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Legislature of South Carolina. The Committee ??u Colored population to whom was referred so much of the Governor's Message as relates to the removal of the Free Negroes from the State, ask leave to RCPORT: That they regard the subject involved in j this inquiry, as one ol'the very gravest import? and surrounded by dilhcuitics of great embarrasmenb It is cnmparitively of novel impression in our .State, and has never been to any extent considered by our citizens. To carry out the recommendations of the Governor, would involve the existence and recognition of the principles of the Colonization Society, an Institution which has never been in any favor in South Carolina. About twenty years ago there was a feeble effort made to establish one of these Societies in the State, it lingered * j - _ -i l out a sickly existence, ana 111 a snort umo . niretl and with it the discussion of the question. , it is a fact not to ho overlooked that the spirit of Abolition at the North first commenced its operations under the patronage and authority of Colonizrftien Societies, and most of the advocates and promoters of those measures are now violent Abolitionists?so that the public mind in this State, so far from being directed towards it, may be said since the agitation of the slavery question at the North to have been entirely diverted from its consideration. And the conclusion very legitimately and justly to be drawn from these facts is, that there is no settled poli cy indicated on this subject in this State. Your Committee are free to admit, that it would lie much to be desired?that there were but two classes in a slavehnlding country?the masters on the one hand, and the slaves on the other?that an intermediate class possessed of some legal privileges, besides being nnomolous, presents a coustant source of discontent to those who are lower down in the scale; the slaves seeing the privileges and immunities enjoyed by the free negroes, long to be elevated to their condition, and discontent and dissatis faction ensue in regard to their more senile conditiou. The only plan to be adopted as a remedy of this condition of the subject, would be the dismissal of that entire class of population ; this would operate with peculiar hardship and injustice on some. Many are the owners >f. of land and slave, and are bound to the soil by *? tlwiu ocennintinna ffliniinli iii n less refined -v ?U1 UIU?, OOOVVIB..VUB - degree) which characterise the feelings of the white rnce-we have extended to tiiorii civil and j legal privileges, which have cultivated and gtrei gthened these feelings, and suddenly, without fault on their part, they are to sutler , : the severest of all punishments, namely; expatriation. because we have chosen to change our ? policy. It cannot be denied that there are in the State many free negroes, who, from bad character, idleness, and dissolute conduct have become nuisances to their neighborhoods. These cases can be met by judicial penal legislation sufficient to repress the. evil without resorting to the extreme measure indicated by bis Excellency. i/_?_ n - ? ..i~~ : r.??A ?,:?k I x our vuniiuiui't', lire man imjucoovu nmi | the great difficulties which would arise, as to j tie mode and measure of the removal of these pjople. Is it proposed to confiscate their property to raise the ineaus, ' would the State incur this excuse i It would require a large amount of expenditure to effect it properly, and it is very much to lie doubted, whether our people are prepared or willing to sustain this expense at the present time. In conclusion, your Committee are of opinx ion, that it would illy comport with the true character of South Carolina, whilst she was atruggliug for her rights in the property of the African race as slaves, that she should be found imitating the example of a selfish and heartless people, who, whilst they commit robbery and plunder of our property, under the pretense of sympathy and attachment to the African race, are the perpetrators of the most cruel and unfeeling conduct to those of the race who have the misfortune of being a part of their population. Let us hold out to the world, whilst we assign them a subordinate position, both in our political and social arrangepicnts, we regard the obligation not li-css Viiniliti<r_ to extend to them nil the protection and countenance, which their own conduct will admit of; and this we are confident will not be the less obligatory, because of its dependence on our own consciences and sense of duty. Your Committee are of opinion, that the re commendation of the Governor as to the taking of a census of this population, should be adopted, as it would furnish useful and important information, and may be necessary for future legislation. Respectfully submitted, J. HARLESTON READ, Jr. Chairman of Committee on Colored Population. THE COMPROMISE IN MISSISSIPPI. The Hon. John D. Freeman one of the ablest rvnAff F tk/v / 'rvnirvrAmien ?-? \'l iccSCCiroti OU|?j?wntJO VI lll^ vvuipiwuiioc I jvaar?n?aoij/|/ij recommends the follov ing course of action towards the North : ?