.»f.» h I wetdd cite the death of Dume ai th « lutUf«f He < h< i b*< Ii, are describe \ though r>r.»>tty and

fcirtly, with dramatic effect. The ie«#»aii which lt.hirra tmche» in Ibis, a« in the two ;. ore-lmg w»l-

«jiiicM, ia th«- cUtijjcr to the man and ta t*v r>U'«m ulan uiicontrouVd single nihr. The d*ta>cr ta h .ratjhraaet.i-d Li the ability ol the autocrat. The genta«,af no man, however transcendent, is. equal in forceto the genius, the collective Oev« of Man, if ¦¦**"atratiicd, it dies, just by hrtue of its quality ofa-eimie, seek oer to eiilarye it* ¦obere af action, o> I

00, *.e-i»rrg m contact sacBM* or later with the ahao*bate tshetructiona of natt>r.,l Uwe, waet-* nhaW ¦

mud, ruinous clort« te conquer them.The volume-cloaee miih the first cauUHUgO in Mx-

atn, Jur e. 1813. It is composed of Bu^e 00»*a:HaaAieef^cfir/ Mint ia ni thai is. bd nmhi^UkehieUry of the erign. uf aajf war with Grout Bntainaa bean anoa Frem h history and ^ Spaoiah cam-

peien of I81'41 /,*.< CamwUt, which tella iu uf tin-Jrulrfary and diplomatic preparation t* t renewing theaomvet with th. Cxar Ah-xonsVr, and shown its, byMa* side of Napoleon's greatness aa a m ui and da i

rok-r, a aVfree of dnpbeitT, taJaehood and bttWee,that w<pukl become a lower onh-r of horse-jockey51.mtun «.»</ Baavfsea, which narrates the evenithe S|>rii*af campaign in Germany, when a rohV 'tion0/ the light of their pa«t gkurj ihiuos anew on Baa*ptdoen and the French anna.

Thearaaiatioe of*1 'leisn rzwaa signed lie- fourthafJunc, and the army went info oantoomenta.

.' NapcJoaa utoieee] tlie coastrurtian of a momvanext. to be plao. d on the aammtt "f me Alps, »ith thisBaoartpthm: jtarouon To tbi Funecn Pi im:, ix

*x>aat»iou4TioN 01 rra onannooa arronTs toaissrtm Coalition or 1M3. Tha idea waa stamped withall the grandeur of hiegeniusi but tor this . enefapeople us well as for hlmaelf, it woold have beenbetter worth to send t" Paria a treaty of peace, Sti| u-

hating to rehnquish the Confederation of the Rhine,Haaiberg, Fllvri« «ud Spain, super-enb-d: Sxcuiri-gjgj ttf ifapoLioa to tri Fribch Pkoflk. Napoleonwould have remained a patronage, not more poethindent, but more truly great, aad thla noble peoplewould rot hav e lost the fruit of it* best bled so freelyabed during twenty yearn."

Purchasers' of 'liners' great work should be in¬formed that U alias of some sixty plans and charts,drawn by competent persons, under the direction ofthe historian, is nearly complete. It adds large'} tothe value of the text. The Paria retail price is thirtyfrancs.The ninth nnd concluding volume of "The Me¬

moirs of Marsh;.I Maimont, I»iik<- of Rugliea," isnow out. The work, printed from the tnanuaoripl©f the Marshal, covers the period between and1H4, and is a desirable companion of the work iuainnoken of, and of the Correspondence of KingJoseph. Certain statements mid strictures, of theMarshal, capeciall] tboaa referring to Eugene Ilcau-hamais, have cxi .t.-d considerableattention. CountTascht r de hi Pageric, a form« r nid«de-cainp id' thePTiiiec, bus endeavored to refute them in a recentpamphlet: and a curious cum- Ll now pending beforeone of the tribunals hero, in which the heirs ofPrince Beauhnrnail demand that the publishers ofthe Memoirs lha11 insert at the ,-nd of the aevonthvolume a number ofdocuments which, as they think,?.ill uphold tl:e memory of that Prince ag.iinst theMarshal s allegations. On noeoont of the recentdeath of the dnnghter of Bonuhnrnaia, a Countessof Wirtonibcrt:, the case is adjourned so aa to givetime for the next nearest roLt.ves.to wit. the Queenof Sweden and the Kmprcss Dowager of Krazil.tobe heard in the matter.

George Sand, in the intoresding novel entitled.* La Dainiella,'' which she has been writing tor thebVuilleton oi l.a l'rcste. tin- bocm and personages ofvjvhich arc Italian, wa* lesi t<i lay, by way of rhetor¬ical effect, uItnlf is a courtesan Mat purification," and a people always hüs tJic kind of government** itdeeervee." This passage, and others of similarimport, excited the regret* of ex-1'resi lent Manin,Ary Sthclii-r the painter, Henri Martin the historian,who, through a letter publ.sliisl iu th- papers, signedby M. de lu Forge, expressed to Madame their painnt hcariiu; such sentiments from a liberal like herself,and made it out that she was renouncing bor oldopinions and unjustly aspersina the characters of theamble patriots of Italy. To this she made a brief and¦nflcJenl defense iu 0 letter lent to the 1'rtssc. Tnelast number of the noted appeared in a few dnj2&th ol March, and s.vihh to have been written iuaouie sort as explanation ami defense of the paaaagereferred to above. It is a view of th.- preaeot atateof thmgs in Rome, presented in the form of a letterfrom one of the personages of the nOToL It is writ¬ten ir. her beet style, so eloqueutly and riridij that1 am sorry to i>c obliged omit .hin part of it. bomefragnn nt.ir. extracts uro all that I have room for.a%ftOT giving due pnuKe to the people of Koine, whoacted so wi ll in 1*1-, be save be look* in vain forthem to-day; he Bern only a uat.on of l>eggsrs.

" I cannot speak to yen of tin- people I have seen.It is BOt a people, it is a mob. You no longer find thatherd of superstitious but s:nit>le believers, wh.ai.is.-ry area icneoled bycecsmooJeaand images. Theybelieve in nothing, not even in tlie priest, tli.it specterwho bo long baldhis pi nee by the side of Goa, and.ans worehiped before God. They hate him, threatenhim in their glancea and their thoughts, but salute himwith the bended knee and with their li]-. A low pas*anon foi gain is the only dream of their Iii '. The lot¬tery booths, which offer a gros- caricature of out spec-vxlatiotis tit tie- Kourse, are the only temples they Ire«Bjnaal vvith enthnaiasm. There, moved by a remnantof pagun inpemtbtion, they addreaa their vows to tin!Virgin, 01 some Saint, before riaking their la-t coin,But ut nun fauna* of su.cees th.- Virgin and tbaBatata are loudly cms- d nnd in-ulted in teinis that inJKrnnre you would nut boar addroaaed to the tOwaelcreature in tlie streets.

VN h« 11 the Pops appenm. a sort of crowd stillgathers about him, fTotn which, however, he defendslu.i..-1 If Ly raaki ot Geraana So 1-« halberdiers, diesaedin apera costume, which form a hedge up t.. the verytiHi..i thealui. It is a aojuad of noisome beggars,indecently ande, ntrlict« d with aO tba wounds andvermin nnd inoc.stroeiti.-s i>f miserv that the worstnightmare could preean! to you. The orthodox ex-eitiito nt tin- beaoti of the sp.-ctnblc The Popa nTidCardinti '- trailing their gold nnd purple ia the mi 1stof tliem- mg, und this ulcered wretchednes*.whatpanndUty.whal a Ina »ontiment nf Chriatinn frntar-Bity 1.

.'Let those who will Ih amuaed with the easy nn«naaeeraoi the ItaJiana, with tha pride of the ragged

¦man, with the |>hilosophv of the laughing In netmaking BV rry amid the rinns of the palace of tnedjsrsais. 1 cannot to me all tl.;- is a paiafnl ught; thephilosophy of tin ,-e WTi tclo - is ae lepugnant as thi iraaaaa. I have never seen anywhere else the humanbeing so d. graded, and the anrocHiee of the old pagantime, the wild baaets of the cirous devaluing men ineight of a public tbhat) for bitsxi, slave- aronrgedand tortured- all th.it f',->r.;. mot for humanity whichontered so largely luto the bm guiheent pompa ofa B .-

man fct.-, aecBM t.. tne perpetuated and Laeannted in¦aadera Kome. Frracaages have changed with tin-sHvne, it is true. Tba terrible Caaars are mUd pon-tiffs. ard tlie victims arc imbrated mendicant.-. Ui reaeentiiilly there Me the same (vntrn-ts, the -.^u:"horrors. The lioaa nnd ttgt rs of the CoGseum ai.-debftecini 11, ronrrsption* starving wiatilmdai'ss, andall Home is one jpoaf, arena where the greedy eyeafffha enriofs, Benrtlem spectator may tv..l it.'-ifon the most hideous terms of physical and moral de-atrui lion.

