The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-08-04

Tur HorsroN MovkNrST Al mass
,,eet;ne Of 4 most enthusiastic character
wss held III Houston, ott the 23d June, Ii
i.gor 81 sam Houston Cor the presidency.
Seseral nile and eloquent speechcs were
asliyereil The public feeling seemed IL
y,,n IIIsh In favor DC tlic hero M san u d
s;a.o a nc future occupant 81 TUE White
House. 81s
STHr SANTA FF Man The Santa NE
NH With dates to June 18th, arrived 1T
Independence, Mo, on July "a making
w regular schedule time No rain las
falIen HI New Mexico this year, md The
crops are almost entirely destroyed. There
- never been such d scarcity OF PROV.
lions and forage ia that country AS al pre-
ssnt Corn Is selling ut almost any price
.sked. Tic troops from Utah aFe ex.
rected about tlIc last of July. Fears are
sntertaiued that when they arrive they
wilI almost create d fAInine The Navajo
Iadians are becoming iIsoleHt, aud unlcss
they are clIastiscd by the troops will soon
make a foray npoIi the settlement, But
law Indians we're seen on the road, some
II whom were Kiawas; they examined
he Wagons closely, but as the mail party
vas well armed, and seyen III number, no
attack was made. The troops from Paw.
nee Fork that went III pursuit Of some In
dams had not yet returned. "A rumor at
Pawnee Fork Of their having been caught
lacks confirmation. The weather is still
oppressisely hot and dry.
Tn DRouTH The Tribune Of tie 4tli
AVA: eve are suffering in and around
Iris city with the drouth, which, With but
digit interruption, has prevailed several
weeks. II has already cut short one Of
our important crops strawberries and
it's now materially injuring peas and po-
tatoes. The hay crop, particularly upon
old fields on the billy farms Of the eastern
counties Of New York, are all cus short
for want Of rain, and Utmost every field Of
oatsis prematurely heading out, and will
ripen very light crop iii consequences Of
the prevailing dronth; OF, rather, id con.
sequence Of the very bad practice Of very
shallow blowing to put In this crop Corn
has not yet suffered materially,but another
week without rain viii tell upon this crop
seriously. All garden vegetables are
suffering There isno opportunity given
toyset ont cabbage plants, and the young
plants Of all the root crop are going back
into the ground To look for water. The
pickle crop IS one much depended upon in
Westchcstcr County. Only. q few per-
sons have planted their seed, and those
who have do not expect Ii to Yegetatc5
more than enough TO- Bic killed by tic
manure. Those who have not planted
are locking anxionsIy for rain, and mill
il comes y Is Of no use to put tfl The seed:
IL cannot grow. Such d tIr6nth as t!ris,
just at this nick Of tfnlea is. ST strong.
argument IN favor 81 deep .1Eowfpg. .... :.
DREApFrL GALAgIrY. About two
o'clock Friday morning, July 9Th. tIIs.
nortltWalf Of the brick building secctIpied
by Mcssfs. Mare: Aet1nrtl:.51g Go. III the
block corner of Third and Felix. streets.
gave way and fell 10 the ground With u
terrible crash, completely burYiFy a one
story tenement hogss along side, togGftler.
with eleven persol The families &c Mr..
hamburger and Mi. BoYce. After Tic
failing Of the wal, tile wreck Immediately
took fire, from Wllat e,iQse Is not exactly
known, when scene presented itself
which was truly narrowing. The dust
from tho fallen wall preeluded, for some
time, all possibility Of any effective efforts
being made BY file excited crowd to res.
cue the buried persons In the tenement
house. In the second story of Messrs.
Nave, McGord g. Co.'S store, two young
men, Henry Mitehuni and VIM. Hadunt,
were sleeping, both of whom were caught
in their bed BY . falling ioist, and held
down until rescued. Hudunt was scarcely
injured while Mitehunl was rendered AL
most lifeless by the oppressive weight.
lie was at last accounts doing COMPARE
lively well, though some fears were enter
tanned that he might be Injured seriously
Internally. Thefamily of Mr.. Hamburger,
I'VE in number, occupying the tenement
Immediately joining the wall are all sup.
posed to have been buried in the ruins.
Mr.. Harburger and his family, consisting
Of his wife, two children, and o servant
girl, were taken out dead. The family of
All! Boyce, consisting Of six persons, were
az with the exception Of Mr.. Boyce, and
MS son-in.law, Mr.. Cogswell, taken out Of
the ruins dead Mr.. Boyce is seriously
Injured by a fracture of the skull, and IS
not expected TO recover. Mr.. Cogswell
= considerably bruised, though not seri-