New York daily tribune no. 5389

              HIGHLY INTERESTING FROM UTAH 
The Army at Salt Lake City. 
ITS QUARTERS AT CEDAR VALLEY 
RETURN OF THE MORMONS TO SALT LAKE CITY.
THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS AT PROVO. 
SPEECH OF GOV. POWELL. 
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, U. T. 
June 28, 1858.) 
The army arrived on Saturday, occupying ten hours in its passage through the city to the camp beyond the Jordan. The advanced guard, com-manded by Bvt.-Col. Smith of the 10th Infantry, consisted of Capt. De Saussure's company of the 1st Cavalry, Capt. Marcy's of the 5th Infantry, and Capt Gardner's of the 10th, and a section of Phelps's battery, under Lieut. Howard. The head-quarters moved with the advance. Gen. Johnston was attended only by his regular staff, and by the Commissioners, who rode out from the city at an early hour to meet him. 
The advance emerged from Emigration Kanyon about 7 ½ o'clock, and after a brief halt on the bench directly above the city, descended into the streets and pursued a route toward the Jordan, which led it past Brigham Young's mansion and Lion House, the Council House, the Temple Square, and the House of W. C. Staines, at which Gov. Cumming is a guest. It was followed by the 10th Infantry, Phelps's Battery, the 5th Infantry, Reno's Battery, Col. Loring's Battalion (consisting of companies of the 6th and 7th Infantry and of the mounted riflemen), Co!. Bee's Volunteer Bat-talion, and the 2d Dragoons. Each regiment and battalion was followed by its wagon train. The sun was just setting when the dragoons crossed the bridge over the Jordan. 
All the flags which had been dying ever since last Sunday from the staffs on Main street, were struck by the Mormon during the passage of the troops. Most of the men who had been attracted from the south by curiosity, watched the proces-sion 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 Gentiles entered it a fortnight ago. The only groups of visible spectators were on the corners near the Temple Square. The few laborers who were busy in the gardens and fields kept at their work with an indifference which was affected and amusing. In one little plot I noticed a father and his boy weeding a patch of onions. The man bent over his hoe and chopped at the weeds as steadily as if nothing was going on in the street in front of him; but the boy was continually dropping behind the father's back and casting stealthy glances at the column. Whether acting in pursuance of orders or not I am unaware; but it is certain that members of the armed Mormon Guard, which is stationed in the city under Gov. Cumming's sanction, told per-sons during the morning to retreat into their houses, and not show themselves while the army was pass-ing. I have the names of two persons who were thus commanded. 
The troops, the officers included, wore the rough undress usual on a march. There was perfect order in the ranks, no cheering or laughing, nothing calcu-lated to aggravate the feelings of the Mormon popu-lation. No one was allowed to leave the column for a moment, and the order was so rigidly enforced that a surgeon in the 10th Infantry, to whom I ap-plied to visit a sick man in a house within a block's distance from the line of march, was unable to leave his place in the regiment, but after reaching the camp, rode back five miles to see the patient. The regimental bands played during the march, but it was noticed that the music was suspended when they passed by the porch on which Gov. Cumming was standing, and that no salute was paid to his Excellency. 
The camp extends along the river-bank for at least two miles. It is hot, dusty and inconvenient. The soil is so parched by the sun that every step taken within a tent raises a cloud of dust. The ground on which it is established was used as a church pasture, and this morning Lewis Robinson, the Quartermaster-General of the Mormon army, demanded the payment of $150 per day for its occu-pation. The demand was singular, not to say more, in consideration of the fact that all the land in Utah Territory is the property of the United States, and not a foot of it is yet subject even to preemption. The Mormon title to the soil is the lowest known to the law—that of mere occupancy. In order to prevent contact between the troops and the Mormons, which seems to be much dreaded by the latter, a guard is stationed at the Jordan bridge, and no soldier is allowed to pass toward the city without producing a written permission, signed at headquarters. A great many officers have ridden across to-day to see the city, and their demeanor caused a great deal of trouble to some of the Mor-mon militia generals, whom they appear to have treated with perfect civility, but without extreme deference to their exalted military rank. In every instance of ill-feeling, however, which has come to my knowledge, the source of the trouble has been the interference of the Mormon gentlemen in com-pany and conversation where their presence was not desired. There are so many Mormon generals riding about town, all of them ranking Gen. John-ston, that the safest course for a Gentile who wishes to aid the Governor in his plan for "harmonizing" the Territory is to apply the title of "General" to almost every Mormon whom he meets.
