rpRVS OP SUBSCRIPTION.
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w, " v i . , , . ..
n ji. ki ekurrid for fix monlhl
JkuTitlitni rtrtittjfuri Ut prwJ.
- ir diirenlinyJ utilil all aireariitfra
"amtbuandthk Lati Kino or Nai'ws
We find iu our files by the Sonora, strange
Jtre of news rupture between Austria
Lih Kin of Naples. The perfidy of
lie ttr toward Austria appears to be is
uhrulitJ. if the titincnt made it correct,
telorttheflitfl'' oftlie Kinjj from the cnpi-
lul hi had offered, it wan Raid, the aid or
.i l l! a I-. I.I... I.. .1...
dil flitfl to uar.uuiui in nun in u.o
reduction of Vi'iietia, on condition mat ho
theuld be allowed to retain his throne
Such aa act of treachery and meanness wan
quit characteristic of Francis U.; and it is
how clear that Austria believes the off r
riu sctually made, fur it ia announced tlmt
Ibe Aastrain steamers in the Neapolitan
w.tm bare been ordered to return to
Trieste, on tho ground tlmt Francis Joseph
cip ne longer offer hospitulily to the de-
posed lourbon.
Mtttons Falmso into TIIK Rl'N. On
tbe 1st el September lust, a diaiinguihed
astronomer, Mr. Carrington, had directed
liii telescope to the sun, nnd win engaged
ia observing his spots, when suddenly two
lutcnsdy luminous bodies burn t into view
nn its surface. Tlier moved aid by aide
'through a space of ubout 35,000 milt a, firs I
increasing in brightness, then fading away;
Iu tire minutes they hud vanished. This
remarkable phenomenon wan witnessed und
eoiifirmHl by another observer, Mr. Hodg
ion, at Highgute, who, by a hnppy coin
eideuee, hud also hia teleMopo directed to
the great luminary at the seme instant.
H may he, therefore, tliut these two (rentier
men Imrc iietuully witnessed tho process nf
Ming the sun, by the full of meteoric
matter.
(aT A correspondent of the Pblhid Ipli:o
IVcss, writing from Washington, speculates
concerning the visit of Lord Ilenfrew to the
While I onset as follows: " llo is the Erst
Prince that ever slept iu the White House,
tbe lei bita lion of nur elective, not heredita
ry, Presidents. Will he be the last on ?
And will there ever be a time tlmt a Prince
will not be a mere guest, hut a constant in
habitant of that house? Will this country,
Jike thu Unman republic, ever have its
Octarianus Augustus? Homo was a re
public for more than four hundred years.
Wilt this country be a republic in two
thousand three hundred after Christ? Or
will, in the meantime, civil wur, dissensions J
and misfonuiie reduce the people to th
dire necessity of perceiving iu the ascend
ancy of a celebrated general, a second
Augustus, the only salvation from ruin and
destruction?"
The IIoisf. ok Hanover. About the
year 1028, Azou'd Este, a nobleman of
Tuscany, being in the military service of
Conrad, Emperor of Germany, nud distin
guishing himself therein, had the fortune
towed the fair and wealthy Cuncgiinda o'
Guelph, to whom was duly born Robert
Guelpli, suriinmed the Stout. From him
descended the Dukes of Brunsw'u'x-Luurt:-berg,
in which family was William, great
grandfather ef George I. So much for the
mother's aide. Ilia father, Albert, I'rincc
Consort, is the brother of the reigning
Duke of Saxc-Cobourg, whose uncestorR
were Margraves of Meissen in the twelfth
century, and electors of tho empire from
the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries-
ExTRAOMUXARY FREAK OK A laVNATlC.
A lunatic of superior cultivation nud re
markably prepossessing appearance, escnp
d from the Indiana Stale Asylum a short
tine ago, borrowed money for n new suit
of clothes, murried a wealthy young widow
f Lnportc, and immediately after, conceiv
es himself to be a sheep, exposed his In
ncy for the first time. Tbe stricken-heo rt
d widow was on the point of returning him
' Indianapolis when he ran off, and has
lew been arrested, after negotiating for the
purchase of a block of buildings at Syracuse.
