The New York Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1854, Page 2

STRATAGENS OF THE KILLERS, &e., &, At the present time there’ ia no species of the jprute creation so much in want of the sympathy of the community as the dogs. They aré now a pro- scribed race, and find their murderers watehing for them in every section of the city. On the 26th of June the Mayor issued his regular proclamation, of- fering a reward of fifty cents for every dog taken ‘unmuzcled in the streets, and brought to the public pound. Immediately, hundreds of the unwashed andaunterrified of the metropolis found an occupa- ‘tion both profitable and congenial to their nature. The dog-killers of New York appear to embrace a certain class, composed of street loafers and dock joafers, young and old, wh» look forward to the time for their dog hunts with as much anxiety as the old Romans waited for their carnivals. It not only brings to them fun and frolic, but it “puts money in their purse,” and brings vividly before their vision excursions to Coney Island, peanuts and soda-water, evenings in the pit of the theatres, and all sorts of short-lived revelry. Bat the poor dogs are in the position of the frogs ‘im the fable, and can feelingly adopt their response : — Boys, 1t is fun for you, but death to us.” Upto thia time about eight hundred dogs have been ‘Srought to the depot for their reception, at the foot of Thirty-Grst street, East river, and most of them elaughtered. On the first day, 49 were brought in; on the aecond,150 ; on the third, 200; on the foucth, 160; and on Friday and Saturday enough to make the s@ggregate amount we have given. According to the regulations of the pound, any dog brought in may be reclaimed by its owner, if called for before sundown on the day it is taken. At that time, from the company on hand the best looking and ‘moat valuable are selected, and the reat doomed to ‘death. Those that are saved are kept for only a few days, if not called for by their owners or bought up by countrymen and others wishing to obtain good animals. Large nvmbers are carried away by country farmers, who can here make a selection from a large stock, and it is very frequently the case that dogs of great value are obtained fora trifle. The prices charged those wishing to purchase, is the killer's fee and the expenses of the animal while kept in the pound, varying from fifty cents to two dollars. ‘On the day of the capture of the dog, its owner is allowed to take him by paying the fifty cents fee only, but after the first day, if his animal is yet alive, he must reclaim him upon the same terms | a8 any stranger. THE SCENE AT THE PUBLIC POUND. The pound, as we have stated, is located at the foot of Thirty-firat strect, on the East river side of | the city. It was formerly farther down town, but not having any particular attractions to recommend it for a location ima quiet, respectable neighborhood, it was last year removed up town, on the shore of the river, a3 much as possible removed from city re- sidencee. The pound is a piece of ground about fifty feet square, enclosed by a board partition about fifteen feet high. On the inside, all around it, is a shed of weather boards, the centre being open tothe sky. On the ground, under the shed, aré small stables, two or three feet high, each capable of holding about a dozen dogs. When the animal is brought in, he is chained into one of these stalls | where he remains until the keeper passes sentence upon him, and he is either transferred to the “ chosen few ” or handed over to his murderers. In the afternoon all the stalls are generally well filled, forming ascene full of suggestion for the pen of the romancer. Each dog hasa history, and their constant Yelping from morning to night seems to indicate they are aware of the awful fate awaiting them, and as well as they can are pleading for mercy. Everything here is conducted upon principles purely democratic, and side by side, the patrician poodle cand the plebeian mastiff lie down together and await their end. Some keep up a constant barking, otuers | wmaintain a sullen silence, and each new Visiter is | received, with a grand salute of bow wows as if | every animal was inspired with the hope that their | iverator had arrived. Sometimes a lot chime into one grand chorus, keeping time with each other, as if they were performing their own obsoquies and | singing their own funeral knell. Here a noble locking ‘animal turns his eyes ine you in | mute appeal, and if near enough licks your hand and wags his tail, as much as to say, “ Get me out of this fearful place; save me from the horrid | death that awaits me; deliver me from the hands of ‘these monsters, and forever I'll be your most obedi- | ent and dutiful dog.” Poodles, setters, teeren terriers, Newfoundlands, the King Charles, bull dogs, pointers, and those of every other species, are bere to be found mingling together. They dail: receive a large number of visiters—owners in searc! of their lost favorites, or strangers come to purchase. | During the first day they are taken they are given | nothing to eat or drink, but all that are kept over are thereafter regularly fed and attended to. What | @ fall is this to many ef them, who were captured on | the Fifth avenue and other streets of its kin, and ac- customed all their life time to the best of good living | and the greatest of care! The keeper's lash is some- | thing new to them, and their dainty tread within their narrow limits, shows that they feel they are in | some vile, unclean place. It was.once the rule for | the killers to receive the reward for the dead ani- | mals; but this led to so much brutality in hunting and murdering the dogs in the streets, that it was at length made necessary to bring them alive to the — of the pound; and there, in private, the work | of death is performed. | THE KILLING. | The most important part of the story of the dogs «8 the killing; for the question is asked on every side, «How are they al] made away with?” By what pro- ‘eas are they despatched?” ‘Where can men be | found hardened enough to perform this work, be it | by any means whatsoever?” The process of de- hing the ste is very simple, but at the same | very sickening and revolting to those not har- dened to it by association. Two or three men are for this purpose, and go through their work with the utmost nonchalance imaginable. At ‘sundown all the animals who have not the advantage of a sleek coat or a prepossessing personal appear- ance, and therefore given over to the executioner, are Bingly taken from their chains into a small apartment in the : bs the head another swings above him a heavy br ae tipped with iron, and lets it fall with a iy effect upon the head of the animal, smashing in his skull, and sometimes scattering his brains around the apartment. The first blow gener- ally suffices, and the brute dies, without a bark, a farewell, and sometimes without a kick or atruggie. It was formerly the custom to des- patch the animals with paryounine, given them i their tood and drink, but this has been discarded as being more brutal and sickening than the pre sent mode. The ‘poison was not sudden enough in doing its work, and the dog sometimes lay kicking and struggling for a long time before life waa ex- tinct. Brute afier brute falls beneath the fatal bludgeon with great rapidity; in fact, a0 expert are executioners in their vocation, that a nun- dred dogs may