This state ofthiri?» is ,ittributi>d by tho writer tontuuiy CBUacB, the Chief of which, however, is the*'anoni.dou- foam of the Pontifical Goveminent,.'which I,:.-the detects of ,11 known constitution..'and none ot then- merits." Theeaaentialevil isthe celibacy of the plicata, in whi-s. hands, M electora or elected, a',1 power is hold; tin bereditai] ei.ment rci|ui-ite for a monarchy or an oligarchv. themicial and faudl) interests requisite in any n'n<to-cratic or Bepsdat republic, are eoualh wanting.For nuaVhahlng ihfa fetulletoa, ia Prmm wus visit-nd with a "w hi. -ig" from the French authorities,am the pretext that .t w.»s mil^pcaking of a friendlyaUtivernmenf.

That plcasant-sti^rj blh r Kdinond About hasfctlch gucn 01 tWO mev err. r!.|,Brat and beat hi "LeRoi des Montagnea," whichclaims to repn'wnt, with certain kasTmwas a*vaggera.tions of detail, the highly proaparoua nature oT tharobb*T business as at press-r. carried on in Qieaeeander the w inking ey,* ol the constituted authori-tics and with tin- connivnuc-ot reepectable ritiiIt is the rraTaanrr pendant of " La Greet Cootom-poraire," by the s.ime author. The other story,.'(Jonnaine." he calls the aOCOOd *ori"s id " I.hJariuges do Puris." It is of itself as long M theaiv tak-s that enMBaXtrdl the 1».' n. uied voiiiiuc. buthas not the 11 crit of il< juedec.. -rs. Bnthof, itsfVulf is hVal if assini.iM to Ih ,1 novel, and BO does 11.d

tvdly answer expectation: wbik- the short.-r stone-ol which 1 -poke bud Summer wen- all they pre-ifjbjdl d to In-. *

miscfi.i.\m:<»is.- alr«. Beaohar Btowe was httely at Baplea,~ Ak xnnd. r Clark, the \m< ricnntaotegrafaVw, Wfd

t I«io. n f.rtb»- mnor-UugM. r «f KBMf**.f'ad tpams-d bim »mOn pbotogrdph ;>f

indictedOonit,hwecn. "lätK> pbw ***** that he «>rly acted in seif-

f, rM., rolir the di seased had -track hun, .u.d tha,0rv f' ii'nl l.iin BfA E 111_-7*r EuropK'Ti Ttmn anrwcr.ees that Mr. ChaAea

Meehay V on'^me eve of paying ¦ rbdt to tbe UurtitdMate* r.wl Canada, In nrus r to -. e vrith hl* oura eyest)c-iaic of wflti» Ibere- to cvjoj tbo manblccntrcen« rv af tba W< -t« rn werk), and t.. oh* rve M pmr-aVal morbbig of rmHtlcal h sntnfhan ivhleh tseuo Mu.111 ,:.n .?. and rritici»rri in tbc oel «ounlry.TrT Wt* Ol CBIROMBB. During Iba Ii '. J tUT

Muri I.«" been er id nnd written against the abase, af" crinoline." but tbo inhabitants nf Vi.-ot.a hiv.- »u-tl ud n RW f tl uf it may - Bietia e. be afreet Nnittto tbe wearer. A yoang English girl, wbo waa am-

ptcyed e> gorrracsa mibe thirdly of an ecjrpioyee,was »o dissatisfied with her lot mat ah« r**aJeed tomal «n ei d an bar hm by lumping from tba mmpnrtsinte tl i drv RM at. An 1 ffn er, who --«w the poor rirlput her rawtdel design htto execution, relates "tut" -L'- Ii« k« ii like a l.nllo. n in Iba air. ' Tin' Mghl "ftl - « nII iflbe city at the apot when the utt mptatarm da aa area amde may he about 4-r> feat, but tbegill wns m little hurt by her full " that she walk. 1bwdv ..« if toll lag had happened.'"

(V1< im» CorTerjx.u.lent of The Loa ton Time«.EatMRATioa ravoH Nonwai !<. Canana irothi

I'turn Si *t»tl -Infi rmntion hn« reached Bnglaodthat upward of I0,0M Noiwegkni will proceed fromItarway toQauhec daring the pi aaaal Bamrnar. Sev¬eral or ihoaa will r>lofiin in Canada, bot thalargerpcrtbmwUI paaa on to tbe North-weetern Btatea ..!"America. Sir Cuaech Raaey hau left Eagtaad for(1 riiiiima to mum airuugenvnta for the transit oftbi aa j* raOM from Qaebec to their daatiiiatton, inda!io tt. liufeniinate information with reference to I'mada en behalf of Iba Ootarameat.MneaacuB or Fnnacn Settlsm dj Ifnw Calkoo-

*u.. The acbooaer Bhu k Dogarrhred at Sydney on

the 3d of February from New Caledonia, bringing in-lelligence i f n rb«>~htogmaiaecre of the French colon¬ists by tbe native-. Kleven Europeans and fourteen01 fifteen Km eke- in their aarrice had been murdered.7 hi fipafaee Movai'eg I/rrtUd gives the fotloaiag ae-ace. rr.t:" Tbe townahip of Monti i* distant from Poet da

France abont tOTea Htilea, nt which plncc elevenFieri l.tin ti and a aambi i of native- from the Bau !-wich laltodl wen hfr.tio::. d far the purpose of obtnm-mg madalwood. About tbe 90th January, the MowCakdoabm aatirea made an attach aponthi settle-meat, and savpgely murdered «11 the inhabitaota; aoextetmmetma, win- their onslaught flat not a HinLde in-dividal was left to taO the particulars ofthese droadfnn.urdi rs. The bodms of 11 white tnea und II or ISishmden wen discovered aeridentally hv pnr'.i- s j.roceediag from tin- township. Among the victims ofthis ravage niadpk i^ M. Jlernr.-i. attached to the firmof Vial d A rem dj Co., of this city, and who was for-BBeiTy an < Beet in tin- French nav y. The Julia Percy,n bconer, passed by the scene of the dhvaster duringbhoconiun math nof this fearful bagedy, and observedan aausal moren enl on shore, on approaching whichthi natives wem sei a to retire, bu; she was compelledto stand off again."

7/e flpdaep Empire says:" The cause of this attoc.ty can or.lv lie g!ics=eij af.

It fitJjeiirs clear that there was nothing it; toe OOnduciof Mi Hi rard and hit white eompnnions which 00u] 1paBlate M. Tbe natives wen treated by them with¦reat kindnees, and ezpreraed for them me warumslfriendship. The crime wns consummated by thenatives approaching the Settlers in small parties, withtheir aeeastomed prefers. - of friendship, until a largepnttyhnd been collected, when the worn of murderwas Von meoeed in ci Id blood. If e/«H not a Dgbt, torthe settlers wi re ard upon when, without wins iu theirblinds they were engaged ia their ordinaryavocations."As the bodies were not eaten, (attboujth the na-

Ifrrei of Hi w-Cnj. doi.ia are eannibala). th- a. t» af- n.-

of toncennee, InnnprabnbilUytha New-Caledi i ianiw ere dhl !. aaed with the introduction of natives fromV.-.teor Sr.dwiili bland, 'one of the N sr.Hebridee),whom they fook upon with hostile foelinga. It maybe. t<<>, that the fact of the settlement having be.;unade in this qnarl with tbe permfaadbh of th:- Frenob(local) Oovertm>enl instead ol under the authority ofthe native chiefo, Indneed tha latter to slaughter theaettlers."Capt.Lewk bchovaa the disturbance has arison

fn m wrefnenl of tbe French aettlan to pay the aameprice for tbe land ai rtie Engtbth."

THE INDIAN WARS.INDIAN MA88ACRE IN MINNESOTA.

Kerm Ihr St. Paul jlWasrraf, April 17. ,

We },'ivi hi low n letU rfrom a reUable oorreapoadenlof ihia paper, laaMinfi at Mankato. The letter waswrittin oa Sunday last, the day on which the messen-

gerieft Mankato for Fort bnelliBg. It will be seen,from a pernsal of the letter, thut the report- circulatedin tliis city were gioatly eaasararated abal s.-rioa'-dfcdnibaaoos Iibm- oeearred is evideat.A body of Indians, it appears, trcacherou-ly «t-

laiked tlie settlers at the town of Springlieid, on theWntonwn liver, ia nine Furth County, on the 2d ofApiil, killing seven men. wounding three, and carry¬ing oar four women. The Indians bad nreviously at-tu. i. d ti .¦ at tUen at sj bit Lake, nnd killed qeveralmen. Tba s<. ae oi tbe spirit Lake nmaani re, we be¬lli re, is in Iowa, near the State line.Tbe namra of tba killed at Springfield, as far a-

could be tic, rtained, wtrc Meaaia. William and (lea,M. Wood, Church nnd Stewart. Mr. William Woodwas formerly a resident of Manhato, The aaaaei ofbut two of trie women em lied off have been a.-ier-

tamed. Mis. Marc 1 and r. Mba Qaidaer.lln- ri lnniniiig n ttii is al Spriagfield i' .rtifi.-d them-

¦elves in a bouse, end ihm escaped being munh red.Such was tin suddenness of the cowardly attack thaibut two ladlans were killed { undone ofthos.- w.is

¦hot by Mm. Church (nil honor to tfaadhrave wonaan)who loaded the gnas for the men.A Mr. Bbxnm, residu e twenty miles from Mankato,

being apprebeasire of «n attack from the Indians,etat to Mankato for aaaiataaoe, Tbirty-eigbl rotun.teei.-, ander eommnndof Dr. Devi-, left that pis.-,-and n nrhed Slocum'a on Sntnrdny night. Aa attemptwhs a ade to draw the party jji,, u oinbu.-i ad ¦, b itit failed. The vohinteers thrn fortified and ooenpied»Slocnm'a bouoe, wbera tbey w er. inntiundod by 150Indians. This war- on Saturday night la-t.A pfcrty of .'>ü Tohmteen from st. Patera and Tra¬

verse, ander Cant. Dudd, passed through Mankntc onSui day last, r.ud expi nod to reach Slocum's the sn:.i<-

evening. Another pailv was to have follow .

