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THE OREGON ARGUS, . rvcLiMKu iiiii mtviiiii Mosmaa, . BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. TZnMSTTl" A0B, Ul fn,M,4 at . Jkrei Diltan and fifty Ciat per annum, in advance, ft tingle tuliteriUn Three Dollar tack It elubi of It at mi officein idtamet. When Hi money m paid , adtance, Ptur vnuui viu ui turned if paid mini i,t monlht.and Pitt dollar! allhi tnd if Ikt year. i T.-- n..n..-. r .1 . ' . IV " wtiwjur iim moninipii eulieerip. . . t - i ' w rtripryr MM peril, Urn ADVERTISING KATKi) Om equor (13 line or U-i oat lusartiua, 3,00 two mtsruona, 4,w " M three hi serums, 6,04 Etch aubsMiium Inatrtien. 1 im 1 Reasonable deduction! to thuM who advertise mf mm year, l Of N paper t'iietittinutd unlit alt arrearage! r . ttt tn paid, anlnt at tin option if Iki puiliiktr. V01" BUSINESS CAltDS. JOD PRINTING. Thi raorairrea if ru AROl'S is utrn to inform tin publit that lit hea juit received . -A Weekly Newnpaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffersonian Democracy, and advocating the side of Truth iu e umimuim miirg in an iiiv niflirrmriiu ml inm tnm MlltT. OREGON CITY, OREGON, JANUARY 2, 1858. Ioailiy. MA.lVIIIUAi msitllB, IIL.AAKN, t CAltDS, ClUCl'LAlm, l'AMniI.KT-WOi:iv,; and oilier kinda, dona to ordr, oa short notice. W.T.SMTL0CX. W.O. JOHNSON. Matlock tit Johnson, ATTORNEYS & C0UKSKL0RS AT LAW, And Solicitor in Chancery, WILL promptly attend to any business which may bo committed to llitir profevional cuarn Before Ilia District and Supreme Courts. wee in iiignncm a building, Immediately op- l1" mm wem rnroei iiouaa. Oregon City, March 7, 1057. 47y LATE FROM SALT LAKE. Dtttraellta ef a Uevevatteai Train fcy Iks Urates I THE U. S. FORCES IN GREAT DIFFICULTIES t JOHN R MB RIDE, W D CorreepondencttflkiN. Y.Tribunt. Camf, 120 milet from Fort Laramie, Odober 13, 1857. During Capt. Van Vliet's stay in Salt Lake City last mooth, he overheard but on remark which induced him to believe Lafayette, Yamhill County.O. T, . that the declarations of the Mormon, to tL .tWea..!-"" - t .he troop, were not earn,.,. That wai en observation by Brigbam Young to the eTect thai hn intention was unaltered, " onleu Is ihould get an other revelation to the contrary," which be wai sure that be abould not. The reanlt baa certainly justified the "J-" "I "nivrare.Orocerirt.Dry Goods, Prophet's confidence. No auch revelation vav.tae.agt tnrmt a tliwatf ill UU(UIUO0 UWII Wa 0. Dement tk Co.. finiOLES ALE and retail J rr-.Tiu., ? '.'.Zt, V'l. Boou and onoea, rocaery, ius. Ojpotile tilt Land Office Alain ou uri'gou City. June 1, 1855, CHARLES POPE, JR., and Htationnrv. Min-t., Oregon City, April 81, 1857-Itf GEO. ABERXETIIY dk Co., MERCHANTS, OREGON CITY, O. T. Aberaethjr, Clark fc Co., COMMISSION AND FOUWARDINO MKBCIIANTS, San Francitco, Cat., Will attend to aellins Oremm nrodnea. anil fill nr. dera for Uooda, Unwerica, 6lo., at Ilia loweet ratea. from Green River, en the east bank, and inepau-onng. o. u.t paot oi uregon rt- ibou. 3fJ m;lai fro p, .,,,.,., had been received by bim up to October 5, on which date acts were committed ua der hie diroction which cannot fail to end in bloodshed. On that day the two regiment! f infantry and the artillery and ordnance batteries were encamped on Ham's Fork which branches from Black's Fork, which ia a fork of Oreen River. The two near est supply trains were but a few miles epectfully eulivited. Aug. 3. S. Milwain, JUmmfaelurer, Whole tale and Retail Dealer ia COOK AXD PARLOR STOVES, mt. cori-Ka wars, bakdwasc, ac, MaiuSt., oppoaite Main Street Hotel, OREGON CITY, 0. T. Steamboat aud jobbing work attended to with diaputcn. .Ordera from the country promptly filled. je7 camp, rbe next on the rood had advanc ed about 20 miles west from Pacific Springs, which rise at a short distance beyond the South Pass. About ll o'cock at nigbt these three