LATER FROM UTAH.
Preparations to Cut off Colonel Johnston's Supplies—Mass Meetings to Sustain Brig-ham Young—Mormon Sentiment.
We have received, by way of California, dates from Utah to the 6th of February, The Mormon news by this arrival is interesting.
The following is from the Los Angeles Star:
By the arrival in this city, on Tuesday of Messrs. ACKERMANN and MORGAN, formerly teamsters in the employ of C. A. PERRY & Co., sutlers for the 10th Regiment, we have news from that city to Feb. 6. These gentlemen arrived at the army head quarters, at Fort Bridger, on Nov. 19, and leaving the train, they determined to come to California; but, finding that they could not do so direct, they persevered in their determination, and had to endure great priva-tions and hardships. On Dec. 24 they reached Great Salt Lake City, where they remained to Feb, 6, dur-ing which time they were treated in a kind and. hos-pitable manner. They had several interviews with BRIGHAM YOUNG, of whom they speak very favorably.
They state that about, Jan. 10, an order was issued by the Church that the people should have boxes made to contain about 150 pounds, to pack their grain in them and bring them to the Elders, who would take charge of them and "cache" them in the moun-tains.
Another order was issued, that a company of 1,000 men should hold themselves in readiness to go into the mountains on the 17th February, and cut off sup-plies coming to the Army.
In the meantime, forty wagons loaded with sup-plies had reached Col. JOHNSON'S command from Fort Laramie. The Army was in good health, had plenty of provisions and good tents, and was engaged in re-building Fort Bridger.
The authorities of Salt Lake City are represented as being inclined still for war. Measures are being concerted for defeating the United States troops, or, at all events, keeping them outside the city till the crops are gathered and secured. This can easily be done, unless a force is sent, from this side
There was a rumor current in town for the past two or three days, to the effect that a fight had taken place between the Mormons and the troops, in which the latter were defeated. We do not think the report worthy of credit.
Messrs. ACKERMAN and MORGAN received the follow-ing passport from BRIGHAM YOUNG, when about to leave Salt Lake City. The Governor wrote his name on a sheet of paper, which was handed to a clerk, who wrote the form of passport over the signature. Thus the passports bear BRIGHAM'S signature, although he does not sign them.
UTAH TERRITORY.
To all to whom these presents shall come—greeting:
LODOWICK M. MORGAN and SAMUEL ACKERMAN are here-by permitted to pass freely and safely through the Terri-tory, on their way to California.
Given wilder my hands, at Great Salt Late City, U.T. the 5th day of February, 1858. BRIGHAM YOUNG
Messrs. ACKERMAN and MORGAN came with the mall rider from Salt Lake City, and encountered no obsta-cles of any kind on the way. On passing Mountain Meadows, they saw the bones of the murdered emi-grants whitening on the plains. A few of the bodies had been buried, but were torn up again by the wild beasts. They met the express party conveying Col. KANE to Salt Lake, but the Gentiles did not know he was in the wagon, as he was covered up with blan-kets till they; had passed some three days.
MASS MEETINGS TO SUSTAIN BRIGHAM.
Mass meetings have been held in all the various districts and towns of Utah, expressive of the peo-ple's entire confidence in BRIGHAM YOUNG, and their approval of his acts and those of the Territorial As-sembly.
The principal meeting, called for this purpose, was held at Salt Lake City on the I6th of January. Mayor SMOAT presided. At this meeting, Committees re-ported two addresses,—one addressed to the Presi-dent of the United States, and the other to Congress.
The Address to the President sets forth the griev-ances of the Saints, and denies in totol the charges of resistance to law. We make an extract or two from this document, the first being
A DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES.
1. The Government have not made treaties with the Indians—have not paid us our just dues.
2. They have heretofore appointed officers to pre-side over our welfare whose very presence, it is widely known, was an outrage on common decency.
3 We petitioned, through our Assembly, to have good men for rulers and declared that such would have been courteously received and strictly obeyed, but it was plainly stated that if such men were sent here as had been previously, they would be sent back.
4. Because our Legislators dared to exercise the right of petition, we are denied mail facilities and branded as traitors.
5. The reports of the returning officials about the injustice of our Courts, the breaking up of the Su-preme Court and the rebellion of the Mormons, are as base falsehoods as were ever hatched in hell or propagated by the devil.
THE NEW OFFICIALS.
From current report we learn that you have ap-pointed and intend importing a full set of civil (?) officers for Utah, even down to a Postmaster for Great Salt Lake City, and that they are fully quali-fied to enjoy the contempt so deservedly bestowed by the Utonians upon their predecessors, we are satis-fied beyond doubt.
