The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-01-04
FROM UTAH.

principal business before the court was the appIi
cation of President Buchanan's pardon sent out by
Commissioners Powell and McCulloch, to all who
had taken up arms in the Territory to oppose the
entrance of the United States troops into Great Salt
! City last winter.
Judge Sinclair evidently regards the 'free and
full pardon to all who will submit themselves to the
authority of the federal government" to have no
force until he has found out the guilty, passed SEN
tence, and the guilty individual each for himself
accepts the ''act of grace" In his charge to the
Grand Jury the Judge opposes the Interpretation
| given to the Presidents pardon by the Commis
sioners and Governor Cumming, and claims ''that
the udge sees only with judicial eyes, and knows
nothing respecting any particular case of which he
is not informed judiciay consequently, the pardon
| not having been extended to the people through
him, it amounts to nothing and he goes in for hay
| ing everybody before the court. The Judge in
cludes in his charge the consideration of the subject
in the Territory and to what extent, and the Judge
! winds up: at is probable that no Grand Jury in
the United States ever held in its grasp questions
! so grave and comprehensive as those which ought
I to occupy your minds.''
The prosecuting attorney, Mr. Wilson, addressed
the jury in opposition to the course pointed out by
the Judge, and defended the position taken by the
| Executive, the Commissioners and the new Cover
nor He sets forth the right of the chief Executive
of the nation to pursue the course he did, that the
| Commissioners were invested with authority to
carry into effect the provisions OF the proclamation
which they did, and returned home; that Governor
Cumming, in his first proclamation from Great Salt
Lake City, declared "that proffered pardon was ac-
cepted, with the prescribed terms of the proclama-
ton by the citizens of Utah." "peace is restored to
our Territory" &c.
The attorney concluded with:-''Wherefore gen.
tlemen of the Grand Jury, it only remains for me
to say, for the given that there are now no
acts of sedition, treason rebellion against the
government of the United States in this Territory
which the prosecuting attorney of the United States
for the Territory of Utah, with the Presidents
proclamation and pardon before him, and the Gov
| ernors solemn announcement of its acceptance can
charge before you against any of the inhabitants OF
this Judicial district or of the Territory of Utah"
The mormons seem pleased with the division
among the federal officers, publish at length the
| proceedings of the court, and give other indca-
tons of satisfaction at the absence of union among
| the administrators oflaw and government.
| THE weather had set in extremely cold. man
| by the name of Samuel Leaver frozen to death
from Camp Floyd to Great Salt Lake City. The
cotton crop in the southern part of the Territory
had been almost totally destroyed by frost. From
thirty-three acres planted in cotton, which in mid
| summer gave prospect of YIELD if not very re-
munerative, yet an improvement the crops of
! previous years, only $50 lbs ginned cotton had
been realized. 1t was thought that few hundred
pounds OF late cotton might be yet gathered should
the season be propitous 1t was estimated that the
cost per pound to the planter will not be less than
three dollars.
General Burr, formerly Surveyor-General Of this
Territory, has submitted motion to the District
guson, and C. G. Little, prominent Mormon LAWYERS
dismissed from the bar. The grounds of the mo-
ton are that some two years ago, the individuals
named sought to have Gen. Burr, discharged, on
false charges preferred against him by them-they
knowing at the time that such charges were false
and for threatening and intmidating Judge Stiles,
interrupting him in the discharge of his duty and
coercing him to adjourn the Court at the February
| term of 1857. On Tuesday, November 30th, the
motion was taken up and so far related to Stout
and Little withdrawn.
The witnesses were called and the Marshal re-
! turned that he ha: been unable to serve the sub
! p1na on Brigham Young. 1t appears that when
| the Marshal went to serve the summons upon Brig
ham, that the gates in the stone wall which sur
rounds his house closed, and the Marshal thus
| prevented from entering This was repeated three
times. Judge Sinclair thereupon ordered an alias
summons to be issued. In the afternoon, however,
the Judge received note from Brigham stating
that he would obey the process of the Court, and
| afterwards, when the Marshal served the writ upon
him, he told him that he not aware that he
had been prevented from serving the writ upon
him before, and that he had been shut out without
| his orders. On Wednesday, the again
| brought before the Court, when Mr.. Ferguson ten
dered his resignation attorney at law. This
the Judge would not accept, informing him that
once an attorney, he was always attorney, un-
| less expelled from the bar for misconduct.
Mr.. Ferguson then offered to plead guilty to the
first charge, and to take Judgment pro confesso,
and be disbarred upon that charge alone The
Judge replied that if he plead guilty to the entire
| charges MADE against MN, he would dlSDar him
with all due soemnity; but that if he did not those
| grave charges must be investigated
Mr.. Ferguson then moved fora continuance until
the Sd inst, which was granted by the Court.
| The Court room crowded on the Sd, and
| Brigham set beside Ferguson in the bar.