The Italia Fleet. The aggrcgnte of
'M vessels in the united fleets of Sardinia,
Sanies, and Garibaldi, including those re
alty purchased in England, forming the
Sardinian Navy, is, according to the Bos
tea TravrlUr, one hundred und forty men
r. This makes it the first navy in
Europe after those of England and France.
" Through every part of my liter
7 eareer, I have felt pinched and hom
ti at my own ignorance." .This candid
I' hd Co"feK8ion orSir Walter Scott in
" eiograpliy, i8 on,, of those rare examples
toneit seir-hnmiliatiou, which might be
"'Med with profit by thousands of later
ethers. .
. Unmarried ladies are rarely ever
!"?' , 10 ' over eighteen years of age. So
"d bJ the Census Marshala.
j, E"y porsues its victim 'through
" ceases to gnaw only when the
imve-worm, iu brother reptile, begins. ,
Wlit good would centuries do the
jwuoouly knows bow to waste bis
No man deserves to be praised Tor
gooUnesa, if be Las too little strength
tttiaeter to be wieked
Mm
A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Iuterebt of tho Laboring Classes, and advocating the
Vol. VF.
The rrlnee Weir el Bhim.
The Uoslonlans aecui lo have Kiven tl.e
I mice a UHt imposing nc pl.o... 'IVy
urued he otrasiii,, ln!o . d..y-thB
banka, iiiMiram-e offlew and store ilo..d
eur y in the foremK),! and soon after er. ry.
uouy aplieareU iu liolldar ultire. Tim
sluppiug iu the harbor, the Lou is and pull-
nu uuiiiiiii!.'a, aim nm n liar private dwell
ill'.', weru ili-i Li-il m th n... .....l
and mottoes coiuimmoruiive of the royal
'
visit.
Ill the morninir. Kalnh Farnham. the
sole s.irtivur of the batth- of Hunker II II.
was Intn d iced lo the Prince ty I he lion.
Kdaard Everett. The interriiw la rem rt.
wl lo IihVo been nulla IiitiTi'Slimr. Mr.
Fnrnlaiu was aecoiiiiiiiiiiid by una of his
dimgl torn, wl o is upwurda of m-veniy years '
of age. About 3,0(10 military, iuclinl.iig:
artillery, c.ivnlry id binary, were review
ed on t! e i i m nou I y ih Prin' i nd suite,
uov. ii.it us ana a nuiin rms st. tr. Alter
thu nview ihi militiry force inmched
throu:li s. vera I of the principal streets,
the Trine and suite, the Governor and
others, occupying carriagis. The display
ia represi-nleil to have been the most im
posing ever sent in New England, and was
witnessed by thousands. A collution fol
lowed ut I lie Stale House, given by Oor.
Hanks, at which there was n social nud
entirely Informal interchange ofgnnd feel
ing. At 5 o'clock tho Prince nud suite
were escurted to tho Music Halt, whero
he was welcomed by twelve hundred school
eh Mren.
Tim cM'drcn were ranged In four trinn-
irulur rows ofseuta, all verging towards a
commnu centre the boys on tho inside.
nd I lie girls nn the outside the dark
clothing or the former relieving the brilliant
toilets of the latter. A platform Was pre
pared for the occupancy of the ginsts,
wl.ile the spacious ball was densely pai kcd.
On the pi it form, lxids the roy.il pariy,
were Messrs. Everett, Kill urJ, Aassiz,
Emerson, Sumiu'T, Wiuthrnp, IIolim-H,
Loiiirfellovr id 1 othi'is. When "Gml
sure th( Queen" was sung, all on a:, aid
the nllu ion to Vie Prince's life nud liealih
was received with great npiihiiisn. When
ho euteied and when ho rt tired, the boys
lapped their hands and shouted in unison,
whilo the girls wared their handkerchiefs.
The Prince was delighted and gratified ul
the success of so novel und intcns'.ing an
eutertaiunifiit.