A great deal of excitement was produced on the evening of the arrival of the army, by the discovery of the fact that Gov. Cumming had mailed to Washington, that very morning, a petition for the removal from office of certain of his civil associates. Who were the signers of the petition, and what was its wording, is not yet positively known. Gov. Cumming and Dr. Jacob Forney, the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, both saw it! According to my information, which I be-lieve to be accurate, the officers whose removal is solicited, are: Hon. D. R. Eckels, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; John M. Hockaday, District Attorney; Dr. Garland Hurt and Mr. C. L. Craig, Indian Agents; and Mr. H. F. Morrell, Postmaster of Salt Lake City. The appointment of Mr. Seth M. Blair to be Chief Justice in the place of Judge Eckels, is recommended. Mr. Blair is a Mormon Major in the Nauvoo Legion; he has four wives, and he was the engineer of the fortifications in Echo Kanyon. 
The allegations against Judge Eckels are founded on a charge delivered by him to the Grand Jury of the United States District Court for the Northern Judicial District of the Territory, at Fort Bridger, on the 5th of April, in which he alluded to polygamy and adultery. 
In the letter which I mailed to you on the 19th of June, I stated my belief that secret pledges were given by the Governor and the Superintendent of Indian Affairs to leading Mormons, during the progress of the conferences, upon the subject of polygamy. I will state to you now the name of my informant. It was the Superintendent himself. In a conversation, on the 16th of June, he asserted that not only were such pledges given, both by the Governor and himself, but that he had assurances that any Judge will be removed from office who shall attempt to interfere with the institution of polygamy in this Territory, even if, in the discharge of his official duties, believing polygamy here to be an offense against law. Since that date, Senator Powell has stated to me, speaking both for him-self and for Maj. McCulloch, that such pledges, if given at all, were given unknown to the Com-missioners. 
The petition which Gov. Cumming took in charge and deposited in the mail, makes a direct issue therefore between himself on the one side, and Judge Eckels on the other, and it rests with Mr. Buchanan to choose between them. The position assumed by Judge Eckels in his charge, and from which as an upright Judge he can never retreat, is as follows: 
Among the Territorial statutes there is no act legalizing polygamy, nor any affixing a definite pun-ishment to that practice. Neither is there any act defining what constitutes marriage. Consequently, whether the old Spanish or common law is the basis of jurisprudence in this Territory, the definition of marriage recognized by both is to be received here, i.e., the union of one man with one woman; and also, the definition of adultery common to both, i.e., the connection of either the man or the woman with a third party. Among the Territorial statutes there is an act affixing a definite punishment to adultery, which act it is the duty of Grand Juries in the Territory to recognize, and it is also their duty to inquire whhether it has been infringed by parties liable to their inquisition. 
I may have stated the point less lucidly than it was explained by his Honor in his charge, but I believe that I have stated it accurately and con-cisely. Of course it "interferes" with polygamy in this Territory, and it now remains to be seen what value is to be attached to the "assurances" that a Judge so interfering, shall be removed. 
You are aware that what constitutes polygamy here is not exactly what would constitute that crime in the States. Here each successive wife taken after the first is a "spiritual," and the pro-cess of uniting her to the husband is called "seal-ing." The first wife only is married. The marry-ing can be performed by almost any magistrate, a judge, a justice of the peace, a clerk of the courts, etc. Sealing, however, can be executed only by the First Presidency, and by two of the Twelve Apostles, who are specially endowed by Brigham with authority for that purpose. Formerly the process of sealing was performed by Brigham alone, but during the "Reformation" of 1856, the cases became so frequent that it was found necessary to divide the labor. At first there was no charge for the performance, but now, I am told, the payment of $10 is required for each "spiritual" sealed. 
By the process of sealing a wife is united to a man, as the Mormons express it, for "time and eternity;" but by the process of marriage only for "time." Therefore, after the first wife has been united by the civil ceremony of marriage, the ec-clesiastical ceremony of sealing is often performed in addition in order that she may be possessed for eternity as well as time. 
It has been rumored that the practice of polygamy is about to be discontinued in the Church. I attach no credit to the rumor. I am informed by a Mor-mon that only yesterday his niece was sealed as a fifth spiritual, at Provo, to Lewis Robinson, the Mormon Quartermaster-General. The girl's age was only fifteen years. 
I have already written to you what an extraordi-nary state of peace and harmony has been effected. There is not a Gentile in the city, an opponent of the Governor's policy, who lies down to sleep without a revolver under his pillow Both Mormons and Gentiles carry weapons openly in the streets. Trade between them is still interdicted by the au-thorities of the church, although the Globe Restau-rant, which is church property, remains open to furnish Gentiles with meals at $3 per day. No Gentile can yet rent a house in the city. The promise of one was secured for the accommodation of the Chief Justice, but the day before the army arrived the owner stated that he had "taken coun-sel," and could not let the building even for a month.