We accept your hint, although it is rather deli-cate (?) for the occasion, that you have not only de-nied us a voice in choosing our rulers, but have ap-pointed men the opposite of those we petitioned for and have determined to ENFORCE them upon the citi-zens of this Territory, by placing twenty-five hun-dred United States troops under their control. Is this the justice that dwells in the breast of a Chief Magistrate? Have an hundred thousand people no rights? You have tried us, without hearing our de-fence ; passed sentence, not giving us the benefit of a doubt; and, Sir, we have no assurance that you will not attempt to carry the remainder of the sentence into effect. Their cry has been, send an army to Utah—exterminate the Mormons.
THE ARMY DEFIED AGAIN.
We are fully convinced that the presence of an army can only be tolerated when the evil to be dis-pelled is greater than the evil of their presence. It has been reiterated, again and again, by the troops selected to come here, that they intended to possess our houses, slay our leaders, ravish our wives and daughters, and pollute the pure valleys of Utah with their fiendish revelries. This they well know would not be tamely borne, and thus they would gain an ex-cuse, under color of which, if they had the power, would be enacted those scenes of bloodshed and cruel oppression which have no parallel in history.
That army is now upon our borders. Say they, "Our mission is peace ; we come to establish the laws." Is the business of an army peace? What laws have we broken? Not the laws of the United States, not of this Territory ; we dare proof to the contrary. If they come to establish the common law of Great Britain, or the bye-laws of Bedlam, we have law enough without, and their presence is unnecessa-ry If they come to crush out from our bosoms that noble feeling—American independence, hallowed by our father's blood and bequeathed to us as a sacred boon—the task is greater than they can perform. Your army will not be permitted to enter our valleys. We wish for peace, but we will sacrifice all the fruits of our labors, rather than surrender our domestic peace and inalienable rights.
GRAND PERORATION.
And now, Sir, at your hands we demand that jus-tice which has ever been denied us. Pay us those just dues which have been so long and illegally with-held, and appoint good men to rule us, who have dis-cernment to perceive our wants, and sufficient judg-ment to promote our welfare ; withdraw your army, grant us our rights, and receive the heartfelt grati-tude of a whole people.
Continue the injustice of your present course, and your grave will be pointed out as that of the man who broke the noblest of national compacts—your name be consigned to future generations with lasting infamy.
ELIJAH F. SHEETS,
A. H. RALEIGH,
GILBERT CLEMENTS,
J. M. WHITMORE,
WILLIAM MOODY,
Committee on behalf of the citizens of Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory. GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, U. T., Jan. 16, 1858.
THE ADDRESS TO CONGRESS.
The Address to Congress is much longer and not more civil. It is signed by a different set of men, and gives a historical view of the progress of the Terri-tory. The following are extracts :
"Gentlemen, who are we? Have we the rights of men, or are we dogs? Why, the meanest serf that cringes beneath the lash of Russian despotism is bet-ter protected in his rights than we are. And who are you?—that we must bow in craven servility to such high banded acts of usurpation, despotism and trea-son? Have you so soon forgotten the declaration of our fathers, which ought to be indelibly engraven in living characters on the heart of every American, that all men are created equal; that they have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: that, to secure those rights, governments are institu-ted among men, deriving their JUST powers from the CONSENT of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it?"
A SOLEMN OATH.
"Our choice, for Governor, is BRIGHAM YOUNG, and that choice is unanimous. Have nearly a hundred thousand American citizens no right of franchise? Must they be dragooned into servile obeisance to the will of their servants ? How and when were we cut off from having a voice in the selection of those who are to rule us? We used to vote in other places ; where, when and by what authority are we disfran-chised ? Have we not cause for complaint? When you reject our Governor, you reject us. You treated with contempt the petition of our Legislature ; when you did that, you treated us with contempt, for they were neither elected by stump speeches, cabals, nor log-rolling ; they are the unanimous choice of the people who send them. Shall we tamely submit to such high-handed agressions upon our rights, and be-come the mean, servile dogs of a tyrannical Adminis-tration? We declare, in the face of High Heaven, God being our helper, we will not,"
THE MORMONS DEMAND THE SIGHTS OF EQUALS.
