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, 1860-11-16
Snrriyors Of lhe Late MASSACRE.

We copy the following correspondence
from the Portland Daily Adrertissr of the
9Th inst: ..- o.. ..#" ..
WALLA.wALLA, Nov l, 1860.
Sad but yet gratifying news have to
communicate. An express from Captain
Dent arrived at this place yesterday, with
letters from officers in the expedition.
have been permitted to make she following
extracts
Burnt RIVER, Oct. 28.-We are here
with the snow all around US upon the hills
| am on my march back to Walla-wala.
We have been successful. We have with
us twelve Of the immigrants: Mr.. Jeffrey,
Mr.. Muusen, Mr.. Myers and wife, and five
children, Mrs Chase and child, and Mss
Trimble. ....
Another letter states We are now
homeward bound, after successful tramp.
We have been as far as the Owyhee, and
rescued twelve Of the immigrants alive
buried eight,Spd can now account for all
that were in the train.
Mr.. Myers, brother of the rescued Myers,
started TO meet his brother aud family this
morning. A supply train and ambulance
were Immediately sent out from the Fort
with blankets, clothing, fresh vegetables
beef, and other necesSurieS, which will meet
them near the Grand ROudu about the 3d
or 4th inst. BY the 7rh or Suh, we expect
the train will arrive at the fort. The off
cial report, giving details, will be made out
in few days. The details are of the most
heart-rending character They were in Il
perfect state Of nudity-having been strip
ped by the Indians and left to perish. FoI
ten days previous to their discovery they
had subsiSted upon human fesh-the bodice
of those who had persisted. Mrs. Chase
had fed upon the dead body Of her hus
band. \ private letter says that on the
evening of the 27th Oct, an officer with d
detachment in advance of the main party
found near a small stream the women auC
children naked, in a state Of starvation
and greatly emacated 50 much so thai
their bones almost prOtrnded through the
skin. The women and children, on seeing
their rcscucrs, fell upon their knees, aad b!
, 1860-11-16
Col Oh Infantry, Commanding


HEAD QUAETERs, DERART. OF 0REGoN, J
FoRr VANCOUVER, w, T.,
November 10, l8G0)
To Messrs. Il. L. YEsLER, A. G. RAND, L.
d. ABBOTT, d. B. Ward, ]. s. McDoN.
AID, and others:
GENTLEIEN:--I have the honor to ac-
knowledge the receipt Of your communiea.
ton, requesting me to order an engineer
officer TO survey and mark out route for
road from Seattle, ria the SnoqnaImie
pass, to the mining districts of the Wenat,
chee. -., .-.rs .r.,... -.-,,.
/ have mot overlooked the necessity Of
having a good highway from some point on
the Sound, east, across the Cascade Noun.
tains. The Importance Of having an easy
communication east from Puget Sound to
the Colombia river, as well 10 military as
10 commercial point of view, is patent.
To makeNthe read properly, an appropri,
alton is absolutely needed Iwould recon,
mend that a petition be prepared by the
Inhabitants on the Sound, which, with the
Recommendation of the Territorial Legisla.
ture.. should be forwarded at an early date,
so as to insure an appropriation by Con,
gress, during the coming session.
shall must cheerfuIly cooperate with
your efforts for the advancement Of the in.
terests Of Northern Washington Territory
In this conhexion, | add an extract from
a recent report which / have made to the
Head Quarters Of the Army, which is ap
pended, to manifest my sense Of the neces
sity Of the government coming forward i'm
mediately and literally to the assistance OIL
Puget Sound. -.'..#.. ..
Although the most remote possession Of
the United States, this Washington Terri
tory is destined at no distant day, to be,
come one Of the most important sections OIL
our country The inland SEQ at the North
west, with its thousand Islands, deep water
safe and commodous harbors bordered by
magnificent forests, must be the seat Of al
extensive commerce. II we do not prompt
ly avail ourselves Of the natural advantage.
presented, and secure the commerce of the
Sound, it will inevitably fall into the hand,
Of the nation on our north The Englisl
government has at last been aroused TO the
Importance Of British Columbia, and are
sparing no efforts to secure a commercial as
tendency on the Sound, as well as to deVel
Op the mineral wealth Of the interium.
The recent discoveries of gold in manJ
places in Washington Territory, east of til,
Cascade Mountains, have caused larg,
number of people to flock to that region
aud it is net doubted that in the course 0
another year still greater humber will re
pair TO those mines. Towns will spring u
aud the resources Of the country, not only
its mineral wealth, but its agricultural ant
grazing capabilities will soon be developed
The same thing will take place north OF tht
49th parallel, and when the whole country
shall be settled Up, the great entrepot mus
, 1860-11-16

H5- Visitors who attended the Puget Sound Insti-
tute last Friday afternoon speak very highly of the
entertainment The exercises consisted Of a review
Of studies rccltations speaking reading of the Boqs
and singing, in all Of which the scholars done credit
to themselves and to teachers-Rev. B. c. LTPPcoTT
and lady. The rect4tons by the school, and speak
ing by the boys, without particuarzing, excel
lent The BOqiet, monthly paper composed Of the
contributions Oft the young ladies' edited and read by
Miss NJ CONNER, is worthy Especial notice as one Of
decided merit, and ELECTED much applause. The sing
ing was good.
, 1860-11-16
Survey Of lhe SnOuuaImIe Road.


