The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-07-13
VOL. III
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7. Ii Is now said that Mr.. Harvey will not l,e
recalled from Portugal, II least not for ttle
present. II. MI
Nor PAnrIcuLAR WnIcn. "A Methodist fIii.
lister in Ohio, being anxious to obtain 9 sitatl.
ton ss chaplain III regiment, wrote 70 the
governor: 81 am methodist preacher of the
North Ohio Conference, am forty eight. ysars
Of age, and will preach, pray Or fghts ~ slee'''
sion requires
KiSa CorroS ii dinner was lately given iia.
London. 70 Colonel Sir Arthur CottontJ Just
arrived from India, where he hlss done the.
state much service BY his promotion Of canal
ing Tor the purpose Of irrigation The moral
to be ieslnced from this according 10 Idllt9.
/ Fir IS, that English Cotton, Is superior ~.
American Cotton; inasmueh as the former pro-.
NOTES irrigation, while the lattcr i only pFet
dnctfye Of irritation, # Z ..-s
WEsT INDIA FEM Nothing surprises visit %.
tor from the Northern STAGES to Havana, more
than the fish he sees exposed for sale. In
stead Of the dull and drab colors which are
common to the fish in northern latitudes, they
exhibit the most brilliant hues Some are
striped with bands Of gold md silver, the lastre
Of which Is like that Of the polished nnetalss
The very cells are covered with shining blue,
white and yellow streekcd. n &.... .=..@|. n.
onIsous FRIDAY 1t Is noticeable That n.
many on the important events o. the war 5hssy g
happened on Friday. The bombardmsnt afe
Sumter was commenced on Fridayi the
troubles In baltimore took place on Friday;
the FIRST and bloodiest riot In st. Louis IS.
Cured on Friday; the attack on seweli y Point
Was made on Ffiday me attscl ON iexarIuIia
was made on Friday, and Ellsworth was fhos
on Friday. i. ,s. l. =.s & i. s5:, @2
PERsoNAL sAPPEARASGE or SEcTssIoN LIZA pEIs.
The Wilmington journal thus describes Con,
Beauregarc and jefferson Dayis:--t General
Beauregartl has not d single Anglo Saxon tea-
ture in his face. The whole toneof bis coun-
tenance and attitude would lead any one to
expect him to speak in some Of the languages
OF continental Europe. It is q French face
but of the style OF Caviagnac or Ianorieiere'
II is of the solid type Of Frenchmen Mr..
Davis looks young for his age, which is well
over fifty. He might be q preacher, for any
fire,eating expression about him. But for the
square and straightiy opened eyes and babitN-
ally closed mouth, firm as iron, no one would
suspect Mr.. Davis of being the civil aud mill
tary leader Of a great national movement.
HIGn PaicEs or Books IN EAnLY Tf4ts.--.
Books In oil ages have brought fabulous prices:
St. jerome said he ruined himself by buying q
copy of the works Of origen "A large estate
was given for a Treatise on CoSmograpLy, By
King Alfred. in s72. Two hundred. sheep and
FIVE quarters of wheat have been exchanged
single Homiy in the thirteenth and four
tenth centuries. In our own times an HIS.
trated copy Of Macklin's Bible has produced
five hundred guineas. A yet more superb
copy Is actually insured in a london office al
$4,000. The 'tDecameron, of 1471, was
bought at the Duke of Roxburgh's sale ia
1872, BY the Duke of Marlborough, for Sill
300. *= E s=. r ~: I: s.s
pmEcT STEAM CosisUSIcArioS WITH EuR9Pf
The establishment of a line of steamers be,
tween Charleston and Europe can no longer
be regarded as Il merequestion Of commercial
policy, The independent position which the
South has assumed among the nations OF the
earth, makes this enterprise measure of 20
litical necessity. We are glad, therefore. to
notice that a meeting of those who are to CO
operate In. the movement Is called for this
afternoon. The report Of the committee upon
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