The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-10-06
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
THURSDAY MORNING, oCToBERs q, 1853.


LATEST FROM UrAH-The latest intelligence
from Utah Is brought by the Salt Lake mail, which
arrived at Independence ON Wednesday, of last
week Among the passengers was J. NJ Bcrnhisel,
Delegate to Congress.
The Indians had been very troublesome in Utah,
killing many persons. The Governor had Issued a
proclamation calling all the military forces of the
Territory into service He had also ordered a
wall to be built around the city 20 feet high and
thick, with y d: ditch on the outside.
body Of nifty armed men had been sent out but
no captures nad been made. Hot work ia antici.
pated.
Maj. Fitzpatrick, having distributed the coods,to
the Indians at Fort Laramie, would return SOON
THE JAPAN ExPED1rIoN.-The intelligence
brought by the Baltic, of the progress of the Japan
Expedition is OF such highly interesting nature
that we are justified in devoting more space to it
than that occupied by the telegraphic despatches
The Commodore, with the steamers Susauehanna
and Powhatan and the ships of war Plymouth and
Issaratoga left Loochoo the Sd of July for Japan
While the fleet was in the neighborhood of Napi
can, Cor more probably Napakiang,) the Susquehan
ma and Saratoga went on a cruise Eastward, and
touched at several beautiful islands, where they
distributed live stock. They also touched at an
island named Bonian. To their surprise they dis
covered few European residents, consisting of
English, Scotch, Irish and Spanish who had left
whalers and established themselves there. Amongst
them were about eleven women. The Governor of
the island is Scotchman. He claims the island as
his own, and has been settled there about twenty
years. He has family of Averal children, one OF
whom was drowned few days before the Susque-
hanna touched there, in endeavoring to cross the
bar. Atthis place the Commodore madeJhis pur-
chase of ten acres of land for governments coal
depot at cost of fifty dollars. The island is noun
| famous, and the harbor excellent, having from
eighteen to twenty fathoms of water at the anchor
age Shellish, such as Holsters and craysh abound;
there are plenty of wild goats, while plums bana-
mas, plantains, and other varieties of fruit, are
abundant on the island
AS the Japan expedition is now approaching its
destination, future accounts will be looked for with
interest.
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GossIp-We compile
the following news from the Washington Star of
Tuesday evening:
Moses A. Pearce, of New York city, who has here
tofore been regarded aman ofhigh character and
standing has been arrested for fraud on the Pension
Office.
The Secretary of the Navy has gone on tour of
inspection among the Navy Yards of the North.
An important Fugitive Slave Law question has
just come up in Washington. On Monday last
the Department of the Interior received a letter
from Col. Wynkoop U. s. Marshal of the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, to the following effect:
He notifies the Secretary that three of his depu.
ties were on thepoint of being arrested on State
warrant tor seeking to execute warrant from Mr.
Justice Greer, of the Supreme Court of the United
States, commanding him to arrest William Thomas
negro claimed by Isham Keith, of Fauquier coun-
ty, Virginia, as his runaway slave who was said to
be In Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, whittier they
were sent after him. and searched for him without
avail. "
Inc state warrant charges them with melting to
riot, or something OF that kind, and the Marshal
writes for permission to employ counsel. He is
said to have been promptly answered by the Secre.
tary (by telegraph) lose no time in consulting the
U. 8 District Attorney. and taking any measures
with reference to counsel &C., which that function
ary might deem necessary; assuring him, too, that
the Department and the whole Government here
are determined, at all hazards and at any cost to
carry out the provisions of the law of September
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