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Show LtTTKIt fUUS SALT LAKE. Under th'u heading we 2nd the fallowing fal-lowing in 'be Ci.li'jrr.ia Chri-um Ad I vocate Th'j i:.i:Vs wodd leal to the . blitf that the. wnicr is the U v. Mr. Stratton of this city : We understand, from thedi-patcb.es, that a great tieai ui el'jitemetit prevails , here, rowiLg out of tbe cuLtiict be- j twecn the prubnte aud United Stales courts; a'a'j i hat thj courts are iu ai terrible condi'ion; tbat tb: excitement excite-ment ba-i reach'-d Washington; thai both houses of conrci-.-; aie at work on bills to relievo uj, ai.d" that in the event of rtsi.itauce to the mea-ur.s to ho adopted, troopd.under the command of hhendau, or somebody eUe, are to be bent here to suppress the rebellion. rebel-lion. Uuo would ruppo-e thai ihnsc who have friends inu.-.t hold ti eir brea-h .sometimes, as .-eat. d quietly at their breakfast taul-.-s they read the dispatches, dis-patches, and think of our pitiable c)u -dition. Well, the picture is dark. and if tlr: reality correspond, wi; should, of all m.n, b'J the n.Q't miserable. But the fact is, iho.:C who quietly pumuo their caliioL's, whether rcl'gi-ous rcl'gi-ous or secular, know nothing about these excitement:-'. True, there is a hitch in the transaction of legal business, busi-ness, growiog out ol the d&cb-.on of tho supremo court, in a case appealed from the courts here; that decision shows the necessity of congressional action in limiting the jurisdiction of the probate courts, and providing for the scleeuoa of proper jurors for the higher high-er courts, and very probably this action will not bo relished by the Mortons; but the idea that great excitement prc-V'lila, prc-V'lila, or that violence may bo apprehended, appre-hended, or that additional troops will bo needed, is purely imaginary. Indeed, In-deed, tho people here would seldom suspect the deplorable condition ol affairs, if they did not see tho papers from abroad. Theic are a few leaders here, who have long held absolute sway, needing to bo cuib'-d by the national government, but a.ide fiom these, a more indu.-trious, quiet, or derly, and law-abiuin community cannot be found. Thcro is not another point on which Mormons feel moro sensitive than polygamy. It is tho most distinctive leaturo of their system, and believing as the great mnjority of them do, that it waa iyen by divine revelation, they will not relinquish it without congressional congres-sional action. Yet, no one living here has any dread of disturbance from such action. Tho truth is, many feel that this practice is a great blunder- Tho women generally bubrnit to it as a groat cross, audi am portuaded that a feeling of relief would bo the most prevalent ono if congress should put a atop to it. Prom all this, you may infer that the more moderate citizens feel conidder-ably conidder-ably disgusted with tho sensational telegrams aud editorials published elsewhere concerning the Mormon question; and this may notify the friends of all Gemilo residents here, that wo tako our usual bleep without fear, and pursue our vocations without interruption; and to adopt tho old-fashioned old-fashioned way of rounding off a sentence, sen-tence, "wo have no one to molest us or make us afraid." The adyapce of tho Teiritory in all material interests wasnuite largo last year, and promises to be etiil larger this. Tho number of minop opened and opening ia astonishing. To aid in their development capital is concentrated, concen-trated, smelting and other works are being constructed, and everything betokens be-tokens prosperity. Railroads, generally gener-ally narrow gauge, a;e constructing in every direction, and thero seems to be good ground lor the statement frequently fre-quently repeated in the local press, that this ii the richest Territory in tho Union. In religious matters the churches aro making steady and permanent pro-irnss. pro-irnss. fn addition to our own. we have tho PresbyteriaD, Episcopal, Baptist and Congregational societies, all rcprc- occupied the field, nod it ia understood to havo the largest number of commu-nicautp. commu-nicautp. Our Sabbath congregations and Sunday school are the largest in the city, and our membership is steadily increasing. This country has many difficulties and discouragements peculiar to itself, but they aro diminishing, dimin-ishing, and I like it better than I once thought possible. We are looking to the completion of our church the coming com-ing summer, and with that consummated, consum-mated, and two or three additional years of prosperity, tho society will hold its head among the first in the land. G. C. S. Salt Lako City, Feb. 17th, 1S73. |