The Genteel Gentile, Letters of Elizabeth Cumming, 1857 - 1858

Genteel Gentile, page 035

heart He has pramsed me, ,f he should be unprxoncd there, to send for me m,med&ly He does not antupate nnpnson- ma-but ,t 1s a p-y, &must be prepared for In v,ew of ths p-y, he has today appointed a new Sty of State -(Mr Hartnett bang absent) &IS to remain here-so that If the Mormons thmk to confuse & baffle the new government by ,mpr,son,ng or mjurmg m any way the new governor, they w,,, find themselves nutaken &as he has commumcated 1,~ wews & mtentmns about Mormon matters to the new Secy so that whatever may happen, Alfred's v,ews ~111 be carned out m a great measu*e 1 say Alired's VEWS, for Mr Buchanan has g,ven hnn c& b- as to nearly all Utah matters Cd Kane, m former years was a good deal with the Mor- mons, farmed some frlendsh,,x w,th then-& those fnend- sh,ps all exit & E exposed to no danger m Salt Lake-for although Brigham &the elders have proclanned that no Gen tdes shall enter into Salt Lake C,ty & hve, yet&was recewed a few weeks ago as a friend among them He LS not a Mormon, but he 1s a fnend of several, who are deeply Indebted to him for former kmdness, & are friendly to hm, He is acquarnted wth my of them, & hrs knowledge of ther character will be useful to Alfred, ,f he succeed to entermg the sty A man has called for the letters--& I have two gentlemen, ws~tors, m my tent, wa,tmg for me to wnte th,s-I fear it 1s disjointed. We are now at Fart Bridger-the army is, I mean--our tents are about quarter of a mile from camp. Co1 Johnston" politely 35