The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-23
Atlantic Items.

Hon. w. w. Drummond, Justice OF
the Supreme Court for Utah Territory,
has sent in his resignation to the Attorney
General of the United States alleging as
his reason, the impossibility properly of
fulfilling the duties Of that office while
the Territory emains under the unlimited
control of Brigham Young and the other
Mormon leaders. This movement will
at least accomplish very desirable result.
bringing the legal authority of the gov
ernment in direct conflict with the Nor
mon ruler, and promising an early settle
ment of the vexed question whether the
Mormons are to have absolute and un-
controlled sway in the West, in spite of
all opposition.
Ex-Governor Geary returned to Wash
ington on Friday morning, to close his
official relations with the Government.
He declares his intention to make no fur
ther public explanations of his actions,
but allow the people to decide upon his
conduct from their own data.
Lola Montez got into difficulty at the
Louisville KY. Theater, short time ago.
1t was her benefit, and Lola requested
that the green baize floor cloth should be
replaced by carpet. To this the mana
ger demurred, and general public squab-
BILE followed. The manager made a
speech to the audience, after which Lola
made one. Then Lola refused to dance
at all, and the money was returned to the
audience.
On the 11th April, two men were
hung by mobs in Iowa.
On the 10th April, destructive fire
occurred at Alton, Illinois. The loss was
about $4,000.
Letters from Florida ofthe 18th March,
give the results of the attempts of Gen.
Harvey against the Indians, as very much
of the old order. He has made several
attempts to capture them, and the dis
patch says that if he "had been two min
utes sooner he would have taken some of
them" As it was, he captured none, and
the Indians, so far, have the best of it.
-Four men were shot at Plattsburgh,
Nebraska, March 10Th, for that peculiar
squatter offence known as claim Jump
ing" and five others banished from the
Territory under pain Of DEATH A vigil
ance committee were the actors on The
occasion.
1t is rumored that Sam Houston will
be the Know Nothing candidate for Gov
ernor of Texas.
A terrible conhagration took place at
Baltimore on the 14th April. A number
OF large warehouses were DESTROYED
among them Fairbanks & Cos Scale Fac
tory. The loss was about half mil
lion of dollars. Several lives were lost
A massacre of white settlers had taken
place on the 9th March at Spirit Lake,
Iowa, by band of Sioux Indians.
At the Charter election in the city of
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 9th April, the
Democratic ticket was elected by 800
majority.
A singular conspiracy was discovered
on the 18th April. The avowed object
was the release If Charles B. Huntington,
the forger, from Sing Sing. A man ma
med John Scatchard, recently from New
Orleans, has beed arrested as one of the
principals in this plot.
Considerable freshets had taken place
in the Penobscot and Piscataway Rivers !;
on the latter five bridges had been carried
away.
The season has been very backward at
the South the frost in the vicinity of
Augusta, Ga, has killed all the cotton,
corn and wheat crops.
Hon. Wm B. Reed, late District At
torney of Philadelphia, has been appointed
by President Buchanan to the mission to
China, and will proceed at once to his
destination. The U. S. steamer Mime
! sofa is at once to be put in state of pre-
paration, aud sail with other vessels for
the China seas.
The Post Office Department invites
proposals until the Ist June for CARRYING
the entire letter mail overland from the
Mississippi to San Francisco in four horse
coaches, semi monthly, weekly and semi
weekly.
The Department of the Interior has
nearly completed the arrangements for
the construction of the wagon road.
Navigation on Lake Ontario opened
about the 5th Of April. On that day sew
eral arrivals took place at Oswego.