The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-06

THE NEXT News FROM UrAH.-The last in
telligence from Camp Scott represented
General Johnston as about to march with
his whole army-three thousand strong-into
Salt Lake city, in two days. He hos been re-
inforced by Capt. Marcy's command from Santa
Fe and the supply trains Of Col. Hoffman from
Fort Leavenworth; his men were in fine condi-
ton, and his stock of animals complete. The
Governor and Peace Commissioners had already
preceded him. The entrance Of the army into
the capital of the Saints" will put the inten-
tons of the Mormons to practical test. Their
threat will be remembered-that the appear
ance of the soldiers within the capital should
be the signal for converting Salt Lake City into
another Moscow. We shall see whether they
will carry out that intention. We know no
thing of what has been doing inside the city,
except from the statements Of the Mormons
themselves; for Governor Cumming was igno-
rant and foolish enough to exclude the news
paper correspondents fact which is in itself
evidence that he is not the man for the mission
he is upon. He ought to know something of
the nature and value of the newspaper press,
and the popular desire to be informed through
that medium upon all matters Of public impor-
lance. Mr.. Cumming ought to have been born
in Austria or Turkey, or some country where the
press withers under the blight Of censorship.
From the intelligence we have been able
to gather ii is clear that the question
of resistance to our troops ia a mere party
one in Utah, and, moreover, that the
party lines are drawn pretty close. The
peace men-among whom Brigham Young
chances to behave a small majority; but the
war party is still formidable oae-the more so
because it comprises the men who made the
largest sacrifices for the cause, who have lost
their all for IT, and are therefore unwilling to
give it up without struggle. The men who
came in obedience to the call Of the Church from
Carson Valley, San Bernardino and other points,
where they had accumulated fortunes-all Of
which are now lost forever-are not likely TO
submit quietly, and 90 forth into exile without
making an effort to retain some foothold on the
soil OF Utah. If the city should. be bsrned
down on the approach OF the army, We should
not be surprised to see these men take to the
mountains, turn guerillss, and keep up such
larassing assaults on the troops that another
Florida war may be the result.
In the partial exodus Of the Mormons south
wards we do not recognise any certain indica-
tions that they mean to abandon the Valley
altogether. II is more probable that they will
settle at Provo and other small settlements
around, in the hope that the army may he
withdrawn, when they calculate to return and
enjoy their own again. Perhaps their leading
men zee farther into the alarming movements
Of the Indians on our western frontier than We
do-if they are not the instigators Of some Of
the hostile manifestations, which, II they con-
tinue, viii necessitete the employment Of our
army at other points besides Salt Lake valley.
IL this should turn out TO be so, II will prove
that Gen. Johnston was right In urging the i'm
mediate advance of the army into the city, and
that Governor Cumming was wrong. Follow.
ing the example Of Mr.. Fillmore and poor
Pierce, Cumming has adopted a tcmporizing
policy, and the Mormons are most likely hum
bugging him as they did them. In view of these
things the next news from Utah will be of the
highest interest; perhaps the most important
yet received from that quarter. Meanwhile
read DR.. Bernhisel's card in another column.
Fat justdid, &c.