Mendny.Tin- nest newa wfl] probatdy bring as the roatdt of

the encounter intwem ('apt. Dodos party and thelndiiins. \A c have nti doubt of the result.

M.MiWo, April l !, 1857.. In our last we endiuvonu to inform the publicihrosxfh your columns, of tin state id" affairs oa thaDos Momee, nnd particularly at Spirit Lahe. TbaBiesaaagera wbiok had been dispatcbed to Fort R d ¦.

ley, logetiu r with the aoldiem, b it here or. the men.,

ing of the Vivo ult., and procetided to Spriagrleld oatie D,-s Al. in. -, hft. en miles from th. m-. ae ol depre-di.tit bp. They reached Springfield on kadurday, Ithof April, the soldiers st.il in doubt as to the coaroi t-Lese of the report, but n| on entering the town, whatwiisth.ii lurpriae to find thai th,- Ind.uns bad beenthem; that en Tuesday, Apnl 3, a band of Si,,i.x hadaitsiked the town. hiBed seven, wounded three andcatricd four women into eaptirity. Tbe captain Im¬mediately dawatched a company to the f.irt lor r.-in-loncnut «:.: provisions. Among tin- killed wasWiilh in >N' is d, i:.-o:u' M. Wood, Mr. Church undJi SUsh Stewart.The atta. k wns without provocation und unni.

ported bl the settlers. Wm. \No.h1 was «u old n-^.nenl of Mankato and a tradi i ..t Sj.ri. rfi ..

It Hpp, that in tbe 11 mm net mem be went ot .,

the bnr.k of the riwsrtotalk to tha lad uns, «: I as heturned about to go borne he was shot dead ua-.l bnme-diaii ly ii! in fire, Lie body, n In n (bund, being aa d«lybaraed. Several of tbe citisens were temporarilyabaeat, but ka,ve since returned. Those that ibrtii dtin ii andres aeeaped besag murdered. Two Indtaow. n kilaad ».i.i w.i.- sbi'. by Mm. Chunh. who loadedgt.ns tor the im n iu one I f the ht Bsea. the) eamei ufIba woRwn tnken priaoaera wi do art know, with theaserpticnoi two. M:s. Marvel end Mieati ber.Mr. < hiilia-. the in. -s. agar, win. was Imt anal 11

the fort, has ainoi returned from Springfield, aad .

in buried five n.en in «>t.e grave the day before be Imt,He reached Li.ai Uocmn'a, oa the Watuawa Kiver,IWaaty a Has from Mtu knto. ,>a Tliursday 1«-!. undreached Ihia Pinea on Friday evening. Mr. s,seal di wn to Mankato f-1 aawslain .¦ ha aatidpati Ida agi r) by Mr. CbefRna, who bioagbt tin- ej.i mt< III-gi nee 11 tu« Riaaancra,A large me, tit-g wns huinedlatelyheld, aad thbty-

eit-ht rwuateera, wall > quipped, wen n al to thi rsi-tane. 'iin v r achedSsucuffl's oa Raturdav nigfalami found Italians ih re. Mr. W. F. le araaehoaaa ( a] ium. and with a lau bm a n ever la thtu t«, wb iv ti.ey i. u..d t..t.e Indiana, wh-» mn dial[.* appearance i: the whites, throwing ti. iVtm .-beta uate tba ,.:.r , ad firh g al the whit -7 Thwl.t. s m.-, enarged anon them and k Qour. Vmm , i .... whnee wi .- injured, with the -x-

. I /.i '

ti" '' h"r »«ved a shghl wound ini l.ai.ii. TahW, it appaara, was the Sad ind hi

n .dmt.ly upon th.- ratVSre f 'th. a Jit was lorromaiad by about IM laalha warri r* a

\\eTm\fS. Jhtel juM ,nmv'-''. ^H* th abave.-ti ti u.i nt, wnn n is. ..rei t.Word wa- -«al »Trai r..- des Soai and St V. team

for as.-tste.nee, m .1 th;* morning t fty ,,f the rit! . r- , fH. Patar, arrived aadei Capt. m eeaaanaadaedwill i nibalny reach tba s.. i.. if batlla lu i_i.LL .

they wft Maaltato a: 3 o'clock this ol moon. \t tlreiiiforri ment will be up f on. T:.-.v . .¦. i:, .!,. ,..

tojoin the party. Hl Hksi trooi thml neight r«

bm * *fx\ in fret .3 thrown BM «ftnrry. err eJanBSldaid are. ti> nr- u>l<j t. wn mth ihcjr families.Tbaaeei.aat rmn il>e t..wn «.i" PpriiiirrVd * t*a»'n

f" rHr.( h. ffir>. who, a» we rtat.d b*f re, aecoin-

I m had tba m|i i»r.i»i»m, and eesveea. Tb- "th"r ¦

toriob. rat« d by .tiff. r. r.t ir..-¦. r,ir. r«. who are com?t» 11 (1 '< m lecaa U> lb place. Uabannd j»yfever of escjtea land J- ' w-* enveyi ¦ ftirti er int,ii;ceroe «. ...<>n a« rereivrd.MltTlNo or rHI COKtüoa COOS. ii- Of ,T- V*vl~

Touoai Mi anno, April M, IX"»-Tl .¦ Mayor railed a tprcial.bag of the CoaaeU,

nt me reqaeet ofa Commrtti appointed stapupiicBasntii g of Iba < Ktxaae. in rxwieeooeaoe of rafceraaawafn n IM Mtaaaw ta V aller that the Indian-" WBTS BWs>n ittiaa a"tjwedatleaa nnd maiden on Ike aeethws in

it.- I: ac Earth i. ai.tv. in arder tha*- :!».. I eex*al afIheCI v.f Bt. i»r,ul might tr.kr rachatepa Mwandeemed advisable in toe a!.*. r.cc .f TVrmflrW bm( i led Stu:** Baaaeti ta uk* th- reeetxariattry afaffaire. .

Tl.t- f< (Jewing r. *o!u'>< n araa nti.'in ino'.«rv ad "ptaP!ftuit.d. TbMblaBwsertaealH rBi " ,..-udt.»«pp.«t a

Ct n i ¦.'<. (ii;., fr. ai :<.., i act b c BMjena* tin i:»r « i: n itt« . M I. .ri-.i.-.i. J !i> th. it;-. "f ft- 1at tb. fa n..ti.i »f IheC irt j: ... : .1 . .**

l|rf.N tt i- .. rt i. i..:.. f :r- . >| r' -. K / a:. ! ...«' 'f h«'.ar-ali in n ..I.i and anrrUioai f.-i roiaatart .a..

fun ft Pu l, i.I..I triru frnm Lira what action h* po.r>w« to

tab. ii the ii kt'.r.f lb. Pi. i .¦ rra,aadtbrraiJCaoaautiMle tearet ta bia Haaat Iba Ma; .< aaJ tbat tba flaaare Osataaid.«In aVflaara ariH »Urb i-tt.^r it.t^rr* in«» »«" *"¦

rruii»-»trfi la baU tr.,tn«. lv,« in a «HaM l -r iaaaaraMi ttntes.Ihe Mayor appoiated Aid. Caaaibfia, Kittaoa aad

M. (ir. rn.*from The t'hitajo Pre". Ap'il ^3Rt. Part, Mibbumta, April 14, IfST.

Thr ajtaada f thi.j. iry an re thrown ^n!<> a -fni< ofwild raefteBeat lurt evaaiag by tho «mvij >>f a in>'«-

¦ergfr ffoBi Ht. peter with tba rtai^irt ialeifiaaacati nt ibe BaOBX Inlian« in the vi' imivf th<' ooath Deadof the k1ir.n.h..tn Ii.v.r bad brobea .out and ware

luur.ir,- the lertlemeata on the li.t:-- Earthaad Waltonf'rr, and ti arderina hi .! n aaaai raiag Iba m t:ler>: andtl:nt v.i wnrd ef fBC Irt'ii-.rs arara BOTing tnwnrJ Mkato f. r the jinrjm.r of drttroying; it. Knniors were

alto afloat that Maakota wa. actaallydV troyad, aadthat it.- citlaeaa were aioat baibaiwualy nnd inliumHiilyataraared. Tha aaaaa aieaacaaarthal btoaaht the in-teJIiajeaee broaghl Ibe IbllowTiif cotiininnicatioB fromOtotgc IT ilep, en;., Bet retary oftba St. Paiar Coa>per,)-: St. Pirn, April II \<>'.