trains were surprised and seized by parties of Mormons, their contents ex amined, and what wns worth pillaging was stolen, and the remainder destroyed by fire, Euch train consisted of 26 wagons, and be longed to the number sent out by Messrs, Russell & Waddell of Leavenworth City contractors for the transportation of stores Time. TTT V II IP. II h'l nr. n VV. WA TCH. MAKER. M Perilous dniroua of ifciiiuir irood work dona will do well to give me a call, as my whole lime it de voted to Hie repairing of Chronometer, Lever, to the army, and for tile supply of beef cat lie. The teamsters made no resistance. Duplex, aud lloritoulal wutohea. An assortment of Jowelry on hand. Jewelry made toord. r, and repaired. 1'ricea to suit rlie liuiea. I urn thankful for put favoii, and nope to give satislaction m future. ID Located at Hie old stund, apposite the Tel egnpli Office, OREGON CITY. Feb. 2. Drugs, Medicines, Faints, Oils, una Ajye-siuns, altheOKEUON CITY DUVG STORE, sepia Main Street, Oregon City, O.T. JOHN P. BROOKS, ' Waolrsn.'e if Retail Denier in Ororeriui, Produce, i'rutietoni, cj-c, main street. A General Astorlmenl kept up of Selected Goods Canemnli, March 28, 1357. and were unharmed. These Mormon bands were understood to be under the command of " Bill" Hickman, although it is rumored that Heber C. Kimball nttendi them. They are nil well mounted and armed, each man being provided with a California horse, and with a rifle and from one to three revolvers. Hickman is sup' posed to have directed the proceeding near Pacific Springs, while a man named Lock smith commanded near Green River. Jmmedietely upon the receipt of the GUN -SMITHING. news of this attack, Col. Alexander sent TEING permanently located in Oregon City. Capt. Marcy of the Sib Infantry, with five giTnUWhino y companies, back to Green River. He ar. IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. ' r,ved' "owev. n'y " '"on to take Those who favor me with their patronage, may cl,ar8 oflh ca,tl? of t,ie ,rinsi wuicI 'h cjpect to huvo their work done right. Mormons had left, with the polite request Those who leave C UNS at my Shop for that the troops would fatten tbem over repairs, and do not cul for them witliiu nin wmte, wnen the. wouij b, ;. j n(: months of the time set for the work to be done, limy expect to huvo them sold to pay charges. L'L'niilviUii urn nc . June 27, 1357. FERDINAND WILDE. Hrald lion fur Mormon eating in the spring. An other of their jeux d'esprit was a remark o the teamsters that they "had only burn ed the wagons ibis time, but would be like ly to burn the wagoners the next." ' Col. Alexander also sent dispatches to Bfo vet- Col. Smith, from whose camp I am writing, and Capt. Marcy sent by another messen ger a circular letter to tho trains oa the road advising them, for the sake of safety, to place themselves under Col. Smith's pro tection. Beth expressmen were intercept- Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, , . Between Oregon, California, the Atlantic S'ates and Europe. . f HAVING made advautageotia J5Tf arrangements with the United iaiJt States and Pacific Mail Steam ship Companies for transportation, we are now pre- pared to forward Gold Duet, Bullion, Specie, Packagei, Parcel, and Freight, to and from N Yerk, N. Orleans, Sun Francisco, Portland, and principal towns of California an:l Oregon. Our reirular Semi-monthly Express between Portland and San Francisco, ia dispatched by the I i l . . ... Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'. steamship Columbia, ed bJ MormODS, but as nothing suspt- connecting at San r rancisco with our semi-month- clous was round on their persons, and it did T. xr. r..t i nj i ' iy Cixpresa io new jor inn new oncani, wmcu . ..J ,l dispatched regularly on the lrt and 16th of each not ,l,Pesr 00 what errDds lney were -month, by the mail steamers and in charge of our bound, they were relessed. The' one from rXXyTa. regularly Alexander, perceiving lhat it was far, , 'On tne atn ana 2um 01 eacu mouiu, aiso in cnarge i pussiuio iu avum urreai, uesiruycu mo vis . of messengers. patches to Col. Smith, according to bis in TraMiir tnHtirpH ,n thii miit new York com- r o - psniet, or at Lloyd's in London, at the option of struct ions, and we are ignorant of their 1 shippers. ,cTOMJ w conlenU. The other breaght Capt. Mar- rkum-nwa V.w Vnrtr. Nn. IH. Willi Hi Nr.ar a 'Orleans, No. 11, Exchange place; San Francisco, cy 's circular safely though in the toe of .No. 114. Montiromerv street. A. II. STEELE, Agent. Oregon City, April SI, 1 857.-1 tf bis moccasin. We know, however, in the absence of the official dispatches, thtt Capt. Marcy has rejoined Col. Alexander, and that the entire force has moved to the Ronh along Bear River toward Soda Springs, where it will probably await the arrival of the re- . Beading for the Million. '. s. j. Mccormick . IBUS CONSTANTLT ON HAND AT TBI PSANXUR' SOOX rroai, raoNT-rr, rosTtAND, oaaooii, A Choice selection of Popular Books, News- i Among the books on hand will be found works malDing supply trains, the sutlers trains '. Temperance, AgncMlture, HorUcnltura. Hie- ,f ,(,, 5lh MJ I0lh Infantry, and of Col Vflf ijs-aajf a.vuswiuS7BJt SHVOHKHUf I , a . j,.-,. school Hook. Uomaii. , . . . Smith's bsiialioo. Ihe reasons lor this - CTSubscriptiona received for Harper. Graham, I movement do BOt appear bf a glance St , - , - - . , . files in which it abonudt, in such a man- with Capt Van Vliet, en his journey to (he ner that only artillery could clear tbem. Stales, seemed of itself an offset to all the ' are free. ST Subscriptions received for any newspaper waUisked ia any part of the L'aioa. Remember the Franklin Book Store and News . paper Agency, Front street, Portland Ore go. t3fA priced catalogue will be published early in April, and will be tent to any part of the terri tory free on application. ' ? Oregon Lodge X: 3, I. O. O. F MEETS at their Hall over the Oregon City Drag Store every Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Brethren In good aUnding are invited to viait FRED. CHARMAS, N. G. Giosos Psabs, Sec'y. 81 ryiEMPLE Or HONOR. Tualatin Temple of JL Mooor, No. 1, meets on the 1st and 3d Fri- day evenings of each month at 6J e'dock, at Tem - Beraact Hall, Forest Grove, Oregon. .Members of the Order in good ttawfing are i-,Ti,thi.T,pDixo2f(W(;T iL Tpttw. W. B. 33 tm dd GALS, sperm oil (superior quality) WU C.MMKCTA- T YS of dlflerent kinds, for sal by Iy with the conformation of the country and the character of the climate. The di rect road to Salt Lake City, passing Fort Bridger, Medicine Butte, and The Needles, which Cel. Alexander baa abandoned, is possibly by this time impassnble to wsgoes or artillery oa account of the weather. The season, which bad been uncommonly favorable up to the beginning of October, has resumed its natural severity. Ice has formed in eur buckets every morning but one since we left Fort Laramie. The northern slopes of the mountains are com pletely whitened with a covering that will not melt till 1858, and even the southern slopes are powdered scantily with snow, of which there was a fall oa Saturday night that chilled eur road on Sunday and Mod dayj and bas muddied it to-day. The Mor mons have probably burned the grass along thai catira roole, tnd obstructed the de- But if the army concentrates at Soda Springs, it will have before it a read along a valley, open, it is said, even at midwinter, direct to Salt Lake City. I knew of no chart which exhibits all the lines of road on which these movements will be made, and, indeed, I am unable to gather from our guides such information as to trsce them accurately on Capt. Stansbury's map, which is Ihe largest chart of this country that 1 possess, but I believe them to be substantially these: The diiect route