New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-03

At toNar0 the talifOThlaD> into deadly
anlnosily against All Americans. no matter whom.
Tie next morning all was perfectly quiet on the
spanish soc and at about eight O'Clock Large mum
Der ofhal'e DOas had crossed the rVeT unsuspcIous
OF any DANGER, TO take on passengers 20 the steamer
Several OF these were filled With travellers and bag
gage, when suddenly regardless OF the safety OtheSe
lasia muTdereus FIRE opened upon them, with guns
and revolVers BY the American bOatmen. assisted
BY many Of the Caiiornians before mentioned. and,
IN ie" mlHuisS several boats emptied of their oc
cupaHis, we're seen emitting out to sea How many
were kUled or drowned here Il - impossible 20 say.
Those OF the natives who escaped the ire, which
vas con tnued 50 long 5 a boat belonging to them
was al n reach, padded back 20 their o~n side of
the rVtT, where the most fearful excitement now
prevailed. II was Known mat others ;han the boat
men bal partcI aef nthe attack JuSsmade, and VI
client fee ing of hostility against al their counrymen
was very naturally aroused. The streets were az AN
ihTonged "ltn AIMED men. IN redoubled Numbers. and
death 10 all the Am6r7can0S were shouted from every
quarter \ scattered firing upon the other SIDE vas
commenced along the beach, and the most furious
cries OF vengerce filled the The doors and shut
tiers OF our bote were closed and fastened, our In
meolate party being all fortunately within at tins
tine. apd an retired to larg> room on the second
floor, which, having WINDOWS opening on 4 street
both ID front and rear. and but single mario Stair
way. was .ucged most cefenslble The windows
were tarTicahed with trunks and mattresses, and
As a the whole party there were only five or SIX ps-
O and no other the legs OF the cot becSteads,
and such other articles would for clubs, were
mustered INTO service for that purpose. Meantime,
through the venetian blinds which covered our WIN
Gows. we could see the boats loaded Win pas
sCnCers Fastening of to the steamer. from the
other side, and hear the consultations Of the
crowds who hlled the street each side OF US Pre-
scntly there was cry of Al castillo " and hundreds
OF them hurried up the hill to the Old fort Powder vas
procured and some one Of the smaller Of the old
guIs there was mounted on the Wal IN manner %
bear upon the American town. and firing was com
d. Clced. apparently whh round shot. An hour ar -
ia-,i. another gun opened. also, rom tht tori ard
Dot lCLg aiter, another still was dragged Gown 20
. =. y0--r commenced
rlycT Our landlord ane Young fellow, who AZ
reaisd 90 he much respected Ir the Town. and who,
eviCCiy, for the sake Of preserving MS Influence
WIN his COuntTymCn, had armed aimsel! and MAS
on with hem. looked m upon Ms. from time - time,
atd ontredted Us TO AVOID attracting observation
mere than could possibly be helped. as he SAT-. /
required all and perhaps more than all. tie IN
huCnCc he could exert 10 proven. then from a.
tackUg hIS house. This We knew - b- 'hc ftct.
from the repeated propositions W he I'd from ne
streets 10 commence an assault upon ms and The
probability OF such an occurrence gre" stronger
and stronger The day grew older, from the
fact tina. to the feeling % vengeance which
seemed 10 animate nearly all. was now added the
excitement OF lntOxcatlOn About this time, We saw
two Anne ncaus whom We could recognise As piSSen-
gers with MS on board the Oregon, surrounded by
crowd OF natives. who were cutting az ta IA with Sd-
5res IN he most savage manner, while two or three
among " HON the brother OF our landlord, were
apparently onCeayOnng 10 shield them. Ihey were
fin ,y thrus; INTO 4 house and the door closed One
OF them afterward saw AZ he office Of the Brlt
ish Mail Companys Agent, dreadful!y cut 70 pieces
but stu living The other, nothing could be heard
OF at the time got away, and aOm the nature oil
The wounds he must have received. there can De 1T
tie doubt of his death. ShGly after this, great
crowd gathered around house fe" rods
above that IN which We were shut up, ana
from The scouts, could learn that they
were VI pursuit Of an American, who was sad
to be there. 4 few minutes Afterwards they ap-
peared, with savage yells, dragging the body o,
white man BY The heels, with dreadful wound III MS
10 mo- ItL h.4Nsa OILS
this BODY was afterwart seen tied 10 the bow Of a
boat, and hanging IN the water, at the enbarcader0
At this time WIKI these scenes before our eyes, the
constan, cry of "murfo a los AmsrcanoS.' IN our
ears With four ladies company, without arms on
any consequence. and even had "e possessed them,
poWerless against such numbers, should they once
commence an attack upon our house, our situation
was 70 say the least most unpleasant one.
