The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-13
AFFAIRS IN UTAH.

We have received our file of the Deseret Ne,os ur
to September the Sth, and private advices to the
llth The organ of the Prophet, from scarcity OF
paper, Is very small in size, and the reflector OF
Mormonism, ''bec0ming beautifully less" The
dlscourscs of the great men of Utah are no longer
therein reflected. There is little of any char
acter.
The "Deseret Agricultural and Manufacturing
Society" publishes long list of premiums to be
awarded at their annual exhibition, which was to
be held on Tuesday last 1t would, therefore, ap-
pear that the Mormons are fastening back from the
tented field to the hum of industry.
The only warlike item is in the published cores
pondence of James Ferguson, Brig. Gen. Mil, T. T.,
Adj Gen, with =. st. Geo. Cooke, 1t. Col. Second
dragons. The Mormon Brigadier General states
that he heard read letter in the Eastern papers,
with the name of the Lieutenant Colonel to it, in
which it is stated "that the Mormons are a set of
towards, like all assassns and bullies" Following
this quotation, the Mormon says: Il ask you, kind
ly and with respect, to make that apology which
your own high sense of honor will suggest is due. -
The Lieutenant Colonel answers:
81 wrote such letter. Iwrote no letter for pub
hcation. | never wrote or spoke such sentence.
left Camp Scott November 26, and did not return.
The letter, you say, dated there November 30.
| never saw such letter in the papers, or heard
of its existence until lately, as rumor from Salt
Lake Citv.
thank you for informing me of this mysterious
forgery. My sense of the performances of the Nor
mon battalion was expressed at San Luis Rey, in
an order which you remember, and which stands
printed IN Il senate document; ana can only refer
to my connection with you on the Battalion staff
as satisfactory and pleasant one"
The order for coffee and pistols for two is, there
fore, set aside, and Mr. Ferguson, the vindicator
of Mormon pluck will doubtless pass for a hero.
Governor Cumming seems to be the most
friendly terms with the leading men. Here is the
official account Of the late party of which have
heard so much
Agreeable to invitation by President Brigham
Young the first Presidency, his Exceency Cover
nor Cumming and several other citizens, with la
dies and children, rcndezvoused Aug. 26 at a ro-
mantle shady location, short distance above mill
lin Big Cottonwood kanyon, and around a COM
modious, bOugh- covered room, built by the B. G..
Lumber Company for the accommodation of those
who might wish to participate in the dance.
Captain W. H. Hooper accompanied the Governor
to the rendezvous and in returning, while Mrs.
Cumming, upon her spirited pony, and escorted by
Gen. Ferguson, enjoyed wider and more pictu
rescue view of the constantly shifting scenery than
could those who occupied luxurious seats in car
rages.
Music, dancing and the song enlivened the social
gathering, in the enjoyment of which none seemed
to surpass the Governor and his lady.
The party returned on the 2Sth, delighted and re-
freshed by the pleasant drive, the pure kanyon
breezes, and the two nights and days encamp-
ment amid leafy bowers by ice-cold streams.-Ne,o
Tn..h To.aJ