from Cslifornia to the States crosses the Wahsatch mountains fsr to tho north of Salt Lake City, aod continues almost due east (o iu junction with the main road to lhat city which puses Fort Bridger, and then runs on through the South Pats, di viding, hswever, near Ham's Fork, into three branches, which cross Ihe Green River and unite beyond ihe Big Sandy. F rom one or the other of these branches, a road leads up into Oregon, towsrd Fort Hall, passing Soda Springs, from which, at the Springs, there Is a cut-oft!" Into a road direct from Fort Hall lo Salt Lake City. It is over these latter roads and the cut-off that Cal. Alexander's march will be directed. The Mormons who intercepted the ex pressmen told them that lliey had a force of 700 men scattered along through the mountains as far east as the Devil's Gate, through which the Sweetwater flows, a bout 200 miles from Fort Laramie, and near which is a dismantled Mormon mail station, at a fire from some of whose logs we warmed our feet not a week age. But this must bo a gross exaggeration. Nei ther of the parties which burned the trains exceeded 100 in number, and it is difficult to conceive how a force of even that strength could have gained the rear of the army unebseivod. It is a fact, however, that ever since tho Mormons settled on Salt Lake, they have been assiduous in collect ing information concerning the topogrsy hy of the country, and many of their leaders understand it as thoroughly as the most experienced mountain guide. The em ployment ef a great part af their young men in herding cattle bas made them ac quainted with every little stream and tan- yon, and inured them to the saddle. It is these young men, and these almost solely, who constitute the element of the Mormon military force from which there is danger to be apprehended. Tbey possess the bility, if they have the will, to carry on an annoying guerrilla warfare, sweeping down ftom mountain passes upon single travelers and unprotected trains. Iam unable to make an estimate of the mount of stores destroyed by tbem in their foray of October 5. Tho original amount intended for the Utah expedition was an eight months' supply for 2,500 men, and each train woe assigned a proportion of all the articles to be transported, includ ing even ordnance stores. 'Whether differ ent arrangements were made when it was thought necessary to leave the 2d Dra goons with Gov. Walker in Kansas, I am not aware. At any rate, it is the general impression that the less of so great a quan tity of provisions as the 72 wagons must have contained, would necessitate a move' ment toward Salt Lake Valley, were not such a movement on other accounts a con, sequence of their destruction. The seston ill forbid the transmission of any further supplies or troops from the East than are now already far on their way. Whether Col. Sumner's command has returned from its pursuit of the Cheyennes lo ihe Ark an sss : whether tol. Look is msrehinf bis rngoons toward us to fill out so far as is now possible the programme ef the army of Utah, which was disturbed by Gov. Walker s schemes ia Kansas ; or whether Gen. Harney, Col. Johnson, Gov, Cam ming, or any of the new territorial officials are on their way west, we are not Inform ed ; for the most recent advices we have received from the East extend no later then September 1. Ignorant as we are of what may have occurred there during the last forty days, it is impossible for us to fix the responsibility for tbe delay, so accurately as yourselves, upon those on whom it be longs ; but some one is certainly to blame for the fact that of the 2,500 men that were originally destined to the expedition, hardly 1,400 are now available, and for the ether fact that of all tbe newly-appointed territorial officials, only one, lo my knowl edge (Chief Justice Eckels), Is anywhere near bis post or duty. Mr. Morrell, the Poetmaster