1 )r\k Sip: A t.-rrih!.' eaciteawMit praratM ban andaboat na. Reporti have eone tl.nt t!,o fretiane hara'brokea oat oa the Bim Kurth Bad Walton Oro, aad

i re it BnJeriaa the bababitaata. Bona forty in»-ti leftMaahata refierday, Bad a Hha nnmi-, r .- h> r.- to->.h\. Bead witin'ui delay/, anaa, BuiuaaJtioa and pn>.v,ci;h. IVa haTC m r.t arnb Iba v.-iunt. en all or aear*)v all the provijioiM we had. Got. Dodd hat takentin- e.n nai d, and ha* nal tin* axpran that tahea thi..to the tort ana a. tiog Goeernor.

Col. Smith, t!..' cotrravtndant al Fort Sn.'llinjr, im-nediately in receieiag the above aeara,diapalcbedIhn .. i npaak ¦« of ntaatij, fully araaed Bodaqaipped,ftr ibe m eae < f BCtioa.TLia it Drab g a large and moat btflaeatial meetip'.' ef

eiti/> nt i f th;.-1 it> w at hi hi tocoaaider what neaaareav. -e neceetary to be taken to protect kiaukato andthe tetth b rata r-n tie' Blaa EartB and other tribatarietof the Minnesota l'i\i-r. Baven] Conunitteea were

appoint! d. ose to provide anna and anunanitioa, an-

btaer to rni-e \i hutaen, BBotber noaey, &e. So theprospea t araa that «onM- of the patriotkaa of "tir yoaag1>1< (<i-which had beaa "rpiui.'c for some ton.w u!(i 01 d prop, r seat. Total t- era wars pieaty, audthe proaped am that nay weald each have a goodrhance to get a land warraat for 14 actaal aar*ion' iuthe '¦«-».].-.'' Col, Smith, hoarever, teal word to theCcrrnftteei tbat the troops be baa Beat wan nonthan i-l fli. Bt to drive th.ee UnMNJ the nuinlier of " iivbaadred" Indians bnaara th<m. Bo,a*or Aaptaaeat,the .. faa" b i'kn aa if it hud beaa inynled.

( Uber tre-fi nperH hove airfvad to-ilny, who reportIhe natter not quite so bad an the first news, whichLur l< nded to allay the axcitaaatat.

It > believed to'lie Ibe i-miie band of Indiani whonre dirtnrbing the cettl anenta aearMankatothat coaa-Biittcd the murders al Bpiril L«ke, Iowa.

It ii* tincerely bopi d by noat poop;.- in tLiit. vitaaitythat iheae oatraget by the ladiaai ariO be Ibe mean.-

of mo e(lovernnentto take an asuraa to have theRieux and Winoibago Indiana moved farther WestTheir proxfainily to taa white aettlen bt a great ob-.tarle to Ibe country being tbkUyaettlett The wttla-ti eata iti Nieollet, l^to- Earth, and If BrartToaatira are

ci nttantlj annoyed by thi rih pradaiioaa, eithi r in pii-ferieg, rioting or fighuec. Their laeei'tes an by tar

loo bear tb. tooth bend of tlie Mianesota, The Mi¬llen oi tin n eoantiea have loriplieriiuviii? tbisaponGovemneat, and I should not he aaiprisedtp hearthat the recent nnd pr. n! outruzee would make Lieei<um* fort, gaaaral aprisng against than. If theIndians once provoke a general oardauirht, dep"udu|i n d Ibey will be driven Bton tbeh praseat re-erva-ti. na. Tba iol«- for " i taJ i..-" in that ,i.»rt.o!i of theTsnitory would be au additional atanulaat I« get rid

t the Indiana.liut a law day will t 11 the want, probably.paBTtctTLABJ oi thi »:v--*'.:i ai ipaiaermn.Since receiving ihe above Utter, the particulan if

the ij Bwacn of Bpriagfl. Id, in Bbn Earn eoaaty. baacome to head 'ine aumber hilled bad aot bt 'n pre-eiaely kn wn. but Willian Wood, Gecrge M. Wood,Mr. t'Luicb, uLd Ji..^ah >:> wait a.. Lum¬

ber.Tba attach wc < without prorogation, aad waa an-

rail i led by Iba ^-tii.-r;. Mr. Willian Wo.*!, atn letai'. an ..Id letth r f't Mnnkufo, had be. n pro. ^e<tin^ t<>have « inlk with Iba Indian oa Ihe bank of the r:*er.ahen be was shot dead and bfa body burned. Aft'TIbis a general naesacra took place, n which aO whow«:e t .t Irmed inffered more or less, Tbosa whowi re urn e.i bar. ly < d. Two |p :.ar... were kdl-done having been shot bv Mr. Church, *ho loaded

cur.« fi r the men in or. . t the h.".;^-. Bareral womenwere tak. n pria. u.-^ \ the Indians, anoac whom areMm. Marvi 1 and Mita Gardner.Thhiy«eigh1 vohurteerx left Mankato under Capt,

Lswkt, namedlately aa receipt of the iatehUgaaea ofIhe nawacre. The eonpaay reached Blooun, on theWaUnwa Blver, on tb. evealng t't... lit!., wherethey rt et n body » f IndUM en i.'mped. who. ol th r

.¦I i :< ach, fled, lluowing their batcneta In the air, tir-ii g bail aatbcryran. Ii:.- eonpany killed (bar In¬diana. Tbw, however, araa bal bb oatpost. ton hnrnodiatelj Bfbnward IM amed Irdiau.. nada their ap>pearan > aad ibi wed fight,Thet tktref« ." leal word to St. Pater for aaalvt*

Bate, wht t fJet:. Dodd and fifty vobuteen ttaried forIbe teens i f war.

InteUbrenea reached Pauibaaft, eallin** on G -n.Bbieldi R rassattance, who immediately t;ii«ed aoan>paay of votaateen nLd Hta-.t-'d for Mankato, aoooni-jii edby Alexander Faribaall and n.-veral tadiaarucnert. Bone of these ruuL.-n. had retaraed, con¬

firming the runaon of the me-wscre« la Blaa EarthCounty, and itoJbng that at fa asl to lettton had b« n

b awacted r> b:- tha Big Bend.A .. ir i at y bad also he« n raised at Pwaoott, Wi'.,

Bad wan oa tha Tine and Tide nady to ctart, wh n

aewa fron Fort Bnelllng arrived, ttatiag thai troopalurBchrnt had beaa dispatched. The people of Pnne. tt volunteered mosl nobly.A geatienaa anivi d at Preseott, who left Mankit.-»

on I) e 14th, aba «tat.-« that tip thnt dat.> Markatubad aat b. en taker bul that tome fifty anrden had1 >. b ranrcltted by Hioax ladiaaa in ltlu-- BarthCoanty, When be h It Hiiinkttt.. 150 ladiaaa w.-r.- en-

csmped four milea from Mnakat.., and it ic rin.'im'-dthat it it against this lmn.1 that Osa. l>.-id arat nmtrv

lag. Thi -.iti n bed bII tiiii fran their haaMB,an]wen fa aviag the eounry or gatberng be nmtun! pr>>-t.rii. n. Great alarm traa etoirwhaw f^it. All theIndians beyond tba Mianciata Btvai wen nM tobeassuming a hottil. aUituda. Iluniors w.-re nf«- of an

alliance betwi en tba Biowx ai d CbippawM01 Hi IAL ACCOl NT *<V THE MASSACRE IN

IOWA.BJXT1 KILLED, WtX'BDED A.Mi lasM>0.

Poai Don b, low \. April 13, I8S7.Teil» SattaVSSf JSaaai H'. Crtaatt, */'->r v the state *f

ieL-j .-

Sin: Bebte caDed apoa by Iba front!« r m-ttl. ra foraid Inrbecking ti..- borribls oatracaa «\>mrni:t.''i nimnIhi «i; .'. ti g < a the Uttle Bivax Iiir.-r, i., ( ja«< i.t ij ::. tbc Si Irii Ij....- BOttlenents, and in Enanet<'. nt ly, 1 y th. Biouxludiibj the author': v ynavetted iL ma, I rahmd and organised andarnM litre.Ptnj Lies« f30men. .« hfvdtM a er< u v. e proe.-edr.J:* >¦'<-¦¦ to <v. r dm u en h. We took uaou- tinB.air] ii IheSSlh i f A!.v h, and] raaat dad al the westbrsseh ofthe Des Moines Biver to intoreept tb. »..%.

\ ban, r> p. :t f;.:.!, were ur>. u: toswsepal ttiewtikinenti on tbat river. By tbrasd naiabeaILrcagbfatiW Mnka from fifteen to twenty bVet ektep,Ud twolktt .lore ,j ,. W(4\- ,,p Li tltvptnt .. e. when v., leawaed ths Indiana wan eaa-bt dl« 500 r 300 itroB t. t bpring l...k.- und Bhj lalaadpove Sever wn Lai lei . . rundafädlDJ anybody of men thca bj Ibbau 110 ntea nnder at/ nann i i.d. We bad to ford trean hr.-;aal daap ever* fewb Baa, m..J at al! mow banki ar drifls bad toahordn b4 bi «i draw « t i b agi l* ibnagb by hand .«i;h tuer. p. .,!.]-. :hi a;:.:!-:-.-. Ah were v..t td di-ytij in n fall atkaal and lay oat on Iba npsa prnriea

tif ; . oattenb rotlaarcaveiinftasjaahsaakat«.r i f. i. he.

