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2 either in the ins Grutions nor the gowernment, a guite or a | Support tm the path of good, they may Ko boa good school, | Dut vothing prevevts them from listening to tre most odi- O08 lessobs, Ant what Jutgment ia matters of religion OF Morais is these to be eApected from minds so Littiv cul tivated? Tt appears to vis that it shculd be the duty of the United Btatce government, more chan any other. if pot to Umit free will or religious liberty, to prevert at least subver *tve teachings ane immoral preach ngs. That government does not allow the poisoning of the tod Co Kili Chore *be wat it; why does it, then, aliow the tind to be poiroves ? Tt is thus thar a ¢angeroue Fert, which soon gives a tandalous spectacle to the world, is aliowod to rise and Cikerease, and that this sect, under the easy pretex: of beying religious laws, dentes the right of the Stato in the sry Midst f the Siete And Deboki what are the results! Instead of chokicg that sect when it Sones 60 ligte, when it raises its bend 10 the State of Missouri, the Uaited States governurent has siaply allowed it to be exoslied by & popular outbreak, reforming thus oue illegsiity by encther—if pubic immorality aad violeuce may De Classi- fled amongsi illegeiiies io that country of unrestraint. Be was besides au expediont to get rid of a diMoulty, with. out ropnimg (he risk of unpopularity—that great scare eros, (at heavy chain of the ¢ ected officials. The Mormons, retreating before the outbarst of general indigsetion, have then accompiished the first part of thoir exodvr. Thcy bave placed the desert between them and their socalled persecutor; they have establish ed themse'ves hundreds of miles from any civilized Settlement, in ab rmimeuse oasis situated on the boriera of Sa: Lake, beyond the Rocky Mountains, They have been there for snore than ten years, ‘And wLut has occurred? Notwithstanding the exisience of the most positive causes of internal dissolutioa; not withstancing the impoasibt'ity of founding @ perm neat society upou & kind of theocratic tyranny, indulging the Vileet and the most shameless passions, the community of the Mormons. ruled by men without education or prin ciples, bas become exceedingly flourishing. The agricuitur al instivct of the settles’, the stimulants of owuership ip the iand havo predowiuatet, at least, foratime, the ferment of anarchy aud hatred, which oue day or 1 must make @he | outo! a Mormon colovy. Tas retop gukied by Brigham Young has broken up a Tt; thas evriched it wth the finest crops, and the St variety of fruits, it bas built # city and monu- Mets Which arc a wonder ia the midst of 30 deep a soli- tude, it has, eu the roan tw California, prepared a mart where wii the travellers siready bali for provisions aad renew their teams. Iu ‘act, use biblical iaogisge, it bas change! the face of the ‘exert, and done so that ther repression, which is desired by an ind) word, ond Wsely ordere by tue Presideat of the T States will, in a certain point of view, be ap act o alien ‘Tye foilowing is what Brigham Young answered to a Unwed * celegate, Gaptam Van Vi who bad been seut the © invite him to submission: 1 sbait treat every arm) snd every armes compaay that attempts to come ber a mob, ” You might as weil tell me that you cap wake hell a powder 6 vse as to tall me that you could Jot ap aciny in here, Kefore suffering what we have y uncer,oue ib Missouri, there ehul! not be left one oui ting, Bor ove foot of lumber, nor @ stick, Bor @ tree, Bor a par ticle of gravs and bay.’’ Behoo, theu, to what the government of the Union ia | Teduced for baving too long delay eo to exercise, in the name of public peace and morals, the power justly belonging Wit Tt ts compcticd to resort to the de: traction of useful works —le pve bark to the sterility of the desert a coun:ry cul tivated wa floorishing mannor—to seater about au agri | cultural por alittle more reso ution, migbt bay 0 a shameful yoke under | wbich int-igiers and impostors of low degres have bent | Weir conser: vex | By favor g the emigration o* honest Christians to the | Dorders of Salt Lake, by | and placing * @ strocg gar the bi givy the wrete s of the cultivators leluded oy viving them up to be tried by the of Utah Trrrwory woald would have beea go ne. wHoe @ War agalast 4 aud Mostiie Ce J | not to sider t that these reproach | applied. Its j Mr Buchanan to sky that he bis not sitated, frow the t moment he came & power, to du Ibe coula puta stop tw the scandal of Morm oni Mr Buchana: La, an atve He is pretiy feren:e nad to p.ve y aan to the Prosi w that be Oa Rotbing more to expect fr: T of passions, thas stateeman has retura: bh was made at the birth of the Mor. nob bas been prolonged for #9 : he tostitations of the cn to prevent it,and which al 2 to repress it, <andal could only take place in the Usitet anc, where the Jews are not admitte \to » but emancipated for reed Catholic Iretaad the past thirty years; which | & fly ry which bad become tuho:pitavle; where ali the + bors, (even those where eatabies are sol!) are closed : and where during cbureh time, soll spirits; that very far the liberty of | Prgland dove not certainly ct te Conscience Dractising nod preaching the to be establsbid im her midst. The Times, has the pretevtin to teach’us lessons of toler: which nesds +o much to receive some for itself, it adviae the British government to tolor&te such @ moo Btrowity 7 joubtedy, for public sentimont, which always bolde the place of principles in that journal, does not approve of ft. As w us We have to Congratulate ourselves that our in stitutions give the pecessary power to the goverument to Prevent all public teact ing Of doctrines contrary to morals Or pubiic order Disordered and malevolent minds, in Clined to con: rs their passions inte theories, to make a ret (Of doctrines out of it, to recruit partisans and thas to gratify the mort detestable of all ambitions—that which bas cu pidity and immorality for its moving powers—are not ‘wanting to Europe. Europe has bad its Mormons During the period of organized anarchy, when pablic offic tried in Fravce to make order out of disorder, heard theft praised under the name of communsm, aad Promiscuous es extolled under the cloak of auew reli @10us avd socia: reform. Thank God, those orgies have bad but rt existence We shall not be found claiming, under the false prevem of | Feepect for the liberty of conscience, the right for any | ue to leach csorder and impiety THE MORMON WAR. i} THR MOKMONS IN BNGLAND AND THE UTAH RXPE: | DITION. | Now that the Mormon organs in the States | have extinguished their lights and left us in the dark about } ow they feel outside of Utah on passing | events, it is intergsting to catch up their English She would net bave allowed @ congregation plurality of wives whica organ. ‘The editor of the Millennial Star seems tit- | | tle behind his brethren in the West in the exercise | of the freedom of speech, as the following editorials witners (From the J atter Pay Saints’ Millennial Star, Jan. 16 ) PRESIDENT BUCHANAN AND UTAH. The most interesting and important feature of the news by thi» mail is the apparent fixed determination of the authorities and people of Utah to resist every attempt that may be made by armed forces to in- terfore w heir peaceable possession of the Terri- tory, the free exercise of their religious and political rights, and the quiet enjoyment of their domestic in- stitotions. The cowardly, inhuman and damnable policy of President Buchanan and his abettors to commit the citizens of that Territory to the merciless rule of an armed mob, in the guise of national authority, will unquestions ly meet with the indignation it merits. | In Buchanan it is cowardly, becanse he has feared to defend the : gts of an injured people against the clamor of the multitude, and consented to become the cat *paw of those miserable wretches who ex- to make capital and accomplish their hellish de- figns out of a national crusade against the “Mor- mons.” A people whom it was his bounden duty to ect in the full enjoyment of peace and constitu jonal liberty, he now wantonly and inhamanly con- kigna to the mercy of the sword and the bayonet, in- ftead of protecting them in a peaceful administra- tion of civil law, under such officers as, by the con- | litution of their country, they have the right to | choore. This flagrant violation of his oath, by