The few apostates who turned back toward the city from Fort Bridger under the protection of the army have been assailed with hooting and yelling when they have crossed the river from the camp-ground and attempted to ride through the streets. The houses are still barricaded, the gardens of the poorer inhabitants neglected, and beginning to be choked with weeds. There is not a Mormon fam-ily within a circuit of twenty miles. The Governor is consorting intimately with the most noted Church dignitaries, and quarreling with his Gentile asso-ciates in office, sending on petitions for their re-moval, making malicious remarks concerning them, nd denouncing the army. 
The condition of affairs is entirely unnatural, and it is impossible for it to last a month longer, now that the army has entered the Valley. The Com-missioners have fulfilled their duty, which was sim-ply to exhort the Mormons to unconditional submis-sion, repeating at the same time the assurances of the President's proclamation, that it is not the in-tention of the Government to molest them in their worship, control them in their ecclesiastical affairs, or even to influence them in their religious opinions. Whatever may be the personal views of the Commis-sioners respecting polygamy as a religious institu-tion, I have the assurance of Senator Powell that those views were not expressed. The views of the Governor and the Superintendent, however, it ap-pears, were expressed outside the conferences, to the effect that polygamy is covered by the Presi-dent's declaration of non-interference with religion. Acting, it seems, upon these outside assurances, the Mormons stated their willingness to submit, protest-ing at the same time that they were always loyal citizens. 
The work of the Commissioners being over, that of Gov. Cumming has begun, and the recital of the condition of affairs which I have made above, shows how successfully it has been prosecuted. At last, Judge Eckels, and at the same time the army, make their appearance on the scene, the distrust of the Mormons is revived, the petition is prepared and handed to the Governor for transmission, and the confusion becomes almost complete. His Excel-lency has started for Provo this morning, accompa-nied by James Ferguson, Wm. H. Hooper, and W. C. Staines, to endeavor, I understand, to persuade the Mormons to return to Salt Lake City. If Brig-ham Young is obstinate about that matter, it will hardly be completed. 
No one can look on this condition of affair with-out the most extreme regret—discord among the civil officers, distrust and, to a great extent, non-intercourse on the part of the Mormons, and an army present whose commander is about to be superseded by a General whose acquaintance with the history of events and capacity for action under such circum-stances is yet untried. The future of this unhappy Mormon people rests in part with the National Ad-ministration. Unity among the civil officers is es-ential to their welfare as well as to the dignity of the nation, and Mr. Buchanan is called upon by the peti-tion to effect it. It rests in a greater degree with themselves. Their true policy is to return to their homes, resume their intercourse with Gentiles, en-deavor by orderly demeanor, and conversation to re-move the prejudices which prevail against them, reconcile themselves to a government which their leaders still regard as an usurpation, and admit the fact that it is hard to kick against the pricks. They cannot emigrate from the Territory. The presence of the Army settles that fact, even if an almost im-passable desert did not bar their path to Sonora. Whatever may have been their designs last Winter respecting an emigration, they concede now that they are all abandoned. 
It is a misfortune that Senator Wilson's bill for the construction of a telegraphic line to Utah met with such a fate in the Senate. At the present time its assistance would have been invaluable. As it is, the Summer will have nearly elapsed before communication can be had with Washington. 
JULY 1, 1858. 
The Governor returned from Provo yesterday, and with him Brigham Young. This indicates an improvement in the disposition of the Mormons. Last Sunday Young preached in the Provo Bowery concerning the the entrance of the troops and the condition of his own people. He complimented Gen. Johnston cordially for the order which had prevailed in the army on its march. With regard to a retail of the Mormons to the northern settle-ments, he stated his desire that nobody should move without his permission. The impression is that there will be a general movement from the south as soon as the troops are definitely located. As it is, the great "State" road which leads to Lake Utah, and which can be followed with the eye more than twenty miles southward from this city, has been clouded with dust, both yesterday and to day, from the teams of returning saints. It is noticeable, however, that no families come with these teams. I have observed at least thirty of the wagons loaded with furniture, but only one was accompanied by a woman. 
Last Monday morning (the 28th ult.) Gen. John-ston started to examine Tuilla, Scull, Rush, Cedar, and Yuab Vallies, with a view to the selection of an encampment. His escort consisted of a squad-ron of cavalry, and he was accompanied by Maj. McCulloch, Col. C. F. Smith, Lieut. Col. Cooke, Capt. Newton, Capt. Marcy, Maj. Porter, Dr. Gar-land Hunt, and Mr. David A. Burr. Mr. Burr and Dr. Hunt thoroughly conversant with the country. The route which the party proposed to take, will lead it through a circuit of nearly 250 miles, and its return is not expected till Saturday. The Mormons have been unanimous in their repre-sentations that Cache Valley, which lies in the heart of the Wasatch range, northeast from the Salt Lake, and at least 90 miles from the city, is the most suit-able place tor an encampment. The very urgency with which they pressed the idea, cast suspicion on the motives of their recommendation. There is no probability that the army will be located there. It is very difficult of access, and although it abounds in all the requisites for a good Summer camp, the Winters in its neighborhood are represented as un-commonly severe. 
