, 1863-03-16

the wolf could not Eud water to wet his
tongue, aud the Indian had shunncd it a5 tho
"ttr7e n'auria@s," or the bad land.
As matter Of course, there Is no fouuda-
tlon in all this, only, perhaps, In some III
stances, the great amount Of snow which hcA
fallen in melting, swclled the streams, RI is
the case almost every year, and new channels
we're cut by the mountain torrents. But this
usual phenomenon was seized upon by the
cunning leaders. and 1t was not difficult to
make the deluded masses be}ieGe what they
asserted to be true.
In some instances 1t would seem that the
tr7y jstes had ployed into the hands Of Brig
luM and whether false Or true, he is enabled
to make a statement where there Is no color Of
truth In it, unless accounted for OH the ground
OF mere condolences. Instances of this kinu
are on every Mormon lip, in speaking Of the
army that came here under the auspices of
President Buchanan and Gen. Johnston, Of
Pittsburg Landing memory. And even now
it is believed tha. Col. Connors is here in his
command, by the suffsrancc only Of Brigham
Young; that he Ind once determined that the
army should not cross the River Jordan, but
finally he had "a visitation that It would be
.'gocd thing" for the Saints to let them come come
"grcenbacks, y and then the Lord bad given !
him rover to send them either back to Cali
foruia, or to I'LL, rs he pleased. TINS - 40
fiction, but if not sober, is JdnaEeae t .st1.,
view ri the same, the Federal administrator
onrh, not to make ii possible for cunning anu
ortf,, men 10 seize upon the fact as they easily
could. providing the troops were "ltldra"h
from this territory In tue coming spring' as
runior has somctlmes3 asserted would be
the case.
For it would then be true at least that the
troops had remained here, first, long enough
to spend some hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lar, aud then, in accordance with Brigham's S
assertions, had been sent away.
Mormonism to-day is power Of no ordi-
nary character. There is not in the civilized
world g more absolute despotism than that
which the "Clurch" wields over the rank
and file OF it's members; and the stmatcrial
strength Of States," in the way Of revenue,
circulated in the hands of 4 single man, who
gives no security for the performance Of bis
trust, is no insignificant SUN, but would en-
able its custodian to purchase munitions of
war to supply formidable army.
The report Of Senator Wade in reference to
resolution IN regard to The message of tile
Governor Of this Territory, has caused q nut
tering among the wise men here; and there
has been great Improvement in their man
ners toward me; and l was informed yester-
day that the pnblic printer would send me
proofEheets Of the suppressed message, /
will not promise that will take the trouble
to read them, for am sure from what hear
from the States, that the document is not
suppressed there, and it is only from the
pressure that has been brought to bear on
them, that this late action has been taken in
the premises, together with the understand
ing that no payment would be made for PIN,
lishing the acts and Journals Of the lassit ses.
sion Ct The Legislature, unless tue message
appeared with other proceedings. Vi