which he is pledged to characterize his administration bya strict adherence to the constitntion and lawa of his country, will, if persisted in, bring damnation to himsel! and ruin to the country so shamefully aacri- | ficed to the evils and curse of a civil war, which he alone bad power to prevent. He may consider that it will reflect great honor upon his career to trample under his feet the peti tion of 75,000 ef his fellow citizens as the first great official act of his executive power. And the fw that that petition only respectfully prayed him to nominate and appoint officers of the people's choice to be their rulers can only serve to add lustre to bis daring heroism; for, of all his predecessors, none ave before had the hardihood to publicly repudiate this constitutional rigbt to a whole State or Territo al Union. A most wonderfal pictare ublicani«m is this for a modern Nero to exhibit toa civilized world. It might h been less censura die in those dark ages of barbariem when the light of humanity scarcely shed a benign ray upon the path Of mortals. But now it is wholly inexcusable. Such asumptions of tyranny and injustice cannot bat ex- cite the indignation of any people who have the least sense of honvr, virtue and justice dwelling in them ny of the people of Utah have already been thrice driven from their homes by like measures. Their prophets, patriarchs, fathers, mothers, wives Qnd children have been butchered and slain upon American soil, over which the banner of stars Btripes—the boasted flag of liberty—was in mockery | iting. Th in th past, submitted to iy Boa! hey niaition that had the least semblance of aw. Qeethy, Lowever cruel and unjust; and if Bachanan fmagines such scenes can he re-enacted under the color of national authority, he may very possibly find | Ghat he has not correctiy estimated the cost.” The Alps were not favorable to Napoleon's project of @onquering the Pastern world, and the Rocky M fains may possibly prove Jes so to a worse than Na- Poleon's ambition in the West | The God of Heaven has said that the mountain, or Blory, of the Lord's house should in the last days be | rishi ‘of the morntains; and He | likened His kingdom to stone cut out of the | monntain withont hands, and said that it should forth and fill the whole earth. How do you , Preaigen’ Bochauap, yuk Maat you pry array | nation that fi | called on by the | pounds each. NEW YORK HERALD, in hosts and fighting against §that kingdom an -that work? Just 80 sure as this is the Sane you fail in your uuballowed and efforts to crush the Saints of the Most High, and you and the ts againgt Zion shall be destroyed. ‘The God of Heaven kneW, and His prophets foresaw and foretold, that just such ungodly wretches who were ia power would orey the nations against Zion —the pure in heart, to battle. He consequently de- termined to establish them where even moun- tains should be for them a defence from their ene- mies; Presidents, and Kings, and Queens, and Governors, and the mighty ones of the earth, and the priests, and the people shall all know that that Kingdom is beyond their contrel—that it is God's | kingdom; for He will inspire His le to defend it againat all assailanta, and He wil ht thei bat- tles. Then who art thou, O vain man, that fightest against God? Thine arm shall wither and thy power be brought to nought. Truly was it once said, “My kingdom is not of this world, else would my servants fight;”” but in the last days His kingdom will be of this world, for all the kingdoms thereof a become the kingdoms of our God and His Christ. It is not to be supposed that the devil will relin- quish his power over these kingdoms without a fierce and mighty struggle for the mastery; but who could have foretold that James Buchanan was to be his | mighty chiertain—the hero of his hosts against a few saints who will be honored to defend the kingdom of God, and to establish a universal reign of right- eousness upon the earth. ‘That such is likely to be the case seems more than possible. Yet the certainty of the establishment of the kingdom of God upon the earth must be admit- ted by every believer in divine rovelation. Pi is consittent with the character of God that He shoald inspire men to defend that kingdom. To propagate righteousness with the sword is unlawful; but to de- fend it when assailed is both honorable and just. Not to do it would be an unpardonable sin in the people to whom the keys and power of that kingdom are committed. The saints must not be guilty of that sin; for it would bring upon them the sins of the world, and the blood of all nations would be found on their skirts. Now, as heretofore, the saints have not been the aggressors. They are only defenders of their rights —rights guaranteed to them by the laws of bot their country and their God. That they bear with honor the responsibility wich is upon them—tbat they have the moral courage to speak and act a3 should the children of God, is a matter that can only he appreciated by those who anticipate and long for an inheritance in that kingdom. To the saints scat- tered throughout the world, the present momentous epoch is one of unbounded interest, and one which will call forth their warmest solicitude for the weal | of Zion and the worthy defenders of her holy cause. (From the same paper, Jan. 23.) BUCHANAN'S PARADOX. President Buchanan, in his message to the Con- gress of the United States, thus comments on the course of, Governor Young: — He has ¢ mmitted these acts of open hostility, notwith stendiog Major Vax Viiet, an officer of the army sent to Utah by the Commaating General to purchase provisions for the troops, bad given him the strongest assuranses of the peaceful in'entions of the government, aad that the troops woula only 'e employed as a posse comitatus when civil authority to aid in the execution of the laws Governor Young has certainly manifested con™ siderable infidelity relative to the good faith and de- signs of the government of the United States in seuding an armed force into the Territory of Utah. From first to last he has looked upon the expedition as an invading army, sent for the express purpese of subverting the rignts of American citizens, breaking up the “Mormon” community, and enti jing its leaders to be consigned to the tender mercies of their enemies. In this he has not been alone, The views and feel- ings of the Saints universally perfectly correspoud with Governor Young's, “ notwithstanding” the “strongest assurances” of our enemies. To the Saints in that Territory a Utah expedition, coming with the “strongest assurance” of the “peaceful intentions of government,” would be sufli- cient to bring before their mind's eye vult ing at their hearts, v: pe suc 4 brimstone and fire, ravishment, murder, and hosts of other such delightful things, with something worse than grosshoppers eating up the ebiidren. President Buchanan and all others with the «ame views greatly err when they talk as though Governor Young's “acts of open hostility” and feelings of “despotism” and “ambitious designs” were the cause of Mormon repugnance to a Utah expedition, or that | he goads them to resistance by anathem.-, or stima- lates them with fanaticism. “No, Presdent Bucha- nan, it ix based upon their experience when trusting to the strong “assurances of the peaceful intentions of their enemies. There is no questir1 that the Saints move where and when Governor Young ‘ints. But let not this be taken as an evidence that is views, feeling and acta are not supported by the unrestrained unbiased judgment of ‘is nume- rous followers. Neither will this agreemsnt betweea the Saints and their leaders be properly understood unless it is based on their history and exper ence. It is doubtless remarkable to some that there should exist such a universal infedility co werning the “peaceful intentions of government,” especially when they are seasoned with the “strongest assu- rances” and sent by an army. Yet such is the fact, “notwithstanding” the Saints have been extermi- nated nearly half a score times—‘“notwithstanding” their homes have been given tothe devouring flimes, their smiling flelds to devastation, their women to the ravisher, | Salt Lake Valley renders breathiog a real luxury, and those of nd their children to the teader mer- | cies of amob—‘notwithstanding” their prophets and | | leaders have been murdered, their old men ripped dier up with in-truments that would horrify