New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
FROM THE ARMY IN UTAH.
Corespoulenoe q The ". Z. Tribune.

char arteries the present aspect oil sfairs ~ Dt1h
takes from the Mormon mbrOglio much Of the TO-
terest which attached to it when war and rumofs
Of war were the burden Of your correspondence
from this quarter The prosecution of the war not
having come up to the vigo- OF the original mani
festo, the army Of Invasion has quietly subsided
into corps of occupation and observation; OF oc-
cupption of purely mechanical and ioel"rious
sorts OF observation, daily and hourly Of one of
the queerest, most iDcomprehenslble and stunning
moral and social spectacles anywhere 10 be seen
upon the surface OF the terraque0ns globe. We
have become sn army Of carpenters, brick layers
and drt-daubers. The sword has not been beaten
into pl0wshare or prunlng-h0ok, but has been
transmorrihed into tr0wel, whcrewith 10 lay
sdobes: into ga pickaxe and spade whcrewth
to construct houses not expected to last as long as
those spoken of by the waggish grave-digger IN
Hamlet bat which our friends the Mornons assure
US will all tumble down in the Spring. Thus they
say viii come TO pass because our houses are put
upon the sand instead of being based upon rock
The MorInuns in building with the adobe or sun
dried brick, always lay the foundation with stone
Where ,ne adobes are III immediate contact with
the soil, they absorb from the SHOWS which
fall during the Autumn and Winter con-
siderable amount Of moisture, and from
the expansion and contraction incident upon ifeez-
ing and thawiDg, the course of adObes next the
ground crUnlbles into dust, and, argdt down Will
come our buildings IN the Spring, This would,
indeed be a great pity for we have with no little
toll ard labor, built up quite large town in some
thing less than two months There are but one or
two settlements in Utah which exceed us IN popu-
lati0n. Our numbers including those IN the mill
taJy service, army followers md MOrnons who
have settled near us, must approximate hye thou
sand. The buildings are erected in the order at
n ilitory ercampmeDt. Indeed, the place is still
STYLED u camp, though cantonment would doubtless
be a more correct designation. Along the margin
of a cOpous stream OF excellent water, which
gushes out from the ground ut p0ln, near the lett
of our position, and runs northeast, extends
the front line of our cant0nmeht On the
extreme right at Il distance Of about
mile from the spring, are the ID drag
oons. Next come Reynolds and Phelpss
batteries: then the 9th Infantry, the 9Th infantry,
and on the extreme left, the 10Th infantry. At
about one hundred yards from the left flank of the
10th infantry, and upon line perPcndirunr I" the
general direction Of the cantonment, are the build
ines Oc cupied by the headquarters of the Depart
ment of Utah.
The quarters for the men are erected perpen-
dicuary to the general line of direction, by divs-
ions and tquadrons of two companies, the quarters
Of one company facing those oi the other on the
same division, with an interval Cf about sixty feet
between them. The company officers quarters
are on line parallel TO the general direction
at about hundred yards to the rear of the
mems quarters, and the quarters for the field and
staff of each regiment on lDe still further To the
rear. Between the company officers quarters aud
those of the men, and between the quarters of the
regiments field and staff and those of the company
officers there are thus left two fine broad avenues,
running the whole length of the camp. aiiording
excellent regimensl parade grounds. The build
ings are without the slightest pretenson To arch'-
tectural elegance but Gre quite cOmmodous and
comfortable and seem the very hight OF luxury TO
to men who have 81 long been living under canvas
in all sorts of weather. Indeed, We will all be so
comfortably fixed that il would be great pity
if our mud edifices should, like the bsseless
fabric of a yision," suddenly disappear i'll the
Spring. But. Notwithstanding the prognostca-
tons of anable Mormon friends, IL is general
ly believed that the calamity predicted can easily
be guarded against and avoided.
| suppose YOU have already bad the particulars
of the outrage committed by two lldlans Of the
Ute tribe upon an odd wom.n and young girl near
the Spanish Fork settlement, and OF the result of
the Steps taken for the arrest of the guilty parties
by the military. The arrest was effected but not
witau the sacrifice of the life of one of the In
dans, not implicated in the outrage upon the
woman The young man killed WAS son of old
Pee-teetneeiz at the principal men of the tribe.
His own name was Pce--ee-itz, aud he was the war
very instrumental in rescuing DR.. Hurt from the
hands of the MormOns last fall and accompanied
and carried him through the mountains 10 Col.
Smiths camp in the South Pass The cause Of
Pee-in-tee-.tz being shat Was as / an informed
that he refused with the other Indians To give I'D
the guilty psrtes and IT Was then deemed neces-
sar, 10 make prisoners Of the whole band where.
upon he attempted Ia effect bis escape was pur.
sued, fred upon snd killed. He was shot through
the heart, at soU; sixty yards, with revolver, by
Sergeant Kramer of the I'd Dragons. |. vas
feared st first that the killing of Pee-in- tee-iiz
nlight be the occasion of attempts on the part OF
biz tribe 90 m0es. the Mormon settlements in their
vicinity, and, TO gsafd against such contingency
two comps MES Of infantry, one from tie 9Th unde,
Brey. Lieu. Col. kuggles, and one from the 10th
uuGcr Capt. Tracy, were sent over 10 protect
them, with i1structi ms 10 remain until all appre-
hensioZs of molesta..gl were over. Several days
since Mi Pall's coL'mand Ia dstsehmen. IF eth
Infantry and ID Drascons) who we've first sent
over and we've the psrf9 that arrested the two Iu-
dans who had committed the Outrage on the Nor
mon woman, and killed fce-iR-tee-itz, returned 10
camp Fluyd Col. Ruggles returned yesterlay. and
Cant. Tracy has likewise bNan ordered in.
Some time since squadron OF dragons. aud
company Of the 80 Infantry. all under the COM
Inand OF Capt Hawes OF the 2n1 dragons. sent
in the direction Of the Humboldt 10 look after ,be
Indians IN that quarter who had been committing
ou.rsges ON the United Stsies Mail Party.
They have been heard from on thai Way back. not
having been able TO fall in with any of the Indians
Indeed it is no easy matter 10 come up with them
if they are at all disposed to keep cat OF the way,
owiug to the character OF the country IN that direc-
ton. should not be surprised ii 1t were found
necessary 10 establish military post in tiat vicinity
in the Spring.
Capt Simpson of the Typographical Ergineers
has Completed the survey aEd openiog Of new roid
from Bridger 10 thls point. The disianse isrbout
the same as by the old road, but both the Rcho
and Emierauop calons, ard also the Big Mount4la,