Show from the california mail route the following letter referred to in our last number was crowded out C S L AT ROUTE nov 24 1859 1839 EDITOR NEWS DEAR SIR in a previous letter I 1 told you that mr robert clift formerly of san bernardino california and recently a subagent sub agent on this road had been missing for some weeks As he had many acquaintances and friends throughout this territory who will be anxious to hear about him perhaps you will give publicity to the following brief particulars gleaned from the in indians lians ily lly by mr amos R wright son of judge wright of box elder mr clift a few weeks ago undertook to cross over from simpsons Simp sons route to the humboldt having no trail to follow and but little provision the indian with whom mr wright 0 talked said he had advised mr nir C not to go that way or if he did to travel in the night it appears after he had been out a few days he came accidentally to an indian camp and being very hun bun hungry ry not having C had anything to eat for some time 1 he asked th them em for food which they refused ile he staid there that night picketed his mule out and laid down to to sleep in the night an indian stepped up and stabbed him ip lii the left side and then cut his throat from ear to ear another states that he was first shot then stabbed and finished by cutting his throat we cannot ascertain whether it was done by Shosho nees or pi utes they each chang charge the commission of the deed on the other probably both had bad a hand band in it i this is the indian version of the affair and probably nearly correct as he must have been well armed and unless attacked unawares would have been a match for more than one or two of the bloodthirsty blood thirsty sa savages lie ile was formerly sheriff of san bernardino bernarding county a gentleman in his manners and much respected by those who knew him parker dyer agents of Aless diess rs brady co passed here day before yesterday and informed me that it was their intention to withdraw all their stock and men from thiis this mail route so soon as they could get to carson and see mr B and that hereafter the mail would be delivered in placerville erville to geo authorized agent placed there ther there to receive it by mr 11 II E egan ean an the weather bas has been very s stormy tormy here for a few days a great deal of snow has fallen which will soon grow beautifully less however beneath the genial rays of the sun when once it can get a shine shines on it this is probably the opening of the ball for winter winte r but I 1 think we shall if have a good deal of open weather yet last winter we had considerable clear dear pleasant weather until the beginning 0 of february the Bannac Bann acks kg made their promised descent but for some reason have not molested the stock at any of the mail stations they drove off everything that went on four legs from the indian farm in ruby valley but were compelled vied to leave the cattle as they could not drive riv I 1 e them fast enough the cattle returned to the farm the mules have not been and will not be recovered SIRIUS |