 'TAe Causes While the prefeiences of the masses of St. Louis are the remote and all sufficient cause for lhe formation and success of the Emancipation party, the immediate causes may readily be perceiv ed by any acute observer. ' "1 he immoderate and prescriptive course of the Anli-Benton agitatora of the State, who could never be done bowling about "niggers," and abusing decent men who would not howl with them who could never be satisfied with a pro-slavery vic tory and a calm, but must follow up every success with some new pro-slavery "final ity' who could nni be easy with electing Mr. Buchanan and carrying Missouri by an immense vole, but must ajiiiate immedi ately after by passing Carr's resolutions at Jelferson these miserable, pestilential demagogues, whose presence curses the State, have precipitated this new issue on ihe Slate, and lost it. "Lost it," we say, and say advisedly. Missouri will never recover abroad her pro-slavery rank, no matter what we may think and know here." The Ships on the Plains. The cam- utls which have been imported by lha Uni ted States Government, to be used an the plains which lie between us and the west ern ocean, for tbe carrying of tbe mails, are reported to be in the second Cavalry, in Texaa, and in most excellent condition. A Texas paper, speaking of the subject, says, that it has always been ascertained that more can be done by six camels in five days, than by six mule teams in ten days. The camels make a trip from Camp Verde to San Antonio, sixty miles, and back in six days, with more loading than two wagons possibly could carry ; and the wagons usually take ten or twelve days for a trip. The C.ossaseree ef the Okie fclver. The following statistics of the com. merceof the Ohio River we take from aa interesting report by Capt. W. R. Palmer, nf lhe corps of Topographical Eaglneers: At high water the true length of the Ohio river ia set down at 050 miles. It drains an area of from two hundred lo two hundred and twenty thousand square miles, very nearly equal to double the area of Great Britain and Ireland. Its na'ural re sources are great; its navigation is by steamboats, barges, and flat boats, mostly built on the river. : The aggregate number uf boats built on was 1,656; since the river prior to 184t tbst peiiod to 18-0 tte number is 622 ; total 2,278 ; al ve e. nd fit for service 000; lost, dv,royid. or worn out 1,378. The flatbrjit comrr,Prce valued at $4,500 p,00 annually; tho stesmboat at 134,130,000. The number of passen gers In 1851 to and from Louisville, Cin- icnaii, Wheeling and Pittsburgh ia set down at 058,711 ; the number for the year ending the 301 h of June, 1966, at 1,150,453. The to al value of tl.e com merce by land and water of iba Ohio val ley ia estimated at 1371,258.830. The value of Imports at Cincinnati is stated to be 180,671.288 ; of export 54,374,'M3 total value tl34,943,R31. In addition lo the ordinary imports there are taken to OMmtr, far fonrnf ddeJ, ltrdi and produce amounting to 90,310,000. These figures give less than half of the entire commerce of the Ohio valley, the residue being carried on by canals and railroads. A large portion is for domes tic consumption, and do not reappear as articles of commerce on ihe river. Position in Sleepino. It is better lo go to sleep on the right side, for then the stomach is very much in the position of a bottle turned up side down, and lha eon tents are aided in passing out by gravita tion. If one goes to sleep on tho'leO. side, the operation of emptying the stomach of its contents ia more lika drawing water from a well. After going to sleep, let (be body take Its own position. If you sleep on your back, especially soon after a hearty meal, the weight ot me digestive organs, snd that of the food, resting on the gnat vein of the body, near the back bone, com preface it, and arrests the flow of blood more or less. If the arrest is partial, the sleep is disturbed, and there are unpleasant dreams. If tbe meal has been recent er hearty, the arrest is mora decided, and the various sensations, such as fallinr over a precipice, er the pursuit ef a wild beast, or otber Impending danger, and the des perate sllorl te gel nd of it, arouses us; that sends on the stagnating blood, and we wake in a (right, er trembling, or perspira tion, or feeling of