The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1858, Page 1

NEW-YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. Inte,cesting Intelligence about Utah ’ 4h “ei aE WHOLE NO. 7814. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24 18658. Our Washington are familiarly deggie’ nero, the F.F. Vs, extend | The Alleged Defaleations in the Comptrolier’s | Int Wasurvoron, Jan, 21,1808. | 1 ann to, al gentlemen, espe Ottice. me Fashionable Hotels aloons of pping in u| INVEST wale ¥ ‘ -— hs a Le Naetn oaietty in the evenings in their handsome Mouriiies eens Cie Fused tional ‘apital. a statesmen and plethoric mone: —THE INVESTIGATION TO BE CONTINUED, ‘Very many people who come to Washington in- o in remarks not complimentary to its hotels., society, its amusements, and even undert’ ae pmetimes to sneer at its public buildings and 44 the hed men who come here to MP pape the gislative business of the nation. The, oritica, how- er, who thus malign the fair fa" /6 of the capital be set down as morose, dis¢ gbented individuals, ho would sneer at Paradie and question the in- grity and honor of that, famous French chevalier whom it wes said chat he was sans peur ef sans oche, The howls of Washington! What excel- cea cam such @atablishments boast anywhere that these 40 not possess? The Senators and Representa- ‘of the people in Congress assembled! What r nation an boast of a more honest, honorable, lightened, pure, #tainless, patriotic or high-toned egislative body? Whem these questions can be tisfactorily amewered, then indeed there may be pme measure of excuse for the carpings of those Now, as to the hotels. We have three that are ntitled te go under the designation of first rate, that enjoy that reputation. Do they not de- it? Just come and stop a week at each of em in rotation, and experience their respective ex- There is Willard’s, at the Western end of he avenue,” as that broad street named after the one State is known. Each of the thirteen nal States hasan avenue named after it, but of Pennsylvania bears the distinctive appella- on of “the avenue.” Well, Willard’s is at the end hest from the Capitol, and nearest to the White e and the executive departments. Try its hos- italities for a week and you will no longer entertain py doubt as to the real merit of the establishment. crowd of Jarvies—white, black aad yellow— rho congregate in front of the door, and hho exercise the dearly prized liberties of Ameri- citizens with such perfect immunity “met of outside interference as to wi e ends of their long whip- ndles, is a sufficient indication that Willard’s is A worite and well nized concern. Why should it not be? Go and admire its halls, its lors, its ding rooms and its conveniencies of all sorts. Look at the large, airy, lofty and vse Staaf neat earooms which are assigned to its bachelor guests; nd those elegant suits of rooms which, for a trifle yond the ordi charges, are at the disposal of ied couples and famili What could the most urious Inclined and the most fastidions in it ventilation and cleanliness require more? And how onable and querrulous must be those indivi- uals who indulge tn complaints about the size and niture of these cozy bedchambers, and who ven- are to speak of them as mere closets and cells and holes, and such other ‘ions, and who im up their noses at the general style of fit-up? here are people in the world who will be et ily chingtos besasionaly, and may perchance put up oC; may perc! t ren oon mors ln fet Number two of the first class hotels is Brown’s, o on the avenue, and witnay between the Capitol the White House. It stands out inall the pat white marble, with an extensive nny: for the ommo on of its lady guests, and of distin- shed individuals who are nightly serenaded and o make speeches therefrom to their admiring and ically inclined friends. The hero of Nicaragua, great crasader and apostle of American liberty o the benighted heathens of Central America, was pen to utilize the balcony in that was serenaded a few —_ ago, and ous) the honor that very tion; and I may remark, in pee Soe of serenading, Washington is bidding fair to even a pathy Py ty of song. ae Hardly an evening passes that one or more of our re- ble men are not serenaded by bands whose caution would little Ullman or Maretzek h the startling novelties that they introduce in way of alternating notes, now with the wind in- wwents, and now with the drum and fifes; and it of these more public een t statesman or a general, the enlivened with Ppt of dal- Troubadour delicatel; jis love for the lady of his affections. Ni 1 nding what some may regard the demoral- ising effect of such close contact with members of Lon and of the lobby, this taste for fewpemd peaks the growth of civilizing and refined senti- ents in this — community. But I have from my text. Let us turn. I was speaking of 's palatial hotel. Dne of the hardest things that has been said of thet blishment was uttered by a certain witty New ‘ork Con; , who, while he was honored with seat in the halls of national legislation, some few rs , insinuated that Brown cal- d on marble front for satisfy- to some extent the tites of hi That was one of those palpable calumnies phat are from time to time uttered against the very 0 one can he bhen, inde honor of a i are ni Caer some hy proprietors of our hotels. e that the statement has any foundation. The ons of Brown's are assuredly not subjected to Oh, no! Whatever of Gelicacy yy such hard fare. ihe market aftords is certain to be found, in some e, at least, on the well spread board of that e. Ifthe of that or any other hotel have conscientious scruples about ¢ rq vice of gluttony, it only proves them to be the 0 rmen and better Christians; and they ht rather to be than censured or lightly of for it. Here as at: Willard’s, the weary eller finds pleasant sleeping apartments; and he isan bungered he Tras ot. to wait for bis ce of the one-twelfth moiety of the services of a » The of walters to quests is not any means #0 «mall as that. And the colored ants who attend at table di se their ices gratuitously. It is not absolutely necessary , a8 it is at Saratoga, Newport and other places people go, to pay an extra quarter for every take. You can manage to exist without ‘ou will find every attention paid to you with- fee or reward that is atall reconcileable with play to all. What more would any reasonable n require ? The National is the third of the first class hotels . Itis larger than either of the others, and is irably located—it be’ on the block east of own's. It used to be it centre of social politica! attraction in Washington. But it seems to have fallen upon evil days. Ite more show; d meretricions rivals have carried off ite