be despatched in an hour's time. ‘The carcases are every night placed in wagons and carted up to the foot of Forty-fifth street, East | river, where they are placed on board the vessels of the offal contractor of the Corporation, under | whore charge come all the dead carcases about the city, and by him conveyed to Barren Island. Here the body is turned into soap fat, and the skins tanned for gloves and other purposes, thus per- forming one of those circuits of substance that Hamlet- meant when he said that Alexander might ‘atop a beer-barrel, or Imperious Cesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop @ hole to keep the wind awsy And ao in this case. What housemaid knows that she ia not scouring with the substance of the favor- | ite house dog, or what lady or sportsman knows that they are not wearing the skins of their long lost | poodle or lamented hound? THE STRATAGEMS OF THE KILLERS. | The cunning of those who enter into this line of | business, is, in many instances, worthy of a better | application. We have heard of all sorts of tricks and devices resorted to by these little, ragged street urchins, to entice the dog within their clutches: some of them for originality patting invention itself to the blush. Sometimes they organize themselves into parties. and lay out a regular campaign for the canine war, districting the city off before the pro- clamation comes out. Others, again, w sumptuous enough to consider they have A excellence or qualification for the trade spise all such clahs and organizations, and go to work upon their own hook. We have understood that several of the most ‘tricky and en went early to work, and long before the Mayor the death warrant of the canine species -guietly captared and secreted, ready to Srth at the proper time. The majority of ceived at the pound are brought in before 10 ack in the forenoon, which clearly fixea the night and morning to be the best hours for the business. Ken- &e., ound, and while one man holds | before the Commissioners, on the investigatioh of | taste | desire to degrade a portion of my fellow brethren— | nels are then robbed, and vagrant dogs who have no home, but prowl about the upper districts of the city, are taken. The morning is a very favora- | ble time, for then the honse dogs and pets ceme out | to take their airing, and are pounce when | they are least expecting any harm. e modus operandé of the morning work is as follows :—A company distribute themselves around some block, which from Fite observation they have found to be fruitful of dogs, and one of the ScenDARy occupies some Ccouspicuous place before the block, with a stool dog, generally of the female gender. He is supplied with provision for the animals, and as soon as the “ watched for” makes his appearance, he is whistled up, plentifully fed, and by the decoy damsel (if we may be allowed the word,) who well under- | stands her business, detained until a large company is assembled. The scouts then come in from their various biding-places, each seizes bis victiun, or, if shy enough to keep t a distance, lassoes him with as much precision as could the hunter just from the Southern pampas. Sometimes a dozen animals are taken of a morning by this device. Sometimes a | single dog is bse it to the pound by a group of ins, each claiming an equal share to the spoils, and when the reward is obtained, a general fight ensues, some of the partners not being satisfied with the distribution of the dividends. Pell mell they pitch into each other with as much fury as they would pitch into a Sroup of dogs, until ‘the police interfere and put an end to their difficulties, or un- til the fighting has brought all parties to terms and produced an amicable adjustment. The Chief of Police is the treasurer of the killers, | his chief clerk, Mr. McKeller, acting for him, and the lucky capturer of a dog receives from the keeper at the ‘pound ‘an order for fifty cents, payable at sight, and which Mr. McKeller satisties npoe are sentation. There are some speculators in the blsi- | negs (and in what trade are there not?) who appear to make a considerable amount by their manceu- | vring. These speculators hangaround the pound, and when a dog is brought in they purchase of the cap- turer his check at a discount, and when they have ob- | tuined a sufficient number to justify the visit, they ] resent them at the Chiet’s office, and obtain for them ar value. One man, a day or two ago, received 1om the Chief's clerk over $30, the proceeds of one day's work. Solong as it paysso well as this, the dog killing business is not to be treated with contempt. We have thus portrayed the dangers which, at the present time, hang over the dog fraternity of the metropolis. All who wish to preserve their animals should muzzlg them when they go iuto the streets, or else carefull keep them at home until their death warrant expires. ihe New Police Uniform—The Liberties of the Country in Danger. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, As the meeting lately held in the Park has been the subject of considerable comment in the newspa- pers, I deem it proper to state, through the columns of your valuable paper, my connection with it. On | my way home from my office I observed a gathering in the Park, which reminded me that I had seen a | notice of a meeting to be held in opposition to uni- forming the police, and, more from curiosity thanan | intention to take part in the proceedings, I became | one in the crowd, in which I recognized many with | whom I was acquainted, who soon after requested me toact as chairman. I at first declined, and sug: | gested that it would be more appropriate to select some person connected with the police department | to serve as such, when I was told that it was a meet- | ; ing of citizens called to sustain the policemen in the | assertion of their just rights, and to remonstrate | with the Commissioners, who had, at the instigation | of the Chief of Police, nanpted, and was about to | enforce, certain rules which they deemed wrong, | and suliocd og them to the unnecessary expense of | supporti ng a uniform, in addition to their ordinary | expenses for clothing. | Jnder these circumstances I consented, and did | act in the capacity alluded to. I will add further, | that in the main I coincide with the objects and de- signs of the meeting; and I believe that if the Legis- lature bad intended to uniform the police, they would have so expreased, and would also have in- creased their pay to meet the additional expenses to which they would in that event be subjected. | But, aa I understand the matter, the policemen are not complaining at the uniform now worn by them, | as is generally supposed, but they sues and have most respectfully asked to be excused from wearing the new uniform, which is twofold more expensive than that now worn. It is not difficult to calculate | how long a “navy blue,” elegantly mounted with “ brass,” will last, when cxpoet to the inclemency of the weather requtred, if a policeman properly | discharges his duties, and particularly when the | use of umbrellas are prohibited. Another objection is, that the law does not give the Commissioners the right to impose upon them | the necessity of wearing a uniform, and that the simple words “emblem or device,” ought not to be | tortured into a meaning so foreign to that which was intended by the Legislature. I have also ob- served from the published report