at Salt Lake City, who was appointed by President Fierce last year, but whose com mission was stolen from the mail, is also an exception. He is encamp ed near tbe South Pass, and will place his wagons Under Cel. Smith's protection to morrow. This news, of tbe actual rising of the Mormons ia arms, cannot surprise yen threatening messages of which Ihe latter was the bearer. It seemed incredible lhat the Mormons should have the assurance to tend a delegate to Washington to uphold tbem In Congress, wbsn tbey were in actu al armed rebellion. That Ihey have been excited to a forcible outbreak only by the grossest misrepresentations, I cannot doubt As an instance of these, I may specify one which is by no means tbe most absurd, When tbe general orders from ihe head. quarters of the army for Utah for the estab lishment of three new posts in Territory reschedSalt Lake City, the circumstance that tbey were to be u double ration posts'' excited tbe utmost indignation. Supposing that it meant all the garrisons as well as the commanding officers were to draw double rations, laughable as it may appear, it is a Tact that they believed that the ex. tra ration was to be furnished to each sold, isr, to enable Lim to marry and support a wife, whom, of course, be would seduce from among them. Capt. Van Vliet found this illusion universally prevalent. Ia consideration of the journey of Dr. Bernhisel to Washington, while affairs are in such a condition among his constituen cy, I feel bound le send yeu tbe following information concerning tho mode of his election, for ihe accuracy ef which I do not vouch, for it is not of my persona! know! edge, but for which I send you privately my authority. It has been sLMed le me that on the Sunday before the day fixed by law for the election, Brigbam Young rose in tho Bowery, where an audience ofseve ral thousands were collected, and spoke substantially to this effect : " Brethren, to morrow, you know, is the day to vote for Delegate to Congress, so tne law says, uui l don I see wby to day isn't just as holy, and why we shouldn't take a vote to-day. Brother Bernhisel, brethren, hss done well enough in Con gress, though nobody's of much use there, and if it's worth while to send anybody to Washington, I guess we might as well send bim baek ; if he can t do us any good, he won't do us any harm. So all you that are in favor of sending Brother Bernhisel back, will please rise." Accordingly ihe whole audience rose. The next day, at the election, but a few votes were cast, and those all for Dr. Bern eisel, it being felt to be useless to oppose bim, although he is said to be very unpopu lar in Salt Lake City. If I do Dr. Bern, hisel any wrong by this narration, I am sure you will be willing to correct any thing which he will prove to be inaccurate As another item, which I have neglected to insert ia its proper connection, it is re ported that the Mormons have taken priso ners two men belonging lo Dr. Magraw's party, who were sent on business toward Salt Lake City. tbe Mh Infantry, Lieut. Col. Waits, while jersl appeared before Judge McCaleb In the trying duty tbe almost hopeless task court, with his friends, and gave a formal or conducting the "rearguard" (ihe six bond of 12,000 lo appear for prcliminarr companies of 2d Drsgoont) through a examination on the 17ih Nov., Col. Slatler , snowy path to its distant goal rests with being bis security. Should the charge bo Lieut. Col. Coeke. IS one familiar with sustained before ibe Grand Jury, tbe Irial the operations of our army for the last I will come off in ibe U.S. Cironit Court. twenty years will frar tbst any ef these Hon. Pierre Sonle volunleerod as counsel officers will prove recreant to Ihe imper- for the General. . .a r I iam trusts connaea to mem. e may dkpaituii ok thr girtmuoK. rest enured that if, upon Col. Jobntton's We doubt net, as we write, that Walker arrival