Salt Lake Evening Democrat from Salt Lake City, Utah • Page 4

ilt Iltltt IttnOt at MONDAY MARCH 28 1887 U5RIVAL AND CLOSING OF MAILS ut the Salt Lake City Postofflce UNITED STATES PosroFFicn SALT LAKE CITY Utah March 22 18S7J ARRIVE CLOSE Eastcrn 750pm 730am lIUornla and WesL 1100 nm 420 pm Iontana and North 750 pm 730 am 1 East 450 pm 1030 am vgJen Utah UOOam 730am Jden Utah 750 pm 410 pm Park City 1130 nm 340 pm Park City 750pm 730am tLogan 1130 am 340pm Toele County 345 pm 710 am I 1ta Utah 650pm 650am lUngham Utah 450pm 650am flolllhern Utah 650 pm 650 am Big Cottonwood 300pm 1000nm Triwcekly malls Through pouch Hours Money Order Department 9 am to 4 pm Registry Department 9 am to 4 pm General Delivery 8 am to 6 pm Stamp Department 8 am to 6 pm Carriers Window639 to 730 pm SUNDAYS General Delivery Carriers Delivery and Stamp Department 1230 pm to 130 pm GUY WILLIS Acting LOCAL JOTS Bairds Minstrels will be the next attraction at the Theatre Saturdays DEMOCBAT took immediately and it will come again The theatregoing publio is impatiently awaiting the coming of Booth The Juab county officials took the Ed mundsTucker oath on Thursday last Editor Elder Nicholson of the News held forth at the Tabernacle yesterday afternoon Hailoy is coming to the front for a little town Salt Lake has already shipped two cars of beer there this month George A Snow was presented with a charming little eight pound daughter on Saturday evening Happiness prevails The streets were lined yesterday with all sorts of vehicles filled with all sorts of people taking all sorts of advantages of the fine weather Among the numerous reports on the street today concerning the Postmestershi is one that Mr Rippeto was to receive the appointment A lady teacher competent also to instruct in music can secure a pleasant situation in a private family at Wells Nevada For particulars see advertisement under head of Wants of the People Theit is a place being out in a wall under the box office at the Salt Lake Theatre the object being to have a ticket cupboard there The agent will then be able to wait on his patrons without having to turn around It is Said by those who witnessed the little row he last evening that tL xas precipitated by Officer Daniels aalfi the matter didnt you like idgc liners little lecture the other dayThroe Throe davb a surveying party nUt in i a months supply of provisions lefi Mil ord No one of the party knew froi Wunce they came where they were goin i or what their intentions were There was a rousing meeting at the Bingham Social Hall last ening when speeches were made bv Judge Bennett Colonel Kahn and Major Bynon Messrs Bennett and Bynon will hold in ting at Sandy tonight The dwelling honsi barns stables etc belonging to the Promoi ory Stock Ranch Company at 1romoutor on the 0 road were destroyer bv fire on Saturday night The loss is between twentyfive and thirty thousand dollars No insurance Ezra Cummings died at Sanday yesterday morning at 3 clock of pneumonia and rheumatism of the hunrt He was 49 yeais of age and a member of of the Ridgley Lodge I in good standing The funeral will take place tomorrow at 3 There will be a meeting of the Central League at the Federal Court room tomorrow Tuesday evening Important business will come up for consideration Opportunity will be given for the enrollment of new members and the payment of dues A full attendance is desired The of 1 boys give another of their enjoyable socials on Monday evening April 4th This is the last of the season and the matter is in the hands of competent committees Invitations can be had only through members of these committees It is an assured success Mr Cook recently sold a handsome residence to an Eastern lady The building was erected by the wellknown builder Henry Nickels and is located on South Temple Street East It is a credit to the builder and we congratulate the lady on the acquisition of so fine a property Joseph Dean formerly clerk of the Police Court and Andrew Hansen were brought in from the Pen this morning and were taken before Judge McKay for examination as to their qualification for taking the poor debtors oath Each swore that he hadnt 20 to his name and both were discharged Not satisfied with having all the wives in the land it looks as though the Mormons wore going to get a corner on railroad passes as well Almost every member of the church is a minister and to them will be granted privileges which even an editor of the Gentile persuasion can never hope to enjoy Twas ever thus A man named Kelly who has been endeavoring to do more than his share of whiskey drinking of late fell in a fit on Second South street at about 2 oclock today Nightwatohinau Thomas Thomas came to the rescue and after dashing water into the mans face surprising his stomach with a little of the same medicine succeeded in bringing him around The Walker Brothers Company have their show window fixed up fa a novel and attractive way The chief attraction is a good dry good imitation of Brooklyn Bridge The towers are built of bolts of fine linen while the cables are of lace and the facings of embroidery The picture is a very natural one considering the material of which it is made and is bound to attract more attention than the average dog fight TIlE DESIOCBATIS having prepared mammoth bulletin board upon which