New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19

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protect them a. vas 20 OF oose taem Soi" u vas De-
hevso that they were rssis;ss the 'sss oi Der Wv
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On the morning OF the lith the Comu-s'oBers
started for Provo, accompanied BY foans k'meaL
Wells, and O.her. 1befe, Oh tie lG'h, Cos P0f-
ell spoke 10 su ssdieDes of more than 4,ccO Nor
mens Thsy returned - TIE city today, hAv Dc
81, ken last evening" at the town Of Lea 10 l,ooJ
more. II D, tteIr Intention 20 aSsl. 'Ae entrance
Of he army, see j, take ia positions m the Tern-
tory, snd then 10 return ~ the Stssas s.srsng q.
tie bteii Licg Of July. Gen. Johtsson probably
lef. Besr River to-day With his frs, diTisoD, and
f 20. viii .ach RE Valley LeIr Tuesday. Tae
srmy Will be nsI caed through The ci 3, presume,
70 a temporary camp on he wes1ern eilh ef me
JordsD, fio Hhi;h IL vii soon ee removed bJ de-
tacon.nfs 70 camps more convenient 70 WOOD Ana
grass. All the wood which is used n the c'ty is
ougri more than twelve miles from tie noun
tsiDs, and sells for SO per cord
Brigham Youpg informed The Commissioners 1t
Provo, that the Inhabitants wilt return 10 s,l' Lste
City as toon So the army shaI have gone INTO per-
nanebt quarters but 10, before. He wishes 70
avoid all contact between them and the troops.
He himself, however, tss made extensive invest
mehts in real state near Provo, and some persons
surmi.e that IN the future hs viii divide hs resi-
dence between that town ard the city. Several
hundred workmen are busy uuder hls direction,
opening road through Prsvo Ksnyon to intersect
the main road to the Valley from Fort Bridger.
When completed, it viii communicate with the
continuation of Lieut.. Prysn's road ffom Bfidgsr's
Pass.
The only Gebties who entered toe city with the
Commissioners, the Gosernor and the Superintsn-
dent we're Mr.. B. F. Ficklin, Mr. Morrell, the
Postmaster, ard Mr.. David 4. Burr, 500 Of the
former Surveyor.General. Mr. Burr and Mr..
FicAlin suffered no annoyance, but every possible
hiLdrsnce was thrown 10 the way of Mr. Morrell.
Soon after bis arrival be sought an interview with
Elias Smith the Mormon ex-Postmss'er, and de-
marded the furniture of the Post Office, the keys
Of the mail bags, &c. Smith replied that be did
Dor recognize the validity Of his appointment,
but that be would :" take counsel on the subject,
snd give him an answer the next day. The next
day came, aud be wss just as undecided as ever,
but on the dsy following Mr.. Morrell btOugh. him
10 terms by declaring tina. unless the keys were
INN ediately surrendered, he would neither remain
in The city nor open the mail. The keys were
given up but Smith refused to vacate the building
which he ussd for Post Office or to allow Nor
Iell TO transact business there. After grea. deal
of trouble, Mr.. Morrell secured the use of half a
room in store on a side street, and the mail was
opened and delivered.
Notwithstanding the "barmony" which the
Governor and the Superintendent assert prevails,
it is impossible for Gentle to rent house any
" here within the city. / was requested to select
and rent convenient building for certaio civil
officers of the Territory who will arrive with the
army; but every Mormon to whom have applied
for that purpose has answered that he cannot let
even q single room without "taking counsel"
At present am dependent on Marshal Dotson for
the privilege of spreading my blankets en- the floor
of room 10 his little adobe; but do not know
how soon an attempt may be made to dislodge me
and my c. tmpanions from even these quarters.
Within two hours after his arrival the Marshal was
told that his house and land were cold duriog the
month Of April for non-payment of taxe,, and that
ises. learn that the real estate which Mr.. Hook
aday, the United States Attorney, owned within
the city was appropriated aud sold at the same
time on the same pretense. The price for which
these pieces Of property were disposed of is suii.
cient evidence of the outrage which was committed
in their sale. The tannery which belonged to Mr..
Hockadsy, and for which he paid taxes on an as
sessment of $l2 900 in the year 1885, was sold for
Sl25 with all the fixtures and stock, the value Of
which was at least $25 900 more. The work of
removing goo d. and furniture still goes on. Even
during the progress Of the conferences Q train
started for Provo, loaded with boxes and packages
from the Tthing Office. During the few hours
have been in the city have seen tho roof torn
from one house, and the windows removed from
three or four. Last evening my attention was
attracted TO a noise in the street, and on going to
the door to aacertain its cause, / saw that goods
were being removed from tho Office of the Quarter.
master-Gereral Of the Mormon Army, aud that
workmen were tearing of the shutters and mailing
boards over tse windows. In many of the vacated
buildiDgs l see piles of combustibles ready for
firing.
You are aware of the unsuccessful attempt of D.
W. Thorpe, an agent Of Col. Kinney, to communi.
cate with Brigham Young from the East last Win.
ter. The Colonel was moro fortunate in agents
which he dispatched from tho Cslifornia side.
Three gentlemen, named Clarkson, Brooke, and
Harsin, arrived from Provo last week. where they
had been visiting Brigham. They had proposed to
sell him, on behalf of Col. Kinney, 5000 900 acres