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Show LETTER FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS. SAn Overland Trip. Indians. The Salt Lake City Election, Etc. Council Bh.ffr, Feb. 17, 1874. Editors Salt Lake Herald: When I lea the city I had intended to write a line long ere this date, but owing to a variety of reasons, "too tedious to enumerate," have not done so. Leaving Salt Lako on the 3.40 p.m. I rain, I saw nothing of special note between that place and Ogden, excepting an occasional Granger with his team and plow turning up the soih preparatory to seeding in due time and the aforesaid industry contrasts strangely enough with the operations of tlie same class in this latitude. Wood cutting and hauling, ice cutting cut-ting and ditto being the industrial pursuits mostly engaged in. The Big Muddy is muchly bridged at present; weather is pleasant but cold. I have just returned from a short trip north, and find things about the same as in this locality. Council Bluffs and Omaha are still talking "terminus" and "bridge" and "transfer," much more in my opinion than is conducive to pleasure or profit: both towns live, and prob ably will continue to live until the warning notes of the famed trumpeter trumpet-er shall resound from one end of the U. P. bridge to the other. I found tlie Utah Central and the Union Par-ific railroads both in good very condition, with very attentive conductors and other employes. 1 have Beldom met a more gentlemanly gen-tlemanly railroad conductor than our long friend who runs the trains from your city to Ogden I never can remember his name, but that makes no difference. I found but two things to complain about, which is saying a great deal for 1,000 miles travel. One was that the ticket agentij neglected to "chalk" my beaver, and the other was that in spite of" the rules of the road quite a number ot passengers would persist in smoking in the coaches no smoking car bring attached, in consequence whereof your bumble servant inwardly inward-ly indulged in an unusual amount ol profanity. Queries, Will smokers ever learn to be gentlemen ? Will smoking be allowed in Heaven ? Of course you are kept, posted in regard re-gard to the Indian troubles, and it is anything on that subject, only there is no doubt that the noblo red men have got their "ebenezer" up, and are in earnest. It remains to be seen whether the government is equal to the emergency or not. I saw quite a number of white-hnaded, beardless "boys in blue" depart for the seat of war on Sunday last. It seems that the Indians are well supplied with superior guns and ammunition am-munition galore, while our Uncle Samuel refuses to supply tho citizens of Nebraska,wbo are threatened, with arme of any kind, on the ground that there is no taw authorizing it. There was no law authorizing the expenditure expendi-ture of that little five millions in getting get-ting up the late Viiyinius fiasco, but that was a horse of a different color. If the Indians are not speedily whipped I think it will be well for our Utah settlers to keep a sharp lookout in the exposed localities; for doubtless there is a general understanding among the semi-hostile tribes. 1 sec from the papers that you had an election since my departure.which was expected, however; the result of this election may possibly impart a much needed lesson to both parties in Utah. It may notify the dominant party that the people are not all satis-lied satis-lied with all of the municip d officers, and that possibly in future nominations nomina-tions it would be as well. to pay .a little attention to the wishes of the minority; minor-ity; and it may nerve to convince the Newman "ring"that all the Mormons are not serfs, blindly voting as the leaders dictate. Will both parties pardon fhe suggestion sug-gestion that, in my opinion, it would be far better in future to organize the political parties and make their political Bghts, under the names of Republican and Democrat, or such other parties as may be desirable? but this has been suggested heretofore without effect, and it may bo a long time before it is done. I expect t proceed on a trip to Cincinnati in a short time, and if I should see any tiling that I think will interest your readers, will probably write again; in the meantime, adieu. H. D. J |