The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-05-25
.TELEGRlPHIC NE VS.
BY PONY

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TnE following summary Of interesting
news Is from the Pony arrival Of the 18th
inst. !. 81 I: 60 LIKE. III.
WASHINGTON. .... q T.
b On the 9th, some srcesSionists fred the
city in four different places, s,..s.>5
/. Nineteen regiments IN addition TO those
previously ordered, were ON their way 10
Relay Camp aud Washington. ..5,.,s.
{. 1t Is expected, IN anticipation Of threat.
ened movements on the part Of the forces
in Virginia, that Federld troops will oc-
eupy Arlington Heights. 4 /. II
On. the 10th, the War Department re-
ceiyel dispatrh from Gen, Butler, stat.
ing that he had seized the celebrated
steam gun, constructed by Winans OF
Baltimore, who had attempted TO send ii
no lIarper's Ferry for the yirgi1ians.
Orders were to he issued for the arrest Of
Winahs; if canght, he would be treated
summary. He is the same who gave
half a million Of dollars to aid the seces-
si0nists. ~. AZ. h. IN.
Orders from the War Department for
the rigorous. Treatment Of alttrnilors or
abetturs Of treason, have been transmitted
to every officer in commission. :. :,
Major Rhett, Of South Carolina, pay
master, in the army, has seeded from the
Federal Government, leaving .balance of
$4,000 against him unadjuSled. =. '... =. ::
The Government eoBtigued to be over
whtllHed with offers Of naval and land
forces, for services against the rebels.
FronlineHt men from Ull parts Of the coun-
Try are constantly crowding here for the
purpose Of rendering aid. 0ser iiftyycs.
sells baHc already been offered from New
England States, 10 bcarmed and equipped
at the owners expense Parties represent
ing the owners of propeIlers navigating
the northern lakes propose TO bring their
craft down the ST. Lawrence river, and
Atlantic shore, and assist in the blockade
Sof southern ports. T.. t.. .: I'LL. FL.
Reliable information had been received
at the capital, stating that large force
was marching from. the south for Haf.
iperis Ferry, and from thence would at
tempt TO force their way into Pennsylya.
MIA. Their object was to draw or por.
ton Of the force concentrated at Washing.
ton, and attack them at both points.
| Wigfall, in letter to friend in Wash,
ington, says in great confidence, that the
Confederate army will capture Washing.
| ton, Lincoln and Cabinet, unless they
/ leave before the middle Of June. He say.
I they have nearly one hundred thousand
well armed troops and in less than two
weeks will be OIL their way to Washing
ton, and expected to muster in PAiladel
/ phia. ...@. ...' .. ....> .
I A messenger by special train, from tic
Relay House; arrived at Washington on
/ the l1th He reports that Col. Jones
scouts were routed by large force from
Harper'S Ferry.
Gen Butler sent two regiments anG
Gen. Mansfield sent 900 men, with q
body Of cavalry and artillery to aid the
! scouts. .---
The Secretary Of War is hurrying for
ward the measures of blockade, aud 10
forms friends, that, by the time Charles
! ton and Savannah experience its effects
New Orleans will be closed.
Capt Meigs had been reconcile rine
tic heights overlooking Washington, witt
view to erecting Notifications
I'LL. ...... MISSOURI. ~:
St. Louis advices Of the 10th give tn,
following H.. p. :.-....- -
+ This afternoon, some four or five thon
sand troops from the arsenal marched tc
\ Camp Jackson, surrounded and compelled
its surrender. 1t is rnmored, this move
ment sprung from the refusal of Gen
Frost to return four cannon loaned thl
State for the southwest expedition. The
State troops marched out as prisoners Of
war. 49,.
As the prisoners were being marched
out of camp, mob Of secessiouists com
meneed an attack on the Federal troops
with stones, clubs and pistols. The State
troops, although prisoners of war, Joined
in the attack on their captors. and com
menced grooming at the German regi
ments, hurraing for jeff Davis, and using
the most derisiTe epithets against the Go,
Vernment troops.
The German soldiers becoming exas
perated, fred on their assailants
In the melee some fifteen or more were
killed, and twenty or thirty wounded
| Among the killed were two ladies, ant.
/ five or six male citizens, who were spectf
| tors The remainder were soldiers, most.
lily Of the State troops. Two of the Fed.
eral soldiers were dangerously wounded,
and one fatally. The State troops were
marched to the arsenal as prisoners Of
war. ''.@
/ The seeesSiOnists swore they would be
rsyenged. MODS were paradiBg the
streets oil night