will bo posted every evening immediately upon its issuance copies of tho paper the entire four pages being presented for tho benefit of the public It will be placed in front of the business office and all persons unable or disinclined to subscribe for or purchase tho paper from tho newsboys are cordially invited to road THE DEMOCBAT without money and without price We commence today the publication of a biographical sketch of General Connor by Bancroft the Pacific Coast historian It is from the revised proof sheets of Mr Bancrofts new work It will extend through three and perhaps four numbers of the DAILY DEMOOBAT and will app entire in tho succeeding weekly edition The life of a man who worked himself up from a private in the regular army to a captaincy during his term of enlistment and afterwards by his gallant and meritorious conduct to a majorgeneralship in the Volunteer Army must prove interesting to all of our readers and especially to those of this Territory who owe him so much and to whom he is so generally known Utah never had a truer friend than General Connor nor one who has rendered it more efficient service by making it a safe abiding place for friends of the American Government In anticipation of an unusual demand for the next weekly containing the entire sketch the edition will be correspondingly increased The Occidental No IS First South street Pure goods only and of the pest quality Our facilities to supply the trade and families unexcelled and our prices just AUER MURPHY Proprietors III IL OUR NEW SECRETARY William Hall Appointed ToDay by the President The Tribune has a special from Washington I stating that William Hall of this city was today appointed Secretary of Utah Just before Tun DEMOCRAT went to press Mr Hall was seem by a reporter and stated that lie knew nothing about the matter as he had been in Court all the afternoon and had gotten no word of it Should the news prove reliable Utah as well as Mr Hall will be open to congratulations I CHAMBER OF COMMERCE One of the Results of The Democrats Newspaper Boom for Salt Lake City TUB DEMOCRAT is gratified to announce as one of the results of its urging the importance of our business men joining with it in its work of encouraging the investment of capital here that steps are being taken for the organization of a Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade in this city This is a most judicious movement and one which the business interests of the city and Territory most imperatively demand The benefits and advantages that will accrue from such an organization are too numerous and evident to require enumeration at the present time Suffice it to say that THE DEMOCRAT will facilitate by all of the means in its power the successful working of the new organization as it has always been true to the interests of the section it represents A meeting will beheld sometime during the present week to take the initiatory steps towards the formation of the proposed institution and it is to be hoped that every business man in the city will lend it both his moral and practical support IN I THE HIGHLANDS Thc Jordan and South Galena Mines Highland Mary The evening of the 14th inst found your correspondent comfortably settled at the office of the Jordan mine Wherever and whenever I have been out on the road discussing the Utah question has always formed the chief part of the conversation with the ladies and gentlemen whom I have had the pleasure to meet Everybody has opinions on the matter and what is better they have intelligent comprehensive and patriot views on the affairs and condition of Utah and no class of people have broader and sounder views than those found in mining camps Prof Allen I soon discovered was no exception to the majority unless it may be remarked he being an educated man expresses his ideas in more choice and stronger language To find in the recesses of these mountains men of culture intellectual and moral is being an exception to the rule and a pleasing contrast to the sterner and rougher life encountered on every hand For this reason the evenings spent in company with the Professorwere hours of pleasure and profit to this wandering Bohemian whose business brings him in direct contact with all shades of life exhibited in a mining camp Porf Allen is soon to be joined by his wife an educated and estimable lady who will makeas every good woman makes the rugged miners life and log cabina peace of rest and comfort out of the Professors mountain home Anticipating Mrs Allens arrival TUB DEMOCRAT representative wishes her a safe journey on the way to her husband and a pleasurable enjoyable summer after she gets hereto experiance for the first time the costumes of a mining camp in the mountains of the Far WestOn the morning of the 25th Foreman Alex McMaster showed me through the South Galena mine In this property is to be seen an excellent showing of rich galena ore Within a few days since avery rich ore body has been struck and the men as well as the company are crrrespondingly jubilant In this hole in the ground your representative found a bunch of good Democrats waiting for his coming as though he were a misionary of the gospel conveying the glad tidings of great joy In the afternoon through the courtesy of Mr Wm Ross I went through the Jordan mine a property worked