Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-12


fuc of one pound for u second offence he shall be
dsfranchiscd. "--BdtRcr.
PROGRESS OF MoRII0NIsM.
E.d,r Orson Pratt has issued one Of his pcriodi-
Bulletins. 1t was published in yesterdays Trib-
unc and the most interesting portion of IL reI-
dcrs will find below. Ifthis revelation from The
Seer be true, and know no reason to doubt lis ac-
acy, then is Mormonisn, III spite u all its vicious
features, thriving with lusty and rapid growth, and
[ tah springing from an unknown Territory into
powerful State with Il rapidity unparalleled in the
history Of State save in few and perhaps not more
than a single instance. The Document il dated at
Washington City.
Utah the great central gathering place for The
Saints throughout the world is in Il very prosper
Gus and fourshing condition; her settlements arc
rapidly extending throughout the breath of the
TERRITORY, north and south. BY far the greater pOr
tioa Of this Territory consists Of mountains and
deserts entirely unfit for the habtalion Of man or
animals. In the midst of these drcary mastes, may
be seen, here and there, beautiful and fertile val
/ lcys, watercd by crystal streams formed by the
melting SHOWS, which are deposited during the
wter, in vast abundance Uron the Surrounding
mountains. During the summer it is seldom that
n sufficient quantity Of rain falls for farming pur-
poses; hence the husbandman is Obliged to resort
to the process of irrigation.
There are several small tribes or rather bands Of
Indians irhnbiting different parts Of the territory,
who are sunk in the lowest depths ofdnrknoss deg
ralution and misery. These bands wander over
The territory, often robbing and numbering one
another aud stealing whenever they have favor
able opportunity.
| The population Of Utah numbers from thirty to
thir;y-hyc thousand, aud i annually increasing by
} the emigration ofthc saints from the different ma
/ tions of the earth. A chain Of settlements has
been formed extending north and south some $50
miles. Many small cities have been founded aud
I incorporated, with certain powers and privileges,
by the Legislature. Fillmore City, being near
the centre Of this chain Of settlements sappointcd
as he scat of government at which place the Statc-
House is being built. Great Salt Lake City is by
far the largest and most populous in the territory;
it an Of several square miles, and con-
tains from eight to ten thousand inhabitants.
Great attention is being paid to the erection of
school houses and the education OF youth. And it
is to be fondy hoped that the rising generation in
Utah win be generally and thoroughly educated in
every useful branch Of learning and science. a
foundation is being laid, broad and deep, to
plish this most desirable object 1t is in contcm-
lpatOn to erect a magnificent university, in which
the higher departments of science will lie extern
siyely taught
up to the present time, farmers have found a rca-
dy market for all their surplus grain and other pro-
ductOns through the increased numbers of the
saints which annually pour into the territory, and
also through the overland California emigration
which. for the most part, pass through Utah and
recruit themselves with fresh supply of proyis-
ions. llorses, mules, cattle and sheep find ready
sale in California The great facilities presented
for raising tocl without much expense, will cause
that branch Of business to be of the most prof-
: table and lucrative ofany in the country.
At special conference held by the Saints in
Salt Lake City, in August 1852, about one hundred
missionaries were sent to the various nations Of
the earth; twenty-five others sent forth by the
general conference in April last.
r The Statistical Report ofthe Church ofthe Saints
in the British Islands, for the halfyca ending june
30 1858, gives the following total: j3 Conferences,
137 Branches, 40 Seventies, 10 High Priests 2j7S
Elders, sol Priests l. ilG Teachers, S34 Deacons
: l,7I6 excommuucated, 21i dead, l,722 emigated,
I: sol baptisod, $1,000 total.
In the Society Islands in the Spring of 1862 the
= Saints numbered between 800 and 2,000 these
r we're scattered over some 20 Islands, and were
: greatly prosecuted by the Roman Catholics and
: the French authorities.
y AT conference held on the 9th of last March on
one of the Sandwich Islands there were represen.
c tel Is Missionaries from Utah and about zoe
Saints who dwell on different Islands of the group
s From a letter. dated April rs, 1885, the work is
n rapidly progressing at Honolulu, as many us 80
5 having been baptiscd in one day.
In letter from Elder Charles W. Wandell, da,
I ted sydney March 90 1858 we learn that there
Z A small company of 20 persons were about to sal
. for California on their way to the San Lake.
On the 23d of July last, the French Mission cor
. sisted Of Conferences, 0 branches, and a tota
number of 337 members, including officers.
= A few are being baptised into the church in sew
b era of the States, and in the British Provinces.
A large colony of the Saintsis founded in South
# ern California under the presidency ofAmasa Ly
+ man and Charles c. Rich, two Of the twelve
: TnE RULES or CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.-Inasmucl
: as the saints of Utah consider it moral, virtuou,
+ and scriptural to practice the plurality system
a thcy should seek by every means to eradicate no
only from their own minds but from the minds o.
their children, every erroneous improper prelude,
;. which they have formally imbidcd, by their asso
A citation with the Nations Of modern Christendom-
Parents who have daughters should seek to instil
n into their minds that Is just as honorable for then
to be uried in marriage to a good man who is al
- ready husband as TO ono that is single the,
should be taught toreeut the society Of all wickec
;, men, whether single or not. \ father should b,
impartial to all his children, and cultivate the same
love for them all, while each wife should insl int,
the minds of her own children the necessity of low
ing the children Of each Of the others us brothers
7 and sisters. Each wife should not only care fol
the welfare Of her husband and ehildrod but should
see the happiness Of each of his other wives hnt
= children And likewise, the chdronof each wifi
= should not only respect, honor and love their OWL
- mother, but also the mothers Of all their brotken
y and sisters. BY observing those precepts, poac,
!, and tranquility Will reign throughout every dc
!, partment Of the family and the sprit Of God vii
flow from heart to heart nHtft.1t'
!, We need better direction Of human talent an,
Q 0lri 5tsnentsrpss Our lyrics areof plr, pleas
sfure strits partisaIIship, They should he Of 10,
s. and humanity, peace freedom, purity. love Goo
: asks for every faculty of man as his own, in'