fashiona- e pat and it ix deserted even by the politi- ns and hunters. Its fine, spacious balls, that d to he the crowded rendezvous of h characters, are now the lonely lonng- places of half a dozen porters, w will ready twig in hand to brush off the hats and ite of imaginary guests, seem to be the ghosts of ose who the same fanctions in more osperous days, and who might be ae nt still the scenes of their former labors. That s alisease that broke out in the National spring, and that took its appellation from that of hotel, «till exercises its dep: influence on fortunes of the establishment. With all due re- * for the jion of the medical savans who nected the dMease with bad sewerage, | attribute ton conspiracy to injure the reputation of the lishment by sickening people with homeopa- jic doses of arsenic, and think, therefore, that it but a temporary evil, not a local one, and that ii danger passed away with the playing out of the lanous plot. Unfortanately, however, i such was object it has been but too successful, still visiters te the city are chary of ng tp at the National. It has passed 0 the hands of New England men, who, understand, have the tse of it free of rent. yp er and ~ ge 2 np; its table excel attendance good, charzes moderate, still it does not draw. * fo mach for the three first class hotets of Wash ctou. Those who are dissatisfied with their splen- | accommodations, complete equipments, hounti iy spread tables, attentive waiters regardlees of rters; and stnecoed fronts, facilities for nowledging public compliments, fashionable and » Ddrilliamt, pure and fascinating e i, ‘and. withal. their moderate toriff o prices, a Le | and upwards) may be set down as 0 and deserve no be iter fate than be condemned to live at a Washington boarding ee, and, from the best Ii that T have been to gather on that head, it may be safely assert- that if a little experience of one of these model ps does not cure them of the hatét of grum- then they | past, — wee [For gentlemen of correct tastes an ined habite ington has other fascinationa besides her hotels. Rr second of third house on the mile long avenue cated to their pleasure and recreation. Mem- of the “first families of Virginia,” or, as they Orokera ure among the hospitable entertainers in thx fashion, and their hospitality is of such a liberal character that not only do they extend it to all who come unbidden to the feast, but like the rich man mentioned in a book which must be very familiar to mete they send out their Grates on os in their premier hraseol as ” bring in all whom the can induce to enter. Their board is supplied with the best that the country can afford, and all who come are welcome to of the good ben spread before them. Venison and wild turkey, and that luscious fowl of the Potomac—the canvas back—are never wanting; and to wash down the edibles there is an upfailiag supply of Heidseick, Otard and sherry, as best vintage, light, dry ‘ahd very pecu- being of the liar. He would be a ri us epicure who could not enjoy himself with such good 5 cular = when he has not to pay for them. then, be- , in these pleasant rooms, there is no objection at all to gentlemen taking a little game of faro or poker, or any other game of chance. Indeed, they cannot better gratify their liberal hosts than by in- dalging in ‘innocent amusements. ch places of it and recreation are among the glo- ries of Wi . ‘Those who keep them seem to be incapable of counting the cost. Asan instance of their prodigality, I may mention the fact that one of these worthy gentlemen, whose salons happen to be sey by the habitation of a bookseller whe has grown wealthy under the fostering influ- ence of 38 and the beautiful system of con- structive book-deliveries to members, has agreed to ry, over $30,000 for the intervening apartments of dealer in books, 80 a3 to have a splendid suite of rooms for the entertainment of his guests, Is it any wonder, then, that Washington is a it — of attraction? Is it any wonder that fashiona- Je people should flock to it from all sections of the Union? With the hotel accommodations that { have described; with the musical tastes that I have hinted at; with the charms of these gay salons, and with the nightly recurring parties at the houses of Cabi- net ministers, foreign ambassadors and members of the Senate and House, it is not to be marvelled at that it is overflowing with visiters at this moment, and that it presents to the eye of the curious looker- on asextraordinary a spectacle of social manners as can be exhibited on this continent. (Correspondence of the Boston Post.} Wasutxcron, Jan. 19, 1858. The Mormon Question—Can it be Settled’ Peaceably?—The Lawrence & Stone Case. Some interesting ana important discussions havo taken place lately among gentlemen in high positions here, in- volving suggestions which look to a peacefu} settlement of the Utah question. Such a settlement is undoubtedly emi- nently desirable, but it stems, hitherto, never to have been thonght of since a hostile attitude has been assumed by Brigham Young, and since it appeared that he was determined to resist the authority of the United States government by force. The general idea has beet , in order to vindicate the authority of vornment, we must burn, destroy, and kill; and ‘are the disgust aud horror of the’country at the @MMines and practices o the Mormons, taat we ave lated the summary destruction of this large com- munity by ball, bayonet and sabro, without a voice being raised in favor of more gent'e counsels. Perhaps this en- tire want of sympathy with the Mormons—perhaps the reason why the wish for devastating retribu tion bas been thus uppermost in the minds of the American peopie—has been because it was the general be- lief that Brigham Young wag at all hazards determiaed to hold Uwh, and to maintain his theocratic despotiam against the authority of the United States, and also within tiem. How far these feelings, now undoubtedly enter- tained by the whole country, and how far the views of the admmistration = be changed, were it understood that the desire of the Mormons is pot to contest the authority of the United States, but simply to place themselves in a spot where they would contlict with no government, and where they might be indepenuent without being traitors is ope of the questions which has lately been discussed. suggestion has been made that tho immense expense which must attend the pty be of a protracted Mor- mon war might be saved to our depleted treasury, and a frightful destruction of human life and ly be also avoided, should Brigham Young and his followers be found willing to remove peacefully out of the territory of the United States and set up their temple in