Col. Lorin of the mounted riflemen wintered some thousands of animals there while on his pas-sage to Oregon many years ago, and the result was the loss of a large proportion of the stock. While Gen. Johnston was on Bear River he dispatched Capt. Newton of the engineer corps to make re-connaisances in that vicinity, but I am not aware what report was made by the Captain on his return. At one time, in anticipation that it might, after all, be selected tor the camp-ground, a remonstrance was prepared for presentation to the General, pro-testing against the location of the army in any place or places not speedily accessible to the settlements, and especially to Salt Lake City. This had been signed by all the Gentile civilians present here, when its circulation was stopped by the report that the encampment will certainly not be made north of Ogden City. 
Col. Alexander is left in command during the General's absence, and on the 29th he marched the army from the dirty, dusty church pasture on the Jordan to a camp about twenty miles southward, nearly half way to Provo. Judge Eckels remained two days, during which every effort was made to rent or buy a house in the city for him, but no Mor-mon would let without "counsel." The only accommodation which he could have procured would have been in the house of Marshal Dotson, which comprises two small rooms and a pantry, in which twenty-one persons are sleeping nightly. So the Judge followed the army southward yesterday. 
Brigham's return is not yet attended with favor-able effects on house rent. The only two buildings which have fallen into Gentile hands are the Mar-shal's "mansion," already mentioned, and another house of the same size, which the Californians, Messrs. Brookie and Clarkson, who came here on Col. Kinney's business, succeeded in renting yes-terday. Neither is trade any more lively, nor have the prices at the Globe fallen. It is hard to deter-mine whether this state of affairs is more discredit-able than ludicrous or more ludicrous than discred-itable. There are two large merchant trains parked on the public square, belonging to Messrs. Gilbert & Gerrish and C. A. Perry & Co. They are full of groceries and clothing, and though every other Mormon one meets is in rags, and has perhaps not tasted coffee, tea or sugar for six months, and would walk barefoot ten miles for a plug of tobacco, yet these merchants cannot procure stores in which to open their goods for sale; and if they could, the Mormons, naked and hungry though they might be, would not buy of them without "having counsel," which means, in plain English, getting leave from Bro. Brigham. The Church has made several efforts to purchase portions of these goods—parti-cularly the goods of Gilbert & Gerrish—but with-out avail. The merchants prefer to retail them themselves, and it is for the advantage of the bulk of the population that they should. I have no per-sonal complaint to make of my sleeting accommo-dations. The day after I mailed my last letters to you I took my blankets to a spacious freight-wagon, where I am now writing, and in which I am com-fortably lodged. The white cover shields me from the sunlight as well as from the night air. I sleep cool and in a good atmosphere. From one end of the wagon I command a view of Brigham's Beehive Mansion and his Lion-House, the numerous little windows on the roof of which indicates the peculiar domes-tic architecture of the interior. There I shall re-main till Brigham shall ameliorate and permit his people to let a suite of rooms in some adobe to a Gentile. I took a look at a suite this afternoon, which would suit me, and engaged the refusal of them as soon as the proprietor shall be "counseled " to let the premises. His embarrassment, when I made the proposition, was evident, and he pledged me to solemn secrecy, extorting the pledge while I was in the cellar, under circumstances of extreme dampness and solemnity. 
The washing accommodations of most of my Gen-tile friends are very aboriginal. There being no stores open at which they can procure basins and pitchers, or even pails, the majority perform their ablutions in the gutter. Do not imagine that the water is muddy. It is pure, clear, and cold. The City Creek Rows down from the mountains which rise to the north-east of Brigham's square, and is guided between his establishment and that of Bro. Kimball, which are on the highest ground within the city walls. From there it is distributed through every street, the slope of the land allowing this to be successfully accomplished. My Gentile friends wash at a risk of $5 per morning—there being a city ordinance wisely imposing that fine on all per-sons caught fouling the water. 
