New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-17

u.re from, California wh-rs men are accustomed 70
do,ny business on the system f make or oroaA'
They brought their system with them, and n TO,
.,it q lille many broke, q fortunate few secured
the oogs,ssjon of the best claims Of the country,
A. VIII ss large share Of the cash which had been
brought into it. Instead Of investing their money
il, developing their claims and thus benetttlng the
whole country ne well rs themselves the richest vi
tLem as # BY preconeerted agreement, found II 10
D. oe,, nsesssa,s that they should 20 to dan Fran
cisco. Very socu after they had gone reaction
commenced The capital OF the country had oeeh
withdrawn, and very few Of the claims IN 1t beng
s,ficienty developed 10 pay, and very little money
coming in. everything began to have dowpwar3
tendency. Many had bought claims at good round
rrjc,s. paving o portion down, and agreeing " pay
the balance in irom 10 to 80 days depending on tho
rise Of claims to meet their engagements; AS
concurrence, forced sales had to be MADE ano
necessarily the downward tendency 81 Things was
bastsned To Increase the panic into which this
,ta.e az affairs had thrown the people the story
xas fabricated ia San Francisco and published 10
acme of the most respectable Journals that, III INC
MEXICAN or Spanish claim-the richest ID inc
cnptry-e stratum Of base metal had been iouno,
two feet IN WIDTH. II was also stated that te ORC
which the 0Phir Company had s1 Pe - S @n
DER tn, az was Anticipated, had only given 70;
burn 81 abOut 81 900
Claims in th., C.uustock lead immediately diain-
ishsd greatly IN value and OF course u II gave 0ut,
or deere ased il richness, other leads might 40 bhe
same. and other claims suffered the same dlm!nu.
ton In price Ground in In Ophr claim that had
been held and had sold, at the rate VI $s'oOo per
foot. would scarcely bring $500. The result OF
this singular combination Of adverse circumstances
vss most disastrous to the Welfare Of the country
Labor was SUSPENDED 0D many OF the leads and
the laborina ,nsn, unable 10 fad employment was
obliged IT, return t. California, or starve This
state of affairs continued for few weeks, when
the capitalists and heavy 0wners began 10 return.
Tie depression had reduced prices to The desired
grnde, snj there began again tO be demand Tor
mining ground but al very low rates. The plan
had been well laid and well carried out, when, as
il to aid their plot, and by 80 doing give them the
monopoly of the uhole country, the Indian war
broke out On the LIT of May the ri. Utes, who
had hitherto been on friendly relations with the
whites camping near the settlements and pertorn-
ing various kinds of dIudgery for hire, suddenly
disappeared, taking With them their s4uaw. and
porpooses Not an Indian could be found this 81 10
If yfamid LAKE the headquarters Of old VIM
Demuccs, principal chief of the tribe. The cir
cuDs,aDce of the di appearance of the natives gave
rise to many spp'rhensons, and II vas feared the
Indians were p'tparing for war. On the 9Th OF May
these fears we're confirmed by the Intelligence that on
the night Of the Sth Wl.mss station IN the Carson
ryeT about 30 miles north east from here, had been
tie ssock belonging to the station driven off. Such
intelligence naturally caused a great excitement,
and it Was determined to follow the savages,
aud punish them tor the outrage Accordingly,
volunteer companies we're formed here, at Silver
City, Carson City, and Genoa and on Thursday,
the l, tn Hlt., the several companies, numbering in
all los mounted men, left this place for the scene
OF The massacre. Major Ormsby of Carson City
was chosen as chief IN command. They proceeded
H.. 1ar VA. "A sfa mn ief thp
bodies OF the murdered, and -ncamped for the
night. In the morning they started on the trail
o. the savages which plainly visible IN the sand
of the desert, aud if to make 1t more surely dis
ceInibie the Indians had scattered bits OF cloth,
broken glass &c, 10 the way. The route they had
taken was that by which they always pass in 60 ng
between Carson River and Pyramid Lake. Ga the
afternoon of the l2th mounted Indians We're
seen ahead and chase was Immediately given The
savsges retIeatsd, aud were followed by the whole
body OF the whites into "a narrow canon through
which the 1'ruckee River passes. Here were seen
drawn up III the iorIu Of SEMI circle about 300
mOuBted redskins all armed with rifles. After a
triei CONSULTATION by the officers Of Major Ormsbys
command, the order was gwen 10 make charge
This was gallsbtly done, aud the line Of Indian
horsenen gave way. At this moment the sage
brush IN front of our force seemed suddenly imbued
with life, each furnishing a hoOtiDg, yelling
savage. Our men were tnken by surprise, and
their borses, wholly unused t. war, became nearly
Interchangeable through fright; while the Indians
we're pressing nearer and pouring deadly fire into
Gus ranks SreIng they were fast being surrounded
the order vas given t. retreat to the willows and
brush OF thu back OF the river, there to dismount
and fight ON foot. Some of the men did 80, ami If
al had oteyed orders, the result OF the acton snght
have been far different AS soon as the order was
given 10 retreat many became panIc-stricken, and
putting spurs to their animals they rushed headlong
IL II a.
which tley had entered the Gallon.
"A gallant few, with Major Ormsby, discounted
and returned tie tr OF the enemy doing considerable
execution, but bravery, alas often has tO yield to
superior force. Major Ormsby was soon shot
through the body, and tell mortally wounded. He
begged vi his companions to stay with him, aud
not lei his body Gall into the hands of the savages.
The gallant Meredith and young Joseph Baldwin,
son OF Judge Baldwin OF the Supreme Court of
California, did all N their power to save hun, bat
all their eiivrts were irultless. Those who We're
still unla Wed and whose animals had not escaped,
seeing Il ere was no Use OF further eOrr, mounted
u follow their less brave comrades in their flight.
4. this moment Meredith was wounded in the side,
sad yOurg BALDWIN, seeing two sssagss advancing
to lspatcb him, diSloounted and discharged both
barrels Of hls gun at the,n. One of the men now
told Meredith. Whose horse had broken away, IN
get u behind him. and they would thus both try to
get ss,ay. Meredith, true nOblelnan that he was,
7. Piled, "Eo, thank you 1 can't, for by 80 doing
I migLJ endanger your IIie." Soon after he had
u,ser.l, ihese words vollsy was fired by band Of
an. vroa& ing sayages, and the hOn-hrartod Mere
dbl frl but, raising himself on arm. he dis
cho xedt Stb barrels of his shotgun laying two Of
his Vem,s ia the dust. In few moments lie was
cut ~ pisces by their knives. Young Baldwin,
SEEING be Gs2ld give him no further assistance, at
s,.s,t. d 70 reinount his animal, when he found
apoiler mnI.had him by the bride aud was just
- -, ~ Tim The hoy demonstrated with him