in connection with the Galena by the same company of which Prof Holden is the principal stockholder and Superintendent In the Jordan there are immense bodies of ore in sight notwithstanding that the mine is being worked very near the surface What will be found when they conclude to sink down on her does not take a prophet to foretell for the indications are that the now large body of wealth will increase in every direction At the two mines and the tenstamp mill now running to its utmost capatity there are engaged over sixty men who by their incomings and outgoings give to this region in the gulch an appearance of industry and business life HIGHLAND MARY Not in this city or town alone does one see all of the phenomena of human nature The man who traveles is sure to find beside the something or someone blissful and dear as Moore puts it many unaccountable persons and things Up in this part of Bingham the country is called very appropriately The Highlands and in perfect keeping with the thought that highland suggests there is here a Mary not a Scotch one but a Scandinavian though in appearance action wit and spirit an Irish girl is she Were this Highland Mary but the owner of a mine there certainly would be a romantic appropriateness about her being where she is but as it is she is simply a waiter girl at the com panys boarding house and therefore deprived of that distinction for which romance has fitted her Leaving Highland Mary to enjoy the mediocrity of her life and employment your correspondent the morning of the 26th took up his line of march as it were for that region of Bingham known as the South Fork of Butterfield Canyon MILO ZIP I HIGHLAND March 26 1887 OUT ON BAIL William IWcDudc Released from the Pen This Morning I William McDade who was arrested I in Ogden some months ago on the charge of robbery and who was committed to the penitentiary by Justice Dee was re leased from imprisonment this morning on a 300 bond signed by Mason and Harry Duke McDade is a young man of less than thirty summers and was formerly a brakeman on the road The offense with which he is charged is that of taking some money away from a drunken man He however has some very good evidence to show that the man lost the money and it is the general impression among those who know him that he is innocent of the charge At any rate his past record was a good one and he now has a chance to show what he is made of He has been in the Pen for about two r1 months now awaiting the action of the 1 Grand Jury and was said to be one of I the most restless prisoners in the establishment While not complaining he was constantly insisting upon his innocence I and will welcome his release with great joy i A FIGHT FOR GORE Policeman Daniels Done Up at the fc It Depot About 100 people witnessed a fight between Peter Newall and Policeman Daniel at the depot at about 6 oclock last evening While Daniels was busy sweeping the floor of the waiting room one Peter Newall started to express his un calledfor opinion in terms that were not altogether complimentary to the birth of Mr Daniels and in fact very forcibly suggested that he bore some relationship to the canine on the female side of his family and wound up his insulting remarks by stating that he would fix him Polieceman Daniels was not altogether aware that he was out of repair and therefore followed Newall to the porch of Mr Higneys house intending make further inquiries Here Mr decided to arrest Mr and informed that gentleman of his desire to do so whereupon each gentleman locked himself in the somewhat quarrelsome embrace of the other After some time spent in struggling with and striking the faces of each other they landed at the platform of the At this point Mr expected to have the little matter settled by a quiet interference from his friends but he was mistaken The railroad hands who were numerous did not will it so and his friends were told to absent themselves One man went so far as to put a stick into the hand of Newall that he might effect more serious injuries on the head of Policeman Daniels The case will come up before Judge Pyper on Wednesday next THIRD DISTRIOT COURT The Cases Before Judge Zanc ToDay The following cases came up in the Third District Court today David Buell vs Harvey Hardy et al Attorneys and jury present and trial resumed Answer amended on motion of defendant Case continued at cost of defendant John Howarth a native of England August Clander a native of Sweden David Williams a native of Wales and Henry Rogers a native of England were all admitted to citizenship The case of Austin vs Roberts was continued by consent Herald Publishing Co vs Parker Defendant allowed fifteen additional days to answer Salt Lake City vs Mark Tobias Motion to release defendant from costs argued and submitted A Brixen vs Deseret National Bank Trial before ten jurors by agreement CAPTURED The Shoshone Wife Murderer Caught in a Tank From Major Bennett who is just down from the north the facts in regard to the capture of the Shoshone wife murderer are learned Tne particulars of the horrible affair which occurred but a few days ago will be remembered and all will be glad to hear that the villian is to be brought to justice At the station about eighteen miles east of Shoshone the agent saw a man enter the tank on Friday evening