The ball nt night, nt the Iinston theatre,
was a brilliant ami crowded ullair.
Flnxv Definition with Some Trith
Tho Ncrada Journal gets off tho follow-
definition of Hcpublicanism:
1 Our Douglas friends find a deal of
fault because tho Hreckinridgers do not
score them less and the Republicans more.
the truth is, there is the best of reason
why the slaveholders' party shoul I be
friuiidlr to tho Hepublicaus. The greut
coinpluiiit of the cotton growers is the
want or held laborers. To supply tins
waul they tire iu favor of brimriiig iteyroes
from lite coast of Africa. Dut the Re
publicans, like true friends, step in and by
prohibit. ng negroes from going to the Ter
ritories, sccuro to the cotton raisers an
abundance of labor, besides keeping them
nut of the nefarious slave trade. It will
be seen tho Republican is about rght all
round. He saves the Territories lor free
white men, secures labor to the slave holder
and saves hiiu from the disgrace of engag
ing in a trade which is declared piracy by
thu civilized world."
German Literature. During the first
half of I he yenr 18 CO the Pressor Germany
has issued 3,860 new works, inclusive ul
650 uew editions nf books already known,
the aggregate of which amounts to no less
than 62,200 printed sheets. The estimate
includes 051 newspaper nud other serials
551 continuations of various kinds, and 687
pamphlets and works of inferior s'ze und
value. The aggregate of tlie retail price
of n copy of till these literary productions
amount to 4,210 thulcrs, and if we assume
nn uverage edition of 1,500 copies, the
consumption of paper is about 1U0 millions
of sheets or 38,000 bales.
The Camels is Texas. Capt. Ecluls,
of the Topographical Engineers, bus fully
tested the fitness of the enmel for services
in the southwest, by his nconnoitering
expedition in northwestern Texas. The
lubor was very severe, and for six days in
the In at of midsummer I he came's did not
have it drop of water. On the day that
water was discovered, they ini'cattdhy
their increased sjieed that they wet e ap
proaching it, though the stream was ten
miles off.
Compensation m Human Nature.
Sam Slick says: Yes, yes, natur balance
all things admirably, and lias put the sexes
nnd every iud vi lual of each on a pa r.
Them that have more than their shire of
one lliing, commonly have less of another.
When there is gnat strength there ain't
apt to bo much gumption. A handsome
man, in a general way, ain't much of a
man. A beautiful bird seldom sings,
Them that has genius liav'nt common sense.
A fellow with one idea grows rich, while
he who culls him a fool dies poor. Tim
world is like a baked meat pie: the npper
crust is rich, dry and poffy ; the lower crnst
is heavy, doughy, and underdone; the mid
dle is not bad generally; but the smalM
part of all is that which flavors the whole.
, . .
ST A primer noi .on .. - , bj , h- h, u ; now .
1"!, estimated to hare
office to commit suic.de with the shooting g ,, lrt 20 000 bIow,m, up.
slick." The thing would., t go off ' T In j moth-red in bloom,
"devil" Wishing to pacfy h.m told htm to J ff h(jl b of
,o into the Mr . cluster round it. 'and
writing dons to delmouent '" - ' the ,ppearanCe of a bed of snow.
He says that picture of despair reconciled H"1 1
him to bis fate. j t B(0 TBI:I.Jl correspondent of the
Mer
ctr wi Stuten Island, formerly occupied
"y GTriWdi was burned Oct. 23. tetb-jiu
r with sevcrnl advmmr boiKJ-ng. !
W0O M
OKKOON CITY, OUKGOX, NOVEMBER 24,
I lutas.
Old Ada ma, the noted ertzJr bear
( hunter nf lUforui... died ..t N. ponitl. in
Mawuehui- IN, on t'.o 20tli of October,
from the ,Q7clsor hound nreived in a
fl-,t u ill, . primly iix yn g0 Tuol.
ume county, Cal.