a so and even make a butcher's blood crawl—‘notwith- standing” they were driven to the mountains, and that they have et other evidences of the “peace- ful intentions” and love of their enemies, backed by “strongest assurances” written in deep characters on the page of memory. How it is the misters of Mormon incredulity’ It is only equalled by their faith in their religion, and the incomprehensibility of the love and good intentions towards the saints of | anti-Mormons and Mr. Buchanan's administration. But why send an army to Utah at all? Oh, to k the “strongest assurances of the peacefitl! in- tentions of the government!” Now, really, M chanan, this is too rich. The sword and Layo: are truly significant indications of peaceful tions! Of coarse, we are also told of Gov: Young's despotism —how the pe nor le groan under it, and how many would gladly ty from the “detesta ble den,” but fear to whisper such a desire lest they should meet some horrible death. But the Saints have indignantly denied the: wertions, and, as well as having officially reported on the matter, have invited a commission of investigation. Common sense and common justice world have dictated such a proceeding. The turn which events have taken is irresistible evidence that Brigham Young has the almost miraculous confidence and love of the people; and that instead of thousands waiting for an oppor- tunity to “ throw off the yoke,” the whole comma- nity suppofts him in making the most heroic and re- markable protest avainst tyranny that the world has ever witnessed. The testimony of Major Van Viiet is abundant proof of this, His anecdotes about the unanimous determination of the Saints, if driven to it, to destroy their homes and fly to the mountains are quite romantic. They him round their fields. gardens and city to exhibit their prosperity, and with ent inform him that they were pre} to lay all in ashes and desolation rather than trust themselves again in the hands of their enemies. No, no; it was not disension among the Mormons that was feared. It was their union. Dissension would have broken them without sending an army to do it. Bot President Bachanan and his government can no longer conceal the cloven foot. The real designs of the Ut hoe payee at last appear, with scarcely the covering of anexense. It is said— The government at Wash’ngton doss not agree with General Soot as to the plan of campaign, &ad belives that when beernes to understand the views of the adminis tration he will see the wistom of them. General Soot only sent a force from this aide, and does not ap pear to comprehend that the government wishes to pre vet the Mormoos from being driven southward ‘nto Mewi- can territory — nto Sonora or one of the contiguous States, Yes, Buchanan and his colleagues have determined to crucify Mormonism—to act in accordance with Senator jas’ suggestion aud “cut out the loath- some ulce It is their policy not even to give the Saints a chance of retreat, but to drive them ap into acorner. Sach has ever been the practice of ot cials who have had to do with the Saints—trespass upon their rights, drive them to extremes, compel them to resist, and then make that resistarce @ jrre- text for extermination. It isa barbarous policy; and the attempt to carry it ont will be found a dangerous experiment. What a concord it makes with the “ strongest assurances of the peaceful intentions of the government!” It is another evidence that Governor Young and the Saints read jastly the mar derous and damnable intentions of that same govern: ment, and that they were right in not allowing themseives io be again entrapped. As far aa the Raints are concerned it was altogether unnecessary to withdraw the covering from the cloven foot. By them it was discovered long ago. From the same paper, Jan. 16.) The mail from Utah, via California, arrived on the 28th wit, bringing to October 7 Fxoelient molasses was being manufactured from the Ch.nene ewenr cane. ‘The State Fair, helt op the lat, 24 and 54 of (october, in Great Salt Lake City, if noticed As & matter of const bie interest, and praiseworthy in the extrome to the citi agen? of the Territory. It was confidently reported that many of the contribations have not been excelled in the beat manufacturing distrists in the Old or New Wor’ \ calf, eight months eld, raiced by W. Rydaioh, we. vot 748 pounds standing on the machine. In the voy ‘and fleld crop department it was reported that ‘rom oa acre waa 'roduced 666 bushels of of Dat qua Wheat y..uied from 75 to 90 bushels per acre ia va te tloments, Squashes reached 94 ponds and Indian corn had yielded 150 0a were, Mery Oluer depwimenls yrere aly fu sented, and the enbinet of cur osities aad foreign specimens | was extensive. IMPORTANT INVENTION. | We copy the followin xtract from a letter, written by | judge W. W. Phelps, b ring date, Great Sait Lake City, | &m) September 1, 1867:— | After twelve years’ application and discernment, I have | avented @ that corrects the varitiva o: th» com- | vase needle, or finds true south ; gives exact apparent tne; -hows'latitude and longi'ude without logarithms; calou'ares the true place, and longitude of the pianote sud ‘ixed etars, as well as thosun and moon, together with their ising ano sitting. It takes the place of the compass, juadrant, level, theodolite, sextant, transit dial, gorome. er, cirole of reflection, &c. The learved are oir ion that itis the greatest tovention knowa—ex- sibiting its own proof. It will calculate much of the nau- ical by a candlo or lamp. Pheips is one of the early Mormon, ‘We gather the following from the Western — ‘der Silas G. Hi ‘48 laboring in 0; Terrivory vith some degree of success. Elder Houry G. Boyle was ‘bout to re'urn to Deseret. A general conference of the (lders of the Sandwich Isiands Mission was nel ‘ulu, Oahu, October 4, 1857. Seven Confere: ‘epreaented, consisting of 3,192 Saints, includinz 22 eventies, 16 elders, 126 prieetz, 126 teachers and 138 teacons, ' The mission was represented as generally pro3- perous, and @ committee was appointed to select a more ‘avorable place than Lanai for the gathering of the native saints, In crossing the moontaiu from Ww saina, Elder A'ma L. Smith had the misfortune to Droak his wrist, but Che fractured limb was doing well. In the same paper from which we have made the fore soing extracts, we perceive, by a quarterly list of the lebts due by agents to the Mormon Ganeral Publisiing Mice, that the work of propagandism has been extensive Something near $35,000 stand in favor of the Mill-nial Star office for books and pamphlets, and at the same time che agents are sending in weekly sums varying from 3.00 ‘0 $1,€00. There is not a shire ia Eagland which is not tu that list represented by an agent; and from other infor mation we learn that sub ageuts are In every country tenof avy magnitude, The Principality of Wales fru weil in the jist; and Scotland and Ireland have tue! vents and their accounts for propagandism. Austr «is Switzerland, Italy, Cape of Good Hope, Scandinavia, 3 wich Islands, Bombay, Kast Indies and Malga are aan ‘ho list, show ing that the disciples of Brighain Young vay not been idle nor niggardiy in the aproad of their doc- trives. England bas « big name for converting the heatheo— gbat ® field for missionary enterprise at home ainoag the mons SKETCH OF UTAH TERRITORY. GROGRAPHICAL POSITION—FRATURES OF THE COUN ULIMATE—GENBRAL PRODUCTS—ANIMALS [N- NOUS TO THE TERKITORY—LAKES, RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS —KANYONS—-HOT SPRINGE—GBOLOGY AND MINKKALOGY—INDIAN TRIBES, BTC. The following sketch of Utah cannot fail to be interest tog at the presemt moment, as the attention of the inhabi- tants of the States is particularly attracted to that Terri- tory, by good grounds for the expectationof war on tho one band, and on the other by the ramor#of an arrange. ment by which the Mormons will vacate the Territory and their principal city become a grand military station, or depot, for our Western troops. Utah Territory i# a portion of what was formerly called Upper California, and was acquired by our goveri- ment from Mexico in 1848, by the treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, at the close of the war. Itis bounded oa the | north by Oregon, on the east by Kansas and Nebraska, on the south by New Mexico, and on the west by California. It is incloved within the parallels of 37 deg. and 42 dog. north