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me Wyoming massacre.paragraph Is going the rounds of the papers,macing the recent death of Captain DanielkRRIV1L OPrn, of Wvalusing. Penn., of whom it isW vJd that he was the last survivor of theming Mus-acre. A correspondent uf theThlt; Peace Omgreff— Tine Yet Agreed Upon—.1? Sardinia a* a Greatsit Union Democrat writes to correct this iPhoeuis CuMpiratijrineut, and gives the following interestingAtlY*rr \1 hiCuuu.d steam.-LLiv ipool 0*1 the mcrnii April, urriv d ;tt New V llnb.The advices iruin EurThere ar - two survivor- of that massacre living u-.ar this place—John Whitaker, otord. Broome couaiv. and Beni. Whitaker, ol•*pkius. D* law are county. Thlt; *r lather, re Whitaker, with hi.- family of a wife and children, removed from Goshen. Orange j _, • * « t I* * • I I ! !U11‘ f VI vlt* •ity. N. i.. hi li«.. to Wyalu.-iog, purchased m, had it well .-tucked, and was iu easy cir-stanccs. in July. 177b. on the alaimcaused 1Lord Derby’s ministrmtL‘ Commons on the neAccording to reliabh irian govtrnm* ut hadhe rumor of the approa*.h of the Indians and j Bud*-n shouid be tl es under Butler, he. w ith many ol his neigh- ' *ke I,J*op* *•' * Coug*«-**., r*her* moved with hi.- family to Fort Jennings, j ]i~ r‘,i^ lo 'lu• west side of the river. All the men. ex- j l^n \° AuMi ». lea few left to take care of the women and \‘on. \;'al ^, UJUt * 1 Iren and defend the Fort, went to meet the J ’ ui*“ S latiway aim teoy, and none returned. After the battle and ; saere, Mr. Whitaker vva- one oi those who aiued and had command of the Fort Alterdestruction o! Fort Forty. F**rt Jennings was j meeting wiii probably.sted aud summoned tu surrender. Whitaker j the place ol meeting ret tulatd, and agreed to surrender the FortThe Dre.-den Journal *ers inav be regarded as* *preliminaries of the CoA despatch from rar all the arm-, on condition of having their J ga..g .« and nronertv snared. iand property spared The IndiansThe following is thewere principally Mohawks. | nt*,cai ^airs t-I’iedmom ares *bil Turearoras, accooipaaied by a \ j | t:«t- Con^ree? ;i£ one number oi Tories, aud all commauded bv er. The faces ol ail those iu the f ort w uAustria and Russia havintC-her admission on any of het t/hApainted by the Indians, in order to disti l- j U th( Jta!um Thei thlt; m from others not entitled to the bene- ; ujwQ d,.maud* lt;i that 1*f the capitulation. i guflcred to euter the Cpi Tiwinary condition?John Whitaker was then five years old. and | its commencement, sv d he well remembers hearing the cri-s at the ' should only 1m* permit! sac re, and of seeing the Indians: of - ei.ig deliberations when call Indian w;th live guns, which he threw downtie Fort u» th..y came in to paint tii/r laces, j render it even doubt fat the surrender, the Whitaker.-, relying on will Ik* 1 -asible. on* ojtreaty, returned to their larm ; but in a few Piedw/tH should disarm.s the Mohawk ind.au-id: for Cherry Valley, j (0 do.ing be* n s* it* for by Brant, leaving the Del-*■.res and Tuscaroras. who disregard, d the'pact and began to pu.der and burn. Ac . ; «,•* cn”,,.- part of Lor the W h, takers start* d tor Orange county i*y . lt;tffi p c„!n(n,.ud uThe London J\nm aithr o ii w prr. aud Ktoretoot Stroudsburg, with on.y an hour’s notice. , UMmi.u ,,r h,. oWQ n ing all tnetr property except wnut thevId carry on tm ir back-.B* niamin Wlktuk r wu.- then two year? old.. %• *his mother strapped him on a large p wt* r ter. on which .-he c..rrf lt;1 him. u.i her back.lie still preserves the platthe-e tba.. Cu milesied up some things and put n his shoulders, j 1 be Belfast jury had leeaukd the load till they arrived ou the April, aud -v. loctt dJohn says hi- mother t*»' k a calami..k .