Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-23
WAR IN ZION.
LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR.

LEE LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR.
Great Excitement Over The News
From Utah.
The mutterings and threats of that
arch rascal Brigham Young, and the
warlike news from Zion, has kept our
people in a feverish state for some time
past, and the thing eliminated last
night in the reception of two kilograms
from Lieutenant Governor Adams, A.
g., directing Captain Hubbard to hold
his company in readiness 10 march
for Utah at t~wenty-four hours notice.
The following is a copy OF The dis
patch:
"To Captain G. G.. Hubbard, Eureka,
Nevada:
"The United States Government has
called for troops. You will hold your
company in readiness to march I
Utah at twenty. four hours notice.
You will confer with Major Dennis, to
whom l have te~legraphed.
J. W. ADAMS, A. G."
We happened to be present when
the Captain received the telegram, and
to say that he was overjoyed is but a
faint expression Of his emotions. Mar
tial glory illumed his countenance, and
radiated from every lineament. At
last the time has come when the
slanderers who criticised the conduct
of the great Indian war would be con-
founded. There were no dusky saw
ages in this business, who would re-
tire to their rocky Businesses in direct
contraventiOn of all the recognized
rules of modern war. Oh, no! The
foe this time were trained fanatics; men
whose devotion to their church would
lead them to stubbornly contest every
inch Of ground; foemen in every way
worthy of the steel of Eureka's mill
tary heroes. The gallant Captain was
ready fo- the emergency. "Twenty-
four hours he exclaimed,
why, sir, half the time is am
pie to let loose the dogs
of war. Myself and company are
ready at a moments notice to un-
sheathe u swords in our country's
service" The Captain rushed furious
ly to the Armory, where, metaphori-
cally speaking, the guns had been
turned into plowshares, and the train
ing ground of the company converted
into a peaceful Library. The guns
were there, ranged in bright rows
against the walls, and they looked
ready to belch forth defiance to all
Mormon apostates. The roster book
of the command was hastily examined,
and a glance at its illustrious array Of
names convinced the Captain that he
could rely on his men in any emer-
gency.
THE EXCITEMENT.
In the meaHtime the news spread
rapidly through town and the widest
excitement prevailed. Knots of men
gathered in the saloons and on the
streets, discussing the news and loudly
proclaiming their Willingness to march
to the front under command of those
whose ability had already withstood
the fiery ordeal. Captain Kelley start
ed out with q roll TO procure volun-
teers and got 600 signers in less than
half an hour. Major Dennis, after
looking up his Announcements, and
finding them in a rusty condition, on
cluded to resign his position in favor
of Tom Laspeyre, a gentleman every
way competent to succeed him..
Sweeney betrayed great agitation, and
after learning the warlike tenor of the
News, IuSuoQ iIdltlCdlly W tto
stable, called out all hands, and
his establishment 10 the Sc
cret recesses of the mountains-an
example followed by all the livery
stables in town. Even Luther Clark
disappeared in the gloom of the night
leading his favorite piebald to some
safe retreat. The White Pine veterans
were in their glory. The hardships
endured by them in that arduous
campaign gavethem the preference in
this hour of their country's peril. The
first thought of these heroes was their
horses, the next their trappings-the
pomp and circumstance of glorious
a In the meantime u people are
on tenter hooks. Tender wives are in
tears over the perils that environ their
great hearted husbands, mourning
maidens toss in restless slumbers,
dreaming of bloodlhirsty Brigham
and his destroying angels, and idle
men riot in fancy over the possible
fullness OF the commissariat Forage
on the country will be the watchword,
and the troops will hurry to the front
with all the speed and dispatch pos
sible.
LATER.
After diligent inquiry We are under
tile painful nescessity of stating that
the above kilograms were manufac-
tured out Of whole cloth by some un-
known villains, whom it would be
base fiattery to call men. What OBJ
ject they could have had is a mystery,
and We hope they may be ferreted out
and punished for their wanton play on
good mems feelings.
Postal Delays.
A correspondent Of the San Francis
c Chronicle, writing from Mineral
Hill, in this county, makes complaint