New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-02
OPENING OF THs TERRITORIAL COURT.
4 Volunteer Battalion Enlisted.

Fort Bridgerl, Dec. =. lsS,S
have made mention in my previous letters Of
the satirical embassies which Brigham Young dis
patched to Col. Aiexander's camp during the
month of October, bearing fes Of TIE Desert
NcrS, copies Of his proclamation, strings OF
onions volumes Of the territorial laws Of Utah. &c..
but to-day another deputstion came into camp from
Salt Lake City, with letter from Brigham. 3D.
dressed to Col Johnston. if be has arrived on
Blacks Fork; if not, to Col. Alexander. ani
with four mules packed with salt.
The letter, dated Nov. 26, is such singular mix
ture of arrogance and impudence, that sm IN
doubt whether il ought to excite amusement or in
dignation. Brigham begins by stating that he hss
received reliable information that there is de6-
cheney of salt in the army and the merchant tfaos
which accompany it, and that he therefore die
patches Messrs. Henry Woodland and Jesse J.
Earl, with eight hundred poypds, which may bc
received as present, or for which pay may b
rendered; but if the latter, he requires ncmorsn-
DUN of the weight Of salt taken, and Of the amount
end kind of compensation to be nclosed in an en-
velope, sealed, aud directed TO himself He sdds
that Messrs WoOdard and Earl do not come TO Spy
out the position, intentions or movements OF tho
army. but that the commanding officer, shouA
there be any "dubiety" on that point, Is "at
liberty to detain them outside the camp during the
brief period necessary for the execution OF their
mission. Should there he any suspicion that tho
salt contains deleterious ingredients or substances
foreign to its normal composition, he states that
such doubts may be removed by allowing Mr.. Liv.
ingston, Mr.. Gerrisb, or Mr.. Perry, his acquaint-
ances. to taste it, or by submitting 1t to tho
doctors to be analyzed.
He then drops the topic Of salt abruptly, and says
that he has to inform the COmmander'in Chez that
the demonstrations which have been made upon tho
animals and trains OF the army have been made
solely with the intention Of showing that the Nor
mons are earnest in their determination to assert.
freemen-like, their Constitutional and nalieasble
/" rights" If, says Brigham, you have been sent
here BY the President Of the United States, OF
which i have no official information be has scot
you on pretexts founded upon lies long since eK-
ploded. and with as little regard for the Consttu-
tion, laws and rights Of citizens Of the United
States as he has for the constitution laws aud
rights of subjects of the Kingdom of Beezcbab.
With regard to the Mormon prisoners, he states
that he knows nothing about two men from Oregon.
whO he has been informed, are in the hands Of the
troops.- As to Elder Amairon Grow, he expresses
his obligation for the reasonable kindness" with
which he has probably" been treated, ina,mucb
as il has saved him (Brigham) the trouble and OK.
pense of paying his board Respecting Stowei.
he adds, that if pleasure is hoped to be taken in
keeping, injuring or killing him, future experience
msy convince the Commander -in-chief Of the con-
trary-as much as to say, have prisoners too aod
life shall answer life. This seems to confirm M
NOR which reached me fortnight ago, but which
considered too vague to deserve mention In my let
ters by the last mail that civil officer of the Gov
ernment, hsvng finds to considerable amoant ia
his possession, had arrived at Salt Lake City from
California, during the month Of October, and been
taken prisoner II seems incredible that it should
be Col. Jack Hays.
The remainder of Brgham's letter is addressed
to Col. Alexander specially. Among the animals
received at Salt Lake City from the army, he
writes lie a little white mule, very lean, said to be
a fayorite of the Colonel. Out Of compassion for
the beast and regard for Col. Alexander, he has
ordered il to be placed in his own stables where it
will be well fed and where II awaits it's owners
order but he advises the Colonel not to send for it
before the expiration of the Winter, since by that
time il will be in good condition for him 10 be.
stradde on bis return East in the Spring.
After an expression Of hope that Messrs. Wood
ard and Earl may be treated with politeness, he
signs himself Brigham Young, Governor Of Utah
Territory"
The salt was conveyed in a wagon for upward Of
thirty miles from Salt Lake City. But 1t wss
found impossible TO transport 1t in that manner
through the snow which had blown down from the
mountains and filed the konyOns to the depth Of
three or four feet in some places, The wagon was
therefore moaded and its contents packed on
mules. An escort Of five men was furnished by
Lieut. Gen. ID. II. Wells, or Squire Wells," as
Heber c. Kimbal calls him.
MessIs WoOdard and Earl were admitted to a
conference with Col. Johnston, but the escort were
excluded from the tent, and behaved in very un
seemy manner during the interview.
After examining Brigham Younss letter, Col.
Johnston requested the persons in charge sf tho
'alt to pack it back again to the place from which
they had brought it, since he declined to receive t
either as gift or IN the way of trade lie desired
Messrs. Woodard and Earl to understand dia1ihet-
y the ground on which he rejected it. lie con-
sidered Brigham Young and bis associates az trai-
tors and rebels. with whom it was unbecoming any
patriotic citizen to interchange acts oil courtesy.
When they have laid down their arms and the re-
h.n;on ia supnressed. there may be room for such
an interchange. but certainly not until then. As
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