Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
DECAY OF MokMoN1sM.
We clip the following letter from the N. Y. Times:

We clip the following letter from the N. Y. Times:
 SALT LAKE C1YY, Jan. p, 1871.
 While the people of the Eastern States are grooming over dull times, the denizens of the Rocky Mountain country are enjoy. ing 8 grander prosperity than the most sanguine have ever dared to dream of be. fore. The new year has opened with to- kens of progress that fairly astonish the most thoughtless among us. It is fact, that old institutions here are passing away, and the terrible afliction of @ fanatical priesthood is now treated with contempt and scorn that is perfectly refreshing to all who have witnessed this Utah barbarism,, termed by those who practice it, religion During the last year the grander changes have been effected, socially and financial ly, and the cast-irone creed of the patriarchs that was to endure fog9xsr, has been rent asunder like rotten garment.
 Brigham Young is no longer the power he once was. The ''rebsls" are doing the good work of civilizing the people here with masterly hand their ranks are i'm. creasing daily, and Brigham passes many sleepless nights, thinking nervously of the future. His apostles are now weak-kneed, and his bishops unreliable. Three.fourths of them are soul greedy after the riches oi the mines and evidently ready to fall down and worship the golden calf. Indeed, the change is wonderful. The people are in. dustrious, sober and economical, and are returning to loyalty with an appreciation of its blessings that is very gratifying to behold.
 There are now holding in this city regu- lar services in the Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as occasional assemblies of other Christians. Bishop Futile, the Episcopal minister, is a very influential gentleman, and much val ued, even among the Mormons. Under his labors and those of his associates, a great number of the English Mormons have been brought back to their former faith. There is good attendance at the services every Sunday. A very fine chnrch of brown sandstone is now building in the centre of the city, and when completed it will be one of the most attractive edifices here. This body of Christians have done great deal of good to the poor. and carried relief to many a needy family-even though the Mormon papers unblushingly boast of there being no poor in the community. The Methodist Church, under Rev. G. M. Fearce, or New Yorl< State, has grown mn with surprising rapidiey. MT. Pearce is untiring in his zeal, and as Mormonism gathered largely from the ranks of the Methodist Church in England, he seems determined to regain the sheep that have strayed from the fold. He reports that the last quarter of the day school exhibits the very gratifying fact that it is already self sustaining. The school of the Episco- pal Church is also a success. When it is borne in mind that the greater portion of these children are Mormon children, and attend the Sabbath-school as well, accept the instruction, and join in the religious exercises for the young, and go there with gladsome hearts, it is comprehended what marvellous work is going on here Is not the railroad doing it's great work of civili- zation
 A few years ago Brigham Young was de- liant toward the Government, and mar shaled his hosts to contest the passage of the United States troops throug gh the de- files of the mountains. He is now weak, crouching and seeking out shelter in the South among the Indians of half-conver. ted tribe. The boaster has gone his length and his day is over. His isolation is at an end, and his power is psralyzed. He is another illustration of the folly of fanatics, who bid the world stand still.