Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-06
aailg NatIonal 4cmotrat.
News from Kern River.

The following is from letter dated at
Kovsyille, Kern river, September l4tli, and
published in the Alta. 1t may be considered
late news, from that part of the country;
On the 22d ultilno, our community was
yorv much excited by an attack of Mr.. Ogle
on 4. Ray. Ray has, for the last year. been
verv domineering in his manner towards
ogie has once or twice cuffed him, and
threatened to shoot him il ever he saw him
CARRYING his revolver. Ogle, who is coasti-
tmtionally opposed to fighting, bore hundreds
Of insults without mixing any demonstra
tion Ray visited Ogle's wife, although the
latter frequently forbade his doing SO. One
evening, whilst Ogle was out at work, Ray
went to his house, and insulted his wife
grossly. She told her husband of it, and
said Rav had attempted an outrage upon
her and threatened her life, and told Ogle
$50 rumor says) that "she would not live any
longer with a man who could not protect
her" A few days afterwards, Ogle beltcd
an his revolver and knife, and went to hunt
mn Raw and found him in Marsh & Co S
store. He walked up to him and pulled out
his revolver, and instead of shooting him, as
he might have done, (for Ray had not seen
him he punched him on the back with the
muzzle of his pistol Ray very naturally
iumpcd and turned around, so the ball mere
Iv missed through the back of his coat Ogle
then punched him on the head, when Ray
threw up his right arm and the ball passed
through his arm The bystanders then in
terfered and the parties were separated.
On the 9th, Ray was found dead near his
cabin (which is about half mile from town. J
he had shot through the top Of his hat,
one in the mouth, one through the heart. and
one in the stomach; his clothes were on fire
and his breast burnt some. His friends were
very much excited, and it would have gone
hard with Ogle had any of them come across
him just then. He, however, was non est
invent,ts, and could not be heard of. In three
or four days he came in, was tried before
Justice Barrows and acquitted He saws
(and no one else saw the diIiiculty,) that he
was walking down the road near Rays house
and had his double barrel shot gun with him.
and an ak to cut some wood, he met Ray.
and as the latter had threatened TO kill him
if he saw him with gun, he ran towards
some rocks but says Ray pulled out his re-
volver and fired at him that he returned the
fire with his shot gun, then threw down the
ak and gun and took to his heels. Raw was
very desperate man, and perfectly fearless
and there can be but little doubt that as soon
as his arm got well he would have killed
Ogle. He was tired of life and said on the
day he was killed that "his life was hell to
him but he could not muster courage to com
NIT suicide" His real name is Eugene Bird.
He was fugitive from justce--having, in
quarrel, killed his brotherin-la in Georgia
There are few here to mourn him. He had
talents and education, and might have put
them to a better use than he did here.
few days ago Mr.. Ogle fell down a shaft
some ninety-ive feet deep, breaking his
thigh and collar bone, and dislocating his
shoulder; he certainly has hard row to
hoe