of the proceedings the charges against the policemen instrumental in etting up the meeting, that our police in uniform ave been greatiy admired and complimented by foreigners visiting our shores. I have no doubt but | that the judge upon the bench, mounted with a wig | and wrapped in an elegant siJk gown, embroidere with gold, and that the other officers of the general, State and city governments, dressed in the “emblem | or device” of their office, would be more imposing | to the foreigner than the plain citizen’s dress, which | ie, thank God, adorns the man in this country, be | is station either high or low. As an American, and a lover of our republican institutions, I feel it a privilege and duty to call the attention of the people to this subject, which may sppear trifling as on! “ affecting the police force of | this city; but they will bear in mind that the ante- cedents of the present Chief of Police afford him remarkable facilities for bringing into existence a standing army. From present appearances however, | and the signs of the times, he will require a power | still more potent to retain him in the position he now occupies, for any great length of time. _ Respectfully, Y. H. Srogpini. New York, July 1, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Iam happy to observe the interest you take in uniforming the police. The prospects now, are that in a short time the standing army of this city will number full two thousand able bodied men. ‘Some few moves more in the way of dignified progress, will only he necessary to enable this city to fully cope with the oldest monarchies of Europe. AS et, our policemen are only exercised in the use of eavy round clubs. In this they are making rapid | progress. Even now, many of them can strike within | an inch of a man's without hitting it; and can punch out an eye and inserta soldier’s button in the twinkling of a sunflash. As soon as they get fully | rigged out in accordance with the new rules of the Commissioners, with their blue striped breeches, leather belts and stock, bell-buttoned coats, steeple caps, mounted clubs, eyes right, and heads well up, they will outshine the mounted monkeys in the Hippodrome. These clubs will soon give place to the sword, and th revolver and musket will only be requir é the department perfect. All this is to gnify the policemen!” Every despot on earth tells his subjects the same thing whéeh he is about to inflict an additional de- | basement upon them. Many of our policemen, I am informed, are will d even anxious, | to please the y drilling every | ight in the club ex and wearing any unt of togger; This being the cas®, | why shoul: not. Tregret their | i y could do good and faith- | ful duty witho nore becomes them than it does the deputy sheriffs, and a thousand other | officers. A plain and distinct emblem upon them, | such as would enable them to be distinguished day or night, is not only all that is required, bat all that the law allows; and the Commissioners weil know that they ate the spirit aud intent of the law when they orCer this uniform; and they farther know that no legislative body would ever give them of sneh power. am anxious to see a good and eficient police. I was among the first in the Legislature, years ago, to advocate their appointment during goad behavior, and one year ago, I also took an active part in perfecting the la nd creating a Board of Com- missioners, with power to carry it into faithful ex- ecution. But in all this I had no idea, wish or to estrange them from the association and fellow- | ship of private citizens, or to change the good old | current of republican simplicity. D. B. Tar.or. THREATENED Drei.—It is asserted that a chal lenge passed from Lieutenant Faantleroy, U. S. to tLientenant J. G. Strain, also of the navy, the parties were at Panama, several weeks ago. Lientenant Strain, it will be remembered, was in | command of the party which recently crossed the Isthmus of Darien in search of a ship canal route. | Fauntleroy was also of the party, and, in the course | of an altercation, was accused ‘4 Strain of coward- ice, Hence the challenge, which was accepted by | n that the meeting should not take the return of the party to the | t is hoped that the interference of cessful in arranging the difficulty. ‘nited Ste’ friends w -Baltimore diately by the easter | distance is al H Margins of the streams the country ishigh rol | tions to cell all their territor; } intelligent and as far advanced ia civ) | athing that was intended to supply the place of Nebraska-Kaneas, EMIGRATION TO NEBRASKA. The Washington correspondent of the Sun saye:s— I learn that one day last week seven bundred Germans, now emigrating, passed th: Oinvin- pati on their way to Kansaa I am jibly ia- formed that this is eal one emall party out of the many parties now on their way for Kansas aad Ne- braska, and that all these bodies, numerous in the aggregate, are but the advanced gnard of an over- whelming foreign force. When Col. Manypenny was in Nebraska last year, he found there but white men; scon there will be some hundreds of thonsands, all anti-slavery men, [From the Burlington (lowa) Telegraph J At St. Louis, a few days since, were a number of gangs of slaves, en route for Nebraska, in charge of their owners. Similar statements respecting the transportation of slaves to Kansaa are made by the Independence ( Missouri) Dispatch. ‘rom the Independence (Mo.) Messenger.) While we do not deny that the meeting (at Inde- ndence, denouncing the incoming of abolitionists to Kansas, without any intention to reside there, but only to vote), though not large, was respecta- ble in point of number and character, we unhesi- tatingly affirm our convictions that the resolutions are not reflective of the opinions of the large num- ber of our people. They are not such as in our judgment are calculated to effect the ol ; view, but, on the contrary, from their inflammatory character and the made by gentlemen in support of them, have a tendency to produze discord and distrast among ourselves, and create sn excitement abroad that will be subversive of the end sought to be accomplished. ‘rem the Council Bluffa (Iowa) B May 16.) t old veteran r, Dr aes bas finally “put out” for Wood river, Nebraska, fee a caorant boedital big i then es an el a that place.” He took with him-some twenty n/n, with tools, implements, seeds, and ne- cesaary for the formation of a new settlement; a20, shou 3 teams freighted with merchandise fom chell’e. A amith shop ia to be established for the conyeni- ence of cmigrane, and every comfort will be afferd- ed those who require their assistance. Hurrah, for the pioneers of Nebraska! We wish them suc. cere. A correspondent of the Sand: Mirror, writing from Nebraska, eays that within the Statea of New York,‘Penngylvania or Ohio, there is not to be found a tract of land equal to the wilds of Nebraska, either in the richnegs of ita verdure or its beautiful scenery, which surrounds the expansive plains. Timber alone seems to be wanting. The climate appeared tobe healthy, and he had seen but one new made rave. The company to which Mr. Judson belonged d suffered considerably from the In , and a lal part of the letter is appropriated to a | graphic account of their depredations. But the | writer thinks that the whitesare greatlyin fault. | He describes the Indians as cunning, but extremely poor, destitute and cowardly. Kansas is a rich ultural