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stone wall ten feet high two feet wide at the top
and four or FIVE ct the bottom. AT either side of
all the gates, and at short distances along the wall
columns are built up They rounded and even
ed one foot beyond the wall They are also built
two feet higher than the wall.
asked one of the faithful why the wall was
builtY He replied jcstingly, "there many
women in there; 1t is to prevent such Gentiles as
you from getting at them" He may have told me
more truth than he intended to, for his remark,
fairly translated, means, it is to keep Brighams
women from escaping, for Gentiles would not dream
OF entering the lions den to seducc them.
Brigham's mansion is said to be the finest build
ing in the Territory. 1t is large handsome adobe
building, three stories high, and balconied from
ground to roof 1t erected at cost of S65 900
IL has been plastered on the outside, and the work
done remarkably WE'LL for the sides of the house
are smooth as ice and dazzlingy white"
The mass of the inhabitants of Salt Lake
City, are temporarily at Provo Their con-
dition there is thus described
"on the l4th the Commissioners went down to
Provo. They found great mass Of people crowded
together there, living in very disagreeabe style.
Most of them had no houses; they existed in their
wagons and in holes shaded or impcrfeotly covered
with brush They seemed to be very destitute of
clothing; many of tho women had not clothes suff.
cient to dress themselves decently The major part
OF the people seemed to BIO sincere fanatics; few
complained to the commissioners md said there
were great numbers Of them who uonted to get
away. Provo is town about half as large THE,
has about 1000 inhabitants. It is not military
position; it is an open well-watered plain, having
better soil than 10 here.
The Commissioners liked the place better than
they do this. Commissioner Powell made speech
to some 5000 persons thcre which was we'll receiv-
cd The women attended well the men; eve
ry person went, taking his scat, stool or bench
along with him. The Commissioners did not con-
slider the female portion of Mormondom partic-
ularly happy; they looked melancholy, down-cast
and morbid There were no laughing eyes, no
blushing cheeks, as among our women, to storm the
hearts of the .ternsr SEX"
The following is the latest intelligence by
mail
Correspondence Of the St. Louis Republican,
GREAT SALT LAKE Cry June 26, 1858.
The Mormons remain at Provo yet, not wishing
to bring their females the soldier boys. They
are living there the m jority at least, in tents,
whilst their comfortable houses in this city remain
vacant, with all the doors and windows boarded up.
None Of the Gentes can obtain house room either
Tor dwellings or for store purposes. This is par
ticularly hard on the merchants who have brought
out large stocks of goods. No reason is assigned
by the Mormons for this dog-in-t the manager policy
except as they say, they want first to what the
army will do, and where it will locate As vet
none have been able to procure sleeping apartment:
except the Governor, Secretary Marshal and Com
missioners, and even most of them had for while
to sleep in their wagons. Many of the merchant;
arrived in the city to-day.
Governor Cumming has issued the following
proclamation to the inhabitants of Utah -
a. CUNNING, Governor of Utah Territory, to the
inhabitants of Utah. and others whom it may
concern
Whereas, James Buchanan, President of the
United States, at the City Of Washington, the sixth
nf pi,rht ht,, n,,lG -. Ia .
by his proclamation, offer to the inhabitants of
Utah who submitted to the laws "a free and full
parton for all treason and sedition heretofore
committed and
Whereas, the proffered pardon was accepted
with the prescribed terms Of the proclamation by
the citizens of Utah
Now, therefore, I, Alfred Cumming, Governor
OF Utah Territory, in the name of James Buchanan
President of the United States, do proclaim that
all persons who submit themselves to the laws and
to the federal government by him "freey and
fully pardoned for all treason and sediton hereto
fore committed and all criminal offences associ-
ated with or growing out of the acts of sedi-
tion and treason arc merged in them, and are en-
braccd in the free and full pardon" Of the Prcsi-
dent
And exhort all persons to persevcrc in u faith
full submission to the laws and patriotic devotion to
the constitution and government of our common
country.
Peace is restored to our Territory.
All civil officers, both Federal and Territorial,
Will resume the performance of the duties of
their respective Offices without delay, and be dill.
gent and faithful in the execution ofthe law.
All citizens of the United States in this Terri
tory will aid and assist the officers in the perfor-
nance Of their duties.
Fellow Citisens-I offer to you my congratula.
tions for the peaceful and honorable adjustment Of
recent difficulties
Those citizens who have left their homes in
vite to return as theycan do 90 with prepre.
ty and convenience.
10 all l announce my determination TO enforce
obedience to all the laws, both Federal and Terri
torial.
Trespasses on property, whether real or person.
AL must be scrupulously avoided.
tanning and other vices punished by Terri
torial statutes with peculiar severity, I commend
the perusal OF those statutes to those persons who
may not have had an opportunity of doing 60 PFC
vously.
, Hereunto | set INV had, and cause tho seal of
the territory TO be affixed. at Great salt LAKE
City IN the Territory of tab, this fourteenth day
Of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty
eight and Of the independence the United States
the eighty second. A. CUMMING.
By the Governor-JoES HARTSETI, Secretary.