New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-01

PsohetI h'ed sun, 80 he past indssolutely linked
vah the history Of the couotiy, WINE no" cues,
hns, orchsrdf ana pNsn ga al "ecboas vitb The
meat river OF the IaculC; MI" ~ c'""o7 WV" 'U'
WING soupds of industry.
p SsSy bss not been badly cursed California
= ;.s S,nIer, bat she has suffered some" become
.S.steped With affection, and bears her political sor
sew, with philosophical spirit. The mail service
Ixge foes badly, very badly To get their letters IN
uy kind OF season tho inhabitants OF all parts OF the
Territory have 10 depend on the Express COmoanies
and pay from twenty five cent? dollar pr letter.
10 addition TO the Government postage Of hree or ten
sIts. Tbese things need no; be 50. The mad con-
tract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company only
extends from San FranciscO TO Astoria NJ te NOUN
Of tie river That mail comes once fortng ana
kshgs all our Eastern mail. From Astoria 20
this place, and 20 Fort Vancouver on the
Columbia, there is steamer carrying the
mail twice week. Our last mail arrived at Astoria
few hours after the river steamer left and the mail
A, Upper Oregon and Washington Territories was len
sere four dsys, and the steamer Columbia came a.
reetIy here The captain brought the Portland mall
bags as the letters for this place sure 70 bring him
retsrn freight and passengers but the mail for places
higher up the country he will not brng. mGl tbs;
goes once fortnph by land from here up the codn-
Nv lei Immediately aad nov the Easten mail arriy-
ing in three four days viii remain here near two
weeks before 1t Coca. Meantime, Express Compa-
bies have carried the beet pert Of the correspondence
TIE Express messenger Of Wells, Fargo Co. told me
at BIZ last trip this place that bis packages brought
him 81 500 aud al Of it 10 letters and small parcels
Heu long the mail service will reain so is uncertan
mighty uncertain. We ask, bot ask IN vain. Az
the Mexican says. Qulen Sabe! The PostOhce
Department pre-eBds TO have a special agent here,
bu they had better have az al than be served az
fbey are at present. The sgcGt hes planted himself
at q convenient point the columbia River bet Teen
here and the COlvile Gold Mines, and from that post
Of observation he sends down glowing accounts OF the
mines and speculaes in mules, horses, and supplies
for the miners He has not been seen IN this vicinity
for near six months. There doubt tina; he draws
his pay regularly from Washington. THAT affords
him csJ ital 10 trade on. Our Postmaster-who, by
the way is an efficient officer hinsest all times IN
aorses the qualifications and energy Of the special
agent Cause why The agent made the Post |
masier-gOt him his appointment. The milk in
that cocoanut is accounted f'r The Washington
Territory people, and especially al 10 me
vicinity OF Puget Sound will probably get |
mail some time during the next century, or after this
administration goes out. Last Congress passed an
Get authorizing the Postmaster TO contract for
mail in suitable steamers to Paget Sound ano tnst
vicinity and appropriated hundred and twenty |
thousand dollars for the service. The route was adj
vertsed; intending contractors here say they saw |
clearly that the whole affair was cont1ved so as 70
give fat Job TO favorito tumpebl OF the ad- |
minishstioD. They consequently wouldn't bid they |
say it was clear az mud and their mission was all
right; for, as they predicted Henry Clay hadd got
the contract That is, he bid it of at $3.50 600 year,
and es he only got il 10 speculate on, not owning
single steamer, Of course he never carried ont his |
contract. He tired 10 sell out; offered It 10 any
one that would carry the mail for $50 600, there /
by giving opportunity Of clearing $50 600 year, !
but no one would buy. He then offered il at 100000 /
year bnt no, be could not find purchaser. As Mr..
Nudd only had straw guarantee he could not be made
20 fulfill his contract and so the Puget Sound aud |
Washington Territory Mail literally sticks N the |
Kudd II any one is d. posed to be viciously inclined |
toward my account Of the matter aud accuse me OF
making very dirty pun, then all can say Is IL Is rs
clean the subject will admit Of There IL one salts
faction in this matter The Sl2O 900 beng special
appropriation cannot if unexpended, affect the bal
ance Of Postmaster General, who seems 10 have
such mania for economy. If isa sstisa ton to him
10 sec the people without needed mail facilities then
he can add this 10 bis former accumulated pile
Like the fool wishing Cleopatra 10y OF tue worm, !
oan wish him Joy Of bic clay or rather of bis mud l
hope before he founders in long he will get out and
Hope, too, he will have two new mail agents
sent ont here regulate mail service, and give the
Washington Territory and Puget Sound residents some
greatly needed postal facilities.
The Portland OregsniGn OF the 25th contains the
Allowing intelligence from the new gold mines:
We have from thdirst eSarded the existence, rich
and eNtensyeness of these gold mines as fixed
Hct and believe that Their richness 10 unequaled
When an Inoian can obtain and quarter ounces
per Gay of such sold that brought down, by pan.
washipg, there is calculating with any degree OF
certainty the richness of these mines.
We regard the information. coming through the
source il does as entirely reliable and worthy OF the
fullest confidence The god obtained by this Indian
and brought down has been for several days at Wells,
Fargo s. Co.'s Express office. where the curious may
zee and examine il for themselves.
ISDIAS MASSACRE ON TN PLA1Ns.-Ne learn from
Mr.. BantOn, a gentleman having Just crossed the
Plains and who arrived in this city on last Tuesday,
that terrible Indian has been committed on
the tmigrants this His report is as follows;
About the middle of June an enigrant tram bound
10 California consisting Of 900 men, women AMI chll-
dren, were attacked az Devils Gate on the Sweet
Water River six milea from Independence kock, oy
NE Chenpes Sioux Indians, killing $50 OF the comPa-
ny and capturing their stock, PROVISIONS ciot1ng &c
The remsnder of the party succeeded IN reaching SAT-
Lake City, though IN starving condition, some oil
hem having been eight days without provisions.
Among those who killed were Gen. Lanes broth
or and family.
Brigham Young did everything in his power to re-
heve them of their distress by Furnishing them with
wagons and provisions and starting them again on
fheir way TO California
Mr. Bantou SAYS he was not present at this massacre,
but was in another train short distance ahead.
INDIANS HUNG--Some time in the middle Of July
lst the house of the Rev. Mr.. Clark, on the South
Yamhil, was burned and his wife and son numbered.
After considerable research the work was discovered
10 be that of Indians and two have SINCE been hung tor
the deed.
REPoRrED MASSACRE IN rnE FoRr CoLvILLL
COUNTRY. TIE COyrdis Statesman Of the 18th ssys:
is reported that seventy whites have been murdered
by the Indians at or Fort Colville. lfso, they
are citizens of the Willamette, and must have been
the first who started up there The report comes
pretty well authenticated yet are dsDchned to con-
fde in il. We give the facts concerning H. The Hon.
Samuel Parker of Marion County states that dsugh-
ter Of Gen. Palmer Superintendent OF Indian Affairs.
arrived at Salem Monday last, and stated that a
messenger from Fort COvile arrived at her fathers
the night previous bringing letters saying that the
Indians bad attacked and murdered seventy whites at
or rear that place. The Hon. l.. +. Grover, who OBJ
tanned the statement from Mr. Parker is informant
MIR. G. knows nothing about il himself.
MAJOR HALLAR's ExrrpIrIoS-ExEcUTIoS OF
POUR lNDiAss.-lt will be recollected tnat company
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