The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-05-27

-. I"'Ne MAY is.
IN" Republican In, t,,cr,,i ,hc r'nwing n,idi.
'nnnl particulars ~, ,hr tinh ncwA Nnm Mr.
Eauis',. VIM ,rn Cnnr Scott "n the 18th Arrl
Whit" hts ,unNrmo,inn dn"S "" M,iy c"t,"hntn,"
,h" n"ws nlr",'ly r,,"n Il lea "rsn n" 'rnm "pn"s.
n,n "" fact tina, g. "rrn"t ,Wmmint hal rn,rr.
III salt tnkr C,,y,
rrl Eanr. wEn was scn, rn, ne peace rom.
missinner Nia tnhr,n,a, arrived n, Sal, Lake ~
tho 25th W c,'ma,v. "" r"manrl thrrr rich
iar,, ard 'hrr ttrrrrlrd tot amp Srn,, IT. nr.
,",war,te Grpu'n,lv passed r,"m tho rnmr to n
r,"r "f r"ni",rnrc with the leading Murmons
outside cr thu riiv.
In pursuance "f negotiations ,h~n cnt~rcd in.
4" Governor Cumming len Camp Sect, for the
cit "n tho 5ih nf Art nnd was mot hv n prn.
tl"mnn IN the Nth. two DAYS travel frNrn thr city.
l,r was accompanied hv i'o, I.nnc. n.rt csror, cd
hv Porter. Rockwell. Eran and other mrrmons.
His arrival was anticipated n, Salt l.nkr on the
llth, aud handsome apartments had been pro-
vidc, for his reception.
A gentleman we'll informed about the Nor.
mons aud Just from Salt Lake. told tho Rcrubli.
cans informant TINT the general frrGng in the
city was in favor Of rcacr, only portion or the
leaders advocating resistance
scouting party, in chatg" Of g. +. Fickling,
nh"ut Wins" safety npprchcnsi"ns had been felt,
had returned to camp.
| Provision trains ioi Camp Scott left Fort Lara
mi" on the 9th of April. Col. Hoffman was 10
leave the next day.
Capt. Mnrcv, with horses and mucs and uhout
| thr"" thousand sheep, was heard from on the
| Cherokee trail two hundred miles south Of Fort
| Laramie. lie had not been joined by the troops
| detailed by Gen. Garland, but was waiting their
arrival when heard from. Ills progress was
very slow. hut lie would reach Camp Scott by
| the Goth of May.
| The mail party experienced heavy rains east
of Fort Laramie, and report the roads in wretch
| cd condition.
Mc<srs. Powell and Mccullough. the official
peace commissioners, were met on the 9th of MAY;
twenty miles from For, Kcarncy.
Ichierrmcmts IF Americnn OEccrs-Thc AL
| bany Evening journal, of the lllh says:
"The ftrato Expedition is returning. They
report feasible communication hctwecn the
oceans, south of Daricn. Their discoveries arc
another proof Of the services rendered TO science
| by American officers. Our naval end army men
are the most successful explorers In the world.
llcrndon discovered the unknown sources of the
| Amazon. Kane discovered tho hidden Polar
| Sea- Wilkes discovered the Antartic Continent
Emory followed The windings of the Ga. Ere
mont tracked the passes Of the Rocky Noun.
tains Gilss climbed the unsurnountable peaks
of the Andes. Commodore Perry penetrated the
inaccessible ports Of japan. Within the past
three years officers have discovered n dozen
railroad routes the pathlcss deserts and ell
tangled forests To California; and our Coast Sur
vcy has mapped on, shoals, covcs and cvcrcladr.
| hitherto dcci,!cd TOO labarvutiian even for In
| dams and wildcats. No swamp, Sea, ain
| or wood is SO intricate that corps Of American
blue jackets will not find their way in, and Gu,
oft again, bringing hack pictures Of all its beasts
birds, plants, fishes, and ii MAJ, of all its hear.
ii:gs. dimensions and distances, as precise Il:
those by which city lots are sold for taxes.