territory. Timber is the great want, and Shawnees and Delawares in their reservations retain the most of it :hat is of | value. I spent the night at Weston, on the east side of the river. It is a flourishing place, anc does an | immense business in the hemp trade. It ias about | 3,000 inhabitants. At that point I detemined to take a paseage in the stage for Council Bliffs. The ut 180 miles, but it would give me a fine chance to see the country. The rife was a | rough, hard one, but I was sony compensated by | the sights I saw, and the facts I learnedabout the country. The northern counties of Misouri are prairie, like Iowa. {From the Chicago Democratic Pres] We yesterday had @ conversation witl a very in- | telligent gentleman of this city, who lus returned | from Kansas after an absence of sewral weeks. Everything in relation to that Territory is now spe- | cially interesting, and we present such ‘acts as we remember, hoping our readers will be fivored with - more detailed account of his observations in a few | aya. le travelled up the Kansaa river sme hundred and twenty miles, and says that the soil is very rich and productive, and ‘the County soncendingy beautiful. Along the river extending for a few miles on each side the country is deuaily ti d, and so also are the borders of the small sreams which empty in the river from eitherside. Cn leavin, ee ry prairie. The soil is good, but the wint of timber i | and water willbe found a serious dmwback to the | rapid settlement of that portion of the Territory. The climate while he was there wai bracing and healthy, but those who reside in the country com- | plain that it is very fluctuating and changeable. | The Shawnee Indians own the teiritory on the | south side of the Kansas for two anndred mil very considerably advanced in civilization, an he was very comtortably entertained whiletravelling | among them. They devote their attention to agri- | culture, and many of them have large and very fine | farms. The growing crops give promise of an | abundant harvest. Oor friend assures us that the husbandry of these Indians will compare very fa- vorably with that of their neighbors in Missouri. ‘They appear not a little uneasy and restless un der the passage of the Territorial bill. Many of them have beon cherishing the hope that ere fong they | would be endowed b: Go nel with the rights of | citizenship. They dreas, live and act like white | people, and declare their determination not to sell | their lands on any consideration whatever. | The Delawares oceupy a section of country on | the north side of the Kansas, not unlike in its nain | characteristics that owned by the Shawnees. A | delegation has just returned from Washington, snd it was understood that they entered into stigla- with the exception of | a reservation fronting ten miles upon the Missvuri river, and extending forty milea back into the country. The reservation includes all the inhabted | fone of their territory. The treaty had not yet | en signed, but the preliminary arrangements for it had all been made. The Delawares are also living mostly in dwellings, though they are no; 80 | tion asthe | Shawnces, The emigrants are pouringinto the,Terri in great numbers; but according to the laws of the United States, or rather the treaties of the zov- ernment with the Indians, they are not permtted to remain there. The Indian title to the | lands is not yet extinguished, and vhen our friend left Fort Leavenworth, the U. 8. Mar- shal was engaged with a e driving the uat- | ters and emigrants out of the territory. j reaig e ever, were pushing onward beyond the Fort to the | borders of the great plains, where oe hoped to be heyond the reach of the marshal. The country is not yet open to settlement, and cannot be till ‘the Indian title is extinguished. This will no doubt be effected as rapidly as possible ; but the philamthro- | pist will ask, Where can the poor Indian go? That | question snggests sad and solemn reflections. Let | us hope that any of them will become civilized, and enjoy with us the blessings of liberty. The course which the officers of the ee feel bornd to pursue, is force much ill feeling among the emigrants. They are hardy and enter- prising, and seem determined, each for himself, to | end Of @ large slice of this new and valuable | territory. Desperate efforts are being made by the | Missourians to induce slaveholders to go there, but | the balance of the feeling is against it. Many of the | most intelligent slaveholders admit there is no | chance for them. The Boston Atias publish: of a letter from a gent! hs Khel Kansas Terri the following extract now at Fort Leaven- | d June 2, 1854 :— ‘ear we are to hay iting struggle about Pro-slavery men are on the alert Bere, and | ince a great deal of sensitiveness and determina. | tion. They have been aroused by the movement at the North to extraordinary efforts, and now, if the men of the North,who lave talked about facilitating the immigration of freemen here, back out, or allow their ardor to cool, slavery will triamph in Kansas. There is no doubt that New England men can pros- per here. I trust you will start out a few.” ‘The Mt. Clement Advocate says that J. Folsom, of that town, started for Nebraska on Monday. He drives with him some three hundred sheep, many of them the best merino and Saxony blood; also, one wagon load of Shanghaes, and other fowls to match. We noticed that he had in his teams two yoke of | cowa, rather a novelty for this plece. Jerry went well prepared to settle in a new country, and we pis no doubt he will be successful in his under- taking. THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS. A correspondent of the Ohio State Journal writes an interesting letter from Council Bluffs, fowa, under date of June 10, from which we copy the fol- uae On Tuesday morning I took a seat in a coach, or one, from Independence through Kansas Territory to Fort Leavenworth. My good opinion of Indepen- dence, and of the agricultural richness and beaut of the country, is not changed. It is very heautifal, In due time we arrived at Kansas, at the mouth of the Kansas rivi It is not a place of much import- ance’ There are some good storehouses on the shore at the het ag and not at ail attractive. It is my judgment that it will not be a second St. Louis. Four miles from Kansas we came to Westport. s back from the river and not in sight of it, | dence, wi therefore am only able to give you the main its, | | a8 expressed in the med aly peta les west of the Missouri. Our informant says per are Ww ‘ that but the site for the town is rough | California trade and outfit business have made int of some import: rge brick buildings to the same judgment a! about Kansas. I may be mistaken, but it does me to have a great prospect. The Kan- ‘able for 200 miles by steamers that will st 100 tons of freight, and I think there e towns up its waters that will be the start- ints for New Mexioo, as t portion of the ts that take te vn route to the There are several | ing a But I Was On | Lake, rendering that road dangerous to travellers; yut ita future as I | Teste. Pa country is rich and well timbered for the Wes! Fort Leavenworth is on the west bank of the Miscours, and in the mew Territory of Kansas. It ig entirely a military encampment, the only things that look like forts being « pair of block houses, | with musket port holes, The barracks are exten- sive, and appear to be in fine