The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-06
TERRIBLE INDIAN ENGAGEMENT.


From our friend j. Jewett Wilcox, clerk of the
steamer Omaha, just down from Sioux city, we
| learn that bloody and sanguinary butchery came
of about one hundred miles out in the interior of
| Nebraska from Decatur between the Omaha and
| Brule Sioux Indians, on the 23d instant
band of fifty Omahas men, women and chill
dren, were returning from a hunting expedition,
and while encamped, was steathily attacked in the
night by large band of the Brule Sioux. The
Omahas bad seventeen killed, seventeen wounded
and two prisoners taken; and succeeded in killing
and securing live scalp OF their enemies. The sur
vivors of the massacre arrveda their reserve near
Decatur bringing the dead and wounded on the
day the Omaha passed up. Mr.. Wilcox states that
the Sioux neither spared age sex. He saw
dead infant with frghtful wound across its fore
head, killed in the engagement. The dead and
wounded lying in the bottom, presented terrible
spectacle. The lamentation of the friends and rel
atiVes, with faces blackened, and in deep mourn
ing, were trul ly piteous and heart-rendering The
wounded are in chargeOfthe agent, who endeavors
to ameliorate their sutferings as much possible
ToBACco: Irs History AND ASSOCIATIONS This
is the title of history of the weed put forth by F.
w. Fairholt +. s. A, who is equally stranger to
the pleasures and the penalties which arise from its
use. He has uniformly abstained from the use Of
1t, according to statement made in the London
Critic, which seems to take kindly to the volume
From the statistics given it arrives at the copcu-
sion that smokers are rather long-lived class The
author appears to have examined almost every
work which treats of tobacco in any form or guise
and his volume is the book on tobacco. All the use
full learning scattered through other books on the
subject is brought together with reference to Sir
Walter Raleigh, Ralph Lane, his deputy, Sir Fran
els Drake and his'' mariners" King James and his
'Counter-blast," King William, Louis XIV and
the smoking ladies of his court who used the pipes
of the officers of the Swiss guard, Popes Urban
VIII. and Innocent Nil, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Ed
ward Bulwer, Charles Lamb, DR.. Parr, Alfred Ten
nyson, Byron, Moore and Campbell, Alfred de Mus
set, Eugene Sue, Merimee, Paul de ST. Victor, and
Nine. Dudevant, alias George Sand. The connec-
ton of these worthies with the weed opens up many
interesting "reminiscences. But the gem of the IL
lustrations of devotion to the pipe given by Mr.
FairhOlt, is the following letter. ritten by an Eng
lish sailor, more than quarter of century ago:
"Dear Brother Tom This comes hopein to find
you in good health as it leaves me safe ankor'd
here yesterday at 4 p. m., after pleasant voyage
toerable short and a few squalls-Dear Tom, hopes
to find poor old father stout, and am quite out of
pig tail. Sights of pigtail at Gravesend, but un-
fortinly not fit for dog to chor. Dear Tom, Can
tans boy will bring you this, and put pig-tail in
his pocket when port. Best in London at the
Black Boy, in diles, where go acks for best pig
tail-pound pig-tail will do, and am short of
of one Is quite wored out and luther most, but
don't forget the pig-tai, as | ant had quid to
chor never since Thursday. Dear Tom, as for the
shirts, your size will do, only longer like um
long-get one at present; best at Tower hill, and
cheap, but be partcler to go to diles for the pig
tail at the Black Boy, and Dear Tom acks for pound
best pig-tail, and let it be good. Captains boy
will put the pig-a in his pocket, he likes pigtai,
so ty it up. Dear Tom, shall be up about Monday
there or theraabouts. Not so pertecer for the
shirt, as the present can be washed but don't for
get the pig-tail without fail, so am your loving
bI other, r p
"P. S.-Don't forget the pig-ta."