The New York Herald Newspaper, July 16, 1858, Page 1

——$—______——. WHOLE NO. 1986. OFFICIAL DESPATOH TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT, Wasauncron, Jaly 15, 1858, ‘The War Dopariment has received official despatches, ‘stating that Colonel Steptoo, with a commsnd of five com- yalesioned officers and one hundred and fifty-two rank and ‘Hie, was attacked and defeated by a large body of Indianson the ¥7th May, about eighty-five miles north of the Spokan iver. The battle Ixsted from seven in the morning toa uhert time before sunset, when, the ammunition being early exhausted, and the musquetoons being nearly mre Yeon against the enemy, s retreat and a forced march to tthe crossing of the Spoxan river became necessary. The following were killed or had died of their wounds:— BP. ' Brevet Captain mi. Sawer Privetee A. Barnes, Ve ©. do’ May, ©. HB, Horwish, J. ‘Croseett. ‘WOUNDED arene. B. Montreville, Suisker, 3. Lined, 0. A. Hammond, . Micon, WOUNDED SLIGBTLY. ZR Biren, ” 3, Ket, G Bughes, 41 J. Klay.” Through the kindness of a gentioman of this city, we have been furnished with the following letter received from one of his correspondents in Oregon, giving some ad- @uiona) particulars in regard to the battle between the Indians of Washington Territory and the detiohment of ‘woop under the command of Col. Steptoe:— PorTLAND, Oregon, June 2, 1868, Since my last letter to you, our Territory has again be. oome excited by the alarming intelligence of another and ‘very serious outbreak among the Indians east of the Cas- wade mountains. It has always been the opinion of well fmfermed persons that the last war enly temporarily al- Mayed hostilities on the part of the Indiuns, and that all ‘the tribes im that extensive country, always disaffected ema dissatiafied, were making a powerfal combination against the operations of the government forces. Fort ‘Walla Walia was established in 1857 as ap important point mearest adjoining the first hostile tribe, and as a com- manding position for operations against them all. 1 send you herewith a rough draught, which, if you are interest od im the subject, will give you some idea of the scene of the recent engogement and of surrounding localities. I send you also accompanying, several newspsper accounts of Colonel Steptoe’s fight. Upto this date we have only ‘Whe Gret official account, written in haste immediately after ‘the Colone)’s defeat, and furnishing us with but a meagre ‘neconnt of the affair. ‘Colonel Steptoe hada a good, reliable foree, and com- menced hie summer campaign confident of his ability to punish any ordinary band of Indians that he might meet Frequent acts of violence in the immediate vicinity of Fort Walla Walla bad compelled some demonstration S vem the troops; and hence the object of the campasiga. As you will perocive by the accounts, he was mes by the largest force of Indian warriors that has given battle to ‘our troops since the late war of 1812. The accounts from all the officers engaged in the fight agree that they fought with anch effectiveness and determination ag to argue & protracted and expensive miliiary operation to subdue them. Colonel Steptoe estimates that not less than twelve Beadred warriors were engaged in the fight during the @y. The escape of bis command was almost miraculous, ‘The twelve bandred Indians are, too, but a smali portion @f those avowedly hostile in that country. Tne effect of wech « victory over our troops will influence tha Walls ‘Wallan, Cayuse, Nez Perces, Korancis, Flatheads, Black~ feet and other tides, always opposed to the occupancy of ‘thetr country by the whites, to open hostilities, and then MA will be difficult to properly estimate the extent of their power. Even now we look with much anxiety for the news from Fort Walls Walla, fearfu! that the post may be besieged by an cverwhelming force and destroyed. This defeat of Colonel Steptoe wasa severe repulse: the sacri fee ef two valuable officers and severs) men in one en- gsecement, bas no precedent im our recent history o ‘Iadian warfare. ‘The regular force in