latitude, and 105 deg. and 30 min., or 106 deg. and 120 deg. west longitude, being about. six hundred and fifty milee long from east to west and three hundred and fifty miles broad from north to south, It contains about 225,000 square miles, but the greater porticn of this exteusive region is an uninbsbited desert, ‘estitute of water, with but litte vegetation, the average elevation of the land being somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000 feet above the level of the ses. The general face of the country is that of an cle. vated table land, divided into unequal portions by the Sierra Madre mountains, the largest ion lying to the westof them. This section is known as the Great Basin, sud w hemmed in by mountains ou all sides. The Blue mountains of Oregon on the north, tae Wabsatch moun tains on the east, the Sierra Nevada ou the west aod nameless mountains ou the south. Dotached parailel mountain ranges, having @ northerly and southerly di rection, again divide this section into a number of vaileys, imparting an Alpine scenery to the Inudscape. The prio cipal range is the Hamboldt River mountains, near the centre of the Basin, elevated from 2,000 to 5,000 feet above the level of the surrounding country. e Wah satch mountains attain to an elevation of from 4,000 to 7,000 feet ab ove the neighboring valleys, aud some reach the height of perpetual suow. ‘As regres the climate of Utah, it has been said that the great placeau between the Rocky and Sierra Nevada mountains has many of the characteristics of the groat Tartar !".ains of Asia, On the mountains it is exceedingly cold; tu we winter the snow falls to many fect in dep h, ‘and file up the emaller mountain passes; but seidom lies ip the vatieys for more than afew days. fo mideommer it is dry and bot, the heat ranging st mifday from 90 de- grees to 106, with cool mornings and evenings, refreshed with mountain breezes. Wiuter commences in_ the first haif of November and continues uutil Marot. The ther- mometer seldom falls below zero. Seed time is from Aprii until the 10th of June. Harvesting commences about the 4th of July. Spring and autumn, though mild, are subject to sudden changes, and the wini is very variab ¢. Kain seldom falls between April and October, but when heavy showers do come they are generally ac: companied by thuoder and hail, and sometimes with very strong winds. ‘Tbe lightness of the atmosphere in pd the inhabitants enjoy ge ly a8 good health as evt salubrioux countries. The general products of Utab may be enumerated lows:—The floe bunch grass of perennial growth, inp fodder for cattle during summer and wiater: rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, Indian corm, beets and garden vegetadle:, in ‘which it sarpasses nxt countries in abundance aod quality. — Po- tatoes are said to be much better there than Uhan in the States. Fisx and hemp do well; the former, in some parts of the Territory, may be seen growing wild, and is used by the Indians in meking Gshing oof Throughout the whole Territory timber is scarce, ex opt ou the mountains, and is composed of pine and Gr trees. Tu the bottoms of” the principal streams groves of cotton wood and box elder are found, and in some of the vali arcrub cetlar Indien cora and vines are liable & caught by early and late frosts, A wild carrant, found extousively in the :vantains, ia equal to the cultivated currant in the Status. Much exertion hay been male by the leading men in th Territory to estab: elk, deer and inountain eheep, whi ‘supp'y excellent aol grizzly boars, panthers, foxes, wolves and wolverioes, and smaller animale of prey.” Arnoug ite ered tribes are numerous pelicans and gulls, blue herons, cranes and the bramtt er fowl are ‘abundant oo the laker, some of which, with others of the feathered tribes, are used for the tedie Numerous quantities of eRe ae deposited in early tum mer atong the reeds of the marshy flats by the goose, the duck, the plover and the curlew, and ou the isiands of Salt Lake, by the peilcan, gull, &c. Fine fish aboand in the frech water lakes and rivers—saimon trout ia the mouttaia streams, and perch, pike, bass, chub, &e., ia and calmer currents of the plains, neat for table use; the other pecaliarities. This inland sea has not inaptly been compared to tue Dead Sea of Valostine, exorpt that it hee about 4,00 feet above the level of tae sea, instead of 1 000 feet below, as is the care with the Ia ter. in & bortheast airection from the ceatre of Lahey ard is about 76 miles long from north to south, and miles wide from catto west The water of this lake 60 paline that no living thing can exist in it. are engaged in aalt boiling state that measures of ealt from three of brine. An water made by Dir. 1. D. Gale, attached to bury’s expedition in 1849 and ts50, shown tains full 20 per cent of pure chi sia more than 2 per cent of otner b rest ane most concentrated brines known ja the world. c = fest g52 { acciderty swallowed, straaguia- tion must enue.” This large body of water has no out let, and dimitiches only by evaporation, which, im hot Wr, Waves a thick incrodtation of saltoa the shores. Some of the salt wae analyzed by Colonel Fremont, and found to er ptain, in 10° parte, #7 80 of chioride of sodium oF common sal’: 1.12 of sulphate of lime, 24 of magnesium, fend 23 of en'phate sole The lake haa a namber o° aye, whose «<hores ia summer are lined with the skele tons an of insecta, au the few fish that venture eo far from the mouth of the rivers: and these form banks that foster and ferment, emiiting <ulphurows gasses, offensive to the smell, but not «apposed deleterious to hearth; aod these, often ciapersed by storms, are at laxt thrown far up the beach, to dry into hard cakes of va rious dimensions, on which horses can travel without breaking them through, the ooder side being moist, the masses are slippery and insecure, The lake has several beautiful islands, two of whichAntelope and Stans bury 's—are of considerable magnitude, with a ridge through the centre two thousned feet high, and fresh springs of water, which have caused them to b Jeotee by the shepherds and herdsmen for their oc tions, Abont thirty-eight miles south of Great Salt Lake ie Ulah Lake, connected with the formot by tho Jordan, ® beaut'ful body of freeh w: tear'y thirty miles long and fifteen broad, with & smooth, uniform bottom, and depth varying from seven to fifteen foet. It abounds with suckers, salmon trout and various other kinds of fish, which are canght in large quantities On the lope of the Sierra Nevada mountains |s /’yramid Lake, vo named from arock which ries from ita inidst, Thia lake is eaid by Fremont to be 700 feet bigher than Great Salt lake. Thero are several small Iakes in the interior of the basin, witch recsive its streams, and are frequently mere sinks or sloughs, The most important yet known are Nicw «or Sevier lake and Lake Ashley; and Pyramid, Cason's ard Walker's lakes, hear the eastern base of the Sierra ada, receive the waters of the eastern slope of those wntains. Hambolit’s Lake ia al 59 miles east of ramid lake, and is formed by the Hamboldt river. These Inkos have no visible outlet. The f the dasin have no apy communica. tha © oun. but either discharge themselves into the lakes, ot ace @bSer! by the ean ts of the deserts. > largest of these © «me is the Hamboldt or Mer ‘* m Py thas 'e sour in the weatern declivities heat ae eames ‘flow southwest about 200 miles eae Of be aa The *icotlet river rises in the tacrn part of the Ber:itory flows north and then west, ser pensly tap came digtangy @ slag Pumboldt, and emption THURSDAY, FEBRU ISDAY, — ARY 4, 1 itweif into the Nicollet Lake. Bear river, the principal tri- Dutary of Great Salt Lake, enters the Territory from (> in the northeast of tae basia. Weber river ani tao impanogss rise 10 the Waraatch mountains; tae former pties mto Great Salt Lake sad the latver into Lake Utah. The Ogden isa tributary of the Weber. ast uf the Great Basin is Green river, whose source is ia the routheast of Oregon, ant Grand ‘river, whose source is in the Rocky Mountains. These two unite near the southera boundary of Iron couety to form the Colorado, which flows into tho Gulf of California. Before taeir junction, Grand river bas a course of about 300 mi'es, and Green river about 400 miles. hese streams, with their affuents, drain the entire eartorn division of Utah. jects of interest to tourists, especially to men of scl- Pi nk in the Territory. ' Ina point view, # is one of the most interere: countries ia the world, It bas a] the charac eriatics of the Holy Land —its Dead Sea, its Jordan, ita Se of Galilee, &c.