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where they have not burst, and the plumbers are said
to be working night and day, and even Sundays, to
repair the leaks.
There is nothing particularly new to write
about, and there is no special labor that I have to
assign you where you are. Everything is moving along
very quietly at present. A report, however, has reached
us that the Marshal intends to change the arrange-
ment which he has with his deputies, and instead of
giving them a salary, to give them a commission on
the work they do. If this be true, and they should
operate hereafter upon that principle, we may reasonably
expect more activity on their part in their efforts to dis-
cover those under indictment, or against whom they
may hope to be successful in bringing in convictions.
We are expecting Brother John H. Smith to
arrive every day. Brother Lyman is already here. Brother L. Snow and M. Thatcher are at their homes. Brother E. Snow is in the south. The other brethren are
here in the city, with the exception of Brother Teas-
dale, from whom we hear good reports concerning his
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where they have not burst, and the plumbers are said
to be working night and day, and even Sundays, to
repair the leaks.
There is nothing particularly new to write
about, and there is no special labor that I have to
assign you where you are. Everything is moving along
very quietly at present. A report, however, has reached
us that the Marshal intends to change the arrangement which he has with his deputies, and instead of
giving them a salary, to give them a commission on
the work they do. If this be true, and they should
operate hereafter upon that principle, we may reasonably
expect more activity on their part in their efforts to discover those under indictment, or against whom they
may hope to be successful in bringing in convictions.
We are expecting Brother John H. Smith to
arrive every day. Brother Lyman is already here. Brother
L. Snow and M. Thatcher are at their homes. Brother
E. Snow is in the south. The other brethren are
here in the city, with the exception of Brother Teasdale, from whom we hear good reports concerning his