Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-11-22

From the Ala California, October q
! Terrific Slaughter Of Human Beings-Hhoie
Fan,iiy Batchered- Robbery and 4rson.
/ MONTEREY, Oct. %, i55i.
Messr-. Editor The citizens of cur quiet lit
/ tie town ncrr taken by surprise this morning, on
! hearing thar fl whole family lad been brutally
+ murdered it-I uj..ht by baud Of robbers, con
listing al NrNicnn- and Americans seven IN
mum or al "a house kept by colored man, nam
/ ed Jane. Anthony, ar, a he was commonly
! ku WI here, Anton, at the Pass at Salinas nv
/ ~. twrIyr miir~ from Monterey.
II appears that hes. men. all well armed, call
ed mt Anton Tor the esten-ible purpose "t buy
ing >olnr cigars and something to eat, wh'u Hey
! knocked down and nearly killed Anton, nul iIrh
commenced To rob and plIage thu house "i esr-
ry1lug that valuable, but their priuc'p pal #h-
Jet was money,of which they obtained ah1ut g.
u3u. lhcv la IN hrutally murdered tie father.
IS f. aud child of lie landlord. aud Frenchman.
ut1er which they set tire To- the hos, nd burned
it IL the ground. Ia conceal their hurIid cr.mr.
During the robbng aud numbering HE i.zat-
wefr ckuugu>hel by which means Anton aatn-
aged to.e-cape from the house and conceal b.la-
-c5i in tie BUSHES suGi morning, when he gave
thu alaru 10 fbr ue.ehbor>.
He came IN thi- morning and related the cir
clu,taror,, whom the sheriff aud Il dozen mcu
started IN pursuit OF tbe murdrrers. II they be
caught, il j. very probable thoy will not haYe
uul hy inry. but br hung on the nonrest tree,
IAFAYTITE'S OPINION OF Latayctt"
pissed through New jersey. Delaware, Pcnn-f J.
wanna and Mn vi land on hi~ - Washington;
and it W. there that tic thau speaker 81 the
bou~r, the late Heury Cay introduced him. on
the 2Oth al December INTO the Hal If Reprpseu-
taiyc~. mud pre~cntedi him both houses therein
assembled. The room aud rehl} decorated lnll
held un his occa-on 2.tlJO pcr-ou~, with ull Tho
foreign ministers, except the French amha-su-
dor of the l}ourhons. .lnc Marquis afterwards
said that although hc had Witnessed very many
assemblies IN his own country, never had he
received such impression from this one;
aud that he never had been n thoroughly moved
by the eoquencc Of any man, not even by thut
Of Nlrabcun. ~ by tho clear and spirited ring OF
the voice of Henry CLAY. at was. sud hc,'thc
voice Of nati"u. making itself heard by the
/ mouth ot "a great man The whole house, Il, If
stricken hy the wand Of mn cnchantcr had risen
To thcr feet Clay entered, leading Lafayette
| by the hand, They sat down at the conclusion
of the welcoming speech, bat arose again at the
first signs of "A relly. They expected him to
take hi, spertacle> and written answer from
t his pocket but after II pause lie spoke, cNtrmpo
ranrously. aud in English. To Cny's remark,
that he wa Tho witness of hi own future, he re
piled, that when he there found ia the sons of his
toracr AMI now d#Iur.el friends, the same spir-
4 it for aio ..a#r,' eoa H. well IL The -aue per
-onaI i1a'ui=hpt#r hiol, na iltare -~aad itself
before him
i FnEEnpof. ny tt" Eln GH,Npr.-Ihe
/ Galyc>lsr; Ney- Il the #l,l instant his the an.
/ ueAcd IN, Esouec from the Ln Grand:
i Nv b4ra by II lottnr from Brownsville dated
n, l2th nit, dat Capi~truu, CARA, and all the
officers and men 81 the revolutionary army on
/ fire Rio ttantr were theu in Brownsville. They
+ are making extensive arrangements for another