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Show IN THE BLOCKADE. The fullowine let:er was Jolaycd slilii'y in tranic: Id the Llockadc, Jan. 30, 372. Editors lltrald: Three limes during ihc course of my event 1'ul cxUtcnce I have been placed in a position whore I considered consider-ed myself cut ot the reach of providence, provid-ence, and where I felt that I had no rijrht to pray; once, while standing on the crater of Mount Vesuvius .eaz-iog .eaz-iog awe-stricken into the seething sul-purous sul-purous ma.;s beneath me; again, when in the delirium of tk-knesa 1 imagined myself a denizen of the under world, and thirdly when snowed up. peven days, between stations on the U. P. Ii. It., with the thermometer ranging between be-tween lift ecu aud thirty-six degrees below zero. On Monday morning we left 0,-rden, reaching Koek creek early the following follow-ing day, and there finding the train that had lel'c the Saturday before. The first day passed pleasantly enough. I had plenty of provisions i.nd a demijohn demi-john lull of line, cold ten; but there were others not so fortunate and of course divided, the consequence being that at night fall nothing was left, and the conductor issued the first rations to us consisting of crackers, cheese, sardines and dried beef. Now ibis is excellent once in a while but when you think that it has been our on!y food three times a day for seven days why, it becomes a little monotonous. monoton-ous. A construction train was some distance dist-ance ahead of ua with about fifty men on board; they were exceedingly independent, in-dependent, working when aud how and as long as they pleased; they "put in dine" better thau any body of men I ever met with; consequently it took us sis. days to mako lookout a distance dist-ance of seventeen miles. In the passenger pas-senger train in front of us are a number num-ber of Salt Lakers among whom arc Messrs. Page, Munday aud Auerbach and a number of Japanese. Testerday morning the passengers of both trains, becoming heartily dL-gustcd with the dilatory proceedings, under the leader ship of Col. Church, of Montana, telegraphed to the superintendent for permission to take the shovels from the workmen as no work was being done; this was signed by forty-seven gentlemen. In the course of an hour a favorable answer was received and our conductor was placed in charge. The passengers labored hard nearly all day, shoveling out the snow, which in places was breast high, a distance ol nearly a mile, thus enabling the trains to proceed. Again this morning we were called up at five a.m., and shoveled shovel-ed out a large drift so that we reached Cooper lake about two p.m. We hope to reach Laramie to-day some twenty odd miles distance, an a snow plough with fresh men has been sent to our assistance, which by the by, could have just aa well been done sis days ago. The diet to which we are subjected is beginning to tell on u.; headaches are ill order, aud I will undertake to ay that when we reach Laramie the passengers will "make i'oi" tho first drug-store and cause a dearth ol Tarrant's Tar-rant's Seltzer Aperient (and Scidlitz powders ! ! 1 In the midst of our trials such small accidents as smashing two locomotives and an express car, running off the track, etc., etc., is entirely overlooked, and we are supremely happy ifjve cau only keep the water tanks from freezing. freez-ing. I have traveled in many countries and in many ways, but this is the lirst time that 1 was ever obliged to shovel my way across the oontineut and I sincerely sin-cerely trust that it will bo my last. I cannot conclude without alluding to our conductor, J. W. Mollis, Esq., a gentleman, gen-tleman, who with the limited means at his disposal, has done much to make us comfortable. Yours truly, Custos Mouum. DISTRICT ATTOaSlSY BATiiS. A press dispatch comes from Salt Lake city to tho effect that the grand jury has presented a document tojudgo MeKcan's court, making serious charges against United States district attorney George C. Bates, now on his way to Washington, in connection with the llobinson murder case-, and having recently returned from that oily, allow mc'to state tho facts in the ease. It has already been published, that Mr. liates was ordered to Washington by tho attorney general of the United States. This ho announced in open court recently, as well as the fact that j the Territorial oliieers are not only without funds to continue the ponding prosecutions, but are in debt on previous prev-ious account; and, on his motion, the trial of Hrighani Young for tho murder mur-der of Yates was continued to the March term, lie appointed as deputy district attorney in bis absence,. James L. High, a reputable legal gentleman of Chicago, temporarily residing at Salt Lake city, leaving tho graud jury in his charge, for tho continuance of business, but advising an adjournment until the March term, as no criminal business can bo tried or advanced by tho court until congress shall make an appropriation to defray tho expenses oi the proceedings. Now, it appears from the above quoted dispatch that the present grand jury, a relic of tho past judicial management man-agement of the Territory, which has been in session since September last, has not only determined to proceed with business, virtuously ignoring all pecuniary cuii.idera;ions, but has had die very bad taste of charging district attorney liates, in his absence, with unprofessional un-professional conduct, and with an attempt at-tempt to delay the course of justice. No one who has witnessed the cnercy of jude liates in pushing forward the criminal trials, will place any reliance upon the charges brought against biui by the grand jury during his absence. None ot these case? can be tried until the di.-i riot at tor Ley returns from Washington, Wash-ington, and the animus of tho attacks upon tiiis otheer is evident to every one conversant with l lah ali.iirs. Ju'ie'c ll;ites has evinced a disposition to In -id the scales of justice evenly between the United States and parties accused of crime in L tali ; but this determination does not pY' i.-e l he political ring which has managed allaii.- in the Territory fur so long a period that it ?fi;m? to regard I itself as vested wah all the powers ol the L'Ovetnment. lis acts of extreme p:ir!i.-;in;!ii are considered by a hrt uirijoiity ot the bu;iness people f Salt lake Cily, out.-ide of' the Mormon church. as a crusute against Mormoni-m, rather than legitimate ifl-jit- h-r the impartial administration uf )uti-.e. Mr Bates has eotiduaed the.-e pio-ceuding.i pio-ceuding.i under the diretijn of the. a:- torney general of the United States, 1 and it will be remembered that a case is n "W rending in the supreme court at Wa-hiiu'ton, which was properly ar.cu-.d on the '.':h in-t. involving the validity of the panel of both the grand , and petit juries now in sc;-;on. The an-j an-j aojmg complications growing out these 1 proceeding ihow the necessity for tl f speedy action of congreis, and of the : people of Utah, in behalf of admission as a State, in order to take this populous popu-lous aod wealthy Territory out of the j hands of the ring of political speeula-j speeula-j tors, who will keep it in continual tur-; tur-; moil and agitation while they are al-. al-. lowed to run its governmental niachi-i niachi-i nery. Chicjgo Tribune Jan, |