some spot which might be deta shed from any olber sovereignty and become the inheritance of the faints. Perhaps Mexico might be willing to sel! Sonora, or perhaps an island in the Pacific might be found where the new Jerusalem or new Zion might be built without interfering with anybody. [oth these projects, 1 have reason to believe, have becn thought of in quarters which give them weight, and though possi. Diy not authority also, as yet, stili the sembiance of it. It is estimated that it will cost this government, to reduce the Mormons by force—which means their entire destrac. ion—pot less than thirty miliions of doliars. The devas- tation of y cannot of course be well estimated, bat it would necessarily be immense, since Groat Salt Lake City acd the Utah valley would unquestionably be left at the end a more molancholy desort than it was before the band of the white man ever turped up its virgin soil The destruction of human life is a matter for the Peace Society, but it will also doubtless temper the conclusions of every humane individual who reflects upon the subject. I say that considerations of this sort have pressed themselves upon the attention of gentlemen here, who oveupy the position of legislators of the nation. What they will come to I cannot undertake to say. It ts belteved that the ee if tt results in any- thing, will show a use of the $47.00 which has not yet deen, as I have seen, the subject of remark—that is, the most of it went, not partroul to members of Con- grees, but to satisfy and buy off the wool growing inte- rest. Lawrence, Stone & Oo. wanted free wool, and of course the opposition to their wisbes was from the wool growers, I suppose that the money was Py to the agents of the Inter; but it is not supporable that a single firm bore the whole burden of Mhying up so extensive an interest, Tt ts said, on the contrary, that fhe total amount raised reached the’ enormous sum of half a million dollars. This, however, ie eneily credible when it known that one firm contributed over a sixth of the whole; but it does not seem credible that this iminonse sum could bave been expended. Such an amount of mo- bey as that would have carried any measure through the inst Congress. Theatrical, Musical, dc. Broapway Tukatre—The success of the novel fairy spectacle of “Cinderella” induces the manage- ment to announce it for repetition to-morrow after- noon and evening, together with a variety of hippo- dramatic entertainments. Nisto’s Ganvex—Dan Rice's great show will commence the second week of its career at this popular establishment to-morrow. form. ances of his animals are certainly calcula to as tonish all who behold them. Bowrnry.—Mr. N. B. Clarke's celebrated legendary drama called “Herne, the Hunter.” is to be pro- duced in mega a style to-morrow night. The comical pieces “Paul Pry” and the “King of Clubs” are also announced, Burron's.—Messrs. Mathews and Brougham have been re-engayred, and are to perform to-morrow night—the former with Mr. Burton and other favor- ites, in Shakspere’s “Twelfth Night”—Mr. Brougham in his “Columbus. Waxtacr’s.Tom Taylor's adaptation of the “Vicar of Wakefield” is to he prodaced, with a fine cast, for the benefit of Mr. Lester, to-morrow. Brougham’s little comedy of “A Decided Case" is to be the closing piece. Lavra Kerye’s.—Two of the latest snccesses and an old time favorite are to be performed to-morrow night. They are the comic draw the “Mnleteer of Toledo,” the play of the Light House,” and the farce of the “Spectre Bridegroom.” Amenican Mrsrcm.—The moral drama entitled “Beware the Tempter,” and farce of the “Irish Haymaker,’ are to iven here to-morrow after- noon, and Mr. Watkins’ successful drama called the er Patriot” in the evening. ‘ Cariety any Woov's Minstneis are to Liiug ont another new farce ge Bleeker, to-mor- row night. It is styled “The Toodles, with Candle Lectures,” and the two Georges—Christy and Hol- land have parts. Beoriey’s Serewapens iene a regular old fash- foned Ethiopian bill, one that is filled with all sorts of whimsicalities, including the “Great One Horse Show,” for the amusement of the pablic tomorrow. Bryant's Mixetrete, ns will be seen by their bills, are determined to keep np with, if not a little in advance of, the times, All who like fim should be oo hans to-motrow night to see “Dan. Bryant's Great COMPLIMENTARY TrstiMONtAL.—The fellow coun trymen and other friends and admirers of Miss Sutherland, the Scottish Nightingale, propose to give her a grand complimentary benefit at an early ay. —_—_—____ ‘The Street Commiestoner Controversy. “Pefore Hon, Judge Sutherland. fore Hon. . Jaw. 23.—Charles Devlin ve. D. D. Conover The argument on the quo warranto, in which the defendant's counse!, Mr. Field, applied for a stay of ceedings until the appeal is argued at the next Bonersi Term of this court. Mr. James T. Brad: 7 the motion on the part of Mr. Devlin. Decl. reserved. ‘Tre Fisnina Brervmas at ( LoveRsteR—Large Properations are making for carrying on the pues Rese at Gloucester the coming season. The in- aaye, will cot be lors than $800,060, 0,009 more than last year. adiand on &unday seretg froven herring, for whieh about forty halibut fleet were waiting, ax they are better bait for the halibut and cod on George's An interesting investigation commen¢d+ \vittirday. The special committee of tag Board of Colliciimen were in attendance at the timg agreed upoa, for the purpose of inquiring into the allezed defalcations in tho office of Mr. Flagg, Comptroller 9f the city revenue. Mr. Genet, th Chairman of the committee, asked Mr. Flagg it be ¥,onla have any objection to give his tastimony im relatign to the subject the committee were ap- Pointed to investigate. After replying in the negative, 84a being sworn, he testitied substantially as follows in avewer to the questions of the committec:— MR. FLAGG’S TRSTIMONY. sip Seaerae <e Se eecomeenes office, Imean errors of all t ed e 088 ing accounts; | think some one has failed to perform duties in my oftlee A Smnith has failed to act opto his trust; it is some time since I discovered this; I could say it was about the time of the failure of th: z i t Bowery Bank; it was the failure of the Bowery Bank that erabied me to a or the fraud; notes were found deposited there for id J.B. Seaith was respousibie for them; he contractors for different works through the city tight have par* of the money that was once paid to for apy work paid over again; | suspect that this the way the movey passed from my office; several the vouchers that were entrusted to the of Smith are not on their proper files, nor can I discover where they are; I cannot state whether Smith might have made mistakes intenticnally or not; [could