Show BY telegraph spicily TO TIIE TIM 11 DESERET NEWS rin nin per reh Tf ESTERN UNION TELEGRAM TELE cene GRApa LINE linn AMERICAN sas SAN FRANCISCO f ro 29 the lava beds 26 A composed of of batteries IC and A fourth artillery f and company E infantry left camp at this a m proceeding in the direction known to lead to the tiie bodocs present stronghold capt E thomas ath artillery being in command A dozen or so of warm spring indians were expected to cooperate operate co on capt thomas left the troops having formeca line of skirmishers ad advanced without molestation until they tiley arrived at the foot of the tile bluff south of the lava beds having meanwhile signalled signal led the tile camp that no indians could be found on reaching the bluff the bodocs opened a severe fire causing the troops to seek such shelter as they could find in the crevices and chasms As usual the foe was unseen the first position becom becoming ing untenable owing olinc to the fact that the indians had hail obtained both cross and flanking fire it was deemed expedient to retire to better cover in the first fire and that received during abo abe retreat many fell killed and wounded a list of wha which is js appended so severe was the fire and so exposed the tiie position that up to the present writing 7 p m only two of the wounded CU could 1 go to camp As nine of the wounded including lt Wright glit gilt of the infant infantry IT had sought shelter in a crevice which was particularly open to til the tho e modoc nire fire grave doubt t exists of their ultimate safety so soon as information was received at headquarters relative to the tile peril parties of troops in hi aid were at once pushed forward to their rescue four companies being ordered out but two of cavalry from ro t this I 1 s camp epand and two from col coi masons stretchers tiet chers for the conveyance of oatlie the wounded were forwarded these latter are returning just now without having achieved the object for which they were intended poor fellows there is a bitter cold night at least before them it is barely possible the character of the enemy considered that some of them no longer heed cold or heat their comrades who from some gome cause are looming in camp show P plainly 1 by their demeanor the heartfelt f 1 1 t sorrow orrow they feel for them but they are powerless in the matter am 27 A dispatch received from col green first airy alry who went out WA with reinforcements yesterday goes to show that the surprise must havo beele beere much more complete and more terribly fatal than was at first supposed the dis dispatch patch states that captain thomas and lt A it howe ath artillery are killed lt harris ath artillery badly and perhaps mortally wounded lt cranston ath artillery missing A full list of the killed and wounded can not now be obtained but it is known that privates ward of battery ii and parker collins of battery A are killed privates boyle boyie of co ej E infantry and one other man of the same company it is supposed that the burned the bodies of two rpm 27 from a second dispatch sent by col moore it appears that there are now collected and awaiting conveyance to camp 16 men killed including capt thomas and lt howe ath artillery and lt wright infantry la deight au and aud eight wounded including lt harris ath artillery these added to the number of wounded men above cited show a large percentage of casualties from the small number numb or of men engaged engaged some 60 or 61 but it is rea readily ily lly accounted for when wo we consider that many of the mo docs are armed with spencer carbines and breech loading muskets nor is it in a single instance only where one modoc has been known to 11 have avo ave possess possession on of two or more spencer rifles enabling him to keep up a rapid fire of shots from his natural or artificial breastwork of rock the surface of the ground in many places is so torn up by volcanic action faction as to leave crevices and these are adaptable either for purposes of hiding or as points of defense in sevell several instances the soldiers knowing nothing of the topography have come unawares on such ruch fissures and therefore t they py could not escape from their position as they were confronted with a wily indian rifle leveled and finger on trigger death or at least a dangerous wound was the result too often while the cowardly red skins escaped by some one of the many paths known only to themselves As a sample sampie of their treachery and cunning it may not be amiss to state that a portion of batteries A and K ath artillery and co E infantry selves seles in danger of being out sank ed took shelter in a hollow spot affording partial cover for some seme twenty no sooner had they done so than the indians who knew know and commanded every egress from the cavity 3 at that point to the number of twenty one warriors detached seven of their number on one side and they with the fourteen remaining on the other opened a cross fire on the poor fellows who could not show shiow bead head or hand without certain death very veny few escaped uninjured the rest being either killed or wounded it is next ext to impossible to ascertain killed the number of killed or wound wounded erdL Yest yost yesterday erda capt mckay reported that his hs warm spring t indiana had taken four