The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-01-03

on piece a6ouT hve miles from lne
city. Ills Vie was sick. hJmost uuio1
dea,h, also hi; , sol, I, and, another young
man. Herequested them 10 leave until
his wife either died or got better; when
they Rred upon him, and he fred in re-
,un. They killed his wife, (by.fiighi y
is supposedly and shot both The sick men
N the house, and stole three thousand
dollars from the house. The proprietor,
(Mr. Stewart, escaped by apht and
swan the river badly wounded in his leil
arm and in his bowels, be was supposed
TO have killed the sheriff ia the a6ray.-
The marshal Of the city was wounded in
the previous afiiay.
John Nichols wrote letter to O. u.
Rice, in which he stated he.w was going TO-
a place, called the Ell dorado kenion,
where il was said man could make a
thousand dollars per day. which learned
fon letter from 4 ce that was pubIished d
in your paper. i take pleasure ia having
an opportunity to correc, tue f'lse i'm
preston made on the community by that
letter. There was, tits true, cousidera.
able noise made about that kcnion and
|o,heIs, oil las. winter and spring. The
matter was pretended to be kept per.
fec. secret, 20, all were ableto give. in
formation sufficient iha, they could find
liz. A little strasegem but made the
story more firmly believed, but il proved
70 be perfect humGug and most Of
those who went in search of tho thou
sand dollars per day came, buck with a
flea in their ear. Nichols got back yes
,er,lsy, aud told me he had made but
little, and il he made expences hs did
better than three -fourths Of those thai
vent. ---
OcToBER "a, 1850.
Since I wrote you there has been
considerable excitement in tliis vicinity,
about the Indians, who have driven the
whites from many parts Of the mines, and
killed several. They wen, into, Log'own
and asked the whites 10 leave, saying
this was their laid, and they were soiag
to have it; that The whites had driven of
their game, and were digging all their
gold, and they would repel the invaders.
They killed three men yesterday, on
Marihienie's Greek. There is = man
aud woman in town, Ut this time, woun.
ded by them.
There was meeting called yesterday,
calling for volunteers, and to raise a
compsny to hunt them down, also one
held last night ia which there wss ,nu. h
interest taken. Itis proposed that tasers
be company raised 10 Ringo!d, ona IN
Weaver, one IN Hane.ownyone IN Gold
Spring, and enc in Coloma. The com
pany in this town was; raised last night,
and Is to march out to-day. ! Just th.s
moneh. sawa scouting party pass. the
door, two men returned from the woods.
| do not know what news they bring. !
do not think there is any danger Of ,his
matter continuing long, as whsa the Ind:'
ans gel a pre,tygood brush they will leave.
The news has come that we are ad.
tnit,ed as a State, this created q great
excitement 10 this place. For three days
after there was almost a continual crack.
ing Of fire arms, speaking, and cheering
October 20, 1850.
There was horrible murde; com
mitted in town las, night. The ci.cu,n-
stances, as near as ! can learn, were a,
follows:
The gamblers assembled, as usual, a,
the Ell Dorado Hotel, about. dark, ane
commenced betting at the differantgames
viz: Monte, Faro, Rolette, Dice, 1wen
,y-one, French Monte, and 'rhimbles, al
Of which was going on in their respec
tive places. A man called Irish Dick
was dealing monte, when another Irish
man went 10 make bet, and Irish John
as he is called. told him 10 bet with Dick
,tliat he was a rascal and thief, Of which
remark Dick took no notice AZ the time
After this, some tiMe, Irish J0hntbes will
the man who played d-'the ,himbles, abou
(which there arose difficulty, and 6eadl
fight, both were pushed out Of The doc