not find the vouchers at the time I made my reporf; I did m hend apytbing wrong until the time the failure occurred and the disclosures connected with it were made; we baye pot gotfar enough through to state the particular sum that might bave been misapplied; there are no other persons in the office whom I suspect; Mr. Smith js not still there; I canpot say that I dismissed him; I found his memorandum tn regard to these matters, and dis- coveyed that his notes were discounted for large amounts; after the failure of the Bowery Bank noone would endorse them; I knew nothing regarding his correctness yet to a certainty; I asked him something about the possession of the amounts specified in the memorandum, and be talked about his father building @ cottage up at Yonkers, and some other businees of his own, but said nothing to satis! then began to suspect; this was after the banl and its discloeures; I now desired that he would give me the keys of his desk and the safe that was in his charge, and he did 80; he is pot in my office now; I keep the keys that were taken from him myself; he has onl; in the office once or twice since, and never sto more than ay hour at a time; he has never cleared up the matter to my satisfac m failure tion; I canpot find the vouchers anywhere, I have got an experienced persop, with Mr. Caly,one of my clerks, to examine the books and papers, and discover, if possible, how and where the discrepancy between the accounts ex: ists; they wil! also see whether extra sume were paid out of the office, where money is brought into payments; we hope to find something that may throw light om the mys: tery; we think we can elicit facts betwer by ourselves in the office than by getting a committee to look over the books; it is difficult to say in what way the frauds might be perpetrated; I discovered in the Fifty-eeventh street contract where a fraud of $4,000 existed; the money was paid for the building of a, wall, although’no such wall was specified in the contract; the wall was built, it was well built, but the sum paid for it was the same amount over what was named in the contract for the entire work; the work did not include the wall; it ia not true that the defalcations amount {to $200,000, as rumored; i could not mention the exact sum; 1 could not be ready’ to give every particular conn with examination of the books, Ac , before next Friday: I capnot tell whether the city would be at a loss by the defaications or whether it would fall upon individuals; T will try to have all the information necessary by next Friday; I will bave what I can; they have not progressed far in the examination of the books and papers in my office yet, for we are basy now closing our accounts, in additicn to other business; the mistake about the wall — have occurred innocently. {t this stage of the proceedings the Chairman adjourned the further bog sy before the committee till next Friday afternoon. ‘hile the examination was going on the interest manifested by all present was intense. Metropolitan Poliee Commissioners. The Board met yesterday afternoon. Present—Mayor Tiemann, Mayor Powell, Messrs. Nye, Bowen, Perit, Stra- aban and Cholwell. Mr. Bowen made the following reports in the cases of charges against policemen, which were adopted :—David F. Carpenter, Fourth precinct, absent from roll call; fined one day’s pay. Daniel Underhill, absent from post; fined three days’ pay. Officers Lawrence Kirby and Thomas Cheney; charge dismissed. David Harrington, First pre- cinct, interfering with another officer; fined five days’ pay. Mr. Stmanamay made the following — which were adopted —Officers Francis Aken! » Fortune, Fox and Melntyre; cbarges dismissed. Mr. Bowxn reported charges against special policeman McGaskell for intoxication. On motion, the man was dis- misved from the force. ’ Mayor Tixwanw presented charges against officer William Utter, and Mayor Powxrt presented charges against De- puty Superintendent Folk, which were referred to the ap- committees. Thayer Pow presented the application of a number of rominent gentiemen for the [ya of a special po- Fceman sear Fort Hami!ton. @ document was referred to the appropriate committee Gen. Nye presented the application of the (nventor of a knit aad bullet proof vest to exhibit bis invention tothe oar: Mr. Bowen moved that the Chairman put one on, and that the experiments be tried on him. (Laughter.) Mayor Tixmaxs hoped the Commissioners would not each bave to take aturn, (loughter.) Upon motion of Mr, Cuotwm.t, the inventor was allowed to exhibit bie vest at some future time, and the Board went into secret reesion. City Intelligence. Fine aw Narrow Escark rrom Bervinc.—The alarm in the Seventh district, on Friday evening at 6 o'clock, was caused by the fall ‘a caak of liquor through the hateh- way of the store No. 195 Pearl street into the basement, which was occupied for bottling liquors. In falling the head of the cask broke out and scattered the contents eround the room, and coming in contact with the stove the whole place was ina blage in an instant. Tho young man sanres there was instantly enveloped in the burn. ing fiuid, and ran rereaming with pain into the street, where he was met by Engineer Wenman, who instantly took off bie overcoat, ant ing it around the sufferer, roon extinguiebed the flames, not until be bad been very severely burnt, but, we believe, net seriously. Mr. was considerably burnt about the hands, By rt arrival of Hose Company No. 68 the fire in the ‘ing was promptly subdued, with but trifling damage. Tree iy Manav Lawe.—About 10 o'clock last night « fire broke out in the paper box manufactory of Silas Jones, No. 47 Maiden lane. The Gremen, as usual, were quickly at the premises, but from the inflammable cha- Tacter of the stock considerable damage wus done before the flames were extinguished. Mr. Jones ocoupied the third, fourth and garret floors of the build! Toss esti mated at about $5,000; said to be covered hy insurance. ‘The first floor is cecopied by A. W. Gabaudan, importer of {ancy goods and druggists’ articles. Stock somewhat da- maged by water. Insured for $17,000, $5,000 of whieh is in the Citizens’, $5,000 in New York Fire and Marine, $4,000 in Greeswich, and $3,000 in one other company. ‘The second floor is occapied by Earich & Rackuer, dealers in fancy furs. Stock ‘damaged by water. Said to be fully insured, New Yor Hoerrrat.