New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-29


Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. sS5eO
on the 24th uh. \. j. Taylor, commonly cah.l
"Nqtchez. eunsnii,h killed IN his shop by the
accidental discharge Of pistol in The bancs OF John
Travers.
P,rsons familiar with the h.tory Of San Francisco
will remember that -he ior several yeqrs repu-
dated several millions Of dollars o. her scrp
ON technical grounds. Last Simmer Board
f E1aminer- appointed for me purpose of
examining this srrip, recomnendei that n p2f-
ho,ds 70 bear Fix p, cent interes' annually This iow
interest i e1nivalent 10 cutting of hall the value OF
the scrip if is to be sold in San Francesca Bat even
this il given gTudgngy tor some OF te clty 'fhcias
Itve he'd an Injunction issued ~ psvent the issuance
al the bonds and the creditors are 10 be cheated out
of ey,ry cent II .aw and dishonesty can work II.
From OREGON we learn that battle was fought, on
the Ist ult at the -Four Lakes abou. % miles north
sast from Nalla-Wsai, between 32j United States
troops and about 400 hostile lndiaos-Spokans, Pc
lou.es. and CGgr dAlenes. The red men were de-
fcated with loss Of IS dead, aud many more
wounded Not one Of the whites was injured IN the
least. Col. Wright was marching with 90 troops
from Fort Taylor BOrtnward toward Colyie, IN hopes
of getting a fight from the Indians, who were very
confident On the third day he began to see some oi
them and a couple OF days afterwarc ne came upon
larce body Of them posted Oh II hi between four
lakes. The infantry battalion, uDder Cap r.. ID.
Keyes and the dragons, under Capt. r. q. Z. Ord
their troops amounting to 32Jl, were ordered "
charge. which they did in good style. They were
AIMED with MIME rifles and as they advanced they
used these, pi king of the IndiaD- they showed
themselves fiom behind the trees, at d stances which
exceedingly astoDisbed the red men, vino supposed
that lC0 or NJ most 300, yards a far rs man
could be hit with rife ball. They were terrified as
they saw their brethren killed Mt distance OF ioJ
wards and being a. q great disadvantage wlth Their
shortrauge muskets, they fed After they had gotten
ont Of reach of the soldiers they were followed by
twenty-five Nez PeIce allies Of Col Wrignt, who
came back. after few hours chase, with several
scalps. They bidden 10 take scaps but they
do il nevertheless.
Of the Boston ship Wild Wave in the South Pacific
"The ship Wild Wave, $50 TINS, Of Boston, from
San Frarcsco to Valparaiso, was wrecked oo the nigt
Of March 1, by striking on low island, called Demo,
in latitude "a / south longitude l'O' 90 west. The
island was marked down on the chart as being in
loI eiiude l3O- 81 west.
"The loss was total one. There were 80 persons
on theWild Wave, all men, and all were saved. The
island was barren and nhabited but they had saved
stores from the ship sufficient for four or five months
fubs-teLce Ten days after the wreck, Capt Knowles
started away in boat with his mate ard five other
men. for Pitcarns Island IS miles distant leaving
two boats with the on OeDo. He arrived at Pit
Gains Island and had his boat broken up there IN
the breakers He found the island unnhabted. lie
then Lad 10 build rev boat, which was launched
on the 23d July. In that he got to Tahiti, with the
mate and two sailors, three preferrng to remain on
the island. From Tahiti, Capt. Knowles came IN the
Euydice to Honolulu, and thence in the bark an
kee 10 this city.
"Ine Ulitod States sloop-of-wa- which was at Pa
peete When Capt. Knowles arrived, went off to Oeno
to rescne the men left there.
"Jhe value of the Wild Wave was about So, 900.
She had $I2, eco on board, which the captain saved
and brought to this city,
From the Arctic whaling grounds we lie 'rn that the
seasons catch there has been very small one. Ihe
HonOlUIu Commercial AdrertiScr Of Sept. 10 says
Since tire arrival Of the first whaer of the season,
the 9Th Of july lS ships have arrived at the diff
ferent ports Of these islands from the Kodiack and
Arctic Seas bringing aggregate of II $50 barrels OF
OIL averaging about 5O5 barrels to each ship. AT the
spending date in 1857, six whalcrs only had ar
rived al the islands, reporting an aggregate catch of
/ 800 barrels or average of 165 barrels to each
vessel.
"The reports from the Arctic are unusually dis
this year, the best catch being that OF the
IarmOnv Of Honolulu reported as having 700 barrels
on the Goth of August, while tie majority of the ships
had one whale and a number were clean In Bris-
tol Bay but whale had been seen during the
whole season.
Some remarks have been made in regard to the
anticipated Interference by the Russi1ns with the oper
aons Of the whaling fleet in the Northern Seas. Capt.
Bryant in the America reports that he was boarded
by an officer from a Russian steamer in Behrn5
Straits close in with the land whose proiessed object
was merely TO ascertain the name of the ships and
amount Of oil on board. Capt. b. does not appear TO
entertain the belief that the Russians will enforce any
new regulations i'll regard to whaling their coasts