The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-23
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We have received eastern dates TILE
The 2Jth, and frontier dates till the 29thI
uitimo. We suEjoin the following sum
mary ~. { III. 81 Il .4
Tile Uuited States frigate Niagara
sailed on. Friday tie 18th nlt ], for Paiia-
ma, where she Is % receive oil board the
Japanese embassy and convey them To.
japan She will hardly arriye at Pana.I
ma before August. ID
i is stated that Postmaster Fowler
left New York on the 18th inst, in the
Moses Taylor, hound to Havana, whence
lie will 60 70 Mexico or somewhere iii
South AmeTiea. His friends raised d
purse for him Of several thousand dollars,
The War Department received 4 large
mnil from Utah on the The 21st ult. Z.
Tie impression Il now general Tint tic.
orer issue Of TACTIC mail stock is much
lnrger than supposed The statement
said 70 come from the Company = own Of
fec is said to BE. 2, 400 shares. III. isl said
that certificates for SIS, 900 shares have
been presented Tor dividends, and that ali
these are registered ID the stock.
Al large number 81 members of Con.
gress left Washington ON the 2lst aud
.22d to attend the Donglas demonstration
at New York, among whom were Rnsk,
sof Arkansas, Hamilton. of Texas, md
ClingHian, of North Carolina The lead.
eTs Of the party were cAdeaYoring 10.
agree upon o definite plan Of action in.
order ouhite the whole force upon 4 can
didate acceptable to all sections Of the
party lGxertions were being made to
have Douglas. Guthrie and Others, with
drawn From the ring, TO remove tile pend
ing difficulties to o perfect union npon the
candidate. y. ..st
The register kept by the Observatory
of Harvard College shows, that, while ia
the first four months of 1859 there was a
fall Of $3.50 inches Of rain, in 1850 there
was only 6:25 inches .4
rss stST ss1s y' wa HsTad says t ai
the growing wheat crop from Ergdgrickg-
burg TO the mouth Of tic Rappahannpck
river embracing The large aud fertile.
valley Of the Rappahannock, nearly a
hundred miles VII leligtil, lis less pTomis-
ing than for many years past. iii Rich
mond, Westmorelnnd, Middlcsex, SPOT.
sylyania, King George, Grunge aud Stat
ford, the worm IS making great inroatls.
III has made its appearance in several por.5
lions OF the county of Amherst, and:
Is playing sad havoc with the growing
wheat !;
The prevailing droutll begins TO be Sc.
riously felt by the farmers ia New York
and New England There have been mo.
derates showers In New York City and
vicinity, hut beyond that the droutf has
not abated Tie promise Of grass ard
hay is diseouraging, We. .s- ..: =. ]
The cattle disease Of Massachusetts is.
attracting attention in Congress, the
House Committee on Agriculture having
been directed by resolution to Inquire I'M
to the subject, -:.-., @..... s :.:,s>:.5
The cattle, distemper, so fatal In Mas
sachusetts, has extended into Connecticut,
b. AT Boston on the Gath Of MAY, Queen.
Vict0riass birthday was celebrated lly the
British residents, and by q salute from
the British steamers. ga 81 Iz<s55l
Flour made from wheat grown the pre-
sent seuson has made its appearance. in
the Augusta Ga. market. q E 4 !.
The transfer clerk IN the Office Of. tile
Pacific Mail Company, III New York, who
is still missing, is q defanIter 10 the
amount OF $50, 600. .., .s :.s ..: II :1 :.
Three Of the police Of Boston have been
arrested on q charge of robbery. : =. 4 -5Ir..
Marshal Rynders has levied upoL the,
Of the sureties of ex.PostmaSter
Fowler 70 the amount of SIS, 554, but
the bond is said TO be for only $I5, 600.
The Boston Transcript saws that among
The passengers by the. Europa is the
Prince dc JoinYilIe,. travelling meg. He
is going TO Canada on a fishing cxcur.
Sion . Z. r.. r.. s.: d. I. f.. =. r.
/, The republican treasurer OF Floyd
county, Iowa, has defiulled and led with
$4,000 Of the county s money.
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cot JACK HAYS, OF TEXAS NoroRlEry. ~