Show LATEST FROM THE WEST communication CATION catlon WITH california SUSPENDED the anxiously looked for western pony express arrived here yesterday mornin morning 1 about 10 bringing bridgan 0 letters from diamond springs and stations this side of ruby valley vailey but nothing from carson or california i we learn by this arrival that weeds command which left camp floyd on the morning of the uit accompanying 1 major howard egan t arrived at deep creek on the while there the lieutenant took prisoner one of the bad indias and purposed visiting him with summary punishment as an of what was in store for the other disobedient and unruly indians the India indiana fis iks of deep creek un willim unwilling to witness tho the execution left for the mountains and the prisoner was taken on with the command further west the indian agent a 0 ept at deep creek mr severe writes that immediately on the departure of the military the indians returned made an attack on the station shot one of the employees of the express company mr T R miller and stole considerable stock I 1 the same red skins attacked the next station west and drove the men back track b hack to deep I 1 creek I 1 from what we have learned of cal smiths instructions to lieutenant weed and suppo sino biro those of lieutenant perkins tobe to be the I 1 same the present military demonstration on the western route is not likely to achieve much to add to the security of and property on this route lieutenant wiped we understand was only to go out as far as ruby valley and probably intended intend edby by the colonel commanding to serve only as an escort and protection for major egan inthe distribution of Indian goods lying lout west with the view 0 of rewarding the friendly indians indiana and bringing back some somo who cr not bo too deeply merged in hostility against the whites between weeds command of twenty and perkins of forty forcythe the route from camp CampF Joyd to ruby valley or diamond springs 0 could probably bab lybe be kept open and perfectly safe for the mail express or other travel but the particular difficulty it is between roberts creek Cree kand wand and carson it is not our business to dictate military mai xai neu but boutasa as C interest I 1 i in the tha commonweal we suggest t that while bodies bodi of troops ae are lying in the vicinity of savage out outbreaks outbreak breal shey pley mid mig might lit as well be called into requisition and would not colonel smith be doing the com commercial world on the paci pacific fic fie sio slope P e as well aathar of the atlantic states some service by revoking n the order for marching dragoons to the northern route and ordering them themon on the central the northern route was infested and by frequent an and 4 bloody massacres rendered wholly unsafe last year notwithstanding the presence of the few troops sent there and few will haye have the th q hardihood unless better secured against attack to travel that route this peason the central route is general 0 0 ly understood i s i to be the safest and most direct route from here to carson or califor california i nia seeing then that the unlooked unlocked for difficulty has broken out on this route the dragoons said to be ordered to the northern route and who are expected to march in that direction tomorrow to morrow could be of undisputed service by the change of orders that is it if the military can be of any real service under such circumstances in spite of all the bra brag 0 of the carson folks about ability to whip all the indians and mormons cormons Mor mons to boot we have considerable doubts about their attempting a anything more than they are obliged to do troops for the west then should be the word and with them a number of others might venture we mean those who joi jol joined ned their fortunes with the soldiers in peace they should now pluck up and try the other side of the profession go all who can for we can spare you beautifully well the western mail leaves this morning as usual and will go through if possible but as there is no protection to it it is highly improbable that the driver will run the risk of going koin further than ruby or diamond springs |