New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-09-23

The Leavenworth Herald Of the 18th has the fol.
lowing:
The Express arrived at Armor's Station, five miles
from Atchlson, last night having been eight days on
me route th ere being no the coach did
g. H. Mclaughlin, Esq, the messenger, came
down on the Heaperan Yesterday, bringing about 900
letters, and 1880 in gold. He states that most Of
Of the South Platte, the Colorado, and to q place
called the Park, returning to the old diggings
They found some gold, but as the Indians were
ronblesome-several men having been killed-and
much until spring.
The diggings in the mountains are paying we'll
All who are at work are making good wages, while
those who have slnices are making money rapidly.
He saw from Henderson's lead in the Gregory dig
gins, $l2O washed out 10 one day.
The weather was wet and quite cool. Snow to the
depth OF two inches fell about hundred and fifty
miles this side OF Denver, week ago Sunday.
We received copy Of the Rocky Mountain News.
Il contains no mining intelligence Of interest. Mr..
Mclaughlin reports that there is plenty Of gold in the
mountains, but that It require labor and capital to
secure 1t. He says there will not many miners 70.
main in the mouatains during the winter. Some in
tend coming to Denver City, some to Golden City,
and some to the States, with view Of returning in
the spring.
hand two hundred ounces Of gold, which will be for
warded by the next express.
A dispatch Of the 18th from Leavenworth City
says:
Denver City adyicss to the 9Th received here by
express to-day. Tho weather continued to be wet
and cold. large number Of miners were leaving
prevalence Of rain and snow storms. The return
emigration had considerably increased during the
week preceding the departure of the COACH
Tho st. Louis Republican publishes q letter from
Denver City, Sept. l. from which We extract the fol.
lowing:
Our people have been once more startled by the
news Of additional bloody outrsges having been
petrated by band Of the brutal tribe of the Utahs.
prospecting party, consisting OF Messrs. VIM. Tay
lor, Daniel Kelly, and Amos and Norman Reid, re.
turned on the day before yesterday from the South
Park, and reported the discovery Of six scalped
bodies Of white men, some two hundred miles South
west from this point The spot on which they were
found was covered with blood, and bore other marks
Of most desperate struggle between the slayers and
slaughtered, A number of dead anmals-hOrses and
mues-were also found in the same locality. Nothing
was found on the mutilated human bodies by which
they could have been identified.
This makes the third butchery the blood.thirsty
savages Of the Great Basin have committed during
the last six weeks About sixteen miners are known to
have been murdered by them. Many more victims Of
their ferocity have undoubtedly fallen to u.s. in the
hundreds Of secluded gulches and ravnes which the
host OF goldhunters penetrated during the present
season.
In addition to the above Mr.. VIM. Kroenig, lately
arrived from Taos, reports that the Utahs have sent
a regular declaration Of war to the commander of
Fort Garland.
Our mining community is in state Of great excite
| ment at the imminent danger of general Indian
war. Scattered, as they are, over vast extent of
country they would be entirely helpless in case Of
sudden attack en- masse on the part of the savage
foe. The Cheyennes, who roam east Of US, are also
reported to entertain feelings of hostility and hence
| it becomes the urgent duty of the Government to
provide for the protection Of the people OF the gold
regions. Why not order the four companies of
cavalry that are now patrolng up and down the
Central or Smoky Hill Route, over which not soil
tary immigrant travels at the present time to Cherry
Creek, to be permanently stationed there during the
entire winter? In their present sphere of duty they
are worse than useless, while Cherry Greek they
would undoubtedly prove of incalculable benefit to
all those that propose to winter in this region amidst
numerous savage tribes