The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-04
ARRIVAL OF rHE PONY EXPRESS.
Dlocdy Battle between the 1ndIaas ana the
Whites. Slaughter Of w hites. .l.atsR frou
CaalfoPnia. nc. ss@ss

Dloody Battle between the 1ndIsas ana the
Mkites..Slaushter Of w Whites..I.atsR from
Csaafsrnia. &c. 80
The pony express, with the dispatches and
mail missing from the pony express which xr.
rived Tuesday evening last arrived 1t st. 10.
seph's, Friday. No explanAtion 10 given ~ to
the cause of its detention. Tho mail was all
safe.
SAN FRANcIsco, May ls-3.40 p. M.-The
last pony express took the intelligence that
several Americans had been murdered by the
Indians while asleep At Miller's station, on
Carson river, some thirty miles from the set
Elements Of Carson Valley. and also that va
rious companies had Organised at Virginia
City, Gold Hill and other settlements in the
Washoe Mines, and gone in pursuit Of the In
dinns, supposed to have committed the mur-
ders. 1t subseq uently appeared that those
volunteers united in one body, and under the
ed, aud numbered lh5 men. This force, on the
18th inst, At r. M, came upon Indians at
the bend Of the Quichie river, about 65 miles
northward, towards Pyramid lake from vir-
ginia City. 15 sfs& =-
The Indians were In ambush at q narrow
pass through which Major Ormsby's party
were proceeding aud numbered, lis supposed,
no: less than nve hundred, all having fire.
within a convenient distance. They opened a
fire upon the troops from their safe hiding
place Major Ormsby ordered a charge, bat
the Indians continued to skulk. firing occa-
sionally from behind the rocks and sage
bushes and doing damage. without suffering
much in return. This condition Of things con.
inned for some two hours, when the ammu-
milton , OF Ormsby's party gave out. The In
dians, seeing this, closed upon our men, pour
ing In volley after volley, killing many on the
spot. and the balance retreated, scattering in
all directions over the hills and among the
sage bushes. They were pursued twenty five
or thirty miles by the mounted Indians, and
many detached parties cut OF
The survivors came struggling into Virginia
Clay during the two subsequent days. The
exact number Of killed is not yet ascertained,
but It probably exceeds fifty. Among the slain
are Major Ormsby, Henry Meredith, a distin-
guished California lawyer; Mr.. S. Speer,
Richard Snowden, Mr.. Arsington, DIR. Jader,
Charles Deraus, James Lee, T. johnson, Chas.
| Mcleod John Sileming, of Anderson; And'w
| Schealld, Nj. Keuzorwitch, Jno Garmbo, A.
| K. Elliott. W. Hawkins. Geo. Jones, William
be killed. 81; wounded, 3, fate unknown. 43
returned alive, IS.
| Wagons have been sent out to 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 from the
| battle ground.
| Very exaggerated accounts Of this battle
| we're telegraphed to all parts Of California ON
the 18th. 1t was first reported that all Orms-
/ by's men We're killed except six that the VIC
| torious Indians, numbering 900 were march.
| ing upon Virginia City, determined to kill all
the American citizens in the Washoe mines
| that all the Indians from Walker river, South
l to Humboldt river on the north, were in full
| war paint, and had sent away their women
| and children; and that while TINS threatened
| with destruction, The Americans in the Wa.
| shoe mines had no arms or ammunition fol
| defence.
These exaggerated reports caused powerful
| exertions throughout California to send re.
| lief. At Placerville and Sacramento the people
/ HE'D and raised ah1nt nd toC
out company OF well armed volunteers, who
/ started from Piacervlle on their way over the
| mOuc tains on the I4th. On the 18th, l5O vol
| unteers started out from UoWnieviIle. anC
| another company from Nevada. All the prin
cipal military companies in the State ex
pressed their readiness to embark on the sam,
day.
The State authorities promptly dispatched
1000 stand Of arms, with good supply o
ammunition. General Clark commanding tn,
Pacific division of the United States army
dispatched from San Francisco on the l4th on'
hundred and fifty United States troops, which
| were all the available men in Central Califor
| MIA. together with 5UO stand OF arms and lOO, ON
rounds of ammunition. He also sent order
| that one hundred United States soldiers, sta
| toned at Henry Lake, one hundred miles
| north of Carson Valley, proceed to the Pyra
mid Lake region, and aid in suppressing hos
tilities.
| These movements warrant the belief tha
there are now not less than 800 well arme,
volunteers from California, and 26O Unite,
Sta,ss soldiers ready tor duty on the eastern
| slope of the mountains-an ample force t
protect the people as long as unpaid volun
| teers can afford to remain in the field.
AT last accounts, all hostile Indians wer
to the north Of the pony express and Salt LAX
mail and emigrant route, and the troops will
be so posted as to keep that route open.
The Indians on the eas tern side Of the noun
| tains, extending north into Oregon and west
| ward into the in terror of U tab. number proba
| bly, 1000. and from their contiguity to tn
Mormons and other unavoidable causes, ar
: | all liable to become hostile TO the Americans
| unless permanent means are taken by IN
} government to restrain them. At least 50
| United States soldiers should be stationed il
; different exposed points between the Hum
boldt aud Walker rivers.
Reports of silver discoveries in the Mort
Umphus country continued favorable, an
silver and lead mines at the head of Sautair
| river attracted attention.
: News from British Columbia is very mes
gre. The Chinese emigration continu ued yer
: large, and 200 were expected before the 1st {
August.
A large number of miners were reported o
. | their way from the Similkameen mines to Al
!, exander, in search of better diggings.
: The mines on the upper and lower Fraze
: river were doing well.
DISTRESSING ACCIDxNT.-A pleasure part!