The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-02-12

MASSACRE OF EMIGRANTs IN CARSON Valley
The Denver City (Idaho Territory correspon-
dent of the st. Louis Republican communicates un-
der date ofthe 29th ult., the following details of
another Norman massacre in Carson Valley. We
quote:
A gentleman who has but recently arrived in this
city called upon me to-day. and gave me an account
of horrible massacre the Surplus Cutoff,
about fifty miles north of Salt Lake City, during
the latter part of last August. A party of emf.
grants on their way to California was attacked by
party of men painted and dressed like Indians
who rushed upon them in the night, took them by
surprise, and murdered seven of the party; the
others escaped to another train camped back from
them on the road, distance of ten miles. The as
sasslns did not pursue them, as they probably
knew of the other company, and were afraid of
coming in contact with them.
Among those murdered was a Mr.. Stevenson,
formerly resident of Lawrence, Kansas, and bis
niece, Miss Lizzie Stevenson, young lady sixteen
or eighteen years of age. Mrs. Stevenson, wife of
the murdered man, begged of the savages not to
Kill them; one of them replied in good English,
"that they determined to kill them ALL" He
then leyelled his rifle and shot Mrs. S.. which took
effect in her right hip Supposng her to be dead
they left her. Catching up the infant of a wo-
man they had already killed, they struck its arms
and legs Oft with knife, and then threw the suf.
ferer into the bushes by the wayside to die
The next morning the bodies of seven persons
were found and properly inferred; two of the COM
pany were missing, whom they supposed to have
found alive, her wounds were cared for, and at
last accounts. she was in Carson Valley, kindly at
tended by the settlers there and intended as soon
as she was able, to 60 to California, and from
there back to her home in the States by a safer
route.
When found the corpse of Miss Stevenson bore
unmstakabe evidence of having been outraged BIZ
those bloody fiends under whose cruel treatment
she died.
The ARrs.-Mr. Leutze is one of the most indus
trious of artists. He appears never to be
absent from his easel. He has just completed his
"Landing of the Cavaliers in Mary land" and al
ready another picture of similar size occupies its
place. The subject of this new composition is one
that appeals to the feelings of all Americans though
it is not illustrative of American history 1t re-
presents the meeting ofLafayette with his wife and
two daughters in the Castle of OlmutZ after their
escape from the prosecutions of the French Repub.
licans. The incident will be remembered by every
one familiar with the history of Lafayette as one
of the most touching episodes in his remarkable
career The portraits of Madame LAFAYETTE and
her daughters are, of course, purely imaginary,
but the artist has given to the youthful counte-
nance OF the hero very striking resemblance to
the face with which we all so familiar from the
portraits painted of him in his OLD age when he
revisited this country
1t is very rarely that we hear any scandal about
artists-in reference to their productions we mean.
They have not the facilities for plagiary, or for
avaing themselves of the abors of assistants that
are enjoyed by authors They paint their own pic
lures and model their own statues. But piece of
eCduudl ID CuETtul JUST now ABOUT lne late count
UOrsay, who, it is said, employed both a painter
and a sculptor to do the work for wL&h he OBJ
tanned his reputation as an amateur. 1t will be
remembered, however, that Hayden, in his autob.
ographv, tells how the handsome Count came into
his studio one day, and, taking up his pencil and
pallet, showed him how to paint the foam on
horses mouth. which he had vanly attempted to
accomplish to his satisfaction.
DEATH OF WOMAN SoLDlER-A widow, whose
name figures honorably in the military annals of
France, died last week in the Hospice des Petits-
Menages, in Paris, at the age of 81. Her maiden
name was Therese Figueur, and she served as a
dragoon in the 18th and 9th Regiments from 1898
to 1872. She was known throughout the army by
the name of Sans Gene, and so much esteemed
by her officers that when the Committee of Public
Safety determined ON excluding all women from
the army, an exception was made in her favor.
The history of her campaigns was published from
her own dctaton in 1912. She began her military
career at Toulon, when that port was besieged by
the English in 1893. She was there put under
rest by Commandant Bonaparte for delay of rs
minutes in executing an order. Some years after,
when her old commander had become First Consul,
ne sent for the dragoon Sans-Gene to st. Cloud,
@ ana afterwards gave her good service pension of
until 1872, when she fell into the hands of the
priest Merno's guerillas in Spain, and was taken
as prisoner of war to England, where she re-
mained till 1914. In the course of her 20 cam
paigns, she had four horses killed under her, and
was otter wounded, the first time being at Toulon.
when ball struck her on the left breast. She en-
tered the hospice in l840, and lived apon her pen-
sion OF 200f till the present Emperor made hand.
some addition her means from IA r,ureo