Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-21
ONE WEEK LATER EROM Utah.

the ftn or July have been received. Ihe |
army was in good condition, and enjoying |
comfortable quarters The city it is stated, |
had resumed its wonted aspect, nearly all
the refugees having returned to their homes
and the pursuit of their avocations. An in
vestigation Of the condition Of the Terrific
rial Library had confirmed the suspicion
that the Mormon leaders falsifed when they
declared that the books remained undisturb
ed. A large portion of the law books form
ly contained in the library have disappeared.
The Mormons preserved the scmblance of
peace at last adviccs, but their hatred of the
Gentle Eruption was manifested in various
unpleasant ways. The New York Times
has letter dated Camp Floyd, Cedar
Valley, July 49," from which we take the
following:
THE TROOPS IN CAMP.
The march from the Jordon to the present
camp was about eleven miles up gradual
ascent to the base of snow-covered range
OF mountains. Here we are, it is said, to
remain until the small assaque or lrrlgatlng
ditch, which runs through the camp. dries
up. The headquarters and staff are near
the mouth Of the Canon, and then below,
along the assaque, is the 12-pound battery,
manned by company of the 4th infantry,
the 9th infantry, the 10th infantry, the vol
unteer battalion, Col, Loring's command,
composed of one company and detachment
of mounted rifles, one company of the LIST
cavalry, one company of the 7th infantry,
two companies of the 9th infantry, and three
Of the Sd infantry; below this last command
is Phelps light battery, and in rear of the
last two the I'd dragons.
The stream is now quite large enough for
our purposes, the water is cool and pleasant
to the taste, and cedar-wood abundant.
Grass is abundant in the valley, but the
soil being very light, and apparently not
moistened since the deluge, is carried about
by the wind in all directions, and deposited
among our papers, clothing, books, bedding
and food, in quantities sufficient to insure
our consumption of our peck regularly each
week. Desertions from the army have been
frequent of late, under circumstances lead
ing to the conviction that the Mormons are
melting it.
The weather is intensely warm during the
day, but the nights are cool and pleasant.
The troops will, in few days, move four
teen miles further west. A line Of daily
stage coaches, between this city and the
camp, has been established, and is literally
patronized. The volunteer battalion is to
start on Monday next on the march for Fort
Leavenworth, where it will be disbanded.
Those members of the corps who prefer to
be discharged here, and be employed in the
quartermasters department, are to be pro-
vided for in that way. and those who desire
to 90 to California are to be discharged at
camp with two months rations
MORMON MARKET HOUSE.
A market place has been erected in rear
of the camp where the Saints may bring
their notions and sell them under the pro-
lection of guard. Milk, buttermilk, but
ter, eggs, cheese, onions and potatoes are
the staples, milk at twenty-five cents per
quart, butter sixty cents per pound, eggs
sixty cents per dozen, cheese fifty cents per
pound, onions twenty-five cents small
bunch, old potatoes two dollars, and new
four dollars per bushel are the usual prices
SALT LAKE CITY
Notwithstanding the people in this city
have quite settled down in their homes
again, we had no public service last Sab
bath, and it is said there is to be no public
assemblage Of the people again until winter.
The church leaders, however, are almost
constantly in council. Brigham remains
constantly confined to his house, and has
! not been seen out Of doors since his arrival
in the city All the gates in the walls
which surround his block are locked and
barred, except the one directly in front Of
his own private Office, at which a guard of
five men is stationed continually, and no
one is admitted, even within the outer gate,
until his name has been sent in, and Brig
ham has consented to see him.
| SCENES oE DEsTITUTIoN
The refugees returning from the south
ern settlements continue to line the road
with their trains Of wagons, herds and hocks.
Some Of these trains present scenes by DO
means pleasant to the eye. Here we see a
young girl Of eighteen, with bare feet and a
half-clad form, driving a yoke Of oxen, and
there, tender little girl Of scarcely eight
years of age, whipping up two or three OBJ
stroperous pigs, dragging her little feet
YEARLY and painfully over the sharp gravel
road The wagons are usually piled up with
the coarsest and commonest furniture, with
chicken-coop and its cackling occupants
strapped upon the rear. Sometimes the pig
occupies this post, and the chickens are
packed inside the vehicle with the children
But everywhere poverty -poverty--sq ualid
poverty, meets us, tnrn as we will.
Spend half an hour in merchants store,
and we see old women and young girls in
plentiful numbers, approaching, with a few
new potatoes, dozen eggs, a handful Of
onions, pound or two Of butter, which
they-half hopingly and half doubtingly-
offer in barter for some trife of goods-a
yard of cotton or calico, OF little thread -
casting their eys wistfully, the while, over
the well-flled shelves of goods of which they
are so much in need. The people have been
! warned not to trade with the Gentiles, but
n, cases are so numerous in which the law
Of ne> ,essittv is stronger than the law Of the
church that he merchants are driving a
brisk trade, sending their barter supply Of
provisions to the carp, where they find
ready sale.
Swimming MArcu-About ten days ago
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