last Deputy Sheriff Kinney was notified and with a posse he surrounded the tank at about 1 oclock that night On closing in he was found to be asleep and was instantly handcuffed He was then taken back to Shoshone where an examination will be held The wife of the fellow is still alive but may die at any moment HOW IS THIS The InterState Law to be Observed by the Local Koads Heretofore it has been the general impression that the InterState Commerce law would be observed only by the TransContinental or InterState roads and that it would have no effect whatever upon the local roads but the developments of the past few days put another phase on the matter It is now pretty well assured that the law will be strictly observed by the local roads of Utah Thus all passes and mileage tickets will be called in and after the law takes effect none will be issued except to ministers of the gospel and to railroad employees While this mater is not entirely settled the information comes from good authority and those whose whom it will effect may begin to prepare for the worst The Trial at Provo The trial of the alleged Tintic lynchers at Provo will close today Mr Thur man closes for the defense and Assistant District Attorney files for the Ditrict Atorney prosecution I was expected that the case would be submitted to the this submited jury evening Of the eight defendants it is conceded we understand by the prosecution that two and perhaps three will be fully acquitted while the result in regard to the others is problematical DEMOCRAT learns from a gentleman who has attended the trial that the evidence elicited will probably cause a nolle prose que to be entered in the case of Sullivan who was to have had subsequently a separate trial Sullivan has borne an excellent reputation a an industrious peaceable and good man in the mining towns where he lived and worked and has friends ha many frends among the law and order people at Eureka who would require the strongest kind of evidence to induce them to believe that he would engage in such proceedings a those with which he is charged PERSONALS Young of Northwestern is again in town Major Barnett special government tem ber agent have returned from the North Mr Dunbar of the West Merchant left yesterday morning for Omaha Miss Theresa Godbe returned on Saturday from Weber where she has for some time been teaching school Prof Holden left yesterday morning for Cleveland Ohio He expects to return about the 1st of May Dr Benedict went South this morning in answer ne urgent call from Springville He will most likely return Sprgle Mr Corav formerly of Ogden leftover yesterdays for New Mexico where he goes to grow up with the country Mr Fred Scarf went to Provo on Sunday to visit the Academy Owing to special business the gentleman did not return until this morning Hon Foley of the firm of Reming ton Johnson Co arrived here yesterday morning from Eureka Nevada Mr Foley i acmpae by his wife They will main her several days I 0 GENERAL CONNOR Biographical Sketch by I I Bancroft the Pacific Coast Historian Patrick Edward Connor was born near the Lakes of Killarney ha Kerry county in the West of Ireland March 171820 At an early age he emigrated with his parents to New York City and there he received his schooling lu 1839 while the Florida war was hi progress he entered the regular army although but 19 years old Five years later in November 1844 the left the army and returning to New York engaged in mercantile pursuits Early in 1846 he removed to Texas and as the Mexican war broke out in the same year joined a regiment of Texasvolunteers of which Albert Sidney Johnson was elected Colonel Young Connor with the rank of Captain was the second volunteer officer mustered into service in this regiment In serce the course of the war he was in the battles of Palo Alto Resaca de 18 Palma and Buena Vista and during the latter engagement was severely wounded General Conner bears the honorable distinction of being the first officer wounded in the battle of Buena Vista he received a shot in the left hand with a musket ball but did not leave the field For this gallant conduct he was given a full Captains pension Soon after the close of the Mexican war Captain Connor left Texas and passing through Mexico reached California on January 22 1850 Shortly after his arrival great excitement arpse throughout the State over the discovery of gold on Trinity River which at that time was generally supposed empty into the ocean for the northern part of the State was almost wholly unexplored then Believing this idea a true one Captain Connor in company with Lieutenants Bunt Baohe and Browning of the navy orgamzed a party in March of that year for the purpose of locating the mouth of the st purse of founding a settlement there They chartered the brig Arabian and sailed north After sighting Point St George near where Crescent City now is they discovered a schooner anchored as they supposed at the mouth Trinity River but as there was a light headwind Captain Con nors vessel made but slow progress Anxious to reach the point where the schooner lay before dark i possible and finding that the brig could not do so Captain Conner manned a whaleboat and started for the place Lieutenant Bache acted as steersman and he was accompanied by Lieutenant Browning The wind increased