%[[X]] indicates strikeout %^^X^^ indicates material written above the line %&&X&& indicates material written below the line %{XX} is a Deseret Alphabet ligature %Image 415/478 June 17 1859 that the Laws are valid & this is the seat of government Eckels asked H Stoutt about the authority of the county court they talked over Utah affairs very freely G. A Smith spoke upon his Travels in the East the improvements of the roads &c President Young has labored hard for several years to get the Deseret Alphabet introduced among the Latter Day Saints He has finally introduced it in his office by having his Journals kept in it & we have come to the conclusion to keep our Journals in the Historians office in the same so from this date I shall be gin to keep my Journal in the Deseret Alphabet 18th t Iz e verI wQrm de AI spEnt D de In D QfIs .. upEr kQlId QpQn[[d]] Vs tu de and gev Vs e plan hi had In hIz mAInd tu brIN gUdz Intu DIs tIrEtorI so D pipl kan hav DEm cIp and D mInz b In D hanz Qv D sents 19th VndE AI mIt wIT mAI [[kOr]] kwo[[V]]rVm . VntIr preId . ^^U^^drVf wQs mAUT AI atIndId mitIN Et D tabIrnekEl and hIrd D armI cAplan prIc hI wQs an ipIskEpelyn prIsAIdIn&&l&& yVN fOlVId hIm End spok In D spIrIt Qf gQd mVc tu AUIr IdIfAIkeSVn .. InsVn and . . Imbl In D AftIrnun AI mEt wIT mAI kworVm In D ivnIN . AId pred . . 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D istrn mel kem In tU de nQt mQc n{IU}z nQt mQc fAItN yIt D pAIks pik gold mAInz mostlI pruvs e felyr End e hQmbaj It haz dIsIvId manI TAUzVnz and kQzId gret dIstrIs manI ar pAsN Tru DIs sItI delI fOr kalIfOrnI 28 spant D fornun wOtIrN mAI gArdIn rVthE Qt sad AI mQst nQt wVrk so hArd 29th Majar Reynolds Battery of Artilary with 6 Brass peaces & an Extra carriage to each peace was was paraded this morning on South Temple Street oposite the Temple wall they took up their line of march for fort Vancover about 10 oclok there line of Baggage soon followed The Deseret News is isuade This morning containig Judge Blacks Letter to the Utah Judges reproveing them sharply For there course The Valley tan is also out but is more mild than usual D Is D hOtIst de Vf D sizQn D TIrmQm= Itr Sos 90° In D Sed 30 spInt D de In D UfIs [[30]] July 1 bVdId sQm DIs mOrnN AI spInt D de In D UfIs I called in President Youngs office at half past 5 oclok I was introduced to Mr Waggoner A Campbellite preacher by President Young. Soon Capt A B Miller of the firm of Wardle, Russell, Miller, & c called in to see President Young & had quite a long interview with him He said there were two & a half Millions of dollars worth of goods at First cost on the road for this market there is more than 1000 waggons loaded with merchandize with 2 ½ tons to the waggon. I think there is more than one million dollars worth of good more than can be sold in this market for the next year The western merchants have been anxious to sell goods to come to this market for they paid up so well last year but they will not be as anxious to sell to the transient merchants next year for it will be a long time before they will get their pay & I expet we shall have to buy out the merchants in this city before they get through There is a vast amount of Cattle, Horses, Mules, waggons, goods & people on the way to this Territory Cattle will be cheap this fall, though many young Cattle will be driven through to Calofornia Mr Miller said the people estimated that the mormon emigration alone will be 25000. President Young said he did not think there would be 1000 Mormons. an Indians said all the white men East were going to Utah. they pulled up some grass & asked the Indian if he could tell where it come from [[i]]or if He would miss it from the field of grass before him He said No They told him it was so with the white men they were not missed where they came from Mr Miller thought Mr Livingston Bell & Co. will loose some $20,000 $30000, or their contract on Flour President Young thought not, that they would by their flour for goods at a high price & would probably sa[[m]]ve themselves. Mr Miller said that much flour would %Image 417/478 July 1st 1859 be wanted ^^He wanted^^ flour to feed about 1500 men mostly at Bridger, many men who are on the way to Calafornia will come through here to get their flour. Mr Miller says that all Fraight can now b[[y]]e carried from St Louis to St Joseph either via rail road or steamer for 15 cents per hundrd. He said that a rail road would be in operation to Kansas City in two years President Young said Mr Miller perhaps you can inform the people whether the Armey in this Territory belongs to Majors Russell Miller & Company, or the United States for many people are at a loss to know who it belongs to Mr Miller Did not answer Diret President Young asked if they were going to let us live a little longer here He said yes the army will be reduced to 1000 men by