\V e can withdraw our patronage from the Northern cities and factories, and refuse to export and import in Northern ships?we can establish direct communication with the foreign markets ol the world?export our own crops in our own ships and import our own goods and money in return?establish .Southern manufactories, encourage Southern mechanics, ami Southern interests of every description, rnd make use of the army and navy ot the Union to nrofpet Sontliorti pntortirise tiiis tiro. ? clamation to the North and execute it with an energy and determination worthy of so great a cause, and we shall revolutionize the government and conquer our Northern enemies without shedding a drop of fraternal hlood " We fear Mr. Freeman will not he considered very orthodox in this city, if he preaches such doctrines as these. There was nothing like this said, or even squinted at, in the famous resolutions at the St. Charles Theatre, and we question very much if Mr. Freeman would not have been hissed, hooted and hustled out if he had been there and broached such opinions. Mr. Freeman, however, says: "A declaration of independence and secos- : sion by Mississippi, will not repeal the Consti- j tul ion and laws of the United States. The President, having no opinion, will he compelled to ' enforce them both; ami unless we mako forcible ami successful resistance, we shall be in the linion, but not of it. Having abandoned our position as a State, and withdrawn our representation from Congress, we shall he reduced to a territory, and governed as such." These sentiments would have atoned for the foregoing, and Mr. Freeman would, doubtless, have been invited back into the The ttre by the repentant audience, and been received with tluee cheers. Wo should like, however, to know the modus apenndi of getting at Mississippi, if ever circumstances force her, in defence of her institutions, her firesides and her sovereignty, to with ti!c I i ninn W.i inn imuntiii* ImW uraw uwiii uiio wiiiviii v vuii iiiit^niw ?.v the Federal Government might, possibly, annoy a seaboard State, but how would it proceed against Mississippi ? She is an interior State. Of the necessaries of life she produces more than she consumes, and her exports are indispensable to the existence of New Orleans, of Boston, New York, and Liverj>ool. Her great staple is the lever that regulates the trade and the peace of the world. She could not therefore be blockaded. She requires not one do.lar from the national treasury. She is surrounded by slaveholding States, of kindred sympathies and interests. No response on them for militia to invade Mississippi would be made; not a man would volunteer, or submit to be drafted; and no army of federal mercenaries could set foot on their territories without finding an ambush and an enemy on every mile of their march. We cite this instance to show how powerless the Government would be in an emergency of this nature, and in the hope that it will exert all its influence to restrain those who are menacing and assailing the constitutional rights of tiie South, gradually forcing on n catastrophe at which hope and patriotism and humanity will hang down their heads and weep. Louisiana Courier. THE POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The friends of the South are most anxiously watching the movement* of the South Carolina Legislature, and iightly as they speak and affect to think ofher, the conservators ol the 'glorious" Union, aic solicitous spectators of the position which the gallant State is assuming in thiscrisis. Since the days of nullificaiioii Smith Carolina has lieen the object of the bitterest hatred anil the fiercest opposition of federalism. Her name has been jeered nt, and envy, hut half concealed inthegarbof devotion to the Union, has attempted to point the finger of contempt at the great men who have lived and battled and died in | her cause. From the federalist in the Senate ' Chamber lo the meanest sycophant of power who prates on politics from (lie slump. South Carolina has been abused, usporsed and misrepiesen'ted; and all lor the sin of being republican, all for daring to maintain her rights. It has been said, and most truly that there are but two parties in this goverment; the one stand upon Plymouth Kock in .Massachusetts, the oth. er tipon the soil of South Carolina. From the earliest dawn ut this republic till now federalism und State Rights have been the lwoconflict ting elements in the Union, and upon these two opposing ideas have been built all the political distinctions which have, from that day to this, divided the country. While he lived, Mr Cab hoon was the great embodiment of republican, ism in this country, and though be no longer lives to counsel, South Carolina yet stands the firm, unyielding champion of the cause to which his liie was devoted. To her, it is no new thing to be arrayed against the usurpation of power by the General Goverment. She has dared lo - * ' - . . f_ _ asiwl her right# beture; stie will iioi prove iorgetfui of what is due to her now. Whether she will determine to take her cause into her own hands, or will await the co.operu* tion of her lister States of the South, has not jet heen lully indicated. One 'hing is certain, she will not content herself with empty resolutions against futuro wrong*. The past is full of outrage, and she will neither close her eyes to the fact, nor ingraciously purchase peace for the future by submitting to the wrongs which have heen already inflicted. Resistance in some form will be determined upon, and this whether the South acts with her, or she stands alone. As to the mode or measure of that resistance, we know nolhingjwe only know that some mode will he adopted, and that it will be. measured alone hy the wrong which has heen imposed. The question is frequently asked, if ?