The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-29
CONDITION OF UTAH.

Exciting Horrors at Proro City-WH not oHo,o the
Soldiers among their Women-PoUerty an Utah.
The Mormons busily engaged in fortifying
Provo River, Spanish Fork, and Hobble Creek Can
mons, and all the approaches to the Utah Valley
where they have moved all of their families. They
tell the Indians that they intend to throw medi-
cine over the soldiers which will make them die like
dogs, and also boast to them that it is Brigham
IOung's powerful medicine which keeps the army
from moving.
The Fort Bridger correspondent of the Times,
May 2Sth, writes follows:
Brigham Young and Heber Kimball are both
building houses at Provo City, Brigham's house is
about 700 feet long, and he has some l00men busily
engaged in its construction The people are all CON
centrated in Utah, San Pete and Fillmore Valleys,
and are actively engaged in planting and sowing
grain and vegetables.
The people are well armed, and guns offered
for sale at low prices.
The printing office of the Deseret Necs has been
moved from Salt Lake City to Fillmore, and that
newspaper is at present published there.
No compromise Of peace has get been Effected, but in
our opinion the Mormon question is thus resolved.
The leaders have offered to give themselves up
for trial. upon pledge that they shall be tried bv
a jury chosen from among the Mormons, but they
declare that they will never submit to a trial by
Gentle jury. They still, as they declared from
the first willing to allow the civil officers and ci-
villains to enter the valley and reside there, but they
will not submit to have the army quartered among
them.
To these they will, have no doubt adhere, and
will allow the civilians to come among them, but if
the army attempt to move into the settlements, or
attempt is made to arrest those indicted for trea
son. unless it is upon the condition which they have
made they will resist and fight to the last.
They are now prepared to fight, for they are
well armed and equipped, and their families are
concentrated. Their force is variousy estimated
by those persons who have seen them this sprinU
and who are entitled to credit and at from 10 O60
to $4,000 fighting men; their numbers have heen
very largely increased during the winter bv emi
grants and returning missionaries from all narts of
the world, who have entered by way of California.
On the evening of the 10Th instant, three wagons
belonging to party of apostate Mormon families
who have been fortunate enough to make their way
out of the friendly grasp of the saints arrived in
camp Inc name OF the head of the largest family
is ancy; he was originally from Tennessee, and
has resided In Salt Lake Valley for little more
tnan year. The balance of the party consists of
ms sons and sons-in-law and family, named Green.
ihey resided near Oregon City, and although they
nave pass from Gov. Cumming to come out of the
territory, yet they were stopped and turned back
twice whilst they were coming through the Canona
These families report that ninety-nlne hunureotns
OF the Mormon population are reduced 70 poverty
greater than theirs, for they had the means 10
leave the territory and in this were rich. Many OF
tie women were absolutely naked, and are obliged
10 cIothe Themselves like Indians, in old quilts
We learn from the lips of one OF these persons,
that a. old woman and her son, by whom she was
snn,orted living in his neighborhood, were sus-
oaPptt,d suPt If being "Gentiles;" that morning
ghor1Ir before he left, the old woman found
Zinc in bed with her throat cut, and her was
fnnd in the garden killed in the same manner. He
sovs that he has repeatedly seen dead bodies with
tbroats cut floating down the Jordan river.-Cor
~ y Times.