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Show Washington, D. C, June 16 The President Pres-ident has accepted the resignation of Captain Will.ird Young, of the engineer corps of the United Stales army, to iake effl-cl Februaiy 22, ifjgi. The secretary of war has approved. Captain Cap-tain Young's application for an extended leave of absence and gr.uiled hun eight months ftom the 2ist instant. This is an unusual leave for ohioers of the engineer eorpj. but ihe secretary says that Captain Young was an excellent officer and he was disposed to do tlie very best he could tor him. It if understood to be the intention of Captain Young to become identified with tlis educational inteiests of the territory ter-ritory ol Utah, as the head of one of the colleges instituted by his illustrious futher.tlie late President llrig'.iam Young. Captain Young will spend the tetm of his leave in visiting v illous institutions of learning throughout tiie county. |