scalps this mv may be the whole or only a portion of the killed the being very careful to destroy as far as possible all traces of their casualties burying the dead in caves eaves or burning the dead bodies their wounded are supposed S u p to be hidden in the caves V but few of them have been seen so far justice to tire memory of thel the gallant dead compels us to record the tho following well weir authenticated facts when capt thomas found himself and his bis men surrounded by the vindictive foe true to his nature as as a soldier he lie sought to cheer the soldiers onto to the bitter end to obtain 1 if f possible ire lre ife for life and to sell their lives early dearly tl saying men we are arc we must fight and die like men and soldiers I 1 in his noble to sustain the tile courage of his small command minand co lie was ably seconds by lt howe and lt frigm 1 after receiving his mortal wound lie he buried his lliso gold id watch and chain amon among C til tile kocl rocks S and emptied his revolver amongst the enemy before dying of the living we would write wr I 1 to in terms of well veli deserved praise harris who wiio was similarly situated to capt thomas thom with witly a portion of his b battery I 1 K fourth artillery set an example of bravery and determination to his men uttering some such sentences as those already quoted not that it required such expressions to stimulate the men to deeds of bravery bravely when every man would billingly gly have havo followed either elther officer he lie chose to lead yet they tiley show the mutual confidence existing between them since they were to fall it is a pity it had llad not been when opposed to a worthier foe yet it is a mournful consolation that tha tench each teach captain thomas lieutenant howe and lieutenant wright the son of a soldier met a soldiers death in defense of the government and laws of the tile country of the men killed or wounded it la is perhaps sufficient to say they tiley showed their bravery with their bloody blood the former with their lives the th latter in total or partial disability pm 27 the reinforcements bent sent out under col green together with the killed and wounded are expected momentarily A heavy rain min is now falling which may be beneficial to the tile poor wounded men alleviating their suffering ring and giving relief to their fevered limbs their thein arrival is anxiously looked for by their more moro fortunate comrades in the thy camp every preparation has been mado made for their proper reception when the news of the massacre rea reached clied the camp soldiers who had bad grown old and gray in the service wept like babies at the fates of their of officers ficera and comrades 6 am 28 the troops with the killed and wounded are returning in addition to the death list t given add first sergeant robert bobert S boemer oe battery and private james rose battery K ath artillery who died yesterday sergeant black battery A came in wounded noi not not previously mentioned in many instances it is difficult to recognize the dead but for some article articie of dress known to have belonged to them indian barbarity has de faced the linea lineament ments 6 of these killed to all an extent that few indian peace bace policy people would readily believed beli bell evel I 1 in the present instance the indian poli y has effected indirectly the death of gen canby and an equally mobie noble christian dr thomas yeb yet this is only the beginning the events of the and ansta were a contin atlon of the bame came policy but it requires the massacre of the to add the crowning feather of glory due the indian bureau and its supporters A complete list of the killed lied and wounded now in camp are killed 1011 ed C eap cap ap artillery battery A lt lit albion howe ath artillery battery A private robert aobert 8 romer fth artillery artil artillery iery lery battery A private artillery 2 battery A private john lynch llynch ath artillery battery K private jas rose ath artillery battery K private joseph W ward ath artil tillery battery K private michael wallace ath artillery battery K X lt thomas wright fc infantry co E private gried infantry co E citizen lewis webber sis lyou eyou co private wm boyle company infantry private Infantry private weisburg comp company any E 12 ai h infantry in addition to the foregoing eight men were buried on the nield field where their names could not be ascertained lt lat arthur cranston and four men of battery aare aaro A are aro still missing wounded private jos broderick battery A ath art artillery lUery left thigh private matthew murphy company E infantry ring finger private ja jas nj battery A ath artillery palm of right hand private john 11 Gif gifford rord lord battery ter y K ath artillery back of thigh corporal jas noble battery A at ath artillery neck priva private I 1 t e clias chaa cu cuff company E irli infantry hand berg serg M kennedy kenned company E infantry night right elbow eow and breast private jas T butler butier company infantry both temples private john higgins battery K 3 ath artillery through the hand liand and shoulder private franck francks ralla raila batte battery it ath artillery left leg priva private george Han dewall company E infantry right hip private win wm mccay battery IK ath artillery li e ri right buttock and