During the greater portion of the time he rested
his head upon his hand, and his countenance wore
careworn, melancholy expression. Old residents
say that he is very much broken down, and looks to
| be in ill health.
Among those present were of Brigham's
| Heber kimball, Lieut.. Gen. Daniel III. Wells Geo
A. Smith, General Church Recorder and Historian
| accompanied by the Twelve Apostles and the
| Church Dignitaries, John Taylor, the Mormon Ed
itor and Author, Gov. Cumming, and Judge Cra
| debaugh. In the crowd were a number of the
''Danites' and police.
In striking contrast with the assembly in the
room. sat the 'baby' Judge, (as he is called by
| Brigham,) the Hon. Chas c. Sinclair, but % years
of age, who, with his clerk, d. A. Burr, Esq. as
yet beardless youth, present, undoubtedly, the
most youthtul-looking Court in the United States.
Still, his cam dignified demeanor, the perfect Or
| der and decorum which ne maintains in his court
and the intellect and thorough knowledge of the
law which he has thus far displayed in the sttings
of his Court have already earned for the Judge
fine reputation and character in this Territory.
Ferguson, after demurring to the charges not
sufficiently specific, asked and obtained further
continuance
| How THEY CRAZE STREETS IN CmCAGO.-The Chi
cagO Times thus describes the mode of grading
streets and raising buildings in that city:
ga great many large and costly ediices
erected in Chicago previous to the year 1855, and
during that year. These buildings were erected so
as to be convenient Of acess from the natural sur
face of the ground. About that time the new grade
of the streets were introduced, and followed in
year or two afterwards by the establishment of a
still higher grade. The city government has
since been slowly engaged in the task of raising the
streets to the proper level, and filling them with
stone of different sizes. The process is a curious
one. high stone wall is first built each side
of the street. in the place where the curb stone is to
| be made. This wall reposes a solid foundation,
and is usually two feet thick at the bottom and one
foot thick at the top The wall is carried up some
times six seven feet high, but usually only four
or five feet The walls being made, the space be-
tween them is filled up with rubbish, dirt, earth
and gravel. The street is ready for paving
But the sidewalk has been left in its original
diton, and these, in streets that have been raised
four or five feet, ave now so low that persons walk.
ing on one side OF street can only see the heads
and shoulders of the people on the other side.
The next step to be taken is to raise the sidewalk
to height corresponding to that of the street. If
it is to be plank sidewalk it becomes in reality
scatfod, but strong and secure one, with the side
next to the street resting on the curb stone, and
the side next the house resting on the top of the
garden fence. But if it happens to be in front of
four five story brick marble edifce the latter
is raised to the new grade, and sidewalk com
posed of immense blocks of stone is made. The
outer edge of these blocks rests upon the curb
stone. Beneath them, between the made wall
a spacious vault, convenient for the storage of coal
or other fuel, &c. The first building raised, was
the three story brick at the of Randolph and
Dearborn streets. This building raised up
feet The undertaking completely successful,
and was quickly followed by Others
During the year 1858, large number of both
frame and brick buildings have thus been raised,
many of them as high six feet above their origi-
nal position, and few of them less than four feet.
The process is novel and peculiar, and its results
are among the greatest triumphs of the mechanical
powers. Think of a four story brick building, 100
feet by eighty, containing stores and offices; or of
large three story brick dwelling house; raised up
in the air five six feet above ts foundation and
yet so gently that not jar is perceptibe, and the
inmates may pursue their usual ayocations as if
nothing unusual was taking place. The business is
is but just commenced. We have seen house
raising in Chicago only in its infancy. We expect
during the coming year to twice many houses
raised we have enumerated below. The fremont
House, big as it is, has got to come up. 1t can be
done for S25 600, and its immense throng of guests
can come and go as undisturbed as if nothing was
taking place.
Work FOR ALL SCHoLARs.-There is now being
made in England, by the well known Pathological
Society, effort to form dictionary ofa far more
perfect nature tlan any which the world has yet
seen.
Rev. Lord Bishop of ST. Davids; its Vice Presidents
are the Bishop of London, Lord Lyttleton, Edwin
Guest, Master of Caius College, Cambridge; and II.
H. Wilson. Sanskrt Professor at Oxford 1t
boasts, in short, the highest talent in England.
A year ago, this Society determined to form a
collection of words hitherto unregistered by great
photographers, for the purpose of forming sup
Elementary volume. Such enormous wealth of
words was thus acquired, that it was thought well
IN comnile mora Scientific Dintianarv than pow