>oulli Carolina secedes, will any htber State unite with her? Mississippi probably might, hut we do not Relieve she would. That Georgia would not, is certain; and it is scarcely doubtful that neither Florida nor Alabama would. These are unwelcome truths, but wo believe they are lieverlheless truths. Our own recent election has taught us that (here is a 8{?e 11 in party, a charm in good prices for cotton, and a power in the cry of "Union," too strong tor the love of right or devotion to principal- The lesson is hn nil. iating, but we do not despond under it, for we know that though the South slumbers now, she will not s|pep alwavs. Sooner or later she must awake and act. Lot South Carolina thpn secede, alone if need be, and the ?lay is not dig. tant when she wjl form the nucleus of a Confederacy more glorious than that which she leaves. But while we believe that no other State ? .III K.lit Uoe ?* lioliulfn ikllt tlw?n> i?t nnt nno_ from Virginia to Texan, which would not stand liv her, in arms if neressay, in the exercises of the right of secession. The first federal gun which was fired within her limits would he signal of a rally from the Potomac to the Rio (i rand. The first federal gun though would never be fired. If South Carolina choose to go out of the Union she has the right to do so, and the (leneral (ioverinent will not ntteni|>l to arrest her movement.?Columbus (C") Sentinel. The news from Ohio, is that Gov. Ford will he elected United States Senator to succeed Mr. "Solitude" Ewing. Ford, it will be recollected, was elected Governor in 1818 by the Abolition vote?receiving the active support of Giddings, Root, and all their followers. Their Southern allies, who then rejoiced at the success of Ford over an anti-abolitionist, will no doubt hail, with equal delight his election to the Senate at the present time. A \ irgiilia Whig paper, now before us, announces the prospect of his election with evident suliaihction* / fll jJOTMMAILo CAMDEN. S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1850. Consolidation or Disunion. Our choice must be between the two. The tendency of all power is to run from the hands of the many to the few?and for Representative forms of government to gradually change into the con solidated. This is most forcibly evidenced in our own government. Every session ofCongress furnishes a new assumption of power, and that power the power of a majority. The constitution?in sjiiril forgotton?and in letter strained to serve sectional purposes, and a laying down of principles, upon which hereafter to build a system of op pressive measures. a jib nunu, wnn uu uvuiwhelming vote, is already able to direct legislation, and with her vast mass of political demagogues and half socialist population?her foreign emigration and crowds of paupers?she would gladly hang on to the Union, in order to draw a sustenance from the South. But it has ever been the policy of the South to oppose anything like con solidation?this would express a preference for small governments, and then comes up the quere, which is better lor the people, large or small governments? Large governments it must be recollected have as their natural tendency, consolidation. Small ones the reverse. In large governments, individual excellence and private enterprise are lost in the mass, and all eyes are turned to the success of grand governmental schemes, forgetting that no mountain, however large, but what is composed of particles?no ocean but what is made up of drops, and no grand scheme but owes its success to the correctness of the primary causes. Ia small governments the reverse is the case. Individual efTort gains observation; emulation improves particulars. Each man feels he has an influence,he is not lost in governmental consolidation of effort, but he feels himself an active constituent part of society, who must assist in the move, and not himself be borne along by the mass. Thus it was while the Persian Empire was crumbling beneath its own weight?the smaller and active States of Sparta and Athens were setting in the coronet of History the names of Homer, Lyc.