right hand a n h private J 13 1 mclaughlin battery IC ath artillery both feet and right shoulder sergt aug breck battery ath artillery right arm and land mouth sergeant clayton company E left lef leg private va W breman company E infantry both arms fractured lieutenant G 31 harris ath artillery back surgeon B deming U S A right leg new NEW youk YORK 2 29 09 county commissioner duncan has bas succeeded in exciting the opposition of tsie tiie sailor Boardl boarding ij houses to an extent almost to paralyze the commerce of the tile port vessels with valuable cargos on board have been detained more than a week and no prospect of getting crews the commissioner ernas has telegraphed to the commissioner in philadelphia boston and baltimore to send along seamen by railroad but the boarding house keepers keepen there decline to furnish men hence none come it is thought from all the tiie facts acts related in connection with the Richmond switch disaster that there were some half dozen people lost whose bodies are not represented even by a single fragment recovered either the intense fire consumed them or they are in the water near the scene kene of the disaster frederick hessick of third st quarrelled quarrel led with his wife yesterday she called on a workman peter ritter to take him away in the struggle that followed hessick Hes res sieh sich was stabbed fatally ritter bitter was arrested captain thomas killed bythe by tile bodocs was the son of lorenzo thomas formerly adjutant general of tho army howe was the son of maj 1 marshall lar shall shail howe son in law of gen barny commandant of fortress monroe wright was the son of the lato late general george and nephew of the late general sumner NEW YORK 29 the indian commissioners in their discussion last ni night fht thought their most important field was among the sioux indians who number about 35 1000 many of whom may bo be disposed to give trouble if a satisfactory arrangement ran gement is not made with them in regard to the northern pacific railroad spotted tails talis band is restless because of the recent murder of some chiefs A rising is feared in the black River and powder hill country should a new now expedition tion seek to open that country the commissioners will have a council with the nez perces forces in the summer summey and they do not expect trouble wl ath ta the snakes snaked or other indians in the modoc country A new kew orleans dispatch says a detachment of the metropolitan brigade sent to livingstone parish met a strong crowd and resistance along the line the courier states that fighting commenced on sunday morning and he heard the booming of cannon during the day the force of armed citizens in the field is sad to be the body recently found in the river at the foot of seventh street brooklyn has been ascertained to be that of theodore schreiner the organist of st peters and st pauls paulb church williamsburg it is not known what led to his death he has been missing since feb 15 A dispatch from constantinople says the sultan of achenn has sent seni an official note to the sultan of turkey requesting him to act as arbitrator in settling the dispute with the dutch government the aggregate of supplies offeree the indian commissioners today to day amounted to fifty millions the prices were vere very low and competition greater than ever was known the price of the beef delivered ai a agencies amounting to thirty million pounds ranged from to per hundred bundred pounds flour per hundred pounds to I 1 wheat 90 0 cents per bushel to bacon loic per pound to co coffee to ac sugar bic to tobacco 39 c to goc soap bic i to saif eratus qc to salt lc to ac A large crowd was in attendance representing almost every western state and territory the opening of the bids occupied three hours and a half and it will take two or three days to make mate the awards ALBANY K N Y various ship owners presented a remonstrance today to day against the passage of the bill increasing the head money on immigrants alleging that the advantages to the state by immigration would justify the state in taking charge itself of sick and pauper immigrants belknap sheridan and party left to dabby steamer for new orleans via galveston they are expected to reach new orleans on wednesday the visit of these officers to this section has created the best feelings among the people eople who regarded it as 19 an ev evidence e ence enee t that i lat the government took an interest in frontier affairs SAN FRANCISCO 29 A street fight occurred last night between gleason contractor for tor the alms house and supervisor tim mccarthy several severe blows were exchanged when friends separated the combatants mccarthy was most injured the grand jury has ignored the charge of perjury against gleason the news from the lava bed this am caused the most intense excitement cit ement and it is the topic of universal conversation there seems to be no doubt that tyler curtis after marrying miss annie annle McKenzi ehas left the state victimizing his creditors severely miss mou mor mckenzie enzie enzle was seen to go on board ake steamer great je be puao on saturday and it is thought that curtis was concealed on board there are some however they saw them here on saturday night SAN FRANCISCO 1 29 19 the tho friends of tyler curtis assert their |