Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-12-17


! The UTAH ExpED1rIoa.-W continue tC
| receive melancholy tidings from our unfortu
nate expedition to the Salt Lake. What The
western pioneers and mountain men so conll
IDENTIFY predicted, has come to pass. They fore
told the periis of tho trains in the mountain
defiles, among the snow storms of winter, the
suffering from Mormon depredations, the per-
ishlng of the animals for lack of forage and
all in fact, over which we are now lamenting.
What will be the eventual fate of our handful
OF troops bereft of all their supply trains, it is
difhcult to imagine. Despair may force them
TO the extremity of storming the Mormon cap
ltal TO secure winter refuge and provisions, and
IN that case their bravery and discipline, and
the skill of their officers, may atone for the
great odds against them.
When we reflect that these things do not re-
suit from fortuitous circumstances, but werc
well known to be the sure dangers OF the sea-
son and the situation, it is surprising that the
Administration should have permitted Cover
nor Walker, or anybody else, to interfere with
It's plans by delaying the troops so long in
Kansas under the pretext of suppressin
troubles IN that territory. At the moment when
the army Incorporating to start, Walker arrest
ed its movement and carried several hundred
men and the General commanding to Law
renee, on a FOOLS errand to put down fcti-
| tious revolt. The simple organization Of q
| municipal government in that prosecuted city
was distorted into an insurrection, and the
troops who are now suffering in the Mormon
country were taken to the free soil settlement
to lie idle there for month oil two. There
was not even the pretence of doing aught to
to remedy the alleged revolt. When the troops
got to Lawrence they were not used, nor have
they ever been since for the purpose announ-
ced.
1t is plain, then, that the consequences of
the hlpless occurre noes now taking place in
Utah rest with Walker. But we cannot refrain
from expressing our regret that tho War De-
partment at Washington permitted this unwar-
rantable meddling with SO important an enter
prise. The troops set apart for tho Utah ex-
pedition should have been made subject to no
orders Of delay or recall from mere local civil
government officers. When sent upon dis.
tant and hazardous enterprise, they ought to
have been perempt0rily forbidden to do any
thing calculated to interfere with that special
duty.
OF the enormous losses sustained by the
Mormon attacks upon the supply trains, most
persons have, perhaps, little idea. There were
in all some thirteen hundred wagons, or near
ly one for every soldier In the command. The
cattle for slaughter were probably not less nu-
merous. No doubt the reader will be aston
ished at these statistics, but the truth is that
the supplies we're prepared for an expedition
double the size Of that actually sent out and
when the number of troops was diminished
at the last moment, the supplies remained as
at first. The money wasted in this abortive
undertaking by the insane folly of somebody
would have suffered for an expedition more
than sufficient to conquer the rebellious Nor
mons at blow. Next season we shall proba-
bly, achieve that feat with more difficulty and
treble the necessary cost.-N. fine, ican.
SUEFERNGs OF TIE SOLID MEs OF BosroN.-
This year will long be memorable as the
most disastrous to the property of our citi-
zcns known within the present century. The
only class of persons or capitalists that have
escaped are the owners of real estate well To-
Gated in the city, the holders Of state or city
securities, and the holders of first class mort
cages. These remain firm, while all others
are more or less involved in ruin, Ivy the al
most total destruction of many classes Of per-
sonal property. The unwise capitalists who
changed their safe Investments that were yiel-
ding them six per cent per annum, to dabble
in corporation and business paper, have had
cautious about such operations in future. The
persons who have BEEN the projectors of the
immense expensive manufacturing establish
ments, find their Investments gone. Persons
in the jobbing trade find their means locked
up in deprecated stocks of goods, or in pro-
tested notes due them from suspended palties
at the West and in New England. The mer-
camille interest has suffered to as great an ex-
tentas any other and commercial men will
will find themselves crippled for many years.
Ships and cargoes have alike deprecated, and
a long time must elapse before the losses arc
ascertained, the goods sold, the money attain
ed and the voyages settled up.
Many of these persons are looking forward
with interest to see what dividends will be paid
in January, as they need the funds to meet
their bills at the first of the year.
We hear of the case of a gentleman OF this
city who was appointed trustee of the estate
of a deceased person and guardian OF some
minors, and who, thinking safety should be
mainly consulted in the investment Of the
funds thus committed 70 him, sold off, the
stocks of various corporations belonging to
tho estate, and invested the proceeds in State
and city securities, where he is sure of six per
cent interest. The appraised value Of this
property was about $l6O, ,O00two years ago.
The difference to day between the market value
of the stocks sold and the securities now held
by the party, is no less thanforty thousand DOL
lars.
1t is reported in financial circles that the
personal estate Of an opulent merchant who
died in Boston less than four years ago, valu-
cd in 1854 at ST. 800 600, and consisting mainly
of railway shares and bonds has shrunk so
much during the past two years that the de-
probation is more than million of dollars.
1t is stated that the manufacturing stocks
owned by a single family have deprecated
more than million Of dollars in value within
two years. The personal property of many In
dividuals has faded away during the present
year like I" dissolving views" and the surprise
attending the change is similar in many re-
spects to that which usually attends those nov
el exhibitions.
The HONE OF ELEAzER WILLIAMS, THE WIS
coNsIN BoURBoN.--The Great Bay Advocate
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