Below We give letters from Col WRIGHT,
in answer 10 one addressed to him by Gen.
TuToS, containing the petition Of the citi-
zens Of Seattle, to have the route for a
road from that place, via Snoqualmie pass,
10 the Wenatchee river, on the east side Of
the mountains, surveyed and marked out.
It is to be regretted that the wish Of the
petitioners cannot be complied with, so
that the road could be Immediately opened.
No work Of greater Importance to the peo7
pie Of the Sound country is needed at this
particular time than this. The late extern
sive gold discoveries in the region east Of
the Cascades, which must inevitably attract
large mining population, the settlement
Of those large valleys Of rich agricultural
and grazing lands, oil demand an easy
means Of communication with the Sound,
and this route cannot fail of drawing the
attention Of every person ns one Of the
nearest and very best outlets to be had.
We must be blind indeed il we allow our
rights 10 be taken from US when within our
grasp. The road should be opened imme-
diately, and thus secure what our northern
and southern neighbors may for time de.
privo US Of Bat it seems the proper way
Is to get up petitions and memorials, and
wait for that slow coach of o Congress to
make an appropriation. If it is, we fear
the road will never be completed. Our
people have bad several such instances, nn-
til patience end forbearalce have ceased
to be virtues: .....,.. ...|
HEAD QUARTERS. DEPART OF OREGON,
FoRr VANCOUVER, W. T., +
November 10, 1860 }
To GEv J. TILroN,
Snrreyor General, Wash. Territory
. Olympia, W.T..
SR:-Your letter of the LIST lust, has
been received with its enclosure The re-
ply to the petitioners from Seattle enclose
in an open envelope, which please seal after
reading and forward to its address. -
should be very happy to forward the
views Of the petitioners; but the lateuess Of
the season, and the absolute necessity am
under at present, to abstain from any ex-
penditure Of funds for transportation Tor
other purposes indeed,) not indispensable,
prevent an immediate compliance with their
request. ....
l have felt great interest in the devel-
opement of our section of country, and be-
leVe that facilities Of communication from
the Coast inward are Vitally important to
the progress Of both the Sound country
and interior. / shall be glad to do my part
toward increasing those facilities.
But money is iudispen. BILE. Iearnestly
recommend that the people interested should
use every means at snce to make their
wants known and appreciated by Congress.
am, sir, very respectfully,
Your ob'd't servant,
ttNvo wafE3g1 atgurn NVpIG GuV
, 1860-11-16

Do The citizens Of Steilacoom have ia
ken steps to secure public cemetery, and
have chosen the grounds on the borders Of
Gravelly Lake as suitable location. In,
termeuts have heretofore been made in the
garrison battle-ground, but which is now
deemed only sufficient for the use Of tue
post. sn
, 1860-11-16

RS- 1t is reported that twenty thousand
Bushels of wheat have beeh garnered this
season in the Walla-walla valley, and that
twelve thousand bushels hayebeeu stored
in the mill Of Simms & Co., which has re-
Gently been completed, and is making the
finest Of -four. l..
, 1860-11-16

GREAT FEAT OF HoRsEMANsHIP.-Jose
Ramon Pico, who recently undertook to
ride one hundred and fifty miles in six hours
and d half for $1,000, accomplished the
feat in six hours and sixteen minutes. The
feat was performed on the San Jose, Cali
rorna, course, and many thousand dollars
change ed hands on the result, as it was gen.
orally considered an impossible perform
auCe.
, 1860-11-16