We come not to you with smooth speech, or honeyed words; we have not learned to cringe be-neath the lash of tyranny, nor to basely lick the feet of public servants who undertake to oppress us. We approach you as your equals, and frankly, openly and above board, ask for our rights. We will not tamely submit to be abused, as we have been threatened. We approach you not as a clique, a cabal, or a misera-ble faction ; our voice is the united voice of one hun-dred thousand Americans suffering under the most unprecedented cruelty, outrage and wrongs, and our cry is, give us our constitutional rights ; let us enjoy liberty in peace, and let right and justice be ad minis-tered throughout the land, or we will no longer wear your cursed yoke of unconstitutional requirements. ANDREW CUNNINGHAM, H. S BEATIE. THOS CALLISTER. J. D. T. McCALLISTER, LEONARD W. HARDY. Committee on behalf of the citizens of Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory. RENEWAL OF THE THREAT TO LAY WASTE. The same meeting adopted a long series of reso-lutions, among which was this :
Resolved, That, inasmuch as we have many times been driven from our homes, and our farms and hab-itations having fallen into the hands of our persecut-ors, and they permitted to enjoy them in peace, we are determined that henceforth our enemies shall not possess the fruits of our labor ; for we will burn and utterly destroy everything we possess ; and that our now comfortable homes shall again become a barren waste, as we found it in the year 1847, rather than a hostile enemy shall inhabit our dwellings, and glut themselves on the produce of our farms and orchards
BRIGHAM FULLY INDORSED.
Resolved, That we know most, assuredly that the course taken by his Excellency towards the mob on our borders, reported to be United States troops, had been merciful, knowing as he did their avowed object to bring misery and death upon an innocent and unof-fending people ; and that we further know that, had it not been for the confidence reposed in his wise counsels by the people of this Territory, and for his restricting influence, the justly outraged feelings of the whole community would have been manifested in a manner that would have effectually put a stop to the progress of the invaders in the early part of their movements towards our mountain home, and that they have abundant reason to thank Governor Young that they have not been sent from their present hell to a lower one, by the shortest possible route.
BRIGHAM ON MORMON RESOURCES.
The following are extracts from a spicy discourse of BRIGHAM YOUNG, delivered on the 17th of January :
"Can we feed and clothe ourselves? Yes, we can as well as any people on the earth. We have a goodly share of the genius, talent and ability of the world; it is combined in the Elders of this Church and in their families. And if the Gentiles wish to see a few tricks, we have Mormons that can perform them. We have the meanest devils on the earth in our midst, and we intend to keep them, for we have use for them ; and if the devil does not look sharp, we will cheat him out of them at the last, for they will reform and go to heaven with us.
We have already showed the invading army a few tricks, and I told Captain VAN VLEIT that if they per-sisted in making war upon us, I should share in their supplies. The boys would ride among the enemy's tents, and one of their captains ran into Col. ALEXAN-DER'S tent, one night, saying, "Why, Colonel, I'll be d—d if the Mormons won't be riding into your tent, if you don't look out.'
We have the smartest women in the world, the best cooks, the best mothers, and they know how to dress themselves the neatest of any others. We are the smartest people in the world, but look out, per-taining to taking care of and sustaining ourselves, that the children of this world are not smarter than the children of light, I say that they shall not be, for we will beat them in every good thing, the Lord and the brethren being our helpers. The Lord bless you.”
BROTHER TAYLOR AND BROTHER BRIGHAM ON RELIGIONS.
Br. TAYLOR has just said, that the religions of this day were hatched in hell. The eggs were laid in hell, hatched on its borders, and then kicked on to the earth. They may be called cockatrices, for they sting wherever they go. Go to their meetings in the Christian world and mingle in their society, and you will hear them remark "our ministers dictate our souls' salvation," and they are perfectly composed and resigned to trust their whole future destiny to their priests, though they durst not trust them with one single dollar beyond their salaries and a few presents, They can trust their eternal welfare in the hands of their priests, but hardly dare trust them with so much as a bushel of potatoes. Is that prin-ciple here? Yes, more or less.
BROTHER HEBER EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS.
HEBKR C. KIMBALL says :
"I have got, just such a wild notion in me, if you please to consider it so, that. I believe we can raise everything that is raised in every other part of the earth. Why do I believe it? I believe it because I have got, the Priesthood ; it has been given to me arid to you, and we are made saviors of men upon Mount Zion.
Well, then, if we have got the seed and principles of life within us, upon the same principle that the earth imparts nourishment to vegetation, we can im-part life to others ; and if we can save a man, upon the same principle we can save a woman and every other thing that is upon the earth. What do you go to work here for? I go to work to produce vegetables, grain and all things that I and my family need, and I dictate my children and show them a course for them to pursue."
MORMON MISSION TO ENGLAND.
Elder EZRA T. BENSON, who has just returned from a mission to England by way of San Francisco, spoke in the Tabernacle on the 24th of January, and used the following language :
"I will tell you the majority of the people in the States do riot care the ashes of a rye straw for their officers, and it is just so in the army ; in fact, they none of them care much for each other, but they care a good deal for Uncle Sam's money.
When we landed in San Francisco, the officers were so much afraid that the troops would desert that they went and guarded them themselves, and we left them patrolling the docks there. The officers were Yankees, stiff and starched, and they said, 'Mormon-ism must be extinguished ; yes, this must be done.'
