The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-07-05

hostile attitude assumed by other tribes 10 Min
oesota--aud. in fact, ali along the border--warns
us that there is trouble ahead Indiaa wars
bave always proved very expensive affairs; and
in the present depleted condition Of the treasury
Mr.. Cobb might find considerable difficulty in
procuring the wberewithal to maintain pro-
tracted struggle now With our enormously
costly Utah army also to be provided for.
Looking at all the present indications on the
border, we are reminded that our mode of deal
ing with the Indians has not been calculated
either to advance their condition or secure their
coed will There is screw loose in our Indian
relations and we would suggest to tie govern
ment an entirely new Indian policy. The tribes
now scattered over domain of immense ex-
tent might be concentrated within such limits
as would enable US to control them. They
PEELED as much as possible to cultivate the soil
for subsistence, and above all better and less
rapacious class of persons should be employed
to deal with them as agents. 1t is less to the
faults Of the red mans character than to the
rapaoity of the white men who intermingle with
them, whether as traders or officials, that we
are indebted for many of the difficulties which
occur. In many instances the Indians are de-
lberstely provoked to commit outrsges in order
to get up pretext for sending troops to some of
our frontier stations, by which means greedy
SPECTATORS may make little money. The Semi
mole wars in Florida cost the nation upwards of
$50, 100000. The Indian wars in Washington
and Oregon have already involved us in debt
of Sc, 900 900; and ss things look now We should
not be surprised if we got another severe lesson
on the Western frontier, which may teach Us, to
our cost, that the present policy adopted to-
wards the aboriginese is entirely wrong and
needs a radical reform.
The NEXT NEWS FROM UrAH-The last in
telligence from Camp Scott represented
General Johnston as about to march with
his whole army-three thousand strong-into
Salt Lake city, in two days. He has been re-
inforced by Capt Marcy's command from Santa
Fe and the supply trains of Col. Hoffman from
Fort Leavenworth; his men were in foe condi
Governor and Peace Commissioners had already
preceded him. The entrance of the army into
the capital of the "Ssints" will put the iuten-
tons of the Mormons to practical test. Their
threat will be remembered-that the appear
ance Of the soldiers within the capital should
be the signal for converting Salt Lake City into
another Moscow. We shall see whether they
will carry out that intention. We know no.
thing of what has been doing inside the city,
except from the statements of the Mormons
Themselves; for Governor Cumming was igno-
rant and foolish enough to exclude the news.
paper correspondence fact which is in itself
evidence that be is not the man for the mission
he is upon. He ought to know something of
the nature and value of the newspaper press,
and the popular desire to be informed through
that medium upon all matters of public impor-
lance. Mr.. Cumming ought to have been born
in Austria or Turkey, or some country where the
press withers under the blight Of censorship.
From the intelligence we have been able
to gather 1t is clear that the question
of resistance to our troops is a mere party
one In Utah, and, moreover, that the
party lines are drawn pretty close. The
peace men-among whom Brigham Young
chances to behave a small majority; but the
war party is still q formidable oue-the more so
because it comprises the men who made the
largest sacrifices for the cause, who have Loot
their all for il, and are therefore unwilling to
give it up without q Struggle. The men who
came in obedience to the call of the Church from
Carson Valley, San Bcrnsrdino and other points.
where they bad accumulated fortures-all of
which are now lost forever-are not likely to
submit quietly, and go forth into exile without
making an effort to retain some foothold on the
soil Of Utah. IL the city should be burned
down on the approach OF the army we should
not be surprised to see these men take to the
mountains, turn guerillas, and keep up such
harassing assaults on the troops that another
Florida war may be the result.
In the partial exodus of the Mormons south
wards we do not recognise any certain indica-
tons that 'aey mean TO abandon the Valley
altogether II lie more. probable that they viii
settle at Provo AID other small settlements
around, In the hope that the army may be
Withdrawn, when they calculate to return aud
enjoy their Own again. Perhaps their leading
men see farther into the alarming movements
Of the Indians on our western frontier than we
do-if they are not the ins,igstcrs Of some Of
the hostile manifestations which, IL they con-
tinue, will necessitate the employment of our
army at other points besides Salt Lake Valley.
II this should turn out to be So II will prove
that Gen. Johnston vas right ia urging the i'm
mediate advance Of the army into the city. and