, 1864-08-21


The steamer Benton arrived at this port on |
Sunday, from the Upper Missouri. Sat. Is |
the only one OF the Mountain flees that push |
ed up a. high Do Fort Benton. She is in the |
employ OF the Amtrlcan F nr Company, aad
lett St. Louis on the 18th Of March LAST, aad
has Eow been out near Eve months. After
takipg through her cargo direct to Fort Ben
ton, ehc returned to Furt Glpio, aud .pe1e
receiving. another load, made y second trip
to Fort Benton. She would have made 3
third, but the water became too low.
On the 10th Of June she started IRON Fort
Benton OF her homewsrd trip; 20 miles be-
had concluded TO 60 nc. hlEher: The Two
boats Kept company Us far down a. the Lit
tie Marie river, where the Benton lid up,
awaiting the arrival OF bazse, wh,le the
EfIie Deans came on down. FInain; that
there vas no prospect Of a rise In the Mis-
souri,, the officers OF the Benton decided that
navigation tor the seasou wus ended, and on
the 95th Of June sstatted for home. Some
| sixty miles below she stopped 1o wood,
! and while the hands were ch1pp1us,
a party of twenty Sioux Indlsns came
| up, in q, friendly way, greetlnS them
At the sa~S a theT Tin ssf saf nt0a
| t-7cnty steps Of the woodchoppes5, tn. eav-
| ages GREW their guns aud hfc3, T0undinS
one man in the srm- The roodchoppers
! threw away their axes ard fed to the buar.
| chanhel. In the meantime the cuklncer
seized his gun and dsea upou the advancing
| redskins, evidently wounc Ing one Of them,
u he was eeen to throw away his gun, DO
aud arrows. and ha1lalo rubes: Toe crew,
getting their carhircs, poured In volisy
| which scattered the f5e. The boat shau re.
turrcd to t1c landing and was not disturbed
thereafter.
Below the mouth nt the Yellowstone tae
| Island City was found eunk Ia two ond 4
| half te.t Of Mater. Half Of h.r cargo WAS
damaged. bat the other half would be
saved. The boa. il supposed TO be j total
loss. .
AT Fort Giipin 1t WAS learned thst train
Of emiXrants had been gone several days,
and scouts had Just come Ia who reported
that th: Indians had attacked the train bat
were repueed, with loss to the emiyrant5
OF four men and number Of horses.
| When the Benton arrived at Fort Union.
freight brought i ON Fort Sulty. the f3l1ow r.
ing named boat4; U. $. Grnnt, Alone, Chfp.
peva Fall and B. IL Peoria. After Remaining
there few hours, the Benton came on d"wa
arrived from General sully's army. *ao
reported him kttting aloug well. ard that
| be was Ufthia eighty miles Of about
4,000 Sioux Indians- It seems that Gen.
Pope bad ordered snlly to take bis
command ard escort an emigIant t,a!n, COO
sisttpg Of eco wagons, from Wisconsin to the
mouth OF the Elk Horn river, In Idaho terri
tory, and that te il not nov In pursuit Of
| the hostile ln6taps. Gen Sully and his com
nand, 1t is reported, ere greatly dissatisfied
because they are not at liberty to cleau out
the Indians; but as soon ss the em,graufs
get TO their destination, Gen Sally intended
10 give his attention to the redskins.
The hret evening after leaving Fort Etcs
the Calypso Was met, getting alons vel.
The STEAMERS Tempest Sam Gary and Mar
celia were losdtpg a. Fort Suily !xt sioux
CITY the Benton caught up with the Isabella,
and found the j. 3. Lacey in port Som
after leaving Sioux CHS she broke Two Of acr
rudders and bad to lay By txent5. four nonfs.
J. G. Irwin was met, boand tor Fort Randall
with Government freight.
| The Benton brought down 100 bales Of
buffalo rob. 3, ard quite number Of Idaho
passengers. A1+o, the venerable Mt. DaT-
son, member Of the American Fur Compa.
| uy, whu has Just retired from the company,
and ia now IN bis way to his bo5nond honc
IN Scotland, to spend the reu .tndcr OF hi.
da1e. We were sorry to notice that he T2s
af9icted with paralysis in his 1o~tr Limits,
and rbat he had been IL thlt cooditi3n 1or
two yea1s He has been among tue Indians
nearly thirty stars as q trader, aud now rs-
turns With large for'ube- .......
The steamt r Isabella, one Of the monpt,tn
boats il the employ Of the Government ar
riycd suntaS morning fro I Fort Snliy. She
/ Ees 1ele4 eet, owing to her disabled coadt
ttuu, haSIre Intt with &C accident uelnw Fort
Su1ly. hJ picking up snag, making h7!s Ia
her hull. See hsd large rumber Of Idaee
enigras ts on board. she re ports the steam
boaters are greatly de satisfied With the'l
long stay on the Upper Missouri. Soc re-
maIned at the wharf and LEFT for st. loui-.