Thus far our landlord, aided by few OF those
who appeared disposed 70 discriminate between enc
mes ard neuuals, mac succeeded IN preventing Such
attack but the increasing eIcltemen, OF the
pfOpe, owing 70 the occasional shooting AZ one OF
n or number ty rife shots from the otler SIDE, and
the growing ntoxicaiion Of most Of them, rendered
II certain that this restraint could not much longer
be exercised. Fortunately, ABOUT tli> time, BOAT
with All English flag was seen coming up the rl'ei,
which vs. known 20 belong to the English steamer,
and aftor landed at the SnsbGrcdd on our
side OF the rvcr brief note, describing our >itHa'
tIoD, written by OF number 10 the officer
commanding the boat requesting hun 10 and US, II he
could at least TO get the ladies' of TO his ship, II
possible, ana was dispatched Ds our young most.
Sooa aiterW ard, Capt. SyTn0ndS, the Commander OF
tte Midway, accompanied by another oiicer III uni
fo,u nd few OF rhe Jamaica negroes whom he
haC apparently enlisted on bls slde appeared AT the
house, and huTcdly possible i)ok all the ladies'
away under bis charge and We had the pie lsure. IN
q >lort tine after, OF seeing the boat IA which they
were pu lng out of The Tlyer. unframed.
CAPT SyIuoIds SAID that there would soon De two
moe roais nom his ship ore Of which, as we learned
attTNaTd, was TO take of the treasure intended Tor
the hI Tokee and tbat If II were possible he would
then cary of tie remainder OF our party. some
two hours aiteTvaTd the boats arrived, aud,
taking advantage Of panic which had driven most
Of me peop.. from that part Of the Town, caused
b, the Inte ligonCe that a cannon, procured from
the herCkee had been planted the other side
Of the rlver. We sacd forth with aptain ~ nondS,
and wih all our baggage, were soon IN MS boats MI
j. { hsckett, of BeIiord & Go S Express who was Of
our parry, got all BIS packages safely of, remaining
Oh the beach amcng the last to see the luggage all
on board the boats It was here that We saw the
Young man before spoken OF as so badly wounded,
ana the writer takes pleasure n recording an act oil
generous hberalItv on the part Of his fellow towns
man, Capt /. " MdcOndTay, OF the house OF Ma
concTay & Co.. San Francisco, who left with the
BRUSH mail steamers agent. ~ CO"en, drdit Tor
s 500, iOr the assistance OF TINS wounded man, and
such others as might be aerward fOund who needed
and. This un0stcnuOus act OF humanity, known
only 10 one or Tvs az the time only another proof
of how well Capt Macondray has deserved the uni
veIsa es.em, III which he IS held IN the city OF his
pres eutreslCtHtc.
Here We found The treasure on board the English
launch and II is proper T. STATE that VIZ. clifton,
the mate ard Mr.. Boyce, the purser. 81 the Chero-
kee who had gone over the river after Il IN the
morning. iust before the fnng commenced on the
American sde had by cunt OF great exerIlons, AIDED
b., the conductor Of the tram. Mr. to-lon, succeeded
l1 cettipg II all, about S25e0,oO0,l out Of the
lauuche, H. which 1t came down the rlyer. into the
English specie vault. ia which they, with the boats
crew under their charge, were compelled 10 lock
themeves up safety during the heat Of the excite
Went They state that from the OophOes IN the vault
.... OF - "A A IL
nom hv rifles from the American side. How many
were killed II all II Is clfcult 70 sayprooaby about
twelve or haeeu natives exclusive Of those Gro wned
If any v efe ard Two AmerlC ans that We know Of,
and five - others that We heard OF, on the Span
Ish side @. the number killed or hurt the Ameri-
car side h the cannon, The writer has no means OF
mcaing Probably not much damage was done, as
the town appeared TO be ct serted when the ire open
Cd from me ioIi. We pulled Of OF board the Eng
Ish1steameT, TIRE natives hurralng for the Engllsh
fas'as We passed the fort, Il being understood that
ueWere passengers for England thence we went
OF board the Cherokee, whese We arrived about I'VE
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