Show esthe the office of the VALLEY TAN has been transferred to the hands of the lion hon JOHN conigl considerations iterations Ide rations of a per tonal onal and private character h hai c e 1 induced I ile edal me Is to talce take this step the paper pape r will vl be c con n d under his auspices and as soon as aa facilities and arrangements can be perfected it will be enlarged KIRK ANDERSON today to day the VALLEY TAN males makes its appearance pe arance under a different proprietorship as my may be teen seen by the above aboe card of mr air KIBE AMER Sobe he bell bein on the eve of departing for vie tie states this is 13 a position not desirable to the present proprietor for many reasons nor is it his intention to continue the directorship of 0 this paper any longer than he can help but whilst under tua llis control u will ill contain ex preBi pres ions independent nde pendent fair and honorable at present time forbids our saying more inore but if we continue our position much longer cewill we be better understood th B issue contains many articles relating to this territory Tern tor which we insert that all may see what has been said and done dine the report of ft last sundays sermons is is such as we have good reason for believing correctly and we suppose they were spoken ken in order to spread the light abroad the th is as B was related to us not our own tim THE SIXTEEN CHILDREN remaining rein lining of the massacre at mountain meadows in septem Sept cro her ber 1857 1837 are still in our city under the im mediate care and ision of superintendent forney n ho bo we v e perceive is is busily engaged paged in in gelling them clothing and other appliances for the long journey over the plains the unusual lateness of 0 the sea eo soa and the large quantities of snow which has fallen the past winter has swollen all 1111 the streams to such a degree that traveling trains is almost out of the question this and exceeding bad road render it doubtful and aid indeed impossible to start the children as soon as anticipated we are authorized to say that hat as soon as aa it is deemed practicable the thil dien will be started butil they leave leaTe they will remain under the tare cari cr 0 dr fora forney who by the by is 13 to m ardi them hem a very i ery 1 aird ird pre A reliable party has just come in in thursday 5 rpm pm over oer the flig bi mountain mho ho report that they left echo kanyon yester esterday morning w there are some ten aral trains ns each ten wagons laden with grain their destination camp floyd it will be imps table bable for them to go through echo kanyon and will be obliged to pass over the bg B g mountain this party left here some three weeks tince since were appointed and equipped en ell route tor for pikes peak but bat having gone far enough to bt be assured that it tt u as a humbug ham bap sold out to parties in want on their way to this city and returned the streams running into this valley lalley from 1 the surrounding moui mountains isains are at present more swollen than nthan at any period for many years ear the state road head is impassible for some distance south bouth of this city and north temple street down which a canal had been dug dag to carry olt the surplus water of city creek into the jordan river is is a perfect flood and there is great danger of much danage damage heirs being done to the northern portion of the city cit other 0 her portions are bc bei ng flooded by streams from the east ease an unusual amount amount of snow has fallen the past wl winter liter and the flood flood is occasioned by atho the melting inciting of the snows on the wasatch IVa satch range no rain of any dy amount having hai ing fil fallen lenior for some bone time we also learn that ogden city is is in in great da danger n ger of being entirely swept away by the flood in aig oden den ri ener ver A number nun her of men have been it at ark rk fric incessantly es for the past ten dayl da s making dykes and an 1 ditches to try to 6 turn r B the stream to save the place OT wednesday last enst this thia city was vas visited by one of th se sudden and violent io storms of thunder thu uder wind and rain to frlich mountainous countries are subject one ne short loud sudden clap of thunder made itself itself felt aver over a portion of the city and the lightning struck two young men who were ere plowing a garden in in the southwest south west part of the ath ward one of them was killed instantly the other was wag senseless for some minutes the usual remedies were resorted to he Y ar 1 I 1 re teet bce k ca chief of a band of utah indians is is here on oil a visit ile he says ill that be sho a guth ka T faeh ash pah bannocks Ban nocks snakes and S aho ho tho sho nee nce indiana are assembling at the head bead i waters abera of the malad river avith their lodges lodge a guama billau 9 anil and chialdi ell aliey they say bay they intend visiting this city in a time A correspondent of the ad Cali ferlia miff writing fron froin colorado river april apri I 1 1839 states that the colorado expedition under col hoffman arrived at the monument mountains mountain one hundred and twenty one miles north of fort the colorado river nver this morning borning we notice in in some of our california ex cx hanges changes that the f valley alley tan tail has not been bee i regularly received by them we vve can cannot not ace account aunt for this as they have been sent I 1 regularly ev el cry er week from roni our office W vicc think that e must be some cabbaging rig done socci somewhere here between this mis city and the place ice of their destination destini tion I 1 we bubli publish all the following