order. The store | houses, &c., are also extensive, and are substan- | tially built of stone. There isa farm of 1,00) acres | that is cultivated by Uncle Sam. It is a beautiful | tract, and in a high state of cultivation. Corn and oats are raised in great abandance, for the use, of the ga nm, horses, kc. The attempt was made to cnitivate this land by the labor of the soldiers ; hut it would not work, and it has been abandoned. The corn was excellent, and was kept in beautifai condition. The land is of rock, and is one of the finest and most substantial on the river. It is my opinion that Fort Leavenworth is the place for a town on the west side of the Missouri, and in the Kansas Territory. It has a position and a fine country about it that will make it attractive, and give it impor'ance. I advise ambitious, enterpris- ing young men, who want to get into a new place, with ood rospects, to stop at Fort Leavenworth. It will be the capital of Kansas Territory. Between Kansas and Woatnork we passed an en- campment of 3,000 Mormons that were on their way to the Great Salt Lake. They were waiting for the balance of their company, and had been encamped there for several days. They were,in a fine forest. Some were sleeping in their wagons, but the most of them hed tents, and the woods and fields adjoin- ing in all directions were covered with these white and fragile dwel Oxen are used for teams, Men, women and children were scattered about.on all sides. Blacksmiths’ hammers were heard, and the hum of preparation came up from all parts of the camp. It was a singhlar sight, and fraught with many mageetions and reflections upon this strange and deluded people. These e ta are pepe ly from Europe, and the most of them do no! Ls ay a word of English. They havea long journey before them, The cholera is aaid to be among them, but I have heard so many rumors of this disease out West, on the rivers, &c., and have seen go little of it, that anes lost all confidence in the truth of these ek. Before we passed the Kansas, we came upon an picem ment Sy ieee esten tion: ie oat out to be a grand hunt company for tl lains. Sir George Gore, an ba baronet, has taken it into his head that it will be fine sport to hunt buf- fulo, &c., on our great western | pe 80 he packed up his trunks, &c., and started for a regular summer compelan. He brought the moat magnificent pack of dogs that were ever seen in this country. tween forty and fifty dogs, mostly greyhounds and stag-bounds, of the most beautiful breeds, compose this part of the expedition. He had a large car- riage, and probably a dozen large wagons to trans- port provisions, &c. These uire five yoke of oxen to each wagon. , With the horses, men, &c., made up quite an imposing com} . Sir George is a fine built, stout, light: , and reso- lute looking man. But there are other things be- sides fun in such a trip, and it will try the manner of staff of which he is made before he returns. The following correspondence we take from the Louisville Democrat. it is dated Kansas Territory, June 23:—Since my first brief communication to the Democrat there have been many changes among the “squatters” of Nebraska and Kansas. The mass meeting I alluded to was largely attended; nearly five hundred persons were present. It was held on the Kickapoo lands, about four miles west of Fort Leavenworth. Co}. Lewis Burnes, of Weston, Mo., presided; J. H. R. Cundiff, , of St. Joseph, acted as secretury. It was ag! that an associa- tion be formed to regulate and protect all claims entered by those forming paid association, in the following manner, to wit:—" All settlers to register their names within two weeks from that date, with one Mr. Glover, who has been unanimously appointed Register. They are to protect each other in all regular entered claims; but if not re- girteres in two weeks, the claims to be forfeited. All | nds open to settlement must be occupied by the | “quater” or his agent, or be liable to have his land re- | entered by any other person who shall have entered his | name in the specified time. On the Delaware lands, and | all other lands subject to be sold to the ‘highest’ bid- der,” ly to mark, stake and register, without resi- hold good until day of sale. I could not get a copy of the proceedings in full; The Deleware tribe have the best land iu Kansas | Territory, and many have entered claims in spite of | all remonstrancea made by the agent. Their lands | are not subject to pre-emption, and those who have | pines their tents and built foundations, are liable jo be ousted at any moment. The most desirable rtion of the lands of this tzibe has been reserved | for those Indians who have concluded to remain | snag the whites. The Delawares’ reservation is | ows:—Commencing on Kansas river at the | Wyandotte line, about a mile below the Military | Geena ee the Delaware Post Office, running in a direct line about forty miles; thence due no-th ten | miles; thence in an easterly course to the mouth of | asmall stream, near: opposite what is called the | Narrows, between Little Platte and Missouri rivera. | The remainder of their land is to be surveyed and | sold to the highest bidder. I understand the govern- pa aaa to keep up all settlers until the lay of sale, | The Shawnees have sold the whole western and | southern half of their country (nearly all prairie) at | sixty cents peracre. A reservation of 200 acres has | been made for each one of the tribe. The Kickapoo | tribe have twelve months to remove. The country is full of emigrants. Large numbers are constantly pouring in from Missouri and Illi- | nois. Now is the time for the Kentucky emigra- | tion; they shonld be on the alert. The good lands are fast ace up. Nebraska ia the watchword in | these parts, all other topics have been laid aside. dations. By the arrival of the late mail from Independence, Mo., we have files of the Santa Fe Gazette to the 27th of May, from which we extract the following interesting items of news:— At no period since the organization of this Terrt- ges as thongh all the Indians of the Great West had combined to overrun and destroy us. Within the last fortnight the county of San Miguel has been sadly dealt with by a band ot Cheyennes and Kiowas from the plains, near the Arkansas river. They made a descent upon that defenceless fron- tier, murdered twenty herdsmen, carried off ten shepherd boys captive, and drove off a large num- ber of horses and mules, and in the wantonness of their acts, they strewed the valley with the dead car- casses of cattle and sheep. In the southern part of the Territory the Mescaleros are in full blast, and almost daily robbing our citizens of their sheep and cattle, on their way to California. Many of the | emigrant parties have suffered severely from mur- der and robbery. The Camanches seem to have turned their atten- tion particularly to the northern part of Mexico, where they fairly ran riot in their devastations. | They have murdered as many as twenty citizens in a single day, andseem to set at defiance all attempts to stop their incursions. The Jicarillas are almost lost sight of in the hostilities of the other tribes. They appear to be almost entirely subdued. The Navajos,the most powerful tribe in the country, | have also commenced depredations, Seven of them ran off 800 sheep but Agent Dodge has procured the return of one hundred, and hopes to be able to res- tore the balance. | Not # day pasces but we hear of new and contin- | ued depredations committed by the Jicarilla Apa- | ches. Within the last few days they stole some | horses from Don Jose Maria Chavez, Judge of Pro- { bate of Rio Arribo county, and seven head of cattle | from Don Geronimo Jaramillo. They also entered | the house of a citizen in the same county, and taok aquentity of flour. Near Las Vegas they killed one man and took a boy captive, and ran off a num- ber of horses, cattle, &c., &c. We also hear that seven Navajos succeeded in running off, from the herd of Don Rafael Miera, of Algodones, eight hun- dred sheep. 