The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-15

4 Saturday, brought the following news
from the seat Of war: !: w.. a, :.*.:'.:-
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A Washington dispatch of May SotIl
says u. ~. .:. j.. e. iii III. :.tE,
Gen. Batler was reinforced yesterday
by two thousand troops. .
Tng Times Washington dispatch states
that there are eight thousand troops a,
Point Of Rocks The troops there are
fmuch demoralized, but will make d despe.
rate SIGHT There were indications Of an
lintenlion 10 evacuate the post. but There
was no positive information. They ex.
Epect an attack from the west and keen a
sharp lookout every night. The men are
sleeping % their arms, ..'. &
Among the ELECTS seized ut Alexaud.
riaare tetters Of great Importance, which
were found IN the Scntiua Office, showing
the means 6y which the secession OF Viz
ginia was brought about; some distinguish,
ed politicians are implicated, aud The LEI.
tiers show beyond doubt that the ordl.
nance Of Secession was OILY passed by
fraud .. ''.'. =. =.
a Washington dispatch Of the 3lst
says: The following dispatch was received
at the Navy Yard between four and Eve
this pm. =, . {.
The Key Stone State reported that on
passing Aqaia creek, The Freehorn and
AuaeoStI were engaging the Battery there
with success: Shall | send the Pocahoutas
with her ten inch gun 10 ASSIST ;: ,.:.:.. -.
(Signedl Carr. DsuLGREx.
Commander at tile Navy Yard i
immediately upon the receipt Of the
dispatch, the Navy Department ordered
two Ileii,of. war forward to support Capt.
Ward. .s. :..., ,',,y". !. :y.:
( "A Washington. dispatch of June LIST
states that the movements Of Gen Butler
were considered as an ittimatlon ON his
i2art not 10 trouble SewalI's Point or Nor
folka present, bat TO strengthen his posi-,
tioa on the other side Of JaInes river, and
in time 10 move forward to Richmond.
The two large COIlmbiads lately shipped
from Pittsburgh TO Fort MeIIenry were
spiked ii the streets Of Baltimore. aadit
was not discovered NTH they were moupt-
cd in The FORT. -. IT.
There has been great dissatisfaction in
the Massachusetts camp, at The Relay
House, arising from the ynnmiiitary cor.
duct Of BrigatijGr Geu. Jones lie Kas
burRed IN etiigy last night at their camp.
Brigaater GcG.. Pierce will suycrsede
General Jones, aud the latter will go to
/ Fort Monroe. =: -. =.
The STIR says, nine rebels were Killed
at Sewall's Point ia the recent conflict
also that the rebels had stopped work on
the entrenehment at Manassas. F.. /
| The PISS special Washington dispatch
says preparations are evidently making for
Q forward t0oyement Of tue Government
troops, They are ali under orders aud
are ready to march at. a moments notice.
The probable object is a sudden concen-.
tration upon the rebel forces IN Virginia.
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A st. Lonis dispatch Of May 3lSt SAYS;
General Harvey stated that by orders
from Washington, dated May 10, bnt
only received yesterday, be had been re.
moved from his command in this quarter,
aud had no longer any power over the
military of the district FL. -.
1t is understood that General Lyon
succeeds General Harvey,
The steamer Black Hawk, from the
upper Mississippi, landed at Hannibal, on
"Wednesday { MAY 90, with six hundred
Mormons, on their way to- Salt Lake
City. They are mostly from England.
Other delegations are on the way, and in
a@few weeks more, il is thought there
Will be two thousand five hundred Saints
on the route TO swell the population oil.
the City Of Salt Lake - -. !
A dispatch of the LIST inst. says thai !
DR., George X Sauderson, who was |
stabbed on the night Of May 10th, by |
Hon. A. Buckner, died last evening, from |
the effects Of the wound, at his residence
on Olive Street. 49,.
SOUTHERN NEWS. -
The Augusta, Georgia Chronicle, of
the 2Sth ult., says that Boaurerard |
issued orders at Charleston, yesterdai, re- |
iinqnishing the command Of tue frees
afonnd Charleston to Colonel Il. II AM
derson, relieving u. R. Jones, who ac-
companies ,Beanregurd to Corinti, Mis-.
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