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Show Southern Mails. In a conversation conversa-tion yesterday with Mr. Gilmer, of Gilmer and Salisbury, relative to mail matters on the southern route, he explained ex-plained thus: Owing to the "epizootic," "epizoo-tic," and the consequent inability Io perform the same amount of work, they were only able for a time to run bi-daily bi-daily i-tnges, so that tho daily mail was received only every other day. The roads, too, he says, have been very bad in place.", especially in or near settlements settle-ments from Utah county to Fillmore, Pondiown now known as Salem and Hound Valley now known as Scipio being particularly noted for the uninviting un-inviting character of the roads. These points being made, Mr. Gilmer in formed us that daily stages had again ! commenced running ; that the roads were rapidly drying, and that whatever causes for complaint might have existed ex-isted were also speedily disappearing, and would soon cease to exist. Having informed him that we should give this explanation to the public, believing it would bo satisfactory, we next blandly intimated that if h:s promises were not verified that stage lino might expect; ex-pect; to"catoh ;fits, which, it will be oonceded, is very likely. Col. Wiokizer, who has been investigating inves-tigating the matter, courteously oalled yesterday and expressed himself in somewhat similar term.7. |