Though the City Creek supplies the means of cleanliness, the facilities for godliness are not so plentiful. There has never been a Christian preacher m Salt Lake City. An agent of the Bible Society, named Van Emmons, did find his way hither a year or two ago, with a wagon-load of good books de-signed for sale and distribution. He was kindly received and treated courteously until it was dis-covered that the character of his books was more godly than his own. He induced a woman to make him a suit of endowment clothes, by the aid of which he proposed to do things allowable only to initiated Saints. The fact became known, and a search was instituted for the clothing, but he had received a timely warning and nailed it all into a cigar box, which he hid under a counter in a grocery-store. Among his numerous ex-periences he was once bullied into presenting a $16 Bible to Porter Rockwell. At last, he found it advisable to close his missionary labors and return to the States. If the Bible Society or any other association for propagating religious truth will only turn their attention to Utah, they will And in its present condition a more profitable field for labor than Borrioboola-Gha or Quashee-boo-la-ghee. Only let them be careful in the selection of their agents. There is also no chaplain present with the army of Utah, although I notice by the latest Eastern papers that a Roman Catholic priest has been assigned to that duty—a selection which ought to receive public approval, for three-fourths of the men subject to his ministrations are of his own religious faith. 
The advent of half a dozen zealous Christian mis-sionaries of unimpeachable integrity, and the estab-lishment of an independent Gentile newspaper in Salt Lake City, moderate but decided in its tone, and unconnected with a political party, will do more to reform any social abuses which prevail in this community than the efforts of 500 Governors and Judges. It is the examples of such religionists as Van Emmons and such civilians as Judge Drum-mond that have contributed to the growth of the enmity which the Mormons have displayed toward all the Gentiles who have settled among them. 
JULY 2, 1858. 
Last night, from dusk to dawn, a string of wagons roiled into the city from the south. The whole First Presidency of the Church have arrived. More than thirty wagons, I am told by those who were stirring early in the morning, discharged their contents—furniture, provisions and women—at Brigham's alone. From the airy lodgings which I occupy I could hear, beside the rattle of wheels, the incessant tapping of hammers all night long. The windows of Brigham's offices and of the front of his Lion House appeared entirely disencumbered of their board barricades this morning. I took a stroll around some of the principal squares to-day, and through open doors and windows I could see that the female population of the city had been considerably augmented within twenty-four hours. To-night, I presume, we shall have a similar immi-gration. 
Contrary to anticipation, Gen. Johnston re-turned to his camp to-day, having limited his reconnoissance to Tuilla, Rush and Cedar Valleys. It is regarded as certain that the army will go into cantonments in the latter. In the present unset-tled condition of affairs, it will probably be con-sidered unadvisable to divide his force, which, now that the re-enforcements on the road are stopped, will be reduced by the expiration of the enlistment of the volunteers, and by the return of Col. Loring's battalion to New-Mexico, to about 1,400 men. Ce-dar Valley is the most central valley in the Terri-tory, with reference to the settlements. It lies on the east of Rush Valley (in which is the Military Reserve), and south-east from Tuilla Valley. It is readily accessible to both of them, as well as to the great Valley of the Jordan, and it is about equi-distant from Salt Lake City and Provo. It appears now that Gov. Cumming, while in the city with Col. Kane, caused the Military Re-serve in Bush Valley to be resurveyed by Mr. Fox, a Mormon, who is the Territorial Surveyor-General, and has been acting in the same capacity pro tem. for the United States since the seizure of the effects of Surveyor-General Burr by Brigham Young. This reserve was first laid out by Col. Steptoe, and afterward reserved by Gen. Burr when the public survey of that valley was made. Mr. Fox's survey differs in a singular manner from those of his prede-cessors. He has run his lines so as to exclude a great part of the most valuable land in the valley, and throw it into the hands of Mormons, who will claim to hold it under grants from the Territorial Legislature. It is to be hoped that the army will be so augmented, by recruits and otherwise, before Winter sets in, that a different disposition of it may be possible. But no one can foretell what may hap-pen before Christmas. There is not a Gentile in the Territory who does not regard the renewal of the rebellion as one of the contingencies of the morrow. 
The Indians south of Provo have become very troublesome during the last fortnight and committed many depredations and some murders. It is be-lieved that their unruly disposition is attributable in part to the circulation among them of a rumor that Dr. Forney, the Superintendent of Indian Af-fairs, intends to abandon the farm on Spanish Fork established and conducted formerly by Dr. Hart. It is due to the inhabitants in their neighborhood that they should be promptly checked and the of-fenders arrested. Dr. Forney started for the farm from Salt Lake City last Tuesday. On Wednesday he tarried at Provo and held a singular conversa-tion with some of the Saints. Among the partici-pants in it was Heber C. Kimball, who advanced to the Doctor's carriage and blessed him and Gov. Cumming and Col. Kane, stating that he had a right to bless them "in the name of Israel's God," and that he should always pray for them. "I pray also for my enemies," said he. "Yes," said the Doctor, who is an enthusiastic Episcopalian, "that's right; that shows a Christian spirit." "I pray that they may all go to hell," was the conclusion of Heber's sentence. 