exhaustion, according to the degree of stagnation, and the length and strength of ihe effort made to escape the danger, out when we are not able to escape the danger, when we do fall over the precipice, when the tumbling building crushes us. what then? That is death That is the death of those of whom it is said, when found lifeless in their bed in the morning : "They were as well as they ever were the day before ;" and often is it added, and ate heartUr than common f This Isst, as a frequent cause of death to those who have gone to bed well to wake no more, we give merely as a private opinion. The possibility of its truth is enough te deter any rational man from a late and hearty meal. This we do know with certainty, that waking up in the night with a pain ful diarrhoea, or cholera, or hillious cholic, ending in death in a very short time, is probably traceable to a late large meal. The truly wise will take the safer side. For persona who eat three times a day, it is amply sufficient to make the last meal of cold bread and butter and a cup of some warm drink. No one can starve on it, while a perseverance in the habit soon be gets a vigorous appetite tor breakfast, so promising of a day ot comfort. Halls Journal of Health. lha Hoaora Eaptdlllea. FARTICULABS OF THE FATI OF CEA0B E FARTT. K gentleman who arrived at San Diego from Fort Yuma, on the 6th of May, fur nishra the Herald of that place with tha following particulars ef tha sad fate of the Crabb expedition : The expedition into Sonora under the command of H. A. Crabb, hue bad a most disastrous end. Late in March, Crabb's party left Sonoita, and marched toCavor ca, a small Mexioan town near Point Lob os, on the Gulf of California. . The first intention was lo have proceeded to Altar, sut Dews of its partial fortification and susceptibility of a strong defence caused the diversion on Cavorca. On the morning uf the 1st of April, tbe party of Ameri cans entered the suburbs of the town. They were met by a body of Mexican troops commanded by Rodriguez. It is said Rodriguez advanced to speak to Crabb, when the Americans opened fire and killed the Mexican commauder and several oth ers. The Mexicans immediately retreat- ed some to the mountains, but the majori ty to the church, which had been placed in a stats of defence, and bad tt the time Crabb entered the town, a number of beeves roasted whole in front of it to feed the Moxican troops. It appears that here occurred Crabb s fi rst and fatal mistake. Instead of at once charging and taking the oliurch, which would have given bim the town, be oc cupied several heusea en the corner of the Plaza, in front of the church The Mexicans at first deserted most ef tha towa, but gradually being emboldened, returned and gradually hemmed the Ameri cans in. Fighting continued eight days, with a loss to the Amiricsns of twenty five killed. Tho Mexican lose is reported by themselves to have been twenty five, but is supposed to bave been much greater as bh as two hundrsd. On the eighth d;y sn attempt was made by two of Crabb's l men to blow up the church, by placing a keg of powder under tbe portico and firing The devoted men who attempted this, were both killed, and Crabb is said to have been wounded in superintending it. Il is said an ofer was made by Crabb to retire if the Mexicans would allow it. He had refused lo retire when lhe offer was made him. after the fighting had continued iwo days, and now the Mexicans, confident of his weskness and their triumph, refused. The Americans were gradually but sorely caught in a anare, from which tbey aaw na e lease By breaking through the wall of the adioininir houses the Mexicans forced Crabb and bis men into the corner buildings which ihey repeatedly set oo fire, but which ibw Atftrfoaoi oTnto etttiifuielwd. At last a l'apago Indian shot into the roof of the main building occupied by tbe unhap. py fiillibusters, a lighted arrow. The flames caught tbe roof end in a few mo. menls the fir wa dropping in great flukis upon the doomed men within. Worn out with constant fighting, exhausted with anxiety, ramished by probably days or starvation and thirst, and without ammuni tion, Henry A. Crabb and fifty-eight men marched eut of the burning house, with a white flag before them, laid down their arms and surrendered. It is supposed un- or-ditiontlly. This