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The'Hui&och Club!
It win be weo by tefcraow to out «2«r»
tiring columns that our friends of the Mure
doeh Cteb give anotfcet of their fcso enttre
taiunent* this evening. Tbe pieces so
lxted ste colealated toUt** - a firy» house
We hope p tee it, «h»t it ought to be.
crowded in both pit and g»jl«y- T1 »
A*il t !.*. -v ■ - - -* lilwMi n
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firthdr condition.'.
/ jWgjjHI I HR
liw tVepod that he >.m done in tl
weV** to be consoled .'hj the fi
whom he hot so tong doooooeed, but
«• presume. will| with their flv* thousand
: aboiibo* cicrgvuicn, advance hb pretension*
W nW a ito preside oner, the dratinks of this great
9 Republic- l!ut be it Dougins, or ho i> Wite>
who is io rally opposition to tSi National
IVtnocracr and their candidate, of one thing
we feel confident, that defeat, inglorious de~
fcett, awaits hint, iet the trial corn* when it
may
•Murdochs’ merit tba most liberal patron-
**»•
The President of Hicnragna,
Gen. Wm. Walnr, arrived here on Sunday
mocaing list, and remained for an hour c r
mere at the Trout House, where every atten
tion was bestowed upoo him by several of our
citterns,and pardeolvly by the proprietor of
tix hotel, Mr# Thonsas Gaaooru iti peottoo*
boat, acd bis polite aawtant*. Wc bad tbe
pleasure of seeing;sod shaking by the hand
the Nicaraguan hero, and of exteeding to him
the request of cany of oar citteus that he
would remain with us a day; but business
called bun immediately to Mobile, and he wav
forced to decline acceding to our request.—
At about ono o’clock p m. of Sunday, bo took
tbe train for Montgomery, in good bjalth,
ihoogb,apparently, somewhat fatigued; a^d
ere the notice of his passing through our city
stall reach many of oar readers, he will
dcubtltebe with his friend*, admirers, and
syacathisers, in Mobile. Success attend S was, of course, be-in;
The London Times on Slavery.
Wc commend to the consideration of the
Southern peopKan article pubHihedth tbe
London Times of-Decomber 22d, in which
that journal assumes a now tone on the sub
ject of slavery Time, observation and
painful exper.euee have convinced British
statesmen that the policy of Wi'.botf.rce
and others in the West India Kniancipation
hes turned out ail yipng. " e are glad to
sec mote rational views ,on a subject much
misunderstood abroad—coming from so
high a source. The day begins to dawn
when the policy of tbe Southern States wilt
he approved and ratified by every intelli
gent people on the g'obe.
fVowi Mr LoivUjtfHmti, of Dtc. 23.
Slavery and British Interests—A Re
markable Article.
It requires no gnu* foresight to see that a
great ’contort is approaching on-lhe subject
of Slavery and. the Slave. Trade-' The bat*
tic of the Negro will have to be .ought by
the philanthropists with great diminution
of prestige, the.result of falsified predictions
and blasted hopes. The Broughams and
Wilbetferoes of the present day will have
to adopt a somewhat hnnibUd tone. The
manifestoes of Exeierehail must for once be
defensive and apologetic, for the world is
now wise; than when pulpit and platform
resounded with indignant appeals to hu*
inanity. five-and-twenty years ago- The
touching description. of philanthropic novel
writers will go for little now as far as re
gards our own colsni- s. Those who are
old ecough may recollect the traditional
portraits of Wes: indta proprietors, their
wives and children, which ore to be found
in the ‘-moral tales" of the UsVgeneration.
-The owner of a Jamaica property was al
wavs lying on a so a, drinking snngaree
and sweating al sambo, a fine mulatto
youth, whose quivering lip and flashing
eve told how much lie felt. The lady of
tie house, always represented as ' ■ ' 1
without attempting In
JtfW; and tha conteguruco
multiplication of tha former
ling of thn gailt, ¥ ; t*hfeh
cirato as consumer* of the
tee., After 90 yrurs’eii-
i now called upon tv ptovWe
.. ivuray. um all tides we hear tha same
cry—the colonics are. perishing for wniit or
sufficient labor. By additional suppress
ions can he principle of free labor iu the
>ios be vindicated urd a roal blow struck
bo iniquities Matpri which we haW- so
lo g declaimed. Our attention has been
directed to aredoHdf the Connoil on Imre
gratioo for the Island of Trinidad, which
shows how a British Colony may decay-
while all around ifis flourishing. If Trini
dad had remained urdor Spanish sway, it
might, in spite of tyranny and misrule, bo
the wealthy land which its position awl
fertility would naturally tusk* KT} Bit- w
learn that although th« island ronloms r,-
3 JO,000 acres, yet tho extent of all the lat.il
now under cultivnion is only about S9,S0T
acres, of this area the sugsir pianist on,
cover only 34,059 seres Tne entire num
ber of sgricoltunl laborevs working lor
wages in the cultivation i f sugar and core*,
is only 14,IKK), of' whom nearly £,000 are
inimigrants from India and 01'"'* intrwluc-
relat ths puhlie exp<n»e. It is found that
there are by liar better laborers tor wages
than the n- gro, who, it is stated, “will not
bo stimulated to greater indnstry'by any in
crease of wages." And at the present linn-
the planters would gladly obtain labor by
an advance of wages. The high price ol
sugar and other tropic productions has
j beauty with her brow wreathed with pears.