—The following is the weekly re- portof the above institution to January 22, 1858 -—Re- nining on January 16, 226; admitted to January 22, 31; + cured or retieved, 26; died, 7; remaining at . "Males, 198; females, 26. Personal Intelilgence. DEPARTURES. Yor Melbourne, Australia, in the ship § H Talhot—Mr Geo irom, Mr Richhds, Mr Divon, wife and fonr children: Mr ore, wife and eh i hee! Go reivick Kelly, Thom © 1) Cunningham, ysoslin, Thomas Groom, ‘ Flood, Peter Meehan, wife and child, B Duguan, Noyle ant wife Joho Gay, George Gray, John Kagan, Peter Shiel, John Shawley, M Nooney, J Evers, Tanne Redinond, A Poiter, Mr Cavannch an! r, Charies Burdet!, dob ey, James MeCormiek, er dford, and others, Norfolk, [Potersburg and Richmond, in the steamship own —F RB Hassler, AG Hodaten: husveler. Alin ¥ Robinson, J MeGenth, J Medowan, @ V Riley, Mise rt J 8 Doane: Miss Remerhein and two children, Jae sh J Mott, Franklin Bidridge and lady, 3 x HL Ronnel, hees, AD Ay is Miss Denn Homberger, v0 ay and (wo children, Mr Harri, James Smith, 8 Ullman, H R Ames— Tin the eteerage, For Ravannah, per steamship Anguste—Mr and Mra T A Tier well, Mre Thomas Taylor, Andrew Mock, W 8 Turner, Mr and Mre A. Lockwood. Mr and Mrs () H Ford, child a we servants; Lyman Bpllerx. Charles Romeerey, Jobn Marx. Joseph D Weed, Daniel Macgregor, Mra © © Hale, Anna P Ives and daughter, E ris—and 12 in the veormpe. Yor Charteston, in the steamship Columhia—| Longeuil and child, NA Noynton, HR Banks, Marshall, H Clemons and son, Capt Capt M iit F Chare, Leander Ri vom, DD yom ¥ i Botes, Oller Hayden, Baroness De R dimond. a I brover, Mes Chapman, A nnd Indy, 8 Bulkley, Indy Jed nergant, BW Hagerum, Git Kelton,’ A fleron, 7, | Srown, Robt Mra A Con, © and the Mormons, THE MORMONS WILL NOT LEAVE UTAH, SONORA WILL RESIST THER ON THE SOUTH. Prospects of our Army at Fort Bridger. THE MORMON FEELING IN ENGLAND EDITORIAL OF THE BRITISH ORGAN OF THE SAINTS. The Best Way to Send Troops to Salt Lake. Sketehes of the Apoutles Orson Byde and John Taylor, to, te, de. Many and diversified are the opinions of the peo- ple outside of Utah on the futare intentions of the Mormons in that Territory. Recommendations have been held out to Brigham to turn his attention to Sonora, and some have thought he might go north, through Oregon and Washington Territories, into the British possessions; or, what was not impossi- ble, further on still, into Russian territory. What course the prophet may have decided on, or may yet decide upon, is as yet kept a secret from outside bar- barians. While the disciples outside of Utah have been impressed with the idea that a wholesale mi- gration was intended for some part of the world, be- yond the jurisdiction of the United States govern- ment, the leading men in the Territory have reite- rated, time and again, their intention of remaining; and, if put to the worst, burning up and going into the mountains, and ‘‘taking it,”.as one of the apos- tles remarks, “Indian fashion.” In spite of the Utah discourses, which probably would he regarded as a ruse de guerre, the last despatches from the ex- pedition indicate that Colone! Johnston was fully under the impression that Brigham was going north- ward in the spring, and that pioneers had already lett the city in that direction—news which was received with some degree of pleasure, as the greater portion of the inhabitants of the States would rather see the backs of the Mormons in flight, leaving our domi- nions forever, than learn of the terrible and prolong- ed warfare which is reasonably to be expected if the troops and the Mormons have to contend for supre- macy at the point of the bayonet; or, what is still more perplexing, guerilla warfare. The arrival of the California mail, bringing with it the Deseret News, furnishes again fresh grounds for believing that the Mormons mean to stand their ground and contest for supremacy. From the complexion of af- fairs at Salt Lake City all doubt as to their remain- ing seems set at rest. The apostle Amasa Lyman, recently arrived from the seat of his presidency at San Bernardino, contends, not for staying, but against the possibility of being driven by the superior power of the Gentiles. We scarcely think it possible that men of the stamp of the Utah leaders, whose infla- ence with the brethren must be proportionate to the consistency of their speech and prophecy with their action and the fulfilment of their own words. They mean, then, to remain, In the last batch of news we had little fron: bro” thers Kimball and Taylor, who have heretofore been very fluent in their denunciations of the Gentiles, as it appears they have been taking a peep at Colonel Jobnston’s command. Other apostles who have been on missions away from the seat of power had arrived in time to take part in the conference, and supply their places, and express their sentiments, which, by-the bye, demonstrate that the rebellion, treason, or whatever it may be called, is not of one man or half a dozen men, but is as wide-spread as Mormonism. The end thereof is not yet. We proceed to give some highly interesting ex- tracts and correspondence relating to the state of af- fairs in Utah, the prospects of the approaching cam- paign, the condition of our army, the probable inten- tions of the Mormons, and the Mormon feeling in England. We also present our readers with sketches of the lives of two prominent leaders in Utah—Orson Hyde and John Taylor—obtained, of course, from Mormon sources, but none the less valuable on that account. SONORA AND THRE MORMONS. 70 THK RDITOR OF THE HERALD. Wasnmaron, Jan. 21, 1858. Notwithstanding all the prophecics, I am unable tosee any signs of the Mormon exodus towards Sonora in the spring of 1858. When the Mormons first explored the Utah valleys with a view to leav- ing Tinois or the Western States, these valleys were Mexican territory. By the treaty of Guada- Inpe Hidalgo the country became ours, bat the Mormons did not the less continue in their original intention of creating an independent State. They have carried out their intention virtually from the first--under the law, so far as the Governorship or Legislature is concerned, for these were in their own hands—outside of the law, in their own Jo. diciary, (for no United States courts have ever exe- ented United States laws, their good intentions having been frustrated by Mormon jories or by summary expulsion of the United States Jadges) when convenient. The Probate Court of the Terri- tory exercises criminal jurisdiction, and has always refused to send up its records on appeal to the Uni- ted States courts. The establishment of the South ern Mormon settlements did not look towards niigration to Sonora. The declared intention of the Mormons has always been to own a port on the Pa- cific. They selected San Diego—own, or did own, large interests in real estate—and proposed to land their emigrants from Europe at San Diego, and thence by a short march through their San Bernar- dino settlement to the Vegas river, where they have established