The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-26

allow OF that, though 10 This ufyibg
air evaporation must be very rapid.
1t is worthy Of note, too, that some
years ago the lake surface was observ-
ed to be rising, and by exact measure
ment at Black Rock it has risen six
feet within as many years. All the
northeastern shore is lined with
marshes, which fill with salt water
during the Spring. rise and evaporate
entirely IN heaSunaer, leaving great
beds of salt, which the people use for
domestic purposes. This year, how
ever, nearly all the marsh salt vas
ruined by the m%ultitudes of
grasshoppers which died there. The
water of the lake IS 1900 feet above
the sea level, and / see no reason to
forbid theidea of an underground OUT
let. During my whole trip there was
not wind enough to rufae the water,
and it presented a uniform blue-green
color. / have not taken a sail on it
yet, though l intend to 0 across to
Black Rock and Antelope Island
while the fine weather lasts. just
now the weather is too fine; there has
not been a dark cloud 10 the sky or
wind enough to rufhe a sail for ten
days. But the social and politico-
religious atmosphere has been stormy
enough to make up for it. The Saints,
after long aud prayerful consultation,
have decided hpon non-intercourse
with the Gentiles, by q unanimous
vote Of over 10000. By this decree
it is made a crime to buy OF,
hire to, employ, or deal with
Gentle, il any manner to, ben
eft him, and the avoWed object is
to drive out ali Gentle merchants.
But many of the Saints are d~Issatis-
fed with their own traders, and meas
ures are now being taken in every
ward to form a cooperative store,
while the whole city has combined to
form a wholesale establishment, with
a capital of 81, 600, 900, in shares of
$25 each. They have already raised
S2OO,O0O, and seDt an agent to- New
York to purchase the goods and
have them shipped by tile time the
railroad reaches Bear River, (east)
whence the Church teams can bring
them here IN one week. 1t is intended
to have every town and settlement in
the Territory establish q cooperative
store, to draw its supplies from the
city wholesale store, TO have an agent
reside constantly IN New York, or
travel from there to Philadelphia
and Boston; to keep q quarter of
a million constantly in his safe,
watch the markets, and be ready
to jump in wherever he can do
so to advantage. In most of the
towns they have already co operative
stores, and as the people there do
whatever the Bishops tell them, it
will be much easier to get the scheme
in operation there than 10 the city.
Now, l know but little of the laws OF
trade, but this strikes me as a rather
I" big thing" and il managed on strict
business principles it ought to be a
good thing for the Saints. The mat
ter was discussed at great length d1-
ring the Conference, and if they had
stopped at this all would have been
well. But the entire history of the
church was lecited at length, all the
wrongs the Saints had suffered at the
hands of the Missourians and others,
all the cruel acts of the Government
and the treacher0us doings of the
traders, were related and commented
on in q manner so inhammatOry that
it seemed to me that the people were
crazed by it. Friends with whom [
went into the Tabernacle 10 the best
of humor, scowled darkly upon
me long before the matter was
over, and the universal good
feeling which had existed for some
time seemed completely overthrown.
The speakers send extracts from the
Reporter, and stated that, sin any
other community, such a sheet would
be Quilted inside of five days, and Its
editor strung up to a telegraph pole;!''
which elected a universal yell of
=" Heart hearl Here we arel" Since
the Conference adjourned, the editor
has received three different letters
warning him to leave,One of them writ
ten In red ink, with a drawing Of a
man hanging to a telegraph pole, and
an intimation that that would be his
fate if he published any more lies"
The chief ohense of the Reporter
seems to be publishing some items of
dews which are not allowed IN the
Mormon papers. The great boast
of the Saints has been the quiet and
order of their city, and it is indeed
remarkable and worthy of all praise;
but they have got into the habit
of suppressing such items as would
give a bad impression, which the
Reporter usually gave Ia full.
About the middle of September
some lads of ten or twelve years, who
herd the cattle of the Eleventh Ward
on the pastures just beyond Jordan,
were annoyed by the visits of the
squaws from a camp Of Utes In the
DeighbOrhoOd, who came to that part
of the river with their children.
Finding one there alone with an in
/ tonf IN hnr Pm Ahr-H !, .,o-oO1
throwing stones TO drive her away
By an unfortunate throw (for I can
not think the lads intended murdeT)
the papp0ose was struck In the back
of the head and-instantly killed. The
squaw, with a loud scream, threw it
down and fed to the village, mile
away, where the bucks gathered in
great wrath, sWearingteR white babies
should die for the one they had lost.
The lads meanwhile, to escape detec-
ton, had buried the pappoose in a
slough and came into the city.
Whether. they were followed by
the Indians, what atonement
was made, I do not knew,
but the matter was so completely
hushed up that nine-tenths of the
people when they heard Of itin the
Reporter. swoTe It was another Gen
tile lie" and believe so yet. Hence
the present popular wrath. / am
slow to believe that any people will
take steps which must lead to their
certain destruction, and think the
leading men have too much imntelli-
gence to allow violence. The people
win do exactly as they are told, fight
the United States or anybody else.
and bow.their neeks to the sword BY
thousands without a murmur at the
command Of thair nnnseianna- k-aannr.