massacre near elk mountains on sunday sept a utah aslie 4 james wiseman hunt to go with him from the fort to the herd a short distance to see a horse that hunt had bought of him they started the in i horseback c kand and Hunt hunta foot root and when about a mile from tha tile fort the indian directed hun hunts ts attention to the cattle a little way off fr from rn the horses and while he lie was turned shot him in the back the ball bali ranging down diagonally and ioda ing lilg in the trigg thih one of the herdsmen herdsmen close by started to give the alarm and the other one drove the herd on to the eFort fort in lna ina a short time several seve ral rai of the brethren went to hrin brin bring in hunt and when about half way back the indians fired upon them wounding N billings in the fore finger of the right hand three or four of the party t then en fell a few paces in th the e rear and by occasionally firing upon the pursuers pursuers they all succeeded in reaching the fort without further loss or injury br hunt lingered arout about 13 hours and died within an hour bour and a half after their return returns some indians on oil the tho bluffs near by told the me men in the fort that they would kill the two who had previously gone out aud and were then returning and immediately fired 7 rounds killing as they afterwards stated staled ars william behunin and edward 11 edwards the two who were out during the same jay jav day the tha indians burnt the hay and turned off th thaS 1 aa vater water that supplied the fort at daylight on their theil the lext next morning the tha Indians Y began to gather around in great numbers nuin ers and T there being no prospect of a speedy reconciliation the remaining 13 brethren by tho the advice of some few indians wha who were vere still frie ridly took their horses borses and started for mantl manti anti inti leaving their enemies quarreling over tho the cattle and 06 the spoils in the fort soon after crossing grand river and a short distance from the fort they met kin an old chief clife and fand two of his sons who told them they should have their cattle after tey frey were some soma 15 miles on their way the old 14 chief overtook them with 8 cow cows the other cattle having been beell killed or badly wounded and some beef for th their fir journey and said h he e would see seo to burying ahe the three who A were killed the company were not molested on their way e to mantl where they arrived sept S ep t 30 the above particulars were learned from letters to gov young dictated by br A N billings and written by berjohn eager arra pene successor to walker and chief of the west of the Wali wall mountains said that he had told the whites that the elk mountain were bad and had no hearts but would fight the whit whites es and the Navi jues bishop david evans company were were 11 at 1 mant on ou the 2nd and hist awaiting instructions ARRIVALS uon hon G P stiles U S I 1 Associate 1 in the third judicial district joseph L heywood U S marshal a and nd their guard together with capt judson stoddard and company arrived from carson vaclev on the ard 3rd dinst nin hir chadwick and son a mr davies amasa potter and a mr morgan came through gli cil at the tile hamd time s hon hn enoch reese representative from carson bishop NV N V jones late president of the mission in hindostan hindustan Hind and the barmat birman eirman empire 0 P rockwell jefferson edmunds and two other persons arrived from the west on the ath dinst they left carson on the uit and came through in 13 days mr reese reports that the california election resulted in favor of the know nothings and in the election of neely johnson governor the crops in caron carson yielded about two thirds of the usual amount the approximate determination of our western and south western boun boundaries darles darlea leaves nearly all the improvements of that region in carson county U T since writing the above we have learned that mr T D pitt piloted the company is is familiar famil tar far with the country between here and C carson arson and is is ready to act as guide for any persons wishing io 10 travel the nearest route ile he Is i stopping at the great salt lake house on oil east temple st at 1 on oa the ath dinst br W S godbe came in ahead of a train of or 22 wagons which he ile left on green river october 4 all the indians on the route were very irl Iri friendly endly he met the last m missionary is company at the ath crossing of sweetwater on the of or sept they were all well and getting along finely from all that lie could learn br godbe supposes that all of this years immigration including goods good trains strains is this side of the south pass THE trim MORMONS is in spite ot all that has bee been said against the salt lake settlers it is tolerably evident that they are tire industrious prosperous temperate contented and even happy sali sall san francisco evening journal of april 7 quite correct mr journal if you had omitted the word wore tolerably tolar tole ra bly ably ED tile THE WEATHER on the mornings of tle tile tie eth and ath dinst thin ice made its appearance jon fon still water for the first time jimb this tilis fall since then night coolish days still mild and very pleasant cur CURE FOR fon SO SORE sone EVES EYEs take a p piece i e c e of sugar of lead about the size of an ordin ordinary a r y pea dissolve it in one teacup full fuls of soft water and wash wasll the eyes with a spon sponge or soft rag dipped in the liquid three or four til tit times nes per day which will deflect the cure in two or three days B SNOW THE tux CAROB TREE OR ST johng JOHNS BREAD dread of all the seeds imported by this office for the purpose of distribution there is not one more interesting or more valuable than thin those ot of the carob tree the pods when matured contain a few drops of a substance resembling honey the tree is unquestionably of eastern origin and it is supposed tobe to be identical with that upon which st john fed while in the wilderness the seeds were procured for the office from the alicante in spain in murcia valentia catalonia and other provinces in that country it abounds and frequently forms with the olive and other valuable trees large forests fores ls it was without doubt introduced there by the moors who knew its nutritive qualities as a t food for their horses mules and cattle they probably brought it from palestine and egypt whence it appears to have originated in these spanish provinces it now grows natu naturally raDy in every kind of ground excepting not the driest and most barren spots where the underlying ing inq rock shows itself more frequently than the earth ita it roots twisting in every direction ti comino p date themselves vei to the lightness or depth of the soil while the trunk remarkable for its smooth and light colored bark attains in sheltered positions li a colossal size the branches furnished with greyish grayish colored leaves spread majestically around the trunk and when loaded with fruit hang tang lang quite quile to the ground in the form of a tent the fruit ripens rapidly and such is its abundance and wel wei weight that hat it is necessary at on onee once to 0 o gather rather it the pods are appet and rich in suar sugar car gar and animals feed on them with avidity and become acome quite fat and in good 1 condition for work there are several varieties of the tree the produce is necessarily in proportion to tha ilia t venion ion lon div pian n it blooms twice tricea a year about tile the first arst of february and the middle of september and when well wal watered ered arrives at a considers ble bie le height heigh and sometimes covers a space of one hundred feet in diameter bearing upwards ait oil oit of A ton of pods it will doubtless succeed in the sout Snut southern hern bern and perhaps in the milde states slates patent office report V i and why not in iri utah will the hons conj M 1 bernhisel endeavor to give some bome of bur owr our citi Z eps zepa a chance to try jt it ED 1 I 1 russia SOLDIERS A correspondent of tf tw the national rational writing from paris says the french officers assure me that tila ilia en in la fhe the russian army are ore equal iqual to any in in E their army in the crimea is is composed of their finest troops and fight with great skill k ill lil and desperation their riflemen are equi to the chas urs urb de vincenne Vinc eune and are dead shots as all admit GETTINO HIGH himi the re heyy tr jonn joan joh jot P le pop pon t tells how bow i it is 19 done as follows th oak oay full many a cop cup dosh poth hold up p to the mry ky to ko catch the thi ain rain ihen then ih en drinks atop it tip ani 4 nt thu the dak oak reff neff by dy having haying water wate kirs Firs in its cupi cup and so must you yon and I 1