on the verge ef the Salt Lake al- is again upon the wave, and rolling towards ley, circumstances urge the propriety of victory, or something not quite so plea immediate action, offensively, toward tho sanl, in Nicaragua. The fact that Gen. Mormons, it will be done with a bold and Walker bad given bonds ia the sum of 52,- decisive hand. Certainly no act is better 000 to appear before the United State calculated to hasten the ioevitabie doom Court, as a tnatinr ef course, bad no effect of Mormonism tbaa Ibis attempt, oa their upco his movements, and we understand part, lo destroy the army supplies. Noth- that be left yesterday with the advance ng should shield them from the juit retri- guard, or first division ef his army, with bution of an outraged government. the view of falling in with the transport "We doubt if Cul. Johnston will be somewhere in Lake Borgnu, and at once able, when his whole force is concentrated, I proceeded to sea, Everything appears to to muster over one thousand men for duty, have been well conducted, and the effort lo Such an army, to far from the base line, is stop the expedition hss resulted like all too small lo cope long with vigorous re- previous similar ones in smoke. sittanoe. I The following communication, from a mantrlat ft I it 01 wtAt It fn a ft a tn! a vl .m Tk tUMMae Mastaera aa tka flats. " 1 1 " ' ' rtvB ui'ndxeo TBOora iiLLBO ay MB M ,n'1 """ng. W ooolams, we Believe,, Indians. all ibe information on the subject of the do- Tbe fallowing is the letter from the Rev. parture, which is tf any interest at pres- rhomss Williamson, published in ibe St. "l Paul Timet: Bcforo this reaches you, Gen. Walker Pajutizee, Oct. 20. 1857. ' nie loft the United Sialee en his way A rotwrt .nh.H ihi. n.i,.hiri.l .n wck to .Nicaragua, Willi the Orst division dav hoL VMLftrdo. that fiv. h,,ndrd of emigrants. This division will number American soldiers have been cut off by a M ?0 men- WJ of "bom loft lartra Dsrtv ef Ti.aton.an. n..r im Mia. New Orleans. Of this number there are :. ' . I ..... n ...... ...I .i.. :.i. souri river. Thn new ttil hrmiolit her wws bw hhw woro wuu hv a man fVnm niar 1 1,. ,,ntu.t .i.H t Tti., UOO. Walker In Micarseua Sum l.ak. k... an.;n.i.w in. nr it,. Many ouicers wno were anxious to re npper Sitsiitonwau) had just returned from 'urn ilh Ue.n- W?,ker o Nicaragua, have a camp of the Ihanktonwan, oa the Mis- " disappointed by not knowing certain souri river, where he heard the newt. w?u,u ,e8V-. : II rennrl. lhat .kila t,. wm. ih.r. a Anuonon, Miliar XIOII, Uapl. KeU number of Teetonwan came to tbe camp of ncdy Ch,rle Dro6an' fnd j8C0U Colmu th IhanLinn.an i ii.. .uL. cre among the original tifty-tu who left and that he taw them mounted en the Sftn. Franeisco with Gen. Walker, in 1855, drAt-nnn hoMoe urilh iha hl.lo .n.l ni.. " " &"g ' tola which tlmv hail tnLn. Th M The pretent force may be considered that the Lone Knives woro coinir to .ral"!r "mV landing, war. and not verv far from eoma fori nn ut P'1 " wund equal to the Ihe Missouri, and at they proceeded west- ,n? Mtl . Oen. Walker goes out u.rd ti,. n.mn.j i.. k..i rl with merolv Ihe advance ituard. to effect a Ibe Teetonwan, who, hearing their drums, l"nd'nK ,nJ mk tttnding-potnl.-JV. in tbe night surrounded the camp, and, while they were nearly all asleep, rushed upon tbem and killed' them with tbeir knives and war olubt before the Long liquet could get their gunt or horses, and not one escaped. 