n another portion Of today's paper will be found
4 "a 6tcoanl 81 he suiefines and privations of a
nartr q immigrants, . large number of whom were
aimed by ihe Indians, while on their overland journey
tro1gh dc Snake river country. It Is tale Of hoF-
Fdr which makes one sick at heart such needless
los q His-snch nisssy and prvAtiOns. We dread
De recital Of these arOcious scenes Of cruelty and Of
lhese sacrifices Of life, which are continually forced
upoaus. blnging o. they DO. sorrow and sadness to
many homes and friends. For years back the friends
q our people have len the western States to seek
hone On ths far coast, expecting to be amply pro-
ieeioa by military IoFees along the route, and with
fond hopsz Cor The future 70 be met and welcomed by
Kind rslaflyes, have been inhamanly butchered by
thess b6odthlrsty ravages. oners OF indueement to
cons and sstils in his Territory and 0pgOa--dOuA.
roul q land 10 every nan who desires hOms--and
UT little OF no protection s offered those who must
iayo aeros the plains For long time this state Of
things has confined. and almost annually we ar
ahocked and houined By the suierings Of immigrants,
and scarcely an srt made 70 stop il, or 70 punish
ths perpetrators.
vas wen known that this last summer large mum.
heEs o. immigrants Woald cross The plains for this
eoa1i; that The Indians were hostile 20 The whites,
and Woald wayiay and murder them II possible yet
that ndolcut arm Of goveTnment-the military torce-
amply abs % project them. and supported ht an
enormous expense, have been laying idle and useless
without employment In different sections Of the eoun-
~, and ths poor immigrant has been len 70 fight
his own way through, or leave his bones to bleach
among The sands and sage brush Of the plains. Is
thiz ne protection merited by pcoplei They are
Justly Indignant a snch treatment, and from one end
q Ne country % the other. viii be free to express
theg esa.ure of that government upon whom The
blood d these immigrants viii rest. II the military
force cannot b sent into the ed and our people de-
tended from The ae and knife of tie savage, they had
better Be ssnt out d the country, aHd the citizens
b hppotsd N deIsnding their own frontier, and pun
i1hinE he Indians u bat moisly which Il costs TO
suIiiin he military forces On The Pacific coast could
be used By NE people for their own protection, We
should sOon an end q these horrible tragedies.
, 1860-11-16
rI-In the several State elections that

have beeu held thus far, the National De
mocracy have gained eight members Of
Congress. The union has been fully per-
fectci in New York. and the most sanguine
hopes are entertained of the success of the
Democratic ticket in the Empire State.
, 1860-11-16

ScnooL GIRIs.-0 One Of The most agree-
able sights 70 Us Is 10 see. at the approach
Of nine O'Clock, the girls Of our village
vending their way up the sidewalk TO the
Puget Sound Institute. Females, from
children up % malrOns. according to our
notions, are always pretty. and nothing de-
lights Us more thantO look at them politely
As they pass Us. But there Is an attraction
in a school girl Just budding into woman.
hood thai is not possessed at any other
time Of her liie--a oliyeliness and sweet
ness that her previous youth has suppress
ed, and her after'age dampeus, and it's Of
thOsew We now particularly speak. They are
seldom met alone, but generally three or
four are seen together, for girls are sociable
beings and dislike anything like being soil
taFy, and their faces as they chat their live.
y way along. are always bcaming With
smiles. YOn never see them, like boys,
memorizing their lessons as they trndge the
streets, for they learn them before they
leave their homes. and hence their happy
eountenances Their school dresses, too,
plain and uhOrnamented, throw a greater
charm about them tban-aIl the lounces and
gesgaws they may put on 10 after days,
thinking 70 render themselves more beauti-
fnl. a
When We were a sebOOI-boy. which was
but few years ago, males aud females
went 70 school together, as they do here,
and We attribute our love for the sex to
that circumstance, for we recolleet with
great distinctness, having foriy-seven sweet.
hearts from the age Of ten to fOurteen--w
wish we bad them yet
, 1860-11-16

~ The Republicas here bad good time thank.
ing their God ast Thursday evening il We may judge
from ne bluHter and fury Of some Of them, on the
reception of The Oregon election news. number Of
guns Esrs find. and few barrels burnt by some boys
snd EiEnshsI. Thar hilAhtes were Of course, such
q would ts expected from Sseh crowd and oces-
sion.
, 1860-11-16
l am, gentlemen,
Very respectfully,
Your Obedient servant,
G. WRIGHT,
Colonel oh Infantry, Commanding

81 The enormous sum Of 100000 has been ap-
propriated by government for the purpose Of estab-
fishing military post at Colville, which some Of the
Oregon papers think is enough to build string Of
posts the whole length Of Snake river.
, 1860-11-16
HORRIBLE MURDER IN SAN FRIuelao0

By the arrival of the Overland Nj,
yesterday, we received papers from o. n'u
to the 18th. and from California ssSa r. y
I'd inst. From the San Franci,co 4. n.nS 'nS
Herald OF the Cd inst S'NOaHy
, 1860-11-16