—but on an infinitely larger scale, its extremely ‘mountainous character ‘ding scenes of th» wildest and sublimest grandeur. The fastuesses and g » gos of the Rocky, Wah- satch, Humboldt, Sierra Nevad: snd other mountains re veal scenes, aa they are expiore |, equal ia interest to auy that have yet been discovered "y civihaad eyes. The op or kanyops, some of wich havo perpendicular Walls from 600 to 1,60, feet high, preseut scones of the utmost wilduess. They aro ins me iostan os nearly half ‘mile wide, and in others only afew rods, which would, if necessary, enable & bau fu! or resolute mon to defeni them ugairsta host. Echo kaayou, of which now somuch is said, is 26 miies log, anit terminates ov the Weber, The most remarkable object of interest in the Territory will, perbaps, be considered the Great Salt Lake, The sa linebess of its waters, the ‘act of its haviug ov outlet, and being fed from another sinclier and fresh water Inke, af ford to the scieutific abuncance a! material for reflection. Pyramid Lake, emboromed 19 the Siorrs Nevata moun tains, with its singular pyramitieal mount ristug Crom its transparent waters to the Leight of about 609 feet and walled in by almost perpendicular precipices, in some places nearly 3,000 feet high, is said to have nothing simi lar to it in the States. The boilimg sprags have drawn the attention of the scievtifis Col. Fremout describes them in about 117 deg. 30 min. west longiute, aud 39 ceg. north latitude, as boring up at irregular intervals with much noise He states that tne largest basin is several buvdred feet in circum’ereuse, aud bas 4 ¢venlar | ai coe ead of fifteen foet io dia. meter, entire’y diled with boiling water, whose tempora- ture near the eage is 206 cegrens, Ita depth near tho centre is more than sixteen feet The late Captain Guuni- son, speaking of the springs, siys:—At the base of the Dillk arounc the lake issue uumerous warm spriags, that collect in pools end xmalicr lakes, inviting aquatic fowl, during the winter, toresor: to cheir agreeable temperatar and where insect larve (uraish food at ali times; and the coil it to heated thet suow cavnot lie in the vici- nity, In some places springs of different temperatures are in Close proximity, some so ho; that the haad cannot be thrust into them witnous pain; and wear the Bear isa depression, in which tssue three fountains between the strata, within a space of thirty feet, of which one isa hot sulpbur, the next tepid and sus: and the uppermost, cool, delicious drinking water, Tue three Currents unite, and flow off through the plain, a large aud bold river. There are also wa w breathing or gas intormitting ‘ountains, chalybeate and gypsum springs of high aud low tempe- rawures. Of the geology and mineralogy of the Territory informa. tion is yet o arily limited. It is etatet ia Captain Stanrbury’s work that the specimens coliccted on the islands and shores of the Great Sat Lake give a good idea of the geuerai gevlegioal features—i. €., we presume, of the neighborhood of the lake. The apocimeas referred to are me tamorpble rock, Consisting of talcwse and mica slates, bornble de rocks, and a few specimens oO: qra- sievitic character, In somo strata appear to be overlaid by coarse cong omerate of coarse sandstone, partially alters ‘and assuming the characier of a quartz ruck. The moi elevated portions of (Le -hores of the Great salt Lake and the mountain ranges cousist of carboniferous limestone, ip some places threaded by calcareous spa F i cularly corss of the cyathophy liidea, abound in stone, which w said rest on Coarse sandstone the Fort ial! road from the States, where it intersects the Toad to Great Suit Lake City, thereis said to be a mountaia of marble of almost every hue and color, quality to any procured ta Tialy. A rich mine of coal has been discovered in San Pete county, and excellent coal aod iron abound im Trou county. Other minerals of the alum, brimstone, Territory sre gypsum, or plaster of paris, There is cow and saleraius and salt, in great quantities, no doubt of gold being in Carson country. ‘The Indiay tribes which roam over Utah may be classi- fied under two great heads—the Utabs aud the Shosbonee (or Suake) Diggers, subdivided into numerous small bands With their respective cuies. The former range over the country south of Great Salt Lake, and from New Mexic» to Califorbis—the latter over the country North of the Like, expecially the victuity of Humboldt or Mary's river. The two tribes have a deep grained grudge againat each otbor and scarcely ever meet witbous a fight. Tho Utabs are united by a common anguage aod affuities and numerous intermarriag’s They are « superstitious race, aud have many cruel castoms. They have likewise many traditionary notous of a most all the prominent events in the Bodie world, such w+ the creation, the flood, Fiyah’s being fed by ravens, and the death and’ resurrection of Christ, ke, &e. The Diggers have mado very little depro- dation upen the white settlers, while the Utahs have so- eral times aitempted to destroy them and uproot the settlements. Some of the bands of the Utahs are the Utahs proper, pow under Arapeen and San-c-ette; Yam- pah Utes, under White Eye; Ti omy abe under Pe- ta; Pau-van tees, under teet meet and Wasbear; Pe ar. Kanoshe; lab Utes, and Piedes. The circumstances which led to the occupation of this Territory by the Mormons, their travels, the position of their settlements, their course of procedure, social aud political, must be reserved for a future occasion. THE UTAH EXPEDITION. CHARACTER AND DISPOSITION OF THM NATIVE IN- DIANS. [Correspondence of the New Orleans Picayune. } Camy on Greg Riven, U. T, Oot. 31, 1867. The squadron of dragoons from Fort Laramie arrived at our camp on the Sweet Water on the 26th of October, and on the morning of the 26th we resumed our march, after shalt of wight days. You will be able to form some idea of the length of the train which moved under the escort of the two companies of the Tenth, and the equadren of dra goons, when [inform you that’ the advance had marched ten and a half miles, abd gone into camp on Pacitic creek, before the rear guard leit the Sweet Water. Night bsfore last we camped on the Big Sandy, about four hundred yards from the apot where one of the supply trains was burned, and the blackened embers of the corral of wagons was still there to mark where the deed bad been consummated. About ten o'clock at night a group of us wore sitting around a camp fire, the fuel for which was eked ot from the remnants of the Mormon couflagration when oue of our sentinels, posted on the brow of « blu overhanging the ravine where we were encamped, was heard 1 challenge twice in rapid successioa—* Who comes there?’ Who comes there!’ Bang! A detachment of the guard proceeded with all haste to the spot, and the sentine! reported that bo bad Hfteca or twenty men approaching bis post, and that w! be chal lenged them, instead of replyiwg crouched down aimong the sage basbes, and still continued to advance to- wards him. Hethen fired upon them, whereupon they retreated rapidly in various directions. Aa it was @ brigtit moonlight might, and the men tired upou cawe within twenty paces of the sentinel, there coult not have been any nistake as to what Le saw, aod there is no doupt that the par y fires upon were Mormons, attempting to reconnottre cur camp. Since theo we nave heard of them agsic ia our vicinity, their inst achievement having been to run off, day before yesterday, a drove of cattie and horses belonging to an Indian trader of the Gentile persuasion, who lives about tour miles from here on Green river They have declared their intention to press into the service of the Lord, in the campaign, all the live stock they can lay their bands ob, whether belonging to eat or sinner. Fortunately for us. Wn this horee tering and stock stampeding business, we bave alliee—the Utah Indiaos—who can give them Tine povnts in the game and beat them all hollow. Tae Utabs challenge bonorabie comparison with any na tion on the face of the globe in the art and mystery of horse stealing. With them, indeed, it is cartied om with such consummate tact and such exquisite akil!, that it may fairly claim io be classed, ax DeQuincy ‘classes @ certain ety le of murder—as ove of the fine arta. Some years ago a celebrated Utah chief, now defunct, started (ff, with the intent to steal, on a journey iato Low. er California. He was none of your petty larceay scoun- dreis, but the pride and glory of his people, and prac. tuced his art in a style partaking largely of the grandiose. O00 the occasion in question he and his party, composed of afew choice spirite of his nation, actually ‘succeeded in stampeding and rupu: of a drove of some fifwoa hundred head of horses. y bad been about two days on their retarn journey when they perceived they were pursued. They at once abandoned their booty and care ‘ally eecreted themselver at a short distance from the road. The pursuers came upto the drove about dark, ‘nd supposing that the stampeders had been stampeded in turn and made good their escape towards their own country, at once went into camp, intending to start on their return with the recovered property in the mornifg. Put (he resources of genius are manifold. That night the Uwh chief not only stole again the original drove, bat Hikewise all the horses ridden by their pursuers, and left them the option of coptiauing the chase on foot or of ro turning by that mode of locomotion to their point of de- ture ‘The chief who accomplished thigglegent feat, which I venture to aay cannot be aul he annals of horse stealing, was named Walker—on the lucus @ non lucendo principle, I presume, as he invariably rode. ‘ He is now dead; bat some of the very men who wore with bim on the occasion alladed to are now in oor camp and eager to be of service tous. As the Mormona rely altogether on the number, swiftness ana bottom of their hotees to enable them to wage against ux a system of gue. rilla warfare, and a: they themselves have begun this stampeding business, it will be a fine thing if, some bright morning before they Sind our dragoons down noon them, full tilt, and their own horses all gone. The Utah Inciane, who Can serve us jn this matter, cherish against the Mor ahatred very earnest and honest. They never epes as “cnt-toroate,” throat cut- ting appearing to orite and most orthodox m of destruction resorted to by Bill Hickman and his “an fe ‘The Utahs bear testimony of atrocities committed y the Mormons fully equal to anything that has been bitherte at agaiost them by their Worst ene! s. They state positively that ae recently as the month of Sep tembor last, a party of about eighty emigrants, on their way toCalifornia, were ent off by ine Baycet Indians, acting at the instigation of and ip open coacert with the Mormons, and that after the emigrants had been most treachsrousiy induced by the latter to lay down their arms, they were al!,except sotne young children, butchered in cold blood and their throats cut ! As to the abornination of their system of sexual inter. course, the worst you have heard is no more thao the truth. I have my information from gentlemen for whoes veracity 1 can youch, who have been residents tn Sait Lake Valley, and oye witnesses of what they relate, One bishop (Jobnaon by name) has for wives four sisters, hie own nieces. Another saint has his own half sister, and another a mother and her danghtor for wives! Of the truth of these statements there is no room what ever to doubt, The facts are so. Th comparison with tie cities of the Latter Day Saints, Sodom and Gomorrah were Chaste as ici¢les that hang on Dinn's temple. Tt is, after all, truly fortunate that these wrotcher—a disgrace to the age and to their race, and a blot upon tact of the earth—have, in the phrenay of their foll anotic'er, plapgd tuomscly gs in an attitude that wil BEE 858. tify our government in “ wiping them out," The army of Utab is emall in comparison with th» numbers against which it has to ©. tend. It bas more formidable anf culties to epoount:r iv the ‘epography of the couutry in j which its operatons must bo carriod om, avd mora re- doubtable epem ©) ic the season and eleweats it must en counter ani ov reo e, Bus of one sbiag you may rest assured ~ shere is 10 | ack out in the army of Utab; apd, in spite of all odds «ai! et it, and ali tho axperities and rigors | of the locality wr the ‘sessym, it wii crush the famatios ‘and traitors into te dust, or perieb in the attempt. ‘Camp on Biacr’s Fork Six Mix Berow Fort Brungen, Nov. 17, 1857 ‘The Mormon prisoner, Maj Taylor, against whom a war- raxt for treason was issued, succeedo1, soma days ago, in making his escape from the guard. MORMON MILITARY ORGANIZATION. the yune.} River, U. T , Oct. 31, 1857. Among the documents sent to Oot. Alexander some tite since by Brigham Young, was a copy of the Territo- rial acts of Utab for 1856-7. Four fifths of the volume ts mare up of acts tiwg away the public domain in va- nous quantities and localities to Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimpa | and otbers; these tities, [ presuiae, taey con sider vahd oo the score that, a3 it is wad in Holy Writ tha: the Saints shalt inherit the land, and as ther are tho Salots ef the latter day, nothig more need de said on tho subject. ‘One of the intereating features of the volume at ‘thi joncture 1s & system of regulatioaa for ¢no organias- op ard government of the military of the Territory, rome of the most material sectioas of which, fur the wormation aod edification of your reatera, f traureribe below. It will be seen that while he officer highest in rank in our pervice is only Lieutevant General by Brevet, tho Mor- mon army is commanded by an officer who revels in that rank in its utmost fulness and plenitude. General SéoW’s personal staif covsists of an assistant adjutant geveral apd two aids.decamp. I pray you mark how paltry and insignificant @ surte that is by the side of the magnificent staff of Lieut. Gen. D. A. Well, including, among others, two chaplains and a chisi musiciaa, with the rank of celonel. ‘The officer in command of our Gentile army of Utah, who, as you know, is only a colonel, must feot very cheap, on the score of rank, when he coasters that he only stands on a level with the chief musician of ths hostl army, while ite commander can rank the bind sights off of him. Truly, Lient. Gen D. H. Wells—Capt Stans- bury’s model and exemplar of patrot'sm and loyalty to the constitution—may be considered one of the rankest po whom history gives us any account in these latter ays SYSTKM OF REGULATIONS FOR THE PRESENT ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MILITIA OF THE TERRITORY OF UTAH. Sec. 1. The militia of the Territory of Utah (under the Governor of the Territory as commander-m-chief) -hall be commanded by @ lieutenant general, anc formed into an independent military bovy ealied the Nanvoo Lesion, and shali be organized into platoons, companies, regiments, brigades, divisions and departments, as hereivalter pro- vided for. Sec. 2. All able bodied white male persons b+ tween the ages of eighteen and forty five, resident in the Territory, are liable to military duty, except such as are, or may be, exempt by law. Commancers of districts shall be hetd reeponsibie for the enrelmect of ali persons i their dis- tricts liable to military duty. A\l persone voluntari'y en roiling in auy corps, though under the age of eighteen or over the age of forty five, sball be equaily subject t> mili- tary cuty with those enrolled by virtue of the foregoing regulation bd bd bd commanded by a major general. A brigage shail consist of one thonsand rank and fle, and be comma: ded by a brigedier gev: ral. ‘A regiment shat! consist of tive battalions, five hundred rank und file, aud be commanded by « colonel A battalion shall consist of five buntred rank and file (two companies), and be commances by @ major. A company shail consist of ift> rauk and fie (five pla- toons), and be commanded by aca tain second fu pat, who, with one sergeant, shail be elected by the platoon, and of their number, ana’ be iacladed tp the rank aod tiie Sec. 4. The lieutenant general may at his digeretion or- gapize one or more bavds of music, to be proportioned With officers as apy otber corps of the legion, aud assign them for duty when necessary. aie, ae * Sec. 6. The staff of the heutenant general shall consist of an wijutact general, with the ravk of brigadier yoneral Of light artillery; one aid-de-camp, with the rank of bri- gadier cevcral of cavalry; a quartermaster geueral, with the ravk ot brigadier general of heavy artillery, a'com