-uir: tit he aware.The party stiffen d great hardships and ger On arriving at .Stroudsburg tin y * x-.ed to tin j some Government stores, but weretrial of fifteen being members ol thlt; 1 society—commenc d at bl-t ait . and in lv- rrySullivan (the jury beiuurst »ti) was u^aiiA d- -patch from Tr;, night. - a*. - Dani.-l Sfaulty, atid liteaced t‘tudtt.jipt i:.l d. .V •tty a A tpa% .a i ;*i r#ri«— - * » ~ * I t 7 1 I 'U ' *tut- Delaware rivt r. i of irtot^ iii. 1l lecture lt;tlrttea miles further, toe, just below Walpack betid, lived two farm- J j lir, i ;lt;ui ton adjoining farm-, uaiued \ a.i Camp, in , CafuoLcs. a numberw ho lived where they first came to the rivt r. i ami oth« rs received -i a Tory. Nearly exhausted and fami.-hed, | b-.tuds el the mob. y applied for fuud and were driven away bywoman with cur.-e.-. and a wish that the inns Lad kill lt;J them all at Wyoming with liners. The pal tv then went on to the next ifc, owned by a brother lt;u the former- aig. On arriving at th gale tin* good womanle out with a great k-ai of bread, teliin.An explosion bud t ii rv* ygu: pe vd r w Loudon. Sevi n men w m: v more wounded.11The St. Petersburg Gaz from the h* ad of the p'sy to ruu and get the knife and cut it up. On j ^ negotiation ot th* A\ y’s doing so, she cut it up and divided it b'l ty-two millions fiori: ong them, tm* tear.-streaming down her cheeks. 1 re oran -. d* clan lt;1le she express*-d th«; warme-tsympathy. Aft -i sfying their hung r. she told them to go intoyard aud eat all the cherries they wanted, ofch they gladly availed themselves, aud. after milted on board of v-.-which iet rdicts foreignThe Paris Paine at utience ol the murdefsting rested, started agaiu on their weary rney, tiieir faces .-till retaining the paint pu* Gy the Indians. After traveling u short dss-ce th**y met friends from Orange county with ses. coming to inquire after them and aid tln m.* balance of their journey w a.- then made com atively easy.tation of Chiuese em American Minister, bathe protestation of his be grant' d to the ship ships engaged iu the ClTh * Secretary ol th d* d that every sea cajich, with the spoils, he started back. The pk* of Orange county, and Sussex county, w Jersey, collected, pursued, aud overtook a near Lackawack. w here the Miuis’nk battle s hjugbt. in which the whites were defeated.1 nearly all -lam. Mr. W. wavs among the jlodged in convenient seaport, lbr the convenThe ratification of a and the United States 1of persons w ho embezz* „er- i„,t ivTnrdj ;■ 7 I ury or of compauies-a Providential cireum.-tance. | ,.vs left b*. hind, aud thus was i-partd. A brother tned B* !ij*min Was al-o a survivor, thoughuni d by two balls, one through the breastcompromised in the ex and Is Id—has been e\I one through the arm, and chased through j • river by an Indian, miraculously escaped.^ i 1 •Iu 1 »tC Mr. Whitaker and familv removed makeThe s**mi-official Cor Madrid states that the a gentleman, uatrfamily removed j mai£e surveys for const the Delaware, first stopping a year at Che- m communication wi .king (or H vncock) and then at the place I rivers, for uniting the ere Joan Mhituker now lives w here his lather . Atlantic. T1k* startii lt;r d. He is new eighty-six years old, aud enjoy- an is to be Los Aik; unusually eood health. He remembers di's-etly many ot the incidents of those days ot tl. aud the writer is indebt d to him for the ■ticulars above hastily penned.”sone are so seldom found alone, and are so u t:red of their own company, us the cox-abs a Lo are ou the best terms w ith themseives.the Elro ; the poiut ofBay ol Biscay. The si ted iu two years.The survey, plans, mate- for the propos e iug been completed, at: work huviug been re contractors, at a cost
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Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Apr 27, 1859
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