The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-08-05

circulation that Brigham Young has
written letter to President Buchanan
expressing his qualification at the pros
poet of being relic we'd from the govern.
ment of Utah. aud promising that the
federal officer s,to be sent thither, will be
kindly treated, provided they attend TO
their legitimate business.
Judge Stiles, District Attorney Hook
adv and Marshal Totson, Federal officers
for Utah, Join 10 card emphatically con.
traIicting the reports from that terrific.
ry, extensively published in the newspa.
pers, which charged David H. Burr, late
Surveyor General Of Utah, with having
committed frauds upon the government,
overcharging incidental expenses, and fall
styling the position of the Mormons.
Washington, July %.
The instructions to Gov. Cumming
were completed to-day. They are brief
and specific. He is to see that the laws
Of the United States are faithfully exc.
cuted. No man in Utah is to be affec.
ted for bis political or religious opinions
: but held responsible for his conduct.
Should the civil authorities be unable to
enforce the laws, military forces are then
to be employed. While Gov. C.'s pow
ers are ample, for all practical purposes,
much is confded to his discretion.
st. Louis. Jnly. 90. .
The Republican publishes the affidavit
of Curtis E. Bolton deputy clerk Of the
Supreme Court Of Utah. 1t is addres.
sed to Attorney General Black, and the
seal Of the Court is attached to it. Mr..
Bolton declares that the statements of
Judge Dfummond are false regarding the
destruction Of the records Of the Court,
that they are all safe in his custody, not
one missing, and that no person has ever
disturbed them.
A GENERAL INDIAN WAR THREATEN.
ED IN Observation-Disclosures, Iona July
27.-St Paul (Minnesota) dates to the
Goth inst, are to hand. An express
from the Sioux Agency had arrived, and
reported that 5000 Indians were defy.
ing the United States troops, and that
renewal of hostiities was unavoidable.
The settlers we're flying to the forts for
protection. Gov. Medary, Of Minnesota
was endeavoring TO preserve the peace.
He sustains the action Of the Superin'
tendent of Indian affairs, in suspending
the payment of the annuities until the
Sioux Nation deliver up the infamous
band Of murderers, who, under the com.
mand Of Ipk.pa. du.ta, massacred nearly
hundred settlers at Spirit Lake, and
carried off Mrs. Marble and her compan
ions as captives. This the Sioux refuse
to do. and are trying to bring about
collision with the government troops
A telegraphic despatch from Mr.. Floyd
the Unitsd States Secretary of War, re-
fusipg the request Of Gov. Medary for
arms, and authority to raise volunteer
companies among the settlers for the de-
fence of the territory, occasioned some
excitement Two hundred men had pre-.
| pared themselves and were deter aimed
to march if need be, for the protection Of
of the frontier.
The Democratic section of the Con.
stitutional Convention had not yet organ
ICED.
Washington. July 90.
The Secretary Of War has received a
despatch from Fort Smelling, Minnesota
Of the 25,b inst, informing him that tho
Sioux indians havo acceded to every
thing required of them By the General
Government and are now quiet
PRoSLAvERY MOB IN Kentucky
MINISTER'S DRAGGED FROM THE PULPIT
AND DRIVEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY Last
Sunday week as Rev. John G Fee. the
we'll known auti.slavery minister oe KY,
was preaching ct Cummins, Rockcastle
county, Ky, an armed mob forced their
way into the church, seized him and two
other ministers who were with him. Rev.
j. Richardson, and Rev. j. M. Mclean
and after abusing and insulting them,
finally decided that they should be taken
out of the county. Mr.. Fee was struck
on the head and considerably injured.
On the way out-a distance Of about ten
miles-every opportunity was improved
by the mob to insult and abuse their vic
Tins, and they heralded through the
neighborhood they passed, that they had
three horse thieves and niger thieves
aud that they were going to lynch them.
The mob was composed Of the lowest
class Of Kentuckians, and all of them
DRINK j yet such is the state Of public
opinion that it would be useless to pros
ecute. Cummins has long been an anti.
slavery place but the immediate cause Of
the outrage was the attempt to establish
q school there. Schools arc regarded as
most dangerous and ince ndiary institu.
tions in that part Of Kentucky.
From THU WESTERN PLAINS -Advi.
ces from Fort Laramie to June 90,
state that the overland emigration this
year is immense. and that not less than
40 900 head of cattle are on the road
from Missouri alone. There are ru.
mors from Fort Kearney that the Chey.
ennes, Arapahoes and Kiowss had form,
ed league against the whites, and are
waiting in a hostile attitude near there
among them ia little white girl whom
they captured, who has no use Of her
bands, the savage having cut the sinews
of her wrists. There are strong pros.
poets Of their receiving chastisement
from Col. Summers troops.