-ngus, Solon, Mihiades, Leonid as, Aristotle and Plain. A nd throwing in never fading colors UDOn " D O J th3 canvass of the past Thermopylae and Marathon. Our government is too large?lessen it by disunion. Let the North with her mobocracy and isms be the Persia of the West, and let us profit by the past while we may, that the South may give to the western world an Athens and a Sparta. Bank of the State. The following gentlemen were elected officers of the Bank of the State, on Monday last, by the Legislature: President, C. M. Furman. Directors, Thomas Lehre, J. P. Deveaux. R. G. Stone, G. Robertson, P. M. Cohen, E. Carson, W. C. Dukes, G. H. Walter, S. L. Glover, E. W. Matthews, J. L. Gantt, H. F. Strohecker. Methodist Church North. The statistics of the Methodist Church North, shows the following results: 4,129 travelling preachers, 6,420 local preachers, and 689,682 members, l>eing an increase as compared with the previous year of 148 travelling, and 286 local preachers, and 26,378 members. The resolution submitted by Mr. Cantey, that 8300,000 be placed at the disposal of the Ordnance Board for the defence of the State, and that 850,000 be added to the Governor's con tingent fund, to be used only in case of actual hostilities, was passed by die House and sent to the Senate. We are glad to see that the Bill above offered by our Representative, Mr. Cantey, passed the House?we hope it may the Senate. Prepare sliouid be our watchword?and this JooKsiiKe uio right kind of action. Oeorgia Submission. Tho following is the patriotic train of Resolutions passed by the late Georgia convention. The fir6t as follows: Be it resolved by the people of Georgia in Convention assembled, 1st. That we hold the Amcricnn Union secondary in importance only to the rights and principles it was designed to perpetuate. That past associations, present fruition, and future prospects, will bind us to it so long as it continues to be the safeguard of those rights and principles. Can anything be inoro meaningless. The American Union secondary only to the Rights and Principles it was designed to perpetuate. Rights which it has totally disregarded?and principles -' -I- j 1 ,l,? wind) it lias utteny miringeu , urn icimcu mc safeguard of those rights?it is, as tlie robber is the safeguard of the property lie has just taken from you. Hut Secondly, That if the thirteen original parties to the contract, bordering the Atlantic in a narrow belt, while their separate interests were in embryo, their peculiar tendencies scarcely peveloped, their revolutionary trials and tri umphs, still green in memory, found Union impossible without Compromise, the thirty-one of this dav, may well yield somewhat, in the con-* 1 --is? * ? IT fiict Ot opinion aim policy, I" piuocivv uiui nioii which has extended the sway of Republi- ! can Government over a vast wilderness to another ocean, and proportionally advanced their civilization and national greatness. The compromises of the 13 were not-all on one side, they did not deduct from the Rights of one portion to lump privileges on the other; it was a mutual system of compromises. But we deny that the Union has been carried from ocean to ocean?the territories of Northern usurpation has been extended?but the South has not had those privileges. It is not a union extension, far from it. Thirdly, That in this spirit the State of Georgia has maturely considered the action of Congiv." , "mhracing a series of measures for the :el - li ornia into the Union, the orga.ii/..aiuu ui . ciiiioiial governments for Utah and New Mexico, the establishment of a boun-; ??BH?ME???1M ! dary between the latter and the State of Texas, the suppression of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and the extradition of fugitive slaves, and (connected with them) the rejection of propositions to exclude slavery from the Mexican Territories, and to abolish it in the District of Columbia, and whilst she does not wholly approve, will abide by it as a permanent adjustment of this sectional controversy. This embraces the gist of the aflair. After considering the infamous omnibus bill, they consider as a set-off to these aggressions, the wonderful concessions of the North in rejecting the propositions to exclude slavery from New Mexico and Utah, and to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. After taking all the territories of worth from the South, they concede us, as a gracious rnncessinn. an ential riu-ht to Npav mid - ^ - "O" " ? ? Utah, and alter having abolished the slave trade in the District they concede to not abolish slavery yet awhile, and the Georgia convention, cringes to its masters, and grasps the crumbs, which the Robbers let fall to them while they are devouring the rich bread of which they have just robbed them. And then, Fourthly, That the State of Georgia, in the judgment of this Convention, will, and ought to resist, even (as a last resort) to a disruption of j every tie which binds her to the Union, any ac- ! tion of Congress upou the subject of slavery in the District of Columbia, or in places subject to the jurisdiction of Congress, incompatible with the safety, domestic tranquility, the rights and the honor of the slaveholding States, or any act suppressing the slave trade between the slaveholding States, or any refusal to admit as a State any Territory hereafter applying, because of the existence of slavery therein, or any act prohibiting the introduction of slaves into the Territories of Utah and iNew Mexico, or any act repealing, or materially modifying the laws now in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves. As