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[p. 2] ; column 4 ; 11 col. in. ; The Mormons have a "settled and intense hatred" of the government, but General Connor has been able to keep them in check. "Time, caution, and gold discoveries will settle the Mormon question."

[p. 3] ; column 3 ; 20 ½ col. in. ; A letter from the U. S. attorney general to the Utah judges discusses the difficulties among government officials in Utah. He reprimands them overstepping their responsibility by exercising executive powers.

[p. 4] ; column 1 ; 13 ½ col. in. ; The author comments on the conflict among government authorities in Utah. Popular sovereignty has failed in Utah. It is the president's duty to restore order.

[p. 4] ; column 2 ; 3 ¾ col. in. ; A correspondent from the National Intelligencer believes the Mormons to be disloyal to the federal government. The correspondent reports on the number of Mormons in Utah and on the strength of their intelligence organizations in the United States.

[p. 1] ; columns 2–3 ; 34 col. in. ; There are three governments in Utah: the territorial government, the government of the so-called State of Deseret, and the government of the church. Appointed federal officers who are practicing polygamy. The immense tithing of the Mormon people. The people are now preparing for military resistance to the federal government if it interferes with their religion in any way.

p. 58 ; column 3 ; 3 col. in. ; Letters from Utah show the judicial inefficiency in Utah. Judges Sinclair and Cradlebaugh have left the territory. The Mormons do not respect the law and are disloyal to the federal government.

[p. 2] ; column 7 ; 2 col. in. ; The text of a treasonous oath against the U.S. government that the Mormons take under the direction of Brigham Young and "his Danite followers."

[p. 3] ; column 4 ; 9 ¼ col. in. ; General Burr and Judge Stiles have returned from Utah with reports about hostility toward non-Mormons. The Mormons are determined to resist the presence of the federal government in Utah. Burr and Stiles recommend intervention to quell the rebellious Mormons. From the Missouri Democrat.

p. 2 ; column 1 ; 21 ½ col. in. ; The Mormon religion and the Republican government have an "irrepressible conflict." There is no law to meet the present attitude of the Mormons. They will continue to disturb the government until they are removed from the country or deprived of their leaders and re-trained. Brigham Young, through consecration, has obtained possession of deeds of half the farms in Utah. The evils of Mormonism include using women as slaves and having dirty, uneducated children running the streets.

[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. 3] ; column 5 ; 10 ¼ col. in. ; Excerpts from a speech given by Brigham Young in Salt Lake City. Young discusses the Mormons' loyalty to the United States, the end to his term as governor, and the admission of Utah into the Union.

[p. 2] ; column 2 ; 17 ¾ col. in. ; Hon. John Bidwell has asked the House of Representatives to station a large militia in Utah to keep affairs in order. A summary of the conditions of the Mormons in Utah from M.B. Hazen: they have increased in number to 100,000 and their government could be described as a "Theocratic Despotism." The people are tightly controlled by their leaders and the farms are operated in a closed system of agriculture. The federal government needs to strengthen its authority in Utah and increase friendly relations.

A letter from General Daniel Butterfield to Dunham Jones Crain regarding a foreign affairs position.

A letter from Congressman Roscoe Conkling to Dunham Jones Crain regarding a foreign affairs position.

Letters exchanged between Dunham Jones Crain, Secretary of State Hamilton Fish, and New York City lawyer N.P. Bailey regarding a foreign affairs appointment.