Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-09-29
Earthquake in South
America.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 80.

LIVERPOOL, Sept. 30.
The steamship America arrived out
at o'clock this am.
The steamship City of Baltimore ar
rived this forenoon.
The steamship Tarifa arrived at four
o'clock am yesterday.
FORT HAYNES, Kansas, %.
The following despatch was received
yesterday AT the Headquarters of the
Department in the Field:
Detachment Of T. s. Troops at theDyy
Forh Of the North Eork Of the Rcpubli-
can Rircr, Sept. 26.--Col. Forsythe is
badly wounded, but will be able to travel
tomorrow.
1t. Beccher, of the 3rd Infantry, died
Of his wounds and was buried.
Lt.-Col. Carpenter arrived here yester-
day at ID am. His promptueas and
ceierity of movement deserve credit.
He met the scouts VINO had been sent
from Fort Wallace at Beaver Creek,
they having been beaten back by the
Indians, and started them again, but
they could not find Bradley's command
which did not reach the Forks till YES
telday.
Forsythe's men fought desperately
his spirited and noble conduct encour-
aged his men. There are few cases on
record of more desperate fighting ard
continued endurance without food ex-
cept hoIYc-1esh, and surrounded by the
dead and dying.
We cannot remove the dead, but the
Doctor says the wounded may be rcmOv-
ed to Fort " allace tomorrow.
Col. Forsythe estimates the number
of Indians 1T 600. lie takes this esti-
mate from the judgment Of his expert
enced scouts. They were Cheyennes,
Arapahoes and Sioux.
Lt.-Col. Carpenter reports that he
struck trail and place where they had
encampcd probably for two days after
leaving here, and the trails show that
they are going towards Beaver Creek.
lie saw the bodies of Indian warri-
ors (Cheyenncs), about Is miles from
Col Forsythe's camp, evidently some of
chose killed in the battle.
There must have been rs Indians kill
ed and wounded, at the lowest esti-
mate. Col Forsythe lost II Ell killed,
and Is wounded, and all his horses.
The following is the list of the killed:
Lieut. + ii Beecher, Acting Surgeon
Moore, Il w Calvert, VIM Wilson, and
Louis Farley. The wounded are :: Col
rorsythe twice, VIM Armstrong, G b
Clarke, Barney Day, II Fooley, Richard
Gault, Win Haley, Frank Harrington,
W Ii ii Mccall, Howard Martin, Thos
O'Donnell III ii Tucker, Louis Nc
Laughlin, Henry Davenport, r
DAVIS.
have the honor to remain,
Your Obedient servant,
(Signed) HENRY G BANKHEAD,
Brig-Col Commanding
New YoK, %.
Some of the officers and men of the U
) steamer Watricc, and two survivors Of
the Fredonia, wrecked by the earth
quake in South America, arrived hero
yesterday, and additional particulars Of
the terrible scenes during the late earth
quake are thus received.
In EQUATOR alone it is now stated that
the number of killed and wounded
amounts to 10000
In Peru, the dead are yet hidden in
the ruins of the houses in many instan-
ces, and Il stencil infests the air which,
it is thought, will produce pestilence
Bands of robbers in the ruins are rob-
bling every one who has anything left
NEW York, Sept. 30.
= A Sheriff and his posse had desper-
ate fight with Il negro, near IIilLa, Ar
, kansas, on Saturday The negro killed
the Sheriff and wounded two of his
posse he then took to fight, but was
pursued by the citizens and captured
They took vote upon the subject, and
resolved in favor of hanging him, which
was done Immediately.
Gold, 14l3.
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