, 1860-09-07


sand. The Indians called themselves Paw.
nees, but lie and his party believed them to
he Cheyennes, as they had been victorious
in the fight of few days before, and had
driven the Pawnees from that vicinity
The Savages Immediately surrounded the
little caravan, numbering only sixteen men,
making hostile demonstrations, ard would
doubtless have murdered them all bot from
fear that other and larger parties of Pot
towatomieS and whites were in the rear, a
delusion which the hunters encohSaged antil
they got clear Of their troublesome visitors.
The fight between the CheyenncS and
Pawnccs was witnessed by couple of
pioneers who were at the time hunting
buffalo, and was described by them as be-
ing fearful scene The combatants num-
bering some thousands, were all mounted
and kept constantly circling. lying down in
their saddles, and firing over their horses
necks as they approached the enemy. The
fight lasted two hours; qnite Q. number were
killed-their informant did not know how
maryland at the end Of that time the
Pawnecs broke and run, with the Cheyen-
ncs after them. 1t was the original inten-
ton of Davidsons party to have accom-
panied the band of Pottowatomcs and Del
awares spoken of, but by some defecti in the
arrangement they did not meet at the
place appointed for the rendezvous, and the
two parties took different routes
In addition to the above information,
Mr. ID. informs US that great excitement
prevails throughout the frontier settle
ments, on account of Indian depredations
that many whites had been killed; also
that he met many families on their way to
the larger settlements, carrying with them
their entire household goods, having aban-
doned their homes, their crops, and every
thing they could not carry away. Com
pauies are being made up at Manhattan,
Junction City, &c, for pursuing and cl,as-
tisiug these wild Indians, who have never
before pressed the settlements so close as
now. 1t is hoped that the eommandants
of the forts will take this in hand immedi-
ately. The settlement Of the country on
the Republican and Solomon's Forks had
been rapidly progressing this season, and
these Disturbances, unless speedily checked,
will prove very serious in their effects upon
,that country. ta
LElambeau and others, spoken of above
have since been heard from, all safe. The
rumor of fight is confirmed, but no par
tculars received -a.
A TERRIBLE AND FATAL GUNPowDER Ex-
PERINENT IN New ORLEANs.-A terrible re-
suit lately happened at New Orleans from
a gunpowder experiment. 1t appears that
several men who were engaged iu excaEat-
ing the New Basin, New Orleans, were
killed, and number of others frightfully
wounded, by the explosion Of keg Of pow
der The powder had been exposed 10
rain, and had become somewhat moist; q
discussion occurring among the men as to
whether it would explode, one Of them, to
test the matter, took ont quantity Of the
power and applied match to it. The fire
was communicated to the powder in the
keg, and an immediate explosion occurred.
The men, about 25 in number, were thrown
in all directions; three of the0 were killed
outright, three others wounded, il is thought
mortally, and the others nearly oil serious
ly injured. The man who was the author
of the experiment was one Of the killed.
The n. o. Data describes the appearance
of some of the wounded as frightful-faces
burned and shattered, not feature visible
Limbs and bodies terribly torn and bruis-
ed The names of the men who were in
stantly killed are not given; those Of the
mortalIy wounded are James Harrington,
John Kennedy-an VIM. Buckley.
TIE TRAGEDIAN FoRREsr WILL SPoUT A
LITTLE LONGER Edwin Forrest, the trage-
dian, after many opportunities from theat-
rical managers not TO carry out his half
formed intention Of retiring from the stage,
has concluded to play one more round ol
performances in his old characters, and in
one or two new parts. He has, therefore,
made an engagement with the manager Of
Niblos Theatre for six months, during
which he will play in all the Eastern cities.
A Philadelphia correspondent ofa St. Louis
paper, in describing visit to the tragedian
and an interview with him, learned that be
had been pressingIy solicited to run for Con
gress in one of the Philadelphia districts,
but that be was averse to doing so. lie
announced himself Douglas democrat in
politics
A FLooD OF MOLTEN IRoS-A shocking
accident has occurred in Russell's Fonndry
Chicago. A number Of men were engaged
in casting, when one of them accidentally
spilled his ladle of moulten iron into the
boots of another The agony Of the burr
caused the second man to drop his ladle, the
scaldiug contents of which fell upon The
man who had charge of the crane lie lei
that fall, and in an instant the fluid spread
throughout the shop, severely burning abou
twenty. Some Of them were horribly burn
ed in the breast and legs, but none fatally
The following is description of q recen
simoom in Kansas, taken from the Grass
hopper Falls Gazeite:
On Monday last, about l2h o'clock p
NJ, while lying stretched on lounge, {
gust Of air came in at the open door, so ho
that it seemed to make the lungs crack,
aud collapse, and brought US TO our fee
with loud cry Of "houscs Grep During