New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-27

Not CDly did they resist at Nauyoo When ITO ouu'
were almost 90 grea against them as now, and their
defes. equally certain; but their whole system IS
essentially enc Of violent and vDdictve antagoni'm.
They have oil sworn to cherish hatred and hos
- tility TO the American Government" they feel
that The success Of their Church consists IN triumph
over the whole world; and must naturally only re-
gard the commencement Of war A. the dawnlng OF
thtir victory. Nothing is further from Brigham
Ycrpg's mind to day thar retreat. He has called
in tie settlers who we're established at San Ber-
Dsrdiuo, and who would have protected bis march
into Sonora had that been his intention. He has
bIoLen up his Oregon se.ileu en.' which he would
not have done lad he J.csmcd Of retirrg 70 British
~ Rlssisn America. He has strengthened his csa'
tor a. Salt Lake ard fortified the mountain passes.
fiis bsrtnLues 70 tie people, which they regar1 as
.be word Of God, breathe the most pa ,ionis7
- / Of active aud extreme resistance, aud casuot
bc retiscted + be wculi le.sn his i,arence over
them.
Tbe Mormcr. wi resist but the V'gor and dura'
ton Of that re, i.tance must depeId on their re-
sources These, however exaggerated by tal.e re-
ports, are not very great. II is well k1own
that, up to tie yesr 1853, the Mclmons sod all
III, il surplus produce 10 California emerants who
furnished them with iheir only market aud who
consequently Induced enterprisiug merchants to i'm
port large supplies Of commodities snd Injuries
into tkeir stttlemert-. At that time, not one
farm out Of hundred had more proysi,n s stored
than would supply his family beyond the
ticipat5 harvest. There were no public granaries
fer, as they always relied upon the coming crops,
none thought Of allowing property to remain idle
in The form of stored provisions. In 1854. % aud
IS, their crops were almo-t entirely ruined by
sIasshOppe:s. smut, the blue worm, drouth, and
extreme scarcity Of water for irrigation. Thou
sands were then dragging olt miserable and pre-
csrious existence by subsisting on wild roots and
boiled weeds; and Young tod them " that these
" were the puni'bmeuts of God upon them because
" they had not saved their grain" Their live stock
vas in the same Gaze. All their surplus cattle had
been driven of yearly to California, aud disposed
Of there for mules, money and merchandise
great psIt of their receipts from this source have
been sunk in their rdiculously eXtrayagant temple
AID VALE. The deep SHOWS during the Winters
of 1875 and 1886 buried up all the pas
ture, and their cattle died by thousands; that in
1856, the whole church could not provide teams for
the iup ortaticn from LeavenwOrth of train of
Mormon merchandise Meat was then luxury at
Salt Lake, purcbasable only for cash, which never
was scarcer than at thst time. Ii is thus certain
that, until the haryests of 1357, the Norman. wnro
suffering severely from scarcity; ard consequently,
whatever provisions they may now possess they
must Rave obtsued since that time. If we may
credit their statements when they baye 50 strong
an inducemeLt TO exaggeratc, they had very heavy
crops last year, and they cut sufficient hey 20 pre-
serve their yourg stock during the Winter; but,
whether light or heavy, ihi, is all their present
supply.
On tie other hand they will have reaped the
halvests Of the coming season before the com
mencement of active bostilites. The troops at
For. Brdger are not to move until the Peace Com
mi.sioueYs have entered on their mission and rcea-
forcements have arrived This will take until June.
sn6 tie MormOns will find thousand pretexts to
put off their final answer to the Commissioners As
long as possible. 1t is most probable that all de-
cisiee action will thus be delayed till the middle of
July or even later, and by that time they will have
gathered the harvest Of 1853. This will very ma
terjsly increase their stores, but still such stores
arc inefficient when compared with the demands
that will be made upon them. They had large
eniera.ion last year as we'll from the settlements
they broke up as from the East, and al these
brought no provisions. in the even. of their
burning their city and retiring into the moun-
"tsirs" as they threaten, the loss and waste of
provisions in forced marches Will be enormous
Wills il is tbus with their stores, they sre SINH
larry deficient in ammunition of all kinds. B1fore
The departure OF the United States troops for Utah.
there was not a great deal of gun powder in Salt
Like City, Each man was compelled by law to
keep supply, but it was not large quantity, and
much of this Wa, used in sporting and exercising.
The powder that they produced was Of very in
feror quality, coarse and ureven, and often badly
dried. They have, however, lstey made large M
poItatons from CaliorDis, and, indeed, the road
will continue open for them To import all they
nish from that quarter FOR the next three months
or even longer. But for the prosecution Of wa
.ucA SUP plies must be totally inadequate.
The only formidable resource of the Mormon,i.
tbsn, TO be found in their biographical poetic ami
the nsture Of the country. In the frst place, it i
so remote fiom the boundaries where sufficiently
nunerou, Invading force can be collected, that the
alimss that convey them will be filter to die, alter
Transporting men and materials, than to commence
an a:tive campaign. The cavalry will especially
suffer in this wsy; and this will be all the more an.
moving because il is the most efficient arm for such
auar. The Mormons on the other hand, have
numerous, hardy, well-mounted and brave body of
horsemen, thoroughly acquainted with the country.