Al ul Bjji i bj we ne I tba who had « -cap.Itt. naatacn at n rtngfl. Id, aompoafdof Ikraanaeai.i hi.it, tv»«. waaaoed, aad ana female taoaaded andaevrral n-. n and '!.ild--n. b>afl Mnbiriagbokl-.oi .e i... Ths} bad escaped ia the night, car-m i r othfaog with them bat trbal obey b^iwhentb. j wen Btiacked- bad nothing :.» eat lor two daytaad one rijht, Tbej wen aN-ut esanaated aad thsIt'fr.« .1. tl.. . ii'i ttrat. it:jC thrill. Had n.«t oll r

.,,,,) |j ipiorted, then caa haaa'.. bt i... n«. ij all woaldhave baennrnrderadU ati ght. W- fraiadth n ifi. n!|erabkaowditioa,

¦i« stituto of everything like el,,(hing and Cw>l, three «fIi. m badly wnunded, and ee v. ral of tne worn- n with.ut h< n. . r »h«»-n. They had nothing <>o them bn.bat lb y had the Dicht they d.d. Ike j-oor womea* Bdh if breast <!. Of through enow and water and ear¬

lyup tL».r crying hrtfTr.We halted UtaMmB lake that fnrnrdied MfihetrRl

rin her to make Iras' add wann them- furnished IbsWBwith i mviefc -. enve them t .-.i k- as ihs-M themfit n. U ' .-« :.¦ w. atber. and gave them all the n sV fin i ! i pewer. Our -urg«*«.n dnsBed thai w..nnds of theaaaaded, whom wound* asaes m a bad eeadstiee.We eieairped there with them that night, po<tlag asatiaala aad pi« kets, axpeeahag as )>e atta<*ke<i.bevt u emmg we aent them on with our «eont to whatla known as the Irish settlement. t>> remain until wen tt m d,t: .. <¦. ttler« i.bov> that point having aban¬doned their hewwa aad snshodhrd iheaasehraa at thatah <, when they wire ecpng.-d in be.,..line a bka kIleus... \\ e pro.. aded oa eur avareh, thrawlag nut inod\ai.re aaaaa tluity sc..uts r firaneHarifg und ex¬en .ti,ig e>ety point where the enemy mightp< i ibly be lband.every p..int of timber, lakeand -tn-am »r»s efoeely ev.imir.ed, and f>and Ifn^h traces of the Indiana throughout the <biv. Fromthese tracks ai d trails they had nil when their courefer Spiiit Lake, or in that direi turn. Uy fmvlu rel' - uwmnehed Iba Mate line,aeei >t tin fi. Id, andei raa pad ubout rundown aa Iba margin of a grove.<!. taiied 60 men, arm« d with nrie- and sii-*hootrrs.wifb orderst.ok their supper* and supply tln-m-schrei with eold rations, sack company their own. aadbe ready to aaareb all l ight, iu two divisions of 30n.< u each, end surprise the Indians before daylightM \I RH it ing. Furnished them with guides, as tin- m-fi ranatioa ara had just reeaivad was that the Indiansvan ea bodied at or near the trading house of a half-I red by the name of I labeo.VVe pn cat dad with great hopes of overtaking and

givmg a good aeeoaat of theml but, to our great mar*trfteauca, are (bead they had all dad Bp-a the ap-pn crli of .Mi n gahua Crom Fort Udgaaey, Wbasla andtaboo, traden, pave them the information tbat thetru< i ¦ w. re coming, and wboee areveaneahi they seuttheir runners to wcteh. Had they not aeut to Kidghyfor (loops we would most certainly have overtakentlx m.The conduct af the troopa from Fort Ridgeie; is

l aid to be aceoaated for. Oa Aaraday, Manh 27,the Indiens attacked Springfield and aehlkbiwhniidThe ritixens defeaded lhaamelvaa a* well a* thevi i.id. The battle r.ud pillaging kitted until nightfall,when the Indians Withdrew. On Friday, in the after-nioti, tin- troops m m Bhkgt ley arrived all wellD anted on mulee. Those troopa lay st SpringBeld aildey Saturday, atid assisted in burying some of thed- ml. Their «fiieers counseled with tin- half-breedCabco, who waa the only one unharmed, and knownti b« acting with, and identified with the Indians, aadwhose soaaw he is ami lied to a srbbw was, at thaitime, wearing tbc shawl of Mrs. Chureh, with otherarticsbstakea from Iba eitiaeaa, Saiil ofihoori lay averfrom Friday eventing till Siuiday morning without pur-tuinp or ii eking nay rff.irt to overtake the Indians,who, they must have known, had taken oil'four whitew< maa aa nrisaaera.On Sunday morning he set out on their trail, and

folk w> d them half the day, finding their camp tires,overtaking three or fair RtiaggUag squaws, let themgo, aid tinduig all kindr of good-thrown aodstnamedalong tl eir trail to lighten their fond and expeditetheir Sight. Whea be could not have been over halta day's march of them, be stopped and returned thesun e evening Sunday) to Springfield. When he or¬

dered the lio n to return they expressed it wi-h to fal¬low on, and said they w.-uld put up with hall rationsif be would aOoa it. His reply Was that he had no

ordi r.- to follow them.On Monday be set out to Spirit Luke to bury th;*

dead, etc. He weal toti,. iratbouat thatol Mr, \i-t lee, found ote dead body, buried it, tuid returned to

Bmriagfield. 'Tis certain sncfa troops, or rather auchc ttie. i-,will afford DO protection to oiu frontier m tttcrs.Bock men me not tit hi proteel our ftobtiers. Think ofhis conduct! his men ail wall mounted, turning backwhin he waa not half« day 'a manh off them; theyloaded dow n w ith plunder, und horses and nudes, undcarrying iff' wiih th.-ni four respectable women a.i

prisoner*, 11.a It dbma wi re known to have soui 25or 30 bend of hi raes and eicht orti c mules, taken fromIbe settlera. These Indians commenced low down on

Little Sjc.i:x Riveras arth south-nri at comerof BuenaVista County, aad procejed to brenn ap and destroy allthe aetttemeBte in that county, Clay, Dickinson a dEn n itt Counties then iah adeucomh g iioa-u the \\. <>iHi iu i h n." far to thi*y dar. . Through) ut their v howii ane Iks r have eoaapli taly demolished every aettla>n.< i t, killed all the rattle, ravished the women andmost seandaloBaly abtUM d them. They ^t,H>d over themen w itb their guua em ki d, w hOe tiny amre engagedm their hellish outragen. Along Btet river they ap¬proached; and got into the houses throogh pn.fen-sionsof friendrhip, und with a rush Mixed the men ands.iii -. taking the people by sarprise, attncJdflg in sucha way that one family eonld not help the other; alltittr.eV. d etmtiltnr'eoii-.'y. lehlied tiiem of everything,ai 'i h it them tu i Ibe mblal of old weetnar amid'iprLiw-. Ti'.ey did not eommence to kill the act-this aatil theyhad reached Dichharon county. Then,at Spirit Like, ft append that ihe settlers had pn-pen d to di lend themaeh es a- well »i» they could, andtnmoU appearances they fought bravely for theirfamilies, lhe s« ttler- at Spirit Lake aamband ovavI. rty souls, niid rot Mat of whom is left to toll lhe tale.Ftedingthat ribs troopa Iron FortBldgely bad notI nr.i ii tl .. di ad. 1 detailed 85 men to proceed 19 raileato tl.« Ijike und reconnoitre that Ci.-friet, and if no In-dlana were discovered te inter tb dead, as aa act afbmnanby. Ouiib - wen procured, ,ird they -?t outunoer tüe coRimnnd of Copt. Johnston and Lieut,hiaxe ill of * Ompaay ('. They a aid find no It diana,but found tl eir encampmenl and a dnndful deetruc.tion of property. They pi rfotmed the sod duty of in¬terring ibedead so for as tbey conld find any. Theyfi urd and buried SB bodies.found the akuUi and bonaaof tin-c who were bumed in tlie ruins of a honso,which, with tin- one buried iiy the trootn from Kl Ige-ly. made iu «!1 3S dead found al Spirit Lake; 9 Lih -da't Sj tiiirf.eld and I'J mi-sim: at the lakes, eartalnlykilli d. It i supposed ibey ara I- h % ofi at a distance,ki.led in att< Rmtmg to escape: some two or three werefcend who bad been a j to escape, fourOf lbs ir wi u:eii takeu oft' u- pOW 11 .ir '. tbn 8 badlyw i

I may sum Bp ns follows: In ail, 11 kQled; IS mlatfog, no doubl killed; I badly wounded, two I f.-n:wattnOyi 4 wcanea prisaaen,baaide aereral men fromBaone Rivernad the eonutfos anat ofthia, wbo croesadthe Des I?. im - lti\« r with avii wot going 111»:.. km-Mm County aad tin I-.i. ¦, have never yet been bea dftom inppoaed to be killed on the way.Fn m all npj i BIBBni 4 the Biou Indian- have deter¬

mined to w aga a wm of aztettninntion on our frontlera,Meverytiibsf eoeato ihowitnt arcrypoinl on theupper Dee Homes, Big I-lar.d Grove,Spirit Like,and all points when wi found tracea of them. T.ieyIn d left the nu-t threatening sign-, stakes .-et up undpainted red, trees barked and painted, representingmen p.creed with arrows. Ac At every point theybri ke up and destn yed all lb aiture,bund Unbouaea,aad kilk d Ibe cattk on r l"<' In ad of fine cattle *< n-

fi ui d shot dfiwn and ntOUehed in uay way butknorhhagonT the boras I suppose to make povrder-home. Their whole coane goes to show that theyIt'.tid te freak up aadatopthe s< ttfonxeutof thai northaid aai Mta set coantry.

