New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-02

- v;,o,au's houses are scattered about ito
..s ,..,tern corner Of the square, directly behind
T;,hno Ofice. They are ugly piles OF adooe,
~. oydnary drab color, AID look hke factory
VI wuSrs ~ houses. The whole square s surrounded
20 cobble-,tone wall, ten or twelve feet 10 nigh',
.,rked by unmeaning and useiess out,resses, aC
i.,a,vsls If thirty or forty teet- Directly opposite
49, House ia the Office and dwelling OF George
."o cr";,h the " Historian" Of the Church. Close
.,a vc;,;,v ali Of them fronting on East Temple
80. are the houses Of Ezra L. Benson, one oi
,h. A,ostlas. the late Jedediah NJ Grant, who was
.ncceeded IN the First Presidency oy OanIeI III.
WeIl, and Bishop Hunter. The Tempe square 10
surrounded By lofty adobe wall, Pias.ereI ana
ns;n.sd drab. and divided INTO panels. The Iaber-
nd in the south western corner, the En-
Inamen. House in the northwestern. The cellar
sf,he Temple has been filed with Dirt so that the
sue Of ithe foundation is hardly dscermble.
branch Of the City Creek flows through the square
from east 10 west The Two principal entrances OF
the souare are barricaded with blocks OF stone
begn for the foundation OF the Temple
The houses which have described are used Tor
h.sdnnarters BY the fathers of the church, but al
mos. An of them have other dwellings III different
n.r,s of .be CITY. George A. Smith, for instance,
kss three or four houses IN which his wives reside,
located in as many different streets. Even Brig
hau,s Bee Hive mansion and Lion House are not
soacions enough to contain all hs family. Mrs.
Cobb and her daughter occupy separate tenement
close iD the Deighborbood.
JUNE 25, 1853.
The u.n which LETT st. 10 On the 5sn inst. ar
rived iss. evening, in 10 days from the Missouri
frontier. TIE mail for P.scervile under the new
eor.Iac. will start from here on July L. If 1t shalt
accomplish ts tips with such rspidity as the ess.-
ern line hss attained under Mr.. Hockaday's con-
tract, the prscticaoity Of overland comnuoi;at'on
with California in 80 days By ceorat route, Will be
fully denonssrated. There lie no reason to doubt
tsa, 81 soon as stations on the ile are all establish
ed, Mr.. Hockaday will be able 10 push the mail
rom ST. 10 10 this city in lS days with ease and
regularity.
The army has not yet emerged from the kanyons
by. its camp tonight will be 80 near us that We ex-
pect il TO enter the city tomorrow noon. 1t will
be marched Immediately ~ camp upon the Jordan,
where wood for its use has already been provided.
TIE number of Mormons in the city has been
s.eled 70 several hundred by the arrival OF those
curious to witness the advent Of the troops. They
are al uales. / have not seen woman since my
arrival, with the exception of one venerable old
lady, Of whom ! caught glimpse one day at an
epen window on Emigration street. As soon as
she saw that observed nt1, tnOush Blu was hphici
eighty than eighteen, she shut the window with
slam, and let the curtain drop.
There is d man, named MacNeil, now at large III
the city Who says that he was kept In irons by the
Normons throughout the Winter and treated with
great barbarity. He claims to have acted as a
suide TO the 5th Infantry from Fort Leayenworth
70 Fort Laramie, and then to have proceeded III
advance of the army toward the valley until he was
taken prisoner. He says that he was conveyed to
the Penitenary, about four miles from this city,
by James Ferguson, and that George ID. Grant
rvetsd .he chains on him. personal alteration
which he had with Ferguson this evening in front
Of the Globe Restaurant seemed to attach some
eredbihty 70 his statements. prefer, however, to
investigate them before credting them so far as to
repeat them TO the public.
None of the chief dgnitaries of the Church are
prese nt among the crowd OF Mormons assembled to
witness the entrance of the army.
DIR. FOrney, the Superintendent OF Indian Affairs,
believes that he has found clue ID the wherea-
bouts Of the children who saved from the fate
of their parents in the great massacre OF emlgranS
on the Santa Clara last autumn. lie intends 10
proceed 10 that country and negotiate with the In
dams for their rendition. He has engaged for his
GUIDE Gen. Hunt, formerly a. the head OF the Nor
mon stake at San Bernardlno, and for many years
member o, the California Legislature.