The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

LONDON, THUNSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 0, 1849.

AUSTRI A.

They appeared dejected. The faces of moat of them
were covered with their blankets, as they sat in two
roes with their letn is resting upon their knets.
From ti.e room 1 ,:nt wiLh them to the place which ie
was said to have been their judgment-seat, but which
proved to be their place of execution. I have little
doubt that the innocent suffered in this case as well
as the guilty. But I will make no comments; every
one has a right to his opinion.
The war party, early the next day, with few ex-
ceptions, left and took up their quarters on the other
side of the river, intending to move off over the
Rocky Mountains. At the time this tragedy was
being performed, Mrs. Wiinmer represents the Indians
who have been encamped in the village as being
in a dreadful state of alarm. She states that
they ran to her, and begged her to save them, us they
feared that they were all to meet with the same fate.
That evening they were gathered around their fires,
crying like so many children ; but before the sun
shone upon this valley they had departed, and now
not one of them is to be seen here, neither has there
been since this sad catastrophe. • • •
Since the above was written, a man has just come
in, who gave information of a person, by the name of
Jack Doyle, having been murdered, about six miles
from here, on Weaver's Creek. He was one of a
party of fifteen that was engaged in the dry diggings
near the Creek, who strolled out from the camp,
without arms, after breakfast, and when dinner-time
came, he not making his appearance, some of bis com-
rades went out in search of him, and found his body
in the creek, his skull stove in, and his person much
mutilated. There was a stone lying on the shore,
not far off, covered with blood and hair,
with which the murder had been committed, and
around which, from the appearance of the sand,
there had been a severe scuffle. Captain Shan-
non, who keeps his store at this place, took
his horse and went out to examine the body, and re-
ports that it was done by the Indians, whose tracks
betrayed them. This night a large party of about
40 or 50 men have gone out in search of Indians,
and it matters not whether they murdered Doyle
or not, death will be the doom of every one who
comes within reach of their rifles or their knives.
The war of extermination has commenced, and
thousands of these miserable wretches, who are very
little above the monkey tribe, will not satisfy the
whites for the loss of one of their number. I have
studied the physiognomy of the natives of these
mountains, and say with truth and sincerity that I
never saw worse countenances than they possess.
Even those who, have most befriended them have
always acknowledged that they were all thieves.
The race about here have been denominated Dig-
gers, as some say from their digging in the earth
fer grub-worms, which they eat with much gusto.
Others say, it is from their custom in case of sickness,
of digging pits in the earth, close to the edges of
some river, in which they put hot stones ; then, after
throwing water on the stones, cause themselves to be
shut up until they are in a violent perspiration, when
they plunge into the river. People here are of opinion
that it is the cause of so many being afflicted with
a cough. Certain it is that a great many suffer from
bronchitis, or pulmonary complaints.—New York
Tribune.

THE CHOLERA.
RETURN OF CASES. SEPT. 5.
THE METROPOLIS.
SUPEZINTENDINC. REGISTRA RS DIST MGT.

Deaths.
Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh.
Ilolbcmn Union ••• ••• 2 0
St. Gilee and St. Georg() ••• 2 1
St. George, Southwark ••• 16 0
West London 3 1
Greenwich ... ... ... 10 4
lisqhnal• green ••• ••• 11 - 1
Bermondsey ... ... ... 4 0
St. Olave ••• ••• ••• 8 0
Lambeth ••• • • ••• .... 41 4
Whitechapel ..• ••• •.• 9 2
Stepney •.• ••• ••• 1 1
St. George-in-the• East •.. 2 0
Newington ... ... ••• 33 1
Muryle bone ... ... ••• 2 2
St. Pancras ... ... ..• 4 1
Poplar ... ... ... ... 6 2
Strand ... ... .., ... 5 1
St. George, Hanover-square ... 3 3
St. James, Westminster ... 1 0
Clerkenwell ... ... ... 0 1
St. Luke 3 1
Camberwell ... ... ... 4 0
St. Saviour, Southwark ..• 5 0
Hackney ••• ••• •.• 1 0
Islington 6 2
Kensington ... ••• ••• 6 1
Wandsworth ... ... ... 9 2
Lewisham ..„
... ... 1 1
East London ... ... ... 5 1
Shoreditch ... ... . 10 2
Rotherhithe ... .., ..... — 6 2
Chelsea... ... ... ..., 2 0
City of London 2 0
Westminster ... ... ... 9 1

Total ...

232 38

NEW WATERING-PLACE ON THE

CLYDE.

THE QUEEN AT BALMORAL.

BALLATER, MONDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince
Albert attain attended worship yr- cterday in the parish
church tat Crathie, mitwithstanding heavy showers of
rain which fell during the whole day. The unfavour-
able weather had the effect of lessening the crowd of
strangers who have repaired to this place of worship
since the arrival of the royal party ; but still the
congregation was a numerous one. The Rev. Mr.
Anderson, minister of the parish, occupied the pulpit,
and delivered a very excellent discourse, with more
fluency and energy than on the previous occasions
on which the Queen and her Royal Consort were
auditors.

The regularity with which her Majesty attends
public worship in all sorts of weather is a subject of
frequent remark among the country people, and has
added largely to the admiration which her numerous
virtues have excited in the breasts of her Scottish
subjects.

ft has been arranged that the Braemar gathering
shall take place on Thursday first. The turn-out of
clansmen is expected to be much larger than last
year ; and as they will be equipped in a superior
style, and headed by several of the chiefs who are at
present in the district, a rather brilliant display may
be anticipated. At all events, the occasion is looked
forward to with great eagerness.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN.
Sia,—When men totally unfitted for high stations
are placed in offices of responsibility and authority
they often act so strangely that even a child becomes
astonished at their conduct. A most extraordinary
instance of this nature has recently occurred in the
Gambia, and has given rise to many reports that tend
to throw unmitigated contempt on the highest per-
sonage of the colony.
The Governor of the Gambia Settlement; Mr.
Richard Graves Mac Donnell, in February last, very
imprudently paid a visit to the native King of Koon-
dung, about sixty miles from Bathurst. During the
interview the former is reported to have so far in-
sulted the King and people of Koondung that some of
the persons present actually struck and severely beat
the Governor, before the King was able to afford him
the slightest protection. It is likely the Governor
would have been torn to pieces had not the King's Chief
Minister, with his attendants, hurried him off, and
shut him up in a hut for safety. Que diable
faire dans cette galeze.
The Governor was decidedly wrong in going him-
self to seek satisfaction and reparation for an alleged
injury, which he accused the King of being privy to
and conniving at, bat which the King declared he
knew nothing of, viz., " a robbery committed by some
person or persons unknown on a store situated within
the Koondung jurisdiction, which contained British
goods, left therein for sale, under charge of a native
trader." The Governor was also wrong in threaten-
ing to make war on Koondung if the goods were not
speedily given up by the King; and this threat, with
various other breaches of courtesy and etiquette, on
the part of the Governor, so incensed the natives at
the time that his Excellency got a severe beating, and
narrowly escaped with his life.

About three months after the occurrence referred
to, viz., sth May, 1849, Governor Mac Donnell caused
a military expedition to invade Koondung, for the
purpose of destroying the King's town, and severely
punishing the natives.