A ainiiiihir case of incendiarism occur
red In I'hiliidrlpliiu l.ilt-ly. A little lad, of
' ' Kht 'n,r' 'imr " lo"'1 ' P"M ,0'W
I tbe stivel and llnnlcimr it wnnlil m,.k. a
the atreel, aud thinkiiii; it would make a
good bonlirr, ran out mid applied a lighled
mulch to it. In on liistHiit it was in a
I'hiZ", and the Imrmn and driver were res
cued with great d fCculty.
The PliiladelpliU rrrss, nlliuling to
the Infamous iinichiinallnn issued in Wnii
a few mouths ajio, by order of the Austrian
Eniimr. says its lnn mid details era worse
than Nero or Tib -rius ever sanctioned iu
their most bane and flugiiious n igua.
Hon. Israel Washburn, who has been
elected Governor of M liin', has resigned
I it seat in Congress, to take effect on the
first of January. The vacancy will be fill
ed by specii.l election, probably on the duy
of thu Presidential election.
Tho conquest of Naples l.y Joseph
Garibaldi, is remaiknUt' in many respect;
but the most renin: kblo circumstance iu
connect on trim it is, that nut eight men
........ t Mrl I., ll. ...... .!!.!.. IV.. .1.
rr K lirii hi lin nvi HUM Minilllll III. II I IIO
not think that history furnishes a purullcl.
The men of '16 are rapidly passing
away. Cornelius thntenls died, n-cently
at Rutherford, in North Carolina. He
was iu his one hundred and fourth year,
and served in the battle of King's Mountain
and always took del glit in telling of the
skirmishes of his early days.
The editor of the Marysrille Express
has Itecn shown by Charles Andres three
sweet potatoes, that weigh, in the age re
gatf, lh:riy-i wo pmuitla. They were grown
on the Sacramento river.
Thi NeaHilltan minister at Washing
ton has Ink -n formal leave of our Govern
ment, since Naples has fallen into the hands
of Garibaldi. As there is no longer a
kingdom of Naples, so there cau be no
longer a Neapolitan Minister.
An editor describing the efforts of a
squall upon n canal boat, says, " When the
gale was ut its highest, the unfortunate
cralt keeled to larboard, nnd the captain
and another cask of whisky rolled over
board." The Chicago Zonnves, to innro thm
to t''e l ard-hips of wnr, are drilled with
bricks in their knipsacks; but under no
pn-tense whatever are they allowed to par
tako ofl'qunr. Herein their practice irreatly
differs from tlmt of some others. Many
m.litiamtn are drilled with bricks iu their
hats.
It is stated that two tenspnonfnls of
finely powdered charcoal, drank in a half
tumbler of water will in less than fifteen
minutes give relief to the sick headache,
wl en caused, as In most enses it is, by su
perabundance nf acid nn the stomach.
The Florida Railway. A connection
nf the Atlantic Ocean nud Gulf of Mexico,
bv the above railway, has been made.
The event has been officially announced in
a letter from Mr. R. H. Cole, the Super
intendetit nf the road, dated Fernnndinu,
June 16, 1860, in which lie states: "I
have th8 pleiisnre to inform yon that onr
track reached the waters of the Gulf on the
13th instnnt." Tim road extends from
Fernnndinu to Florida Keys, aud is 154
mih-s iu length. Tho maximum gndu is
twenty feet to the mile, and the rail laid
down weighs sixty pounds lo the yard.
I he whole cost- of construction has been
about $3,500,000.
Poison thatis Solo rnn Genuine SrmiTS.
-The ' Oil of UourlHin Whisky' is openly
advertised for sale by chemists at fif'y cents
per ounce, ami this oil is so potent that
' each ounce will change one hundred gal
lons nf alcohol into 'delicate old Bmirbon!' '
In like miinncr 'Oil nf Jamaica,' nud 'Oil
of Apple' are sold to convert a common
spirit into Jamaica ditto, and into ' Apple
Brandy!' As to 'Oil of Cognac' (which
is a composition nf sulphuric acid, caustic
potash, and highly concentrated alcohol)
one ounce ot it is worm six noitars, nun
will metamorphose hundred gallons of
neutral spin's into 'Pure old Cognac lirau-
dy just out of the Custom House.'
