The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-08
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ISbiAN OrTRae Tho Indian Office at
Washington has dispatches from the Up
lper Platte IN Nebraska, giving detailed
account Of the murder Of one out Of lire
soldiers hiely discharged from Camp
Floyd Tie Indians captured the horses
aud stole the baggage, but the rest Of the
men escaped.
THE On TRADE wirH J AFaK.-The
celebrity Of tho "rapc.sged oiP' Of Japan
has attracted the attention Of the United
Stntes government, and they have accord
EMgly invited proposals for furnishing the
same, with view ID the uss Of IL as NH
experiment bystle 5lightbduse board. The 4
intensity ofthe Iight yielded u this oil il
said 70 snrpass the sylyic oil, aud II has
no smell, IA
An Australian asserts that cobwebs
are complete cure for 'dysentery, He
takes them 10 pills, fo1r q day. They
are also used Tor fever and ague. ..s
Aldfcw q cnytiD, Governor elect or
Pennsylvania, Is six feet two inches high;
IllanplbHl lIamlin is sik feet three; aud
Abraham Lincoln Is six feet four. ID
The laeanest thief yet heard Of has Just
got j years Imprisonment IN Paris. On
lpfetense Of getting change for i half
I franc piece; lie got uine sous from blind ]
hegEar in exchange for4a button.
The Utica Telegraph has found tile
nearest Iaaa III the world. Ii says that
. man ia its city, who was requested to
Act A palEbsafer At the funeral Ct d /
iricnd's wife, presented the bereayed hus-
band with d 6flo[ So cents for his ser
ticssin that capacity and received Ills
| pay. n
tins BEGISNlya 10 THE ENp.-Ws
icopy the following advertisement from
/ the Fittsburg Pa. Disgflth. 1t spOaks
\ for itself: 'Gglorsd Men Of PittsbnrE
\ and. Vicinity - gu are requested 10
meet and form yourselves into Wide
| AWakesC lnbs, immediately for the pnT-
pose Of Ifnrtheripg tile Interests u the
friend Of the human race, Abraham Lil-,
iraln. Our colersd brethren had q tree
llhendoustlelR Bokton recent
q ly. Already New York has spoken IN
4 tRzor OF universal safletage They who
4 wgnld be free Themselves itlnst strike tho
3ifto8. = And ffcoiored mon wonld have
their rights. they should move for. the
Success of-1.4eis friends. DO not leave
4 The putfh and Irish 70 hionopolize all
!. the ll0bor oF Gltrting Linceln aud Ham.
y lin. Gplsred nirn have n right 10 net at
81 The pbtls ns q Vigilance Committee for the
'tltfeyeliti0a Of illegal voting. HIN Byosra,
!. !. NE 4rfa, qt iiafPp;s Terry, Is, yel 10 Ls
ff4rtRgeti. - 0sa.s2 ATTolTE . .>.&. +
Il AByiFieIAi, LEATHER. Il firm in Am,
i lierst, Mass aie misunderstanding about
Fifteen hundred pounds Of artificial leather.
Z EdaHy, from scraps of leather and old
a pieces Of rope II has net been intro
IEdneed ont Of New England, yes the dc.
! aiQhd Is reported to be greaier than tho
sEsnprlN Tie processd f making is similar
4 70 tlhtt9or making paper
it .. PoftG,rfnY OF EoxpoS. The cer,sus
EdeYeloIts the curious fact that there are
more Scotch descendants in Loudon than
,.Iul Essnburgh; more Irish than III Dublin;
/ 100, Qg0 more RUnalIists thaa in Rome;
1and more Jews than in Palestine. There
a are also IN the same metropolis no less
tthai GO, zoe g ernans, so 900 French, and
E5gaO ltalans; n very large number Of
Il Asiatles, from all parts Of lhe East. aud
Eqlaay who Sill worship their idols : :.
] PKRr1hAFox ron fIlE 0rkNlNG or Cox
tGREss.-ThC hotels and boarding:houses
tare preparing for an Unusual Influx OF
EstransersHt the coming session. Rents
are growing excessively high, toufs Ie
m0ndc apparently wishes 10 be here to
witness the exodus Of the seeding States,
the storm, IN, Congress, the row, tho
rnmpusi and the fiptous living, besides
the bagatelle between the acts, -. -
| MousracHRs The editor Of the LON
don .iisdieat ISmss is hard upon tie mon
fstaehes Of tile students. He assures a
CORRESPONDENT tbat ".menstaches have
their uses; and, among Che most impor.
taBt, they are considcred to point out the
idiest the yainest, auti most selfconceitcd..
If not, probably, the most dtssolnte in tho
class. They are beacons to warn others
/ TpLERxrIoX TO JEws.+--ln England.
France aud Holland, the j Jews are rapidly
'iadTancing In standing, several having been
much distinguished in each Of these kina-
doms, III Russia aud Poland, liberal en-
aetdentsjin their favor have been made;
ami even in Austria, Italy and Prussia,
some iittie Improvement in their condition
has bten effected. r III Spain, judaism is
now openly protested, although until late
Iyr-it has heen iuterdicted. Al city in the
] grand duchy OF Hesse has Jewish May
kur. The Universities OF Warsaw and
+ Gottingen have each a Jewish professor.
land three papers, devoted to their reii.
lgion, have been started at Tania, May
rnee aud Odessa. ,,i l. (. IT, ID. ~. =.
A MAD ELpFHAxr. "A newly trained
elephant at Treehoor, near Cochin. TidiA;
recently went mad, killed one of lis keep
Grs and committed great ranges. After
destroying several houses, running the
) bazaars aud killing two other men, it en-
tered the pagoda yard, which has heavy
+ granite walls. There were several expert
. tfalnsrs IA The yard and tile gates we're
closed, enclosing them With the elephant.
D There they were trying to calm him, re-
e treating irem his fury iuto the pagoda,
E which he continually attacked with all
!, his fore9s and has perhaps succeeded in
!. batIegb% AUWb, Inns Git &c rage seems
o ia iafc s9htiuIed uhabated for several
a days, andWould not probably cease unit!