The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-11
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vices mp to the I'd Of May ar,is.St \.
city this AFTERNOON. No nart;c,,,. - y ne
aggressive steps had been skcn \. Nv. NV
the North Or South, since he an. y 49, -.
dispatches. - = last
The ramors from the South v,r. 81,
form 10 representing troops marcb;an ~. y
wards Washington. and the Nor,s n. -
ns enthusiastic y marching there v,
From everything ID the moyeius.,. :,
Mr. lducoln, il is evident Nj. ms..s. y. I.
are intended 10 oytrawe tho South .a5 :, /.
make any projected aggression seem hoO.
less. 4. III. 4 .:t :. I y. 8 = pe,
Photographic connection was still mi sei
10 Maryland, rendering il impos,iLIs i
receive Acknowledgements from Inc son,h q
The lines ria Louisville, NashyiIl, ~
New Orleans were Ia operation: INF =
news Of Southern movements ~. -.
mitted to come North. u;
4 THOUSAND rERsoSs REPoRrED rtlIlh I. I
THE sotTHERN BArrrRIEs
The FIRST dispatches relating he s,t,ct
upon Fort Sumter, made no mention n
any particular loss % the side 81 liz Soptk
Carolinians, and perfectly ignored II.
deaths Of any cf The attacking uatt;es
In the present dispatches from different
pcrsons at different places, there g.
statements made which lead to the con.
tciusion that there must have been heavy
loss at Fort Monltrie and other ATTACKING
batteries. Z q
a dispatch Of the seth states that ~
the arrival ut New York Of d person WHO
had been forced 10 serve in the Confedc
rate army, and who had subsequently,
escaped, they learn that at least q thou.
sand rebels we're killed II. hi .sz @.#.
Al Moultrie, four hundred were Killed
thirty ~ Anderson,s first discharge.
/. Tie Killed were inferred at night, ii
Potter's field; many, also, were killed III
.dwellings outside the fort. The soldiers
were threatened with death il they dis
closed the facts about the killed, People
were constantly inquiring for friends and
were assured that they we're at Sallirsni
Island. ::. NJ. :.s e =. +. I: III:
Another, who was ut Morris Islam,
says one hundred and Fifty men were
Killed there, and forty ut SnIliyan's Island;
tho stnic statement Is made relative to tie
dead being buried at night. They also
state that the negroes only wanted their
leaders to give the word, when The
slaughter would be terrible. s.=
Captain Carson Of the schooner r. B.,
Pitts, from Charleston, nt New York,
states that he was VI the wharf, near Fort
Moultrie, during the Sumter bombard.
ment, aud says that on Sunday night.
sixty dead bodies were carried aeross bic
track to land, and on Monday night forty
more were carried ont at ole time. and
sixty at another Captain Carson and
mate saw and counted oil the bodies. and
say. that all the soldiers we're sworn %
deny any loss Of life, u Il. .s< ST
70 =. FORT FIcKENs. .s...
+ 4 Chicago dispatch Of the 2Sth statsi
that hundreds Of men who. had gone 70
Pensacola, to take Piekens, were return.
ing home daily, disgusted, and satisfied
that is was impossible for the Confederats
States to capture the Fort A large
number Of troops at Pensacola we're slek
and dying in the hospitals from the ELECTS
uf fatigue, exposure and hunger. /:
The gentleman who reports the above.
adds that the people Of Alabama and MIS-
sissippi Wero almost crazy with excite.
ment; that the mob spirit was rampant
everywhere, and rendered daily more
desperate in localities threatened BY famine
and starvation. r. =. c.. :. . :-..
.:-..:.. NORTH CAROLINA. L
Governor Ellis had called for thirty
thousand volunteers additional oihe regu-
lar militia, and all organized corps Sfss
commanded to be in readiness at an hours
notice Vs., ,ts.s Vi .s55,.S ,i. =.
A Philadelphia dispatch to the Herald
says that passengers from Ricbmond state
that Gen. Greene, Of North Caroline. haa
arrived there and teHdeSsd %, 600 NefsD
Carolina tToops. a:>:. 4. :. :-s I', ..., !,
A dispatch to the New York hsrasa
Of the Both, on the authority Of . gentle
men at Philadelphia just from Whining,
ton states that the people Of Nolta
were all up in arms, and were
to come North with several
thousand troops, for the purpose, y
Governor Ellis informed him. Of naklss
an attack on Washington. The aaJ y
left. Governor Ellis showed dlspalch
which he, had just received from MCns
gomery, stating that some sfty thousan1
troops were on their Uay to join those 9
North Carolina about TO leave ior hl W
m0Hd, and that il was the purpose o. spe
Government to make an aiIaeA
without moments delay. That u tnsJ
were to attack Washington u must =
done before the Federal Government neu
concentrated . large force ct WasnlnE
ton. .- -. : 49, RI $50 Z
He had conversed with Gov. Liles1
on the 9th, and the Governor ted nm
that il was the purpose Of the Soasneih
States to attack WashingtaA o orc -.
He, Letcher, had advised againSt y =.
The Confederate Government was iot
slant attack. He says that be mao -
i0ubt that the attack weald y ~.
very soon. at several points Al TIE 49, ~.
lime; that every little village was 5rls'nns
with bayonets. aud thai the PeoPs "se
perfectly frantic. .@>.s