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[p. 1] ; column 5 ; 10 col. in. ; A detailed report on the condition of the Mormon emigrants camped in Carson Valley on their way to Utah; also an account of the ability and willingness of the Mormons to wage war against the federal government.

[p. 4] ; column 2 ; 1 ¼ col. in. ; A report on the number of Mormon emigrants expected this season. Congress has outlawed bigamy, and the enforcement of this law may cause trouble in Utah.

[p. 1] ; column 8 ; 1 col. in. ; "A company of between 3,000 and 4,000 Mormons emigrants are expected here about the first of next month, on their way to Utah. They will purchase their wagons in this city, but the remainder of their outfit, provisions, etc., they procure in Iowa City, from which place they take their final departure for their trip across the plains. The company is mostly English, Welsh, and Danes." From the Chicago Democrat.

[p. 2] ; column 2 ; 12 ¼ col. in. ; Eight hundred Mormons have arrived in the United States from Scandinavian countries. The government needs to restrict Mormon emigration. "This is not the first ship-load of victims of Joe Smith's fraudulent religion."

[p. 3] ; column 3 ; 1 ½ col. in. ; The Mormons are willing to vacate Utah and to colonize on some of the islands of the sea if the government will purchase the Salt Lake City improvements at a fair price.

[p. 1] ; column 5 ; 4 ¾ col. in. ; A new territory is being formed in the desert between California and Utah. It is stated that many will be coming from the Northern and Eastern states and from England to settle with the Mormons in Salt Lake City. Mormons have visited San Diego with the intent to set up a settlement in the Valley of the Gila. The Mormons are apparently confident in the permanence of their society; the position the Mormons hold toward the U.S. government is a serious question.

p. 2 ; column 6 ; 1 ½ col. in. ; Mr. Frederick Loba writes to the Missouri Democrat about an emigration train of 1700 to 2000 people traveling across the plains; about 500 died on the journey or immediately upon arrival at a settlement.

p. 2 ; column 6 ; 1 ¾ col. in. ; A report on the amount of travel between St. Louis, Missouri and Salt Lake City. A large part is due to trains with army supplies for government forces in Salt Lake. Aside from this there is a vast amount of miscellaneous emigration and commercial travel existing between the two points. From the St. Louis Republican.

2 ; 2 ; 8 column inches ; [From the London Post]: The Mormons have commenced hostilities towards the United States government by attacking US troops, 78 wagons, no one was killed. The Mormon emissaries have been busy in England in succeeding in sending out thousands of ignorant and foolish British men and women to swell Brigham Young's numbers.

p. 6 ; column 6 ; 4 ¼ col. in. ; A Christian missionary ministering in Utah describes the harsh treatment of Mormon immigrants in Utah and encourages the government to stop the immigrants in New York.

p. 1 ; columns 2–5 ; 60 col. in. ; Article written by Lieutenant J.W. Gunnison a member of the exploring expedition to the Great Salt Lake under the command of Captain Stansbury. Review of the migration of four thousand Saints to the Salt Lake Valley and the invasion of locusts. Population of Utah in 1853 is estimated at over thirty thousand. Their system of government is called a "Theo–Democracy." A list of basic church tenants is put forth. Polygamy is also addressed in detail.

[p. 4] ; column 5 ; 5 ¾ col. in. ; The Mormons in Utah are rebellious against the federal government, particularly in their defiance of laws about polygamy and real estate. General Connor, the commander of federal forces, believes the only way to solve the problem is to protect free speech by force and to open up the area to a non-Mormon population. Emigrants continue to pour into Utah, where they are indoctrinated with Mormonism and shielded from the rest of the world; the number of books and newspapers there is meager.

[p. 4] ; column 3 ; 6 ¾ col. in. ; The incompetence of Buchanan and the U.S. government, especially in the case of the army sent to Utah. Admiration is expressed for the actions of the Mormons in leaving their homes. From the New York Times.

p. 5 ; column 6 ; 8 ½ col. in. ; An emigrant train of apostate Mormons has just reached Lawrence, Kentucky. The people left because of the polygamy, tithing, and the despotic reign of Brigham Young. They report on the polygamic and military status of the Mormons.

[p. 1] ; columns 5–6 ; 8 ½ col. in. ; An emigrant train of apostate Mormons has just reached Lawrence, Kentucky. The people left because of the polygamy, tithing, and the despotic reign of Brigham Young. They report on the polygamic and military status of the Mormons. Also found in the New York Daily Tribune no. 5085 (7 Aug 1857).