New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-09

even II we had given up those OF every man In the
demand. told them that asked or them no mors
than what was right, and that would not submit "a
anything that was wrong.
AZ there was assembled ct least some four hundred
Indians on the opposite bank Of the river 70 prevent
our CROSSING, unless the demand for the shirts wae
complied with, gave instructions to hsve the rops
eass Iocse from The other bank Of the river. MessA
Akefd and Pool wers sent to tho other de Tor that
purpose and while in the act Of uutyin9 he rope he
Indians began shooting 1t them With arrows They
escaped unframed but the India rubber boat wss
~ ~, many Places 70 e . Be nearly ned with
~ tns tme tney commenced shooting the opposite
side Of the river, BY means Of signal made 81 m
inolans 70 communicate the intelligence to those on
the willows in the rear Of the train. Knowing fnH
WeH tnat We must hsht;I repaired to an open place
where re could better contend With such superior
two days previous and while IN The act Of corsifr
the wagons, we were greeted with showers a. arrvs
then gave orders to the men to kin and scslp eyerv
one that could be seen. It was warm tim "a sfnt
three hours, my men killing at least two Indans a.
every three shots fired and taking some of tber hsfr
This has deferred them from further molestiue 81 "a
the present time although they collected il iarre
numbers on the opposite side Of the river and dare 70
to cross.
/ have forty men, and as believe we have whipped
them on this side of the river, think could do de
with all my men. But as / should be under the ne
cessity Of dividing my company well as having the
river, which is one-fourth Of mile in width to OBJ
struct my movements, think it would be dangerous
to attempt it without assistance. satisfied that
nifty men would be ample, knowing, as do, that I
could whip them had not the river to cross. II,
therefore you can with propriety and in accordance
with your duties, without transcendiuo your OH.
cial power, You viii send to my assistance detach-
ment OF men.
Hoping TO hear from yen soon. I am
Respectfully your 's sss1H :f' Z s1sHor.
The Los Angeles vineyard says:
Col Hoffman expects 70 reach the Mohaye villages
BY the 18th Of this month. We do mot think be WIN
be able to send the detachment ssked for By NJ.
Bishop. in advance OF the main body, the supplies
necessary for them could mot be Forwarded much
Colonel will be anxious to be on the ground in pesson,
and to have with him force sufficient, not only 70
clear the road but t0prevent the Indians from moving
out of his reach The hardship Of march up The
commanding officer cause him to forget the recep
ton which was given him by the Nohaves on the
occasion Of his previous visit TO their country.
Aletter received in San Francisco says:
gentleman connected with Mr.. Bishops party
encamped the Colorado, mentions the arrival q
three young men in their camp belonging to party
Of seventeen, who were travelling from Pixies Peak
to California On the 18th March they attacked
by the Indians this side Of the Colorado and north
Of the Mohave river aud out Of the whole party only
four were left to tell the fate Of the others one Of
those soon gave out and the other three, after suf
fering incredible hardships made their way 70 Set
man, c. Bonyrge and O. p. Brown. It appears they
were attacked at the edge Of wood, and most q
the party shot down before resistance could be ore
The survivors Immediately made for the open ground,
where they defended their lives with the greatest
bravery. One young man named Bonyrge, displayed
great GOODNESS, and covered the retreat Of his com
rades BY shooting down every Indian that showed
himself from under cover. So terrified were the Indf-
ans by the havoc made among them by the revolvela
Of the whites, that they beat an immediate retreat,
4 Offering no further molestation to this brave little
band. g5s.ssss e
The San Diego Herald has the following intelli-
gence from the Colorado and Sonora : y
Col. Joseph Hooker left Fort Yuma on the 4th
April and came overland to San Diego, and from
thence to this city, reaching here Wednesday
| ming 18th instant. The Colonel went down to tho
Santa Cruz but she had sailed twentyfonr hours be-
fore his arrival. The Santa Cruz would touch at La
Paz, Guaymas Mazatlan and San Bias Col. Hooker
came up the river on his return to Fort Yuma in
company with Captain Mowry, who has gone on to
Washington, as we stated in our last ISSUE in hopes
of efectng arrangement by which the territory
of Sonora and Snaloa may be acquired by the United
States and his contract for land sold to Govern
ment.
Pesquera had fight thirty miles from Mazatlan.
about the 18th Of March, in which many lives were
lost on both sides He won the battle, taking more
prisoners than he had men in his command The
force which has been equipped BY his orders at
Guaymas was for the purpose Of attacking Ma1atlan
by water.
Yuma. From him we learn that Governor Pesquiers
of Sonora. Mexico, had an engagement with the
Sinaloa forces, in which he completely routed the
enemy, taking more prisoners than be bad men in
his army The battle was fought about thirty miles
back of Mazatlan. Pesquiera entered the city Of
Mazatan in triumph, and seized all the Mexican yes
sells that entered the Gulf ports and converted them
into men-of war He was carrying things with q
high hand, with all the vigor and energy Of Bona
parte Success has turned his head with all the red
blood of fiery revolutonist. There was no telling
where he would stop in his wild and infnriated
, career.
The steamer Santa Cruz left the mouth Of the Colo
RADIO river on the 18th ult. She will touch at Quay
mas, Mazatlan, Cape St. Lucas, etc. The musketa
United States Consul had been demanded by United
States man-ofwar, and the Mexicans were forced to
pay the owner Of the property (Frederick Goerlitz
their full value In reference to breaking the Consu
lar seals to obtain the muskets, the United States
may demand justice Pesquiera is having il all his
own way in the Gulf-with the " aid and comfort 7
of the French and English.
From the Sandwich Islands.
Adyices were received in San Francisco to the
18th of March. letter of that date says:
l have nothing new of Importance The volcano
still continues to flow but it is not SO active as it has
BEEN yet the flow is still very great and is filing mp
the plain near tbeyond) Ahnaumi. The stream from
the source down to the plain is mostly encrusted
over, so that the liquid lava is seen only in places
where the covering is broken in.
We have not felt the earth quake for some days
past. Previously we nad q lille snake OF Two aiuOS
every day. and two or three that were quite severe
large number of natives have been up to see the
flow at different times during the past two weeks.
Persons wishing to see the crater can do 80 NOW
with much more safety than at any time previous
and probably with as much satisfaction. Tor they
could approach much nearer, and the flowing
stream dashing down the mountain at very grea
speed.
Guano Islands.
The Alta California says:
The schooner E. L. Frost, with one of the firm Q
@. A. Williams & Co., of this city, on board ,returne,
on the 14th from cruise in search of guano islands
having been eminently successful. Some thirty o
forty different islands were visited between the lat
tudes % deg. N. and deg. s., and between long
tudes $50 deg. and ITO deg. On five Of the island
large deposits of gnano were found, and specimen
brought here, which have been declared by compe
tent judges to be equal if not superior to the bes
kinds OF Jarvis Island Messrs. Williams & Co. beinl
American citizens have sent in their claim to th
Department OF State, in accordance with the act
. Congress of August Is, 1856.
. FUGITIVE SLAVE Casa dispatch of the Q,
inst, from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, says:
There was great excitement here this afternoon il
s regard to the fugitive slave Jackson, who was ar
rested last night. Judge Marsh decided that the pris
oner was illegally held, and discharged him. 1mme
h diately after his discharge he rearresed, han(
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