4 In the afternoon of the 17th inst. a party of six Jicarillas went to the grazing camp of Don Felipe Martin, near the village of Rito, in the county of Rio Arriba, and took from the herds two sheep, which they forthwith killed and feasted upon, pre- aratory toftaking off the balance of the herd. jon Felipe being advised of the circumstance, in- duced a number of his neighbors to join him in the | pursuit of the Indians, to endeavor to recover his property. Arriving at their camp after dark, they came suddenly upon the Indians, and succeeded in making them prisoners and ae their arms. He then marched them at once to Abiquin, and de- livered tnem to Mr. Head, the special Indian Agent, who started with them on the following morning for this city, in order to turn them over to the Su- perintendent of Indian Affairs. When they arrived at the Rio del Norte the pee were placed in 4 canoe for the purpose of ferrying them over, and asthe canoe touched the bank the chief and his wife jumped overboard into the river, thinking to make their escape; but luckily, the river was ua- usually high at the time and very rapid, so that be- fore any attempt could pe to re-capture them they were drowned. The remainder were brought ‘safely to this city, and delivered to | the Governor, who turned them over to Captain | Ewell, commanding United States troops in this | garrison. sa ‘The Indians are conarema fi in the vicinity of the great northern road from the States t) the Sak and as it is thronged at this time with persons emi- grating west, and a vast quantity of Prop arty pass- ing upon it, orders have been sent to Col. Cooke to | march with all the disposable ti in this part of Therritory, for that point, and he leives Fort This, of course, leaves all the coun- | sary, can disc -y of the F stich as when we coneider that the Jicarillaa, who are now prestly exasperated, having suffered so much at the ands of the , and perfectly dying to get re~ venge, are collecting in great numbers on the {roa tiers of that country, the condition of the inbabi- tants is critical in the extreme, in consequence of which the Governor has thought proper to order the brigadier general of that division to call out and muster two hundred of the militia, in order to keep the Indians back. The Russian Posseasi: in America. (Traneiated from the Kho du Pacifique.) Russian Americais one of the points where the empire of the Czar toyches that of Queen Vic- torla. Those who limit their observations to the map of Europe, can only partially appreciate the réle of Russia in the word, and the poasible opposition and competitiop which she may experi- ence. Not the two German powers—nor Turkey—are alone exposed by the fact of vicinity to the ma- beuvring of Muscovite policy. Great Britain (as one might think, separated from Russia by half the European continent) is in contact with that power—not indirectly only, but immediately—in India, China, America. If, on the one side, the government of Rassia can- not move in Europe, but it affects the commercial interests of England—on the other, it cannot act in Asia acd America without finding itself fac with the administrations of the wad ae is for this that travellers, every- And it for yesson tray where discovering the double trace of British power and Muscovite extension, have exclaimed eurire of the world was divided by those ions. But they have, 60 far as Russia is concerned, founded greatness with @; and have done injustice to Great Britain, in con: her wealth A plone a a ree n—" anenpire ia which sere) 205 pases all national prpereaive impulse—where settvity and the initia- ive in all things are the province of government alone. The territories bel to Great Britain in North America, are of able extent, To the borth of Canada, as far as the base of the Rocky Mountains, unfold themselves immense plains, watered by it basins, lakes and rivera— enclosing what is almost a sea—Hudson Bay. The vast domain of the British crown is a preserve for the hunters of Canads, and furnishes the fair d of London, and the e/egantes of Paris with precious furs. English energy could not be from advancing by the chain of the tains; and the Hudson’s Bay oy have over- stepped the obstacle, and secured it an outlet on the waters of the Pacific. It has erected on the coast a chain of Slate grr] which are so man fortifications. The links in chain, encircling British America, succeed each other uninterrupted- y from California regen) Meetany, to the 55th legree of latitude, where they meet the frontier of Rugaian America. As we remarked at the com- mencement of this article, the two powers touch each other at this point. Here they are rivals, and wage a pacific war for influence trade, the pre- lude to hostilities more redoubtable. Northward, from the 55th to the 65th degree, of latitude, are the principal establishments of Rus- sia; but her territory isa mere riband, extending inward not over ten leagues. In the rearare the English “rier y of the Hudson’s Bay; and the chief of the English company which holds this territory for its use not many years ago naively drew attention to the fact that this slip of territory, of slight utility to Russia, was so placed as seriously to inconvenience the tg tar trade on the coast, and that its aggregation to the dominions swayed by the sceptre of Queen Victoria, would be productive of many advantages. It interposes, in truth, a barrier between the interior and the sea. Tne products of the chase in the English hunting grounds lying near the Arctic regions, find their only outlet to the Pa- cific Ocean by descending to the English forts situ- ated on the coast a great deal farther down. The ents of the company are thus compelled to multi- ply their journe: through a desert country, des- titute of roads, in which transportation is dangerous, toilsome and costly. This consideration is very im- He | portant. This Russian domination would be comprised, it is likely, in case of a war, in that portion, at all events, of its American terrigory, where it presents popeticents to the developement of English in- justry. We are not, however, to conclude with Sir Geor; Simpson, that Russia has but little interest in the retention of her American ions. The pro- ductions which she has drawn from them are of consideratle value, and serve to cade the great stream of commerce between America and Europe, which she pene fosters, and for which the tra- ditional policy of the Czars has created a channel across the Muscovite territory. Russian America exports about 10,000 seal skins, 20,000 sea-horse teeth, 3,000 otter skins, 2,000 beaver skins, and 2,600 fox and martin skins. To acountry like Russia, where industry is fet- tered, and little but raw materials produced, such a traffic is by ho means unimportant. New Archangel, the chief seat of the Rassian | power in America, is