Twenty-six sacks of back mails, weighing 5,500 pounds, arrived from the East at the end of last week. They contained only old Patent-Office re-ports and Congressional Globes under the frank of Mr. Bernhisel. The cost of their transportation to the Territory was just about $10,000. 
Several large droves of sheep have arrived from New-Mexico, part of them belonging to a Mexican named Otero; the rest to Timothy Goodale, who was one of Capt. Marcy's guides across the mount-ains last Winter. They have been driven on to the army. 
I am unaware what preparations, if any, have been made by the Mormons to celebrate the Fourth of July. Probably a sermon will be preached on that day by Brigham in the Tabernacle. 
To my certain knowledge Brigham Young signed his name to an official paper, as late as the 16th of June, as "Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs."
Together with MacNeil, whom I mentioned in my letters to you last week, Col. Fabens, of Nica-raguan notoriety, has been a prisoner in the city throughout the Winter. The facts in his case are briefly as follows: He was traveling across to Cali-fornia on business connected with his Nicaraguan project, and arrived at Salt Lake City on his way. There he remained some days, and at last left for the south of the Territory, and stayed a while at Springville. He was arrested there upon suspi-cion of being a spy. Being released from this arrest, he made an effort to strike eastward across the mountains north of Salt Lake City to Fort Bridger, but was captured and carried back to the city. At the time of his capture, both he and his companion (MacNeil) were reduced to great distress by hunger, and had boiled a pair of buckskin pantaloons for food. Fabens was confined in the city in a small adobe close in my neigborhood. I visited the house a few days ago, the gate being off its hinges. It contained one small square room, an entry, and a cell, the floor of which was covered with straw, and the window set with iron bars. A bottle, a desk and a rough bench constituted the sole furniture of the establishment. On the latter were the squares of a checker-board marked with ink, and the checkers were scattered around on them, with which the guard of the prisoner had amused themselves. MacNeil was taken to the Pen-itentiary and chained. It is needless to say that neither he nor Fabens entered the valley as spies, nor in any way in connection with the army. Col. Fabens intends to make a written statement of his case. 
JULY 3, 1858. 
I inclose to you a report of the speech delivered by Gov. Powell at Provo, by request, after the conclusion of the conferences at Salt Lake City. You may rely upon this report as accurate, for it has been revised by Gov. P. himself. 
Two Mormon phonographic reporters were pres-ent at the conferences, and took full notes of the preceedings. It was only day before yesterday that these notes were submitted to the Commis-sioners, and they were found to abound in errors and omissions which render it unadvisable to give them publicity in their present form. Among other things, the speech of Elder Snow, to which I alluded last week, and all the remarks which fol-lowed it, are entirely omitted. It is unfortunate that some Gentile was not present at those confer-ences who could have reported the exact language used there to the public prints. This would have been the ease had not Gov. Cumming laid an em-bargo upon the gentlemen connected with the New-York press who proposed to travel at that time from Camp Scott to the city. 
In justice to Gov. Powell, I must state that both then, as well as during the conferences, and ever since, he has been anxious that every act done and word said officially by the Commission, should be open to public inspection and criticism. He has regarded himself as a public agent, whose actions are as much the property of the people of the United States as the acts of any private employee are those of his employer. 
At a meeting in the Bowery, at Provo, U. T., on Wednesday, June 16, 1858, Ex-Gov. YOUNG intro-duced Gov. POWELL, one of the Commissioners to Utah, who addressed the audience in substance as fol-lows: 
FELLOW-CITIZENS of UTAH: It is with pleasure that I appear before you this evening under the pecu-liar circumstances which surround us. Only a few days ago a dark cloud hung over the inhabitants of this Territory, which threatened the most direful ca-lamity that can befal a free people—intestine war. It is pleasant to me and to you, and will be to all liberty-loving men throughout the Union, that that cloud has been dispelled. 
My gallant colleague, Maj. McCulloch, was deputed with myself by the President of the United States to make known to you the disposition of the National Government toward this people. We have come to this Territory, and after the fullest and freest conver-sation with your chief men, every matter likely to cause misunderstanding between the people of Utah and the Government of the United States seems to be adjusted; and now, fellow-citizens, there is no reason way any relation should exist between that Govern-ment and this people other than the profoundest peace. We are grateful that we have been agents in the hands of Providence to accomplish so desirable a result. 