1 bv tfo lerrui'©
>y txc
him there aeA svervwhera until he acc o m .! slaves: whose d -licate forms, b;re recent
him there aedavoy wtrers, uovii n a-com , (mMt3 h . The youthful heir wan-
phshes whstbe bos begna ; and until out j j 4re j the house txercising a whip
gOTeraomatshallmskoatonement to him for 1 g ven r im by his mother cipius.s'.y to beat
I.™.;) hicr.ttcd. ’.he little.S'e.Tufs with. A fai til fill and
theoatrazeous condnet of a stupid, bisotled, I ihe little Negroes with. A fattftful and
nt ,t | fious Pump.-y, Ixptwed roevery kind of ill.
mrfMortreinj Comoodoreof it. grj. not j u ^ wbo lcT j d
fit to be the boatswain ofa trigate that came ; hw fcfTenlly ,_ w !U pi not i isten t0 ,h e
at its masthead the ‘stars and Hnpts,’ that j unra , n -„ p.-.jpsi's Drive, the overseer,
prood emblem of American Liberty. J c. raplered the pic uie. By such represen.
i rati.,ns as these a body of «» hard corking
The (Stans’ Air-Line Bailrood Meet- t and loya: subj cts as Kn viand ever p.vs*-ssed
. —r. , TCi^l., , were huh! up to obic-iny, and Negro eman
Ug OH Wednesday Bight- i cl p Jl; ,, a was elf curd withoct regard to ti e
We beg leave to urge upon all of oar cm- j j n , PfeS;i oi m . n who were popularly -up,
rens the importance of tbe Air-Line Kail- j posed to he revelling in ii’-g .tten gams —
road taeeling to-morrow night. We think i Bat-toltoeians and the pubi c, and even
those who composed the meetiag on Wed
nesday night lost, which was very inclement,
did weO hr adjsarmng over until tor-merrow
night. If all who lusl a deep iatere*t in
,-this work will come oor to~m<vrraw nipht.
we eon see no reason why tbe general wish
of tbe dty esnoot bo fuliy at pressed sots
to snthorizs the city Council to aid ia the
matter,, vnthoot further delay. It is
unquestionably all important to the enter
prise, as well se to the city, that action
be had as sooo ss passible. Tbs work de
pends now oo whst may be done by Atlanta,
sod every day's delay it injarkeis.. Tne
•abject has been long under consideration,
p etty freely discussed, ecd will doubtless
b* more full j diseased-u this meeting, so
that all who are not already wall pouted, can
be posted to-as to know bow so aid io the
botioess. We refer again to tbe call which
will be fooed in our advertising column*. *
The Boms Soathernor A Advertiser.
We take pleasure in pabliabin; tbe follow
ing notice which we find in the Borne
Southerner A Advertiser of tbe 11th imp,
and to which not attention has been culled
Especial Hotice-
Haviog for some time past entertained the
idea of retiring from the publishing batiners,
more recent events have determined me in
this coarre. I now offer my half interest in
tbe Southerner & Commercial Adverti-er
office for aale. Tbe paper has a bona fide
circulation of IMO, and an advertising pat-
- renege of from $25 to $69 per week. Those
withiog to enter the haiite«s cannot make a
better tavsetmest than I now ofler.
Address, J- T. BILEV,
Borne, Georgia.
0 me t! re fa
P. S —Will oar exchange* do me the fa*
vov of either pobKsbiog the above, or notic
ing it editorially. The favor shall to recip
rocated. Jon 7, 1653.
the friends of the sieves themrelves, have
now begun to -*e mutters in a clearer light.
Our own colomes are impoverished, but
the sum of shivery is not diminished ; it
h u only been transferred from us to more
grarpicL- pitiless,-and unscrupulous hand*.
Never -aras the prospect of emancipation
more, distant than now that foreign slave
wners establishing a monopoly of all
the geeaf staples -,f tr picul produce. The
Islands widen in lh« oht times supplied so
touch sugar, code*, and cotton are going
r.ut of cultivation, while Cuba, the Ijnited
Stums, a--! Brsxil are every day exrendmg
Ihe area of their cultivation and the num
ber of their slaves. So valuable indeed, is
the skive in fobs tint* in spite of ireattus
and penal la-ss. cruiser* asd blockade!,
thousir-ds of Africans »re yearly earned
across the AtUmie to work on the sugar
and tooae o plantations. 'Die wealth of
the island i* such that, in spite ef inisgov-
emnte:.‘.h oppressive taxes, and a Spanish
army of 33,000 men. its proprietors are
amoug the tre .- at in ill- wur d. As to the
United States, it is, tn-Jced. foil* to expect
any change in that quarter. Slavery o-t
the North Americaneontinent has extended,
is extending, will extend. As long as the
supi’kies of c r - on are beIo*,v the demand iu
all the markets of thg world so long will
slave labor be too valuable, re be part d with
Even the Northern slave States, which but
a f-w years avo were discussing the gradu
al abandonment of the system, a tr. now
iilent about abolition, immediate or pros
pective Their» aves are at presents great,
perhaps their grea’-it, Fource of wealth.—
If they caan -t cultivate their own lands they
breed Negroes to supply the new"plaata'ioes
in the Sodth. It may be declared that the
attacks of the Abolition-st* ar.d the inter
ference f rbe North are the eaum of this
detyrminaii n to uphold s'-avery; but no
seiniihte rnan will believe thn mero irrita
tion and obstioacy could feud to s cb great
results. TheexLtence of "lavery is an
eeunotnical question, and so long as the
sytrem is profitable we cannot.QOubt tlutt
it will be maintained. Much the .cirne may
be said with resjeet to Brazil, where thc
institution prevails with feature* of cruelty
unknown even in the worst of times under
stimulated enterprise, a greater extent
' under cultit
land is being brought under cultivation ecd
all that is wanted for tbe 'devolopentent of
the colony is a supply of bands.
Buch are the fertility an i the nbundance
of the land that “tbs expense of establishing
on virgin land an estate capable of producing
250 hogsheads of sugar, inc uding tho cost
of muehincs and buildings, would not.exeeed
X.6U00 sterling.” But with the present sup
ply of labor even tbe present production of
the colony cannot be kept up- T he colonists
therefore beg the Government to assist them
in obtainingimigraotstfom Chinaaud India
The colon*, says the report, coaid “without
difficulty meet the expeore of introducing and
without risk find employment for 500 Chi-
nice immigtanta” But it is (o British InTia
that the colony cltietty looks. Under a free
jystem the Coolies work bet er than Afri
cans. Tite former are ambitious and work
for wages; the latter go off and squat in re
mote districts, content to support liie on a
little.