correspondence not for the reason of 0 ary great importance import arce attached to mr but as so BO much has been said on the subject it is is well i ell enough that all utah and the rest might biow ki ow what has transpired mr air ferguso in his in letter of may 10 makes the expression that looking on oil the visit of secy hartnitt and marshal arshal II dotson as aa a simple extension of courtesy that he was surprised to have a thud party introduced trod we N were ere one of the parties who visited by request of ilia his excellency the utah armory a right surely belonging to him arid and can be properly conveyed to another par party fy we bein one of that party are ilso also much surprised that mr reign should shoil have dhave made the publication which las has gone moje to to the public ile he certainly at that made no expression which could lead his visitors to understand under that le ob ejected to the course pursued by them in in t the h a investigation of a matter strictly at that time official yet it matters not if he be did not like being cross questioned it was for a reason and people may say tin the reason was there u was as some truth in ili the report ellich led ld the governor to pursue the course he did 1 i I d to thew chew that there was reason fur for introducing a third pary party that hat we e might be possessed of all the facts we append appi nd the following certificate from that thA third party 1 I hereby certify that I 1 saw two tao cati cannons lions ca cached C hed and guarded by abi olliee ee ur i men iii ii uti oil the bench coith of tills this city and about halt half a mile west ivest of city creek X kanyo a ny this communicated by me die to U S marshal dotson JOSEPH E R LOGUE LOGU E EXECUTIVE OFFICE G S L city U T ilay alay ath 1839 to james Fer ferguson gusov adjutant gent nauvoo legion U T SIR at ray my roi liest the secretary for utah accompanied by marshal dotson dolson will visit the territorial arsenal this evening you will please accompany these gentlemen and furnish any facility tor an examination i n of the arms deposited there ac ac ac mr dotson has politely offered ilia his carriage me to com comey ey the party you will please communicate the hour at w which it bill be agreeable to bouto you to be at the Secre office respectfully I 1 A GUMMING CUMMING ADJUTANT OFFICE U G S L city may 0 OFFICE his excellency A cumming governor of utah territory sra sir I 1 an am in of receipt your letter of 0 current date As it is your relue request st I 1 will accompany the territorial secretary and V U S marshal to the arsenal a if N mill ill a await aft their pleasure as to time and convenience very respectfully your obedient servant JAMES FERGUSON adit general N L ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE G S L city U T may 10 1859 ilis his excelle excellency cy jl 4 cumming a arnor of utah territory SIR agreeable to your re auest aest conveyed in in your letter ot of yesterday I 1 visited the territorial rit ars nal in company with the hon J john ohn hartnitt secretary ot utalia utah and mr dotson ia F S me for or the territory looking upon the matter as the simple simple extension exten aion of a courtesy to those two gentlemen I 1 was at surprised at the cintr introduction unceremoniously un of a third party into inac the building by mr do dotson ta on an and barty still more surprised was I 1 at being subjected toa 0 o a eross cross exa initiation examination by mr dotson on a subject which had already been fully embraced in an official correspondence between excellence Excel excellency lenc and myself yur I 1 am not aware of the exi existence e of any statute authorizing the interference of Epi WP 1 offa in a any a apart ar from the is legitimately co lel officers r C of the militia v it etli I 1 el either 1 the gilb public i arms of the territory or the private arms of tile peaceable citizens your excellency as commander in chief alone excepted mr air dotson assured me ile he ai make its his reports to ahat hat cuarte rhe lie didiot did not say on the subject of the territorial arsenal or public arms arma any report from him would of necessity be extra official the strangeness st of the proceedings din Is d during the visit 1 to the arsenal induces me to leport thus to your excellency I 1 have the he honor to remain very respectfully your obedient servant 9 I 1 JAMES FERGUSON adjutant general genera ADJUTANT GF OFFICE UT I 1 G S L city cit may lalli 1859 1839 jt excel excellency e ry 1 4 Cummi IZ governor ov arvor of utah territory sin SIB A 12 mountain howitzer was received from the ordnance department of 0 the united states in tile the fall of 1851 on account of the quota of arms due the territory ot of utah A receipt tor for the same was returned to the department by governor oun m ho was then tle lle executive e oi of the territory a and rd the gun turned over to the ordnance department of the nam nancoo oo 00 legion ail As I 1 before stated this piece pie ce of ordnance or n a rice comprises com all tle the public arms in in the territory it is now in in the territorial arsenal and ana in the file same game condition as ahen received and is 13 there held subject to your order as commander in chief I 1 bould w respectfully respect full y sugg cat to our excellency Excell eticy that it would be proper that the former executive Exec utne should have haie your receipt for the howitzer as the department at washington now holds his receipt tor for it and lie he wishes to have it turned over to you ou as the property of the territory I 1 have the honor to remain very respectfully your obedient servant sen ant JAMES FERGUSON ada t benl y L mil U T |