Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-05-09

when it was attacked, sefoia
were killed en- the spot,. and many others
badly wounded.
Here was a shocking scene preseh'eu'
not only of murder, but robbery ana pr
lage. Hundreds of trunks andpackageS
were broken open, and their contents ia
ken or scattered over the ground Inc
floor was covered with blood, and the
papers ofthe railroad company ana those
of the passengers were strewn about
smeared with blood of those VINO were
the innocent victims of those internal de-
mons.
When the depot was entered the
crowd dispersed in all directions; but a
large portion of them fed towards the
wharf. and the small steamer lying atthe
outer end-upon this were crowded ooo
or 700, including nearly all the women
and children. A considerable portion OF
the baggage of the Illinois passengers
had been removed from the depot before
the affray commenced, and was piled up
on lighter which lay on the outside of
the Teboga. This part of the baggage
was hid from the natives, and from this
or some other cause was left unframed.
Here they obtained considerable
amount of money, besides clothing and
other property, and every person in the
house that could, fed, leaving all behind
some to the depot, some to the beach,
some to the woody thickets that were not
far of. some towards the city walls, and
nearly all met again, and again exposed
TO the fire and knives of these merciless
brutes.
From the Ocean House, the mob pro-
ceeded to the depot, where it was sup
poseda stand could be made against them.
The hope was, however, vain. In the
confusion. the railroad officers had been
unable to organize an effective force, and
resistance could not be made.
The building was crowded with pas
sengers guarding their baggage, and en-
deavoring to find safety there, some Of
whom met the foe manfully; but the
force could not be resisted, and they
broke in and made the place real slaugh.
ter house.
When the villains had driven every
body from the depot, they followed in tht
direction whence the greatest numbe.
fed, towards the wharf On arriving a
the head of the wharf, and perhaps eigh
ty yards from the steamer, their progress
was arrested by some means, not exactl,
ascertained-some said by public orde
of the authorities, while others suppose'
it was the sight of so many women an
n children, from whom the desperadoe
could not expect any booty.
| The passengers of the Cortes wer
: many of them, within the walls of th
l town, stopping at the various hotels, an,
therefore, not more perhaps, than half
them came within range of the scene I
action.
: 1t would be vain to attempt to deta
r of outrages committed upon the passel
| gers. Some were robbed of all they ha
: money and clothing-while others Oh
: ly paid tribute of few dollars, undo
f a promise of protection by the police
: One Cortes passenger was robbed of 81
: 500 in gold dust, and another of Il
e ounces-S2600. The money was,
some cases, hid in trunks and sacks, ar
( often carried in belts around the owner
Y and in the latter case the clothes we
, stripped from the person in a brutal ma
! ner, and the money taken, sometim
g leaving the victim helpless and bIeedin
d At the Ocean House and Pacific +;
the baggage was scattered, as at the
L pot, and more money taken in proportio
ie because many Of the inmates of tho
: houses were returning Californians.-
There was among these, also, lar
l. amount Of valuable baggage consistiI
ie of jewelry, trinkets, Grape shawls, &
e carried as presents.
$ 1t is estimated that the baggage tax
-e and destroyed was worth $4,000,
ID sides the money lost, which was at lea
nj $4,000.
-e The loss of life could not be ascertai
g ed with certainty. Eighteen were lyil
dead the next morning in and about Il
Ii depot, and many others were missil
( and badly wounded-perhaps ten mc
y tally. At least thirty must have be
re killed and twenty wounded-among t
er latter was the Secretary Of the Anne
Or can Consul.
as 1t was ascertained that one won
and two children only were killed, thou
ne several others were badly wounded; o
as having her hand shattered to pieces, a
n another was shot through the shoulder