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There are now two individuals on earth and in the flesh representing themselves as the Messiah. One In Rockford, Illinois, white man, named Swinefourth, of Teutonic descent; the other full blood Piute, at Walker Lake, Nevada Inasmuch as biblical history mentions but one Christ, one of the persons referred to must be m im- poster. Doubtless both arc spiritual mountebanks, but, nevertheless, they have thousands of proselytes who are enriching their respective sayiours with worldly goods,
 In the 30's prophet named William Miller, plain, uneducated farmer, fixed the second coming of Christ in 1s43, and although 1T years have elapsed since then, the visible Christ has not appeared, The diffusion of his views was attended with much excite ment. The passing of the year '43 without the appearance of the expected Saviour, shook the faith of some, but others contidei tly awaited the coming of the Lord, in great simplicity of faith Miller died in 1Si9, and divis- ions took place among his followers. Some adhered to the notion of setting q time for Christ S coming, while others abandoned the idea of expecting the Lord speedily. A large number of Miller's followers have adopted the seventh day of the week as Sabbath, and hence are called Seventh Day Advsntists
 And now we have two Saviours upon earth in the persons first above named, who will fill niche in history, as well as Miller.
 Belief in the Piute Chris. is rapidly spreading among the Indians of the North, and his fame has reached as far south as the Navajo reservation. The number who have become imbued with his pernicious teachings is estimated by Colonel Corbin, of the U. s. army, at 30,000, among whom, We are sorry to say, the Navajos are named as showing n state of inquietude, That being so, may we not expect that the Apaches, their neighbors, will become infected with the deliriUm as believed by fanat- ical Indians that Piute John, who had beer to heaven, had rendered the h. dians invulnerable to the bullets of the whites.
 Late dispatches report increased alarm in the neighborhood of the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock agencies, Settlers are reported to be fleeing from their ranches and seeking safety iu tine towns and military posts. Reports of depredations by Indians lack conhrma- ton; nevertheless four companies left Fort Omaha for Pine Ridge agency on the 18th, and others have been ordered out from forts Mckinney, Mobrara and Robinson.
 The fanaticai whites are more to blame for the unsettled condition of the sayages than the Indians themselves. From time immemorIal superstitious whites have been impressing their pe- culiar views upon western tribes until they are willing to accept their absurd doctrines as gospel truth, and have in augurated war which may cost thous- ands of lives and millions of money, unless suddenly checked by the pres ence of formidable troop We have information from the seat of threat enod danger, as late as the 18th, where Porcupine, the reputed apostle of the Messiah, was present, awaiting the coming of the veritable Christ in the form of buffalo bull, to give the sig nal for the opening attack upon the whites. The bull wes expected to ap- pear on the 20th inst