Ti-n n.ui ii pitu-*-1 .iLiiot 1h- bestowedob theanea 1have bed ur.it. r nr. ci mmand OB this OOrnwtBB. Otli-eeia and nwn, without exception, ha\ . done mehrduty; they endnn the greatest privation-and fatiguew iti'out b murmur-for seventeen days they pnsaedforward oa their nuareh, wadid river.- aad enntx1 asl di ep, d raggil g wag. n- throng:, snow bank-,sii epina on the prai lei frequ intlf in Ihn ir wot olethea,expeetmg every snih after reaching 30 nxilea, to mewlthe Indiant, as tbeix threat waa at Sou River, thati! e} an u!d »wi ap the Des Hohaei Ki-.i r settlement.-,on. men rafiered vety ansck, owing to thi severed arce r.rd snow stoTBi. Wi have fourteen an badlyIn ren ard two b -t. ( pt. JobnaOB of Webster City,ad Mr. iu. hi i ... ot this piece, both rroseo to d.-ath

:. r. i ?> w .tern;-tl;. v r < re separated \u returningIn in the Ir.ki FjMR the State OS the men who sue-

eeeded in getting back to camp, both ef these men

in.-t 1+ dead; evi m s-an h hns be. n mud . lor them,but no discovery a-"*.:, so nvera waa the waatheeibat those wbt «rem parked up Budget in, were so

Baach florin and exhi.u-t.-d that they wareerawtha]<n tle ir bands sud kre«e when f< un i, and three otf. ur of them hr.d lo»t If. ir mind-, becoming p. rfoctlysVraaged, and knew bb one. A- near as l eouMna*

'nie. the Im.lan force was from lot) to '."CO warrior-,ladaing tram th< ir eaeampaaenta, ate., the numb -r atlediane must be 15or 90 Billed end woanded. Fromthe uember seen to tali killed, and judging from theh). i dy < i« tbes ar ! ch t - i t" i.I«N«( in their i neamptre-nts,(ho straggiaat the Lnkes mtt.-t have been very <.

vera, partkaJad] the '-re at hVa h-nt.i Esq. Mat¬tes Is. Eh v n dead bodies were f. und r.t thia bau .-,t. .th.r v.ith leverul broken guns. they appear tuhr.ve fought band hi hard.

I have to infonn your F.ii-i lleticy that we havelirivenaat&ftha Berth part of the s.a..- ovary Indian, andet i ra :! at at i naval then an no .Sou i in Iba >sah »s it be in that tu.-t n- ar the mouth of Big Koox!H i whole Im dy have rl. d iu the direction of th- Mi--aoaAeroaaängtbi BbjSiuax I hull Bat ha animimilto hem if an attack an bsoux City, l am snti-ded.1 at Ibi K'' Btaf aaaaber af tiV SS Indian- were fijamthe Mxereaui, as they w. r- itnagun to theal . re thev appeared, and a p.rti .n of themwire Ir.il-br.ni . .V, v r the history ofonr coaatry baa so aatrageous a. ta bean Cm-n Itted - a any people. WP bnvenaneeonntol In-Unarriri tu sni b aim.-.-- n f. naatea .o. ti, v haved« ii.-i... dautd can autUi d by Jw h«lf-hr.at It iat. te- amred that lb. y w.ll n Beat their .tepredntionsifsci ei easores «re not tekaatoBtaveatit. Theyire w.ll am*i| md wrj . pptjed with Banmanirbni

They took .*». nte-T» kegs of powder, with h.«fcard lead, from Woods, at Spru»«6eSd. barst rna storeBad killed fi'irn, Ac We bare a he-d of d-sti'rrtr andUN or«i. tl persons thrown upon as to pr-iyHr for bothf em LittJ» Sioux Kivrr and the UpperKiyrr as wr 11 m our own fruaen and in-ahied no-a.

I f« rward thi* hasty and «omewhat oonfased report;will gin ar.oth. r mod, mor« in detail.

1 instructed ( apt. Richards, Mr. Morrison and. thers, to forward to yu the affidavit*., «fco. apprizetou af' r.r mart-hire I« relieve the front-,.-, k e.7 Van nay ..' 5J n vv. wiiXiAht.«

HosTtUTixt taa aM.oonaiBB i« rfmaataaTraxt-tort..The following from Tie St. t/ruu Drmvrratmske« t probsb'e that there m eoneert of aeti.-n

arr.irc t!.< loan and Nebraska Indian*, and that oar

who!, fn nt,er will *><*>n lie in a bhue:'He «1. nn:<: M:: n. buha. which am v. d la--t frntatf,

hrirpri-f..rrT.«ti«>n of a Mffoaa diffiCbNj that has oe»rurtol 1. tweet Ihe Pawnees and MttkMi of NebraskaTerritory. < 'wm^ to the latei;-** of the hour, we are

arable to detail the affair cleaily, and Ihne fore fivethe irformatiop a« bnmedlv imparted by the officer-of tha boat l b. Minnebaaa, on the Bp trip, foundgreat exeiteneat prevailing at Platt smouth, the In¬dian* hav ir«r driven in a tinniher af MttJen >.n Salt( reek, and «eme s«nous tlchtinp had oc-nrred. re¬

sulting iu the hilling of several Indiana aud one whiteman. the waahdbaj of another, and the rapturing ofthirteen Lilians. Who were kept strictly guarded at

prwaaera.I he V .. ,.] t!i-« t..-n « to i tiaba ( :fy.

when1 (.'. n. Thayer was r*«idinr. The funeral sot

phot;? procuring volunteers, bought all the powder tnOmaha, ami started down on th.- steamer. On boardthere waa a idx-ponnder, consigned to Omaha, butinstead of bail g put out there, it wni» earried buck to

I'Intt-mcutb to be used if necessary against theIr.diar«. On arriving there, Gen. lawyer and thevolunteer* disembarked, and were Joined bv oth^r?.and it i- Mppoeed that tliey would be able to proie.-ttbcawetrea aad their homes successfully ocaiu -t anyatta. k 11 the ladiaus. Sr. Lon - l)»m'.er»t, V/hl.

MARINE AFFAIRS.

I OR hlKOPK.

The British «teami r (i'la»t:ow, (apt. Duncan. '.¦

Sat inlay for ti'n«jnw with 'JO fir-t-<abio pa-sender*atd 4T in the third eabin.

QCABAVTIWB at OLD on.cHir.ri NWU,Thf Statt*. Inland Chronicle, intimate* that the

Quarantine rVaiiiiiliiioaoii have it in noatanplatioB t<»

advertise proposals for building a permanent CJunan.tine establishment on tha "Old Orchard Shoal," aadwill hwmediately commence the work if five acre< ofland inn U- made tin re for any (<ueh term* ai the lawwill warrant their e.vp« ndinp.

i it inai or hoi k.

The irr-T.'..-^' line by steamboat John Potter, hr-rcto-Cnre !¦ av it z pit r No. 1 North Iii vor for rhiladelphiaat 5 o'doeh a. BL, ha^ bees chanced to ii o'clock a. m..

at..! will continne at that In.ur until farther aotica,ANoIIIMt MMM-HIF Iis»: ToKIKoP».

A new liüi if Atlantic t^eomera will comm.-nce run-

t lag -a May 1 etweea N. W»York, Londou and Hrcmcn,i«n\ini.- each port lemi aatwrfhly. That Una ia ownedby tin Kuroj^-an and Amoriean Stmm Shipjiinj; ('.en-

j a; \ oi T.. don ai d Southampton. Tito iteanen ar.

the t^u. tn of the s<.uth, 3^91 t.n-; Indiana, -J.rWttune: Argo,2,315tuna, Bad Joi»on, 'J.tkj? tann. TUeae

¦hipe w -.ii constitate a icni arnnthly hue. Oa the out-»iu.1 trip tlo- et. i.un-r will remoiu one day at South-

anptoa.a ma>f>:OTH Cl SAPtikR.