B9- The steamer Oregon was advertised
to sail from San Francisco for Portland,
Victoria, Port Townsend and Olympia on
the 10th inst. Fl. .. ...
, 1860-11-16

he on the Sound Shall it be North or
South Of the 40th parallel? The little
that may aud ought to be done now for the
purposes of protection and defence, may be
of incalcula6le consequence in the solution
Of this question. Neighboring localities
vicing with each other for the control Of
trade, rise or fall in importance, frequently
from trilng advantages, secured by one
over the other; and in new countries, that
colony among weak ncighbors which re-
geves the fostering attention Of parent
state, other things being equal, speedily ac-
quircs the asCendency, and in time absorbs
its neighbors. Thus the opportune expen-
,tliture of the amount necessary for these
works. may have an important influence in
the assignment Of the centre Of trade to
the AMERICAN side of the boundary,
least it will delay the utter absorption by
the British, of the trade Of the whole
Northwestern section"
Was the season at present favorable for
an exploration, want Of funds would pre-
vent an immediate compliance with your
request TO send au engineer officer through
to the Wenatchee. The insuiIiciency Of
money appropriated, hampers the opera
tions Of the military service exceedingly.
The only remedy is in the hands Of Con
greSs.
l am, gentlemen,
Very respectfully,
, 1860-11-16

S4- The United States Marshal for
Oregon reports the population of that
State at $4,000. .. u.i.
, 1860-11-16
BY EXPRESS AND OVERLAND TS
DATES FROM ST. LOUIS To ocr

NTisOe11alaoou. IT,
, 1860-11-16
Sr. JOSEPH. nrt 81 -

From Washington we. ledft tbst iSp %
ceipts into the Treasury for the' 6rst w. n.r re-
ter of the present fiscal year com T,rt qGar-
with July, amount to about SiS 9SS SSnCing SHGg
Those during the past week, sSIO sSIOCT,OOO' an
Subject to draft, 81, I93, 900, aTyS'' ytO'OOO'- =
, 1860-11-16
FRON CALIFORNIA. 10 ''"0

San FRANcIsoo, Nov. 1.-Two murders
were committed last night, under the lot
lowing circumstances Michael HaFFlgsa,
late steamboat runner, was married, thrse
years since to an exceedingly pretty Woma9
They lived separate for two years, ~ ~
was Jealous of her, and, It isrePortcd %aen
, 1860-11-16

We copy the following correspondence
from the Portland Daily Advertiser of the
9Th inst:
, 1860-11-16

TRooPs FOR CALIFoRNIA.-The lunhs, ,s
troops soon to be sent to CaIirorr;sse u
Texas is upwards of ten thousand . ~ TS.Sa Su
ISthmus. .... 10 n o. o. va 'O0
, 1860-11-16

HEAD QUARTEBs, DERAKT. OF 0REGoN, J
FoRr VANCOUVER, w. r., !
November 10, 1860. }
, 1860-11-16

The pistol, a valuable relic Of the W,.b,
ngton family, taken BY Capt Cook from
Col Washington, during the Harper,s Per.
y raid, has been returned to the latter ~
Ihaddeus Hyatt, who recently received K
rom an unknown source. ~ :" "
, 1860-11-16

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Receipts by RaiIroad.

February 4, 1860
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whisky, 205 bbls flour, l A Crane; 2G4 bush wheat
1 Mills i Co; basket butter and eggs, J Trunk;
1 tool chest, r Trible 100 bush corn, Brown &
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ELS MANUFACTURER,

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Has on banda large stock of Buggies and Wagons
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name in part axles. springs made of the best
steel; hands, enaneIed and of all kinds OF leather
all kinds, saddle trees English bride feathers, bits
stirrnps, spurs, names, fine silver names OF all
kinds, Jenny Lind Gig Trees, self-adjustipg pads
Taylorss patent names fly nets, shoe threads horse
blankets, London Girth Webs, American Grth
and Rein Webs, both cotton and worsted; London
Welt skins, superior article; ivory, gntta percla
for horse covers the best quality of carriage bolts,
patent gig trees, &C., &cz
keep in fact everything appertaining to either
branch of the business, and understanding both
branches thoroughly, would respectfully invite
your attention before purchasing elsewhere
I am also agent for Wards Patent Spring Saddle.
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BUSINESS CARDS.


HI torneys at ssw, Notaries Public aud Il As
ate Agents, EvLasville. indla1ia.
WILL practice law ia the Courts Of Thu te
will attend to the collection Of claims in any OF
che United States viii buy and sell real estate il the
city of Evansville, in Vanderburgh and adjoining
counties and in the West generally, and will perform
any other duties pertaining to Attorneys or Real
Estate Agents. Lots and farms always for sale
German spoken by member of the firm.
Ba5-OiIice on Third street, opposite the Curt
House, in the rooms formerly occupied by the late
srm of DENLY & Eunkenheimer.
CHARLES DESBs THEODORE W. vENEMANN.
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