Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
Both Houses were in Joint Session and Governor Young appeared at
12 minutes to eleven o'clock and made a few remarks and then presented
his Message to the Assembly which was read by the chief clerk of the
House James Ferguson. It was the most august document I ever heard
Ben Simmons arrived in the city the next day
and called upon President Young with D. Huntington. He said
there was
Divison of Parties in the Army
One party was the military and the other was called fFrememen. There
was a fight among them and 7 men killed. Johnson sent
the military to quell the mob and Governor Cumming told
them to go back that when he wanted them he would call for
them.
The Superintendant of Indian affairs said he had a million
of gold to give the Indians of this Territory.
One man gathered up one bag of salt that our men had
thrown away which was sent by Governor Young but rejected by Col
Johnson. The man sold it to the merchants for $20 and they sold
it to the soldiers for 2 or 13 dollars per lb. Ben Simmons took out
900 lbs of salt and sold it for $2.50 ^100^ cts per lb making $2250 and $1
per lb for service berries.
Livingston said he would give $500 for the privilege
of coming into the city if he did not stop but one day. McGraw
was the worse man in the army and he had the most to say against
