The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-01

the day cannon were fred and ilaqs were
raised with Colonial Stats notices il.
cFibed H; s..s. a N
William II Gist, Governor of south
Cafolina. has been offered one thousand
men BY Baltimore, Md. other offers have
been made 70 him. IndividuaI appiica-
lions for military appointments are nan
bcrless. The Mayor, owing 10 The pres
ent conditioned affairs, discharged large
= number Of laborers employed on the pub
lie works. Y. Mi. II. /, - 81
A special dispatch to the N. ". HorIs
says South Csrolina will under no cir
cuInstances back down from the position
she has taken, She il now virtually cut
Of the Union. The u. s, flag Is not rec.
ognized in any part or the State. Senator
Chesnht, Il Is said, will preside ID the.
convention. XII. N ...,t:+ s..:..t ! n nj
Patrick HAYS, an EngIishmau, arrested
for incendiary remarks, was hurried on on
the steamer Marion for n. u. on the 18th.
"a handsome sword was presented to Al
j. Magrath. WHO resigned his seat III the
v. s. Court Caleb Cushing's brig.
Joseph Gray, was TO sail for Liverpool
on the 18th. Captain Plnmmer says he
win bear aloft the Palmetto Line STAFF
Flag &, +. .....,3 J.:
Dispatches from Charleston. announce
the resignation Of Mr.. Buchanan, member
Eof Congress Il. :... - -,...... It'll :.
Il Gov. IIetcher, Of: Virginia, has called
for an extra session Of the Legislature
for the seventh Of January, to take into
consideration the condition of public afs
fairs and determine, calmly and wisely,
what action i necessary in this emer..
Egeney. 81. :. >:$ n % ,,.2 be.
Richmond dispatches state Gov. Wise
ID pronounced insane. --..l i. j. FTP,
The millers at Richmond refused 10
buy wheat on the 10th on any terms. Ii
consequently declined. Letters received
at Richmond state that the knights or
the Golden Circle, are starving in Texas.
The Presidential vote Of Virginia is 90
nearly balanced that only official returns
can decide the result. ..;@# =
Dates from Montgomery, Ala, state
that the Governor cfthe State will issue
acall for State convention to assemble
=on the 9th Of December He urges the
people to prepare for secession. IT..
The Florida Legislature at its last sss-
sion passed a resolution promising de.
cided action in case Of the election or a
Republican President, and requiring the
Governor to convene the Legislature
The jacksonville Standard aud othe
papers urge compliance. . !. :.:a.
Adyices from New York state that.
the American ship, Africa, from CadiE,
for Weosnrg, with coal, was lost August
3lth, ON Slyka shoai, off the Slyka Islands. !
After her abandonment by the crew she
was seton FIRE by the Malay Pirates and
burned to the waters edge The crew
had arrived at Singapore, .:....~: -. -.
+ A meeting was held Mt New York on
the 18th, on behalf of the Peoples Pacific
H. II. via Pixies Peak and Utah; it was
well attended, and a committee was APP
pointed to obtain necessary information.
The 6rm Of n, ii. Wolfe & Co, and
Wight aud Loscs, both engaged in the
western produce, and commission business
have failed Rumors current, ia regard
to another prominent firm in the same
business are anfoundcd. The bank Of
Sing Sing after a hard run of several days,
closed its doors on the nth. T.. 4. =.
B..
I, Lady Franklin is soon to embark on
the Pacific Mail Steamship Cos. Steamer
St. Louis, for the Pacific coast, stopping
at Rio de Janeiro. I: "a. f.
The Bank Committee hHs already pnr-:
chased 500, GOO dollars worth of Ster-
ling bills. They will continue in session
daily until the entire 81 500, 900 are taken.
Regular drawers sold at 81 "a to 81. 06.
The bank discounted largely on the goth
hut outside paper has been nearly I'm.
saleable. A rumor that the Metropolitan
Bank Is about TO stop the redemption of
State and Eastern currency is without
the slightest foundation. Discount ON
uncurrcnt money is about as follows
Illinois aud Wisconsin, II to, 15e; Iowa
and North Carolina, DC; Virginia. Sc;
South Carolina and interior Alabama,
Zoe; Mobile, Sc; New Orleans, &c; Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky, II to IAc; Mary
land and Pennsylvania, / to lie; Balti-
more, ic. -
Mr., J. II. Wade, Director OF the West
ern Telegraph Company, was to leave
New York on the 2lst, on the California
steamer, for the purpose Of making ar
engagements for buiIdingshe Catfornia end
| Of the Pacific Telegraph line. Material
for the line is purchased, and is now being
shipped from Boston via Cape Horn.
| From present appearances there is every
reason for believing that when the spring
"opens, the work Of both ends Of thsroute,
as well as the center, will be vigorously
ieommeuesd. Two agents have already
Estarted across the plains by different
routes, for the purpose Of more thoroughly
surveying them, and Injecting Mr.. Wade
in San Francisco, when the route which
the wires are to take 10 to be finally deter
mined upon. ,.
! The Bank had raised therate ofinteresi
II per cent. -.. 49,: ..
| VIM. G. Wood, a graduate Of Harvard
College, arrived at Boston on the 18th
in the steamer South Carolina, from
Charleston. He was requested 10 leave
the State, and his passage to Boston paid