Colonel CASEY, what do you think about it? He seemed to be a peaceable kind of man, and said he could not tell what would have to be done. The Colonel was then asked if he fostered the idea of going to an innocent people and exterminating men, women and children? He said, 'I do not like it, it is contrary to my feelings, but the Government of the United States have taken the thing in hand, and we, as officers, are compelled to carry out their plans or resign.'
et us do the very best we can, brethren and sis-ters, for the day may come when we may be thank-ful for every foot of greasewood and of desert coun-try there is between us and our enemies.
I am glad that we came through on the southern route, for I have been enabled to learn a little of the road.
The editors in the States are prompting Govern-ment, to bring their troops from the South; why they do not know, only they are not, on that route, so sub-ject to snow- storms, and they can travel in the Win-ter; but I can tell them the South route is ten times worse than the East; it is one perfect desert from Muddy Creek clear through. There is now and then a patch or grass on the journey, but what can a large Army do?
The cañon coming up the Santa Clara is quite as good as Echo, and some think a little better. It does seem as if those mountains and canons have been prepared on purpose, and we have great cause to be thankful for those natural defences.
Here we have liberty to do right and legislate for our own benefit, and we feel that this is our home."
MISSION TO IRELAND.
Elder JOHN SCOTT, who has just returned from a mission to Ireland, thus speaks in the Tabernacle on Jan. 26 :
"In traveling home we found all hell boiling over ; we found that the heathen raged and the people im-agined vain things, We found them gathering their armies and seeking to organize them to come against this people, arid to save their souls they could not tell for what. Ask them what laws the Mormons had violated, and they could not tell you.
I asked a colonel, who was on his way to Utah, what the Latter Day Saints had done in the valleys of the mountains. He said he did not know. I asked, What have the Mormons done to cause this military parade? What has prompted them to send you? Said he, "you know that the people believe in a prophet, and claim that BRIGHAM YOUNG is a prophet, and you know we do not believe such doctrine and we are about, to wipe them out; they believe in po-lygamy, and if we allow them to go on, they will have power over the nation, and we will have to sub-mit to them ere long."
The sum and substance is, they want to kill this people. I tell you, brethren and sisters, if there are any in this congregation who want to apostatize, I would advise you, before you do it, to take a mission to the Gentile world and see the wickedness and abominations that exist there, and if you do, you will say, let me be home in Zion with the people of of God, and you never more will want to roam from this people.
THE UTAH LEGISLATURE.
The Legislative Assembly of Utah adjourned on the 22d January. How completely subservient this body was to the priesthood may be guessed by the following congratulatory paragraph taken from the Deseret News of Jan, 27 : The Legislative Assembly adjourned on the 22d inst., without the occurrence of a negative vote on any question or action during the session. What an uncivil-ized (?) record, when contrasted with the conduct of other legislative bodies throughout Christendom! If the world in their blindness could but discern truth, light and life, they would most heartily commend and strive to imitate the worthy example set by Utah's legislators, for the jealousies, animosities, pipe-lay-ings, wire-workings, lobbying, quarreling, and other kindred deviltry springing from unchecked selfishness nod no place in our legislative halls. Oh, ye Gen-tiles! would you not love to have us install the devil a standing member in our Legislative Assemblies, as you do in yours, that discord and darkness may indis-putably prevail o'er all the earth? Shame on your gross blindness and love of evil, that you will not comprehend that the Utah love of union upon every good principle proceeds from above, while the main-spring of your conduct proceedeth from beneath,
DEPARTURE OF EIGHT HUNDRED MORMONS FROM THE TERRITORY.
The San Francisco Herald has an important rumor:
"By a private letter from E. D. KNIGHT, Esq., who is now at San Bernardino, we have the following in-telligence: The mail carrier between Salt Lake and California, stated that BRIGHAM YOUNG had furnished passports to eight hundred and forty disappointed Mormons—men, women and children—who had availed themselves of the opportunity, and set out from Salt Lake for California The messenger passed them about four hundred miles from San Ber-nardino, and they were hurrying through as fast as possible. This circumstance gives the lie to BRIG-HAM YOUNG'S assertion to Colonel ALEXANDER, when he forwarded Mrs. MOGO and her child to the Ameri-can camp. On this occasion, YOUNG wrote:
Mrs MOGO and her infant are conveyed to your camp, in accordance with my previously often ex-pressed readiness to forward to you such as might wish to go, and is the only resident of that descrip-tion in Utah, as far as I am informed.
That so large a number should seize the opportuni-ty to escape, indicates much want and suffering in Salt Lake City ; and they will doubtless be now fol-lowed by numerous others, if the arch rebel will per-mit them to leave.
