, 1864-11-20
FROM THE FAR WEST,
[F1om Our Own Corrospondcnt1

fF1om Our Own Correspondcnt1 !
FoEr KHAnHKr, N. r., Nov. It, 1901
Tic military distsict Of Gen. Connor has
been greatly enlarged, 10 "a to include almost
tho cntlsc route Of tho overland mail lineatom
this place to Virginia City, dlstanoe efabout
1900 mica. Tho Gcncral ls soon expected at
this place with somn four or f1vc hun
drcd troops, 10 look after tho Indians who
lavo boon numbering and scalplng the enl.
grantsand ranchlncn. Very lIttlo has been done
against them. a. got, and theroisa very general
complaint against tho ofllcoss commanding our
troopst The troops themselves arc sadly do
moralixcd, and. Of course, dissatlsacd with
them. A party Of thirty nine soldiers went
out from Valley. etatIou few days stnca, on
'feW wagons which had gone ont to The
Kanyoua, some forty m1lca, for wood. Tho
soldiers had abort ratione for thrcc days, and
lad already (When we passed the station) boon
out four days We saw the remainder Of their
fSsp Tee f. st e ex se,n 'hs ssng ahge5 e
ball Tor thnt night. nnd worn atk4ngof sending
out . party 70 learn wAat had become
Of them. THIS stato Of things has
probably led TO the employment OF Gen. Con-
1or's jurisdiction, which, following as It doe.
procure hfs removal, is a proof Of tho inctcas-
Ing popular confidence in that officer.
=" The Mormons, except two small dissenting
sects, are MI rebels. They preach and believe
that the North and South are to continue
fighting until they become sufficiently NUM-
nent. Il win b. remcmbered TINT = law Of
Congress, approved July !, 1862, forbfds aud
.punfshes polTgamy BY. q f1ne Of $500 and i'm
prisonnent for fYc years. All tho Mormon
leaders, and ns many Of their followers rs arc
able arc In rebellion against this law. The
sane statute folb!ds any religious q chari.
above $4,000. Their church: Is in deadly re-
bellion against this law. OF course no Federal
officers, military or other, cau~hold friendly
relations With them while they continue thus
in open defiance Of his Government, without
being guilty Of completely with traitors. But
Brigham carries himself with all the hanghti-
ness of q monarch OF the house of Stuart. He
has never called on Gen. Connor, but expects
him, as other Federal officers have done, to
recognize him Us his superior, and thus lower
Of Of The tsibe "a 6f judah" rhe % POSITION Ill and and
prctcnsiona Of the Mormon leaders thus bring
them In direct antagonism with the United
8tatcs, and ono party or the other must sub
NIT. The Impossible peaceable solution Of
this difficulty, Is the plan Of Gen. Connor,
w: to encourage nnd protect By, force the
them, which will weaken their spiritual des'
potit1n by multiplicity Of sccta; and take
| from the leaders their political supremacy, by
opening the rich mines in the neighbor'
! ing mountains, and thus outnumbcring them
ns sdRala R9as sesn that BRRsam RsRaa'S Si,e
templates such contingency as possibly nca1
/ at hand. It IL said by those who claim te
know, that the Bank Reports Of Great Britain
show that he has deposited almost fabulous
GUMS Of money in the Bank Of England, and
bis late instlgatcd attempt to procure Gen
connor's removal Ia confession q his alarm
Meanwhile tho Increase Of the Mormons b.
emigration goes steadily forward. We me-
ttalns Of these poor dcludcd beings number
| Ing as high ns thousand wagons aud som,
i've thousand people, and when once acroe
the wide desert which divides them ffon
tho Suites, they are as ctbctuai,!
wul!ed In as u IL prison; and rent
sources. They arc act back In the scale o
civilization moro than q century ;-nnd thcl
preachers give them little besides gospel q
work. In Utah, which claims population Q
1O0. 900 people, with metropolis (ealt Lake
containing some 5000 poople, ntrs Is not
Mormon literature from tho Desert Nrtes O.
fee, almost no book sold. could not lear
tbnt there was copy Of tho Bible for sale q
Salt Lake, though I inquired Of inteliigen
MOrmous aud others. Yet mormons pr0fea
10 beItevo tho Bible.
OF course tho -tntollcct Of such a peopl
must speedily become pasa!ytse. Those VIII
allow Others To think for then, In religion vi
either not think at al!, Or think to no puYpot
In anything. Tho frat vigor Of the omigraui
will soon dle away; all enterprise will 500
DO In tho handS Of tAose whom thoy brand {
".Gentiics," and ~ these havc no religious II
st!tutlonu OF tholr own, q sorsc human col
dition can scarcoIy bc imagined thin Thur.
Whht our Mifston, Trnct and Book Boctcti,
mean by ncglcctlng this population, on6 cal
mt wc1i understand. Yct there is not to.tiu
preacher Of anything but Monnonlsm
tudc. Let us hope that II will not long r
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