a pretty little town built on the Ialand of Sitka. The houses are ornamented with carved work, in a style peculiar to Ruasian buildings, and not devoid of elegance. New Arch- angel, ke ita elder sister, the Archangel of the White Sea, is so named from the Archangel Michael. It commands a wide, deep and secure bay, in which the company’s marine, consisting of five or six sailing vessels, and two or three steamers, lies cone ay. at anchor. The flotilla, though all composed of merchantmen, is equipped for war; the officers commanding it belong to the military ma- tine, and the pore holes of the vessels, when neces- arge grapeshot instead of cargo. The post itself is defended by two batteries, maintained | Later from New Mexico—More Indian Depre- 10 good order. The strait (or channel) of Sitka, which leads to the town, presents considerable fa- cilities for defence. The European inhabitants of New Poet eagle and its environs number about one thousand. For the most part they are agents of the company, and would answer at need to repel an ag- gression. But these are all the resources which | tory has it been so sorely stricken and so complete- could be counted on for the defence of New Arch- ly at the mercy of the Indians as at this time. It angel. The Bea tal in number, who have their encampments on the Russian te , consider themeelves independent; they have no feelings in common with the Europeans, and, should the settle- ments of the latter be attacked, would patie see in the event only a chance to gratify their inclina- tion for pillage, murder and destruction, As for the numerefs hunters in the service of the company, they are nearly all natives of that chain of | ‘hich lies in the form of a crescent off the | entrance of the straits of Behring, and which is | Adroit hunt- | islands w! known asthe Aleutian Archipelago. ers of a harmless quarry, and daring whale fishers, in contests with ‘their fellow men their timidity is excessive; and the company could certainly rely.in no degree upon their assistance. On the other hand, the Indians of the country, whose attitude is eeeeny hostile, are a yery | warlike race; their revolt would be to the last degree | embarrassing to the government of New Archangel, and it was partly to check and repress any mani- | festation of these hostile sentiments that the estab- | lishment was founded and carefully fortitied. The company had preeaes, contented itself with the | maintenance of detached posts on the coast; but they were incessantly besieged by the Indians; and after the capture of two of these posts and the sa- crifice of twenty five men composing their garrisons the Governor of the Russian American possessions saw the necessity of concentrating the forces which, scattered as they were previously, had been easy to attack and destroy. He beganby despatshihg against the aggressors, | a little army composed of 800 Aleutians and a few Russian soldiers. But the cowardice of the first cauged the failure of the attempt. The party did its best to avoid Et the Indians and returned as guiltless of blood as it had left. Count Baranoff was too brave and skilful to leave the Russian influence in America under the depressing weight of such a check. He embarked his troops and colonists in three armed vessels, and repaired to Sitka. Tae native population was ready to receive him. He found it aseembled on the shore and entrenched within palisades which the troops vainly essayed to carry. After several fruitless assaults the Russians retired to their veasels,which then directed upon the Indians a murderous rer of bullets and shella,with entire success. The 8 and knives of the sa- veges were powerless opposed to these projec- | The natives suffered an enormous loss, while | tiles. their assailants remained sheltered from them by the bulwarks of the vessels. The former held out, nevertheless, during the entire day; but when night had fallen, they abandoned their rude fortifications. It would have taken yet longer to quell their cou- rage if the approach of night had not inspired them | with that superstitious terror which is more or less shared by all the ie tribes which people the shores of the Pacitic Ocean. On the de agei the Russians occupied the Island of Sitka, where they constructed New Archangel, The interesting work of M. Duflot de Mortras contains a view of the town and neighbor- ing bay: it shows the principal buildings erected on the cliffs, and a portion of the surrounding land- scape. Hut after the colony at Sitka had been founded, there were other Cp ae to satisfy; the colony was to be fed. Wild deer abound throughout the country, and fish, chiefly the herring and salmon, is found in swarms upon the coast; but the goil is un- fit for the growth of cereals. To the Russians, who are an agricultural people, bread is the essential basis of nourishment. Jn order to provide for the subsistence of the infant colony, the company or- = caravans, by which supplies of wheat were prought from the steppes of Central Asia and the depths of Siberia. These caravans set out from the Kiatka, on thog@hinese frontier, and descended with the streant of the Lend as far as Yakousky— » Arriba completely defenceles:, except | thia was their first resting place, after five hundred a be commanded from the citizons; and | leagues of travel, From Yakousky the wheat wa | wiih decided success.” | hesitation, havin; | Chronic! borne on the backs of horses across Oriental Siberia to the Pacific portage of two hundred and fifty leagues—after which itewas transferred to the thips, which transported it to Sitka. he delay and difficulty of « method like this made provisions expensive, and rendered the supply of them uncertain. The colany was liable to fa- mine, and had even to pay an exorbitant price for ita aliment. A successor of Count Badanoff, M. Von Resanoff, conceived the idea of founding on the tame coast of America, but in @ more southerm region, an agricultural colony for the support of the pw ent ecttlement. In the month of March of the year 1305, with this pornoce in view, he supeared off the Columbia river, ut unable to pass the bar, he sailed down the coast and finally planted his colonyin a fertile vale of California. This region was at the time considered as Spanish territory, but the attention of Rover ment at Madrid was then too much absor! other matters to allow it to oppose, or even to ob- serve, the Russian intrusion. settlers erected two'forts, and finaily- undertook the cultivation of the fertile territory on which they squatted. Svon, however, although their labors were re; one bun- dred fold, they let themselves be dive from the chief object of their settlement, for an industry more lucrative, though less useful aud durable. The territory which they had occupied abounded in game of al) sorts, including many animals, the furs of which were valuable. The new lected a; firey le such ravages that the whole seals, and other “ varmints” settled in the country (whose “plunder” is customarily sent te pepe ae maricta) were Soe oat. a few trading eatablished Von TResanctt sont to Russia the enormous quantity of 80,000 otter skins, and a proportionate number of seal skins. The fertility of the soil was extreme, notwith- standing the negligence of its cultivators, whose at- pa the + of the colony, on! su} '. But for the supply of the inhabil drake Sitka. | the court of Spain, was not at that time ina ion to opy the establishment