so that at length they decided to head for the shore They rode the first breaker safely but the second one struck them hi such a way as to cause Lieutenant Baohe to lose control of the boat which broached to and upset throwing its occupants into the water threequarters of a mile from shore One of the sailors who probably was strcok and stunned by the boat never rose again The remainder of the party when they rose to the surface clung to tho boot with the exception of Lieutenant Browning who at once swam for the shore and soon signalled back that he had touched a bar fortunately it happened to be low water The Lieutenant then continued on towards the beach and succeeded in getting through the breakers safely but was caught by the undertow and was drowned The last to reach there was John Peoples who was editor of the American Star when General Scott took Amecan possesson of the City of Mexico He was completely table to stand up Captain Connor thereupon directed the remaining sailor to support Peoples while the remainder of the party righted the boat which had floated in A large rook rose at one end of the bar and toward this the party made their way one of the party towing the boat by the painter Meanwhile Lieutenant Bacho became exhausted and asked assistance of Captain Connor the Captain grasped the gunwale of the boat and told the Lieutenant th take hold of his shoulders But another breaker struck them and caused him to lose his hold on the boat Both sank and as they rose to the surface Captain Connor looked over his shoulder and said Baohe you will drown me as well as yourself if you hold on much longer The Lieutenant loosened his hold and sank and as the Captain looked around he saw the unfortunate officers hair floating on the water as he went down the last time One of the party named Robinson managed to climb the rock and succeeded in getting hold of the painter Captain Connor on reaching the rook was completely exhausted and had not strength enough to climb to its top for the weather was cold a there was snow on the shore and all wero chilled through Robinson caught him by the hair of the head and pulled him up just in time to prevent his being swept away by a breaker Two more of the men also managed to reach the rock and one was drowned hi the attempt The four then got into the boat and as the oars had been lost Captain Connor pulled off a seat with which he steered her toward the shore The last breaker that struck them threw the boat on the beach they reached the shore so completely exhausted and chilled that they were unable to man the boat and pull back for Peoples and the sailor At length the sailor seeing that he would have to save his ow life let go of Peoples who thereupon drowned The sailor then stripped himself of his clothing and struck out for the shore As he reached the beach the undertow was carrying him back when Captain Connor summoning his little remaining strength dashed into the water and helped him out Te five survivors vivors then walked up the beach a fast as possible until they reached a little freshwater creek running into the ocean There they bathed and satisfied their thirst and then continued on until they reached the schooner She proved to be the Paragon on the same mission as Captain Connors vessel The schooner was high and dry having dragged her anchor and been driven ashore but all the passengers were aboard They took the shipwrecked men aboard treated them kindly and gave them a bed On the next morning they were none the worse for then exposure The brig Arabian which was beating up and down off the Point was signalled she sent a boat ashore and took off Captain Connor and his party who had ascertained from the men on the Paragon that Trinity River instead of running into the ocean emptied into Klamath River He thereupon returned to San Francisco and dismissed the party part Captain Connor did not attempt to recover the whale boat and during the night some Indians broke the bow of the boat in order to obtain nails with which to make arrow heads Subsequently a party of five who were bent on the same mission that had led Captain Connors party there repaired her and sailed along the shore to find Trin ity River but a storm overtook them and the boat was driven ashore and dashed to pieces on the rocks three out of the five were drowned Oaptai Connor however was still determined to reach Trinity River and in the following May he organized a party at So noma of forty men with six wagons and six pack mules Leaving Sonoma he led his party to Eel River but there he found a rough moutanon country ahead with considerable snow and no roads Thereupon he concluded to follow down Eel Biver to the ocean and find out where he was Reaching Humboldt Bay ho out a trail through the redwoods and took part up to to Big Bar on the Trinity River Returning from there however he obtained a tract of woodland and went to work cutting piles for the San Francisco market Captain Connor had a small boat with which he examined the bar and became in this way familiar with its currents eddies and shoals so that later on when he chartered two brigs to to carry the piles San Francisco he was able to pilot them both hi and out again He arrived San Francisco but was unable get ten cents per foot for his cargo while at the time of Jer departure