, 1862-01-23
Gov. Dawson Nf Utah i1s 1Foubie--A
Woman TuYDiTCd.

Gov DAWSON Nf Utah lit 4Fou0fe-~A
Woman InyolFed.
Tie tvlcr1l1,ll announced few days since
tl::: Governor John n. Dawson, Of Utah, who
lett Salt Lake City on the 31st Of December,
for tie East, was pursued, and when about II
miles On lis journey, was whipped and robbed.
Seven oF the mcn guilty Of the outrage had
been arr,sted, and three Of them, white at-
tempting to escape from the officers, werc
killt IT, The Salt Lake Ae,r; Of January 1st has
.j.:s. comc to hand, BY which get somc
hints at the cause which led to the sudden
lc:yc-sakin. by Governor Dawson Of his brief
:-ubcrnalorial honors in the Mormon Terrific
~. II seems there Was woman in the scrape,
aid that it was ratiicr necessary His Excc1lcn-
cy should hid no formal adieu, but "go at
once" Tie Ae,rs says:
Tn Yesterday dee. 50} about ? O clock T. H.,
Gov Dawson teok his departure by the East
tr1a daily stage, on his return to Indiana, I'M
der circumstances somewhat norcl and pccu-
liar. For tho last eight or ten days previous
to his leaving he WAS confined to his room,
and reported to lGNe been very sick, and what
was verse, in 4 state Of mental arrangement,
or in Other words, distrcsslngly insane. THIS
report Of lis physician, not very popular
man in this community, WAS ut first disbc-
lieycd, hut it was subsequently sscertaincd to
he verify 1rcc, and his atliction of very seri-
| ou= character, SO much 20 that he imagined
| that lie Lad committed 4 hcinous off:nse, no
less than Offering gross insult to re:pgeta:.
! physician to ofiera large sum OF hush money,
| tNc-, tSc-
| From Wednesday till Sunday last, rumor
! upon rumor was in circulation, and many were
tic inquiries tl;:t made in relation to tic
| Governors health and condition, which was
reported and generally believed to bc 10 bet
! Ter blt hoptlcssly worse. Such, also, Was re-
ported ny his friends On Monday, in conse-
lue.lcc OF which, great Was the surprise when
il was announced, on Tuesday morning, tlat
be lad made all things ready, and would TAXI
TIE stage fer the E;s1 on its departure i'll tut
liz s.qncl proved that nearly every an
nouucc1@ent made by Madame Ruu1or was
tlle-1here Was little or no fiction attending
the matter. The Governor went and tool
With lin his physician, a Doctor Chambers
late Of Winona, Minnesota, and four notce
| individuals as guards, to-wit: Lott Hunting
ton, Jason and William Luce, and Moron
CiaWStn. 10 each Of whom, as reported las
evening, one hundred dollars is promised, IL
1Ee event that they guard Linn faithfully, all,
Prevent his belEs killed or becoming qtiafiict
Tor lie t.tec u: chamberlain III !: kings palace
ill 1t -lall have arrived ut and passed lh
eastern boundary Of the Territory. AL thes
things, notwithstanding their resemblance 4
uCItpIi& HIC hitGH1l ~ lC k1AC, sliiA ~ III
stage: to-day, Judge Crosby and Martin, tla
, r-I,ndis;rl quasi eS-supcrintcndent Of India
; .t1tlrs, also 20 t:'st for reasons best know
10 tltlH=elyes. So says report.
Last evening, after Governor Dawson 1cf
| fcarf1!! *nd awful disclosures were made. I'll
! opinions Of the many that the Governor hi
f eon,1uiitcd IN offence that might tndan"cr Ii
f !'ersoral safety, in the event The insulted lad
had rc;:tivvs in the Territory, proved to
ccrTvct; 1v hid recently done what, under tt
es,1i.!l..;ll law Of tie country, would, fit ha
hcen enforced, caused him to have bitten Il
) dust, and ms ss'on rs he was Informed that II
t deed would be diyu}ged by the injured part
lc susstlc,,lr 1t c:t1nc sick ;.nd crazy, made Il
viii ard sent his physician once and again I
| otl;,r large rewards to tic lady, il size Won!
lli;.kc affidavit that no1hing Of the kind repu
ted l'"u ts:1slircd.
Guy. Dawson was formerly editor Of tt
Fort Wayne qnd.) I;zatx, and had been in Il
territory l:ut about two weeks.