Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-13


and hundreds ofthem hurried up the bill
to the old fort. Powder was procured, and
some one Of the smaller of the old guns
ther. was mounted on the wall in man
ner 10 bear upon the American town, and
firing was commenced, apparently with
round shot. An hour or so later, another
gun opened, also, from the fort; and moi
long after another still was dragged down
TO the embarcddero and commenced firing
across the river. Our landlorJ,a fine young
fellow. who appeared to be much respect
ed in the town and who, evidently for the
sake of preserving his influence with his
countrymen, had armed himself and was
out with them. looked in upon US from
time TO time, and entreaied US 10 avoid at.
tracing observation more than could pos
slbly be helped, as, he said, it required ALL
and perhaps more than all, the influence
he could exert to prevent them from at
tacking his house. This we knew to be
fact, from the repeated propositions we
heard from the streets to commence an as
sault upon us and the probability Of such
an occurrence grew stronger and stronger
as the day grew older, from the fact that
to the feeling of vengeance which seemed
to animate Yearly all, was now added the
excitement Of intoxication. About this
| time, we saw two Americans, whom we
could recognise as passengers with us on
board the Oregon, surrounded by a crowd
OF natives, who were cutting at them with
sabres IN the most savage manner, while
two or three, among whom was the broth
er Of our landlord, were apparently en-
deavorng to shield them. They were f.
naily thrust into house .and the door clos
ed. One of them we afterwards saw at
the Office the British Mail Company's s
Agent, dreadfully cut to pieces, but still
living. The other, nothing could be heard
OF at the time we got away, and from the
nature oithc wounds be must have recciv-
ed. there can be little doubt Of his death
Shortly after this, great crowd gathered
around a house few rods above that in
which we were shut up, and from the
shouts, we could learn that they were in
pursuit Of an American, who was said to
be theie. A few minutes aferw ards, they
appeared, with savage yclls, dragging the
bod y of white man by the heels, with a
dreadful wound III his side, from which his
bowels ere protruding, and his body was
afterwards seen tied to the bow of boat,
and hanging IN the water, at the embarcadc-
TO- At this time, with these scenes before
oar eyes, the constant cry Of "mneyto los
Amer'cdnos, in our ears, with four ladies'
IN our company, without arms of any con-
sequence, and even had we possessed them,
pow crless against such numbers, should
they once commence an attack upon our
house, our situation was, 10 say tie least,
a most unpleasant one.
Thus far, our landlord, aided by d few
OF those who appeared disposed to dis
cramnate between enemies and neutrals,
had succeeded in preventing suchan attack /;
bat the Increasing ex itcment ofthe people,
owing to the occasional shooting at one Of
their number by rife shots from the other
side, and the growing inioxicaton Of most
OF them rendered it certain that this re-
slrainl could not much longer be exercis
ed. Fortunately, about this time, boat
with an English flag was seen coming up
the rvcr which was known to belong to
the English steamer,and soon after i, land
cd at the embarcddeyo on our side Of the
river. a brief note, describing our situa.
ton, was written by one of our number to
the officer commanding the boat, request
ing him TO aid us if he could, or at least to
get the ladies off to his ship if possible, and
was dispatched by our young host. Soon
| aiterward, Captain Synends, the comman
der OF the Midway, accompanied by a
| mother officer IN uniform. and IA few of the
Jamalca negroes whom he had apparently
enlisted on his side, appeared at the house,
and hurricdly as possible took all the H.
dies away under his charge, and we had
the pleasure, in a short time after, of seeing
the boat in which they were, pulling out Of
the river unharmcd
The writer and lis party were speedily
rescued by Capt S, and taken on board
the Cherokee. The number of those Kill
led could not be correctly ascertained, but
prot ably was not less than Is or twcLty.
A FATHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOT TX HIS
SoN.-The last Winchester Virginian pub.
fishes the following account ofa most mel.
ancholy occurrence which took place re.
Gently in that town:
1t is our melancholy task to chronicle
an occurrence which brought an indus,ri.
Gus citizen 10 a violent death. On Friday
evening last, about dusk, young man by
the name Of JOSEPH p. FLEM.srER went
TO the house of a neighbor, Mr. NATHAN.
TEL MULLIKTT, for the understood purpose
Of inHicting personal chasiisement upon an
individual who boarded with him. I'll
4 icclin9 mad for some time existed bctw zen
L. and Mullikin himself; and the latter an.
ticipa,ing the visit, loaded a musket and
placed it beside his door. A conflict be-
tween him and Flcmister ensued immedi.
ately upon the latters arrival; and Multi
KIN, being much the older and lighter Of
the two, was ovcrpowered and thrown
down. While struggling with his antago-
mist above him, he called upon his son, a
stripping of some seventeen, to fire upon
f'lemister. He Immediately did so, bu,
owing to some sudden change in the posi-
ion Of the parties, the charge took effect
upon his fathers thigh, only few shot
grazing the others face. The wound
WAS dreadful one carrying away large
portion ofthe muscles and dividing several
large arteries. The unfortunate man walk
ed few PAGES to his doorstep and sat
down. He sank rapidly from loss Of
blood and no reaction occurred. Ampu
tanon, as a last resort, was performed on
Saturday morning by Drs. Mcclure. Con
rad, and Smith; but The patient died that
afternoon. On Sunday afternoon his re.
mains were followed TO the grave by an
unusually large concoursc Of citizens.
General sympathy is felt for the spirited
| but unfortunate SON
LOSS OF THE SHIP OREGON.
BosToN, Nov s.
The ship Oregon. bound from New York
for Kingston. Jamaica. sunk October 17th.