Now this docuntint comes, we think, op-
portunely al present. There can be no
doubt that si
slavery will once mon gain the
ascendant utiles* we carry out the plan of
free labor. Our colonies iu the West are
the fi' id for such a scheme, our empire in
the Ea-i may furnish the laborers, ami the
new hold we shall hare on Asia ivUl give
facilitiesf.rdoingwhat wewish Whither
we should send mu'inou* tiepoys across
the water is a matter hardly yet ripe tor
decision; but we Binlc. if they are trans-
p rted anywhere, they may ns well people
Tiiniiad aa the An.anmni of any Asiatic
island. But it i* evident that th’e whole
question of the West Indian cultivation must
new be examined, and with such c donies
as Jamaica, Trinidad, ami Guiana, there is
no reason why we should not sbow that the
culture of the Tropics by free labor is not
the impossibility which the partisans of
slavery represent.
try thif.^...
on* and handed me a note from Mr Butler,
the Bishop of the Spanish Fork settlcm nt,
stating that he bad loarued from various
sources that l intended going out . with the
Indians fit violation of tho mtrllal Uw now
In force He felt It hi* duty tu Inform me
that I cruld noplenvc, that thoy hid resol
ved to enforce the law at all hatards. I
regtet having mislaid this letter, but the
above is .ts purport, which revealed te me
the mta lag of su much military array. To
think that an officer of-the Ui.vornuiont
should he thus menaced while in tb* peace
ful discharge of his official duties,.could nnt
tail to excite In the bosom of any cne pos
sessed of a spark of patriotism, feeling* of
the nr-si indignant scorn. To be ditnined
by lores, a nl used as a tool In a most trees,
omibh' op|.o-iilon to the laws of tho eonn-
try, as occasioa might require, or to fall a
victim to that brutal revenge which seeks
gratification only in the sacrifice of life, was
too humiliating to contemplate for a mo
rn x>‘,
1 determined to oxtricate myself or die in
the attempt, and turned tu ask some ono to
tiring my (torso, but when 1 resulted the
door I found that the Chiefs son, a sprighe
:y boy, had already performed that service.
'd! '* wk **' “*
Wise and Douglas. English ru.e
“ Now, to the-e countries we have given
Whatever may te conceded to fttacr of j a molJO poiy of oroducu which ere the chief
these gentlemen oo the score of patriotism, j ii»»ja of onr iatlualry or rrnong the chief
there it one thing certain, that their pre-est re*rce* of oor revenue. They are beedmj
position on the Kansas qneetina, MB very I IpSS** ®T«/y <**7
1. . ... .7 ..... , .• iwiioed to bfe voided or r-osnseu
aen like they are ^ritb bidding for t*'-* , f n.'.ici by English interference vt ith
vresidency—both bids, too, being made for | .jt the r-ailints* which self interest indoces
northern support. To Southern democrat* they have i-aret the arzomems against
the position of both, we do not beeitote to! &™7, zai •}**'
... - -- . ,, . • . , , front oar mishap*, 1 ur acknow.edgement of
. W ^ Jot 0 weaxetr- ^ f ;rx „ 0 * n pronperity-.aod from
ing then bit* in the jn*t ee of their caase; j oor depesdet.ee upon tLem. They have
is the position which in every Hootbern die bw of cation* on their tide, and may
State they have aaiamed; in th«r deterud- ' T 10 * in answer to any assertion r,f oor
potiOD to daw the sword and east away the 1 $f ,u !0 $***.« sht
* .« . . ... VUey ute fre*nafiwn« tnd Afnci m a lr<re
■eabtard'Ui oeKooe of r .ne peit pntctpk; ccniL ait to rai%« the
of nonsinitneiilioii, uA of S^oUkttq right?; eouoo arvi tobacco which the
Ifae SoatbiW o$mocncj are low wore i worli wa-ti The white nan cannot work
lot., more determined thao ever i and we-, i u, ‘ t ' r a ,r ? e,i = a ?‘ 10,1 , a ^' tte Alri '
civ b* u ed .» a laborar the fairest region*
| such Jcj ft ere ss i»wr and i) oj, hf the Ntw World sig-i remain a desert.—
las tc dcitn lirtlr canae— to become Jfalktr Is fins m-grres must b had at any scat,,
■ted si they bare been—they will *taod and r.o nation bas a right te impose it* own
. i, .. .. 'crtipu'.iAiiy i n other frte comuiunitie*. If
firm at a rock in defence and in maintenance rur>H b „ ow , , : „ iorAK . |hJ
of priaeiple* iau to every booett demrairat- i» no learnr. why the ahoukl seek to check
ic bean. Let Mr. Wise then, lec Air- Doug ; th| progren of the whole A w-rican con-
lea,go! Tbs first, ss will be seen from the Sa ‘-'“ '* '•»« kind of reasomog
. „ . . . • i* j i • r whisi*tttcommg mote an4 more common
fcllowiog. u tJresdj rebafied by the Ug*~ j trt:JJ (hj . 8nd ^ truJ uppp it
latsr* of kit own Virginia, which recently | that tr. some form or u.der soins pretext
prewed thee* reflation* by almcet s unaoi- ' the flsro owner) of the other hemisphere
T0t4 j will again a Unapt to obtain a supply ol oe-
(gw** from thecoa-t of A/Vi a. '1'ne re-
•kin* 1*. T!**’ ,lj! °P! nlon . cent importation into the Freoc i colonies
.' ir ? ml kj has nslurally arou.-ed Heir attentiou, and
“•to wbich the PrerJden of to* Lott- ; j, j, m urooder that we bear it asked why
The Mormon War.
Y-'uNTISUCD.)
C.vHi* ox Bi.-vk's Four. U. T.
November 5; 1857.
Ur Hurt hii addtesvcd to Col. John-tou
the letter nf which tbe following is a copy.
Combined with the outline of the circuin*
*tanc.’e attending his escape, which 1 gave
ia lay ietterof Ocfeller 25, it leaves noth
ing to be supplied except the name of ans
other Mormon dignity—Bishop Johnson of
apriogville—who busied himself in excits
ing the m ;b against the Doctor* M r. John
son ha* .-even -ives, four of whom are sis
ters, and his own neices.
I trust this U-uim-e will not forgetth-se
Utahs io their m-xt appropriation bills.
