Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-08-05

REPORTED BATTLE WITH THE iNDI-
ANs-MAssAcRE OF Carr. MARCY AND
EIGHTY MEN.-We published tele-
graphic despatch from New Orleans yes
terday. stating that advices from Fort
Smith bring an account of The massacre,
after gallant fight oftwo days, of Cap
tain R. B. Marcy and his entire COM
mand of eighty men. BY a force Of two
thousand Camanche Indians. The des-
patch does not state where the battle
occurred, but seems to be well authsn-
ticated. The Philadelphia Bulletin
says.-BdH. Pat. ..-....r.
Capt. Randolph B. Marcy belonged TO
the Fifth Regiment Of U. S. Infantry
He was about forty years OF age, and,
we believe, a native of New Hampshire,
but only distantly related TO Ex-Gover-
nor Marcy, Of New York, instead Of be-
ing his son, as stated in the DESPATCH
He was thoroughly accomplished SOL
dier, and most estimable man in all
the relations oflife. He was among the
most gallant officers of the little force
that won the first battles on the Rio
Grande under Gen. Taylor, and being
wounded at Resaca de la Palma, he was
placed on recruiting duty. and spent a
year or two at Harrisburg, in this State.
After the war he was ordered to the In
dian frontier, and was entrusted by gov.
eminent with the arduous duty OF COM
manding an escort TO Santa Fe, and ex-
ploring new route to that plece--a
service which he performed with great
credit. Several other tasks Of delicacy
were executed by him to the entire sat
isfaction of the Department. His last
orders were to command an expedition
to select site and establish fort on
the remote southwestern frontier, and it
is in this service that he has fallen. He
leaves a widow, who is at one of the dis
tant military stations, and several chill
dren.
The las, information, by mail from
the Camanche country. is the following
from the Fort Smith Herald, of Ju'y Sd:
We learn from Mr.. Laughlin, who
arrived here on Tuesday last, that
he met with Mr.. Humphries, OF Fort
Washita, on his return from the
Camanche country, on Friday, the
25ih June, near Preston, Texas, who
informed him that he had beed out
on trading expedition TO the
Camanches, and that the Indians
had robbed him of all his goods, and
mules, and had killed white man
and a negro, and that he narrowly
escaped himself; that the Indians at
first took Mr.. Humphries for a |
Chickasaw, but afterwards thinking
him to be a white man, concluded I
TO kill him, but he made his escape.
Mr.. Humphries said that the
Camanches had melted all the med
ais that have, from time TO time, been
distributed among them bv the
agents OF the Government, and that
they now declare eternal hostility TO
the whites. We may now look out
Tor frequent murders on the frontiers
Of Texas.
Mr.. Laughlin also informs us that
i was rumored at Preston that the
express rider between Camp Belknap
and Phantom Hill had been mur.
1ered by the Indians.
A company Of Shawnees had ar
lived from the Plains, at Fo:t
few days before Mr.. L.
passed that place, and reported that
Captain Marcy had a battle with the
Camanches, and that the Indians had
TILED two Of his men, and two Of !
his hunters (Deiawarss,) one Of ,
whose name is John Bull, and is
we'll known upon this frontier"
We shall await, with painful in.
crest, the details Of this massacre,
'articularly as the despatch an. !
louncing it adds that the Indians !
we're gathering in large numbers /
lear the fort. il