if ashamed of their degrading submission, they squeeze out the expression, "ought to resist," if so and so occurs, in which event the tamest slave would resist; but as far as they can go is "ought to resist" Then they come out, Fifthly, lliat it is the deliberate opinion of this Convention, that upon the faithful execution of the Fugitive Slave Law by the proper n nfli/t mi lirtr flAr.Anrlo flirt rvfAOrt m n f 1 n It A f /till* UU^UUIIIIUO) UVj'CllUO U1C |/IVOWirauuil VI VUI much loved Union. A deliberate opinion, that our much loved Union depends upon the enforcement of the fugitive slave bill. What would the repeal of that law be to the aggressions they have already agreed to submit to, as nothing?the North know it and know too that they would submit to that. Well may Greelv head .his articles in the Jribune, "Georgia all right," it is right for him/?o far as the convention is concerned. / V CoL Chesnut. The following well merited compliment we extract liom the correspondence of the Cheraw Gazette. We understand his policy to be, to wait yet awhile, for the result of the Southern Congress, and until then for the co-operation of the other southern States, but in the event of a failure then, lor separate oiaie acnon. " We have heard from r.ll quarters, a most flattering account of the speech delivered this morning, in tho Homo of Representatives by iMr. Chesnut, of Camden. The House was in breathless attention, for he was speaking to them 'the truth,' like an honest Representative should?he gave them good souse and sound argument, and the wind and waves of Buncombe oratory were stilled. Ho spoke "as unto wise men," and they heard and appreciated the views expresseil by him, on the course South Carolina should take in the present crisis ofher affairs. He did not rant and rave, nor address himself ill any maimer 10 me iiiuainaiory leeuugsui me House, yet ho has won golden opinions of all who heard him, and has established a character here, that may well he envied. Mr. Chesnut was a member of the Nashville Convention, and is presumed to be acquainted with the subject It may be his proud boast, that in his speech he catered not for morbid appetite, but like an honest physician, administered to his patients, not the dose they icanled to take, but that which he knew was best for their health. We heartily wish that bold and honest Representative, a lasting place in the memory of the people, and bespeaking for him the honors Unit the unflinching, conscientious public servant only deserves to have. We are informed that he demonstrated. most conclusively, the expediency of separate State action, at present, and pointed to co-operation with other Southern States, as the only available remedy ; and showed, that this expectation was by no means ill-founded?that the other Southern States would be compelled to co-operate with us, from causes that they could not control. It is said that the speech will be published, and, if so, we will venture no other comments in this place, as our readers will soon be able to judge for themselves, it is conceded on all hands, that it has made a decided impression here, upon members and spectators; and to hear sonic of them talking on the subject, they seem to be pleased that they have viewed both sides, and are now able to contrast the colors which reason and reflection throw aroud it, with those created by tho hasty ebullitions of feeling, and which always shut out consequences from view. Singular and Fatal Accidkxt.?A short time since, Mr. James F. Wclcjk an overseer at the Atlantic Mills, while on tM\isit to Derry, N. II., went out on a gunning excursion. In the course of his rambles, he tound some walnuts near a stone wall. He gathered a few, and leaning his fowling piece against the wall, commenced cracking them with a small stone. The concussion against the wall caused a stone to fall, which, sliding along the barrel, turned the muzzle towards Mr. YVelch, and striking the trigger, discharged the piece, and the whole contents entered immediately under his right arm pit, and came out at the shoulder. The wound was dreadfully severe, and he lingered in great agony for a fortnight, when he died. He left a widow and two children. He was a most faithful, worthy and true inun. Lateri nee (.V. H ) Sentinel. | (&- The Senate on yesterday,- passed the Rouse Bill providing for the election of delegates totlio Southern Congress, and ordaining the meeting of a State Convention. The election of four delegates, to represent the State at large in the Southern Congress, will be held to day, and the election of delegaterby the people will he held on the second Monday in October next. The election for delegates to the Convention to be held on the second Monday in February. For tl"e Journal, TO THE PUBLIC. It is' a matter deeply to be deplored, that the South should have been so Jong, and to sncif an extent, dependent on the North for the instructors of their children and youth. Not'rti-~ lv our public Institutions of learning, hut the" greater number of our private schools and-'' academies have hitherto been entrusted to the ' hands of Northern