Whatever objection* may be urged agains'
oq- policy of makiog profuse presents to tbe
Indian lutes. It bas teen too long establisb-
ed lobe suddq ly discontinued Many ol
tte most d-rserving tribes have been onfair,
ly dealt wi lt in tne distribution of these
present*. 1: i* only recenjflj that the
naakea, who*e boast it is cover to have kil
led a white nt»ii, haveboitt treated with the
slightest consideration by tb* LJiau De
partment. The Utahs have n ver r^eived
a ingle donation; hut surety their conduct
toward Dr Hurt now entitles them to espe
cial favor.
fo Col. Altert 3. Johnston, t!omrnut.dere
in-Ohief of the army tor Utah. '
Sir : Having recently fled from the l-.di-
an settlement <>u Spanish Fork, in the Ter
ritory of Utah, somewhat precipitately, and
reached your command on October 13, after
wandering for 27. days dirough mountains
and deserts, tu company witlt the* Utah ludi
am, 1 venture to trouble you with a oriel
-talent ot of tbe circumstances which iiaiue-
eii me to abandon the agency a d intrust ray
life to the cure and protection of tho i.ra
ges.
For nme time previous to my departure,
it hail tiei-n the -cttl-d opiniou of tte people
of Utah tha; the troop* could not get furtner
ban (iretni river this -eason. C'onicquent-
ty, I concludxl that the Territorial officials
would r.ot veh'ture to erosa the mountaios
befo-e Spring ; awl under the einterraxs-d
eoodittou in' whfeh theretentioa of the mail*,
ary: the very unsefled stale of Govermental
relation* with Utah, bad placed me I deem
ed it important te -eck an interview with
item before the winter set in ; and a* I bad
been prtriotHrly sdvi.fd that tn ^.per-o.
would te allowed to leave the Territory or
cross tte mountains without the humiliat
ing ceremony of applying to Brigham
Young fir a passport, the alternative of
org*n>z,ng an Indian escort ruggeated tuelf
to my mind—the first conception of weieb
grew out of tted.»p concern which these
antutore I. creature, had foe some time man-
ifistwl for thy safety. And 1 was the more
inciuied to avail rnjsslt nf this suggestion
from r.e fact that several chiefs of me Umt*
country wean ttes on a visit at tbe farm
soliciting me to accompany them te that
valley for the purp At of inspecting tteadap-
i '.0 of iu ciimate aod vdl to thtetcultivstion
much
I
ed Stotee kM ornred, as expressed in hi* re- , fe* cargoes of such ‘e.xtrranu” ttuld
of tife itdansvKin of ; u _, ^ nought to New Orleans or Savia-
ceot message io favor
** * ri , “ ^ n .‘ on > under the ! ,. lhf w (, t settL-d acco diog to the in
“ “ ‘ ' stiiatiohs of the State. With this renewed
keeoaptoo Goastitutioo, •• just and right.
2nd. Jtetolnd, That Go ogress has oo
right te look further iota tbe Constitution
submitted Ire the State of Kansu in i>> ap
plication to be admitted into this Union,
ban to are that the said Constitution is He-
Ptblicsniniteforau
vitality of slavery, owing to the rapidly in
creasing value tl the slave we have now ti
deal
of gram, as itey hail Itrcome t
pleated
with tbe couise Of policy wc were pursuing
i in I ft'
And it i* not by preaching, or protesting
that tite ob
or tkrtatening, or ataoazeu.g,
jects of Laatetiity can lx attained
Tbe
towar'l the Indian* in l ub county.
On t)it morning of September 27ib, wbile
f was yet dUeocaing the propriety of the
resolution,some half doz<o o! tbe natives
rusted tetfl my office, exciaimtag, 'Friend,
friend, tte Mormons will kill you!' aril
pointed to the wiod iw on the exurn side of
tte bouK. On looking out tb my surprise
I saw from 70 to lot) armed dragoons sta*
tiooerl in the rota about a mile from tte
bouse ; and, ss I did not manifest quite so
much cocova a* the Indians thought the
occasion justified, they caught hold of me
and gave me to understand that they would
aot let me stay any longer.
I comruauced arranging my official pa
pers so as to' te able to remove them in
su'ntlv, if neo.sifj, fur I did not under
stand what it all meant, in a'few second
anotter Indian rso ln to inform me that the
Spanish Fork Canon wav full of Mormonv
armed with guns and pistols, who avid that
tbeyweru going te kill me ; and be bad
scateely time to tell bis story when another
came in great baste and said that a Mormon
squaw at ripring villa bad told bim > to ruo
aid. tell me that the Mormon* intended to
k ill me. He also reported a large body of
armed men on tbe rood between bpriogville
and tbe Indian term. It was also Reported
by another Indian that tb* Mormon*,
While he was saddling him I gathered my
papers and wearing apparel, threw them in
to some rural sacks and piti-hed them unt of
doors to the Indians, who all seemed eagor
to ussist me iu uty escape In the pretence
of an ami-d pooutacel eel out with three
led an youths, wh. so [t imes ale Pete, Sant,
and Showc'-Shocect.*.- Mr Joseph ,P. Wal-
tefSTjf Salt-Lake City, also sccotnpatiyittg
us. Instead of going east, as our enemies
expected, we took a western Course bat
when it was discovered that we intended to
reach, t ic mountains by a circuitous route,
some ha’f dozen perso is on horseback caute
out front the town of Pajsott to tap our
0 ,urse just ahead of us. We wheeled short
td the right : but just iu our front lay o
small stream, so deep and miry that , dock
were not in the habit of crossing it. I urged
my horse and he attempted to dear it at a
single bottud, but failing to reach the oppot
site bank with I D kind feet, lie fell hack iu*
to the water over the to. of his hips.
1 alighted upon die bank over itis head,
and by pulling at tlw reins as Died him io
extricating himselt,which he did aftor set-
al dosper. t> sttagglvs. My comrades spur,
red down the stream a little way and bad
tetter success. Oar pursuers were by this
time within three or four hundred yards of
us. I remounted iu haste.and soon round
to my grot satisfaction that tha stamina of
the noble animal had not bceu exhausted,
anil that altlioagh I bad lost my spar in the
struggle, I could Jispcnse with it* service.
At the distunes of about two mi cs we
reached the b ee; of a low mountain ranging
north and south. We guined its summit
just as tte sun was sottiug, and debating
the propriety of pursuing further a westorn
course; but just at this time a dMatch was
brought to us by two oys from th old
1-hii-f. tollin'-- us to ho sure to return to the
term that nigh’, Under fries •' eircuin-tan-
cas *e determined to try a feint We de
scended he ow the summit, only Ire enou.'h
to hid ourselves; utftl then turn'd North and
continued on that course for two or 'tree
miles, until we th ug'it our pursuers were
about gaining th; top of the mountain.—
Then we turned ugain upo-i tbe eastern
si pe, and dropped into a lit; cbol ow, where
we waited for daylight to disappear. This
completely foiled oitr enemies, for the ground
was so bard and stouy that they c uld not
discover our trail.
