The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-05-05

The Lexington Erpositor, of the 9th ult., says:
On Saturday night last, passengers on the steamer
Admiral. lust down from LeavenwOrth brought
the startling news that Colonel Johnstons force
had been attacked by the Mormons under Brigham
Young, and badly defeated-the Mormons capturing
thirteen pieces of artillery. The story goes that
two messengers had Just arrived from the scene OF
action with dispatches for Governments; of them
proceeded Immediately to Washington. The st.
Louis Democrat seems to think that this is hoax
The court-martial upon General Twiggs has
closed at Newport Barracks. The evidence for the
defence went to show that the General entertained
no intention of showing contempt to the authority
of the President, and that he considered the act for
which he is court-martialed as simply performance
of his duty officer. The offence charged is the
censure of an officer whose acquittal by a court
martial was approved by the President. thereby
implying contempt of superior authority. The re-
vision of the decision of the court-martial in this
like all similar military cases. is to take place
at Washington. so the verdict is still a secret
The trial of VIM. s. Tuckerman, for the robbery
OF the mails between Boston and New York. ended
at New Haven Friday. The prisoner pleaded
guilty to all the counts in the indictment thirtv-four
in number. The chain of evidence was so complete
and convincing that the defence was Abandoned
The penalties attached to the offences to which he
pleads guilty are very heavy. In the aggregate
they would amount to more than the average length
OF lifetime. She prisoner has entirely lost the air
of careless indifference which he assumed at the
commencement of the trial, and appears to realize
the position in which he is placed. Tuckerman was
to have been sentenced yesterday.
The Aroostook Pioneer gives the following as the
terms of the State of Main to actual settlers upon
the public lands: ono one person is allowed to take
more than two hundred acres-for this the settler
is required to pay so cents per acre, not an cash,
but in labor, making his own roads. Aside from
these certain 'settling duties which the law re-
uuires to be done-within two wears some improye-
ments must be made, house built and occupied by
the settler and his family if he has one,-and with
in four years he must have fifteen acres cleared ten
of which must be well laid down to grass These
are the principal points.
While Capt. Prindle, with gang of men, was en-
gagged in dischargng cargo of wood from vessel
at the Railroad Dock, Bridgeport, Conn., on Fri
day, they were set upon by body of some fifty
Irishmen, who declared that the should not
day.. While Capt. Prindle was employed in piling
up the wood. they threw it upon him from the
pile, telling him that if he did not get out of the
way they would bury him alive, &C. Capt. P.
called in the assistance of officer, who arrested
two of the ringleaders and locked them up.
INJUNCTION TO PREVENT THE DESIGNATION OF A
New STATE PAPER.-ALBANY, May 3.-An injunc-
ton issued this morning, at the suit of Thur
low Weed Co., proprietors of the Erening Jour
nal, prohibiting Gideon ]. Tucker, Secretary of
State, Sandford Z. Church. Comptroller and Isaac
Vanderpool, State Treasurer, from designating
new State paper instead of the Journal. The in
junction having been issued by single Judge, and
without the notice required by the law of 1851, has
cuted a contract with the Atlas and Argus
THE UTAH RE1NroRcEMENrs.-The reinforcements
going out to Utah, under Gen. Smith, consist of
three light batteries of artillery, commanded by
Captains Barry, Hunt, and Reynolds; twelve compa-
MES of cavalry, commanded by Col. E. V. Sumner:
ten companies of foot artillery, commanded bv Bre-
vet Col John Munroe; eight companies of sixth in
fantry, commanded by Lieut.. Col. George Andrews;
ten companies OF seventh infantry, commanded by
Lieut.. Col. Pitcairn Morrison detachment of san
nd m n of
an aggregate OF 252 officers and s, 445 men.
THE UrAH PEACE COMMISSIONERS Leaven
worth correspondent of the st. Louis Republican
states that the Peace Commissioners, Messrs. McCu-
lock and Powell, left for Utah the 25th with an
escort of six men. The movement to occupy the
Platte district awaits the arrival of Gen. Persfer F.
smith. There now at the Fort, ready for ser
vice, fifteen hundred cavalry horses, two hun
dred artillery horses, and thirty-fve hundred
mules.
In the Messiila Valley, it seems, corps has been
recently organized, STYLED the ssMessilla Guard"
whose purpose is to protect the inhabitants
Oh the valley from the inroads of the Indians but,
from recent demonstrations it would seem as if they
were determined to WELD their powers in another
way Recently, they have attacked some inoffen
sive Indians in the county of Dona Anna and killed
more or less OF the number; and not satisfied with
this, they have entered the State of Cbihuabua ond
there Killed thirteen more Indians it said without
provocation.
iHS mas Incorporated the follnw;pr,
gentlemen Neo York La,c Coleqe:~TbnmOamsi ny y
Andrews, NJ. D., Charles King, Isaac Ferris H. ~
ace Webster, George Wood, L. II. Sanford, imasa
j. Parker, Valentine Mott, w. C. Moves and Dan,i
T. Tiemann. They are empowered to confer the
degree of Bachelor of Laws and to teach local eva
else. They are to admit five free students every
year from the Free Academy to their lectures
Dennis Sullivan, tried and convicted of murder
in the county OF 0swego, N. Y. was sentenced to
be hung on the I'd of April On the representation
that the unfortunate man had become insane the
Governor put off the day of execution to the 7th of
May. lie has since been examined and pronounced
perfectly sane; but the Executive, in order to give
him time to prepare for the doom that awaits him.
has further respted the sentence until the 2lst of
May.
On Saturday evening, says the Philadelphia
Penns1franian Maretzek and his sub-leader who so
uncercm oniously left the Opera House few even
ings ago. made their appearance in the lobby of the
Academy of Music. And the feeling against these
gentlemen was so strong that one of them had to
make a sudden retreat through ''side door" and
the other was taken in charge of by the police for
the purpose of protecting him from violence.
The Choctaw Herald, of the 26th of March, saws :
The Legislature adjourned on last Monday night,
after being in session eight days. They did great
deal of work in that time. Some very important
Jaws were passed.