a small town, and thence on to their vil- iages on the Virgin and the various towns in Tron county. The whole secret of their line of Southern settlements is to have a direct line of communication with the Pacific coast, The obstacles to a migration into Sonora are very great, and the advantage doubtful. They could be enecessfully opposed by an American force on the Gila and Colorado. wenty thousand men can be raised in California in an inconceivably short time, and this force can be landed at Fort Yuma, on the Colorado river, in two weeks from San Francisco by steamers. With equal ease supplies for this force can be landed at any desired point on the Colo- rado. A_ large force could also be despatch- cd from Lox Angeles, Southern California, throw the Cajon or Tejon pass, down the Mohare only fifty miles, and thence by a short march to the Colorado. clearly the Mormons must follow the Colorado down to afford water for so great a mase of humanity. But the Mormons are not going, at least not this year. The fonaticism of men does not reason. The delays and accidents to the gallant force now in Utah are re- garded as special interpositions of God in behalf of the Mormon people. They believe, with ood rea- son, that they have an almost imy ble tion; and there are many valleys where they could make a decided and determined stand against a greatiy superior force. Besides, revelation after revelation has been given them b; thut they are not to leave the ‘peaceful valleys of the mount ime” watil they march eastwi to ari and Lilinoie, and lant the “banner of Israel their enemies.” Tivese opinions not be much, but the writer a = and the Mormons” from personal cont an experie: 5 alone ore shared by others who ‘are fully meee ot Judging. 8. M. THE UTAH ARMY NOT SUFFICTENT IN NUM- BERS—PROSPECTS FOR THE CAMPAIGN. TO THN EDITOR OF THE MERALD. Baurewone, Jan, 15, 1858. As a practical question the suppression of the Mormon insurrection seems everywhere admitted to be the most important now before our government. And yet how tardily and lamely does performanee lag behind p:omise, and behind the public expectation. President Buchanan seems, at least, to appreciate fully the exigencies of the crisis in which Brigham Your g has involved his people and the United States government, and récognizes most distinctly in his message the necessity for prompt and vigorous mea- sures. He says:— To trifle with this rebellion would be to encourage it, and render it formidable. We ought to gothere such an imposing force as to convince these deluded people Reteeenee would be vain; and thus spare the effusion ‘These are certainly bold words, but not less trae than bold. What, then, is the President’s idea of an “ imposing force” —one which is to strike such terror nto these reckless and resolute fanatics, as to bring them to terms without the disagreeable necessity of firing grape into them? One would naturally suppose that to answer such a description the force contemplated should be at least equal, if not superior, in point of numbers, to those whom it is intended thus to overawe into sub- mission. And although the various estimates as to the actual milit strength at the command of Brigham Young differ very widely—some slonieg him an available force of 25,000 fighting meu—yet i will hardly be contended, considering the rate at which emigration has flooded into Utah forthe lastten ears, that 10,000 is more than a moderate estimate for the army of the Saints, leaving entirely out of view the Indian anxiliaries, will no doubt render efficient and formidable aid to the canse of the rebes. It would seem then to be simply ridiculous to talk of any force as an imposing one’ which should not be to muster, when concentrated at the seat of hostilities, at least ten thousand efficient and able troops of all arms. And these troops should be all in veadiness, wit! their supplies, in ample time for a vigorous and tellin * summer campaign in 1858. If they are despatche +0 as not to arrive until late in the fall, as was the j-erable case of Colonel Alex- ander’s column, they '.d far better not be sent at ont prospects for meeting w in winter quarters on ‘rat this moment does all. What, then, are the } this exigency? The fore one of the forks of Green 1,400 Total.....6s605 ‘ On the supposit rot he cut off in detail ie the Saints, the question i. ow much of it will be left to take part in the mil opera- tions of next summer? The chances, too, of this snow-bonnd little having the necessaries of lite adepend altoret upon the probabilities of the supply trains, now | rear, being safely escorted through by the small, whose duty it is to guard them. It is truly @ sorry and mortifying reflection; but think | am not Eo ing too far when I say that of the 1,400 brave and able bodied men cotmposing the much talked of Utah hee at of 1857, in hu- man probability, scarcely a miserable remnant will be left to take an active part in the military move- ments of 1858. Where, then, are the ten thousand men who are to make this imposing demonstration? Congress will of course respond to the President's recommendation, and give him the four new regiments—that ia, when they have got through mourning for deceased mem- bers, and become tired of squabbling bout Kansas. That will make three thousand men—that is, when they get to Utah; but will these four regiments be vo- ted, enrolled, officered, organized, equipped and disci- plined in time to take part in the next summer cam- pee! The solution of this question depends al- wether upon the exercise of a degree of promptness and energy on the part of government,no evidenceof which has as yet beem perceived. According to the report of the Commander-in-Chief, however, these a are no more than are required to meet the ordinary demands of our ser- vice, without reference to the Mormon war. Taking all these thi into consideration, and jndging of the future by past, I cannot but en- tertain the conviction that, unless unusual and despatch is manifested at headquarters, our ope- rations against the Mormon rebels for the next cam- paign, at least, will, like the operations of the pre- sent year, be attended with a mortifying and dis- ceful result. “To trifle with this rebellion,” the resident justly says, “would be to enconrage it, and render it formidable.” And the mischief would be incalculable which would result from repeatin, the unpardonable blunder of the present year, an setting on foot another inadequate and insufficient expedition, to be cut bd per among the defiles of the mountains, or wasted away amid the snows and storms of another winter. oO. P.Q. , A MORMON LETTER. AN AMERICAN MORMON ON A MIASION [N ENGLAND FRELS BAD—18 READY FOR A