The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-21
I III E DISPATCH.
THURsnAY MORNING .,ornnFn ;, ,s.s
The Death OF Li.nt, AiIen

1 te.s'-
| The Death OF Lieut. Allen.
from our Oregon aiss We derive the following
relative to the killing Of L'eat. Allen, but would
remark that 1t does not coincide with the account
| received at the Department At Washington. aud
"n'cn was published Ia the Star sohe two weeks
| ago:
| 1--WE have the statement that the circrr,.,..
connected with the killing of Lieuteua,t Aha
were somewhat as follows There Ia a dirision
among the tribes west OF the Columbia river reIa-
ave ave 70 nghting the troops. Some desire 10 fight
| chien decided to remsin hostile. vhiie cotssm,o
and Choshosekan, with their familes. weys far
peace. The latter separated from the host;ie.
aua 'aklng with them their families and stock,
vs,s proceeding towards Simcoe They met
MAJ Garnetts command and the chief, entered
ms camp with flag of truce; they represented
themselves and chiefs as friendly But an Indian
an uo wa, with darnetts command reported that
among these Indians there were four who we're in
the night against Rohsrtsonand that the chiefs had
iied when they said that ell in their camp were
friendly. This induced Maj Garnett to retain the
cneis 40 prisoners aud to order Lieut.. Allen with
adetachment to surround the Indian camp while
the Indians we're asleep
accordingly, about o'clock, on the morning of
the 10Th, he, with one two OF his men went into
the Indian camp, while the remainder wera sta
toned in readiness to fre At the fir.t signal nf
distress Lieut.. Allen attempted to rouse them
from their sleep, when one Of them iumped nm
! ara started to run away. and Allen fred at him
, AT the discharge Of his gun thu whole camp was
aroused aud Aliens men outside fired indisrr;mi
natey into the camp, shot taking effect in tn
Dody OF Allen, from which he afterwards died -
me Indians are reported to have not fired at sl
Ihey were all taken prisoners; the four who vera
In the fight with Robsrtson were shot. and tha
remainder set at liberty"
A TERRIBLE WESTERN SToRm-The st. pauI,s Min
nesotian states that on Wednesday, the lst inst.
n n he
region, was experienced at the village of New Ufm
some thirty miles West of ST. Peter, on the Mime.
sofa river. Although 1t lasted but a few minutes
such was its violence, that six buildings we're en-.
tirely destroyed. and not a single building In the
town escaped without injury.
One building was lifted from it's fod ndation carr;ed
some twenty five feet, and turned over on its aide
Ahosher large honse, one Of the best in the place
@ nor naisneu' was moved some ak feet, aud badly
racked ana injured Several others had their walls
: rent and broken. A kitchen, built up against a
house, was entirely demolished and cooking stove
hurried across an entire block-the pipe being driy-
! en- so lar that it could not be found at all,
Ihe post otfice was kept in q store the front of
Whlch nad large windows. These were broken in
ny the violence of the wind and the contents OF
the building, consisting of the mail matter, dry
GOODS, etc were gathered in its embrace and scat
tereo over the praiif' in every direction Many of
the letters were entirely lost.
stage, owned by citizen of Traverse, broth.
erin law of the Messrs. Kieid, of St. Peters, was
standing in tho street at the time and was carriad
| distance of twenty five rode being literally torn
to pieces-the wheel even being broken from the
axles. =
The DEFEyogs IN FRAscs-Tbe Cover nment of
France has commenced the execution of other
works in addition to those of Cherbourg and Brest
All the Atlantic coast received appropriations for
TINS purpcss Paris correspondent Of the New
York Commercial says that "IIavre has received
100000 coo of francs 10000 900 to be paid by the
town, aud SO,000,000 by the State; Dupkirk ha,
received IL oooo00 of francs; Dieppe 100000 and
fecamp 100000. 1t is determined to make the
coast as nearly impregnable, even to the improved
instruments OF modern warfare. as possible Napo-
leon said ct ST. Helena, the Notifications were
made to be taken; aud the distinguished Russian
the construction for forNficalions for the defence
OF n country as useless expense. 1t ia evidently
however, safer to take these opinions with
t)eral allowance, and act as if they had never been
uttered. With such supports to Cherbourg and
Brest as these millions expended along the French
Coast Will offer foreign invasion, England will have
double cause for complaining of the expenses to
which the military demonstrations CT France are
putting her.
THOUGHT BEAUrIFIsR.-A writer in the Home
Journal thinks that mental activity tends to keen
the body young:
We were speaking of handsome men the other
evening, and was wondering why X. had SO lost
1
| NOUS. SO, its because he never did ANYTHING
said B; "he never worked, thoughs, suffered You
must have the mind chiseiing away at the features
| if you want handsome middle aged men, Since
hearing that remark, l have been on the watch at
the theatre, opera and other places to see
whether it is generally true, and it is A hand.
some man who does nothing but eat and drink.
grows abby, and the fine lines of his featurea
lost; but the hard thinker has an admirable
sculptor at work. keeping his fine liues in repair
and constantly going over his face to improve the
| original design.
| GEN. PAEZ, THE VENEZUELANsExnE.-Tfs ven.zu-
| elan commissioners, Srs. Rojas, Mujica, Paez and
Gen. Austria, were received by both boards of the
common council of New York Monday, when the
! first named gentleman, in a very feeling address,
| rendered on behalf of his tuntry its gratitude
| for the welcome and protection the city had ex
| tended to Gen Paez during his many years of exile
| in that city. He concluded by presenting to the
city authorities resolution of thanks adopted by
| tbs Venezuelan government. Mayor Tiemanu made
| an appropriate response. Gen. Paez will leave in
a few daysin company with the commissioners, one
| of whom is his son.
THE YELLOW FEvER-The fever at vicksburg is
on the increase The Whig says that it is prnci-
pslly caused by the influx of unacciimated persons
| In another paragraph the same paper says that
"they are landing aimost every day in Vicksburg-
| can get nothing TO do-are taken sick, go to the
| hospital and die Our hospital is 30 crowded that
it is next to impossible to take the necessary care
of them. Had it not been for the influx of stran
gcIs, vicksburg wouid have had very little yellow
fever thisseason. Will they not stay away for
| three or four weeks ongers"
| BRUTAL MURDER.-In Wayne Co =, N. C. ,on Sunday
| last a man named Sterling, shot nu Old woman b.
tween sixty and seventy years OF age, named Cot
| ton, dead ia her own door. 1t seems that there
| had been some Misunderstanding between the par.
| ties relative to q dog few days prvious, and on
| Sunday the man called at the house Of Mrs Cotton
aud on being asked by her to come in, refssed to
1 do hut ad hArt aouf hoh had tua,