0. Picayune, Nov, 13. We find the following telegraphic dis patches lo the New Orleans papers I Mobile, Nov. 12, 1857. Latt night about midnight seme fifty or The St. Louis Republican of November llthsays: " Highly important intelligence has juit been received at Fort Leavenworth, by express from Fort Laramie, with advices of October 22d. Lieut. Col. Coeke's com mand of 2d Dragoons were four miles this aide, and bad encountered a snow storm five days previously. Col. Albert S. Johnston was lost heard from two hundred and thirty miles beyond Fort Laramie, and anew was seven inches deep one hundred miles this side of where the express left him. Owing to the slim supply of corn, and entire absence of grass, tee learns of the entire command and the horses of the 2d Dragoons were failing rapidly. "News had reached Laramie that the Mormons had burnt three government traina (seventy-five wagons) sear Green river, ninety miles behind Col. Alexander's command (10th Infantry), which const! tuted the van guard of the army. Ir was rumored that the 10th and 5th Infantry and the Batteries of Artillery would go over and take possession of a Mormon vil Isge on Bear river for winter quarters. It is said that tbe Dragoons had a month's supply of corn, at half allowance, and not a particle of gross. With snow on tbe ground at that, it seems like madness for them to proceed beyond Laramie cer tainly such a step could only be justified in view of tbe prospect of actual hostilities this winter, of which no one at this die- tence con judge. " There was probably never before any portion of eur army subjected to such pri vation and to whom the future presents such a gloomy picture as is tbe case al present with tbe "Army far Utah." And it can be said, without disparagement to others, that no portion of our army could have been better selected to bottle with tbe hardships of a campaign, which more than all others proves the soldier, than tbe "Army for Utah." Tbe commander, Col. Albert S. Johnston, of tbe 2d Caval ry, stands among the first in ability in lbs army, with tbe indefatigable Maj. Fitzjoho It it enmmnn for warrior. in m.if. mere men went on board the Dick Keys. .i.i. . .. . tlti.li Innullilil. t.ft f. L... meir expiotis, ana we nope mere is much u - axapo-eration In this rnarr. hni if t.n. r bor, where she took Geo. Walker on board even one buudred of our soldiers hove been J0'"?- 1 ne7 J0,n,d wHr. making: thus cut off. it ia a tad can:' T fear than lore on the fashion of over lour is truth in it. It is very improbable that hundrd well armed, well provisioned men. not one should have escaped, and likely Mouilb. Nov. 12. 1857. vou will have some account of it from eth- The steamer Dick Keys, which carried er sources not far from the time this reach- down fifty men, besides a large quantity of es you. You doubtless remember that arms and ammunition, into the lower bar- persont acquainted with the Sioux, almost bor about midnight, has returned. without exception, apprehended lhat troub-1 She took from the steamer California le would crow out of the negleot of our Gen, Walker, hit stiff, and over three bun- government lo send a detachment ef our dred men, and steamed outside Mobile bar, army to punish those who perpetrated the where she met Ihe steamer Fashion, Copt. i . o r 1 ' .l. ...in .,. .i - muruers ai opirit Sjone, I uiiukuiiu, nu iuo ariiucrj ungaue, lie The young man who brought the news medical staff, some of the privates, and a io uig oione Liaae says mat at a least to I ''i;e (juauuiy hi arms, munitions, arm pro which he was called br the Ihanktonwan visions on board. he sst next to Inkpaduta, who said to bim, The Dick Keys transferred all on board "Last summer you Sissitonwan tried to of her lo the Fashion, and Capt.Coughlin kill me Tor killing some Long Knives. immediately turned the prow of his fate Now, far more Long Knives have been freighted vessel toward the shores of Nic- killed, but I was net present I have, arogua. however, round relatives among tbe Tee tonwan, who will receive tne kindly." He confirmt the report of the old man t entire blindness, and says lhat beside himself, two or his sons and a son-in-law are in that region, La whence, K.T., Nov. 0, 1857. . The Lecompton Constitutional Conven tion olosed its labors on Saturday evening I have confidence