New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-30
LATER FROM TEXAS.
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csyestop' arrived this morning, briaging Galveston
psp4rs to the 10th inst. and other exchanges.
The following account of desperate hight with
rsriv of Indians is copied from The San AatoHi0
Ledger;
on Saturday evening June 30. some fifteen Indians
surrounded the house Of Mr.. Weetfell, who IS wei
known TO most of citizens, and who lives on ne
Leone some thirty five miles below Fort LUCE, and IN
III County. The attack was made upon Mr.. West
fall n lille he was absent from the house leaving az
tie lime no occupants in II but trenchmhn named
Louis and large dog. Ii seems that the Indians had
been living in wait for some time, anu TOOK TINS oppor-
tuIily to attack him. Mr.. Wesifan, however, sue
c.eded r c ting back TO his house. wounded IN dan
rerous manner the ball striking HIM in the LEFT breast
high up and coming out at bis back unier the oppo-
size shoulder He fastened the door, cnd the lnuahs
then commenced al attack on the house. LOUIS anu
WesifaII nov commenced shots Wi them Ia rapid
succession but Westfall was fast falling from loss OF
bood. Louis approached an aperture IN the wall IN
order 10 make sure aim, and was SHOT through tne
heart fell and expired. The faithful dog, on seeing
mis- fa ard the blood streaming from his body, be-
cane frsutic with rage, ana rushing out OF small
aperture, sprGng among the lndlans seized one ana
tore every garment from bis BODY and was on the eve
OF killing him. when he was shot and overpoSered by
The demons In human form that surrounded hun. Poor
COO he has nobly sacrificed his life in defense Of his
master We'll may the poet sa,:
Nv deg, the t. ustiest Of his Kind.
With = atir1de infane. my mind.
UestfsU overpowered ~ the loss of blood could
ONLY supuort himself now by holding 10 the walls OF
The hous; but nothing daunted, he tore large aper-
ture in the wall aud stuck his out IN order TO keep
ID appearances The Indians, 10 doubt, thinking
tIev would have a long siege and many OF them being
severely wounded, left, taxing with then all the
horses belonging to tie ranch Ii was now night and
Wes,fsll remembers Of era Wing 10 his bed which was
the last consciousness he had until Sunday evening,
when he found bins. yins on his bed covered with
blood that had come from TIE wOuu1 and from his
month: but be was not able to come from his bed
until Monday when from the stencil of the dead body
In the room be found something must be done. With
erest effort be succeeded in dragging the body abOu,
twenty fe, but could get ii no further At sunset on
Moudsy evening he started toward Fort LUCE for as
ssance but succeeded that night IN getting only four
nief-aud OF Wednesday evening be arrived az
Iouse in the vicinity ofFo lnge, where he procured
assistance AID is still alive, and his physician has
siror hopes his recovery.
MIR Ntsttall Is a man of strong frame and eXiraor-
binary cor stiuiion, which accounts Tor ms remark
able escape. lie is terror TO the indians aud Is
known OF the frontier by the name % Leather stock
ling The Indians without doubt were the L;Jans,
vlo commit their murders plunderlng, de-, and then
take shelter IN Mexico.
Tbg Goir1foa NCrs of the 10th las the following
paragraphs
Nc learn that large number of cattle are dying in
Jef,ron aud Liberty Counties from some peculiar dis:
ease which those acquainted with II ecu sharbone
The cattle are frst attacked With swelling on some
nan of the body which, If scarsied and burnt gene
a, disappears, but II neglected goes oi- nc easing
uuf; tie animal clohes and dies. II the place hrst h-
than when less " al part is effected. some persons
srntcse the disease Is caused by fly, lat tue more
urotabe suggestion is that u Is the et.c OF the crack
sb water the cattle have used during the ats drought
A meeting OF the American party was be.d IN CAT
weston on The evening OF the 18th Inst There was
large atcI dance. Tie Nes, in IT. report OF the pro-
CCeGiDgs, sals
j :. S,door ESQ, took the chair aud announced
Col John Manly, no read tie Philadelphia aiiorm
of tie Ameii, an party, with an GddeRdnm proposed
by onmittee o. he Nigwum of this city, which
proposes TO leave Ou' lie tenn " Roman Catholic IN
he sih section, and substituting for " those ~ho fo-
"kuowltdge all, glance to any foreign prince or poem
" tate &C."
Tie same paper also has the following paragraph:
We sIe told that the wig Jams or lodges OF tue
Know -Nobh party in this city, houston aud Rich
mOnd having been oTganlZed under tue dispenrauons
from Louisiana by gentleman rJm NeH-Drieans DO
not consider themselves bound 10 adhere to the State
Grand Cou Gil which is the controlling BODY OF other
lodges ehized throughout the State under Pnladel
pbia dsp, nsa'ions BY Gen Houston. Member of the
wiCwam in Ls city say that they VIII not adopt the
ticket for STATE officers put forth by the GRAD COun-
ci and that They privileged TO vote for any cindi
dates they Iesse the State ticket provided such can
ddsfes a c natve born itizrus
The brig Mary rom New York, has broug to Gal
weston laIge oporon of mat itls for the c0Dstruc
ton of the liz hl-hOuse az sabine Pass.
The Aust,H State Ga-ete of the 14th inst, has the
following account of an awful tragedy:
On last Sunday morning little before daylight
German nan ed Frederick came to the house OF Perry
Malone resioing some twenty -One miles up the Colo
rado and asked for mills. lie well known to Mr..
MALONE and had been some lime previously employed
bv lin and by many OF bis heighb0rs Mr. Malolc
from his bed and went out to the house where il
ke,t TO Irocure the milk. Meantime Frederick threw
OFF his shot, ouch ana set down his gun He then
shestbed his knife and running up to the bed where
Mrs Malone was sle. ping aimed deadly blow at her
leert 81 G Jumped from the bed, and uterlns piec
inc Shrek called out TO her husband thai Frederick
had stabbed Der to the heart. Mr.. Malone dropped
tbe milk-howl in his hands, and running Into the
no Sc snatched his gum lie asked for the German.
His vie after catching ner breath several times,
able 10 te him that tie had fed from the house.
Malone punued him against the remonstrances of
tho family and reaching him az short distance halted
and fit,d Ills gun snapped. The German again fled
and endeayored to run round the hOuse Malone took
The opposite direction and beaded him lie fired, and
the onn again snapped. He then took hold of it by
the barrel 10 strike tie murderer. The German
seeing that Malone was not abe TO fire. apprOa he'd
him with his knife drawn. Malone allowed him to
cone within few feet, and then springing upon him
with his u,raised gun he brought II down upon his
head and cleayeu him 10 the ground. He lay appar
eptly dead Malone left HIM aud ran 10 his wife She
was dead. The children at this time led out that
TIE muIdrcr had returned to life. lie lett her ran
toward him and him reyIving Tie called TOR an
ak. he children would not bring II TO him. Then
taking a rope be tied the hend arms behind ms oac<,
lefl hun and returned TO the house
No one can account for the mOnstrous deed. Ten
children mostly small, cut of forever from
kind and devoted mother.
From KANSAS