of the Ruasians on ita te: of California, Von Reson- mee edy Ci F g bad » them () Conce; pression upon the Russian general's heart. M. lsdorff, 8 writer of some merit, has — the following ofthe young je reper mi: ie “She was apimated and cheerful, with eyes at onoe sparkling and tender; she had fine teeth, agreeable and impressive features, a charming figure, anda thousand other attractions. She was remarkable, moreover, for artless simplicity.” It was by no means cult for Von Resanoff te which would have consolidated the friendly rela- tions Nene between the Russian and Spanish Americans. It would not fail, at all events, to en- sure the Russian colony in California the good will of the Spanish authorities of the district. Von Resanoff was no vulgar swain; he knew how ire the same passion that was felt by him- self. erything seemed to favor his desires; but an obstacle still existed. Van was of the Greek faith; Donna Concepcion was a Catholic. Im ee official joann tee ene could rose without e consent of t! iperor, mas! espouse @ person professing jthe Roman faith. The preten- sions of the Czars to papal power are as ancient as the existeace of their government, and as jealous of their spiritual as of their temporal authority— oe one serving to enhance and strengthen the er. On the other hand, too, the Commandante - ello doubted his own authority to I the - ence of the Russian colony, without the previous sanction of the court of Spain. It'was set- tled that Von Resanoff should go to St. Pe' i and thence to Madrid, to remove every diffioulty the way. He set out, but his journey was shorter than was anticipated. He had tra but a short way through Siberia, when he was accidentally thrown from his horse, and died at Krasnoyarsk, His extreme haste proved fatal to him. Donna long waited the return of her affianced husband, in ignorance of his death; and when the knowledge of that event at lei reached her, she retired to a convent, and, without the Som, consecrated her life to the instruction youth. She only wanted yonth, it is said, to realize the trait which Langsdorff has left of her. She still re- tains the affability and artlesaness, the grace of feat- ure, and beauty of expression. The governor of the trading posts of the British Hudson’s Bay Company, though a very matter-of'fact sort of person, waa un- able to resist the charm of this e of love, which breathes all the spirit of the old chivalrous ro- mance. Nothing, indeed, is wanting to complete Re ene eee te ardor ‘aig eed fatigue an: nor the '8_constanc; long awaiting the I Knight's return—the “i nor the convent veil. It is only at other ex- tremity of the world that such things are still seen. The end of the Russian colony in California was tragic, as was the love story of its founder. e animals which era fare sought for their furs having become extinct, it was soon found that the’ Moscovite settlement cost more to maintain than it was worth. The gold mines were yet undiscovered and towards 1843 or 1844, the Rassian povernment resolved to abandon these latitudes. Tae bargain was soon struck with the Hudson’s Bay Company, which en, d to furnish the Sitka colony with a certain yearly supply of wheat. The sustenance of New Archangel ie assured, Russia ceded her settlements in California to a Swiss, and aban- doned them. The colenists were transferred to Sit- ka at the very eve of the disco of California's mineral riches; and at this day all the productive force which Russia commands in America is concen- trated in the regions of the north- Fine at DxtTRo1T.— About half-past twelve o’clock yesterday orning a fire broke out in the sash fac- ry of Mr. George W. Phillips, on Grand River street, between Palmer street and Macomb avenue, which, prices to its saneanots di damage. Not only was the sash consumed, but also the Peninsular Hotel, a bakery, four dwell- ings, and a number of barns—comprising td the whole block ; in addition to which, a dwelling house was considerably di The Peninsular Hotel was owned by Mr. Charles V. Selkrig, and leased by Mr. Joseph Heath. Mr. Selk- vig’s loss is about $5,000; insured $3,000. Mr. Heath's loss is not yet definitely known ; it is sup- a to be between $1,000 and $1,500 ; insured for 1,000. The Joss on the sash factory, and the amount for which it was insured, we have not ascertained ; we understand, however, that the damage is not covered. The bakery was owned by Mr. L. Remmington, whose loss is estimated at about | $1,000; noinsurance. The four ot a were in one block, and were owned by Mr. W. Whi and Mr. H. yf Loss $1,200 ; insured for a amount. Two of the houses were unoccupied. The double dwelling house which was partly destroyed was owned by Mr. William A. Black and a whose name we have not learned. The loss sustained by each is some two or three hundred dollars. The total less by the fire is from $10,000 to $12,000, from half to two-thirds covered by insurance.—Detroit Free Press, June 30. A REMARKABLE Frat. me time since the point of the lightning rod on the steeple of the First Con- gregational church in New London, got unscrewed, and fell to the ground. It was sucha dangerous piece of work to replace it, that the committee were unwilling to emp ley any one to perform the task. A Mr. De Wolf, however, volunteered to make the attempt, which the committee permitted after some promired him a handsome eum if he succeeded. He did suceeed, accomplishing the task without any apparent consciousness of hat done hg extraordinary. The New Londoa fe says the point to which he ascended is very near two hundred feet, and for the last fifty feet he had to climb up a stone surface, with nothing to hold on to but a small iron rod, and when he reached the ball he was still some dozen feet from the end of his journey. This distance he had toshin upa god rod, a labor which he found so fatiguing that he became exhausted, and was obliged to re- turn and seat himself on the ball and recover breath. This he soon did, and fearlessly resumed _ his travela | towards the clouds, where he accomplished his ob- ject, and came down, as we have already stated. Broxr Jit.—The five sailors convicted of mut at the last court, broke ont of the New Castle jail, last Saturday night. When the Sheriff locke: their room in the evening, he saw what he sup; to be one of them lying on the bed, and the others sitting or standing in the apartment. The figure on the bed, however, turned out to be a stuffed paddy, and one of the men was on the outside. Af- ter all was ait, oe Meg b: ee of false keys, opene: ¢ doors and allowed his companiona to eaca e. When once in the yard, they formed & rope of their hedclothes, by the aseistance of which they scaled the wall. It issunposed that they made for this city, and took the cars for Philadelphia, or perhaps for New York, from one or the other of which ports they would most likely ship at once, a3. sailors are much in demand. They wished Captain Gibson, who was confined for shooting the mate on | board of another vessel, to accompany them, but | he refused. This ig the second time that he haa | had an ppporvunity of escaping, but declined doing 80.— Wilmington Journal. | - | Map Stox4.—The Petersburg Express saya:— | “There is in ‘this city a mad stone, in the possession of Mrs. Francis A. Oliver, which we had the plea- sure of examining. She has applied it to persons | who lind been bitten by dogs kuown to be rabid, and some sort of - pe ee