The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-12
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AZ Eastern paper states that Messrs.
lR,,.sell, Majors d Col, the old COM
,yartors Tor transporting Government
frcirhtto this Territory, were pnderbidl
IL Messrs. Irwin, White & CO., vi
psnnsyIyania. The gain To Govern
ment II consequence Of this change, ii
said 10 Be more than 25 per cent.
rho State Election III California has
resulted ii the triumph of the pro-sIa-
very party,
Much excitement has been created I'M
New York and along the coast BY the
]. discovery az an immense oyster placer
n Enton's Neck, in Long Island Sound.
Weekly West
Horace Greeley came passenger on
,he Moses Taylor, which arrived at
New York on the mofning of the 9th
! nlt.
MI. Douglas IS violently assailed inI
tie Atlanta Ga. htelligencer He
4 called the Bulldog Of the Nation,
and also . hypocrite, Who ssought to-
Be- damned for all time to come with
the South.
FRoM TIIR MrNKs Two humps Of
goldone weighing / n, the other 10
psts we're exhibited on the street I'M
the course Of yesterday. They had
been Found ii Russell's and the Nevada
gulches Daily West Oct. 18.
ii TowN BuRIRD Letters from
. TrebiEond state that the town of
Chiiruan, Id the Government OF Tiflis,I
had been buried under q mountain
thrown omit By . recent earthquake.
BRIr1sH 0ETRAGE. The bark Haz-
ard, Capt. Goodrich, just from the
African Coast, reports being fred into
!. by the British steamer Pluto, which sent
aboat alongside. After heaying-to,
Capt. Goodrich declined permitting
them to board, and they went away with
out further trouble, after damning the
American flag, 70 which their attention
was directed, at the peak.
a 50 -
Capt Montgomery, the famous lead
er in the Kansas border troubles, is at
resentengaged in cultivating his farm.
!. He has been nominated by the Counties
OF Linn and Lykins as q candidate for
Representative 10 the Territorial Le-
gislature. 81
!. /. M Blonain, the great rope walker,
has purchased d house completely fIrn-
ished at Niagara Falls, for S4 GOO
cash, which amount Is about half Of the
profits Of his feats across the chasin Of
the Niagara during the summer.
YELLow FEvRR. The yellow fever
is increasing at Houston, Texas, where
there are ten deaths per day, but there
. are no cases at Galveston. There were
nine cases in the hospitals Of New Or
leans the week ending Oct 9th.
TEXAS Advices have been received
at New Orleans, Oct. 10, that Browns
vile, Texas, has been attacked BIZ d
party OF twenty-eight Guerillas, and
five persons killed, the jail broken open
and all the prisoners set at liberty. In
tense excitement prevailed among the
citizens. The Mexicans had sent aid
from Matanoras to defend the town.
The Gnerillas were headed BY Gartinas,
who shot the sheriff Of Brownsville, last.
July, to escape arrest. al party OF
one hundred strong, on horseback, rode
into Che city and posted sentinels. Gen.
Coryajal and others, from Maiamoras,
arrived and persuaded the outlaws to-
leave. Fort Brown was garrisoned
with Mexican troops from Matamofas,
and the citizens had formed themselves
into a patrol. The outlaws, two hun
dred strong, were encamped near the
,. city. The Mexican General visited
their camp and obtained their promise
not to modest Brownsville any more,
but the citizens expect another attack,
as the outlaws boasted that there were
more on the list to kill. Gen. Twiggs
has asked to be relieved from the COM
mand Of the military department Of
Texas. The Austin Gazette says the
= Camanches and other tribes are PLAN
ming grand expedition against the
northern frontier Of Texas. 1t is re-
ported that Collector Hatch has dis
! covered a secret receptacle in the hold
OF the steamer Philadelphia, containing
boxes Of nuskets, supposed to have
been shipped at New York.