Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-05-09

saw the assault and murder Of Candy an
: Thomas that had been committed, and that
was then too late 10 save them.
An examination into the affairs of the Al
lantic National Bank showed that the actua
deficit, independent of the capital and surplus
amounted to s6O4OOO. About S1S0,OOO o
this amount could be traced TO bad debts, 70
which the cashier (Taintor) was not responsible
About S42O,OO0 Of losses were made by him II
his stock speculations. 1t was found that, be
sides using the funds OF the Bank for the pur
poses OF speculation, he had also "spouted'
Sl62,000 of private securities left for safe keep
ing In the Bank. Two tickets were also foun,
representing $4,000 OF gold as assets. Tn,
Bank is hopelessly bankrupt The stock
holders lose all their Investment and surplus
The dcpostors may receive 80 per cent, Will,
those who placed their securities in bank fo
safe keeping have no redress. Taintor say
that the speculations entered into by him wer,
gu on behalf of the Bank, and had they PROVED
successful the Bank would have had the entir,
benefit
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
$l,OOOOO0 in gold on the first, third and fifth
Thursdays, and sl,000,0O0 on the second anC
fourth Thursdays, in all $4,000, 900, and to buy
S5OO,000 on the first and $500, 600 on the third
Wednesday Of May, in all 81, 600, 900. The Sec
retary has also directed the payment without
rebate on and after April %, of interest due on
bonds May l.
At Iowa City on the 2Sth, the building
known as Market Hall caught fire and was
burned, the falling wall burying five persons
Ia, t1.a, - Mt
George Andrews (colored), died soon after be-
ing taken out. Mr.. Hart, University law
student from Comanche, Iowa, it was thought
would not survive. The others had their
limbs broken, but were not otherwise serious
! ly injured.
Adyices from the Modoc seat of war, vid
San Francisco, 29th, bring intelligence Of q
fearful slaughter Of U. s. troops by Capt
Jacks band of Modocs. On the 26th ult a
| force Of sixty-nine men, composed of batteries
| X and of the Fourth Artillery, and company
| of the Twelfth Infantry, under command of
| Capt Thomas, went out to reconnoitre the posi-
tion supposed to be held by the Modocs in the
lava beds. The object was mainly to find out
! how TIE Modocs were situated, and whether
the mortars could be brought up and used eff
! fectiyely against them. AS the troops ap-
| preached the cave in the lava beds, about half
past ten, the command was brought to a halt
and the men allowed TO take rest. While in
this position, the Indians opened a fire from
a bluff TO the eastward of where the troops
were stationed. Capt. Thomas Immediately
threw his men into skirmishing order, with
Lieut.. Wright's company on the right. The
latter, however, had not got into position be-
fore they were flanked to the right by party
of fourteen other Indians, that had come up to
the advance Of those who had fired first. The
cross fire on Wright's men proved very demor-
alizing, and they broke back in confu-
sion, leaving their gallant leader in an exposed
condition, and supported by few of his non
commissioned officers. In the meantime an
other small party of Indians had obtained
position to the left, and opened raking fire
on the two batteries Of artillery. 1t was
fylTrtu tap, and the first four shots were only
fired to draw the troops more directly between
the fire Of the twenty four Indians on the right
and left The rout was complete. The officers
and non-commissoned officers mostly lay
stretched on the rocks with their
life blood cbbiHg fast away, and
confused and demoralized as they were, the
men became an easy prey to the Modocs, who,
confident in the protection of their native
rocks, shot them down like so many frightened
deer Forty-nine were killed and wounded out
of command of siXty-nine men. The officers
killed are, Captain Evan Thomas, Fourth Ar
tillery; Lieutenant Albion Howe, Fourth Ar
tillery; Lieutenant Thomas Wright, Twelfth
Infantry, and Lieutenant Arthur Cranston, of
Battery A, is missing-probably killed. The
Modocs, it is stated, were armed with Spencer
carbines and breech-loading muskets Their
loss could not he ascertained, as their dead
and wounded were secretcd in the
caves. Colonel Green, in an official
dispatch, containing the report of the disaster
says: Justice to the memory of the gallant
dead compcls us TO record the following we'll
authenticated facts: When Capt Thomas
found himself and his men surrounded by the
vindictive foe, true to his nature as soldier
he sought to cheer the soldiers on to the bit
ter end obtain, if possible, life for life, and
sell their lives dearly, saying: Men, we are
surrounded. We must fight and die like sol
diers.' In his noble efforts to sustain the cour-
age Of his small command, he was ably second
ed by Lieut.. Howe and Lieut. Wright. After
receiving his mortal wound he buried his gold
watch and chain among the rocks and emptied
his revolver among the enemy before dying.
IL living, he would also write in terms well de-
served the praise of Lieut.. Harris, who was
similarly situated"
dispatch from Portland, Oregon, Goth,
says that 400 Indian warriors are camped at
White Bluffs, Yakima river, above Walla
Walla, putting up breastworks. The settlers
are greatly alarmed. The Indians are travelling
about painted, warning the whites to leave the
country. The Spokane Indians are threaten
ing, and also warning settlers to leave. Massa-
cres like those by the Modocs are feared.
dispatch from YreSa, Cal, Goth, says the
people of that place and Scotts Valley are
arming, and apprehensive of general Indian
war. The ladies have taken measures to send
the sick and wounded lint, bandages, fruit and
other necessaries. The settlers in the valleys
of Oregon above the lake and lava bed are get
ting out with their cattle and property and |
are afraid to remain longer.
Governor Beveridge, of Illinois, has issued |
a proclamation setting apart the 3Oth day of |
May as decoration day.
Payment of policy of life insurance was |
some time ago refused by prominent New
York company, on the ground that death had |
resulted from suicide, which, by the terms Of |
the policy, freed the company from liability. |
The case has been carried through the courts,
and the Supreme Court decides that the COM
pany Notwithstanding its stipulation, must
pay, as the suicide was committed during in
sanity, and was not, therefore, a voluntary,
intelligent act.
An expedition is to be organized by the Gov
in readiness to depart from Fort
Rice, Dakota Territory, on the 10Th of June
next, for the protection of the engineering par
lies of the Northern Pacific Railroad in making
surveys for the location of the line of that road
between the Missouri River and the Rocky
Mountains. The expedition will comprise a
large force of cavalry, infantry and artillery,
md two hundred six-mule teams will accom-
'any it, They will remain in the field until
October Is.
A dispatch from Gen, Gillem to Gen. sher-
nan, dated Lava Beds, 2Sth, says; "The In
lians occupy q position i'm the rocks about