they had been worth eighty cents per foot It turned out a losing venture Captain Captai Harrison who subsequently has been sup erintendent of the Saucelito Ferry sup owner and captain of one of the brigs During the gold bluff excitement in 1851 Captain Connor piloted the steamships General Warren and Seagull over the Hum boldt Bar for he was the only man at that time familiar with its waters He i there fore entitled to the distinction of being the first pilot on that bar Thence ho removed to Stockton California I August 1854 Captain Connor was mar red Miss Johana Connor then a resident of Redwood but Rdwod City who was a native of I the same county that the Captain was born in In October of the same year he was appointed postmaster at Stockton Daring II his residence there he was elected president of the board of trustees of the Stockton Insane Asylum He was also serving as Adju tantGeneral of the Third Brigade and Captain of the Stockton Blues He was treasurer of the Joachim Agricultural Society being a charter member of that association Besides holding these offices he owned and managed the Stockton Water Works also holding a contract of ninetynine and odd thousand dollars to build the foundation of the State Capitol at Sacramento He was afterwards released from this contract however by the Legislature of 1861 and 62 being ordered to Utah with his command at that time General Connor was also engaged in grading the streets of Stockton with gravel from his ranch two miles from year the city His income then was over 880 a yearUpon the outbreak of the civil war Captain Connor at once tendered his services to the Governor of California who appointed him Colonel of the Third California Infantry His command was stationed at Benioia Barracks California during the wintter of 1861 and 62 pending transfer to Utah where to the surprise of the volunteers it was ordered instead of to the South as had been anticipated when they enlisted But whatever of disappointment may have been felt Colonel Connor was too much of a soldier to express any In May 1862 Colonel Connor and his regiment were ordered to Utah His commandembracing 850 men consisted of the Third California Infantry and four companies of the Second California Cavalry He commenced his his march for that Territory in July 1862 On assuming command the millitary district of Utah he issued the following military order HEADQUAQTEBS DISTBICT OF UTAH FonT CHUBOHILL Nevada August 1862 OnE No IThe undersigned pursuant to orders from Department Headquarters hereby assumes command of the Military District of Utah comprising the Territories os Nevada and Utah In assuming command of the district I especially enjoin upon all disbursing officers the necessity of being particularly attentive carefu and economical hi their disbursements of the public funds and that they in no instance purchase from persons who have at at any time by word or act manifested disloyalty to the Federal Governmeot Being credibly informed that there are hi this district persons who while claiming and receiving protection in life and property are endeavoring to destroy and defame the principles and institutions of our Government under whose benign influence they have been so long protected it is therefore most rigidly enforced upon all commanders of posts camps and detachments to cause to be promptly arrested ond closely confined until they have taken the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States all persons from this date who shall be guilty of uttering treasonable sentiments against this Government and upon repetition of the offense shall be arrested and coufined until the fact shall be communicated to these headquarters Traitors shall not utter treasonable sentiments in this district with impunity but must seek some more genial soil or receive the punishment they so richly merit By order of EDWABD Coon Col 3rd Infantry Com Dist of Utah JAMES STILLMAN A A A General This strong declaration was an earnest that Colonel Connors course with the Mormons would not be like that of Johnston who in 1858 had been compelled by them although surrounded by 3000 men to enter winter quarters in tho mountains andwho in the following spring was forced by a treaty made by Commissioners McCullough and Kane appointed by President Bu oftanan not to locate his camp within forty miles of Salt Lake City The volunteers were encamped temporarily at Ruby Valley and the men began to express great dissatisfaction with their destination They were extremely anxious togo go East and participate in suppressing the rebellion They voluntarily agreed to allow the paymaster to withhold a large portion of their pay provided they were transferred to the seat of war The sums that individuals agreed to contribute were very large the majority of the men agreed to forego all their pay second lieutenants volunteered to surrender 100 to 300 first lieutenants from 820 to 830 captains from 300 to 500 and one man Corporal Goldthwaite of Company subscribed 5000 As a result Colonel Connor sent the following dispatch to Gen Halleck with the consent of Gen Geo Wright commanding Department of the Pacific Major General Halleck Secretary of War Washington The Third Infantry Cal Vols has been in service one year and marched 600 miles it is well officered and thoroughly