Washington telegraph., 1858-08-25
Important from Utah.


for the removal of Judge Eckels and other
of his civil associates.
This looks very much as if Gov. Cum
ming had sold himself, out and out, t
Brigham Young and his creatures. bu
his course may be in accordance with his
instructions. OF this Mr. Buchanan
should inform the country at once. for we
apprehend that popular opinion will be
slow to sanction such an evident backing
down before Mormon bravado as is shown
by the following correspondence of the
New York Tribune from Salt Lake CITY
\ great deal of excitement was pro.
duced on the evening Of the arrival of the
army, by the discovery of the fact that
that very morning, n petition for the re-
moval from Office of certain of his civil as.
sociates. Who were the signers Of the
petition, and what was its wording, is not
yet positively known. Gov. Cumming
and DIR. Jacob Foruey, the Superinten-
dent, of Indian Affairs, both saw it, Ac-
eording to my information, which believe
to be accurate, the officers whose removal
is solicited, are !; Hon. D. II. Eckels
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court /;
John NJ. Hockaday, District Attorney /:
DIR. Garland Hurt and Mr. C. L. Craig,
Indian Agents and Mr.. III. f. Morrell,
Postmaster of Salt Lake City. The ap-
pointment of Mr.. Seth NJ. Blair to be
Chief Justice in the place of Judge Eckels
is recommended. Mr. Blair is Mormon
Major in the Nauvoo Legion; he has four
wives; and he was the engineer of the for
tifcations in Echo Canon.
The allegations against Judge Eckels
are founded on a charge delivered BY him
to the Grand Jury of the United States
District Court for the Northern Judicial
District of the Territory, at Fort Bridgcr,
on the 9Th Of April, in which he alluded to
polygamy and adultery.
In the letter which | mailed to You on
the 10Th of June, stated my belief that
secret pledges were given by the Governor
and the Superintendent Of Indian Affairs
to leading Mormons, during the progress
of the conferences, upon the subject OF
polygamy. L will state 20 you now the
name of my informant 1t was the Su-
perintendent himself In conversation,
on the 10th of june, he asserted that rot
only were such pledges given, both by the
Governor and himself, but that he had as =
surances that any Judge will be removed
from office who shall attempt to interfere
with the institution Of polygamy in this
Territory, even if, in the discharge of his
official duties, believing polygamy here to
be an offense against law. Since that
date, Senator Powell has stated to me,
speaking both for himself and for Mai
McCulloch, that such pledges, if given at
all, were given unknogn to the Commits
sioners. .
The petition which Gov. Cumming
took in charge and deposited in the mail,
makes direct issue, therefore, between
himself on the one side, and Judge Eckels
on the other, and it rests with Mr.. Bu-
eEanan to choose between them.
The condition of affairs is entirely un-
natuIal, and it is impossible for it to last
month longer, now that the army has
entered the Valley. The Commissioners
have fulfilled their duty, which was simply
to exhort the MOrmons to unconditional
submission, repeating at the same time
the assurances of the Presidents proela-
nation, that it is not the intention of the
Government to molest them in their wor-
u,
affairs, or even to influence them in their
religious opinions. Whatever may be the
personal views of the Commissioners re-
specting pOlygamy as n religious institu-
ton, / have the assurance of Senator
| Powell that those views were not expressed
The views of the Governor and the Su-
perintendent, however, it appears, were
expressed outside the conferences, to the
effect that polygamy is covered by the
Presidents declaration of fnon-interference
with religion. Acting, it seems, upon
these outside assurances, the Mormons
stated their willingness to submit, pro-
testing at the same time that they were
always loyal citizens.
In one of the peculiar sermons at Provo
recently, Brigham Young pronounced
President Buchanan n driyelingold dotard,
and said:
General Johnston will soon repair to
winter quarters When that is done, and
we get the news good and solid that there
are no more troops coming here, we will
| believe that the Government means peace
| Just as their Commissioners have told US,
and will 90 to our homes again, and have
no more trouble during this King; toi
my word for it, ifoId Buck gets his JooI
deceHtiy out Of dis scrdPe, he rW nero'
put h IA Ggdia.
In the postscript to his letter of the Sd
ult. the correspondent of the New York
Times writes:
The army will not move from here for
several days. The anniversary of Ameri
can independence will be celebrated by th'
firing of a national salute and by othel
appropriate ceremonies. -.
Gen. Johnston has returned from hi
visit to various valleys, with a view o
selecting a location for winter quarters
He considers the country over which h'
has passed to be essentially desert. III,
has seen no point which he considers wei
adapted to the uses of permanent post
The army will move within two o