United States Army peacefully enters abandoned Salt Lake Valley under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston.
19th
In company with Brothers G. A. Smith C. F. Oliph[an]t
we visited the main peach orchards in the city & we
saw 33 Green tea plants growing in his garden whi[c]h
seeds he had picked out of imported tea the plants had
stood the winter well we then called upon Presidt
Young Wells & Carrington at their office it has
rained nearly all day we have never had as
much rain in June as this year since we have
been in these vallies Col Johnson has made a
proclamation to the Inhabitants of Utah upon rec[ei]ving
the news of peace
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Brother Enoch BReese arived in Provo this morning with several others direct from the States He called at Gov Youngs office. In company with G A Smith & A Lyman I called at Presidents Youngs office and I gleaned the following News 110 of the missionaries Left the states the 3rd of May the Government had started 210 trains of supplies 26 waggons in a train total 5,460 waggons and over
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