The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-16
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PRISONS kH.LgD-A letter from J. C. Ward 10 tho
Los Angeles Star, dated San BeruarIins. oc,o,sr
tth, iooi States that sn 0atIIs train of emrra nts
from Missouri and Arkansas bound 10 C,,litorna nv
way OF Great salt Lake, had been massacrsd hv L..
dians at the Mountain Meadows. wbic, ara -, -.
near the rim oil the Great Basin and .ome distance
south OF the most southern Mormon settlement. :
The massacre took place about the 10th or 11,h
VI September. Mr.. Ward says he first obtained
bis Information. from the Indians The accoun, 4,
as follows
The company ooasstsd of one hundred .., :,
y or one hanrded aud thrty-iive men. woms, ana
Chiidren ana inc4uded some forty or forty.sv. en-
pablo OF bearin. arms They were in possession 81
,S T,.n' T, ol sIooS, consisting of horses mules
aDu oxen. The encampment was attack all .Isont
dayilght Ia the morning. 30 say the indians hy
combined forces of all the various tribes i,ansd;.
s.sy IN the section OF the country 1t appear, tb,t
made by the Indians '' on'e'
Inc remaining force formed themsaIxas into
iho pest position their circumstances ,rouId al
low out before they could make the pece..arv ar
lo"seheh'sior protecting themselves from the 81 r
rows there were but few left who were Able 10 ho,r
arms. ie ~ oe"'
After having corrAlled their wagons. and ding 8
u''eh ior Their protection, they Continued to Are
upon the ihdishs FOR one or two days; but the In.
oiabs had 80 secreed themselves that according t
their own statement, there wss NOT one ~ tbsr,
killed, and butfew wounded. They fths emjgrsnts1
then sent nag Of truce, borne by little girI ami
gave themselves up to the mercy of the ssvages,
VINO immediately rushed In and slaugh,sreS I'll 81
them, with the exception Of ffteeu infant cbildr.n
thsl mas since been purchased with some difficulty
by the Mormon interpreters
bhe causes which led to the massacre are rsport-
ed to b- that, when the train canned az an Indian
village near Fillmore city the emigr.nts NOT onir
cheated the natives badly in trading with them
but they put strychnine In dead OF for IN. mr.
pose oil poisoning the Indians. and also put poison
In the water which stands in pools Tb;, occ.v{on
ed several deaths among the Indiana within a fs,,
dsys after She departure of the train; whereunon
the Indians rallied, selected plsc. of a,tsct snd
TOOK terrible vengeance. Mr. W. says he obtained
statement OF the csusss Of the massacre from, Fl
ders Matthew md Hyde who ware In Craot Col,
Lake city at ihe time this train was thsre recruit
ing their mt out. and were their WAY TO san Rer-
nsrdine when the murders were committed but
several days journey in the rear of the emigrant,
DEATH oP GIN. CAyAiGSAC.-rhe Arabia brings In.
teilisence OF the death of Gen Eugene Cavaixnac,
one OF the wisest representatives of liberalism in
Enrope He was born in Paris, on the 18th of De-
cember, 1902, and was OF An old member of the
French National Convention:
lie was educated at the Ecoe polytechbioue and
entered the army at an early age. lie held n COM
",-hh III GA AptuttiGn 10 the Mcrea III lS2S but
afterwards returned and stationed in the Gar
rlson OF Metz when the revolution of 1870 com
hehced Here his republicanism broke out and
Tor declaring to his colonel that he would not fire
on the popniace in case Of insurrection, he was
sent TO africa, where in the course of the Algerian
war, he rose rapidly, distinguishing himself re.
peasediy, both by his military aud his adlnipistrs-
i've talents. lie was still in Algeria when the
reVointioh OF 1919 broke out. and one of the first
acts OF the provisional government was to make
him Governor General of the province raising him
AT the same time to the rank of general of division
and appointing him also Minister of War He de
cilned the latter Office but being recalled to Pari.
at bis own request, and having been elected dele
gate to the National Assembly, lie reached ,hs can
ital on the 10th OF May. On the 18th he accepted
the Ministry OF War, and on the 23d received the
command OF the troops to guard the Chamber of
the Assembly.
In June, the disorders arising out of the nation
al Workshors having become alarming, and barri-
cades having again been erected, Cayaigpac wa,
called upon to paciiy the capital and with great
skill he succeeded, after a conflict of Gour doys in
completely restoring order He became at one
the supreme dictator of the capital but after peace
was established he resigned his office He was.
however, chosen President of the Council. with
m t. selee. ni. own ministry He made it up
France with great Judgment. His rule was MIL
TAR! ana, IN certain sense, despotic. Bnt it W. 8
required by the exit aordil y circumstances of the
times, ard it Was effective. Al the election tnr
2 e"ident decreed by the National Assembly. he
Was the candidate of the moderate republican, but
was defeated by Louis Napoleon At the com dptct
OF December I'd, 1851, he was sent to prison at
liam, but was afterwards liberated. He was eec-
ted member OF the National Assembly but d, =
clinet to take his seat Since then he has lived in
comparative retirement, part Of the time in Paris
but chiefly ut country residence. where in the
society OF young and blooming wife, he has en-
!oJea sucn ease anf happiness were denied him
IN his military as well 40 his political career In
May last he Was elected to the Legislative Corps by
the Republicans of Paris. Whether he and his re-
publican colleagues would take the oath required
upon taxing Their seats has been matter of doubt
In his case the doubt is resolved by his unexpected
deceaee the news Of which will be received with
profound regret by all persons, N every part of the
world, who respect bravery, tirmness, integrity
ana true regard for popular rights
TsRRlBLH EHIDEAlC IN LIsEoN.-Ihe cnrrcsnond.