The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-01-26
.MOU N TAI NEER,
GREAT slIIta ciIsy
s1TURDA Y JANUARTsc. 1881.
/ LATEST BY PONY EXPRESS.
FURTHER SECESSION MOVE
MESTs, AND OTHER ITEMS

W AAA ~ VI titsst ttttttkss AAit
matter presented 10 our readers in The ex
ira = kll contained inoor present issue
thas itnay have a IuIl circulation among
I'll numerous. subscribers II,
Its well known ttat We went "a great
expense toget the latesteastCrn dispatches
/: darihg itKe last Presidential campaign.
and tint We isssued extras aud distributed
them gratuitodsiy AIMING onr patrons aad
friends, Whenever We thought tlle news
received, Of sufficient Importance % justify
pas aeiag 50.
4 Another batch Of news came hy tie
Pony Which arrived early Oh "Wednesday
eTenlns ii vouIl have been gratifying
to ~, to hrge given the public the news
entire, bat we were not successful in our
attempts u secure . COPY.
There IS 4 clab composed Of some TWEEN
" eentloaeil In this city, who receive the
latest ssstcru news 81 eyery express we
applied for y copy Of that received on.
/ "Wednesday, and after going round 10 visit
the members u tho club, for the purpose
Of getting their vote ii favor Of our baY.
ing the document for Insertion H. tile
present number OF The 8f6kniaiaesr, We
learned that committee had been appoint:
ca % receive proposals. from the Editors
Of the papers Published ii 9, s. 4. City.
Had We been previously Informed that
these gentlemen had eniercdinto i private
speculation upon the news question. and
that they designed receiving proposals.
ssalea prerosaii We supposc--an,i then SCI
ling copies to The highest bidders, We
might have acted Inherently.
Those gentlemen who kindly aided Us
81 their vote, wiIIpleasc accept our warm
est thinks n III tgis 4
through the kindness Of africud who
Heard the dispatch read hnrriedly over,
wc are enabled 70 furnish the following
y I
synopsis Of the heWst
Tho States Of Louisiana, Mississippi, /
Alabama, mud Florida, Ind formally So.
ceaed from the Union. These states have,
ia,copnectiop with South Carolina, sent
their pFoelamAtious to oil tho Southern
states, INVITING themiall 10 Join with them
ID the fcrnationof d Southern eonfcasr-ts
acys How these proclamations and de-
nogstratious will be received By the sis.i
ter states. time mist determine; we shall
offer no representations:
Louisiana had takeh possession Of the
military post at Baton Ronge, and were
making preparations to blockade tie
mouth Of tie Mississippi, and 10 stop all
American dips from passing the Balize,
The folks at New Orleans haI taken
possession 81 The st,s.5ln Honse, and the /
public works Of The government.
Thciegislitars q Mississippi hadpissedt
resolutions % permit steamers, carrying
the Uuited Slatesmails; to pass up and
u1sl 'as r'ssr aa'he'ss'eu' eas IN 0tnet
sss9l'sss , sse e g sn9lsessa Y z Ilsla
$500 I, ~ A'So Esso.ss.i ny y aileW
my ssa'tea states sup % pass ~ up The
/ t' y !, ... .s.. ...
's,li s.le la'ertlaslet Ne nave been abe
4 $500, Y pears taat tae leaqefS ol4
wy syee9S,en leetloIlisls are pushing thugs
aasaa Is iast rs lneY possibly eau, aud
TT aesermiaed not e let the WORKING
sisssS Inc yong aud sineW o. the couu
" = solee Y 'he matter, 5s.5s
:, & tsVy sesoas q'arrel had taken place
'~esa senator 't y. foonlhs o. deorgin, and
We aeotS U Waich the eniyalro @ 4
ooa'lieFlleF ~. made use g o. the most Insult
iag remarks liS 70 the veteran soldier who has
'9agRtt y all the battles IN which our
eouetry has been q party since tic reyo.,
7 Hhe general tlisalsctioi 10 the Union,
Nliell seems now 70 be spreading SO rap