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OREGON CITY, OREGON, JUNE 0, 1857.
No. 8.
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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Uniform Cbrrrnct. During a debate
in thp House of C'ngres. upon a a reaolu
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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-
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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.
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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,
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