The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-08

1 ThK Express which left ST. Joseph On
the 2gth Of Nov, and arrived n this civ
mt ] is. d M, on the 9th instant. brourkt Il.
us the following from our special cores
pondeHt: Il, .55 3, Il
ST.. JosErH, No !, Nov. IS, 1850
Enron MouSTnSEER:3
Never before in the history Of thisha- j.
ton has the government been tllreatensd
with such imminent peril as at the present
moment. The election OF Lincoln has +.
caused s1ch arevulsion as We have never
yet witnessed. In financial matters We &
are hard upon such q panic MS will throw 1
far intothc back ground the terrible crash
and breakdown OF 1887 Though favor.
ed with an abundgnt harvest throughout
tile greater portion Of the country, the
channels OF trade are suddenly DAMNED
mp, and merchants and traders find thsn-
selves without the means to move forward
their products. From every quarter Of
the Uuiot--4 inland, on the seaboard, and
on the gulf-the telegraph reports bank
suspensions and failures What the end
will De, tho most rejecting and far.sghted
.eap9ot pretelid to determine, The angry
5waFcsoE fierce eoptcntioMared ashing wild.
isand furiousIy against the grand old ship
which these many years has rode safely
through all storms, freighted, as It has
been, with the brightest and best hopes
Of liberty aud civilization. We look into
The future With the most gloomy appre-
decisions. Since tile time when the morn
ing stars first sang together; since Tie
hour when the great Ruler Of the universe
first rested from the labors Of creation,
mo nation has ever existed so fruitful in
all the resources which tend TO the happi
ness and prosperity Of its people; no 70
yernmeBt ever dispensed its blessings with
ID more liberal, hand, or with more scFu.
pulous equality than the government Of
the United States--the ''classic land Of
Bhgrtyjp and yet, in one portion Of this
fair land, disHuion has raised its hideous
front; treason stalks rampant in open
day; traitors boast of their black crimes,
and hang up to the gaze Of the world the
vile garments which should cloak and hide
their infamy. In purer days Aaron Burr
was only suspieioncd Of what Thousands
now openly boast Of, and the universal
voice Of his eunutrynen heaped upon him
such a load of scoFn aud obloquy that ages
will not be able TO remove ii. Restless cpl.
fits which the free workings OF popular 90 .
Serufhcnts always throw TO the top, have
with stealthy step infused into many hon
est, but misguided followers, their treason
able doctrines, until they come to believe
that then. sacred rights had been invaded,
and that it Is their duty as ireenen and
patriots to resist to the death the fAncied
aggressions Though we fear for tho per.
petuity Of our Institutions, we do not aE
together despair; We still hare hope that
the Staunef old Yessel will ride safely
through the breakers, rough though they
be. =. Il l1.< ~ "a
As If fate itself had dscreed that oil our
trials should come In one consolidated
mass, the bandits Of Southern Kansas
have again commenced their depredationA
adding fuel to the already mounting
flames. MoNTdoNERy and his band o.
desperadoes, Il Is reported, has crossed
into Missouri and murdered its peaceful,
unoIfending citizens. We,tfust tho prompe
action Of the President, in ordering Gen
Harvey to quell the disturbances and q.
terminate the marauders without merel,
will forever put an end to ri0tous proceea,
ings in that Territory.
We were pleased to see Mr.. James
Mcknight, OF the Deserst Neips, 10 Gun
midst last week. having just arrived iteh
your city. lie looked hale and hearty n
all the better for his overland journey
After LIST December the time OF feny
Express between st. Joseph and pan
Francisco is to be fifteen days, "