When the half-grown mono began to
shino upon themountam slope, we remounted
and bounded over the prairie towards the
spot from which wo had set out. Wo reaob
ed the farm at 8 f\ M., and found aboutonc
handled of our red friends , awaiting oar re.
turn, who manife,; d gaeat joy at our arri
val. My first inquiry was vher* the Mor
mons were, when twenty voices shouted,
i.otoh*carry Mmtnm!' [Not here, Morn
m m!] I h*d tell -oine iortv five head of
horses and mul.'*. and was about inquiren
what had become .if ihem, when I discover
ed tha'. the tif-st of them hud Itetit mounted
by tite Indians. They then related how
they had sallied nut during the day, and
driven the enemy tram the canon by threat*
of wiiat cour."! they should pursue in cam I
und iny comrade, we-c murdered.
Taking some bread aod me tt that wo
f mncl in the cellar, »e made our escape that
night up the .S|uonh Fork, iu the direction
of the Utah country, and before 10 o'clock
the next day hail placed ourselves beyond
the reach of our ynemice. Before that hour
in ibeinorniog wer.al also pas ed uboul
300 Indians most o: whom hail loft the
farm the day before^ ami were b i ting to
know the fat" nf the Ameri uin,’ as they
cull me Bef. rc sunset ail iny papers'
clothes, A"., we,* put ill possession
Hence I have een entirely dependent up -
on the poor untutored children of nuture for
life and sust> nmce. 1 have shurol n liberal
portion of tiieir ine.tg r hnspnulilies and
crude sympathies; and they were evi
dently conscious that tnoy were unable to
bellow on me tite treatment to which I had
btea ace atometlj they have manifested a
devotion ta my person and a regard for my
safety, in advance of their present knowl
edge of christaio civilization.
When we left the In loin settlement tho
seaton was mild aid siluhrious, hat as curly
as October a, we uneountefida severe mow
storm winch pelted without mercy upon the
shivering »kinr of my nuked escort. Also
on October 12th and Octoter 13tb, ia cross
ing the Green Hirer Moifuinin , we waded
through‘now knee-deep, subjecting my pars
ty to the utmost ilegree o! privation and
suffering. Yes, throughout tboir attach,
ment wai unremitting, and they would of
ten,.reoitpd their camp fires, assure me that
il any attempt wav nude to take my fife
they would die in my defence. Tea weather
is cow becoming intensely col l. Even a*
early as Oc ober 10th, winter appeared to
have set in with unusual severity, while in
the mean time we bad necomc short of provi-
item* and were compelled te sunmtt to ex
treme suffering from buogcr 'luring the last
two'lays of our joarney. IVt through all
these privations I had the satisfaction of be*
ing frequently assured that ray companions
would feel tnemwlves ampl, cjm|s-i^aud if
they could only te the means of restoring me
to my f. tends, and relieving we from that
•Unger to which they bad assured me that
iny life was exposed,
I feel it te lie a 4(117 which I owe to the
Utah* to make a lair are! candid exposition
of then facts, fur I doubt whether ever on
agent of tite United stale* in the Indian
service has witnessed similar attachment to
n» person, or more loyalty to those laws
and reg'tla'ipv* tyoiclt have been instituted
for tbeir government,than hts bee.i roaoi-
felted in this instance.
Tbe absence of any one in charge of the
riuperintendency of Iridian Affairs for Utah
Territory, I trust will constitute a sufficient
apology for thu* obtruding these facts upon
your notice
Imujr.Ci 'IF,
with th; movi luoillty join tho. main hotly.
Col. Smith, with his ouintnaml am] the
numerous trains giitidud hy It, mobod'Horo.
an Hit) 3d Instant. 1 homnitih wts slow ond'
iedl ms, and effvtcil in oikht days—avers;
ging eleven utiles per day.
Although tha road was exuellont and the
weather Guo; it wa* not possible to make any
more rapid progress, mi nccount .qf tho
broken down aotidition of tlw draught util*
male. Trains, Including ei'ttlors and mur-
ehattts, destiunl lor Salt Lake, (which 1
would not allow' to go on), in os 'close order
os they could be made to travel, pcaupied a
space of fire or six rallet, Nu moles utlou
whatever wa* attemptrel hy the Mormons,
which may teuttrihun d to tbe presence,of
tho o valry and the judicious dispositions
and vigilance of Col. Smith. Yesterday and
to-day have teen . occupied in making ar
rangements necessary for a tbrwuul move*
mem, which my orders will explain. To
morrow 1 will march upon Fort Bridgernnil
dislodge iny foren I may fi cd there, and
ana t the arrive 1 of Col. Hr .ok, when, as the
approach of winter is too near to attempt
the passngo of Wassnoh r nco of mountain*
with a probability ol success, I wilt seize
upon tho dis’rict mentioned in mV loiter
from the South Part*, and occupy it until an
advance is practicable.
The communication* freni Brigham Young
to Col. Alexander, end Elder Taylor to
Ospt. M&rcy. ami tbe ortli ra of D. Wells,
the commandor of the Mormons, (herewith
eiiclosjd.) ami the eels of the legislative as
sembly si the lust sessien, shows a matured
and settled do.ign no the part of the sect ol
Morinens to hold and occupy this Territory
independent of and irrejHpivo of the au
thority of tho United State.*. They have
with premeditation placed themselves In re*
bvlliou ngninst tte Union und entertain the
insane design of establishing a form of gore
eminent thoroughly despotic and utterly re
tur tu ‘ | HHlBHi
pu tnaut to our institutions. Oecu»ying,
us they do. an altitude of rebellion utitl open
defiance to the government, connected with
numerotts-uvert aot* of treason, [see orders
at,d commissions herewith,, issued by the
loaders,] I have ordered that wheuever they
are met with iu arm* tbuy may bo treated ss
enemies.
