, 1855-04-28
News Ahcnd OF the Mail.


News Ahead Of the Mail.
BY the arrival at Port Ludlow of the
bark "Sarah Warren" Capt. d. j. Cove
10 days from San Francisco, we are placed
in possession of papers of that city, through
the politeness Of the Captain, to April 4th
from which we copy whatever may be
found of interest below Business in Sar
Francisco, and in fact throughout Calfor
MIA, is represented as exceedingly dull
money commanding ruinous rate of i'll
tercst-bankrnptcy, ruin and crime rapidly
increasing, and the general tendency oi
things presenting features adverse to the
wonted general prosperity. The lcgisla,
ture of California was in session at the
latest dates, but no acton had been had
on the Senatorial question. From the
Alta California we make the following ex.
tracts relative TO Utah territory, and other
matters in connection herewith, taken
from the Dcscra Nesrs. The alta says
1--WE see no mention in the papers be-
fore us of Col. Steptoe's appointment to
succeed Brigham Young as Governor OF
Utah, but the mail carrier Informs the
Los Angclos Star the news had reached
Salt Lake, and was received with great
dissatisfaction. Petitions were in circula-
tion praying for the re-appo;ntment Of
Gov. Young.
The Star also publishes the following,
received by the Pacific Express from Salt
Lake:
We are indebted to Mr.. Joseph g..
Fort, of the Pacific Express Company, for
the following interesting news, received by
express from Salt Lake Seven Pauyan
Indians who were engaged in the murder
Of Capt. Gunnison and party, some eigh-
teen months since, on the river Scviere,
about SO miles from Salt Lake, were cap
~iurcd about the 9Th inst by Col. Stepioe's
command, under charge Of Major Reynolds
and Lieut.. Allston. The prisoners were
delivered up by Co-noshe, the chief, with
out any trouble. They have taken the
prisoners to Salt Lake City, where they
were to be tried before the Hou j. H.
Kinney, chief justice of Utah territory, on
the lTih inst. Co-noshe, the chief, willing
ly consented to go with the officers as
witness. The Utah Indians are now camp
ed about GO miles from Salt Lake where
they have elected their new chief, (whose
name is Aropenc,) to fll the vacancy of
Walker, deceased They appear very
friendly, and will continue so long us Dr.
Hunt has charge of Indian affairs"
Walker, the somewhat famous Utah
chief died at Meadow creek, near Fillmore
City, on the 29th January. A letter to
Coy. Young concludes as follows =
The Pauvans came running into the
fort, and said that Walker was dead, and
the Utahs we're mad that they had killed
two squaws, and two Piede childtcn Ku-
nozshe, the Panran chief, sent US word to
dive up all our horses and cattfeS-and
keep out OF the canyons that the Utahs
intended 10 kill two PauVans and two Nor
mons, and great many cattle.
About eighteen of our people went out
in the morning, and found that the Ctahs
had killed two squaws, Piede prisoners, and
two Piede children, and about twelve or
fifteen of Walkers best horses. The
Pauvans said twenty horses.) They had
buried Walker with the letter, and all the
articles you sent TO him."
For number Of years Walker has head
ed the horse-stcaling Utahs in their semi
annual incursions into California, and his
name has been terror to the quiet ranch
eros in the south. Within the last six
years these Indians have stolen upwards cf
thousand horses from the rancheros in
Los Angeles county alone. Ho was in
some respects remarkable man, and is no.
ticed in the books of Fremont, Bcal, and
other travellers.
On the 18th Feb, Gov Young deliver
ed one Of his characteristic addresses in
the tabernacle. 1t occupies seven or eight
columns of the Deseret News. We copy
couple Of paragraphs, merely TO give our
readers an idea OF -Brigham's style:
have just as good rigl to say that
president Taylor is in hell as to say that
any other miserable sinner is there. Was
he any more than flesh and blood? have
as good right to canvass him, in Il relig-
lous point Of view. as have to canvass the
peasant upon the dung-hll. He has gone
there, and SO have many Others and the
Lord Almighty is removing the bitter bran
ehes, as foretold in the Book Of Mormon