Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-15
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ACCOUNTS FROM UTAH-A letter from Salt
Lake city. saws 1.-The Prophet left this city
in November last and is quietly Willing away
the winter at St. George, settlement situated
% the borders of Arizona. His time seems not
TO be spent in id!eness, eveu iu the genial cll-
mate of the South. 4 few evenings since call
!,v the second "Nice Prcsident" OF the Church,
d II. Wells, was issued for conference,
which developed the fact that the brain OF
Brigham, while taking rest from his labors as
Bank President, railroad King Of Utah, and
other sanity duties, was still active in other
schemes The matter which called the faith
sils together on the occasion referred TO was
colonization enterpriZe for Northeastern Arlzo-
ma The country in the ncghborhond OF San
Francisco mountains possesses geAlal climate
aod productive soil, and as the thirty ttth para-
lei road is destined to make 1t most desirable
country for settlement, the old Hlerarch looks
upon its possession with greedy eyes. Its pres
,nt isolation and the dangers from the Navajo
n,iauS render the scheme rot only Improbable
m y worldly point Of view for colonlsts, but ex-
,rrmeiv dangerous. This has hitherto prevent
eJ aoy voluntary settlements but the lmpor-
rance of getting his chestnutS out 0fthc lire has
oaucw revelation, and call Was made
for soldiers "ot' the Kingdom to come torWard
for the new crusade against the savage aud
the wilderness. No better evidence OF the wao-
;rg power of the Church could have been pro-
J, ced than the result of this conference. / he
delegates from all over the territory, some two
hundred in number, assembled, and as each
Dme appeared OH the roll, the delegate was re-
ouestcd to state whether he would obey this
'.call of the Lord for volunteers. Out OF
the whole number only some halt dozen agreed
to enter the service. Even the reouke OF the
Apostle Wells, that ''thc Lord would iud
naapS to make them go, willing or unwilling,
seemed to have no effect. Most OF them con-
tented themselves with recounting the hard
ships they had undergone in subdulng the
wilderness Of Salt Lake, and declared that
their business, their families, &c.,. would not
allow their Joining the new crusade. 1t was |
evident that the saints preferred their pleasant
homes Of comfort in Salt Lake and vicinity to
anythiog in the colony line. and the conference
broke up failure
1t is believed by many that Brigham is only
intending to establish an outpost to cover his
final retreat to Mexico, if his power is so much
broken in Utah. That he will compel by force
20 and farm his pet colouy every one knows
who understands the grip he haso the strange
pcopls; but they will not 60 willingly Or cheer
fully As long as he leaves it to their choice
the Prophet that brothers A, b, and Z, are
called TO 60, the called will 60 Whatever may
be the design Of Young-whether simply to
secure advance possession of rich region OF
country, or as an outpost for his final march
SoWtward-it is, in a worldly point OF view,
wise and enterprising. He can make his sub
lecls subdue the country, and make possession
IN it valuable, and then he can enter in, with
out cost or hazard, and enjoy the fruits of ALL
The singular fact that the Young family, In
Utah alone, have probably more wealth than
all the Mormon people put together besides,
seems never to have entered the heads OF his
simple followers While the common people
have scarcely the ordinary comforts of life, and
are among the poorest in all our country, the
luxury in which their leader and his family
live aud riot attracts not their jealousy.
THE LATE Mr. GREELEY Who was it that
said that the fear of having ones biography
written was new terror of death? There are
minor miserics hardly less formidable than
biography which may well be supposed to dis
tu:b the dying bed, and among them may be
counted the fear of impulsve and grotesque
po>ihumous praise. Mr.. Greelcys cerebral
condition, before he breathed his last, was such
that realities and probabilities made no im-
PRESTON. Had it been otherwise, aud he could
have had glimpse of what has come to pass,
he would have grrancd in honest anguish. The
latest specimen we find in letter published In
the lribunc dated 'Gotha, from Mr.. Bayard
Taylor in which he lays his garlsh immortelles
On the dead editors grave. To our mind 1t is
not pleasant Offering Aside from the revela-
lions OF Mr. Greeley mental condition, made
IN the course Of the hideons litigation about his
WILL there seems to be studied effort by mis-
'Sen friends to prove either that he was
'i'"Micay luuatic, or was subject to accesses
3 .; Menta! disturbances which wholly overset
1 M!s ,S intellectual balauce. We are told that
q '1'I M"vI Inc n.ws Of the first Manassas came to
u Nls'H us The 'On to Richmond" cry, which
- ..:. ~: 'IeeIy shouted, be was so ftarully
- ~,'n'I ~,,''ya that his friends became uneasy
Y w;,S r;Ja' , nlm Now, comes Mr.. Bayard Taylor,
y r,u,s ;" cumulative M, evidence on this head. lie
4 .'''S ,r; Two illustrative pictures of 1.-THE man
4 r' u'esSy the coloring of which he is evidently
.",t nvi ite proud Of With one, that of the
%'n9 "''!f Welcome to his little boy Arthur since
IS"a; ,I We have no fault to fnd, uncSsit be that
mas m' su'%rIlp'lon of the paterual Shrek which
IsaI Iaqe Mr. Bayard Taylor Sbudder is a good
un WefWrought; but what can any man or
,E.I EGI"u OF ordinary good taste or good feeling
reads: si'' '''oN'ns S''uo' = illus
nr, II Is an afternoon in the little editorial office
," ruIer the roof; Mr.. Greeley bending over the
;I $iu~ Iranst:r-papers on which the trlcgraphic
w;,Sl u;,rachcS We're written. The light from the
wI;I irap~ lei. upon the top of his bald head,
haI hIl presented its full circumference to me as
wInhed wahed down. was looking at it vacantly,
n'.L iu l saw tiery scarlet flush rise from his
WIN. WIN ahd temples like wave and flood the
I'.L I'se crown. The next moment he rose, threw
] EsN Ills head, and uttered a fearful shrek