The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-01
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THE Washington Constitution, Ecp.5
3 reviewing d notice of the dimini he'd
Salt Lake Mail service, III d Misionri
paper, says that the service was inI-l
proved from monthlyto weekly to pro.
vide for more rapid and frequent om-
munication lRtween the Gosernhcnt
md the forces engaged In the ESpe-
5dition to Utah. jill the contract With
Mr. Hockalay for . weekly seryicp for
] 8 ! 80 900 Fer asinurl, the power was
reserved to- the. Postmaster Gcieral to.
.curtail tic weekly schedule, whcnlFer,
In his Judgment, tic public interests
should require it. In April last the
Secretary oF War assured the Depart
Inent that d weekly mail 70 Salt Lake
City was no longer needed for geSern-.
4Inent pitrpos es, 50 the Postmaster Gem.
eral, in obedience to the genera policy
sof rettencllment and ii the exercise of.
the right reserved IN the contract, cut
down tire service To semi. monthly at
an annna coinpe sation 0f s lsgtsls /.
q semi monthly mil to Suit Lake City
was considered I'LL thar the Government
Eand tile commercial and secial interests
of the country required, and far more
than tho postal receipts from the
route conld Justify The receipts
were S22 4 per annunl the exjienli2
ture 81 10000. s
gpfessor IA EeSarler Dimitry, Trans
lator of tile State Department, has
beenappointe1 Ministerto Costa Rica
and Nicaragua. 81
IA destructive FIRE occurred at Gin
beinnati, Aug. l. Loss about t7gJ,-
ssOltl III: h. II. sss. ~
a meteor exploded 1T New Lebanon,
4 lug 1, and some Supposed the noise
! to- Dc that 81 an earthquake, or the
destruction of powder mills ten miles
distant. .... hi Il ..
I Further trouble were anticipated III
Il ansas.
The steamer Spread Eagle Ind or
rived al ST. lbtlis, having been up tito
4 Missouri 3I29 miles above its mouth
and within 69 of5the head waters oI tht
ttotlsEhia. and bnekk IN s, uass
4 Az i ont Union slle coilnectel with Til
steamer Clip peNa, which went 1lp j
1 far is Fort Benton, more chan 4lGl
miles, the furthest yet.by steamboat.
fire occurred at New Bedford, lAug
Loss from 700 900 to s 100, tJ1u
Captain Marcy OF she fifth Infant
Try, has been appointed, By the Presi
dent Paymaster 81 the Army, IN plae
of l3reyet- Lieut.. Col Coffee, resigned
iico President Breekenridg &c NH
not be Il ealldi3late for the Presidency.
Lord John Russell, q foreign minis
/ ter.oE gland. haa5atlarrssed to the N
II Governments d dispatch earnestl,
demonstrating against the re sopenin,
#of the slave trade between the Initel
States and Africa, and against III
J. hlkowarnness Mr.. Buchanan s ad
miiistfation intltat regai d.
An Indian fight took place ttug. %
between tho Bgllle, Sioux, and Poncas
Eleven OF the latter were killed, an
seven waunted. .* :S ..=. 8. ~ Il. .s:a. &.
Ex-Presilont Pierce and lis VII
had arrived at Boston alter a Ion,
absence in the Old. World, s
|, The Aurora Borealis had bee
! magnilicentin the Eastern States.
]. # Major French, Pay clerk Of iii
Bureauol Construction of the Treasur.
Department, was arrested Aug. III, b
a char 20 of defalcation and aiteratie
s6of vouchers. ~: ....z go
deputy Postanastei's were eqiared |
report what the pnstage of free matte
passing through their offices would bel
charged. zs ..5..5
The Pike + Peak folks were agitatin
/ for new State, 10 be called Jefferson
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