New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-19

they started, however, the Governor A'h'e' Wv"
his sr,bulsnces, having uiistd the other rosa a9o
come through Emigration KAnyon. HIS o'ss'ee
wagons did not srfive until evening - teey cano
through Psrley's KAnyon. He "" eondacse' i'n-
nedia:ely 10 bis former quarters n the coaass oi
" c. Staine., the Adam IN the gA'den scene oi Ioe
Mormon endowment; bat, 50 10 arrange osh'
had been made for food and service fer hinsei an1
bic family, he was obliged 20 shsre the table 81 Ias
Globe. On the evening Of this day Gre 9'hb tH
EIce1ency III d the Commissioners had long ih'ef-
view with Ferguson AID Ctauncey W. We't, tne
B,hop militant of Ogden City, who h,d setn dePa-
tiztd for The purpose By Brigham. The result 'f
the conference vas such that the two started i'r
Provo at midriebt, and ret1rped the mex. day a.
roop, bringing Dews that Brigham would come up
in person to have talt With the Commissioners.
Oa ibe 10th, about III oci,ck, according 10 ag'ee-
mert, Brigham, Heber, AMI Daniel, ss well As
George A. Smith, VIM II. Hooper. and twenty
or ihn.y more Of tie leading men Of the Church,
including uost # not all of the Twelve Apostles
entered the city. They dined at Bnghans man.
,op, and during the evening visited 6rst The G'v-
vrror AID then the Commissioners. Af;er supper,
BrigL,m wss serebsdsd By the Mormon militia
band-a compliment which Wa not extended 70
ally Of tie Gentiss
AnMsements were made for grand conference
between tie Commissioners, the Governor, and the
Superintendent of Indlan Aff,irs on the one hand,
and the Frat Presdency aud Twelve Apostles OF
the Mormon Church on the otoer, which COM
meDced in the Council House the Dext morning at
10 O'Clock. They eat until o'clock in the af-
tIpoop, when Brigham proposed ard carried an a1-
iourpmeut 10 8 O'Clock. The conference was
private but the ou.l ne Of ts proceedings, 80 far as
have beer able ~ gather them, was as follows:
Mr.. Bucbanah's proclamation bad been read IN
public ia the city the evening before toe Commls-
sorers arrived, and a copy Was forwarded TO Provo
the same day. /. vas received with great surprI.e
ard indignation by the bulk Of the Mormon popua-
,iop. as they had been led By Col. Kane to expect
different expres,ioD of sentment than that se.
forth n the beginDiDg Of tee document Even the
full and free pardon did lot reconcile them to
the narration Of their treasons in the preamble,
which they denounced as crammed with f.lsehoods
and unjust asper,ors from beginning TO end. Some
thing Of this same feeling wa, carried into the con-
ference by those Saints Of inferior grade who had
not been acquainted with Brigtam's intention to
accept the pardon in ,pte of the preamble. One
of the Introductory speeches was made by Elder
Erattus Snow, member OF the Twelve, and was
full ef profanity and Obscenity. l will not dirty
NY paper by recording or even intimating some Of
the expressions which he used. He was severely
nh,L kv nd
speech on the Mormon side was more decent in
language and moderate in tone. Attempts, IN
deed were made by others to recount their old
tales of wrongs and prosecutions suffered, but
Brigham invariably made them cit down and
hush up, telling them that the Commissioners
had not been sent to investigate their grievances,
end lad no authority to notice or redress them,
and that he did not wish allusion to be made te
the past, for it would not fail to cause distrust and
a want of good fellowship. The difficulty in arrv-
ing at harmony" was the fear of the Mormons
that the army would be quartered in their settle
ments, ard that attempts would be made TO inter-
fere with poygamy. The word "polygamy" was
lot once uttered, but the idea was repeatedly eX-
pre,ted by circumocutloDs. What private assur
sIcts may have been given by the Governor aud
the Superintendent on these points, do not know
TO a certainty, although / may write to you more
fully on the subject next week. None, do know
to certainty, we're given by the Commissioners.
At any rate at the second conference which lasted
until a o'clock in the evening, there was no fur
tker difficulty. The next morning, at third con-
ference, speeches were made by john Taylor,
George A. Smith, ard finally by Brigham Young
himself, in which they made pledges, in behalf of
Themselves and the Mormon people, to submit TO
the Federal Government its laws, and the su.
thority Of its officers.
an told that throughout all the proceedings
Brigham manifested concistory disposition, in
terfering always to alay any III feeling which was
developed during the conferences. He persisted,
however in solemn declarations of his own iuuo-
cence and recttude, ard sverred that all the blame
for past troubles 10 chargeable on corrupt officials
who we're sent here by Presidents Film, re and
Pierce. Every Gentle who was allowed to be
present at any Of the conferences assures me that
the Commissioners conducted themselves with the
dignity and frmrem which was appropriate 10
their position. They refused TO make any pledges
on any subject Whatsoever, holding out the Pres-
dents proclamation, and demanding instantaneors
ard unconditional compliance with its injunctions
to obedience. Whenever any Mormon speaker in
dulsed in abusive or foul language, they silenced
him; and whenever it was sought to introduce for
eign subjects into the debate, they took care to re-
store it to its legitimate channel.
On the evening of the day of the final conference
(the l2th) Gov. Powell addressed promiscuous