Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-07-23
Thc Utah Difficulties.

The Utah Difficulties.
We find published il pretty lengthy correspondence
relative to the progress of events i'll the Mormon country
Without copying it at length, We give the substance
The first communication is from Hon. L. w. Powell
and Mai. Ben. McCullock, the commissioners sent out
in advance Of the army. 1t is dated Salt Lake City,
june 18th 1888 is directed to the Secretary of War,
and saws that after the fullest and iCcst conference with
the chief men Of the Mormon people, they pleased to
state that they have settled all difficulties between the
Government of the United States and the people OF
Utah. These latter promise to submit to and accept
the civil officers sent out to obey the laws, ando offer
no obstruction resistance to the army of the United
States on its march to Salt Lake elsewhere. The
Mormons had abandoned all North of Salt Lake and
left only about fifteen hundred persons there to take
charge of the property and to burn it if the difficulties
had not been settled The people have gone to Provo,
fifty miles South of Salt Lake and beyond.
| The second communication is from the same parties
to Gen Johnson commanding the army of Utah. inform
ING him of the result of their conferences with the Nor
MONS requesting his advance to Salt Lake at the ear
est moment, and also the issuing by him of proclama
ton to the people of Utah giving them of pro-
lection to person and property as many of them had
abandoned their homes from dread of violence at the
issues his proclamation and his order of march,
by which he expected to reach Salt Lake City at any
time from the 2Sth uIt., to the LIST instant.
On the DIST ult. the army had passed Echo Canon,
where the Mormons expected to annhilate it, and was
within four or five days of Salt Lake.
ARr-Sonlctimes we arc inclined to be outrageOusy
skeptical on the subject of paintings and especially the
Of tho 81 OLD hat iC
have ever had honor glory and felicity to have seen
genuine original. We can't help thinking there is a
great deal of humbug in the enthusiasm with which
woud-be diletunt pretend to regard old paintings
Last Thursday while in Charleston, we spent some few
hours in the gallery of paintings, then ON exhibition in
IA hall on Meeting street. Among the pictures we found
some attributed to Salvador Ros Domencheno, Tenicrs
Guido REM, Corrcgio, we Think Vatican and others
We gazcd long and steadily, but without being able to
awaken any rapture discolored canvass too often
in the case of the Italian painters the vehicle of full
some and erevcren tattcry to patron. Thus in one
holy family. the figure of ST. Joseph portrait of the
painters patron elderly bishop, and in another the
Madonna and child portraits of some marchoncsE
and her baby. Why is it that painters acW make 10
seph, the putavc father of our Savior, an old man.
portrait of celebrated beauty of the time of Charles
the Second painted by Sir Geory knecr, would hard
ly BIZ taken home at this day The cOorS no doubt may
have changed But thing is evident to us. In al
or lives have seen an old painting to which
we have not equal among new ones In land
scapes the modern school is far ahead the Dutch giving
the cearcs freshest most llelike and gentle transcripts
of nature.
We do not pretend to say that there not greater
paintings in Italy than elsewhere, but feel assured thai
there are people who would go into extaces some
dim and dingy piece of if only assured it
Guido or a Titan who would not touch picture by
john Smith, although it might be better than tn,
aforesaid Titan Guido
One landscape, Autumn Scenery at the South by
Southern painter, equal to any landscape exhibit
Cd
FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIE ERIE RA1LRoAD-On Fri
day morning, tic 10Th ms ant accident occurred t.
the express train the Erie Railroad at Shin Hollow
IS miles from the city of New York The two hind
most cars thrown from the track by the breaking
of a rail- and, with their contents were prccipitated
down an embanknent of thirty feet Nine persons art
reported as killed and forySevcn wounded some fatally
None of the killed or wounded are from the South with
the exception of three-Lewis Larry, wife and child OF
New Orleans, who are among the killed.
z. Slater accounts by mail state that Mr.. Larry
and family are only wounded and that not fatally
! A BOsTON VERDICT.-A man was drowned on last
Sunday week, whilst bathing at Boston At the Coro-
ners inquest the jury returned verdict to the effect
that the deceased drowned in consequence of hav
ing contrary to the municipal regulations, bathed
Sunday at halfpast two pm Wonder if bathing on
Sunday at halfpast two m has been made capital
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