The New York herald., 1851-11-17
PRICE TWO CENTS.

country Is less than Q and half cents per scrs"
The Oregonia, says that the city authorities of Port
land have taken strong ground against gambling in Port
We copy the following items from the oresonian.-
The immigration continues TO arrive in unusual mum
bers from the plains II viii not possibly fall short Of
ten Thousand.
Business has been unusually brisk fog the lsse vsek
Our merchants look IS smiling as basket Of chips"
The Oregon papers contain full account OF the anfor-
trnate expedition Of Mr. Tvaut and party by which 1t
supposed that nine persons had been by
the Indisns bHs win b. seen by later accounts be-
low only five persons were killed The affair took place
near the mouth OF the Coquille river The party
attempting find from Port Orford to the mines
Nr Tvsult is in Oregon City, and designs to a. out
new expedition immediately
MASSACRE OF A PORT OXFORD PARTY.
Tie following letter from Mr. W q T'vault to the su.
perrin rnden OF Indian Afairs in Oregon relating the
Port Oxford indians we nnd in the Oregon s.a,eima,
Dr. a Dart, Superintendent Of Indian st1rs for O,egr
Dear SRI hasten to lag before you the result Of one
OF tie fcost aa that has taken place within
the mifs of Oregon since its settlement Your letter
addresses TO ne Under date c. August II, duly re-
csived.
Gull leaving Portland August Is. ant the 2ath OF
August wi company of eighteen persons took up my
line Of march for the purpose 81 oring ana
tsg the pracacabi;t7 of locating road roads from
Pert OXFORD TO the upper Rogue River country For ths
s three days travel route down the coast In
sou.hern airetion to the mouth of Rogue river
We informed tle In xans whom We fo.r1 very nume
twenty-five dsyrT for the purpose OF making them pre-
sns Of banketo and ooilins and slso treceing with
them 'or their tlhs (asds "s tns asme time naSas
Rcgne ,iyer while riding distance Ia advanc.
The company, the:e were some manifestations OF hos
tAity-ro Ipdisnrnrs"iHs their sovs aud pressa.ils
their arrows at me However, upon my raising mp gan
to present, they Immediately
grcm this bore atout northeast u,tu
the 3.t OF August Here bine of TIE company started
en- their retrrn 70 Pos 0ord aud the remaining nine
continuing With ne ~ Rogue river in north east
direction ns the spptemstr our provisions having
given out we ayed by his day FOR the purpose Of curing
ensPlv
net being able to proceed than from three to eight
mieI per day From this place could examine ths
upper Rogue river couatry sufficiently well satisfy
self that were not than from twenty five to
Thirty miles west OF the Oregon trail leading to Chsta
mines Here consultation had ard scarcity
provisions: wei as the ceuptry opening out to the
north II haeneed by plain Indian traii we were Induced
90 travel 10 TIE north ug that could soonest OF
tain supplies in TIA: direction Ca Tuesday night, the
9th reached the head waters OF stream aowing iB.o
the ocean, at Cape Biapcs We travelled down
II some distance, through open country and on We =
nesdsy picked up Indian boy whe acted guide
On Thursday started in northern direction crossing
low hills and Friday the l2sh, fell to th8
southern branch Of the Coqvile river-wtieh flows
into the in latitude abou, degrees ten
minutes In passing down the Southern branch We hac
several beautiful VIEW from high points tie and
beautiful valley OF the Coquils which appeared to be
generally leve bottom land, d-nsey covered With ash
maple sircb, and rich vegetable underrro~th
Of vines nizhtaiisde &c such prodcced the
Missouri ar1 Wabash bottoms. On Saturday morning,
18th being entirely out of provisions and no. having
bad orequaEtsrs allowance for the last seyerl days,
u vac thought advisshle to abandon our animals,
81 We could MAKE but little progress With them, en
that too. not in direction 20 warrant the Oh
tanning Of any provisions We therefore, obtained In
dian and Indians to transport to the mouth oe
the Ccquile river. After passing few miles We can-
20 the Junction CT the south and north forks whchfor
strssm about eighty yards vide, where the tide ebo.
aad hGws from two TO three feet at d' tesce of 6tt
niles from s mouth From the junction Of the forks,
the Of the river north Of west pssng throusl
valley from ten 20 twenty miles vide During satur-
cay the 18Th Saturday night and suncsy Up ID
O'Clock A. Nj we dtscended WITH ragidity aai
when within afew miles Of the mouth OF the river,
q the party Mr. Beddon recog ntrd the river TO b.
