Show frol from lift the of f the secretary of war ivar affairs in the territory of utah remain a in very muc much has aa at tile the date of my last an annual 1 I 1 is a I 1 report tile tl e army is 14 inactive and sta stands t a it iii the attitude of a menacing force towards a cot a and 1 I 1 sullen people I 1 lam am satis satisfied fil that the preservation I 1 of lg hg of known or recognized by the people of the united stater is impossible a in in that territory it is is governed practically by a system which is in it total disregard of or uie the laws or constitution of theland the land the no laws of the mormon church and the will of it the he hierarchy are alone potential there beyond a mere outward I 1 show bow of ac quiescence in in federal authority they are as aa irresponsible to it as any foreign nation there is is I 1 in the present attitude of of fairs scarcely any necessity for the presence ance ot of troops troop S in n utah and it ey will er be e otherwise disposed of in the coming season there are ho no complain lB of indian hostilities hosti lites towards tile the I 1 ale all other olber teri tonea arid and people upon our vast frontiers tion tiers suffer from indian depredations but tile the mormon people enoy an immunity unity from a all I 1 I 1 the their ir outa out rage for the protection of these people against indiana india is there is is no necessity for the Predence presence of a single angle soldier mu murders ders an and robberies lob henes of the most moat attro allro pious cious character have been perpetrated in in the territory ry upon emigrants emi grans from the States journeying towards the pacific an and 1 I in in some of the most shocking instances I 1 by while in men e n disguised asin as in deans the general impression a boiar far as I 1 have been able to ascertain it amol amongst gat those having opportunity to know is that these murders murdena are the work of the mormon people themselves as sanc sanci ile i tinned it if not directed by the authority on church I 1 cannot commend in in terms too high the wise prudence and officer like conduct of the general the army its utah the discipline of his command is 13 admirable and its efficiency is is unsure as cd much has done do through the army under command co mand of 01 general Gner al johnston towards improving the roads in I 1 tati tab slid and to give to toffie if e public a fuller knowledge of lie hie condition and degour resources ces odthe of the territory Capt captain aln J H simps i of the topographical engineers ensi enzi biks during ing the postseason past season explored and op opened wo new routes fro from in coina floyd to cah all r birnn nia eitner either 11 is 13 about mils miles tl aban an it iha i old nig route by the wa 0 better for grass oo dand water 1 over both these routes ro lies lie he con conti I C cheda t a party of sixty five men and a trim train of fourteen wagon wag 0 ns abild since since his return to t camp floyd many emigrants with large herds of cattle have parsed oi ov er r the fie route by he which is tile the better of tile the two itineraries Itin eranea for both hav been famished fun nihed to the public p all through tigh the press in california and utah tl the siv sav ang in in tune time of by these roads to emigrants for california is about fifteen days and for the malls mails about four the saving in in stoc stock kawl ai d dang dalight lit cattle on these routes boutes ov over er those formerly connerly fon trave traveled lel 0 v ingato int to pure pa re watt water ard and abundant grasi gra is estimated estima te d at twenty five file I 1 pr cent captain simpson has also under the instructions of general found a 4 new 11 w v wagon road pass p iss irom from the valley valle or of the great salt lake bythe by ay of abs tbs tim river Ches cheaney Ch eanes fork of tte ati uinta river into the valley lalley of green river which will shorten the route pursued by colonel loring flom aiom pamp camp floyd to sinta santa fe probably as muth as eighty miles and should a pra practicable e pa pass be found foud fou d abi ough the rocky mountains tain by tle tilie way of white river through the eniti middle lie pal pai t between the lead head waters of the arkansas Arka and the cache la Poli polidore a tributary of the flatte a w wagon a g road will be obtained through n hie pikes ril ea peak gold region which will be co lerable isider ably to the states slates than any we ve slow now lime have |