The Federal Government demands nothing of you, fellow-citizens, to-day, which it does not require of the inhabitants of every State and Territory within the Union, that you shall be obedient to the laws of your country, that you will respect the civil authority, and that its officers shall be received by you, and enter on the discharge of their duties unmolested. All this, I am happy to say, you assure me you are willing to yield, and you claim that you never have been other-wise. Another matter—the stationing a portion of the National army among your settlements—was a topic of debate. The President claims, and will exercise the right to send the army whenever he pleases wherever his judgment directs. Indeed, it is necessary for him to have that right in order to perform the functions of his office. His intention in sending troops to this Valley, was not to despoil you of any rights, civil, political, or religious, but to see that the authority of the nation was respected, and the laws executed in this Territory. 
In a few days, fellow-citizens, the Army of Utah will be among you; but when it comes do not fear—it does not come as an enemy. When you hear the roll of its drums do not tremble. Be assured that its purpose is not to disturb you. It comes to protect loyal citizens in all their rights, if necessary by force of arms. I know that a fear exists in some quarters that that army will not respect your rights, but I en-treat you to entertain no such apprehension. There is no cause for it. I know the commander of that army. He is a brave and honorable officer. He will not have the stain rest on his char-acter that any portion of the troops under his command have injured the person or property of any loyal citizen of the United States. I assure you it will be his studious endeavor to guard against any such result as some have anticipated. Allow me, fellow-citizens, to say another thing. It is the inten-tion of the President to secure to you your constitu-tional rights, and to use the army to protect you in their possession, just as readily as if you were inhab-itants of any other portion of the United States. All the National Government claims of you is obedience to the Constitution and the laws. That it is ever its duty to require. Its right to that you acknowledge. 
If war had ensued I cannot count the ills which might have befallen not only the people of this Terri-tory, but the whole nation. It might have resulted in the extermination of part of this people, and what a spectacle that would have been to the other nations of the earth. Liberty-loving men throughout the world would have mourned at the sight, while despots would have rejoiced, for we are hated abroad for the princi-ples of our forefathers by Kings who fear that their people may be contaminated by our love of liberty. They call it contamination. But there is a Providence which has disentangled this country from many such difficulties. It is God who rules our destiny. When the feelings of sections of our country have become virulent against each other, and civil war has seemed to threaten, it has needed but a few friend-ly words to restore harmony and peace. Like the rings which ripple the surface of a stream around the spot where a pebble has been thrown such difficulties often look greatest the instant before they disappear. In the early days of the Republic George Washington found it necessary to send an army into Pennsylvania to enforce the laws, and com-missioners to exhort the people to submission. Men yet live who were implicated in that rebellion, who are now the firmest supporters of the National Gov-ernment, and as for Pennsylvania, they call her now the Keystone of the Union. Within the memory of most of us, South Carolina assumed an attitude of re-sistance to the Federal Government, and before it submitted Gen. Jackson was obliged to assure the people that the laws should be be enforced there, if necessary, by the bayonet. Perhaps this Utah diffi-culty may result like those, in general good. It will surely make us know each other better, and the better all loyal citizens of this confederacy know each other the more mutual regard they ought to acquire. 
Your last difficulties I do not propose to discuss. I have only to say to you, that the causes which led you to leave your homes, and induced your young men to take to a camp-life among the mountains, have ceased to exist. I exhort you to return to your homes, and in peace enjoy the fellowship of your friends, quietly and decorously.
You can return to your city without fear of harm. and enjoy the fruits of your labor without molestation. 
I have been struck by one thing on coming into your midst, which is truly complimentary to you. It has been recorded by your worst enemies, and you have enemies I assure you, who speak in no very honied words about you. They concede that the Mor-mons are an industrious people. Nobody can trave through the Territory without seeing abundant evi-dences of that fact; and nobody can reflect upon it, and consider your remoteness from all the conveniences of the world which are calculated to make a people grow with rapidity—the barrenness of your soil, the difficulties of your position, and your poverty when you arrived here—without acknowledging that the Bee Hive which I see emblazoned on your public buildings is an appropriate emblem of the people of this valley. The elements of your prosperity are evi-dent—industry and economy. But necessity has brought distress upon you. The road has been blocked up so that you could not procure anything from your neighbors. This prohibition has now been removed, and you can enjoy the blessings and the benefits of trade. If you continue loyal, peaceful, industrious and economical, you must in time become a great and powerful people, rejecting glory upon this confede-racy, and redundant with prosperity to yourselves. 
