The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-11-09

ARRIVAL OF MORMON ELDERS FROM UrAu.-Tbe
first company of Mormon Elders that have left
Utah since the difficulties in that Territory have
Just arrived in the States. One of the Elders ad-
dresses letter TO frontier paper, from which the
following items are taken:
1.-The company with which travelled consisted of
twentynine persons, nine vehicles and twenty-four
animals. At the time of our leaving Salt Lake city
on the 10Th of September last, all was peace and
quiet in Utah. The wheat crops had been har-
vested, and peaches and other fruit were in abun-
dance. The merchant trains had principally all
arrived goods very high and money plenty.
was informed by the mail dryer that passed u.s.
that exChief Justice Eckles had left the scene of
ms great exploits, and was returning to his home
IN the States, having received gentle hint that
his services as Chief Justice of Utah could very
well be dispensed with by the citizens of that
Territory. Quite number of the citizens of Utah
have been employed by the officers of the army at
Camps Scott and Floyd in the erections of barracks
and other preparations for their winter campaign
me health OF ex-Gov. Young was good. He attends
to his business as usual and enjoys the full conf
dence OF the residents of that Territory. Gov
Cumming is highly respected as the chief magis-
trate, and has proved himself thus far to be an
honorable and high minded man. Judge st. Clair
ana Indian Agent Dodge had arrived few days
previous to our leaving. We met COL Morris
company of infantry on the "Big Mountain" en-
route for Camp Floyd, in Cedar Valley We also
met Danish company of Mormons at the head of
Echo Canon, that had emigrated from Denmark
this season; also Judge Applebys company, on the
24th of September at the Three Crossings of Sweet
Well-all well. We met thirteen hundred wagons,
belonging to different individuals, freighted with
provisions and clothing for the army, each drawn
by eight yoke of cattle, averaging sixty hundred
weight to the wagon The weather was unusually
iine for the season of the year. We encountered
but three slight storms of rain and snow, although
previous to our arriving at the Platte bridge they
mad very severe snow storm on the I'd of Septem-
Der at that place, which covered the ground ten
inches deep, but shortly disappeared.
Nhen within l60 miles of Florence, we met sew
eral companies with wagons loaded with provisions.
on their way to the gold mines, which are said
to have been discovered on Cherry Creek 16O miles
south OF Fort Laramie. We passed many herds of
buffalo, some Of which we secured for present use
Deer, hares and prairie chickens were very numer-
GUS We passed many camps of Sioux Indians and
Cheyenne Indians, all of whom were friendly. They
had burned the prairies for several hundred miles,
which had rendered feed scarce in some places; our
animals however, did well, and we performed the
journey in 30 travelling days, which, at this season
of the year, is considered quick trip
The following table shows the result of the re-
cent elections and the position Of parties in the
present House of Representatives
Present Congress. Merit Congress