FIGHT OR A LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS, A LA NIMROD. No. 27 Lyons Srager, Newtown, } Sovrnamrron, Dec. 3, 1857. { T seat myself to drop you a few lines, though in great haste, presuming that you will be glad to hear from me, and fully knowing that 3 shonld be most happy to receive an occasional line from yon, particularly in these times, when every item of news from the West is fraught with new and increasing interest to me, in common with the people of my choice. Love of the country of our nativity is a principle which seems deeply inter- woven with our very natures, and cannot easily be eradicated, especially from those whose forefathers laid their lives, their honor, their all, upon the altar to purchase that civil and religious freedom which our noble constitution guarantees to us as their children. But, as a free born American, I confess 1 am ashamed of —not my country—-but of her corrupt, canting, time serving, money humbag political de- magogues, who, through the wonderful wire working chicanery of unprincipled coadjutors, have worked themselves into responsible stations, where they can measurably command the weal or woe of a mighty nation, on which the Almighty has beforetime lavished His choicest blessings. Yes, of such | am ashamed, and so will every honest man be who acts not upon momentary impulse, but coolly and dispas sionately investigates and dissects the subject which is now agitating the United States respecting the Mormons—who disrobes troth of the tattered garb of slander and misrepresentation whicl have heen forced around her on few pusillanimeous rotten hearted devils in human form—who have sought to cover their own iniquity = casting it upon the Mormons, and lay her fair and naked before Has our boasted Christian nation for. the most prominent commandment of Master whom they profess to follow that upon which hangs all the law and the prophets?—“ All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them.” Would not common decency, not to say Christian prrinciple, have required that an investigation into the state of affairs at Utah should have taken ec by agents one ted, as free from sectarian bias and. political dice as posible, and whose statement might with safety have been relied on, before the government proceeded at an enormous expense ito send an armed force in hostile array againet their own peaceable and unoffending citizens? But expense is a matter scarcely worth the mention, compared with the principle involved, in pouring worse than a pestilence or of the upas into a society where prostitution, drunkenness and debauchery are hit! fo unknown. No one neod be told the character of the soldiery in point of morals, and the inflaence everywhere surrounding them. Could the government for one moment have supposed that the people of Utah would tamely submit to the pouring in of a flood of corrupt sol into the very midst of their settle- ments, unproy with any of the special accom- modations so indispensable to soldiers, who, with mnsket and sword in hand, id re-enact those scenes of rapine and plander, ) with impanity our wives and daghverswetisrine pollution, die ease, moral degradation and death in their train, ten ‘times more dreadful than all their powder, ball and glittering steel, which that people have more than once at the hands of their countrymen, while the government winked at auch scenes’ i think not. Insult after insult, wrong after wrong has been him. gotten their heaped the Mormons by ment for the a! pwd them to , that @ pre- might ined for waging a war of extermi nation; but in all, at last resolve to send an fy fo a A De accom their ing a war, or their religion and its oteet ir lan was like a two edged sword, cutting either way; the soldiers are planted in their for, said they, if midst, prostitution of virtue isa nataral consequence, and the peculiar institutions of the Mormons must perforce yield, and the whole fabrie fall; while, on the other hand, if they resist the entrance: of the army, that will be regarded as a declaration of war, and we shall then have just grounds for car- rying out our inclinations. I am forced to exclaim in the language of another— O, my he pet Tam at last forced to despair of ibee ! Yet, like an unkind mother, thou hast left Claims of holiest nature in.my heart, And I must sorrow for, not bate thee. I love my country, her constitution, laws and in- stitutions when re; d in iteousness and ad- ministered in justice ; but before I will yield the sacred rights of an erican citizen, or my alle- giance to the constitution, by tamely submit to an opprestor who would trample it under hia feet to do me & wrong, I will live a life in the mountains and follow the profession of Nimrod, till my nails are ax long as Nebuchadnezzar’s, or, failing 4 this, die in detence of my rights, for death is preferable to rmaveny, 7st of conscience, not expect such extremes, for I know there is a just God who “rules in the armies of Heaven, and doeth His will amoug the inhabitants of the carth,” and if the nation or nations think to measure arms with the Almighty. they will sooner pa learn their folly, and perchance when too I can assure you, I never felt in better spirits, for 1 can see in the of the times an earnest of the fulfilment of the words of the prophets both an- cient and modern. I do not know that I blame the vernment, in one sense of the word, for the action they are taking, for they are fulfilling the will and purpose of God—yet they are not gniltless; for it needs he that offences come, but woe unto them by whom they come— ‘Truth is mighty, and will prevail. THE UTAH QUESTION. {From the Liverpool Millennial Star, Dec, 19—English Organ of the Mormons.) Many conflicting statements,‘some of which are altogether inconsistent, are before the public, re- lative to the state of affairs in Utah. We extract for our readers what appears to be the most official, and, oneny: most entitled to credence, as such will no doubt constitute the mainspring of the action of the general government towards the peo- ple of that Territory. Governor Young is evidently discharging the functions of his office with a degree of promptitude little anticipated by those who are assailing the rights and liberties of the people of which he has been is gira uardian by the dent and Senate of the United States. He evidently Jooks upon the force entering Utah as an invading: force, having for its object the subjugation of the people to civilized Christian notions of religion, and the bree hing up of their religious institutions, That this ie their object is unquestionable. It has heen heard and rei ted time aud again—from the Cabinet Council and trom Congress—by the