this military department is very wma!) asd entirely inadequate to operate against this out- ‘break ; eo that until reinforcements arrive or the establish- as can imagine, much excitement exists fol- lerieg ts event throughout the whole wa the whole matter in their own koeping. (‘8 iv the settled policy of all parties, freely and openly thin & very proper and wholesome between them Sheull this prove ee, there are four regiments of troops could be sent yet ‘this summer from Usah to Or and reach there before ‘the winter is very far ad by eT rected, however, I think very doubtful. raise @ volun ER ON og Fe it eannet onder any circurastances be douse. The headquar ‘tern of the Commanding General of this iepartment is in San Francisco, and any action here of subordinate officers: : E i 4 H a z . 5 | 3 Egec fils pripeieci UTE be a2 fi ¢ id ii i i i i] pul! Army News from the Pacific, TO THE BDITOR OF THR HERALD. Bay FRANcsC0, June 19, 1969, Here we aro, on the Pacific, inthe midst of an Indian ‘war, worse, wo fear, than any in which our government fees yet engaged. The tribes now hostile are very nume. ‘yous, cam bring thousands of warriors into the fleld, and ach “one of them is ® match, man to man, with our dre qeons. They are splendid, athletic men, the Anest riders ‘m@ the world, and as brave as can be. You have seen the report of Col. Btoptoe’s defeat. This is but the opening o” he ball, He was assailed by more than Ofteon hundred . What Rave we to oppose to this? Four rogiasenta— ‘Third artillery, Firet dragoons, Fourth infantry and Ninth jufentry—eeattored in small parties over a country of a thousead miles {n extent. It is impossible to concentryte them. Gon. Clarke ic afraid to remove the troops from th? South for fear of an irruption of the Mormons, while each poet in Oregow bas hardly enough to defend it, Yot be ia doing 21) he can. ‘We now see the folly of Congress im refusing to pase the bili for additional regiments, They are absolutely in. iapepeadle. In [aet, the country now pxys more for trans porting troops than the now regiments would have cost. For eaemple, a portion of the Third artillery was sent to Sevthern California: dey bad hardiy settled down when sb Owibrenk tales place Sad they are all Droughs pack. MORNING EDITION—FRIDAY, -JULY 16, 1858. ORK-HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. TANT FROM MEXICO. Terrible Earthquake in the Valley of Mexico—Fifty Lives Lost—Damage Es- timated at $6,000,000—Death of Qsallo, the Government Military Leader—The Forced Loan Repeal- ed—Position of Mr. Forsyth, Oar City of Mexice Correspondence. Crry ov Mxxico, June 30, 1858, The Great Harthquake of Jume 19—Eifect in the Oity—The Duration of the Sheck—Sensations of a Participant ~Sup- ported Origin of the Earthquake—Political Maiters-— Pardon. of the Bziles, excephing Ne Americans— Why does not Mr. Forsyth ask for his Passports?—The Death of General, Luis'@. Osollo—Condition of the Country—The Federalists in Funds by the Sacking of @uanajuato—Sum- mary of the Federal and Government Forces. T bad mailed my last letter to you but Afteen minutes before, and was on my way back to my hotel, when sud- denly the earth rocked beneath my feet; I was precipi- tated against the wall of a house; the houses commenced to crack and roll about like empty bottles in water; the streets were rapidly filled with young and old—some in full dreas, some in 20 dress—al) making the most frightful ado: some laying flat on thelr bellies, but most on their kneer, calling on all the saints in the Mexican calendar to save them, their wives or busbands, their children, dc. ; horses, dogs, and even the males and the stapid asses in the streets stood stock atill, quivering in every part. A second or more gave me an ides of what was transpiring, and recollecting the exclamation of a cargators few s9- conds before, that there was an earthquake, I recovered myself as I was going headlong in the street on the re- bouna, and betaking myself to a doorway took out my watch and commenced inaking notes of time and events. of the door— iil HE E 5 