The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-04

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| May.
A dispatch from Fort Smith Of the
Stth. states that that place was IN posses
sion Of State troops. IL
About II o'clock on The night Of the
esd, volunteer force, under the COM
Hland Of Colonel Scion Borland. landed At
the wharf from steamboats,, the command
numbering nearly eight hundred men
4 About m hour before their arrival, Cap-I
tain Stargis decamped with his command.
consisting Of two cavalry regiments. He
took away the horses belonging to his
command, and such supplies MS he could
transport He was falling back on Fort
\ Washington. 3D. .,,ri: /.
The post was formally surrendered by
Captain A. Montgomery, to General Il.
Il Benjamin. Adjutant General OF the state,
He placed Col. Borland in charge. Cap
tain Montgomery aud Major Gailin were
taken prisoners They were discharged
on parole About seven hundred state
troops were there They were passed 10
u review in the garrison parade ground.
The flag Of the Confederate States Of
Il America was raised on the fort at ~
! o'clock, amid the firing Of cannon and the
!. cheers Of the multitude. ,.= 4
j After the review, three cheers were
i given for the citizen soldiers, three cheers
for President Jeff Davis, and three cheers
/. for Governor III. M. Rector. n,
, The stock and property taken posses
! sion Of was estimated ut $500, 900. (, IN, ..l
Il A. - e.; rop4 prfu SssS 3a,:. 4.
n A letter from Pensacola states that
Major Tower, Of Massachusetts,, was In
command at Pickens.
i The steamer Atlantic and lrigate Mac
i Donough Ind arrived. |..:@. ~.
i II was said that arrangements had
been made By the secessionists for an as.
sault with fSe hundred men on the fort,
/ on the very night Of the reinforcement,
and IT was, therefore, deferred. " IL: /: Il.
I'll The Cincinnati Gazette, Of the gath,
, iprofessed having information that Fort
Pickens was attacked on the 18th, by
b 1.-THE secession forces, who were driven
: bnck with a loss of thirty three men,. Not
5 a person in the garrison was injured.
Y ,;....:s@.=>; ILL., KENTuCKY. :.=g. i.
At Louisville, seven companies Of
. State Guards, numbering $50 men, under
i Col. Tlghman; had been organized.
! A company Of secessionists, one hun
! fdred and fifteen in number, left Cynthiana,
I on the 22d, to join the Confederate army
i When the train arrived at Frankfort
Z they were ordered TO show their flag,
i which they did, displaying secession
= flag, from the window. Several stones
were thrown At the train, when the Lieut
Z lof the company fred into the crowd
The cars we're attacked by the citizens
and boulders and paving stones raiued
/ upon them promiscnoaSly. They finally
/ got on with but little personal injury
! Great excitement prevailed during th,
! remainder Of the day aud threats Wer'
made to tear up the track. Tue Citizen
i. Edeciared th6t no more trains bearing Sc
!. cegsioH troops should pass through tina
place :.. p. 4. -. II
II A proposition had been made by TIL
e e Governor of Kentucky to the GoRerno
). of Ohio, that the Governors Of the Boz
! ticr States PROPOSE 10 tho United State
= GoVornment TO become arbitratdrs be
! tween the eonteuding parties In the pre-
y sent difficulties f. :l.
/. :. ..:.:. 81: TEXAS. ..... s.
ie The Birmingham, Boston and Texa
~ line Of steamers had been temperate
4 suspended. h.: So g:Eg :..,, .52:s
I'll Preparations fer war we're progressing
y on a large scale. I, ...:.. 81
d.E The Remaining Federal troops at III
e dianola would probably be taken pri'
oners, s5.. II, 5.:.: ..... ...,.,
iel Governor Houston had spoken Mt Ga
u weston on the 10th, when he denied Ell
ie phaticaly having communicated with Mi
:" Lincolu's Government, and also denie
"a that he claimed still to be the Governor {
~ Texas. 49,. ...s:.: W. iii: ~ f..
y Rumors from m authentic source ha
or reached Brazos that the Mexicans wer
tx getting up another guerilla warfar
rs against the citizens on the Rio Grandi
'ei about Brownsville, The town Of Rom
Al had been pillaged and burned, and man
American families had been murdere'
Brownsville, also. had been threatened.
es The number Of federal troops left
To- Texas was about one thousand. Tho
of were abundaptly supplied with provision
ed and means of transportation. The nur
at Der in the vicinity Of Indianola was abol
D. Eve hundred. -. =. -. - 49, .. -"
y. ",~.. PENNSYLVANIA: -, ssy-,
10 A bearer Of dispatches from Mr.. Ii
u coin to- Gen. Patterson, Of Philadelphi
y arrived on the morning of the 22d. II
w. stated that the capitol was safe from NJ
- attack that could be made. The messe
" ger travelled part Of the way on foo
~ passing himself or as Methodist preacl
- er. He said there was a reign Of teri.
=" at Baltimore, and the Union men We
=: obliged TO suecumb to the mob.
Several Of the Pennsylvania trool
I'D who had been missing since the riot, hs
IN :urned up at Philadelphia, and reports
iu' having been confined in jail in Baltimor
lor and that thirty-fTe Others had been wa
IN dering in the woods near Cornings. Th,
in had been taken to the ucighboring hous
and treated kindly. They had not ,
at returned home. .-E.4 = -
nd III =. - ...... ....:. ..a
~. NEW YORK. -. -.
tol In New York, corporation had be-
been formed by leading citizens, creatiI
cid permanent national patriotic fund, {
Inc the care and support OF the families
md those who went for the defense Of I
hes country. 49,.