Letters Overland. The Overland
Mail stage, which le t this city yesterday,
curried away eight thousand two hundred
ami niiiety-n:ne lettTS. It also conveyed
the election returns ef California, so far us
had been iiS'iTtained, but in this respect it
w ll be nntlcipaled by the Pony Express,
which w II leave to-day nt four o'clock p. m.
S. F. Hrral'l Nov. 10.
Earlt Vice. Lord Shuftsbnry recently
slated as the result of his n rsonal investi
gation, that " of all the adult male crimi-
mils in Loudon, not two In a niinimti who
livi d an honest life up to the age of 20, af
terwards entered npon a course ofcrim","
and that "almost all who enter npon such
a course, do so between the ages of 8 and
16." Oh. the necessity of family disci
pline! Oh, the blessedness of early reli
gions instruction!
A Beautiful Sight. There is now
growing in the gardens of Moorsend, near
'Cheltenham. Eng., an extraordinary white
London Trna calculates tbe age of the
great California tree (a part of which was
the Crystal Palace) at X tbooaod four
buw .uu
IIi.VGI.NO BV WllnLKiAl.t IN TlXAS.
Tho Xavnrro Express of tho Sill October
aays: On Tuesday morning, the 2d lust.,
four rcspectuble cit zens of tliia county, nil
members of our county court, were found
hung In the public square of this town.
Various are the conjectures as to t lie causes
of this unfortunate affair. We presume,
however, that it was owing to the fact that
they were members of the county court.
Iu saying this, wo. must here enter our
declaration that we know of no conduct of
theirs which deserrcd such a severe pin-
alty. It is thought that the presence of
the Chief Justice could huesuved them
:.r 1. ...... 1. 1 i ... ...j .1.. ... 1
from this fate. As we will hereafter speak
more of this matter, we withhold comments
until further developments shall put us iu
possession of all the facts connected with
this melancholy affair.
Rkv. Db. Caiiill. Iter. Dr. Cnhill is
writing home rosc-colorcd letters to hia
friends aud admirers iu Ireland. The Dr.
has a very high opiuion of America, the
star spangled banner, the eagle, and oil
our other particular institutions. In a late
ctter ,,tt nCrerend correspondent says:
I
" Every man, woman and child believes in
the justness nnd equity of the Constitution;
he reveres the acting President; ho res
pects the current Cabinet; lie belongs him
self to the army; und walks, aud stands,
aud speaks, like a free human being.
Cheap government, just laws, rational lib
erty, are the American mottoes"
Tux Siamese Twins. Tho X. Y. Her
ald of Oct. 11th, says: We und 'island
that the world renowned Siamese Twins,
Chang und Eng, are about to pay a visit
to California, in company with two of their
children, for n tew weeks. Tuey will suil
from New York about the 12th of Nov.,
with their suite, and proceed direct to San
Fraiicibco.
Italian and American Skies. Arthur,
in his work on Italy, snys: " After ull
that we say of an Ituliun sky, it is not
equal to that of Egypt, nor to that of
many parts of America. The most ravish
ing dome of blue skies my eyes ever
looked upon was from Mt. Auburn, near
Host on; and the most exquisite sunrise wus
over the waters of Lake Eric, between
Buffalo nud Niagara."
tff Capt. Chas. Arnaud Do Riviere,
the gallant Zouave, who has figured son o
what prominently before the American
public, more recently as a converted sinner,
doing penance iu a Philadelphia monastery,
has finally turned up in his old rnle of the
warrior. At last Recounts, De Riviere
was a captain iu Gen. Lnmnrieiore's army,
fighting for the cause of the Pope against
the Garibuldiaus und Sardinians.
Ciiristiansiiip Influences. The Mis
sionaries in the Friendly Islands say tliat
out of a population o( 4300, they have con
verted to Christianity all but ten, nnd
naivety announce that one effect is a great
increase in tho number of native children.