eg 8 Lieutenant H. H. Walker, aid to G W. Mackall,” Adjutant mer Lieutenant J. W. Sill, Orévance Department. Captain Ralph W. Kirkbam, Quartermaster’s Depart- Lieutenant H. G. Gibson, Third artillery. We omitted in the list of those who saited in the name of Major Robert Allen, Quartermaster’ Clarke. General’s Depart- Captain J. A. artillery. Lieutenant H. B. Davidson, Firet dragooi We will endeavor to keep you int from the seat of war, as we know the anxiety of those at the Eset who have friends among the officers in the fieid. Bs. formed of all news portals the sirests ; r there appeared to me to be but little chaace of through the trouble witn whole body and bones, 89 way as best I could over the heaving corner of the street—-moved thither by the general instinct exhibited b; of horses, with the Indians. {From the We Portiand, June 6.) correspondent, y all ti creatures. Acrowd standing. were on their knees or bellies; but a fe # seconds brought several who aleo kept an u ight postion —moet of them for bravado. At the corner I could see the National Thea- i lh iz ff i | ; t i tl i Hi fh | rere mm fore long die | ADDRESS OF BUENAVENTURA BABZ, PRESIDENT OF “ y past refused to give ms in many places, | ite obedience to or invited their appearance. | the whoie of Cibao to second the imsurrectionary move pa Gamage | ment, 1 waited almost tranqnuilly that a commission or 4 were Bo} rua- | some note from them would have explained to me the ‘Deen repaired, of eqph an extreme Jeterminaii regular trips. my hopes ay |, and wader = Francisco, Profeea, { the shadow of s jenity which tho revoln Sagrario nave been se- | tion progressed until the approagh of it to the gates of tho tl il Li i ? s si £ E 3 43 3 inte fi | f i a . z 2 i 7 HE i i Hg E ig E L i | 5 2 BEF 22 i : i [ i : g gs g 4 i s Piss § i tf i i % § i a? fl FE ee iii iit a orl Fs= Fy HH ; £ z f % i EF it i ze i f Hy i ‘ i i i § i é ce gat 4 F pao g3 sEE & i i E ; | 3 3 FY i; “i tL i FH fl iF i Hi i 4 i _ tr Hy Ha 35 H iH efi i i i i Hi fi z i i ‘= § z i! Hi H i | ? i i i i i i i i rE & i z $f a +} i i F i af H 2 at 3 j f if Hi uf g : i i i i ! i i i rh E : : 5 E E E 3 ite } i li ut Al ice HT j 3 a 1 he is F| f Fe zit 38 j : i 8 i i i Z i ? f i z 33 E rc Oaxaca, for federal State gove Vora Crus and Perote, a5 li 333 Dalles, with an officer in command, authori esters se on aw yecetve 553 Total government force Berider there we might Ronoto, the State forces of ue, 1 the government forces Jima, the reserve of old es of 2 i § 2 z > = hey would have taken wing and flown away, those ere im the ais snddenly alighted, and appeared to perfocuy staggered and benumbed by the shosks One ‘Person aseares O6 that ia one of the , Rear this city, where be was at the time, he might have easily picked a = from the poms, if be himself bad vo! been too much overcome by what wae transpiring, #0 doupletely Ddewilaered they hea become. 4 ‘TRS SUPYRRBES BY THE EARTHQUAKE. The ayustamiento has opened # subscription for tho Venefit of the sufferers by the juske of Jane 19. We feel sure that those who are eye | Nberally contribute to such a charity, for need undoubtedly existe, INTERESTING FROM ST, DOMINGO ‘The Detatis of ae Aimicatien of President he (From the 8. Thomas Times, Ju By information received b; the planet saeovace from iat Mr. Baez auct come four huodred of bis bad arrived at that island, and that it is the tutention of Mr. Baez to come hither #0 as to obtain a ee er reer rer ne are Serene 10 Suly Sep rope. We insert to-day translations of the convention entered into between Mr. zand Gen. Santana, through the me diation of the French, English and Spanish Consuls rosi- dent in Bt. Domingo; also, the address of Mr. Baez to the pation on the eve of his from the and fone end reyiewing at some length the events which marked the manifesta‘ions that commenced a: extended surrounding , and lastly reached the gates of the capital, Mr. Baez, with peculiar tact, indulges ip the following magus nimous vaunting:— To accommodate differences for the sake of the moiber ‘eountr; in Bot 8 detent Ghat causes