The ceQvils, which he hsd RATED in going Pors
IiiGeio ortgop In Kirhpatickf company sat tash
then hostile aod t worlt be necessary for Us 20 10
Wewsrs now In sizh. Of the place where We in.snds,
20 leave the canoes at the time passing several In
osn lodges the right bank where numbers Of th
psksd Irdiaas we're promenadrg ths baak. ons Of
party vboe name viii here insert insisted most
s;Fehuou@y tsa we lsad Oh the northern sahk at tos
sIgtst irGisu lodge We bad seen, and there act
hrsskfest. TO this Mr. Brush ard myself E.rated
We h'seyeT drew in so the b,nk that the iDd,e
could reach the side Of the wih her bands While
u their canoes lying along the shore ry imlal
grabbed our canoe, and refused to let push oil 90
one occasion We succeeded in p.sshng ca some six
eight bet bat they jumped IN aud prrd oa- canoe TO th
shore, sid commenced boarding and ssliog hold OF
OF srus. We ade one nsDinneous rusa ss the shore
think hr. brush bred pistol the only oas recosot
o; bearing In lees than nfteon sc,na- ~ com
ple'sy dssrnel there ten iudsns % white
man in the reueontre aud not less thas oLA hanired
to butdred and tny standing around IN drawing
my Elk shootsr, ~as kpocked down The Srst thing
uteinosL vas ,ine ne ui,ssn y,'u, Va us -NeFi IL
swimming water looked rouod snd sss GSos the
shore the most awful state of confusion sppsared TO
te The screams oi thousands Tho soaui of bo,s the
grcans ssd shrieks Of the dying Athe time noticed
my friend Brush not far astsnt froua the water
and sn Indian standing IN casoe, striking ha the
head eiA paddle causing the water to become tlOody
around aiu
Mys,t,ltIop vas then directed to small canoe, with
Indian la1 10 II, bpt n thort distance from NO 4
swpm 10 It he helped me In put paddle In my Land,
pointed 70 the southern bank end immediately ran to
the other end 81 the canoe On looking round think
1 him helping ny friend Bra.h 70 get insO the
canoe, and he mme 1atey jumys3 overheard We then
paidled for the southern bar of ths river Upon land
" iu IA thQn str riNusA
oUrielves Of cur clothing and, crawling upsu ouf
bellies Up the bank, sueoesded In escaping TO ths
tbiakpt We then continued In naked
dtion, travelling south, through the worst of han.
poeks and dense brsry ehappsrrls during the day
srs about Gsyaht Mondsy reached Cape Bianoo. On
Nor day taken by the Ipd.us living near Cape
night on Mcndsy night with every they
able 20 sford aud Tuesday brought In to Port
oicf1 In ths situation that you us Mr. Brush and
myself ell Of the party that nain to tell the
melancholy fate Of our companicns Mr Brush is s.
,ery by having several inches Of the scalp Of
The names Of our companions who were murdered are
A. q Doherty. aged 80, Texas
Patrick Murphy. aged ~ New York
Loren L wlllsms, ss.d2s Michigan
Jobn r. Holland aged a New hampshire
cris IL ID. n. - Newark. New Jsrsey
2 PEPPER aged Is Albany Ne~ York
The oss of property-seven United states riAes With
sceeutre AVID uniticn rife with hxtures
&C. musket; bpub,bsrrsl.d pistol one shsrp's
patent trtysix shouting rife, with implements ant
ammunition one Cots six shooter, revolving pistol;
one brace holster pistols, together with number Of
blankets
The foregoing contans substantially the facts ~ the
trsnspired l. however, might cay much moru. but ny
feeble state Of health and the pains from =
wounded and bleeding limbs forbid my syas mere q
tree.nt
It will s1ord great pleasure st all ames 70 give
such Information as may ptssess
have the honor TO be cir, very rsrsctfully you
obt dent servant, INAobr
III
We have received by arrivals at san francisco, sd-
vices from Honolulu to the 18th September.
The Poynesian Gays -
B-lcber Kay who implicated In tho Stuart con
fp,sions in San Francisco and Who acquitted on
trial In that city recently arrived In town.
IL stated that b X. left In medAtely for rAhiti