The Kanzas news., 1857-12-26
EMPORIA, KANZAS, DECEMBER 26, 1857

moved by the President of the United
States. The Governor shall reside within
said Territory-sball be eommander-in-chief
of the militia etc.
am still the Governor and Superintend-
ent of Indian affairs for the Territory, no
successor having been appointed and quail
fed as provided by law, nor have I been
removed by the President of the United
States. By virtue of the authority thus
vested in me, have issued and forwarded
to you copy of my proclamation, forbid
ding the entrance of armed forces into the
Territory this you have disregarded. I
now further direct that you retire forthwith
by the same route you entered. Should you
deem this impracticable, and prefer to re-
main until spring in the vicinity of your
present encampment, Black Fork, on Green
River, you can do so, in peace and unnno
Tested, on condition that you deposit your
arms and munition with Lewis Robinson,
Quartermaster General, and leave in the
spring, as soon as the condition of the roads
viii permit vou to march; and should you
fall short of provisions, they can be fur
nished you upon making the proper appli-
cation therefor.
Gen. H. Wells will forward this, and re-
ceive any communication you may have to
make.
Very respectfully,
BRIGHAM You've.
COL. ALExANDER's REPLY
Brigham Young, Esq, Governor UtaA Ter
r1tory.
SIR: / have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication, of Sept.
%, 1857, with two copies of a proclama-
ton, and one of the laws of Utah, and have
given it an attentive consideration. l am
at present the senior and commanding officer
of the is. troops at this point. and will
submit your letter to the General command
ing as soon as he arrives here. In the
meantime / have only to say, that these
troops are here by the order of the President
of the United States, and their further move
ments and operations will depend entirely
upon orders issued by competent military
authority.
Very respectfully,
E. B. ALEXANDER.
The same dispatch also says there was a
council among the officers, and it was deter
mined, after hearing the opinion of guides
in relation to the country, to go around by
the Soda Springs, where the road forks for
Oregon and California, and enter Salt Lake
valley through an extensive valley, where
the snow will not be an impediment. This
determination, the expressman says, was
approved of by Col. Johnston, who told
him to say to everybody that he intended to
winter in the valley, or not at all. The
Mormons are congregated in large numbers
even on this side of the mountains, burning
the grass, and are determined it seems to
prevent the entrance of the troops into the
valley, anyhow. They are regularly enrolled
in thousands, and if Col. Johnston enters
the valley, he can act only on the defensive
with his handful of men.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond (Va. Enquirer says:
''It should be remembered that these men
were not ordered to Utah to fight the Nor
mons The Mormons constitute portion
of our own population, and an instance had
never occurred where the federal troops had
to enforce the loyalty of Territory. Utah
and New Mexico had been constituted a
military district exactly as Texas now con-
stitutes one-and these troops were desig
mated for that district for the general pur
poses of the frontier. It is doubtless true
that the reported threats of violence to the
federal officers by the Mormons caused an
increase of the force sent, but did not orig
mate the expedition. That would have been
sent in the ordinary, routine of business Of
the War Department. Troops are also sta
toned in Texas and New Mexico. The re-
sistance by the Mormons of Col. Johnston's s
command, involves terrible responsibility"
By the following article, from the Sacra-
mento Ags, of Oct. 18th, it would seem as
if the shrewd Mormon prophet has adroitly
used the power SO carelessly placed in his
hands as Superintendent of Indian affairs to
win the cooperation in his policy of the
large and warlike Indian nations, over which
he had no control:
Yesterday we had an interview with
gentleman from Carson Valley who, from
intimacy with Mormon families, has some
knowledge of their future designs and plans
of operation. If his conclusions be correct
not only the settlers east of the mountains,
but even the people of this State will have
reason to deprecate the evaporation of those
American Bedouins. He says that the Nor
mons of Carson Valley and San Bernardino
have sold their cattle and property for near
" nothing, and, at the bidding of their chief,
have repaired to Salt Lake, with the secret
design of re-organizing, arming. equipping,
returning, numbering and plundering their