drilled is of no service on the Overland Mail Route as there is cavalry sufficient for its protection in Utah District The regiment will authorize the paymaster to withhold 30000 of pay no due if the Government will order it East and it pledges Gen Halleck never to disgrace the flag himself or California The men enlisted to fight traitors and can do so more effectively than raw recruits and ask that they may at least be placed on the same footing in regard to transportation If the above sum is insufficient we will pay Panama ou own passages from San Francisco to By request of the Regiment EDW CO Non Col Commanding RUBY VALLEY Sept 24 1862 By the middle of October the volunteers advanced to Fort Crittenden This post some times called Camp Floyd which had been the former encampment of troops was erected at an expenditure of 3000000 but the property was afterwards sold to private parties for little more than a song The purchasers of the post were extremely anxious to have Col Connor buy the property and make his headquarters there Indeed while on the march to Utah Colonel Connor had often been solicited to make the purchase by agents of the owners who felt pur that under the pressure of near approach ing winter necessity would compel him to take these quarters already prepared Among the owners were Mormons who did not scruple to endeavor to intimidate the Colonel into compliance by inciting the Mormon community to a uprising against the troops A certain chief of the Danties was especially active hi this way he was reported to have ridden through the streets of Salt Lake offering to bet 500 that the troops would never cross the Jordan and found no takers But they were dealing with the wrong man all their bluster did not avail to turn Colonel Connor from his purpose In spite of threatening rumors that the Mormons would never allow the troops to approach nearer their city than the river Jordan he left Fort Crittenden crossed the Jordan without opposition and marched straight into Salt Lake City to the atonishment and consternation of the Mormons who lining the sidewalks and filling the windows and roofs silently watched the I progress of the troops The command haled in the very heart of the city before the residence of Governor Harding who publicly addressed the troops in terms of greeting and admonition At the close of the Governors speech Colonel Connor called for three cheers for ou country and flag I and three more for Governor Harding he then continued his march with bands play ing to the neighborhood of the site of his parmanent camp and four days later Ooto ber 24th1862established what is now known as Fort Douglas Meanwhile Colonel Connor had his at tention drawn to other matter Indians had murdered many immigrants who had taken the northern route to California To suppress these Indians he sent a cavalry expedition from Ruby Valley against them and the force succeeded in destroying many of the savages But the Indians continued their atrocities especially interfering with whites travelling to and from the mines in Idaho Montana and Dakota Since the arrival of the volunteers at Salt Lake two expeditions had been sent against the In dians in Northern Utah one was to recover a white boy held by them and the other to regain some immigrant property At length however Colonel Connor received reliable information of the exact location relable hostile Indians who had been carrying on their murderous work for fifteen years and he at commenced preparations for their annihilation This expedition resulted in Ths reled the battle of Bear River fought January 26 1863 against the Snake and Bannock Indians who were led by Bear Hunter and other noted chiefs I i well described hi Colonel Connors official report Continued in Tomorrows Issue 1 a SIMON BROS I GRAND 0 OPENING I AT SIMON BROS 1887 Spring and Summer Wholesale Retail We beg to announce to our friends and patrons that our Assortment in our different Departments is now Complete HAVING DEVOTED EXTRAORDINARY CARE TO THE PURCHASE OF OUR SPRING STOCK I We are prepared to show a most Excellent Assortment at Prices to suit the times OUR STOCK OF MILLINERY GOODS Consisting of HATS in every conceivable braid and shape OSTRICH PLUMES and TIPS MONTURES FLOWERS RIBBONS LACES GAUZES and FANCY TRIMMINGS is larger and better than ever before call attention to the fact that besides We desire to special MILLINERY we carry a most complete assortment in the following lines Hosiery and Gloves An Immense Stock of Handkerchiefs A Large Assortment of Lace Linen Collars and Ruchings Corsets and White Goods Particular attention is called to our IMMENSE ASSORTMENT of LACES RIBBONS AND GAUZES OUR PRICES WILL BE LOWER THAN EVER Parties purchasing goods in the abovementioned lines will save money by first inspecting our goods and prices We solicit ORDERS BY MAIL and guarantee prompt and careful attention X1WC2 sand 1fL1IP UthStrOOL THE INCANDESCENT LAMP NEW ARRIVAL I I Incandescent Lamps AT McCALLUM COoS 258 Main Street ONE THOUSAND LAMP BRASS AND NICKEL Seven Dozen Superb Library Hangers I BRACKET LAMPS CHANDELIERS I I STREET LAMPS ETC Jn EndJess VCIriety THE SHIPPING BILL ALSO SHOWS One Hundred Dozen Chimneys THIS WILL ENABLE US TO MEET OUR BACK ORDERS FOR FIVE GROS TO BE SENT TO AGENTS IN Idaho Montana Nevada and Utah 1 1 I 0.