| Show LATEST FROM OF WAR wae As we were going to press bishop stepped into our office and informed us that mr hudson of grantsville Grants ville who has beer in I 1 company with w 1 ith some others making makim 0 a settlement at on the central route arrived in rush valley galley on saturday last with his effects having abandoned the settlement in consequence of the jillian hostilities he reports that the others who have been making 0 farms there will will soon be in as they cannot live there in safety till the war is over the ube troubles there as reported by mr hudson are greater than heretofore represented and the presence of the few soldiers on the road has made them worse than they were before the indians that were previously friendly ded fled to the mountains and were as hostile as the others shooting at the whites whenever they saw them LA zate LATE TE R S ST TIL I 1 L L lif lit the pony express from the west arrived arm ed here last evenin evening about fifteen minutes past seven there is no communication yet open with carson and california and prospects of continuing the route open between this and ruby valley rather doubtful the following received by the express will give lve I 1 ive ou our oun r readers some idea of what is passing on the eastern portion of the route RT riby BY VALLEY saturday june loth 1860 EDITOR DEAR SIR silt major egan accompanied by weed and his command of twenty men arrived here on the ad dinst wa WS orders were to remain at this place until the arrival of perkins but as ti he was several lays days in advance of the latter and was anxious to render all the assistance in his power towards the mail route he consented to a as 3 far as roberts Robert 3 creek creel fifty miles beyond th this is place as he could return from there before P would he here they reached that station on the ath dinst but found it a mass of shouldering ing ruins the probabilities ar are efrom irom appearances that it was set on fire about the ad dinst they remained there one night and a small scouting party was sent out to endeavor to discover tae the whereabouts of some of tile the savages but the night was stormy and foggy and even if there were were indians indiana near they were unable to discover the n on the oth they returned to this place the ame same night the indian who was taken prisoner at deep creek tried to make his escape there were two sentinels guarding him ile he requested one to fetch him a drink of water while he be was gone be he the indian gathered a handful of hot ashes and threw in the ayea ea of the other sentinel and then i trusted eylois to ids heels the bullet from a minnie however proved too quick for him anti and brought him down about thirty yards from camp the ball passed through tb his thigh after which he received tiree three his head yet strange to sy stay he be is in a fairway fair way to re coveri when first bothe edothe pretended to or would doubtless have been at once put out i the mail from the east arrived about 1 1 ol cigel this morning q accompanied by mr nir peter niece from schell sheil creek station it seems on the evening of the ath dinst about 4 seme some thirty or more indians came to his station and demanded the surrender to them of alithe aalthe provisions in in his charge there was a large amount there between four and five thousand pounds of bacon abot twenty lif indred hundred of flour etc et ead elead ec eal cal as M 11 oldham had but a few days previously stored there the stock of provisions purchased from russell majors waddell for the use of the express co mr niece of ov course declined to accede to this proposal when wh enthey eathey they informal informed him the they y would kil kill I 1 him and the two other men that were with him A fight was the result iri in which several of the savage scoundrels were killed four of their rides rifles and a number numbers of their bows lows were taken which were sent to ta deep creek mr N and his men then gathered up all the stock and started towards deep creek as they well knew the natives would soon return with increased force on the mail in charge chargo e of lohn john hAnd band Naf har hgr har bar slater mr N back backwith with them sending in the stock on in charge of the two tivo other me men n on arriving again at the site she of Schell creek station they found it in ashes and three of the natives yet et anthe on the gro ground iund kund mr IS ce deservi t the i a greatest credit for his conduct in this affair by his coolness cooj cool ness and courage he not only saved the lives of 0 himself and his men but also saved all the stock and secured considerable trophies of war the names of the two men who were with hima IV denist and MHo alton aiton the next station beyond antelope springs s is deserted and has probably shared ue the same fate the mail also bf rought aletter aletter from Mr FAust at ruih valley the Indi indians aris atis have commenced shooting shootings shoot ingv at our men thue time also the express from the east which waidie was lue aue last has bas not arrived fears are enter it has been cat i aff off 8 pm piar express wait waiting to start no timas times to to p particularize a lt LL perkins day da wi li probably ably send a detachment buci black troubie trouble ia front and rear but dut hope taix tain ahle able abl abi matters icat haite hatte W INA |