Army Officers. Tho Loudon Times,
in a recent lender, pays the following com
pliment to onr urmy officers:
" There is no class of her citizf its of
which America has better reason to be
proud than ot the officers of her army.
Educated, for thu most part, in tho delight
lul und romantic solitude of West Point,
shut out from the busy world around them
by a gigantic chain nf mountains on the
one side and thu circling course of the Hud
son ou the other, and subject to a discipline
which teaches them lo command themselves
and others, the officers of the American ar
my join to a full share of the national in
telligence an amount of modesty and gen
tleness wh;ch we may be permitted to sny
is not qn te so universal among their fellow
countrymen as some other more brilliant
qualities. In the pursuance of a profes
sion peculiarly arduous und ill-remunera'e 1,
possession of the knowledge which, accurJ
iug to the European system, is subdivided
among half a dozen services, thoroughly
understanding the duties of infantry and
cavalry officers, excellent nttlllcrists and
admirable engineers, the olhVers of tb
Ain rican army are among the bravest,
the most ciidur.tig, and the mot accom
plished ol their profe s'on. We hare in
Vm aa - ' V ,T '""T"1 ,n.r without a drop of water, aud the cattle
skill and daring, and while we have had I . 1 ,. ,
but too much reason to complain of ihej0 T, r' nwwl- T,' ,00se
treatment we hare received from statesmen stock had beet, driven off by the Indians,
who have sought to improve their politic-d ( but we hud our teams tied on the inside of
position by pander' ng to soma popular ,,ie C0ITH What we left to the Indians
iirejndiee against this country, wehara .. . . . .. , ., . 1T.,-i
; ... ... ... I d.d not seem to satisfy them at a. While
had erery reason to the satisfied with the, '
gentlfinaul ke and coiuVderate conduct of i they hud us hemmed up, we killed not less
: . . l j i - . . . .i
tbe officers of the American army."
A Printer's Rise. The Roman Catho-
II R aliftn nt Puimuvl VufitH rifanfl vtaituH
Portland, Maine, and in noticing his visit, j but they were too many for ns. The In
the Bangor Whig says: "Thirty years ' dims would come right op to the wagons,
ago, be was an apprentu-e in me a rgus, cut holes in the covers, and shoot their ar
office. He entered a Cathol c college in ! in .1.. wom.n ...a -hildren hnt
Ohio soon after he became of age, and has!. . . . . , . ,,,,
" , , - i r. . i , I few of those who were so bold as to thus
no leen a bishop for six years, rnntcrs , . ,
cau be made into anything." come np got away w.uioui getting a snoi.
I Chas. Utter (a lad) shot fire Indians as
BiNMN.-Blondi.. baring immolated ft he coold ,jd ,nd Hloot; he was iu
a small fortune in the tinted butes, has,, ,. , -..
returned to Europe to enjoy it.
It ia said
I that the acknowledged
right of an edit. to k.se a pretty girl on
sight,
, tyttt of tba "hberty o, ",get lbra ,lonR hlf w'otU kwp - Mi
prew.
side of Truth in every issue.
1 860.
No. 33.
Tba tth KWrr Mcr Acejanl
by
me ( iht Karvtvont,
Coujiuu Uivtn, Nov. 10, 1800.
Ed. Anurs: The survivors of the Snake
Hirer massacre arrived at Walla Walla
Inst week 12 in number, namely, Mr. My
ers, wile nud lire children; Mrs. Chase and
child; Miss Trimble, Mr. Muuson, and
Mr. Chuffy. Joseph and Jacob Reith
came In somo tune ago to tho Umatilla
Reservation, and Schneider, who was the
j first to get in. Thu lust is the man who
came Iu on Willow Creik. His story was
very contradictory, aud did not agree with
.1 ..u .. I .1 i. ..i tr n
luu iiicvn urn uiicrwuiu ucvi'iupcu.
Of 44
emigrants, only 15 are known to be saved.
Four cliildieu (three girls aud one boy)
are supposed to be taken prisoners by the
Indians. One of the girls wus 14 or 15
years old, one 12, und the others younger.
