The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-07-20

VOL, III.
MiStf Ila ufuus.

FRANcIsEI BaowNnrE. the avsnger 81 Eli
worth, has been appointed ! second Iisu.enant
"A female slave died lately, a Clarksvills.
Tenn, sged 1OT years, In her cap was y "a
cession badge,
Twenty Thousand gallons n water are ssht
from BAitimofe wnekly b Fortress Monroe tot
tho use Of the R0rtiscn
Commissions which have been granted y
young men under %, 70 act q Meutenants u
the rebel army are 10 b revoked II
The Arlxansas STATE Convention has passed.
military bill. aushorizing The Governor u call
out %, 600, n necessary
Sonnrnlxo NEW. "A new upright Tomato.
requiring no support, has been pfodneed III
France. Il grows two feet high, and the stock
4 q upright and stItl Is 4 tree.
The Chazleatcn Is. d. lisrp.ly says the ten
Gonisdefate States will soon b ready " fur
aIsh, ifIaecessary. 500, O0O, 600, and five hum
ared thonsand fighting men.
Among inc troops arrived a. RIcbmUnd. afa
the New Orleans zduayes, 030strong they Ut
Tract much attention, and ore grcAt nourCe
81 ntids. ne 156avus express great desire 70
meet boof ElIsWtfthss nrSt Lambs
| 4 DounlH sTnttA1,ox The Federal troops
ii PhillIppA captured quantity q shoes bel
longing Is Ire 4ehcIe, but found they were not
much II 4 pri2e after all Tho soIes wefeEnade
81 wood. md covered with stained paper As
i supposed that Tiny were furnished W tie
nalne contrsctots who supplied the northern
NolnniHlia With clothes.
sbcectl bef5t6 tke baptist Home missionary 90
clety Ia England the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon thus
ventilated his opinions respecting white ora
watts and mon; What mean by man, 10
not 4 person with white oravat and black
coat No persons wear them but walters at
iuns, assistants in Diapers shops. undertaker's
men and ministers ! believe they are q badge
Of seryitude. What mean by q man Is just
this: One ,oho has GOT thing IN his heart and
means 70 do TT he smash ae Garth and shake ne
hedrens IN doing a #
A WoRLD's CoNyEREEcE or EyAsGkrIcAL
CHRIsrIANs Arrangements have been made
I for holding Conference OF Christians from all
parts Of the world, at Geneva, on the Cd of
next September, 10 close on the 18th; and the
Rev. DR.. Merle d. Anbigne has written . letter
to the London Eeps. giving the programme Of
its prospective deliberations II is expected
that all the prominent church questions Of the
day win be fully and freely discussed BY distin-
guished representatives of different countries.
The action Of this body will BIZ looked for with
considerable interest, ..:.3 +. !:
Arms ron CALIFoRNIA. THE United States
| Government has appropriated 1000 stand Of
arms to the State Of California, being the quota
to which she was entitled In former years, and
mot applied for. The order was obtained
through the exertions Of Gen. Kibbe, ON hia
late visit to Washington. By the last steamer
the requisition arrived, by virtue ofMhieh they
were turned over from the General TO the Stats
Government authorities. ,.==. T.. RI
GRAssHoPPERs.-- The GrasshoppeEs nTe re-.
ported 10 be causing much damage in various
sections Of California. They are said to DO
committing sad rayages in Tulare Valley. The
| Delta says one man declares that they have
| eaten all his vegetables above ground, and
| commenced digging his potatoes! The Petalu-
ma argus says, we have them here in Sonoma
County to such an extent, that they are eating
up everything that is green in Two Rock
Valley, and hare eaten the potato tops to the
ground; and between the Hay stack and Our
House" the road is swarming with them. A
farmer told us that they had commenced On
his fence! These destructive insects have also
appeared in thu vicinity of Marysville, and arr
deyouring every green thing in their way u :
GLIDING peaeh- trees, vegetable, grain, etc.