ug to blneb- beroism ‘co- vers: In order to have made those words intelligible Mr. Baez sbould have rocited immediately after a brief ao- count of tne “heroism” that marked the actions of his “Recuadrilia”—litwe squadron—during the period when {t went through so many ‘heroic’ evolu on the peaceful commerce of island. He should have re- counted ihe careful way ia which hia commodores took charge of the uncoveted rings and brooches of the unoffending passengers that now, doubtiesely, adorn the persons of many a madona, in whose possession they are, and whose countenances will ever beam and brighten (not blush) at the thought of how many sacrilices, aad how much ‘‘herolam”’ must have been evincad on the part of the donors whilst acquiring such relics. That said relics will tend to immortalize the nemo of Mr. Baez and his Excuadrills, “the world will judge.” CONVENTION CELEBRATED BETWEEN THE BRUBIGE- BENTS BY INTERVENTION OF THE CONSULS THAT SUBSCRIBE. The Consuls of France, Fugland and Spain having newly manifested to Mr. Buenaventura Baez, President of tue Dominican republic, and to General Pedro Santana, General.in-chief of the besieging forces, &s.,tho wieh that ‘they should terminate the present war by means of an arrangement, and baving received from them the honor- able ge of framing a convention that would save the hte and interests of all, have submitted to them the g articles, and which, afier discuesing, have been with atl ite force and validity — ‘Art. 1. Mr. Baez agrees to leave the which he occapies, and to leave the country imm ly afver the Pane Sas sonvensien. Art. 2. eral Santana, in bis pame and that of his ernment, guarantees in the most solemn maunor that will not persecute nor molest axy person because of the'r having, in whatever grade, contributed in sustain py overnment of Mr. Bacz. rt. 3, To all officia's who, after the place has been given up, solicitous of their paeaports for leaving the country, it shall be granted them. Art, 4. General Santana egrecs to maintain order in apd ous of the city from the moment that it is delivered to his Ny. Art. 5, The delivery of the city of Santo Domingo, with ita forts, areenals, sma}! squadron, with all of their arma. ments and supplies, aod ali 8 to the public administration, to take piase on ine 13th day of June, at six o’clock in the merning. Art. 6. A complete suspension of arms frem the mo- ment that this convention be signed. ‘Art. 7. The present arrangement shall be signed by the a 3 if H Fy Zz = E i E 2 ff 3 &. HH , at this time, and must retard, for 1 movements of the forces of pent, the a1 vernmest. THE FORCED LOAN ON POREIGNESS Qi ‘The government has iseued an order to ail the Govern- ore of ents and military chiefs, to avoid, in the event of pC cage ek roe the compu'sory = by ee or — —. Thie as 'y pat in Gosoajuato, We five we ordoria ful below? fereigners, given rie to claims cn the part of foreign ministers repre 1g DALOT: whom weare on ly terme, aad as thie a, wishes to avoid all motives of com- plaint which might perchance endasger the good under. Bow existing between repubiic and the aforesaid nati rns, his Excellency, the President ad in/erim, bag been pleased to decree that you forward circulars tw by 1859, to the effect that in future they would nos impose any such joans. document I transmit to you by order of his Excel- lency, the President, with the request that yoa will serve the requisite notice upon all Governors of the depart- per. God and ‘tberty. PARRA. To his Excellency the Cartats Gavgra or GuANAJUAIO. DETAILS OF DAMAGE BY THE FARTHQUAKE IN THE CITY OF MBXICO. The two squeducts which carry water into this cit have been badly damaged, especially the one whi: pasees into the city by the Garita de Belen. This is broxen completely off in many places, and througboot the entire }ine to Chapultepec the arches are broken horizontally, showing that they were aubjected to @ severe oscil motion. The water was precipitated from the aquetucts throughout the entireline. The damages done to these public works will require a large :am oe ene, wae in tm city’ g ty és streets. The Tacu. | belligerent parties, as weil as by the Oonauls of the three by the water dis- | nations thet have intervened, and be made in quivtupli- cate, that each shall have one cracks were made ia tho Signed in quintaplicate, om the 12th June, 1! 