Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-02
CALIFORNIA NEWS.

ST, JOSEPH, June 1.
,Trho Central Overland pixies Peak Exprcss arrived
this evening With advicea 20 the si'h' anu ANh'of
meeting 81 the citizens was held last evening
lor the purpose q taking p,ee p,e ne }h fnISs WI
me city was divided into wards, and places Of
rendezvous appointed ~ ScS fc ~ Vg tSe y,
tnrk nn the whites was Threatened,
There arp now hrge nS.lnels 9, hlqwa, Apaehes'
caWpea within few miles VI The city and some
deprcdatiQns have been committed on Ranches In
lertnincd 0f serious trouble By the cid settlers.
The meetlng passed resolution TO ufict % lashes
IN public, and compel y leave the country any per
son found guilty qt selling or giving Intoxicating
ksporis from minss favorable. Weather oul;o
wSrm,
81. JosErH, june i.
The Paney Express with dispatches and mails
missing trons the fOney, which arrived Tuesday
evening, arrived &C 22o D. m, 70 day
No explanation is given as 10 cause its deten.
ton Mail all safe
The last POney Express took lntelligence thal
several Americans had been murdered by Indians
while asleep at Miller station or Carson river
some thirty miles irGm settlements Of Carson val
ley, also that various companies had organized NJ
Virginia city, Gold Hill and other settlements In
Wash0e mines, and gone IN pursuit Of the In
dians supposed 70 have committed the murders
II subsequently appeared that 10 volunteers M.
der the command of Major Orinsby, on the 18th
inst. came upon the innians, about % miles
'
in ambush at q narrow pass through which the
0rmsby party were proceeding, and numbering,
Il Is supposed not less than Ave hundred all haV
ing Ere arms plenty Of ammunition and 100 horses
within convenient distance. They opened fire
upon our troops from their safe hiding places
OrInsby ordered charge but the Indians cOntin.
ued 20 skulk, firing occasionally from behind
rocks and sage bushes, and doing damage without
saiering much in return,
This condition Of things continued two hours,
when the ammunition Of Ormsbys party gave
out The Indians seeing this, closed upon our
men, pouring In vOlley after YOlley, killing many
ON the spot The balance retreaied, scattering la
AL directions. The survivors came in struggling
into the City during two subsequent days The
exact number of killed is not yet ascertained, but
il probably exceeds So
Among the slain are Mai Ormsby Henry
Meredith, distinguished California lawyer, W.
5. Spear, Richard SnOwden, VIM. Arlington, Dr,
Jader, Charles Deraws, James Lee, +. Johns e.
Mcleod, John Fleming, s. Anderson, Andrew
Scheslld, III, knesorwitch, John Gormbo, A. X.
Elliott, W. Hawkins, Geo, Jones' VIM. Macin-
tOsh, .. MeNaughton. Total known TO be killed,
n wounded, fatally unknown IS; returned
alive IS. Wagons have been sent out 70 pick up
any wounded that may be found, and also an
armed force to protect parties bUrying the dead,
but no account Is yet received ffOm the battle
ground.
Exasaerated reports Of the battle caused powerful
sNeTtions 70 De made throughout California to send
AT Plaoerville and Sacramento the people essen
bled and rased about 50 900 and lifted out company
vile their way over Che mountains on the 18th
18th. One hundred and atty volunteers started out
nom boWnieyiiia, and another company from Ne
yoda
an the principal military companies In the State
expressed their readiness 70 embark on the same
duty.
The State authorities promptly dispatched 200 stands
Of arms with good supply o. aminition-
Gen. Clark, Commanding Pacifc Division OF the
United States army, dispatched nom San Francisco.
the 18th, $50 United States troops, all the aVaila
be men In Central California together with oJstand
Of arms and iO00 00O rounds Of aminltlOn be also
sent orders that the 100 United States soldiers sta
toned az Henry Lake. 100 miles north Of Carson Val
ley, to proceed to the Pyramid Lake region and aid
in surprising hostilities.
There are now not less than 800 well armed volun-
teers from California, and go United States soldiers
ready for duty the eastern slope Of the mountains,
an ample force TO protect the people as long as un
paid volunteers afford to remain IN the held,
Hostile Indians were all TO the north OF the
Pony Express, Salt Lake mail an emigrant
route and the troops will be so posted as TO keep
that route open
The Indians on the eastern side of the noun
tains, extending north into Oregon and westward
into the interior Of Utah, number probably 900,
aud from contiguity with MOrmons and other un-
avOidable causes are all liable to become hostile
TO Americans.
S. w. Williams, Secretary of American Lega
tiOn in China, and bearer of copy Of the Tati-
fled treaty with that empire, leaves for Washing
ton by steamer Of 10th.