The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-06
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cleveland, Ohlot nave iOfheu themselves
into an Independent iDquisiiorlal court for
The trial Of certain Of their number,
charged with having informed Mr. Go
slorn. Of Wheeling, Of the whereabouts
Of his slave Lucy, Tie assembly meets
every evening at the Old Baptist Church.
Two women have already been tried,
without, however, any deliaite conclusion
los to the guilt Of one 81 them Applica-
ton has been made 10 the police BY the
accused parties for protection There Is
much alarm among them, though no one
appears 10 have the faintest idea Of the.
penalty, In case tho meeting should de-
clare them guilty Of the charge II.
INDiAx I'RoURLEs in ARIzoxl The
Arizona correspondent Of the Repnblieaa
says, the dry after the attack on the over
land mail at Apache Pass, the Indians
appeared at the station In large numbers,
and hoisted white flag. Charles w.
Culver, tie statiou-keeper, Mr. Welch,
| his assistant, and James T. Wallace, his
driver, went ont 10 hold conference,
when the Indians attempted TO seize
| them Cnlver was wounded, Nv elch shot
dead, and Wallace captured John a..
Ward was also wounded, and Al. b. Gull
yer, brother OF theaboye named, wounded.
Al man who rode the express 70 Tucson,
10 give information of the state OF affairs
aud procure assistance, reports finding, a
short distance from the station, the re-
mains Of wagon train with the bodies
Of eight men who had been murdered by
the Indians. Two Of the bodies were
chained 10 the wagon, and presented the
appearance Of having been burned at the
stake. The names Of the men are not
mentioned. The road was distracted
with rocks for the distance Of two miles
HrApHnEY DAVIS Humphrey Davis
has been convicted, At ST Lonis, Of the
murder Of Robert Clifford, and sentenced
to fifteen years confinement in the Mis-
souri, State prison, Davis is the son Of
Hon. James Davis, now Of Leayenworth,
KaEsns, bat formerly Of Fountain County,
Indiana, and candidate for Congress a
few years ago. The Lafayette (lndiauaJ
Cmyier gives the following account of
the career Of young Dayis;- Thus closes
che career Of d young man whose aisnn,
tages were such that, had he made proper
use Of them, to day he would have been al
valued member ofsociety, and source Of
pride and usefulness TO bis family reiasI
tions. But from extreme youth be dis.
played a seemingly unconqnerable pehch- |
ant for the many alluring vices Of our
larger cities. He early became a pro-
lessional gambler, and what is modernIy (
called "a. fast young man." About eight /
years ago he went 10 New Orleans aud |
married n beautiful and wealthy young
lady Of that city, He soon became pos.
scssed Of her fortune, aud continued a
career Of gambling aud dissipation which
IN short time left both him and his wife
almost in a state Of poverty. Heart |
broken aud friendless, the unfortunate
partner aof bis misery died in New York
City some two years after the marriage.
Since that time the life Of Davis has been
one of uncxampled proiigacy
PREMoNTrloSs OF Sr6RM, 1T is a
sublime spectacle 10 see q people throw
ing of the yoke of tyranny, after having
exhausted oil honorable means Of pacifi-
cation. The people Of Texas Ga mere
handful) once went through this ordeal
Stung with the tyranny OF Santa Anna,
who had constituted himself d military
tyrant and trampIed under foot the con-
stitution Of 1924, the people Of Texas
sent ambassadors to the scat Of the Mexi.
can government, asking that the constitu-
ton Of "a be allowed them, aud their
rights and liberties remain intact. This:
they did, with little hope Of their rednest
being granted, but with the desire to ex.
haust all honorable means to prevent
war and bloodshed, consistent with their
liberty. Their ambassadors were i'm.
lprisoned--their rights still disregardedl.
They then appealed to God, and declared
themselves free and independent, leaving
the arhitrament to the sword. They
struggled; they became a free and indie.
pendent, but impoverished, people--rich
in liberty, simplicity, hospitality, and
brave hearts and ready hands, but poor
in ready cash Although the principal
powers of the earth had acknowledged
her Independence, Mexico had not. We
became a part OF the great republic Of
the United States, and q war between
the United States and Mexico was the
result OF the establishment Of our border
lite. Our border was established at the
expense OF the common treasury aud the
blood Of the country. We have become
a thrifty and prosperous country under
the fostering hand OF the federal govern.
mcnt. Bot now look on this picture: A
prosperous staten people enjoying life
and liberty under the ffeest aud best GOV.
cFnmeatin The suffering no on.
pression, no wrong. noirjustice from that
government, rising up in rebellion to Il
and throwing on its authority; and why?
We can find no other answer than 10
follow bad example," instead OF being
grateful for past fayers aud blessings, and
maintaining that Union that has been the
source Of all that Americans are proud
OF Let 1t l,e remembered that ali the
grievances that do exist, exist among The
people. The government ia vet blame
less, aud no ''olive branclia has vet been
.scat--tio effort has yet been made toward
a peaeeable aud honorable adjustment,
that is.sofar as the people of Texas are
concerned, - AbaMo fsxas1 Express. j.. :
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BRILLIANT CELESTIAL PIE
a4 N0MENA. Ela
The western skies are full Of wonderful
portents. The Wayerly (Iowa) Repgb-
bean thus des RIDES the phases Of a SinaIe