fall we must keep them moving to keep money stiring. President Young said there is going to be a great sale of Mules they will be sold Cheap & [[go out]] bought back de[[e]]ar Miller Nodded assent President Young said I understand that you brought word that Stephen A Duglass stands Fair to be the candidate for the next President. Miller said He was sure to be the next President the South has to unite on him to get votes in the north so as not to get Defeted. If he is President I shall do business in this line for 5 years then I will quit but Wardle will remain in Washington to regulate affairs there & attend to business He said they had got the contract of carr[[i]]ying the Utah & Calaforn[[o]]ia Mail & has the whole controll of it & all the government transportation for the army After some other remarks Mr Miller took his leave. After he left President Young remarked that I cannot tell what to believe by what Mr Miller says. He talks so much he does not expect to be believed in all he says. He has a motive in view in calling here he wants to lay a plan to make our boys his servants in carrying the mail if Wardle Majors & Co tell the Army to move to any place they will move for that company has all the power in their hands except the buying of the flour Mr Miller Further said that Just before I left we received [[2nd]] A telegraphic Dispach not to organize 1500 larg freidt waggons for Utah & New Mexico we sent word that they were to late for we were already organized Mr Russell went immediately to washington to see what was up 2nd S. M. Blair gOt e lItIr frQm jQj Eckles ZeIN Dat Col Johnson had sad If D prasInIrz wIr nUt rImUvId sUn hI wId tIrn TIm lus 3rd Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning Arza Hinkley Prayed & R. L. Campbell was mouth I attended meeting in the morning. O Pratt preached upon the first principles of the gospel. President Young preached in the afternoon a very interesting discourse. I did not attend the meeting I met with the Quorum of the Twelve J Taylor Praid & G A Smith was mouth. We conversed upon both Temporal & spiritual subjects, concerning our present interest in this Territory %Image 421/478 July 8th 1959 t Iz e kul mQrnN AI spInt D de In D OfIs wI had e hArd ren In D ivnIN End e SAUIr In D nAIt 9th kut mQrnN AI spInt e part Qv D fornUn In D OfIs AI kOld Et D prIsadantz OfIs Et nun hi wQz sItlIN sVm dIfIkQltI wIT blAInd lInIrd and kaptIn hupIr On babItz Istet hI rod AUt In D aftIrnun It renId sQm In D aftIrnun AI kOlId [[Qp]] VpQn prEzIdEnt QN H. C. Kimball & E. Hanks was sitting with President Young sun H Stout kem In e man had bIn arIsted fQr fQrjry De wId nQt lIt hIm hav kAUnsIl. H Stout gev B Young e lItIr frQm G A. Smith seIN Dat D prI[[s]]znQrz wId lIt lus bUt De hed nQt kVm tu provo 10 Sunday I met with my Quorum W Woodruff prayed Bishop Hunter was mouth John Taylor preached in the morning at the Tabernacle & O Pratt in the afternoon I called at President Youngs there was pres[[idet]]ent all of the Presidency Elders O. Pratt W Woodruff C. C. Rich E. Snow [[S]] H. Stout & Snow of Provo A. Johnson Isaac Bulloch Rigs & several others. The subjects of the Prisioners that were turned out of Johnson Camp was brought up they were put into the Hands of Isaac Bullock the sharif of Provo City all the prisioners went with Bullock to Provo except Durfee He prefered to remain in the Camp Bartholomew said he had done wron[[t]]g in testifying at Camp had said what was not true & wished to get into the good graces of the people. they sent to Hosea Stout for council & wished to imploy[[ed]] him to conduct his suit. President Young in speaking of the crops said that we shall have potatoes yet this season they will grow yet. I met with the Twelve there was present O. Pratt W. Woodruff J. Taylor C. C. Rich & F. D. Richards C. C. Rich Prayed F D. Richards was mouth. Mr Hoover spent the evening at my House. 11th The Eastern Mail came in last evening & was opened this morning the war continue[[d]]s in Europe some battels fout & blood shed. Horace Greely Editor of the Tribune arived in this City with the mail He has been with Dr Bernhisel this forenoon went to the Hot spring with him. Mr Hoover called at the office gave O. P. Rockwell a description of 4 Horses & 1 Mule stolen out Mr Mousley pasture He gave him authority to the take the animals where ever they could be found I learned to day that Col Johnson sent an escort of cavelry to guard the prisioners out of the camp so they would not be mobed. President Young called at the office a short time Ho[[ose]]sea Stout received a Letter From David McKenzie [[wrote a letter to]] requesting Him to come & plead his cause & bring such evidence as he thought proper He was accused of Forgery H Stout asked President Youngs Council He said He did not wish to talk about it but said The Lawyiers were not required