M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-08-30
Very Late from Fort Larnlnie,

Il
OF MAJOR OGDEN.
From the ST. Louis Republican. Aug. ILL.,
? Mr.. H. F. Mayer, who has been
established Tor years In business at
Fort Larimie, arrived in this city yes.
tetday. He left the Fort on the 18th
oil July. Mr. Mayer represents eve
ything as quiet in that quarter--no
outrage having been committed by the
Indians since the murder OF Captain
Gibson, OF which we have already
given an account. Mr.. Mayer does
not confirm the stories which so often
reach US through other channels, OF
large numbers OF discontinued aud nos
tile Sioux Indians being collected on
the route OF the emigrant trains, with
the intention ofmurdering and robbing,
nor have they assembled at any place
within his knowledge, to make war
upon the United States troops, now
rapidly concentrating in that country
with view oil compelling the Sioux
to obedience. On hlS route to Fort
Leavenworth he met no Sioux Indi,
aus at all.
Captain Foote'S Company Of Infan-
try had arrived at Fort Laramie. Col.
Howe's command, consisting OF seye
raj companies OF dragons, was met
iity mites west OF Fort kearney, get~
ting along finely. The road was lined
with Russell & Majors trains, con
yeying Government stores 10 Fort Lar.
amie. They were progressing we'll.
From Fort Riley, the new military
post recently established by the Cow
ernment, we have deplorabIe news
1t will be recoiected that the Govern
ment determined to make this prOm-
inent post on the Western border, and
iofliiis purpose large number of-me-
chanics were employ ed to proceed thlIh-
er and construct additional barracks
and other houses. On Sunday last an
express reched Fort Leavenworth with
the intelligence that the cholera had
broken out at Fort Riley IN most
riruient form, and that members had
lied eUGry day Slacc 1t made is ap-
leGraa G. Maj. Ogden, U. S. A.,
and a most efficient officer, was among
the victims OF this Scourge. All the
persons about the Fort were panic.
stricken, and fled 10 the hills Tor re-
iuge from the pestilence, leaving the
sick to die and the dead unburied. -
The mortality is represented to have
been very great, one report-which we
hope is exaggerated--stating that as
many as ioriy mad died in one day.
BY the Polar Star, yesterday, we
received letter dated a Fort Leaven>
worth on the 7th, in which reference is
maze to one written on the previous
day, giving all that was then known oil
the extent Ul the ravages oil the pesti-
lence, That letter has not come to
hand. In the one before us, the wri.
ter says:
"SInce my letter OF yesterday morn
| ing | have learned some further partic-
uars OF the state OF affairs at Fort
Riley, and | gave them to you as they
are received 10y persons coming in from
there, one by one. It is to be expec-
ted that there is no more cholera al that
post, perhaps Tor the reason that there
lis no victim leit-in fact, so far as we
can learn, the post is abandoned, all
who did not die having left panic
stricken. As ye; We do not know the
exact number of deaths; it is enough
TO say that it was awful Last Fri,
day men were offered $40 to dig
grave, and nobody would do it. The
last man from there, who came in yes
lerday evening, says, when he lett he
saw four or five dead on the porch,
and no man 10 bury them.
'Honor TO whom honor is DUE gen.
tlemen, and cannot omit to speak OF
one instance of true courage, though
you may think i. too soon. Mr.. j.
o. Sawyer, Architect and Builder, Of
st. Louis--who went out TO Fort Ri
ley with Major Ogden, to Superiu!end
the buildings-isthe only man who
kept his place and took charge OF all
the public property, and declared that
he would stav until relieved by COM
mlsSioned officer. | am not able TO
describe to you how much everybody
here admireS such truSty heroism."
Our correspondent proceeds to reflect
very severely upon the conduct OF some
OF those in the public service, and
which conduct, if correctly represent.
ed, was highly reprehensible; but it
may be .hat, in the flush oil excitement
and alarm caused by the sudden ap.
-pearance oil the pestilence at that ex>
posed point. exaggerated stories have
gained currency. At all events we
shall wait for details before passing
condemnation upon men who ought to
have known their duty better and to
have performed i. at all hazards.