Topics This Morning
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TOPICS THIS MORNING.
John P. Hale1 has been re-elected to the U.S. Senate, from New Hampshire, for six years.
Much indignant feeling continues to be in action, at Washington, and through the country at large, from the “great swindles” which have recently been exposed by the Congressional Investigating Committee.
The Atlantic Telegraph operations have again been commenced. It is generally supposed that the oceanic intercommunication will be complete, and messages transmitted, before the end of the summer, from the Eastern to the Western continent.
Probably the most important topic, however, this morning, has reference to affairs in Utah—stating that the Mormons have commenced another Hegira. Yesterday, the President communicated to Congress a message covering a despatch from Governor Cumming2 announcing his entry into Salt Lake City, and his formal installation into the Governorship of the Territory. Gov. Cumming was met by the Mormons in the kindest manner, and everywhere experienced the most respectful attention. It is stated that the Mormon settlements were broken up, and the inhabitants moving south, in the direction of Sonora. The scene upon the departure of the men, women and children, is represented to have been in the highest degree distressing and mournful.
Notes:
1. John Parker Hale (1806–1873) was a Democratic senator and a member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. He also served as District Attorney for several years and was a prominent presence in the Free-Soil movement. [back]
2. Alfred Cumming (1802–1873) was a Democrat who served as mayor of Augusta, Georgia until he was appointed Governor of Utah Territory, a position he held from 1858 to 1861. Cumming helped settle the Utah War between the United States and Mormon settlers (1857–1858) quickly and without bloodshed. [back]