In my letter from the Sornh Pass I sue-
milled to the consideration of the general-
in-ohief the nccorsity on the part of the
government of prompt and vigorous action;
that the tint fur any further argument is
C att, and, in my opinion, the people of Ihe
jj—w.irr Um
tilted -State* must now act, or submit to a
usurpation (of thoir territory, and engrafting
upon our inHitutinns a social organis^i'in
and political i rinciples incompatible with
our own. test that letter ntuy not have
becu received, I send hire with afco.iy.
The state of things uow
born brought about
„ , .speculators
Yoi It ls from the
on only that tho artinln
'atlnohlDg tho official
ir movements. Now, 1 (teal -that
late the Constitution of our commou coun
try. . ,j
Perhaps, Col. yott may . feel otherwise j
education end assoelst! >ns have their Influ*
•noe; but I have yot to loarn,that U..Si«toa
officers aro implicitly bound Io obey the die.
tern'ol a despotic President in violating the
most sacredconstltutlonalrightsof American
elliseti*.
We hnvo sought diligently for peace.—
Wn hav'> ssurlficod millions ur dollar* worth
of property to' nttaio it,, and wandored n
thousand mile* front the confines of civilian,
lion, severing ourselves from homo, the ntol.
ety of friends, and ererytldug that makes
fo worth enjoyment. If we have war it is
not of our seeking j wo have never gone or
sought tu interfere with thu rights of others,
but they have came and teat to inlorfetrn
with us. Wo had hoped that iu this barren
and desolate oauntry wc could have remain
ed untunlustcd, but it would.seem that ou'r
Implacable and blood ■ thirsty foes envy us
oven these barren deserts. Now, if.our real
cuomto*. the mobruoruts, prinsts, editor.* und
politician* al whose inattention the presold
storm has b en gathered, bad come against
us, instead of you amlyoureotnmhnd,! would
nut have addressed thorn thus. They never
w> li have Loan allowed torenob the Sou h
Pa**.
lit you wa recognize only tho ugents epd
instrument* of the Administration, end with'
you. personally, hove no quarrel. I boliovc
that it would' have been more consonant
with your feelings to have made war upon
the enemies of your country than upon As
inerican citizens; But to us the end to hu
uecompl'shi'd is the same; and white f up
predate the unpleasantness of your sltua*
lion, you must he aware that oireumstances
compel the people of Utah to laok upon you,
".“■HT thi ’
in toil- present belligerent ntt'tuiie, ns tltoir
aueimcs and the eirnuos of tltcir comtuun
country ; and notwithstanding nttr most tin-
desire to promote amicable
core desire to promote amicable relations
frith you, I shall feel it my duty, as do thu
people o! the Territory universally, to resist
to the utmost over/ attempt tu encroach
further upon tbeir rights.
It, thtrelurc. becomes a matter of your
serious consilient lion, whether it would not
bo more iu accordance with the spirit and
institutions of our country to return with
your present force ratltor than force an iraue
pw existing lias no 9Rso unjileasint to all, andtwhten must result
by the movement ufj m n)llL .|) rnise r y uud purhups blood-she l,
troops ip this direction; for these people un-1 a ,„,. i( | , orajst ,j i n , the t tal destruction of
Jvrstaudjl'c "Ja'i'"' "ftira m'htary tr. aic your army. And, furthermuro, docs it lint
- become a qm stion whether it is more pair,s
otic for uflicors of the United States army
to word nil, hy all honoruhlc raeuus, a colli-
lion with American citizens, or to further
the precipitate move of an indjscrcct and
civil powers of the government ns'well a*
any otter portion of the inhabitants of the
Union, and that the arms of on- soldiers are
designed fur preservation of the peaceful
condition of society, an I not for its distar-
bailee.' Their conduct, tu* .1 heretofore
stated as my opinion, results Truro a settled
determination in tb ’ir part tint to submit to
the authority of the United States, or any
other ouimcIo of their church.
Kudosed is it statement of tho chief com -
missnry of the amount of subsistence de*
stroyed under the orders of Brigham Young.
The loss, nitbonth great, is loss than I up.
S rehended A supply on ly in the spring mast
e forwarded It should fetich "i re hy the
first of June. The siipp'ics of the contrac
tors, suttlers, Ac , lor the cmyloyeei have
been exhausted; so long a detention with the
army was not anticipated by them, it has
become necessary to give them bread, aa
there is no other source from which they can
ob eiu it. Should a loug interval intervene
without hearing from me, you need only at*
tribute it to the difficulty of sending ex
presses iacross;the mountains in the winter
months The officers and men are in fine
health, and animated with an ardent desire
to duchargc their duties.
With great respect,
Yuur obediaet servant,
A. S. JOHNSON.
Col. 2d Cavalry, Corad'g tbe Array of Utah
To Major Irvin McDowell,
Assist. Adj. Gon, Headquarters of the Army
F. S.—We have made one day’s march
since tho date of this, and are uow [Novem
ber 7) awaiting the arrival of trains, delays
op yosterdty by a storm. Our trai ns occu
py, in closo order a* they can travel, tte
rash administration, in plunging a whol
Territory into u horrible, fratricidal aud sat.-
guinurv war
Trusting that the lorcgoing consideration
may te duly weighed by you, aud that the
difficulties tiow pending may uo brought tu
an amicable adjustment.
With sentiments of esteem, 1 have the
honor to remain, most respectfully, Ac.; Ac.
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
E. B. AikiandKr,
Cut. 10;lj Infantry, U. S. A., Coin,
Tube Continued.
WOOD'S tali’. KESTQBATIVl! -Prof. W.Kri, th
4oowa*l dUcoTurtr of tht lorAlM&bl* lUIr Rwlorao
tin*, till! eoatloum to labor lo bobalf of tb« alUlot«4
llu iQtdltiotfl aro aulv«mll/ adiultt*! by liu
Amoriean prt«i to bo far fluparior all otbtro for*
ca lling tb* hair oo thn boat! of th* Tafod, that lua
bc*n allTiud for many y®a»a f to Irovr forth with aa
roach ngorani luxurianecai when bleated *wlth tb*
aJranlagfrof jouth.
