The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-18

post-ofice will be taken possession of soon
by federal troops. E E2
Tits contemplated 70 suspend al south.
ern mails next week
Al report Is current that there had heen
a collision between two vessels at the
mouth Of the Potomac, and supplies for
Washington, by up country roads, have
been cut on by Virginia +,,
:.S. A corps of telegraph operators Is being
20 be attached 70 the army,
The navy department Is 10 charter ten
more steamers ut New York, five az Piila-
tlelphia, aud Eve at Boston, TO be added
TO the navy. n Nj NJ.
Ii was reported that I'll secessionists have
been warned 10 leave Washington. X
In obedience to orders from Washing
ton. the Allegheny was towed from Fort
McHenry, on The Sd, She will be heayi.
u armed as q guard ship for Annhpolis
harbor. >=...<.. i, ..i. ..=
y NH. ". NEW YORK. /. NJ. ...i h.
h a. New York dispatch Of the 4th, says
that Superintendent Kennedy has receiv-
ed letter, stating that there is q
thoroughly organized plan to burn New
York, Philadelphia and Boston, by cut.
~, ntT ,ha s.nnJ;cs ~ watsr and Then
s",,;nrs s ~; i, VI yari,ns noints ,rbe ,ottey
aiso ss.,es. ,hst mon nave been Stationed
- Moth Rostno and Pb;Iaaelnbin for weeks
One hundred aud twenty-five men have
been sent 10 New York TO carry out their
Dayis disnpnrnxed If smell proeerdinos
since the Presidents prorlamation ~
faxare n N Tho letter q dated J,onisy;Ile
and the writer IN We that he is mn enemy
'I,nf viii not (,oLt with eamnbene and Incl.
frr matches for5 wrapor,s IS several wal
know,a setcssioniists h New Y;orlt ara tlose.
~ wntchsd ma .consi,lerabie creacnce, !.
,,laced in the statement aud precautioi.
ary measures have been adppted Il, IN,
Yolice 1919. ;. Z: g=.,; =. ,.5.I.
ii WINS stated n Ncv@ York that tbs
Jersey Civ Coast (;uarl had scized twe
xchooners loaded with 4 500 kegs and
3 lfll, barrels AZ novaer. 2 i. "a,
r., go !, !. 81. j. ,.... III #
+. -; MISSOURI. = ri. e.. =.
: A. Jrnion decentralization hatd ON III,
night of Tho 81 M I,pxingloh M no,
broken mn Nv, the secessionis,s On,
Union man was shot bnt moi very scrions
nv hnrt. There was ID lie 4 Irnion n,aet
inc there n, two O'Clock nm az tbc "a In,
I II also was snpnresscd ~ TN,
secession ilae now waves ~ fron, ~ IL,
conyt bouss1 h, = 3 - Z
" On The and rho Isa;.lairys co,s,vorsd +,
.exfrn session a. .I,.lf.rson civ Gov JseI
!, M. y :
the Nortbern Confc,leracv Il 10 vs ws.0 a. !,
| terilip terms, he saws, f,tLe action ~ m,
President i eyidcuiIy pnconstitn,;o,,,oI a !,
Illegal and will only tend 10 siilI furihe,
si' ,,s ths Feoi',9 VI tue nee ana Save
nIents, In conGrmation 81 ti,is nniuion. i
/ Is sufficient 10 saw the mower In roer,.o !,
state by the Federal .Cioyernmept wa
proposecl in the convention That frame,
the Constitution, IN several different FORMS
and rejected. and Il il an it,s(,lt. "a h,
common sense of tho ncn,,,,,n n ,,,Ssert ,ba
a war upon individuals acting pndcr m
authority OF the State. and hy virtue Of i,
commission, or i'm obedience to its govern
ment, is not Il war upon the States
the President. II @anpears. has M,
/. only discovered the nower in the aoyer,,
meat TO make war upnn the States bu
/ has assumed that 44te EXECUTIVE denart
| Inelit can initiate that war: Ne,tbe
| Washington. Jefferson. nor Jackson eve
! for q moment Imagined that they .wer
| ciathed with such tlespOiic power 4,
| this.'' .:.. s.: "A : :,f,. =,
lie recommends that a sufficient sun
| of money DO appropriated to placcslh
/ State, AT The earliest practicable. moment
! in a complete state Of defense +. s.
= .es f: .., IL.
/ SOUTHERN NEWS. H.. 49,. -:
A dispatch from Raleigh, North Caro-
! lima, saws the legislature met on%tbe d
! The assembly sneedity crpnnizrd N bi
GcalIine,a convention Ia assenI,Ic. IN nj
| 20th. II was passed unanimously Tbsr
/ was no reference Of ina action IN III
people. The Southern Confederate Az,
! was fvipS, ovar tn, ,.,tr,;t,l. 49,. Na.,L o.