A nail >;enm< r to l.. caHad tba Scotia i* now build-inc on the Clyde, to ran between Uaarpool aad tbaUnited Stat. -. She «ill be 450 feet in lenirth, which- 00 fee! It ncertliati the I'er iu, at pre«en. tiie Iar^.-«:

sl ip ath nt. He Scotia will, it i* exposed, sttrpaaH in

1.. .: t'. Fir-ia. the (ästest steamer in the world.-a»>ti or thj «TKAx-nip rBsfPtar,

A geatfenaa WTite« to 77,e Montreal IlrralJ, April93, a- folli ws:

IIa> it obs« read an article entitled " MeamcrMii--Ing," ann nncing i,rav.- appr bensiona relative t» thefate of the MTew-steamer Tenpeet, tdie having beau4!' dnyn t ut on her late pan-ft^e from Ni w-Vork to

Glasgow, 1 have to i- form vou tbat by th.- Arabia Ihad tba informatioa fron (ria-^ow that the Tempesthad put Intoaa l?>hiH>rt, diftna-ted and othrTw.«.-iojuitd, having been 40 days out.

WHALIKC orf -A.nDT Hook.

lbs athaansi vVn, BOoy, Cobb, and aOaap B< V.Brown, Honij., of NVa-London, have capturedanother whale, which il at present at the «teamboa*bavin nt Quarantine. Thin i- the third whole capturedby t.. m partlea th'..- .«....<..-n in these water-. The Inl.170 barrehi araa lost in the gale ofthe 19th; the*>«. t d one, of 40 barrow, we noticed last week, thi»ot e iv ab< ut tiie iianie site an the bat one, and willyield aln ut th.. HUM quantity of oil, it wan takenalx.u three miles east of the tail of Ronaor Bhoal, fnmx tathonut water; '¦' is a bull aad meBt-ures about 4 ".

feotttleagtb. It ü intended, bT pooatble, to plain it;ti.:. of our liox docks for exhibition. At the time of

taking thi- one MVeral othrr« wi re in aigbt.tut van or it hii t.

The .. u nununoth paddle-wheel iteaiaahip t'ander-bUt, 5,968 tana burden and 8^801 hnae power, I). I*VVilcox naster, will bi open for the uin- bnipactioa oftin public on and after Monday, April 97, ut pier No. 3North Bivcr.

.PLxantn am to avaraaua«The Royal Mail ataaanhby Kuropenr made the run

to I'. rt Phibp, Auftralia, recently, in 54 days, 19

heaaa, having .-:one under -ad orly 977 hour-. Thll Un -j lendi l run.

MTWAM rir xtrp.iT.By a dwpatah addraand to tue secretary of the

Ii« aid 11 Trade by hw M^jeety'i Consul at N'ew-YotLit appean that on"the 6th of .January l»,«t the WTeck ofth. llritii-ii bark Theti*, of London, Boyle, nia.-t r

f:t:i Horduraa, wai en by Mr. 8aaui 1 A. vVebeter,master of the Harr.ltou, oi' Salem, in lat. :il 1? N.! i :. 5 30 VV., waterlogged: ao.ne of the cr«.w wen-

on a .-uinl! part of the piKip-deck, and other* ia ther. p. Alt. ;¦ four Ui.y- of per.v. iit,f» ft'jrt in tb"

most »evere weather, on the moroinfj of the loth ofJaiiuajy tLe Hamilton mci ended In naklag a line i«»tto the nlfUH nma.-t, bv wiach menn.i tiie i>urvivorB, Ion aanber (thiaa bavma beaa drowned and four dn-dfn in rtarvati. ri were tran-ferr. d to the vessel, antprovisions, rlotbing, &c., ho far a-mean- permit, weit»

luppHed ta than, Oa the Sth »i Pebruary the cr.-w

Ol tl..- Tbl ti- Wi landed at New-Votk and WBBB re-

c< ived by hei n. ;.i ... Majesty v CoaaaLla coasequoace of the rvpieeentation of the above

ft11- ti e Lord* 11 the Conntittae of I'rivy Couaail f>>rTrad, have bsen pleased to direct that a rrvld chra-n. met.r be pceetated to Captnin Wcb-t^r for bis euer-

getk and ur.cea»ir.^ elTorts to save the shipwreckedcrew fron peril no imminent, and for his humane andjreaeroui traatment; to the owner- of tba HaniltOBihe inn of $170 br aabeisteaee oftbd .-ame: to thetwo mat..- the »um of £5 each; and to the crew the.US of £9aaeh, in cotu-idertition of tba reduced allow-auce in tluir provisione. [liondon 'lime-..

HUDSON RI VER I TEliB.

Baow ib I't-'II r C'ot stt..Sr^)w f. l! to the depth.: two fi ¦'. at "j-:< r County on Monday and Tue-la*last. Th< rxdd waa intense.

MSLABCVatl V\~r oi Drowkijic..A BttJe n{Mr. Toftey ef 1* ;t:l !.r..', Htttche«« Connty. was

drowned ia r rtream not far fron hniwdasanw on

Tit.-die evenbsglaat Tha father and »ort were m

tnrning bom.-, and in "-» !.. a bridjre over which thewnt" ri, the futher l»-t hi- foothold, snd both i II

into the t.in. Mr. T. let go of his boy * haad,v :.. i. the ' Qd waa cairnd over a <l*ur» thirty le-1

loch and drowned. The father narrowly escaped.Thi body wai (band next day wed^.d le-twe^nUo

r> i k.-. I >. eec.-e.! w ns I yeur« »f s?e.

iaarAirCaai ./ />cew»<ey.-Mr. K^.^it Smith, a

weü-anown ehtiaaa of M-IVnv :!le. Cosaaahia County,was arrldanlaMj nVawaad on Tu.»»lay. Ho went

alone Ui a si..«II b"Bt acn^* the ere. k, near his r ...

d. i i. to look at MM wood, and a «hört time aff.-r-sard the boat MM Wtom upward iu the ereek,Mr. S. bt ng nowhere vi-ible. Search was inuneds'ti -

ly made, and ! tiodv found a short «L-tanee hel.,wil . hi at. having floated down with the current. Mr.rWath I. BVM « BWga family and many fiie.ids t«. mournlit untimely end.j tefi If-cry McLean, anplnyad recently as a

maaVt Brrhw betweaa KksaV rhook and aTimeiUn. fahm l a County, was on Saturday ,M» id<ni:.ilry diowoe-l...the Cevar* k t re« k, re ar tie? fcmp.r.- Work«, town

.f Sic« k port.

TIIE POLICE OONTK8T.NEW INJUNCTION.WK1T OF Ql'O WAR&ANTO.

¦IVKHl COnT.eWBWhtt 1BBW MwrnM XV.B^JwigT Hl' II

k«ni«A4n rv«o« Mt_ Janas« W. Nr*. Bt-ni I>r*aar t-rI htJwsB, B^wea, Junrag. T. «..... ... *»«».,Powell.

Ac- arranged at lie close of ta* argument on KrvUeraonag, a* counsel <* Wh bjJm itlnlil u*JJ I |1 Pari.,, at 10 orioch |h> aaormag, feir thePC* of having th* te«r,e,erary uyunoi,* so okx!^ .to i-onfice its operation to the City and Oenaatv .f N.

fhatl t» . v.tt '.arge .ui,,,, offeel.u; an interest in the development of Ui. Kt«ktUbdwren the municipality of the metjMpo'u, w,i th,I.?¦ci-iature < f the State.

lit Kv sits opened the proceeding* *¦-irjllBaithe to.Iiw:cg aa the form m which ihe modhicatfashould he made:

( hearing ocnuse 1 for the plaintiff and d. frndaauerdcied that the motion of the j laintiffon an imar^ej-id ti...- action, in pun-uone. ol the order to diowaijaieI fTetoaVta t;i>en herein, he denied, except*., fj, Mrelate- to the l'olice of the City of New-Y.irk, r>j J*the pr. verty of said city connected therewith j^j

*

to that, the decision of the Court in re«-rr»fj ^the nieaa time the pending it-junction Ufa'tv to».Untied.

ttr.M) CoaoT. for the plaintiff, opposed the Bellte».tuu of the lejaiietioB in any respect ffe anflnumnltl a: l H- ... would pre them an apenatunbythnnoraiaguf seeing how fur it was araatnahfotowinhan ii., ditii-ation tn the injunction, and he (Ujr<«I C< : u on Im king over the act, wa» perneadid thaiIt was impossible to d<vil with it otherwise than aa taenth jr. Than Commissioners ween cd to ejefe*,.ay phytonl Iwaeajsoa at all. str.ctly speaking. \\mWen ou!> to eiert a »ort of |,«gialatlve coir.roiliir aa.