Thin ean b* no doubt that It li ono of I tb» groatMt
dUcorarlaa In th* madleal world. 1 r*itor*»
coutlj gray hair to It* original color, and tnakta It
atium* tbe beautiful silk/ toxtar*. which ha* botn
vary d*$tr*bt« laallaga* of tho world^-\St Uoula
Mornlag Harold.'
8otd by all good Drngjpil*'
roud (or thirteen or fourtoou railoi. There*
fore the roar cannot more till late in the
day. A. S, J.
Great Salt Laki City, )
| I - 7. ]
Utah Territory, Oct. 14, 1857,
Cot.:—In consideration of oar relative
petitions, you acting in your capacity as
commander of the United States forces, In
obedience, us you have stated, to orders from
the (’resident of the United. States, and I as
Governor of this Territory, impelled by ev
ery seuee of justice, honor, integrity and
patriotism, to resist what I consider to be a
direct iofringnuient of the rights of the oit—
izens of Utah, and an act of usurpation and
tyranny unprecedented in the history of the
United f
States, permit me frankly to address
you ae a citizen of tbe U. .States, untram
melled by the nsage3 of official dignity' or
military eliquotte.
As citizens of tbe United State* we tooth,
it is presumable feel strongly attached to
the Constitution and institutions of our com-
men country, and as gentlemen, should prob
ably agree in sustaining the dear bought
liberties bequeathed by our father*, the po
sitions in which we are individually place I
being the ooly apparent cause of our pres
ent antagonism ; you, os Col. commanding,
feeling that you have a rigid duty to per
form in obedience to ordors, aod I, a still
more important duty to the people of thin
Territory.
1 need not here reiterate what I have
mentioned in my official proclamation, and
what 1 and the people of this Territory uni*
versally believe firmly to be the object of the
administration in the present expedition
sgamst Utah—viz: the destruction, if not
the entire annihilation, of the Mormon com*
munity, solely upon religious grounds, and
without any pretext whatever; for tbe ad*
ministration do know from the meet reliable
soorcea that the base reports circulated by
Drummond, and others of tboir mean offi
cials, ore barefaced calumnies. They do,
moreover, know that the people of Utah
have teen more peaceable and law-abi'
w-abidtn
than the peoule of any other Territory r
the United fjtates, and have never resisted
eren the wish ol the President of tbe Unit
ed Statei. nor treated with indignity a sin
gle individual coming to the Territory under
hie authority, although the conduct and de.
pertinent of many of them bays merited, aocl
In uny other State or Territory would have’
met with, summary punishment. But when
the President nf the United State* so far de
grads* hie high position and prostitutes tbe
klgbeet gift of tbe pe ‘ '
OF THE
siAseti;
Upon axsinluetion wa find our Sleek of
and Woollen
Goods too large for this season of tha year.'
are ilrteriolned to reduro it; to'effaet this
tffer there at ' -
H’e Invite |i-rticul*r.Attention toour stock of
Cloaks, Shawls,
BLdWBtETS, ;
AND WINTER
Which wc ar<* crtrifWctit ennnut be lurnaMPil
in Aiiatitn, tor VAKfKTV * f8TYI.J2. and
LOWN K s 8 of l’llKJB, for instance, l*>ok at
our liroaU Cloth Clonk* for $1.
CaMimuruO.ijn'H for 91)
Plaid M*'rirt'»* nil for cenU.
Xluerican iJultin* ctint£.
liood 91 UhI Hl.tiiki’iM, f«ir !fiM, 30 cent*.
All Wool f«r il) cculd.
Wt cnitn* t Rivt* all ibn prirer*. Come and
look ut th« g" *<Ih nnd you will buy!
Z':m.kk8 dfcMcnniDE,
In Mnrkhfim’f HuiMIng, Whitehall Street,
Atlanta, Georgia.
January Ifi 1858 Jtf
STOP THAT PUFFING !
THK underoignod, for thu C9
•ole purpose of raUing Mon- H
oy, ('tiers his large stock of^^f
BOOTS Ai\D SHOES
At FZRbT COST-
With freight expunaea added, Tho Htock Is
Urge and coinpUto. This is no humbug.
KHlJB/fT CARROLL, Agi
janlG, f fi8.dtf Whitehall street, Atlanta,
MILLINERY AND FANCY
GOODS.
I will commence on fo oUy, s,
M
S&fi snuarj Iffih, to sell out m«l
SU Ftock. twen'y per cinb belowLi/li/
cost. Am rig the slock will te found.'
SO Boies of Bonnet BIhhons, together with
large assortment of 11'IN.VETS of all de-
Fcriptiont anil price,; sl.o, HeadDrcsses, Drew
Cap., French and Engliah Flowers, Bmbroid-
,‘fipil (!nllitrc nml ...I '
cried Collars and ChemiaetU, and every other
art : cle usually kept in a Millinery and'Fancy
hoods Store Mrs. A. T. CARROLL, Agt
Whitehall street Atlanta'
\ IL—Dresara Cut and Made to order,
jtnuary Ifi, 18.18 j t f
New Advertisements!
Cosmopolitan Art Association,
K sre leqnssted by Mr. Wm H. Barnes,
, , the Hon’ry Sec'y, hr Atlanta, to state
tbstth* dUitlb-iUeo of prinvfi will potltlnily Uk*
place or. ta*yhil «n»t., *n4 alt pfrsflot wi«bing to
•abaer b* ruu«t h»n4tn their name* by th* WiM.
C»n at Hit Yf. k A. H. R. Offlo*, an«I*«« th* hrantifel
KfrSr.fini; to h* glvea to each aub«erib«r. It i* *
U«i»my.
j^OTICK to Debteri aad Cre-tltori.—All p*r*oo« Ir*
?PS|z . .
, d*bt*dito tb* wtat* of Mich**! I.ynch, Ut* of K«t*
tooCnanty, tl*cea<*4.xr»f,r*qalr» , A to maks lw«*«l»t*
iVDGdHDiji uvcw«j,irc,rr|«trei| ut*»» —
paymdot, aod tbo*e having demand* aaatnit ■»!* *••
rioii*«ttd to render them .a duly autU*atiea*
■ )A«W LYNUI,'
JOHN LYNCH.
