Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-05-19

s#s,f Chayes. The Santa Fe Trader. Their |
ID ara Win. Mason, N. r.. Morton. Tho's
/ lfs;y3sssan. Dr.. d Preiontaine. Vim. Harris, and
samuel S. Berry, making in all ten, who are
;ncarcera,ed ia our Jail charged with this Oh
fence. From Mr.. Jones. one Of the guard.
we gathered some further particulars. and con-
firma,ion Of those already published IN our Tor.
mer numbers. He informs Us 'ha. the amount
Of money said 10 have been taken from Cha-
YES, is exaggerated; Chave's brother l'-iaw'
states the amount in his possession at the
time Of his murder, did not exceed $I2.OOV, OF
which 81 500 has been recovered.
While the party who left Independence IN
search Of the band were progressing on the
Santa Fe trade. they came IN sight o. tue 40,
vance guard Of the main body Of traders. and
supposed they were Warfe!d's party al this
time it was not known TO them that Mclean
| iel was arrested, having starred before ne
| was taken, and The genera: impression among
| theta was that McDaniels had joined War.
| field, and returned IN company with him and
| lis party To secure the booty cached. Ihe IN
dependence scouting party. took up position
| 10 receive them but the advance guard Ot The
Atraders after reconn oteriug their numbers t'lr-
ned about and galloped of; the scouts being
mounted on mules, and the traders on fleet hor.
i ses, made pursuit useless-this fact no doubt
is fortunate, for if they had came within range
Eof Que another, some fatal shots would have
heen interchansed, before they could have as
tcer,ained their error.
The company Of traders number IN all about
}Ie0 A number Of them had arrived in lnde-
pendence, aud when the Weston left the main
body was hourly expected-among them was
Mr.. Glasgow. Don Alvarez had quit the main
body in company with some four Or five and
| 81 Fart q
had but littlc money in his possession; but we
! are Informed ,ha. he has large SUN deposited
a, the Fort. I, was the general impression Of
the traders that Warheid, on finding theirpa
~ so numerous gave up the idea Of attacking
them, and made his way TO the upper Trace 70
order to intercept Alvarez, he being awal
from information received that Alvarez would
take that route. II is said that Warield has a
spv al Santa Fe who prys INFO ana conveys
u ,, ry reformation uI all the traders intended
movements. numbers, aud wealth, so that he
is well advised in regard 20 them. But little
opportunity will BIZ afforded Warfed's party
TO intercept the trading party who are about 10
: leave Independence for Santa Fe. as we infor.
4 med that a detachment Of Mexican soldiers
had arrived a, the forks of the Arkansas aud
would be it, waiting TO conduct them. They
will be escorted TO the forks by detachment
} Of United States troops.
An attempt was made to take the two Scar
Icy's, bu, some of their friends rallied TO defend
them, and the party who were in pursuit, NAM
bered TOO few 10 elect II.
The party who have arrived, appeared on
? the passage TO entertain bat little apprehension
as regards the result Of their trial. aud seem To
yave no doubt about being cleared. Prefn,'-
taine looks well, and be,rays no serious con-
Germ abou, the scrspe he-has gos. p'sD ;h~apae-
lies his being party = iIls killing Of Chaycs,
= a" =. "y .. ti1ns ne was opposed TO il.
Sir VIM. DrusHnrurru JrewHT-5 parry t1nd-
ed at Madame Cho,ean's landing below Wps-
,en all in good health and sriris-,hey have
(. encamped there in waiting Tor another rarity
: from here, who intend joining them; il the
meantime they are maki.y al! ece>sary prep.
ara,on for their long march.--Mo Republic.
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WASHINGTON find tNfplowing ,rih.
ute to our grea. pa'rio, ia English work
recently published. entitled seminiscspces Of
trip to the U. States:
But we must leave the hahi,ation Of The
living, and stand by the narrow house of the
dead. The tomb Of Gen. Washington is sit.
5 uaied somewha, behind the house, in rump
Of trees surrounding small grass plot. The
original sepuichre is completely in state Of
!, decay, having been rnd-:y aud unsubtan,iaIy
bnilt !; so much that, some years since, a
gardner broke it open, and. from motives Of
J bcupidity, obtained possession Of what he tlo't
was The head Of the ilnsrious corpse, but,
which turned out to be only tina. of one of his
family. Probably from this cause the coffin
was shortly afterwards removed to the pres
ent vault, which is built Of red brick. as plain
and ungraceful as il the inmate were the most
ordinary and commonplace of men. The
marble sarcophagus. presented by the hard
but reveren,ial hands of Philadelphia ma
son, stands about foot from the floor, and
there, separated from the gazer by few iron
bars, lie the ashes Of one Of the nobIesi chiefs
of humanity. See! there is flower upon 1t.
cas-. by loving hands upon the cold marble a.
WHO would not smile at the enthusiasm
Of the heart at such time and place, though
bent the knee in reverence for the mobiles, Of
a race created a little lower than the angels.
for the soldier who never drew his sword but
in the cause Of Justice, for the ruler who WELD.
ed the scep,re bu. 10 save! VIVA. 81 all we
not say Of such man. o. so noble an emapa-
VIZ" from the Almighty Father Of all! The
husband, the friend. the soldier, the dictator.
The Chief magistrates, and the powerful c,,izen'
did he not dignity them all! The hand has
ceased TO write, and the heart TO beat and ,ha
form that trod the counci.chauber and Tho
battlefield with the same steady glance. and
the same unwavering step, is but du S, and ash.
es; but the life that was consecra,ed in TIA,
great hear, vibraes, though il be bu, f.4bly
~ that ct whole nation, and wear after wear
witnesses the celebrations Of the father and
the statesman conveyed in the farewell address
10 myIidds Of listening ears. As the rose
bfeali'rs perfume which lingers long after
'"e mower IS w''heIed and dead. SO from the