Nuhou, Volume I, Number 16, 18 April 1873 — Movements of the Mormons-Where they are Probably Going to. [ARTICLE]

Movements of the Mormons-Where they are Probably Going to.

£VVashington Correspondcncc N. Y. Times, Fcb. 25th, 1858.] j Thc myetery rolativo to the movementß and | purpoßes of the Mormons } is to some extent explained by in(ormatloa whleh rclates to Captain Gibson, of Dutch East Inelian celebrity, who seems to keep his attention fixed upon the Indian Archipelago. Sometime iiv June of last year s as I leam, he submitted a *plan to the Mor» mon Delegate, Mr JBernhisel, for the emigration ! of his eonstitueny in Utah, to the island of New Ouinea, i.n the inelian Arcliipelago. This plan \vas cardially approved of by the chief Saintsof Salt Lake City ; and, in accordance with their ■ apprQbation, Mr. Bernhisel Bubmitted a propoei- j . lion, ontirely based upon the Captam*s plan of | eiiiigration, to the Government in February last ; | the consideration of whieh was wholly rejeeted by tho President. I>uring the montli of Marc-h, Captain Gibson took eome pains to induee the Govcrnmcnt to give his plan a favorahle eonsid-' crationhe urged thafe Mormonism was a growing power, and that as a Mormon war in Utah had assumed more threatening proportions than the Mormon war in Illi)iois, so a Mormon war in Sonora, or other territory on this Continent ? some j years henee, may present obstaeles to tax the highest energies of the Republic. This was the golden opportunity to remove this fanatieal antagonism to our institutions lbrever from tl!ls Continenc. Ile set forth, based upoo reliable inthat thc spirits in Utah werc eager; for a more genial field, than their desert bound retreat, lor the exereise of thcir ekill and indu«try, atid for the mi\intenanoe of their peeuliar political and eoeial inetitutions ; and hrthe great, fertile and unappropviated island of New Guinea, ln the vieinicy of Orīental p*olygamist eommunities, they hoped to find a eougenial houie ! l\>r their community ; furthermorē, whilst the, Government was aetive!y pusbing its war prepa-! ratlousvCiiptain Gibsou urged thafc a Peaee CommisBioner should be eent to treatwith the Mormon leaders, cither w r ith referenee to his plans of emigration or otlier adjustment of uifficulties; *but the Captaiivs peaee proposition was rejected, alike with the proposition tQ emigrate, 6ubuutted by the Mormon dcleg\te, and he (the Captain) was infonucd by t!io (»o\e n\ment that 110 other eourse eould be pursued by t!ie United States authorities, than to uneoiKiitionally u ma\utoin the supremaey of thelaw in Utah, > ' A eorreapondenee on thm sutijeet with some membcrs of the Cabinct> took plnee in Mareh. Captain Gibson hiB views to leadinj Southern member« Jof who have been aetive nemU of the CaptxUnV ehiim againsi M\c Ouleh ,

and it is presamed tliat their InŪuenee Jnduu 1 tho GoYermnent, or tlie President rather, to clmnge his uncompromising attitude wifcb regard' to the MormoiiS ; and the result wae the appointment 6f CommissionerSj though by no means such. tnen as were proposed, who wouM hg.ve feeen far ! better calculated to coneiliate theM6rmons, than' rariger > McCulloch > so hated bj them. | Thoft£ Btatements ean be relied 011 bting| supported by olleial documentary evidence, To, esplain tlie present movemerits of the Mormon8 v | I am enabled to glve these pa-rticulars. Tlie Mormon hatred of the present United States officials in Utab 5 who are notorioiie, even among frontier men, for excesses of brutalitj and luct —- the hatred ot them is such that, rather than remain to hold any intercourse with them and their followprs, they profcr to Bacrifi.ce all tbe advantages 0r indemnities that might be negotiated for, in ordc£ to preserve the integrity of thcir familieB in the wildcrness. Thcy are also moving in the direction of unsettled Mextcan temtory, for the purpose of seleeting a point on the Pacific coast, where they ean, undistufbed, make preparations for that exodus across the Paeilie Oeean, the plan of whieh' was suggested and prepared by Captain Gibsoti. He has prepared a eeries of maps on a large scale, whieli illustrate the island-world irqm Madagascar to California, llis grand map of the Malay Archipelago has been mūeh admired. It was gotten up by order of the State Department. But I wish to speak of his splendid map of New Guinea, and of SoIomon ? s Arehipelago ? ineluding Birera, and tlie Mands of the New llebrides, ahd New Iveland gronps. In addition tcnwhat has l>een compiled from thc costly works of D'Entrecasteaus, D'Urville, Lesson and qthers, gotten up by the French Government, Captain Gibson has been gathering information from a host of Boston and Salem, a-nd English and Duteh Oeeaniean navigators, and furthermore from Malay chieftains of the Indian Archipelago, who keep up an active eommei'eial intercoursc witji New Guinea or Papua, and neighl)oring islands, anel with whom he had niaintained a constant correspondence through friends at Singapore and Batavia ? since he left the lndian seas. Thesc maps of thie j portion of Oeeaniea, along with othcr original maps of Southern Polynesia, are prcpared for the information of the ]Mormon leaders. A pioQoer vessel is now being fitted out to bear a !Momion vanguard to Oeeaniea. Captairi Gibson givcs as his chief reason for taking the interest that he does in Momion emigratiou to Papua, or other gveat unoceupied island of the PaeiHe or Indian Occans, that sueh an ete:nt, tbe settlement of grēat islands, some as Iai v ge and some twice as largc as Utah 5 now posseßseil by a lew miserable savages and the beasts of the juxigk\ by a raec spcaking our langu«gc po£sessing all the arts of our civili£Ation, must be produetive of heneāeial results to the civUizcd world. lt would destrov Malay pimey and Duteh monopōly, the two curses of thV īndian seas, and would make thē Anglo-Saxon v;\ee iind name preemiuent tliroughout Oeeaniea.