Ud according to law. JANE? LYNCH, l v x >
16, ISM. JOHN LYNCH. /
DR. T. S. P OWELL, 1
QPPICB ovar Smith A Eisard'* Unit Store,
- where L) can le found du ing tbe day, and
at night, ut bU residence on tbe comm* ol Collin*
aod Jo ea Strtetx.
jyfetfte. Jan* 20, 18^8 dw3m
IHDRDOtll DRAMATIC CLUB!
//a, the honor to aunimnre its
Eight Dramatic Soiree
Of the Besson, st the
Tuesday Eve,, Jan. 19th.
When the following sttractive programme
will be presented.
The favorite Melo-Drama
Robert Hacaire!
OB, BHE TWO VOBDEBEBS!
"aTeautifui.
DOUBLE DANCE!
And the Comio Drama of
The Jacobite
OB, JOHH DOCK IN LOVE!
In which the whole strength of the Club in
Comedy, will be folly drawn oote All nrjw
lovs to Ire smuMd, will
find the shove occasion
one of tbe rroet entertaining ol tbs Besson.
tjon'l Forge! It
Very rvpectfully. your nboviest servant,
gauland; ‘ ” ‘
HURT, ludiaa Agent
Intereiting Correipoadenceof the Utah
Epedition,
Ilitui.vsxrzgs A*nv or Ursa,
Blrek's Fork, three roilos bslow
N'rrtlj of Ham ’s Pork, in nutito
Bait fxks C.f* **"”*“»*
Mxjos; ( bav* the
Bait (asks City, AbvemberS, '57.
t; I bav* the honor to forovm ytr
tUt I arrived hero on tbs 34 init. Thi
forovm you
bit
place I designated fo a communication to
Colonel Alexander, subsequent to my letter
to you of the lfith of OcUdwr from the South
Pa**, a# the mom which tbe ftwe, [«m*
pie so ae to make one
Mthe military power (intended only for the
protection of the people's right*) to crush
the people’s liberties and compel them to re
ceive offioials so lost to self-reipeet as to ac
cept appointments since tbe known sod ex*
pressed wish of tbe people, aod so craven
aod degraded a* to need tbe army to protect
them in tbeir pnsitloo, we feel that we would
be recreant to every priocipteof mlf-respect
honor, integrity, and patriotism to bow tames
ly to snob bigb-bonded t;
, tyranny, a parallel
to which is ooly found in the attempts made
Government in Its mast cor
ky tbe British
rapt stages against the right*, libtrtisi, and
lire, of our forefathers.
Now, Col. I do not charge yon, oor those
serving under you, with tb* Instigation of
tb* (soraitlti. I oouidtt that jroo an eo,
January III, UW
dtt
HAY!HAY!
fU8T received, s lot of Tennsset* Clover
I Tunothy Hay, on Consignment, by
WALLACE A KOBINMON.
~1 EOKOlAi Cherokee rourfry^-Wh.r.ss
J Thus D'Evsn,, applies tom* for fetters
I admioistration open th* estate of Wm H
i npui
Even*, drccued- Thee are tbe,.fora to' rite
Evan,, drestn
and admonish til and singqlsr lit* kindred end
creditors of said derated to show cans, (if say
they hen,) why srid letters should not b*gran
ladthsapplicant. JAMEH JORDAN, Ody,
Jen II w4IM
WcOKOlA, fedt.L,C«im-To ta wheat It s
UsMssrn— WksrassJ.hS 0 ftef.lsl, so,lt«,
ci for Inter, of sdoUd.tretloo M Iks MMM of,
*,..J Jfitl'tewu.l.tb.nir.thmfonto sftees4
klmvcl.li ,U ss4 ,lsgstar, Uw llolrrt ta* sndlten
ate JItefr'AJteUteNtotey^sj^svtlter Itera,
;-'r ; -
pafU**r
NEW BACON I
A LOT;»f;prime well dried New Beam,
fc-'" l ‘‘
for Hilo et
WALLACE &ROBINBON’B.
Jsnnsry lit, 1858 ,||f
BACON HAMS.
Ch.ndlors cured Bacon Hams,
prime artichr, lor sale at
Wallace * ROBiNHON’B.’
January 16, 1858 ,| t f
LARD!LARD!
N Cans and Bsrrols. st l.rw down price, bv
'"allage * hgrinhcTn,
January 18; 1858 j,f
THE CAMPBELLS ABE COMING.”
Fifteen Talented Performers!!
AT THE ATHENEUM
2 NIGHTS ONLY!
Comraenolng, Wednesday, January 20.
MATT PEEL’S,
GBEAT TBOUP OP OEIGLNAL
CAMPBELL MINSTRELS.
C ONKIBTING of Vocalists, Instrumentalists,
’’omedisns, Dancers, Ac. Ac. All under
tte'frrectionofite Worid Kenmvnml MATT
PEEL For Particulars see Bills of day.
CT Tickets SO cents,-Colored 35 cents.
Door. o|>en OJ o’clock, commence 7j o’clock.
Jan 10.141 Dr. F. A J0NE8. Ag't.
Atlanta Female College.
m
T
MO]
HE THIRD SESSION of this
Institution will com neneo on
NDAYnHi'lOm Inst. We
have fitted up the basement of the
Presbyterian Church with m new floor, and
dow <Je«ks, aHurtiing a much more cotnmodL
ous sod comfortable room than the one occu
pied last year. We will occupy Ibis room
temporarily till arrangments can Os completed
for.reefing permanent College Buildings
Tenn, the same as heretofore published.
Jan 13 dAw3m J. I,. ROGERS, Pru.
w ' L «»**• s. a. bovt;
J O N E 8 &|H OYT,
ATT0BHEY8 AT LAW, /
Ulfiee in Kile’s Building, ■/
Oontsr of Mortette and Peach-trco fitresti,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
dim
1 n 3 sis, Yam for sals by
Ay ABAffO, ABBOTT k Co.
January 3,1158 ilt
NOTICE.
LL persons an hereby forewarned from
—.trading for two promisiry notes given
by the subscribers to John A. Doans,for one
hundred dollars, da'ed the seventh day of
January, IBM, and due the 2AtS of December
thereafter, aa wa do not intend to pay them
unles. compelled by law, as tbs consideration
hu wholly failed.
P. A. PEACOCK,
vn U< W, PE4COCK,
Ng B—With Interest (tom dtto.
Jtnuary 16, 1868 . j,y
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