The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-04


formed company Of sevcaly.live men,
called the Frontier Guard. They had
been given the post Of honor IN the east
room Of the Presidents house 4
No measures were in progress for dis
continuing any Of the southern mails, The
Post master General had discretion 70 sus.
pend them only ID case Of obstruction.
The n. Y. Erening Post claims TO have
heard from reliable source, that Prest,
jefferson Davis, at the head Of the Con-:
federate army, was within tWenty-four
hours march Of Washington.
/, NEW YORK. s n
The first military division, numbering
seven thousand men, had been offered TO
the government, TO be ready 70 march at
q moments notice. Intense excitement
prevailed among the military at the Bal
timorc news. >..l @,4 a
The Chamber Of Commerce passed the
following; Resolved that the govern
nient ought 10 issue q proclamation that
al persons priyateeTing, under Davis
commissions. be dealt with as pirates, and
that tile government immediately block
ade every Southern port. jaS 3:i: I.
OH $i22, 900 had been subscribed at the
meeting Of the Chamber Of Commerce In
aid Of the volunteers. s..... 81; ...a III
General Wool would make the head
quarters Of the Department Of tho East
at New York. 55.:. =s5 :.5
The excitement at the recruiting sta.
tions was unprecedented. The lst n, II
Regiment was completed TO one thousand
men, and orders were expected to mus
ter them into the United States service,
Col. Ellsworth had enrolled six hundred
,6remen In lis Zouave regiment, aud the
ranks were 10 be immediately filed and
the whole uniformed, equipped and in
Washington before the 23d. !. b, z I
I The New York marine artillery, with
six field pieces, started for Washington
on the Goth Que thousand Rhode
Islanders, under Gov. Sprague, were to
arrive at New York that day. I II, .ss .9.jsf.
Gov. Morgan had issued his requisition
for the 9th, 18th, and list regiments to
start;for Washington the same day. +.
The It'll regiment had left for Wash
ilgton broadway was thronged with
people as they passed down, and the fa-
nous regiment was Justify cheered and
showered with boqnets. They took their
howitzers, and each man had q brace OF
reyolvers In addition to his musket. =
A club for the "bcneiit Of traitors had
been formed at Brooklyn. 4, K. :.
A German regiment had been formed
aud would be ready for service, and was
composed Of those who had served in
Europe.
The 9th Massachusetts, Regiment, and
. company Of flying artillery, arrived at
New York on the 22d; also q battalion Of
rifles. In six days Massachusetts had
furnished Eve regiment Of infantry, q bat.
talon Of rifles, and company Of flying
artillery. ID ,;- !. s ...:g2.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
had supplied their vessels with common
muskets, cutlasses and ammunition, TO Sc
cure protection to passengers and trea-
sure. Orders went out some time since
TO sheath their bows with iron so as to
enable them to, run down priTateers or
pirates that might attempt their capture,
The negro population Of New York
City and State were about to form q
mounted rifle regiment, TO aid the North.
crn Confederacy big, s.:. :.. ::
s.. MASSACHUSETTS, r
The Boston Common Council had an