thority, hi d therefore thev could not perform an act aar.y one of the counties of this great Metropolitan de-tritt aa Lii< h might not in anine way aflVet Ibie cite. Ifthe] gare an order, it wouhl be a'general order arsierthoWMBntal authority. 1Tie Cotiimi*si<>net> w<*rr h.rit t. 'i to own trard coui y linos. Altogefh. r the this*wns made so cot> ple(>-ly a unit that h<-thought it *mnot at ail possible to limit Ihll restraint in such a at*as to preserve any particular countr or precinct frufithe eflhrl of thifl a,-t. I he Dear! ¦ <ht as arehl and*.tcki to i rj, tn the I )epain;ent of H ar from defendtafa particular point, and to say, nevertheless!, ihn: itII u.<l be at libcitv t<> defend the whole country ex-

cept that point, while the suneod« r of fhif would btthe pnrrendee of the who,', 111« Honor would see, bythe Ith and dh section- of thi- act. that the wliok> sub¬ject wm tiealed as ouethitu'. and. the:, tore, if thenet were to be flBjosnud nt ail, it was to h- enjonnl aaon entin ty. In aoVtitioa to that m nthn to a nntUi«

wVnch app«, reii to him to 1).- unanswerable.then wi re other ohiet tiona> The pnononttioa U»mto tin' City of Htfw-YorJi hy nenn ef an etcrp.tun. Hit peihaps he shonhl say nothing in r-jftnlto that, as the rwdlflration ot" the injunetioi, jBande, would be in nonabenity with some safir**-ti»ns who'h his Honor had reduced to writing.Hinoehf ard aaanciatM wen- all af the 4euüul

p|i\i.tion tliat it w-< uot poisible to reet/aiaI] i iVi-rtrd of Comniissionem in nnnnni to lorsjlimits. Hesid<e, he did not und, r-tand th- motive >4Ihli iipprnaniTa haatt It lennatl to hn inhtruionyw.th ibe otn^uaiiinc of tin Hoard two ortwneawyennat the Kgyptiaa Tombs. It wo* maiiiie-t, from the,prosrisiona ofthe net, thai no DBodlrlcatioa of the h*>nnctton n as nnn aamj, ^c, pt for the parnoaaofajauai'ii i. i.d oltoirether d.-cj.nect. 1 iioin anv rrgarfto the public iutore*its. K\en supi«>se th. Mai.,r *ers

dethroned Iron hi control over the police, that lonewould rtatinoe to nerforn laatbatlea andei i'., nontrHofthe Chiefof l'i4ice. Aa to Statcn Island, West,cheater and Km*,- Ctnnljna, nobi-J> would pretand] t«

.-a;, that thi > ooajd suffer any icjury by allowing tailatl'mr to rt main in its preaout jxisiition for a MBthiHie argument waa thst berbrt allowing these Cesjnn>Pronen to wtaataa in the Egyntina^faa^be, aajthaJudge' might have latectered by injunction; but tha*.rot hav mg done ho, and having allowed then to organ-ire, th.-v and, apee fäcn, eanred on tha eaanlweftheir authority, tint now they wanted the dart b> r/»¦Wither, ard vtitunlly aaaWOy its own injunction by al¬low tnc th> t'ommissioners to n. t ontsidt- ot tjie ho jo,I-arie«. f New-York City and County. As to binuelfniid a.-.<<'iatea, tbey took no interest in the ease m

«-.v.nM'l lor the panaiaofWnatoheeter. Riehaaeai au<tKing-. Countiee. Htill. th«y did n. batbrra it to beprint., able for his Honor to draw up the injunction ta

such a wa\ as to except the City of N. h-York (rxmtba ol- «itlou of Uie law, and yet leave it in rVwte urninit Tiie n-Oiaiiider of the distil. t.air. Bdanaaa kxUowad on the same lidc. He nrgrd

that tLe cotinsel for the ( oiiiinissiou. r« hail showa ae

wir,.« why the mjuction should not be continued, IbaOaty baeia of this motion wus what they regardod $$ a

eoaanitoa ofcoaaana, that the inianctioa nhataa onlyto property. Ibiahe aaahai. Ii« admitted thst ithao In . i, the practice of courts t.. confine tajiim'tioujto prt-pcrty, but it was only a habit as many easeasi 'IT,-re was n>, res on why any part of tha In-jan ti' d aboald hi inodiin-d. V\ ben the .«.« wiafirstproi niifrrl it waa dlatiantl] apoa Ihe ;tM sc. two. to

pie, cut this organization, which has been tiuthenwif>\ the Court. They itlie counsel for plaintiff; MMpromptl) in th t mattei, because it wa.- expecM «s

the ( onniaianBan wan at that time takiug tiie <»«thof office in Albany, they Would within twciity.futirhoan be pnpan d to lake poannani of the poant de-pattDM nt, whetln r pobticnl jsiwer, Corporate privikif*r, orporate pro;x'ity.Mr. tsimomis wan" nrocawdtag with the history of

the it./.,notion, when he wa- directed by the t'oort t«>addraia hhaaokT to this great gneethxn, whether thed> fondn coaM lay thi ut Inger ou any rjs aV hanaa*reue me tO neaH fioui a ilelay of action iu the adja-(. nt countiee for a few days. Ha Mgaed that no in-

convi nieace c<ndd re-ul( ln>m letting the mutter n-st.I! to, l oi.it n^sot««! t).r ii..si,rii nt.ou proponed, 0»«C«,n minaii r.crs ciuld miM-t in Brooklya within an hour,aad ..ot 1 ,V*<0 poaUMaa to warm over the. whob)distiid, including this city; and thes<: would be »ureto COM in rwafiGl with wliat was uow the !e<ral fot. e.

A conriict would thus be inevitable.Judir« In-.vies (iuterruptingi said he had bWAkak*

ing to nan what eaaM l>e anakadiauly done by thisI- :.. in the-e different counties. lie npprebefllsdthat tin ;. could do nothing until the Boaru of Su,i-r-rhwn ha«! ; tat, ana ho Uiou^nt it would be better for«I! partiea to let t) >. MttW stand precisely as it was

Bi III b< should render hie decision.Mr, O Conor remarked that that was precisely

whut In wanted.Mr kit-id objected to that, and wh.-n the opportu-

Bi ;. .1 he desir. il to ej«-ak oa thu! p BabKrarta followed "n the part of the ComaMen

ra, He mi,.I be wistd-tj r« u nt, varyhriaary, the reasona

bwafking Ulis noancation. Upon the preeanW*ejcai. ii i, ennlabatfl gem ralinjnaotnaatayedtheenalnpti. rsiingi of these t:i.<tn appoint, a hy a sutirte,un ihe c...ind of theit statute's un.on-tituf.oi.u.iiy. A

oecesaan inodiriioatioa for the pun<o"<' n organizingthe Board wa- graatad. and tiie eiwnniaediPMriawaib diMtienrtv the aaawlea ot the Oeent. The tf-poait.neeaned to eanweeV thai Ibe propertyon, »tion aloaa wn a*bia the « »pe «.i taa iajnaanna.Hi t -o tar a- ii-p."^-^ '->e 'i'"' "' ll" l*'>anl, a-ulefrom tliepoJtoe Bieperty of Hew-York, the Mayor of(faw-Yora had no powi r to interfere. Hut it wa- saidt al tl ej oidd not s.-p^iute what was leg d Btan that

which was il'igaJ. To tbia he would aaawat M yoaronaat frnaae an hrjantinn for a legal okk.it witbaBlIu reaching t" m hVayal cxt«.t.t. then it mu-tul.-]!,,, w.-o isU. -l I'l-in to e ve r.-osoiis why an unhiw-faliajaaadea -J.ouid Man stayed until the lawfulj^ut of it ivuid bn d. ciiled

7 >.- I ol rt ba>rrnpti d, with sugg. -tions that tb^rawa- u< w no re-t: ..n' .. .: f., t:M oth> r counti ¦*,

proposed to add to the lint nsadifoatian, "aadB ta ring upou the duties of Comminsioistra of

1V -1 ..

Ta t;..- Mr. O Conor strenuously aMectad, and oft- r

some aiscuneiion, Mr. Ernrts proceeded with hi* argu-tt t. He POateneVd that they Were entitled to a T -

da ttl B of the ir.'.undion so tha't inhouit not be larv Ill.up the r^'hts of the plaintiff and the at ü« he an u-

pla-.ns of. h waa plain that if there were a rieht UHipagn nnd nreat a taw, rbarn was no ri.'ht of tins

plaiHifT to arrest it where It did not iat. rfere w.thlorn. Hut it was said tj.st tiie Court cold not .oparstethe !< eal part of tba injunction from tue UksgaL Ifthis we- so the whole mj tudion would fall, aa in theease of a private contras t. The Coartoaae thai itillegal, ami yet Ibay were ne t with BBfawaM <>f eoo-

*>l eaca, and told that Boharn could «ri«e from keep-inz the illegality over Sunday. When tin y hid p-s-t.\. law and Bonitiva ri^ut ou Jirirside, tiny were nvt

to BO di.v, d to the ^uistion of convent m

Mr. llaaBjdBaVwwj en tl e isnBB -id*. .Nobody *oiitL.: wa. a part:> '.¦ of a rvi.t to re-trjin th. -e «. la-1-mi"ionrr from Beting iu parts of the country outside -

of Ni w-Yark. The ut/am uon should not he p-niuttv..for a BWan Bl Bt cov. r the other rooTitu - 't w*< redOrked as a fsv ,r but demanded as a right. i.« alluded|o the ahnruhw Baaanaiy af eoaaanl nanlyhaj to .t*>r»the i pmtWB af a law "which they coufi an tlu-y d dcet understand.jadga Kotiionds nawhal having made any nahaaV

B ba Ion.Mr. Fi. ld proceeded. Mayor Wo d nehker

Mayor aer aa a tav-rnyr ofMew-Yark, had any n/ht:o intorfkn w;th an naakoaian of Hrooi.iyn. Thlafety « f the inhabitants af all the*, three cotioiiee on

.w kagnVra dnunwdad bbV nakoe,wkM Maaaa-