New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-29

| L,,, .,l:,au rernonstrsnCe were alike disre-
oardea When left The counIy, in 1882 they
bsd erected large mission-huuse, courthouse,
scboothousc, chapel, &c. and large tract OF rich
land was in highstate of cultivation. In wsrd the
colony bore all The marks of rapidly rising pros
parity. On one occasion they brougAt over land
fcom California, which lies due south eff them, at
the distance OF eighteen days easy journey, 400
head of cattle, besides horses and other beasts OF
! burden. But this is no: ALL the example OF the
success that attended this FIRST experiment has led
10 the establishment of other settlements, not
merely OF the Willamette, but on the Columbia IL
self, which before this invasion considered to
be- as it was, exclusively British river. By-and-
by they are likely to push their encroachmeuts up
| 10 the very head quarters of the company Fort
| Vancouver, on the Columbia, unless some definite
! and permanent boundary be fixed, or some treaty
DC entered into to determine the precise point at
| which these inroads are stop. The Americans
| nave gone so far repudiate the generally re-
cognized name os the country and in place OF call
it Columbia, they designote it as the Oregon Terri
tory, and claim il as their own BY right of settle
ment. The original or parent settlement Is NOT
| csore than fifty miles from Fort Vancouver others
| have been since established closer to it; and al
though at present their pursuits are in great de-
| gree A Agricultural, they will before long become
| Commercial IS well; and these continuing intru-
| ders will come into collision with the Company,
aid endeayor first to compete with them, and
| finally, 10 supercede them in the fur trade-thelr
great staple, and the source Of so much wealth TO
| British Commerce. 1t is not merely my own opin-
| ION, formed from experience, but the opinion OF
others acquainted whthe locality and all the bear
| ngs of the question, that the more 1t is neglected
/ or procrastinated the more complicated angry,
and difficult of solution it will become. Had the
ID =. bout, r,o1ap
years ago directed little of their attention to Co
| umbia all the presen. evil would have been o5vi-
! ated but the evil is done, and the only course
now is TO prevcn. its extension.
~ The following, which we find in Galignanis
Messenger of the 25th ult, is strkinsly similar IN
some of its details to the case of John c. Colt:
| dreadful murder was committed on Monday
last al Orleans, under the following circumstances:
a man of Italian origin named Montelli, residing
at ST. German, repaired to Orleans about 4 fort
night ago, TO visit person named Bosseiier,
messenger at the Bank. These persons had served
together in Africa, and had been for some years on
most intimate terms. Bosselier invited Montelli
10 dinner, and the latter taking his departure,
promised TO return in q short time and see him
again. Accordingly on Monday he again arrived
at Orleans early in the morning. He sent mes
sage TO Boisselier to come and breakfast with him
at the Hotel de Europe. Boisselier sent word
hat he should speedily follow, and, placing in his
pocket-book bills TO the amount of S000fr. which
he had to receive for the Bank, he proceeded 10
the place of meeting. They went out about half
past eight o'clock, and drank wine several caba
rets. About nine they returned to the hotel, and
vent up to Montelli's room. In half an hour af
forwards the unfortunate Boisseler lay murdered
on the floor Montelli, on arriving ct the hotel
nad asked for something 10 eat and the servant,
seeing that he did not come down, carried the
breakfast up to him. He heard her step Oh the
stairs, and Immediately came out of his room, say
,ng " Take it down shall be with you in a mo-
ment." He descended few minutes after, having
locked his door and put the key his pocket. He
took his breakfast with the tranquility, and
then went out, and, calling at several bankers
got most Of the bills, which he had taken from his
victim, cashed, and in this way collected about
5,O0Ofr. He returned to the hotel about one
o'clock, and called for dinner which he are with
a good appetite. His dinner being over, he went
up to his room, and then set about conceasing his
srirne. After having dispatched Boisselier, Mon
tclli had tried TO hide the body in cupboard in
the room, but he found it impossible to force it in.
1t was, however, absolutely necessary either to
nide it or take it away. For this purpose he went
out again. and purchased box and some packing
canyas The former was TO contain the body, and
he latter to dry up the blood. During his prepa-
rations, the murderer the better to deceive the
oersons who might be in the neishboring rooms,
kept singing with a loud voice. Some time after
wards he took the box down stairs, and, with the
aid of commissionnare, carried 1t 10 the Messa-
eeries Lafhlte, and had it entered for Toulouse,
directed to a person named Morel. He then,
without returning to the hotel, agreed with cab
riolet driver TO take him for l0r. certain dis
,ance on the Paris road. He became hungry
the way, and took supper at an inn at Artenay
In the mean time, the non-appearance oi bolsse-
lier had given the alarm at the Bank, and the Po-
lice were informed of the circumstance. They
learned that stranger, with his face somewhat
scretched and his hand wrapped up, had present.
ed several bills for payment; and on examination,
it was found that several spots OF blood were vis-
bic on some of them.
The next day, M Bernard, the proprietor of the
Hotel de PEurope, finding that of his inmates
had no. returned, and that the key was not TO be
found went up TO the room, and saw some blood
ncar the door. He at once sent for the police. and,
IN examination, blood was discovered on the floor,
in The cupboard and under the bed, where they
also found cap, cravat, and some bloody linen.
This having come to the OF the Director OF
the Messageres, he informed the police OF the
heavy box he had received the evening before. and,
on It's being broken open, the body of the untortu-
nate Boisselier was found within. The mutilatioms
practised on it were horrible, for the murderer, in
order to force the body into the box, had been
obliged to fold up the thighs like the legs of fowl,
and TO press the dead body down with his kness.
The police are in pursuit of the murderer, who it
has been found hired cabriolet at Ihoury Boisse-
ler has left young wife and one child.
MI AN,r