Fellow-citizens, reverting to a topic on which I have already spoken, it has been exceedingly gratifying to me that in the various conversations I have had wth you, both public and private, I have not heard a single expression of disloyalty to the Constitution and the union of the States—not one word against the Union. I have listened to harsh words against officials, but to note against the Government. I have been gratified, because I did not expect to hear the people of Utah speak in favor of the Government. I speak plainly. I did not expect it. Allow me to say that you display sound judgment when you extol the system of govern-ment of the United States. I have been a careful observer of the systems of government which prevail among the nations of the earth, and there is no one which extends to its subjects such liberties as you and I enjoy. It guarantees to every citizen every right which a government can bestow on man to make him prosperous and happy. The development of the confederation in wealth, population, industry and virtue, is the proof and the evidence of its bless-ings. Since the day—the 4th of July, 1776—when our fathers righted all our wrongs at once, when a nation sprang into existence by the stroke of a pen, and, armed cap-a-pie, like Minerva from the brain of Jove, leaped into the arena of battle to maintain its right to existence through a seven years' war, how stupendous has been our progress! Then we had four millions of inhabitants; now we have over thirty millions. We then had thirteen States, and we now have thirty-one—no, thirty-two, God bless Minne-sota! I had not forgotton to baptize her. The army of Utah wit! have to put another star upon its Hags, and I hope that star will follow star. A nation badly governed would have been incapable of such progress. Why then should there be any people, here or else-where, who should hesitate to acknowledge their loy-alty to that Government and its institutions? There may occasionally come a little difficulty; but I tell you that whether it comes in Pennsylvania, South Carolina or Utah, it will die out. I know there is pa-triotism enough in the nation, if any part of the peo-ple refuse obedience to the laws, to enforce submis-sion. But I believe that there ought never to be oc-casion for the Government to use force to compel its children to submit. It is a Government whose right to existence is the love of the people, and if it ever ceases to deserve that love, then farewell to the Con-stitution and the union of the States! 
I have told you what the Government requires of the people of this Territory, and yon have told me that you will comply with its requirements. I assure you now that it will sustain you in all your constitutional rights, will listen with patience and attention to the details of any grievances of which you may complain. It will protect you in all your rights guaranteed by the National Constitution, using its military power for that purpose if necessary. Should it fail in these pro-mises I will be the foremost to denounce it. I believe that I express the feelings of the President of the United States upon this subject. His desire is that you will submit quietly to the laws. He asks nothing more of you. He has acted in this matter according to the du-ties imposed on him by his official oath. But I trust that all is settled. I hope that seeds of contention will not germinate among the people of this Territory. War is a calamity which I ever would avert, but if we do ever come to war, I hope it will be to vindicate the honor of our National flag. I want to see our sol-diers facing the enemies of the Republic, but Ameri-can fellow-citizens never! If this day the Nation should he so unfortunate as to become involved in war, and the Government should call on the people to fly to arms to maintain our Republican unity and glory, I hope there would be mere than one Mormon battalion  to rally to battle for our common country. [Cheers.] 
Gov. Powell, in conclusion, expressed his thanks for the courtesy with which the Commission had been treated at Provo, and for the attention which had been paid to his remarks. Maj. McCulloch was then called upon to address the audience, but excused himself with a brief apology. Then Gov. Powell again arose, and spoke substantially as follows: 
FELLOW-CITIZENS: One single word more. When I spoke of the army, I was perhaps not so explicit in my remarks as I should have been. I said that the President of the United States would exercise his right to send the army wherever its presence, in his judg-ment, would contribute to the general welfare of the country. But when I said that it would soon be in your midst, it was not with the intention of conveying the idea that it would be quartered in this town. I am ad-vised that the President has ordered the estab-lishment of additional military posts in Utah Territory. [Turning to ex-Gov. Young, he inquired the number. Ex-Gov. Young replied: "One; but not more than two."] He has ordered the establish-ment of one or two more military posts in this Territory for various purposes, but chiefly to protect travelers from Indian depredations. While he claims and will exercise the right to send the army wherever he may please, his object is not to make an encampment in any of your cities. Gen. Johnston told me that he did not wish his army to be stationed near a city. He said that it would corrupt the morals of the army, as you know is always the case when an army is in such a neighborhood. I am not advised where the army of Utah will be stationed, but if Cache Valley is the best piece for an encamp-ment as you inform me, I believe that he will take them there. I believe that he will be very prudent in the disposition of the troops. If I were at the head of the army, I would wish to station it where it would be convenient to protect the great highways to the Pacific from Indian depredations, and where it would have grass wood and water in abun-dance. In relation to the large force now under orders to march to this Territory, I have no idea that so large an army will be permanently stationed in Utah, if the Territory shall remain at peace. It is needed to garrison the forts along our sea coast, from Texas to Maine, and to guard cur frontier all along the British line. I have said this much to correct any misappre-hension which may prevail in your minds as to the dis-position of the army, but as to the exact places where the General may establish his poets, I am unable to give any information.