The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-23
LATEST NEWS FROM IrTAu

Nav 80, 1858.
The mail reached here yesterday, (28th \ being
the first weekly mail received under the new con-
ract with Hockey, Burr & Co.
Two expresses also came in from Fort Laramie.
one bringing dates later than heretofore received
by 1t we received the Presidents proclamation in
regard to Odh traitors, also the orders sendino Cen
erals Smith and Harvey and others to this Terrific
ry.
The commissioners, Gov. Powell and Major Nc
Culloch, are below, and are looked for with conf
dence tomorrow also Capt. Lowell 9th infantry
with the advanced detachment of Col Uoiinan' :
command. We have had but uery short rafious tn
subslst upon for several DAYS in fact all wouId
nave peen exhausted had it not been for the oppor-
tune arrival OF Lieut.. Armstrong, I'd DRAGONS
two days since with seventy head Of oxen. Colonel
honman VIII arrive with his large train of 200
mule and 100 OK wagons in about seven DAYS feel
assured that as soon as he comes ND Gen Johnston
VIII push forward with his command unless orders
are recevedl IN the mean time to await the action of
the COMMISSIONERS No information has of late been
received OF the whereabouts of Captain Marcy.
\, almost forgot to say that Mr.. Simonton, of the
New aork Tunes, and Mr.. Brown, of the New
hork lr'o"ne, came up in the mail coaches | saw
MI. .. Tor moment yesterday. He is violently
opposed to the administration, and thinks MI
buchanan proclamation, the browning act pre-
sumo ne thinks he is safe here, have no House
0! Representatives in Utah. Brown came ont here
last winter biack-republican of the Greeley order
lie returned to Washington with dispatches as a
democrat. L am not advised of his political alfni-
Il
Respondent here So trim your pen as Won ma y
expect to catch ''JesSe' soon.
Gov. Cumming and DR.. Forney go to Salt Lake
on Tuesday next to assume the duties of their off
ces. About one hundred and fifty Mormons have
come in from Salt Lake on their Wav to the States
Others, 1T is sad desire to come but are prevented
by Brigham, from the fact of owing him or the
"tlthing office" bushel of wheat or a sack of corn
and not possessing the wherewith to pay it-and ali
this for their religion.
On the 10Th we had brigade review. Gen. John
ston and staff made fine display. All the force
was out except the Dragons. After the lst we are
to have brigade drill.
In a letter l wrote YOU some time ago. I alluded
to the departure for Bear river and Cache" val
ley headed by Marshall Dotson of party of Il or
~ from the Camp: When the governor returned
mere from Salt Lake he made minute inquiries in
regard to the objects of their journey. Two of the
gentlemen w. j. Mcconnell. whom the governor
nad appointed acting secretary of the Territory
during the absence of Mr.. Hartnett, and Mr. Burr.
VINO mad been appointed justice of the peace for
this county, have resigned. 1t is rumored the gov
ernor requested them to do so, not being satisfied
OF the propriety of their mission
10 us, here at this distance from court we can
hardly see how Judge Echos can be sustained with
his charge to the grand jury, which | sent YOU,
staring him in the face for, if can understand the
Presidents instructions, they are not to interfere
with the religion of the Mormons Yet, on the very
day Gov Cumming left for Salt Lake to endeayor to
arrive at peaceful ad ustment of the difficulties
tne Judge made his extraordinary charge, and by
that very charge so excited the Mormons as to place
the life OF the governor in jeopardy.
General Johnston has information that one regi-
ment Is to be sent here by way of Bridgers pass
on the new route surveyed last year by Lieutenant
Brian, l. h. About one hundred miles will be saved
B.
ARRIVAL OF THE SALT LAKE NAIL SIXTEEN DAYS
From tie ST Joseph's NO. Journal, June 14thl
The Salt Lake mail arrived in this city Yesterday
about noon. We are indebted to the conductor
E.. Bromley
lars: 9 f
The mail left Camp Scott on the Doth of Nav.
GOV. Cumming had been escorted into Salt Lake
CITY by the MOrmOns, kindly treated and then aS
corted back to General Johnston's command He
was at camp Scott at the time the mail left The
MOI mons were moving their and children
OUT OF the city to Pravo, about forty-five miles
south, IN the valley. The Mormons said they would
surrender to the civil officers but the troops should
not enter. Seventy families of Mormons had ar
rived = at Camp Scott, asking protection. General
. Johnston received them kindly, and promised them
an escort into the States.
Ueheral Johnston's command had only two days'
Tatlons IN camp when the mail left. The men had
Deen living on eight ounces of -four and one-half
Pound OF beef per day for two weeks past They
mad suffered greatly through the winter both for
1000 and ralment. General Johnston intended en-
terlng Salt Lake City as soon as Colonel Hoffman
arrived arrived, leaving enough men to garrison Fort
OF the "a dragons with $50 head of beef cattle at
nam S iork, only fifteen miles this side of Camn
scout, met Lieutenant Smith, I'd dragons on Green
river, nty miles this side, travelling at the rate of
rot -elght miles per day; and seventy-fve miles
further ON, at the east crossing of Bic SANDY met
Coionei Hofman's command with full supplies met
Colonel Andrews, of the 9Th infantry at the cross
ing OF south Platte; Colonel Sumner of the lst cav
airy, at YAK Grove, on the Little Blue; Colonel
May at Big Blue, and the last troops I'd dragons.
at Nemaha. ''
Mr.. Bromley, the conductor, reports the road in
al aWiui condition. Several of the streams were
IN from Fort Laramie. The only Indians heard of
On the route was war party of forty-five Arrapa
hoes, on the Little Blue. The mail party nassed
mere IN the night and consequently did not see the
Inulahs MI Bromley reports that he met Colonel
Kane and party coming on as he passed ont with
he mall 26O miles this side of Camp Scott. Hn
vent on to Camp Scott, remained the whole of one
lay, ana then returned, arriving only one day be-
llnd Col. Kane, notwithstanding he had to Law nv
lay and Travelled $40 miles further Mr. RromIev
coming IN, some days Travelled as far as IS miles
ina averaged over siXty-fve miles the whole trim
having come through from Fort Bridger to this CITY
ord, he is justly entitled to the reputation Of heinz
he Aubrey of the present day.
Andrew Garry, John Englebe and Josenb CoII;-
nav nave been convicted in the Quarter Sessions |
Il Schuylklll county, Pa, and sentenced to sixty |
lays Imprisonment for conspiring in endeavorinc |
y unlawful means to raise the prices of wages
Mrs. l.. B. Gallagher, a milliner, committed
uicide in Westport, Mo-, by taking chloroform a |
wv days since. She left letters in which it was !
tated that SANDER against her fair name caused her
perpetrate the rash act.
John Hollns, a second assistant engineer in the |
avy, is reported to have died on the T. S. steamer |
rarada, on the 18th inst, between Aspinwal and |
avana
Gold has been discovered between Terre Haute |
nd Lafayette, Ind. The editor of the Terre Haute
rPress has been shown specimens Garnets
lid to exist in the same region
A woman named Long has been arrested at Buff
10, cha rged with drowning her husband by push
g him into the canal
Steamer Bay State, from New York, landed about
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