The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-11
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
ny PONY N.

TnE following Il synopsis Of the To-
teIligence brought from the east by the
Pony which arrived m this city on the
4th inst;
WASHINGTON.
The amount OF -four seized 1T George
town by the government was twenty Eve
thousand barrels. They were selling ii to
the poor at 800 per barrel, the street
price was 81 90.
"A depntation Of twenty Indians had ar.
rived to tender three hundred warriors Of
the Sioux and Chippewa Indians 70 the
President. b
A gentleman had arrived at Washing-
ton who had been compelled 10 fee from
North Carolina. be STATED that the seces-
sionists were carrying al before them with.
ont referenscto law and order. They had
driven of good many persons who did
not sympathize with the movement, and
had threatened loudly 10 mob and hang
aex.G Governor Gjlmer, who was persistent-
" resisting "the tide Of passion q
Al Washington dispatch Of the gath,
to the New York Times, states that q de-
pntation Of Virginiahs and Marylanders
waited on the President, and demanded a
cessations 81 hostiIities until after the ses-
sion Of Congress The Presidents an
swer was prompt, decided aud III the mega
tive. One OF the deputation said that
seventy i've thousand Marylanders wouid
contest the passage Of troops over her
soil. 10 which the President replied be
presumed there was room enough too in
her soil TO bury scventy.6ve Thousand
4. rEKSsYLyASiA.
Il Thirty nine thousand Pennsylvaniaus
had already responded to the call for
volunteers, and the governor stated that
bio was literally mobbed with offers Of
more He had accepted nineteen thou
sand. ID s..,.s. 81: .ss5.% s353as
II Al Philadelphia, on the 26th, Com
rnandcr Newell U. S. NJ, shot himself ii
the Merchants Hotel VI. 81
TWAS currently reported that ex- Iresi-
dent Buchanan had disposed OF his farm
and gone 10 Canada, IN consequence OF
threatening remarks from the Ohio troops
-, 600 strong Qnartered in Lancaster.
.3 @ soUTnERS NEWS.
IL was reported from Hayre a. Grace
Nd. that an attack was threatened on
s.;d flat II h ya. ,Io,,. ~ NJ, ,,4 ~.
I,ombar.Ied A.non,ber n cannon ~ ,vc -
!, 3, !. - pso
AZ a r,,ce sho6ld M,,rrI,nd ,,,n,,s 49,, 49,
their appeara,,ce IS ai,nrshenlsd sH
I,,gj, Ii,ar ~, ~. N 4 !.
The eyening ~ ,ba 5sit al ,a,, liz ~
trorcd -. = -. + 80. 80. 80
Tbe yuryeyiuys s.boon.rs IIov III f,,,,,h
Ind landed ,roons and etro ,a,,,n 49, :,
Fort Carroll heiaw I,al,;nore s..'''Y" - =
Gov. Hicks, message 10 tic MARYLAND
I,crislaturs ,lstalls In ,tarli;na sxaa,s 800
whiel, induced rim: ~ cali j, sns., t..s"
He advises MARYLAND 10 pye,cr,a Z n,,,:
traiity between the North and Sontl,.
and 10 net as moderator .',..;s. ..,. =
New York dispatches az tho OH, .tnte
that the steamer Nashville had been
taken by The authorities Of Charleston
but il was not known whether She Ind
been seized or purchased. == ii z
The former Lieutenant Of the Harrie,
Lane had been appointed 10 command
the Nashville. and he intended usim, her
to intercept California steamers n was
positively stated that he Ind received
letters Of niaruue from Prcsi,,ent JeiT
Davis i:.@ s I: .5.,. I, I. 80. !"
! There was no blarkntle Of f,barl.s,on
The city was Quiet; tiour $I5 90 ner.
barrel. E. @.5'I-.:: -. = -
+ A gentleman who left (yharleston@ ~.
25,h, reported that General Bsanregard
was experimenting the repairs az Snn1i.r
with the expectation of an im,nedfate a..
tack from the North on Cbsrles,on
That there. was then mo 5moye,nsnt or
troops toward the North: :. s. - : :
The fortifcations an an. .oa.t ~ VI.
ginia. especially the anproaches 10. Nor.
folk and Portsmouth were advancing
rapidgy. !. .=.: -, =. .;
The Virginia ordinance of secession has
been published. Il Is accomnonicd nv
schedule, appointing the 4th THURSDAY in
Nav for ratif;Ga,ion' IL fho raa,,ls,. ~ =
prohibiting De election If l,os rtbs IN ~
Congress reouired ~ Iaw ON. the ..n!
day. The ordinance declares HE 81 co ;.
tuition Of the Tinted States ~ Isrr.s.
binding on the citizens ~ Virgin;, =, TLa
ordinance is To take effect when ,ot;cad
by 4 majority Of the yo,crs 80 ,.''' = ;,
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