All the others were either killed or have
died of starvation. Mr. M. Myers, of Sa
lem, weut out to meet his brothers, nnd
found them en Grand Ronde River. Tho
emigrants, Mr. Myers nnd family, came
down from Walla Walla on tho steamer
lust trip, ou their way to Salem with their
brother. From them I obtained the fol
lowing answers to questions which I asked
them. From this report you can draw
your own conclusions of the whole affair
nearly as well as if you hud heard it your
self: The train consisted of eight wagons, nud
was from Wisconsin, excepting the Chase
family, who were from Geneva, Kane co.,
III., and the Reith boys from Miunesotu.
They left tho Missouri River June 5, and
aud were not molested by the Indians till
the time ef the massacre. Tho discharged
soldiers joined us at Ft. Hall; five of them
were regularly discharged, und one was a
deserter named Chaffy. The five discharged
all had money or checks, and some got
their checks cashed at Camp Floyd. They
each had from $400 to $700. But Schnei
der did not get his cashed, nnd I think he
had coin; but I hear it said he had plenty
when he got iu. Those in tho train were
us follows: Jos. Myers, wife und five chil
dren, the latter from one to ten yeurs old;
his brother John Myers, single man; Elijah
Utter, wife nud 10 children, three of which
were his wife's by a former marriage, their
name Trimble, und uged as follows: Em
el. ne, 14 years, Christopher 12, nnd Eliza
beth 0; Daniel Chase, wifu nud 3 chil
dren, boys 8 and C years, nnd girl 2 ;
Alexis Van Norman, wifu und 5 children,
Mark 17, Eliza 14, girl 11, boy 8, und
girl 6; tho following named young men
wero with Van Norman's family: Judsoti
Crneey, Lewis Lawson, nud Muuson;
also Samuel Gleasott; discharged soldiers
who joined at Ft. Hall Murdoch, Snci
der, Sliamberg, Keicmiell, and Utley, und
Chaffy, the deserter, who gave himself up
ut Walla Walla;, totul, 44.1 tho train
was attacked some 00 miles beyond Owy
hee River, Sept. 8, about 350 miles be
yond Walla Walla. The Indians first ut
tcinpted to stampede the stock, but did
not succeed. The train immediately 'cor
ralled' for defense had a favorable posi
tion, but no water. The Indium, finding
they could accomplish nothing, threw down
their arms and made friendly signs came
up, nnd made signs for something to eat.
We fed many of them, mid they appeared
to be satisfied, und made signs fur us to go
on to the wnter, that they wero friendly.
So we started toward the river. After wc
got out of our strong position they com
menced on us, but we expected some kind
of treachery, and were ou the look out fur
them. Before we got corralled aud our
cuttle chained, two of our men were shot
down, Utley und Lawson. Tho attack
commenced ubout 10 a. m. nnd lasted till
the night of the 9th. Two more of our
men were killed, Kichtieii and Juiisou
Cracey. It wus very wurni wcuther, and
we were ull nearly famished for wnter, so
wc hitched up; wc left four Wagons, und
considerable things iu them, thinking that
would satisfy them. Wo were compelled
to go to wutcr some how. Wo had been
hemmed tin there two dttvs and one nicht
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than 25 or 80 of them; it wus certain
death to an Indian if he showed his laud,
for we were all pretty good marksmen
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We mounted four men on horses, Murdock,
Shumberg, Sucidcr, and Chuffy ihn
two Reith boys on foot. The object of
having these six men ahead was to keep
the road open, and keep tho Indians from
closing hi ahead, while wt could get out
wagons and families along. The Indians
pitched in on all sides, nnd theso men, in
stead of staying and helping us, put off
as fust as they could go, without firing a
shot, and left us to our fate. Tho Indians
hud a few guns and plenty of arrows. If
those men had stayed with us, I believe wa
could havo got through to water, and then
we could have defended ourselves till wo
could get ussistnnco. Wo kept getting
long ns fast as wo could, fighting our
way; it was getting dark; our help weak
ened; cattle hungry; It wus slow traveling,
My brother (John Myers) was driving the
team, and I was wulking nlong, with niy
gun aud revolver, when I saw ao Indiuu
raise np behind u big sage bush and level
his piece at otic of us; I raised mine, but
his gun went off first, and my brother Ml
dead without a struggle. The next in
stant I fired, and the Indian gnva a whoop,
jumped up, and fell deud. Mr. Utter at
tempted to treut with them, and mud
signs that they might havo all if they"'
would only spare their lives, but lo no pur
pose. Mrs. Utter, two daughters, and a
little sun refused to leave their wounded
parent; they stopped with hiin, aud the
presumption is they wero killed outright.