in my informant that last, Nov. 7. and adiourned sins die. On ho gave me Ihe above news as he received s.,n,uv mm.i.. th. tm. f.i,. t?ii.i it from the father-in-law of (he man who c.... . .. , , ., ,. brought it from the Missouri, and he be. ,rue'" "u ,ue ro,u,er' lieves it true : but as be is not acquainted wrfl "Jf 'n, route for Fert Leav on the Missouri river, I could not learn from enwortb, where tbey go into winter quar him on what part of tbe river the fort is ters. They passed Lawrence al noon oa situated from which thesoldiert were go- Surid ,n0 furnUbod Ui the firit lotm,. inM Kit f tl si a snwAkssKIwr aAm rlalnnk msnl lion that the Convention had adjourned. ing, but it was probably some detachment ol the army marching to Utah. He sayt Ihe place of the battle it only five or nx dayt travel (between two and three hun dred miles) from Big Stone Lake. As the messengers came express to bring the news, it Is probably not more than two or at most three weeks since tbe bottle occurred. I have not seen the constitution, but learn that it is a pro-slavery constitution through out J but with on intention to make a show of fairness, they have passed a separate clouts tanctiening slavery. This section, They report lurther that a party of the "d this section only, is to be submitted to Ihanktonwan had recently returned from all persons who are in the Territory at the an unsuccessful expedition against the ,jroe th, vote is taken upon it, which is Good-Ventures or Ricsrue, who reside en ... , ,u. e, i. ...... ioo .u. u: . : l. . .k.. i i ,"1 to be on the first of January, 1858, the Missouri above tbem ; that having in , this expedition lost five or six ef their At ,he Mme t,m SlMe (Dce 10 b soldiers, they propose coming, next spring sleeted. A provisional government, with or summer, to cry lo Ibe Hisiilonwan, Qn. Calhoun, who was President of the Warpoioawan Maewakantenw.n for help Convention, as Governor, was formed, to to exterminate those their enemies. The , . , Sissitonwan are apprebeneive they will 8 luwoperauon immeui.v.,. come in large number with a view of be- It ' ovideotly the design to get this con- ing present al the annuity payment, and stitutioo accepted by Congress prior lo tbe give much trouble to Ibe annuity Indians assembling of tbe Territorial Lrgislature. and whites who live ameng them, aad have , tbi howefer tll wil U foied sent to advise tbe Warpetonwan urgently , , . . , to request , that the payment may be made I understand that a committee have al- early and be over before they come and J ready waited upon Governor Walker, ask- thua prevent their coming, luosus 8. Williamson Porter at bis elbow. Under bis command. i and emulatief him io the patriotic zeal of more thai it docs those oa tbe eeeae of warriors, an the respective eommaaders eetie. The presence 6f Dr. Bernbieel'of tit 10th Infantry, Col. Alexander, aad Osa. Walkers Et"en, GEN. WALXEt IN COUtT. Gen. Walker was arrested in New Or leans en tbe 10th ef November on tbe af fidavit of several persons setting forth lhat tbry believe, from information received, that Wm. Walker has begun and aet on foot e military expedition within the juris- f.ir ,.a r..uIlf .,. U0,ffeCltd br fraud diction of the United Statea against Nic-1 or violence, must b permitted, in adopting rsgoe and Costa Rieo, dee., eVc Tit Gen-' their Stat cocaUtotloo, to otaae tor meg; ing bim to convene an extra session of the Legislature to meet the contingency. From j tho character of the information, I have no doubt but the Governor will grant the re quest. Indeed, with his past position I cannot tee hew be can do otherwsie. " I understand that you and all your Cabinet cordially concur in Ibe opinion. expressed by me, that the actual bona Jid residents or tbe Territory or Kansas, by a i.i ill ''1 it 'i. m n Ui w 'I In I s I ft' i l!f is if m h k )' !''. k ?. ta; i iiV til 'i; ; 1 1 ? I1 i it