israry goveral of subsistence, wit the rank of bripadior general of infantry; a chief of topographical engincers, with tue ravk of Colonel; a chief of ordnance, with the Tank Cf coiouel of light infantry ; one aid-de camp, with the ravk of colozel of cavalry; a paymaster gexeral, with the rank of colonel of cavalry; a judge advocate, with the rapk of colonel of heavy ariillery: ove aid-de-camp, with the rank of colonel of infantry; two chaplains, with the rapk of colone!s of infantry; # surgeon general, with the rank of colonel ¢f infantry; «chief of music, with the rank of colonel of infantry ; a military secretary, with the rank of lieutenant colonel of infantry; one color bearer general, with the rank of major of cavalry ; one color bearer gene- ral, with the rank of captain of cavalry; and such assis. tants in the various departments aa the good of the ser- vice may require, with the ranks corresponding, to be de- by the lieutenant genera. ‘ections 6, 7, 8 and 9 establish on & corresponding scale of magnificence the staffs of major genera.s, brigadior }, colonels ard majors. Sec. 10. To each company there shall be a compan adjutant, with the raxk of first lieutenant, and two musi ci Section 12 regulates the precedence of staff officers: and section 14 the precedence of corps, as follows:—lat, Light Artillary; 24, Cavalry; 34, Heavy Artillery; 4th, Infantry. caatans 18 09 regulate details of organization and dis- cy ec. Section 28 establishes an ordnance department, section 30 a corps of topographical engineers, and section 31 au- thorizes the lieutenant general to appoint the officers shall constitute the aforesnid corps. Bec, 32. The adjutant general’ shall keep his office in Great Salt Lake City uptii otherwise directed by the liew tenant general, and shall preserve minute reports and do- of the various departments of the legion, and may call on the proper officers for their reports when neceasa- ry. He shall also furnish the Governor a report of the strength ond condition of the forces of the Territory ou or before the firet day of December of each year. Sec 33 and last authorizes the lieutenant general to atopt, through general ord. avy regulations not con travening any provisions he: contained that he may deem essential 0 the good of the service. The foregeing system of regulations was adopted under the authority of an act of the Terrsorial Legislature, by a fa of officers, whose names and rank are as follows — RACVOO LaGION, Daniel A. Wells, Lieutenant General, dames Ferguson, Adjutant General. ‘A. P. Rockwood, Commiseary Geceral George D. Grant, Brigadier Genoral Cavalry. H, B, Clawson, Aid de-camp. 1. W, Has y Division Commirsary. W. Ti, Kimball, Lieutenant Cojouel Cavalry. Win Hyde, Lieutenant Colone! Infantry. R. T. Burton, Major Life Guards Hosea Haut,’ Attorney 6 "tah Territory. Truly. the Saints, whore name \* legion, make @ mort formidable oixplay, and are terrible as an army with ban ners—on paper. Later from the Piains. ‘The Independence correspondent of the St. Louis Re publican writes thata party arrived at that place on the ‘224 uit. for the Plains, and reported that they found snow on the road as far ae South lass; for the remainder of the trip the weather was remarkably fine. Large numbers of the Arrapahses encamped at the Platte bridge for trad ing purposes. The party arrived at Kesbaw’s Clristmas Eve, and were kindly entertained. At Laramie Major Lyons was in command, who provided for each man aod benet of the party very bountifully. Found the Sioux village at Rush creek; traded with ; met one of Rus- sel and Waddell’s trains thie side of Ash Ho!low just start. ing up, which doubtless passed on safely. At Ash Holiow found four wagon loads of goods cf Chilea & Jones, of Kansas City, encamped for the J yw bed of Russel ; met the outgoing mail a: Kearaey. below the three crossings of Sweet Water, just above the Devil's Gate; found Lieut, Marshall in command, all well re kind| for; met the Pawnee In- rough; some . The Sandy and Big Blue were very igh. ror ‘Theatrical, Musteal. &e. Broapwar Timatne.—Iersons who have never seen Mr. Meivilie, who i# now performing at this house, can form no idea of the may difficult and unparalleled feats he ac- complishes while riding at full speed upon bis bare back- ed See him to-night. Nimo's Garney.—To night we are promised ® grand entertainment at this invariably weil attended place of amurement. Al the artiste and trained animale, iuclu- Ging those renowned comedians, Dao Rice and his mules, are named in the programme. . Bowrny Twearee. —The historical equestrian drama en- titled the “Dark Riders of the Revolution” isto be pre- sented for the first time this evening. Prairie Bird and various other beautiful horses perform in it. “Somebody Eiee”’ and the “Forty Thieves’’ are also announced. Brrron's —This house continaes to be well filled every bight by the admirers of Shakepere’s comedies, partion iy the ‘ey Wives of Windsor,” which affords full ronpe for the exhibition of the great comical taleat now at thie house. ‘Pocahontas’ is the afterpiecs to night, Watsack’s —Reynolds’ comedy of “How t Grow Rich’’ and the amusing little affair atyled the “Rights and Wrongs of Woman,” are the announcements for thie even- ing, and will doubtless afford a “reat deal of pleasure to all who are fond of acting of igh order, Lavra Keexn's.—The new drama of “White Lica,” ia which Miss Keene, Mr. Jordan and other members of the company bave recontly won much well merited applanae, \s to be followert this evening by Durivage’s barieeque (on Bulwer’s favorite play) entitied the “Lady of the Liona. Amenican Mrsera.—Pleacure seekers are so well aware of the merits of Mr. Watking’ last drama, the “Pioneer Patriot,”’ that it is only necessary, in order to oneurc a full hours, to sey that it is to be Tepeated to night. The “Broken Sword’? will be played in the afteruoon. Gro. Cimuety & Woon's Miserners teeue as good a bill Qs ever for tw night. Tonilee’ ia the atterpiccs. In order to gratity the echolare attached to some of the seminaries, an afternoon performance is to be given next Saturday afternoon. Buckiev# Seeevanens, with the auxiliary aid of Messrs. Fh. orn, Sliter and Mulligan, are affording unbounded merriment w the large crowds of lo who nightly as remble at 444 Brondway, Look at this evening's pro gramme. Tie Brorwers Bryant trivmphantly maintain the ancient Cans. Mechanica’ Hal! aa a favorite place of resort the lovers of negro melodies, jokes and dances. Re “Games of the Corriculum” are to be exhibited to-night. Mn. Geo. Joupan hak propared an attractive bill for his annual benefit, which is to take place at Laura Keene's next Saturday evening. Pact Juume, the ‘violinist, will give & concert at 04d Fellows’ Fall, on, to Mmorro® evening, in com- with the requeat of Lt, who desire to ‘him prior to hip departare for Brasil, ¢. 3 A division shall consist of two brigades and be | A platogn shall consist of ten men, commanded by a | News frem New Mexico. ‘The Santa Fe mail arrived at lodependence, Missouri, oO oe ef Jawuary. A correspondent of the St. Louis fican | By it J have some items of interest. The weather duri the past month was so pleasant that both the outward an inword bound mails received no detention on the route. Junge Watts avd Secretary A M Jackson and family reached Santa Fe io safety | Mr. Jackson was unwell om Abe route, bot bac recovered, | ¢ legistntive bodies, after @ short recreation a ' the bolideye, have resumed their business, and complete their isbors at the end of the sixty days allowed y wonders for thit country. Ope of my eorrespondents says thet Governor Renchar seems Ho far lo give entire satisfaction to all parties. deod, that must be an opreasovable people whoin he pot please,fora vobler old Roman I never knew. gis mesenge is am excellent document, and shows a full ap- preciation of the necessities and capacities of tho Territory. i fear there is little hkelihood of its recommendavoa regard to ra'sing @ revenue being effected. Lixe a'! communities as this is, taxation is a bagbear which wf- frighte all who contempiate it. In private members of all parties admit its necessity, yet they have a mental vewr Mivation not to attempt it themscives, however gla} choy id be to see their opponents undertake it. No oarty has ever had tho moral cenrage to attempt it, and tne Territorial bonds, though a ridiculously small amount, are t