, 1855-04-28

The newspapers arc tceming with state
mcnts that said, President Pierce and
all hell could not remove me from Office
! will tell you what did say, and what !
now say. The Lord regns and rules in
the armies of the heavens, and does his
pleasure among the inhabitants OF the
earth. lie sets up a kingdom here, and
pulls down another there, ut his pleasure.
He walks in the midst of the people, aud
they know it not. lie makes kings, prcs-
dents and governors at his pleasure hence
1 conclude that shall be governor of Utah
territory, just us long us lie wants ne TO
be aud for that time, neither the presi-
dent Of the United States nor any other
power can prevent it, Then, brethren and
sisters, be not worried about NY being dis
missed from Office for when the president
appoints another man to he governor OF
Utah territory, you may acknowledge that
the Lord has done it, for We should ac-
knowledge his hand in all things"
\ letter is published from Farley p.
Pratt, giving an account of discussion in
the Mercantile Library San Francisco, on
the 10Th December. Says Mr. Pratt:
Suffice it to say, that in an assembly of
merchants, lawyers, judges, priests and
editors, the cause of truth (polygemy in
cluded) completely triumphed Our OF
ponents were driven to openly rcuouncc the
Bible, and to claim for the present age far
more enlightenment than had fallen 10 the
lot of Abraham, Moses, Samuel, and the
prophets and apostles, including the Mes
siah and the Saints of Utah. Rev. Mr..
Briggs IN metLodist) openly called those
ancient worthless fools, s!mpdous, jack
asses etc ! tAnd'a certain lawyer Oh
served, that God would not now reveal
such a law as lie did then, but, if he spoke
at all, would borrow and reflect the light
of modern times ~, lu short, the gen
eral drift was to put the Bible and Nor
monism together, as one and inscparable,
and then discard both, even, if it must be,
by the sword However, about one
third of The vast asscmblagc voted for my
arguments and the reappo.ntmeut Of gov
crnor Young"
William Draper, one of the Mormon
patriarchs, died at Drapcrsville, Salt Lake
county, at the advanced age OF so years.
ENcoURAGINC.-Sistc Huldah Davis, of
North Kenyon Ward, Davis county, be-
tween August 5th, '5i, and Jan. 27, '55, |
wove l9i yards of jeans, 50S of lmscy,
and Ga Of flannel, besides doing much other
work within the same time. Tie clang-
ing of the loom, and the rattle of the Shut
tie TO the above time are the right species
of legislation to promote home manulac-
ture. Much cloth of the kinds named, and
large quantities of rag carpeting have been
manufactured during the past year and
If sheep are rightly appreciated and cared
for, and their wool carefully saved and
used, Utah will soon be able to dispense
with the importation of the coarscr wooden
fabrics, and thus sop another leak in the
rescryoir.-L Derrcf Aers.
DR. Garland Hart, the Indian Agent for
Utah, ha arrived ut Salt Lake City, and /
entered upon his Official duties, The ex-
citement among the indians in consequence
of Walkers death, induced DR.. Hart to
visit the southern settlements. The Inter
prefer published an account of the trip,
from which we extract the following
On arriving at Manti we. found Ara
peen very friendly and quite humble He
was anxious to be chief in Walkers place.
He has had remarkable vision about
Walkers death, which he told us. 1t up
pears that Walker whAe gambling with
some Pah-van-tes, broke q blood-vcSsel,
which caused his death. Arapecn thinks
the Pah-van-tcs made bad medicine for
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