was in Ihe night or toward morning. They were immedi ately titd, their hands behind them, taken lea corral near the Aleade's office, where they were kept until morning, when they were taken oul in squads of 5 and 10 each and shot. In tha first execution it wa found that the calmness of the American discomposed the exoeutionsrs and they shot to high or too low, in nany eases oaly wounding their victims. Tbe backa of the fated men were then turned to the troops, and tbey uoeded with better flVct. McCoun, (may h rest la pesos,) owing to his great stature, was saved this torture; a ball struck him full in tbe breast at the first fire and he fell dead. Crabb alone wa reserved for a solitary death. He was taken to the Alcalde' office questioned, allowed to write a letter to his wife, and to have an interview with a Dr. Evans, a prisoner in tha hands of the Mexicans, who had been in confinement torn week on suspicion. Tht hour of hi exeoution hat- g arrived, he wa led out, hi hand stretched abov his head and titd to a post in front of th building he had occupied, his fact to the post, and hi back to hi executions rs. At lhe word" fi re," at least a hundred balls were fixed into hia body, and all that wa mortal of Henry A. Crabb bung dead, awinging by his lied hands. A Mexican alepped forward and with a large kaife severed hi head from his body tht warm blond spirting half way across the street. Th bead was placed on a table In front, or in th office of th Juex, exposed to the jeer of th populace. It was then placed in a jar ef moscal for pres ervation. Ia there not eomttmng pocuit irly terrible in such a fut for a man who has one controlled almost tha destiny of a great Stato like California! Two of th Ainsa s, (brothers-in-law of Ciabb,) are said lo be killsd, and also Ra scy Riven. My informant, an intelligent man and an eye-witness of thes horrors, says Crabb died as a gentleman should, a calmly and quietly a if h were going to a pleasant bora. Four men, sick, had been left at Sonoita by Crubb. They occupied tbe house owned by E. E. Dunbar, Esq., on tht American side of the lint. On the 18th of April, at night, a party of 85 Mexioan came up from San Juan, went to Dunbar'a house, took these poor sick men out of bed, tied them, and at dawn cf day carried thttn to tbe foot of tbe bill, shot them Ukt dogs, on American soil, and left them to rot. A par ty nf Papago Indians, more merciful, buried them, and four solitary mounds new ap peal, lone witnesses of a beastly crime, to tbe American Government for revenge. Will such an appeal go unheard t Mr. Dunbar just escaped massacre, hav ing left Sonoita on the afternoon previous. Tha Mexicans were furious at hi escape, although be bad nothing te do with the party except to offer shelter, on American soil, to four sick men, in his own house. A party of about 30 recruits, under Capt. Grant Orrey, started from Tueson to join Crabb at Cavorca. When within fif teen miles of tbe latter plsce, tbsy were attacked by about 200 Mexican. Capt. Orrey retreated, fighting, and regained tbe American line with a loss of only 4 killed. The Mexican loss was about 40. Capt. Orrey deserve great credit for hia skill. At every watering-place the Mexican at tempted to chock him and subdue him by thirst, but he routed them on every occa sion. Tbe last eight miles was a continued running fight, and his fourth man lest was killed just at the lint. Another party of the esme strength, which left Tubac, has not yet been heard of. It is believed that if Capt Orrey had been with Crabo a dif ferent result might have been anticipated. All was bad management, want of expert- ence, and a clear rushing upon a deadly fate. Crabb entered Cavorea with 84 men. All these were killed except tbe younRest, said to bave been spared by the M-xican commander, Garcia. The nam of th sur vivor is unknown, but be is said to be a boy of sixteeo or seventeen. Th Mexicans at Car ore wer about 500 atrong. Maj. Bob Wood and Maj. Tozer are safe. They were with Capt. Orrey's party. Col. R. N. Wood, lata Fillmore eotor, is smong the dead. Tbe influence of this affair upon A men. cans ia ery bad. Our prestige is entirely destroyed tbe Mexican are lond in their bott-A.r drd.4 foriwribiliiy i gone, li Vi ' . I . . 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