New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-16
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, l.. T., }

SEPT. 10, lSD~.
We are obliged to the conductors Of The Dcseret
Nsms In the last number of that paper there are
articles which will show you clearly the spirit that
is ranking in this community. 1t is to be borne in
mind that The Ne,es is the property of the Church,
and its avowed official organ-and no such articles
as those quote would ever have been printed with
out having previously been submitted to Brigham
Young, and approved by him. The charge of tam
pering with the mail is absurd well as villainous,
and nobody here, Mormon or Gentle, really be-
lieyes IT, 1t is deliberate lie, thrown ont To catch
v hat credit it can. Even during last Autumn and
Winter, when the mails were detained IN camp,
not a single letter addressed to Brigham Young, or
any other Mormon, was examined. They were all
filed carefully away, and delivered when the post
master entered this city in June. In the mean
while, however letters which came to Salt Lake
City via California, addressed to Genties, were
opened and examined. One notable ease IN which
the fact is ndisputable that of parcel OF let
ters addressed 10 Lieut. Swaine, the Quartermaster
of the 10th Infantry, which Col. Kane brought from
the Valley to the camp in March. They had all
been opened by stcaming the gum on the self
sealing envelopes. In June, shortly alter arrived
at the city, had an opportunity OF examining the
letters transferred To Mr. MOrrel by Elias Smith the
taxable signs of having been opened In two cases
in which the letters were sealed with wax, one end
of the envelope was slit and aiterward gummed
together But with regard to Mormon deprada-
tiOns on the mail there is no need to 90 beyond the
ease of the commission of the present Postmaster,
Mr.. Morrell. Five successive copies of that COM
mission were mailed To him from Washington, not
one Of which was ever delivered to him ut this
city, At last nearly two years after the date of
IA MT he nhli IN ke n
to Washington, in order 10 obtain official evidence
Of his right to the Office, and he received there
copy of the commission, which he now holds, IL
being the sixth which had been issued.
With regard to the fights and gambling, as
wrote last week, the Mormons have the whole
matter in their own control. They have strong
police, Mayors court, and prosecuting attorney,
and yet they do nothing to check such abuses ex-
cept 10 rail AT them the results Of Christian civil
izatiOn. They know very well that there is not Il
Gentle gentleman in the city who does not desire
the abatement OF the nusances. The truth is that
the Momons are pleased at their existence. They
have passed municipal liquor license law, and
have licensed the rOwdiest grOgshOp in the city for
$40 per month, because il is kept by Mormon in
building under the control OF the church, while
they demand Of Gentle German the payment of
$3.50 per year for license for ager-beer saloon,
that Gentle having built brewery below the city
evening secret meeting of church dgnitares was
held in the Council Hall OF the Seventies close in
my neighborhOOd, at which the brethren were eS
changing their sentiments concerning the state Of
affairs.
Brigham Young has made representations 10
Gov. Cumming that two Mormon women have
been abused In the city of Payson By the Pah.Utah
Indians belonging to Pet-tete-ne,e's band. In con
sequence the Governor has officially requested DIR.
Hurt to cause an investigation TO be made for the
offenders and the Doctor, who Was here, started
southwark last evening for the purpose,
report which reached the city at the beginning
of the week concerning the death Of man and
bot. between the Sewer River and Fillmore, has
caused much talk even among the Mormons. On
Sunday, the 9TH, there was q storm along the
Wahsarch range, aud the mountain ridges ia the
neighborhood Of this city, were covered with snow.
The MormOns say that the man, whose name was
Hunter, aid the boy, fIoze 10 death that night;
but such thing il impossible. From having r.
emily traversrd that road twice, | know that
there s no place in the vicinity III which they are
aid 10 have died, where shelter among cedars
ould not have been gained By short walk. These
people their way to Salt Lake Ci'y from
The neiehbOrhoOd of the Mountain Meadows, where
The massacre Of emigrants to0k place last oeptem'
ber
Mr.. Kirk Anderson's press has not yet arrived,
nd be- intends 10 send out mule team 10 take II
rom the ox-tran, III which IL i. ifeighted, ana
bring il rapidly Ia the city.
DR.. Fornry. th, Superintendent, and Mr.. Dodge,
Agent Of Indian Aflars, have followed the troops
toward the Humboldt.
F,om TAe nssey,s ysE,. Sept IS
Are the citizens of Itah entitled Ia fair hearing IN
defense of the charges brought against them and is
rot the denial of spch a hearing an act of iunstice