worth thirty per cent. An ad valorum assessmont of ove miil on the ooilar world extinguish them and estab- lish the credit of the Territory. Speaking of the Governe reminds me tha’ he is teccnaed by his accomplished and amiable wife. Poliah- ed, yet unassuming ane? charming in conversation, sbe at once eoveilates the good will of the most intractaole. Tbe administration at Washington receives a full mse of com mentation trom ali parties—the action of the S»cre- tary of War in establixhing three new military posts om | the route to the States, the liherality of the Postmastor Gevera! in increasing eo greatly the mail service, and the ebergy with which the secretary of the Interior has-or- | ganized the expeditions to epen up thorough/ares to and | through the Territory, are regarded as repleto with pro- rise of a “good time coming” tor New Mexico. A large and respectabie meeting was he'd iu the Repre- | eentative Hall, December 30, to express the sense of the | cityzens ia regard to the tate action of the Secrotary of | War, in «stablisning the new military posts on the Plains. | ee People Indian: were receiving their annuties, ooa- | sising of agricultural implements, rather reluctanuy. They umber about eight thousand rouls. ‘The Menptis, who have never been visited by the ageut, are said w be quite p osperous. Their houses are built of stone, and their residence i8 about tvur hundred miles west of 'San- F The legislative bodies have passed resolutions resciad- ing thar,assed by the Inst Assembly condempatory of Juoge berry E. Brocbus. The winter so far passed gives indications of fair crepe the epeus gy -esron, anc the farmers throughout the Ter- bres wiii take advantage of it and be ready for aa early planting By the maifparty we learn that the roads are in a fine condition, ard this in mid wiuter. Why should it 14, by wsy of Ail quer be made tho great overiand mail route to the Pacific? The explorations of the company Dow out from Arkansas and rhe Southwest, will, we think, sbow them that they will have to fall back ef last upom one of the best natera! roads the world ever saw. The South tn Luck—A Line of Steamships Between \. yk, Va.. and Orleans, France. [From the Kicbmood Enquirer, Feb. 2.) | Hon Wm Kulard Preston has succeeded in effecting am arrangement with the Paris and Orleaas Railroad Compa. | hy, for the estabiishmert of a Line of steamers betwoem | the ports of Orleans ta Fragee, and Norfolk, Virginia. str. | Preston, it will be remembered, was commissioned by the Cor vention at Bristol last year, to visit Enrope for the par- pore of entecing into negotiations with some one or more of the traps. Atlantic seam hip companics fer the founda- tion of a direct trade between the waters of Virginia and mportant port in Kurope. His success is no mattor of astonishment. Hut it must be a source of eincere rejoic~ part not only of every Virgiian, but of the hem section of this Union. Whea Mr. Preston With the important trust, we cordially com- | mended the jucieious seieetion made’ by the Convention. And, represecting, as he oid, the Commercial iaterests of 8n ‘TMmMenee extent of country, so bounteonsly blessed with: | rib and varied resources of tuberent wealth and strength, the result of his efforts was almost to beas confidently ex: Fork G, as it was earnestly desired. Mr. Preston has dove his part. ‘The French company hax promised to do tts part, and it now remains only for Virginia and those of her sts” ter States of the Scuth, immediately interested, to do their part, in order w establish 4 direct foreign commerce for the slave States, and render be Southern people indepea- dent in imperteg and exportii g as they are in produong the necessaries and Joxures ol hie. it aside from ali Strictly sectional consideratiens, th subject is highly at- 1y aad immediately involving dollars Direct intercourse with Rarope ‘tin the nia wil! afford an outlet for the trade and travel of t © South, which the laws of nature, ecom and commerce urgently demand. But, as we have int mated, this question fs Closely, aye, inseparably a sociated With an extensive system of istermal improvements. Beautiful bays, capscious harbors, de-p rivers acd noble roadsteads, avail but little for a foreign trade, Unless they are aided by railroads and canals coming do*u to thew burcened wih inland products. Ali the creat eioments of commerce and agents of industry bo mace wo corres pond, and move and act in harmony, in order to effect the ends for which they were desig ‘We are tok! that steamships are coming from Or- Jeans to Norfolk for ‘and |. Is it net, then, tucumbent upon the Commouwealth of Virginia to extend additional ities for trace ana travel from the mountains to the seashore, and that too at the earlios practicable moment? roads terminating in Richmond and Potersburg can contribate but littie towards supply- ing sbips at the wharves in Norfolk, until there are other roads extending to Norfolk and to ‘available points near Norfolk, ready to ¢ Ywith them. There are two such pow in process of construction and requiring bet comparatively small sums to complete them. It will be seen from the report of the Seuate Committee, to which we adverted yesterday, and which we publish to-day that the Norfolk and Prtersbarg Railroad, with tbe aid of assistance from the State, may be completed in a very short time. And the Richmond and York River road, ex tending to deep water ou one of the noblest rivers in’ the world, may also soon be actively employed, if the Lezisia- ture wii! appropriate to it the moverate amount recom- nothing ot the economy, in any event, of finishing that require 80 little time and money to complete them. Tt is truvo, James river affords facilities for communica. lion between Richmond and Norfolk, and it x consequently | A connecting link ® the chaca of intercourse between the mountains the sea shore—a continuance of the chaa- nels of commerce from the West to the East, from te} granary w the sbipping point. But while a calculation of the respective capaci the latt ron the ground of cheapness, it is quite evident, we think, to tbe most casual ooserver, that if the Sou ia to hav eptrepot. trade a: flow from the West and far South of navigation, aod lisble to be obstructed by ice, why the harbor o Norfolk is open. But this is a point whi ‘we presume, jt would be enpererogatory If we are & have a direct trade, let us not wait uni the sbipe are moored at the Norfolk wharvés before construct the channels to supply them The contemplats lime from Orieans, if favorably received aod remunerated, will be but the beginning of the ena. It will be succeed. by another line, from ey mas perhaps Supreme Refore Hon. Judges Davies, Clerke and Sutherland. APPLICATION OF THE OLD POLICE TO BE KESTO! Fre. bling, vs. The Police Commissioners This waa an ap on certiorari, to test the right of the relator to be rest: to the police force, be having been one of the old Mat cipal force, and being di @ patrolman, act of April 15, 1867. Though a former Board, he refused to becume one of the new Board, It was not possible for the Legisiature transier the old force to the new, against if cons nor did the Legislature Mtend to oso. The confined to the eity of New York; the into any part of the four counties. A pol for the city could not, against bis will, ut of it, nor to hold his office by a different tenur: that under which he accepted it. Even militia of county cannot be marched ont of its limits, nor dratt ‘ato any other force against their will. Gamblin mbining with deprived was no occasion trint to remove the force, for he ne beeame a member of If he had become a member of the new force, be woul have been regularly removed by the proceedings ainet him. There is no legal inconsisteney between t ition here oF the relator was not a member oree and the proceedings adopted for his The latter was proper for reaver caition, and give him avother opportnnity to come into ihe pew fre} Even it there was any such inconsistency, the rel stor derive no advantage from it. If he was not & member by & transfer with bis consent from the old fore formal admission as an appi omission, consent, oF act of the Com any other manner make him a patrolman. . © relator herein by hie application, made in J‘ mdmission to the foree, is estopped from aliegiug then belonged to it. The case is ati on; there are some handred of sims suits Mat will be determined by the present aqtion