History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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CHAPTER XXI.
POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL.
1859-1862.
Brigham Threatened with Arrest—The Federal Judges Reproved—
Departure of Governor Cumming—And of the Army of Utah—Population
of the Territory—Mortality—Wealth—Industries—Prices
—Wages—Trade—Salt Lake City in 1860—The Temple Block-
Social Gatherings—Theatricals—Scientific and Other Institu-
TI0N s Character of the Population—Carson Valley—San Bernardino—Summit
County and its Settlements—Purchase of Fort
Bridger—Wasatch County—Morgan County— Cache Valley—Settlements
in Southern Utah.
During the disputes between Governor Cumming
and General Johnston, the latter being aided, as we
have seen, by the federal judges, there was constant
fear that the troops would come into collision with the
territorial militia. Though the Mormon authorities
had no cause for complaint as to the conduct of the
soldiery, they regarded their presence as a menace, and
condemned the proceedings of the general and the
judges as a personal insult to the governor.
After the arrival of the army, Brigham never appeared
in public without a body-guard of his own intimate
friends; 1 and for many months he attended
no public assemblies. At the door of his residence
sentries kept watch by day, and at night a strong
guard was stationed within its walls. Nor were these
precautions unnecessary. About the end of March
1859 a writ was issued for his apprehension on a
groundless charge of complicity in forging notes on
1 Stenhouse's Rocky Mountain Saints, 419-20; S. F. Alta, Sept. 29, 1858.
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