New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-02
The same nsner .Ay.

The same paper saye;
we stated some few days since, ina, the Harrisburg
H. K Company receiving very considerable encour-
sgement from the people Of tho Colorado 10 oonnue me
road 70 some pin. that river We row learn ifV VI
jor Williams DC engineer and superintendent That the
plenters in Wh~ton aud Colorado Counties alone nave
subscdbed the amount OF one hundred and eighiy-sn
thousand dollars r TIE purpose Of securing such
sion which il BE- paid by nstalments ~ the
work progresses.
We cannot yet lean says The Gaire'tos Ners Of the
2lt that General Saith has acted is purposing 20
nsle Of the suthcry given him by the President 10
call for Texas roops io he purpose of aiding in the pro-
lection OF our frontier Indeed we have heard asserted
that 10 such call will probably DC made.
The peppers of the interior continue 20 speak favoraby
Of the corps.
We have accounts o. several bloody airays and mur
DER A. Levaca, on the 10TH Wa. Wingae, commonly
called Shawnee Bill, killed by Conrad Frllman
wingste intoxicated and broke watermelon
Frllman head in the street. The latter armed himself
ard meeting Wingate half hour afterwards told him to
prepare himself be going TO kill him at the
time drawing pistol and shooting him dead The de-
ceased was old Texan and an active participant in
the revolution.
horse was found tied Oh the Banks of the Brazos Riv-
few days since and from indications the owner s
supposed 10 have been murdered and thrown into the
river
At Dresden, Navarro County, on the 9Th, Mr. William
McCabe was killed by 4 man named sharp The LATER
had made attempt 10 carry OF McCabes daughter tie
day prev ious and was fred upon.
On the 10TH NJ. Graham was murdered On the Medina
Rverby three Mexcans who were cutting timber on his
land and who ordered of by him. The murderers
were traced TO San Antonio and arrested. TIE Tran
says there much excitement and it nmates that Lynch
law would probably have prevailed if the prisoners had
lot been locked up Immediately.
German named Hoffman, committed suicide in San
Antonio, while laboriDg under ALTERATION OF mind.
Heavy rains had fallen az BraZOria, and II was feared
that tie crop above had suffered. The cotton worm
bad mt its appearance in some plantations above Bra
Zoris.
Tie STATE Ga.cte OF the 18th inst is informed by Capt
Holdeman of Cincinnati that there will be five steam
boats placed the Colorado next fa by himself and 9th
ers Capt HoGeman ls represented as being men OF
i'm .tla
u of the opinion that the Colorado River susceptible OF
being made Davigabe ct comparatively ring expense
! as far VI as the CITY of the Hills
BLooDY Co.P.T Win ISDI.Ss.-Our readers are be-
coming familiar with accounts Of bloody cOmbas between
small deachments OF gallant troops in Texas and the
wild Indians The latest encounter of this character
occurred the l4th ns between Capt IAN Buren, and
eleven men of his command of the Mounted Rifles, and
rowing band of thirty Indian warriors This brave
officer il appears had pursued this gang for over two
hundred and fifty miles but only overlook them on the
l4h inst when he found them drawn up in line ready to
receive him. lie did not hesitate moment, although his
pistols owing TO unexplained cause were useless
but dsmcuntng, tried the enemy with the unerrng rifle
when they broke, and running fight ensuod. In the
melee that followed, the brave Marylander was shot
through the esby part Of the sword the arrow graz
ng the bone. In this condition. and fuint from the loss
of blood Captain Van Buren, charged an Indian afoo
expecting 10 cut him down but the willy brave kept his
horse FESTIVE with bis shield, and dextsrously awaiting
himself of good opportunity, when not more than five
PAGES interviewed between them, sent arrow through
the body Of poor Van Buren, and with such force that
yossed through heary srord belt tie oPp0sTc side
II entered little above the navel about half an inch ia
the right OF the middle of the abdomen and passed
out in a direct line, 6bradng the spine Oh s passage
through the side Wonderful TO say, although a
week bad elapsed since receiving the terrible wound and
four DAYS of that exposed the burning the pra
rie the brave soldier has scarcely suffered any PaD has
bad little fever and sleeps soundy. The doctors are
watching him INCREASINGLY IN the nope ,hat ne may con
pleasure will be afforded them OF pronouncing most
miraculous recovery
Two Of his men were also we are informed wounded
nf Iuo
to be picked up badly hurt to help themselves The
fight took place about sixty miles from Corpus Christi on
/ The road 10 Fort Ewel.
Our informant who is most reliable and Trustworthy,
represents the entire country between the Nueces and Rio
Grande infested with these maraudng rascat who are
excessively bold and menacDg in their behavior much
So indeed, have shown themselves within twenty-five
miles Of Corpus Christi The troops as usual ere every
wbee on the alert doing all that men can 90, under the
circumstances, and with numbers so limited
From MEXcAS FRoNTHR.-By way ct san An
tonic the Ctran and Ga-ete of the 18th hes accounts
/ from the Mexican fronie' and New Mexico.
/ A letter from Santa Fe written by W. w IL. Davis.
says that Indian hosities still continue. The koways
CLoyon and Arapahoes have Joined in the depredaons
1t is sad the tribes 10 have general unsr in order
to combine against the whites. The Governor had called
out the militia and four hundred are now IN the nclc
Fears expressed of general Indian war The Nay
mail going cast attacked by the Indians end oil their
animals stolen from them. They afterwards promised 10
return them upon condition that the mail men would cook
| them good dinner, which was complied with, and the
animals were returned An amusing scene It must have
been the redskins sitting around and The Ameri-
| cooking dinner for them. The mdan. no doubt,
! enjoyed ii finely.
Mrs. Wilson who, with her two brotkersin'ieS were
captured by the CanaDehes near Phantom Hill, last sum
mr had reached FL Peso under charge of Gen. Garland
One of the brohers-in law, George Washington ison
aged twelve years had been brought in by Aaron Brown
| a Chckasaw, who purchased HIN from the Camancbes.
boy had been purchased by friendly Indians from
the Camanches and broug ht into Fort Arbuckle, who
proved 10 be the other brohern-lGw The captves are
now all safe viii be speedily forwarded to their
friends.
The Indians continue hnrass the trains between San
Antonio and FL Paso stealing animals and shooting DR.
rows into the encampments at night bu; have made no
formidable attack.