858. BUENAVENTURA BAEZ, SANTANA, Sarvt AvpRe, Coneul de France. Martin F, Hoon, Consul de 8, M. B. JUAN owt. CANTILLO JOVELLANOS, Consul de S. M. Catolics. = <6 F u i z i ae ruin, although it frst impulse was indubitably to abdicate hee Fa Ee ways . any injar! griev injured. A large por- | ances complained of might have boen against it toas—was thrown a . Imeny aan fronrea these words—'* ees: position. tion power ts ificant in my eyes; | exact alone me, imperative duty, the unanimous wili of the’ preple aad men, and thas the last of those served the cause of the government were free from insult and per- seoution, it then became necessary for me ww retire, theredy ag, end reverts Gin gnc Wel, * ee [have seen with soones of loyalty and sublime abnegation, which might appear e: i toall bat y whom they were w I have bad to urls I wor not be insulied. * * * * No’ actons excite cousideration aud rewpect, albough facts and laws be be wanting ‘wo great ualities distingulsb noble hearts—moderation im and diguity in adversity. * * You who are ‘of every virwue are gifted with empresario of the Tacubaya railroad, and has been used as @ piace of deposit for coaches, and as stables for animals. Two mules were killed, and several vebi-les destroyed. A fine coach Selonging to Mr. Lands was es, the wheels being driven into Minister, are, we learn, litle better than a pile of ruins. ing information to ‘opening of the SANTA ANNITA AND ISPACALCO. porta of the V« the import of the ‘These towns, which are situated im the Chinampes or | more articles of |, free of duty, No doubt Gardens were frightfully rocked to and fro by | some of the merchants of Demarara will take carly a4- the In Istacaico several houses were broken | vantage of the remission of duty, more particularly as it 10 pieces, and a number of persons seriously |. The | is only for « short time:»— church ai Santa Annita was cracked. We learn of NSULATE OF THE Rerveiic or Vaweaveras, ‘no person being Killed at that The vhe canal of Chaloo, which passes by these wee some five ards out over the banks. Naws rsom Baaztt.—Ry the bark Roebuck, at this port, we have the Journal do Comercio of Rio Janeiro to June 9—two days Jater than the news re- ceived via England. The company for the construction of the railroad between Nitheroby and Campos, near Rio, had been formally authorized and incorporated, and the first instalment on the subscriptions called for. The con- pa be awarded to the American engineers had undertaken part of the Pedro ey Railroad. of the failure of the Srs. Liavailol & Bons, of Ayres, and their house in Rio Ja- neiro, is contradicted by the Journal. The ex) of coffee from Rio dw the month amounted to 49,912 bags. On the &th inst. there were deepatched by Rostron, 2,200 for the United States; bY. J. B. Thompson, 1,106 bags for New York; by Ker Oollings, 3,000 bags for New York; by Phipps, 600 bage for Baltimore; by Cole wean w Co., 3,000 bags for New York, Stl ad aA NSIS SS SES SE na a ee ANE MENS ee eC thceiS al PC msRE NSROE T S l SA THE NEW GOLD DISCOVERIES, INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. Rush of Miners and Mechanics to the New El Dorado on Frazer River. DEPOPULATION OF SOME OF THE INTERIOR TOWNS, Depletion of the Mining Population of California Estimated at One-Pourth of the Whole, , REPORTS FROM MINERS Apprehensions as to the Effect on San Francisoo and California, The Hudson’s Bay Company Mo- nopolizing the Trade. British War Vessel at the Mouth of Frazer River, CLIMATE AND SOIL OF THE COUNTRY. Organization of the Hudson’s Bay Company, &e., &o., ao. An excitement not tferior to that which raged in tha Eastern States at the time of the first gold discoveries in California, now rages in that State, in couseqnenec of tha gold discoveries on Frazer river, in the British