The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-13

ton dispatch states that meeting of the
Cabinet. attended BY Gen. Scott. was
hastily summoned this morhing. Can't
Fox has arrived from sumter Ii Il
thought the consultation 4 IN reference 10
reinforcing Anderson. There b consider.
able excitement here.
Al special messenger on the Alcxandria
and Orange RailfOad has been tarrcd and
feathered because be was republican.
WIN. Cuddy, editor Of the ST, Louis
Esxpress, has been appointed surveyor.
general or Missouri aud Illinois, and Chas.
Gibson, Of ST. Louis. solicitor Of Court OF
Claims. ..l.i 4. 81 &. Il
The administration Is specially consider.
ing Mexican Affairs. looking TO an imine-
date treaty.
The Spanish Ilect Is not 10 20 10 the
Gulf Of Mexico TN further orders from
Madrid.
III Il understood flat tie French con-.
suls in the ConfedeFate States have re-.
ceiyed instructions direct from France
relative 10 faeilitaticn d Southern trade
with France. II. 4;
Prominent persons here arc satisfied
the movements Of English and French
ileets are for observation Of Southern
events. VI. All \. MI ID
Al special dispatch yesterday from
Charleston to the New York Ddvbook
says, the crisis has Al last arrived. Pro
visions 10 Major Anderson we're stopped
to-day. Gen. Benuregard Is now inspect
ing the Notifications
Orders from Montgomery for the com
mcncement Of hostIlilies are hourly ex-l
peeted. The preparations are complete
Galveston dates Of yesterday, received
In New 0rleans, say Gov. Houston had
sent a message 10 tile Legislature protest
ing against the convention, and appealing
to the Legislature 10 sustain him, claini.
ing still 10 be governor. The Legislature
took not the slightest notice Of II.
Nothing definite has yet transpircd ii
the Virginia Convention
The South Garalina convention ycster-
day ratified the Constitution OF the Con.
federatc States BY l4g to 20. B. s
The Rhode Island election yestcrday
resulted 10 the defeat ofthe Republicans.
Gov Sprague being reelected by a large
majority. The legislature is Of the same
political character. Sheffield and Brown
were elected to Congress over the late
Republican members.
Yesterday Mr.. Mays was elected Mayor
|of Richmond, va by one thousand ma
jority over Mills, the Union Candidate.
Warsaw, Ill, elects all republican Of
ficers. 3. III u III
A dispatch from Pittsburg yesterday
says the mail train due from Philadelphia
at one pm. to-day was thrown from the
track near Walls Station, about thir-
teen miles from this city, BY the breaking
Of an axle. The forward car went down
an embankment Is feet, dragging the
Others OF the track. About so. pusseu-
gers were on the train but no one ives
seriously injured. The following were
slightly injured: u. II. Dobbs, Daguer.
reotypist Of Plttsbnrg, f. Carpenter
Drorer, Of Holmes Co., Ohio. r. NAL.
lony, Of Hollldaysburg, Pa, md j. Sim
mons, express agent, Philadelphia. They
will be able TO leave tomorrow for the
places Of their destination. The mails
.caught FIRE from the upsctting Of q stove
and the contents Of several pouches were
badly damaged or destroyed. The WASH
.ingtonl letter mails escaped; the New York
and Philadelphia were slightly damaged,
and tLeBaltimorea aud Harrisburg
5ably damaged, and the way mail bet 4een
Pittsburg and Harrisburg was almost
entirely destroyed
= At Chicago, yesterday morning, q
:colored man, named Harris, his wife and
two children. beloag to Mr.. Patterson
and Mr.. Vail Of st. Louis County, Mo-,
were arrested and sent to the United
States Court at Springfield, by a special
train, for hearing. As 1t was almost en-
tireiy unknown that warrants we're is.
sued for the arrest Of these parties they
were executed with little difficulty. After
the affair became known the most intense
excitement prevailed among the colored
portion Of the community. Large mum
bers gathered at the depot, and the time
the regular morning train left. supposing
the fugitives would be aboard, one or two
shots were fired at the train, beyond
whiclrthere was no disturbance.
I. TIN. sT LOTS, April 4th, pm.
Judge Mclean, OF the United States
Supreme Court, died this morning, and
Capt, BerinarI, commanding the Wyan.
dotte OF Pensacola, died yesterday Of
brain fever. ...:. n. -s...s 5.'''5
Wnr Woodruff, democrat, is elected |
to Congress from the 4th district Of Con-
.uecticut, by so majority The delegation
stands two and two. d. ...
The New York Worlds Washington
dispatch says; Lieut. Gilman from Fort
Pickens, reports that place as reinforced
and now able to hold ont for some time.
'Mr. Btaisdell arrived from Texas 10.
day bringing $4,000 which the secession
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