Show organization of the militia mitia of cache county CITY 1 nov ov 04 1859 1839 EDITOR DESERET NEWS on the ansty gen C IV W west col richardson maj monroe and gamel of O oden den and capt mallory of north willow creel creek left brigham Brigham city about 3 pm for wellsville lle ile cache aoun county the object of the expedition bein being to organize the militia of that county ife we were accompanied by judge ludge farr of ogden oden and judge wright of brigham city bj by hwi bwl invitation tation aa as ciril civil attendants their presence enot not being ne net 1 cessare ces sary saik to the full and complete organization of the militia in that newly settled valley vailey alley aliey the carriage carriage 0 conveying our party was drawn by four eplen splendid did bay horses col richardson acting as driver As is it was somewhat late before becore we left brigham city the sable cur curc curt T bains of night surrounded us before we reached the summit of the mountain dividio divi dividing din diD box elder and cache counties up to this time bothin nothing had transpired worthy of special remark he the company was very agreeably entertained with anecdotes narratives experience of the past and prospects of the future accounts of various missions as mormon elders through the united states in ih africa china south sea islands ac when on a sudden our conversation wab waa interrupted by a perceptible increase of speed our driver sung out danger ahead we discovered imme amme that we were on the down hill road to cache valley the road being covered with ice the wheel horses fell to the tre ground the weight of the carriage and seven passengers with their camp equipage ac propelled the animals rapid rapidly y down the hill capt mallory seized the two off wheels of the carriage one in each vach hand and set them judge wright eloped through the door lightening the carriage of pounds freight followed by judge farr who seized the leaders which were rounded to in order to take the back track and turned I 1 them down the slope and in a short time all landed safely at the bottom of the hill all on board again and right side up it was thought proper to have a utie little music when j mai maj monroe tapped a little woodenheaded wooden headed snare drum Q and gave ve us one of his favorite airs after which our former interesting conversation was resumed we arrived safely at wellsville J about 9 in the evening evening 0 I 1 the next morning at 9 ac according cordin to I 1 previous notice the militia in that part 0 of he thue 1 r county paraded on the public square in ingells wells ville and were briefly addressed by gen west after which they were drilled by gamel for a short time the election of commissioned officers then took place and the battalion was dismissed into the hands of william maughn maj elect to complete the organization we next proceeded to the city of lom log logan marl mall where the geni organized another battalion after which we returned to wellsville where we arrived at 7 in the evening and were hospitably entertained by our friends for the night on the morning of the at 7 we ire took leave of our friends at wellsville and had a successful passage homewards through 0 the rain and snow to brigham city where we arrived at half past one pm and were hospitably entertained by judge wright after feeding our animals and feasting ourselves in epicurean style we reluctantly parted with our box elder friend and arrived at atour our oun hod homes tessi iessi aio aty at ogden q den aen the same day at severi severd ithe in the even evening all i in good health and spirits and on evening r hand for anything in our line all of which is most respectfully submitted by your obedient servants THE tim COMMITTEE or TUE TILE WHOLE |