teachers. At any time such* a state of dependency ought to be regarded by us, as a matter of reproach. But at such a' time as this, it is an evil not to to be borne, that the education of our children must be committed, of necessity, to a class of teachers, whose' political sentiments are at war with onr long-cherished domestic policy, This dependency owes its existence to the" fact that education among us has been confined chiefly to the wealthy class of our citizens, who shrink from the drudgery of teaching, regarding it as a sort of menial service ; while the poorer class who would willingly serve their country in this useful and pratriotic occupation, are destitute nftliP nipniia nuinicita (apnn.ililV!iiinl.i'm. " IVI Vjuuiiijiu^ IUCIU" selves to become successful teachers. Our State has certainly been /cry remiss in not making more ample provisions lor the education of the poor, who might otherwise become our most useful citizens, it is the deliberate opinion of him, who now addresses yoo, that the Legislature should at once provide for the establishment mid support of schools, both male and female, whose primary object shall be to educate promising young persons, expressly for Teachers, in the absence of sucli provision, and in view of the imperative necessity for a supply of native Southern teachers the attention of the patriotic and liberal fs invited to the subjoined proposition: It is nronosed. that threw* of our follow citi zeti3, who advocate the teaching of native Soothem teachers, organize themselves into a society for the purpose of raising funds, for the establishment and support of such schools, of the kind alluded to, as shall be conducted agreeably to their wishes; procure quaiided teachers to superintend them; seek out, and endeavour to induce suitable persons to enter those schools; and appointcoinmilte.es to report to the society the characters and wants of the schools, and the success attending these efforts. The subscriber asks the patronage of the public to an institution of this sort, to be established near Russel Place, Kershaw District,. S. f!.. to fTfi intn nner;itir>ii p.irlv in the ensuinf? year. The School will be one of a high order in which nil the branches of a thorough English and Classical education will be taught Being designed for training of teacher*, the mode of instructing will Ihj somewhat after the plan of thy Lincasterian and Normal Schools. As the Institution is intended chiefly for the education of those whoss means are limited, it will be conducted on the most economical plan; the boarding department being so man aged as merely to cover expenses. The necessary expenses of such an Institution will be. the salary of a competent superintendent; and the erection of a plain building containing sleeping and eating apartments, and a recitation room. Those who may take an interest in such an enterprize are nequested to address the subscriber at Russell Place, S. C. S. DONNELLY, Dec. 13. 1850. 0^7" Editors friendly to such an enterprise will oblige the writer by publishing this communication. "There are no disunionists in the North." So says the Boston Atlas, an advocate of the Wilinot Proviso and the repeal of the fugitive slave law. We believe ihe Atlas. We believe the North would yield ihe South every Constitutional right she possesses rather than dissolve the Union. But we have submissionists in the SniOti n rti uriHincr til flhide hv the deCreeS KJWMl.. " ' "J m m ' of Congress, passed with the sanction of a majority, and who are either too timid or too destitute of patriotism, to make a demand of our rights. Such as these have paralysed the arm of the Soutii, and are willing to acquiesce in any law Congress may pass unless, forsooth, a minority should be able to repeal it! This is as far as they will go.?Memphis Appeal. Fugitive Slaves at lh?. Northwest.?Mr. John Calvert, an ngent who was sent to Chiago, from St. Louis, to recover fugitive slaves, in- ( forms the St. Louis Republican, that while at Chicago all the letters sent to him were intercepted and broken open or destroyed, and that although he sent thirty-two telegraphic despatches to St. Louis, he could get no answer to anv of them. He says that there are a / t/ large number of fugitive slaves at Chicago, but that through the activity of the Abolitionists, it is almost impossible to recover any of them. One female slave consented to return with him, but she was forced from him at Bridgewater by fifty or sixty colored persons. In pursuit of fugitives, he went to Chatham, in Canada, where he found a large number of them and many others constantly arriving from the States. Lowell Manufactures.?There are in Lowell, Mass. twelve manufacturing corporations, with, a capital stock of $13,210,000. The number of mills is 50; spindles, 319,045; looms, 9,985; fum sili >s em nl n red. 8.260: males employed, 2,741, cotton consumed per week, (>53,000 lbs; wool per week, 60,000 pounds. ( The Mormons and the Utahs.?It is slated I that the Mormons have formed a treaty, "of- 1 tensive and defensive," with the Utah Indians, J and further, that many of the Indians have been baptized in the Mormon faith.