Wtt concluded to leave everything nnd go
on foot, os so many of our men were now
gone und disabled that we could not get
the teams along nud protect ourselves ut
the same time. Mary Ulter wns iu my"
wagon, and just ns I wus helping her out,
a shot passed through my coat, just grazing
the skin tho ball went into her breast,
when she fill, but got up again, and cried
out'O, my God! I'm shot!' und called
on somo of the men to help her; two
youn; men look hold of her and l.ilpcd
her along n lit 1 Iu way, when she com
menced sinking, and Was gettiug helpless;
so they had to lenve her; she wus about
23 years old. I helped my family out of
H o wagon, and no ull went on as fust as
wo could, traveling ull ni0-lit. We could
see fires behind us, and suppose, it must
have been the wagons burning. We laid
by in the day time and traveled ut night,
till nfoot, and nothing to cut except one
louf of bread that Mr. Cliaso took out of
the wiigon. Wo were well armed, nnd au
Indian daro not show his bead. They
would not attack us in the night, und they
were urraid to como about us iu tho day
timn. My wiru carried the babe, about a
yenr old, till sho ulmoit gave out, and I
the next one; the others hud to walk.
Tho Indiuns followed is four days, but did
not come in gun-shot, but kept tip a yell
ing nnd whooping. It seems as though,
they me. lit to liuiiut us ull the time,
but they did not trouble us after that ex
cept to get on thu hills and roll rocks down
toward us. Finally ll.ey gave up the
chose, nnd let us ulone. Wc hud nothing
to eat, so wo killed one of two dogs which
followed us, und roasted nnd ate him. A
few days after, wu ate the other dog. Wo
caught fish in the streams when we could,
sometimes with pretty good luck, some
days not nuy. Wo would cut rose-buds
uud berries when wo could get them; wo
ate snakes, lizards, and frogs, nnd muscles
out of tho streams; sometimes shoot ducks
aud geese; and if the Indiuns had not af
terward robbed us of onr guns, we could
have made a living by killing game, which
was tolerably plenty where we camped ou
Owjheo River. A wild stray cow camo
along wc made out to shoot her, nnd that
lusted some time. Wo traveled in this
way some eight or nine days, and were en-
entirely given out when we got to Owyhee
River, so wo slopped, and made us a house
of willows und grass; we piled a lot of
grass inside; we crawled into the but at
night; we had no blankets, nnd but little
clothing. It wus ubout tho 17th of Sept.,
when we stopped traveling; wo hud thcu
gone about 00 miles. There we stopped
till Capt. Dent's party cumc, which was
about the 25th of Oct., which makes it ' '
about 47 days from the time of the attack
till Capt. Dent came up.
After we bud been in camp On the Owy
hee about three weeks, the Van Norman
fumily, consisting of himself, wife, 5 chil
dren, and Sumuel Gleason, Chas. Utter,
Henry Utter, concluded to leave, and
travel on as well as they could. They got
together what provisions they could, and
st irled. They refused to allow Miss Trim
ble to ge with thru. That is the last we
heard ef the Van Norman family, till
Capt. Dent's party came. They found the
Van Norman family ou Burnt River, al)
murdered, apparently bat a few days pre
rious. Cupt. Dent found all the bodies,
excepting those of foor children, three girls
aud one boy; the eldest girl wot aboot 15.
It is supposed they were taken prisoners,
and probably are yet alire. The bodiet