Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-14
Highly Interesting from Utah.

from that city to the Sd OF July. Ohe ot
its correspondents writes:
The army arrived on Saturday, occupying
ten hours in its passage through the city to
the camp beyond the Jordan. The advan-
ccd guard, commanded by Brcvct Col,
Smith of the 10th infantry, consisted of
Capt. DeSaussures company of the lst
cavalry, Capt. Nlarcy's of the 5th infantry,
and Capt. Gardncr's of the 10th, and sec
ton of Phelps ba,,,ry, under Lieut. How
ard. The headquarters moved with the
advance. Gen, Johnston was attended only
by his regular staff, and by the commits
sioncrs, who rode out from the city at an
carly hour to meet him.
The advance emerged from Emigration
canon about n o'clock, and after brief
halt on the beech directly above the city,
descended into the streets and pursued
Il route toward the Jordan, which led it
past Brigham Youug's mansion and the
Lion House, the Council House, the Tenn
pic square and the house of w. G. Staincs,
Mt which Governor Cumming is u guest
1t was followed by the 10th infantry, Phelps
battery the 9th infantry, Reno's battery,
Colonel Loring's battalion, Consisting of
companies of the 9th and 18th infantry and
of the mounted rihcmcn, Col. Bees yoluu-
tccr battalion and the I'd dragons. Each
regiment and bgttalion was followed by its
when the Dragons crossed the bridge over
the Jordan.
All the flags which had been flying ever
since last Sunday from the stats on Main
street, were struck by the Mormons during
the passage of the troops. Most of the men
who had been attracted from the South by
curiosity, watched the procession through
the cracks between the boards with which
their windows were barricaded. The city
seemed as dead as ON the day our little party
of Gcntilcs entered it a fortnight ago The
only groups of visible spectators were OH
the corner near tho Temple square.
A correspondent of the Herald says: The
Mormons were greatly surprised at the vast
number of wagons connected with the army.
Each division was followed by its wagons;
so there was n body of troops and then an
immense line of wagons, which were driven
through the cityat full trot The day was
intensely hot, man and beast sweating CO.
piously. Dense clouds of dust were raised
by the advance of the wagons, the men
pcrspiring with labor and the heat, and en-
vcloped by the dust their faces covered
with sweat, were rccoatcd with dust, till
they looked as black as the earth upon which
they trod. The Mormons greatly adj
mircd the military bands, particularly the
excellent one pertaining to tho tenth in
fantry. Not man left the ranks in pass
ing through the city; not stick nor STONE
belonging to Zion was touched; the army
passed through it as hastily as possible, and
then shook the dust from off their feet by
lcaping into the Jordan for bath, which
every man of them needed
On Tuesday, the 10Th ult., the army, un-
der Col. Anderson, the senior officer pres
ent, struck their tents and moved up tho
Jordan (southward) ten miles. On tho
30th, the march was resumed, but directed
west to what arc here called the West
Mountains-that is the mountains on the
west side of this valley. The army is now
some twenty miles distant.
In few days the army will move down
to Cedar Valley, about forty miles south
and west from this place, and ten miles
west of Levi. 1t will probably winter there
and in the adjacent valleys Cedar Val
Icy is beyond the Jordan river and lies be-
tween the foot of the first and tho body of
the second mountain west of this valley.
The Mormons have begun. 10 return to
their homes; numbers have already urgi>-
we'd in this city, and others arc on the way
Brigham and Ieber Kimball arrived day
before yesterday their families arrived yes
tcrday. Within week, it is expected that
the major part of the population of this city
will have returned. Whether we Gcntles
will then be able to get rooms and better
accommodations than We now have is qucs-
tionabc
The Mormons informed me that they de-
signed and desired to return to their homes
a month ago, but were prevented by
movement of the army, as they considered,
contrary to the binding promise of the COM
missioners. Said movement destroyed
their confidence in the execution of the ar
rangemcnt that had been completed; so
they determined to remain south till the
army passed, so as to see what would be
done by il.
From letters in the New York Times,
we learn that Brigham Young had not
ceased his fulminations against the Federal
Government. A discourse delivered by
him at Provo, abounded in vulgar personal
reflections upon the President, dcnouncing
him as a" driveling old dotard." A cor
respondent of the Times says of the audi
cnce to which Young held forth:
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