leading journals and by all the ery of the day who in- fiuence public opinion, that the Mormons must give up their polygamy, and be reduced to the one wifo system, before they can be admitted into the Union, or be entitled to the common respect and. civilities of a Christian people. ‘This being the universal de- ‘sion of the American nation upon the ple of Utah, it is reasonable to thee ne. her the Governor nor the people would quietly anc tamely submit to those measures which were in- evitully destined to compel them to sacrifice religion, their faith, their union, their wives, their children wud their liberty of conscience, or to des- troy then: us 2 people. If oven the credit of sincerit; in their religion were allowed the Saints, the work must know that bee Haagen endure the sufferings of the latter before y would sacrifice the former. The question, therefore, assumes an important as- pect, and demands from all concer a serious consideration. That question is, whether a war of extermination shall be waged against the “Mormons” in Utah, or whether they shall be allowed to live their religion, and still ‘cherish their sacred and Scripitual institutions. The people of Utah have a eee this —— on their part—that they will, if necessary, sactifice everything the; a #esk, even to their lives, before they it somtbeo their religion, or suffer it to be trampled Po rere Py unanizonn, deco syinpathy of many scores of thousands scattered Shettahees the world whe bave emttanned the sama faith,and many more thousands whose fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, are see, the le of that Territoy, to whom they are bound by the hes of consanguinity, if not of religious faith. The New York Hexarp has at last become con- verted to the fact that Brigham Young, in his policy, is determined, if he is not sincere. We know that. he is both; and that the people are one with him Captain Van Vliet testifies, Under these circam- stances, the wiseacre of popular sentiment prefers the exodus of the “Mormons” to some unknown re- gion, rather than the credit of exterminating a hun- dredthousand souls from American soil, over which the right and privileges of the constitution are ex- tended. This, certainly, is generosity with a ven- geance, at the expense of consistency. If the ler of Utah, citizens of the United States, are not enti- tled to live under the American government, they are not under 7! other. Then why be so ready to dispense with the honor of doing mankind a service by putting at once an end to their career? gugt not be # popular act in this enlightened age; but why let popularity swerve from what in your estimation has become such an apparent daty? Vhy lose the cepentany of immortalizing your name by urging the slaughter of a handred thousand American citizens at their own homes and fresides without cause or provocation ? But, says one, provocation hae been ms Governor “Young has proclaimed marti law throughout the Territory, and arrayed the forces of the Lo ainst those of tho general government. llowing this to be the case, cirentnstances must decide whether it is a real rtm an imaginnty provocation. The fact that an officer has given offence in the di of his duty does not prove that he has exceeded his au- thority. If accounts are correct, the Governor of Utah claims authority for his acts, and is exe: the legal functions of bis office for the protection of the Territory. By Congressional en- actment he was made commander-in-chief of the militia of the Territory; and, by virtae of his oath of office, he is required to use the authority vested in him for the safety and welfare of the le, especially when the evidence is before him that they are endangered by an armed invading force. Ne’ is this a duty peculiar to the Governor of Utah alone. but it is the duty of every Governor, whether of Stote or Territory. A Governor that would do otherwise—that would tamely submit to the despoil ing of his territory and the destruction of his peo- ple, would be looked upon as a vile miscreant, a cowardly knave, and as justly meriting the indigna- tion of a world. We are ‘confident there would be no exceptions to this rule, unless im the case of a “Mormon” Governor. And further, when an armed force insisted upow marching into the yery heart and cen- tre of a territory, against the warning and pro- clamations of snch” unquestionable anthority, te else could have been eg but that pm Al dis- a defiant course—a course would have dictated for bearance, until the question of right and authority ible, amicably decided. The Heratp i Bi Young and his chief conspirators no promises of mercy” is as an called for as it is gratuitous. He may have forgot- ten that but a few years since the Prophet ‘and Pa triarch of that people were mortyred in cold blood, under promise of protection irom the government; but the Saints have not, neither can they be expect- ed ever to forget that infamous deed—a deed sanc- tioned by the government, without the first step being taken to redress the wrong, or to bring the perpetrators to an account. They have not forgot- ten that the; been more than once extermi- nated from theff homes and driven from place to place, and men, women and children slain by thou- sands, under the most horrible and heartrending circumstances. This, with very much more, they remember, has been approved by the government that should have protected them; and if that people have now to depend upon the pro- mises of a power which has proven iteelf so utterly faithless, they certaiuly are without hope. We have no idea that the people of Utah will put the halter around their own necks hy accepting promises from such a source, however sbundantly or gratuitously they may be given, We see.no remedy. A severely burned child will dread the fire. Should “ Brighanr Young and his chief conspirators” have occasion to go to another Carthage, most undoubtedly the people will go there with them, In the present crisis it is a well known fact that the people in Utah were honestly and industrionsly — their Lagan pag with an Cr} gree of ty, and were in the enjoymen' peace and Tuletede, antil disturt La approach of those whom they had eve’ 1 to believe were avowed enemics to the union, peace and devontly cherished institutions of the community. fore- saw a re-enacting of scenes of murder, driving, ra- vishing and Pai on which they had bat jast oan Wi h were still fresh apon their min They knew that the stro military arm of that power which had sanctioned all the past snffer- ings and mart; they had endured was once more raised against them. The boast of the army rabble that they would have all they wanted of the « Mormons’” wives, &c., and the damnable pledges