posses- sions, lees than a degree north of the northera boundary of Washington Territory. Tho following correspondence, extracts from San Francisco pspers, and information froaz other sources, will give an idea of the intessity of thi now gold fever, and of the effects which it is destined to have upon the population, industry and commerce o¢ California. THE GOLD MINES IN NEW CALEDONIA, OUR SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE. Saw Francisco, Jane 20, 1868. For # year prior to the discovery of new gold Gelds on Frazer river, the people of Californis were sadly in want of seme grand excitement. Gold lake, Gold biufl, Kerm river, Nicaragua and the Vigilance Committees had each im its turn afforded a subject for conversation, and some- thing into which sangaine and restless mon were ready to rush with the hope of bettering their fortunes, or at least finding adventure. A few weeks wufficed to satiafy seve- ral thousand people that they had been egregiously bum- ‘bugged when they went to look for the (old lake, whic existed only in the imagination of a poor old crazy man. The Gold bluff and Kern river stories proved to have been manufactured by designing speculators for the purpose of fleecing the credulous. The Nicaraguan enterprise, which at first created some excitement and looked pro- mising, soon ceased (© aweken interest whem people here lost all confidence in the common sense and military capacity of its lender. The Vigilance Committees Proved an expengive affair and soon died out, leaving ite originators and supporters somewhat poorer, and rather ashamed of the whole business. The Kansas question tor a while furnished a theme for newspaper revillimg and « wabject for discussion to the lunch eaters while waiting for invitations in the vicinity of bar rooms. That disposed of, there was an awful dulness in the news market. On your side of the continent, when things grow intolerably dull you can always fall beck on the sigger business and got up aronsiderable rumpus. That has been attempted here, ‘bot with very limited success. Therofore, when the first whisperings of wonderfully rich mines om Fraser and Thompson rivers reached us, they were eagerly caughs up and quickly bruited about. Though tho sews was at first recetved with suspicion by most people, a few of the most adventurous at once hurried off. The colored population next began to be aliscked by the epidemic, and having become disgusted with our jndiciary, on ac- count of the recent decision of the Supreme Court In the famous ‘‘Archy case,” commenced moving sorthwart like flocks of bisekbirds in spring time. Some of them purchased lots in Victoria for trifting sums, and, as things have turned out, may ia # ebort time be among the grandees of the sew British city. Several steamers which bad long been tying idle here were put in order, and ad- vertised for the new gold diggings. The excitement soon reached the mining districts throughout the Pate, and the gray sbirted, hard fisted, hirsute men of the mountaing came flocking down by hundreds to look for passage ta Victoria and Bellingham Bay. Numbers in the sorth« ern part of the Stete packed their males, and out to traverse Og Ry B tories, The rash ued to fMoresse, until i to this Umo, the number of departures does not fall of ten thousand. The steamer Republic, which wae anxiourly expected, arrived yevterday from Paget Sound, bringing rome two weeks later news from the gold mines om region, All bt as Ww the richness of an He Erb 382 a 7 ie ti I ‘il pitts t it: i a Fe g fal Ai tr a ia E Hi i dil £ 3 i Md FY = ; ods i he 33 5 | fi s 3 ef i Hi 4 eaes ey ina bd iiss irs Hi 2 A : H 5 Hy j & y $ i Hl H i é 7 ig ay ES Lee a<8 é 3 s 385 £8} 3 s 5 3 i : iy r i i Hh i i hi H HE zt i 4 ff FH i i if i H Ff 4 t 3 § ie 3 Hh § i i i : REPORTS FROM MINERS, On Sunday we received « visit from Messrs, Campbell and Joseph Rianch, both boatmen, weil known in thie city, who hare just returned from the mines om Frarer river The narrative of these geatiemon exsctty agrees with tbat of Mr. Heory Fitiing, pudiiehed in the i