Dear Brother:- We are reminded by the rapid passage of the days and weeks that it is sometime since we wrote to you; an apparent neglect not arising from lack of interest or consideration on our part, but from a pressure of business and absence of any special subjects requiring us to communicate with you. We are pleased to say that this letter leaves us in the enjoyment of a reasonable degree of good health, combined with the benign influence of the Spirit of the Lord and the sweet assurance of divine favor, aid and approval, which is our constant solace un- der all circumstances. That you are enjoying like blessings is our fervent hope and constant prayer. Of the members of the Quorum of the Twelve one only -- Elder John W. Taylor -- is at present in this city. Elders L. Snow, F. D. Richards, B. Young, F. M. Lyman and J. H. Smith are visiting the Saints in different paortions of this and neighboring Territories. Elder E. Snow is in Mexico, Elder M. Thatcher in the North, Elder George Teasdale in Great Britain, and Elder H. J. Grant in the East. The health of these brethren, generally, we understand to be good. Brother George Q. had the privilege a few days ago of meeting quite a number of Presidents of Stakes and other leading brethren, and from them received cheering Statements of the condition and feelings of the Saints under their watchcare. For some time past, Elder Franklin Spencer, President of the Sevier Stake of Zion, hsas felt himself compelled to take refuge elsewhere to escape persecution, and the affairs of the Stake have been controlled by his counselors, Bros. A. K. Hurber and W. H. Seegmiller, both of whom are quite efficient in their office. We think the time has come, for a new President to be selected, in place of Bro. Spencer, who is not likely to return. We have suggested to Elder Lorenzo Snow the propiety of aoo app ointing Elder Huber President, with Elder Seegmiller as his first and some other efficient Elder as his second Counselor, and requested Elder Snow to gibve this matter his attention when he visits that Stake. On the evening of the 2nd inst. Prest. Wm. Budge, of Bear Lake Stake, who was returning home from a meeting of Stake Presidents in Salt Lake City, was arrested in Ogden by Deputy Marshall Escum?. A writ of babeas corpus was sued out and Bro. Budge was taken before Judge JHenderson. The deputy asked for time to make his return. The fact was he was waiting to hear from Idaho whether Bro. B. was wanted vby the Marshall there or not, the arrest having been made solely on a suspicion that he might be wanted. The court allowed the affair officer till the next morning to make his return. After adjournment a telegram was received from Idaho, requesting Escum to hold Prest. Budge, and stating that an officer had bieen sent to Ogden to take charge of him, presumably on a charge of unlawful cohabitation. We are doing all that we deem wise and prudent to maintain and secure our peoples political rights. The more the foes to our liberties become accquainted with the scope of the infamous letgislation they worked so hard to obtain, the less satisfied are they with its results, and the more they find out that they have not secured what they imagined they wanted. Yet, as enternal vigilance is the price of liberty, our people are not supinely letting things take their course, but are exerting their influence to the accomplishment of these results we esteem most desirable. To this end the Territorial Central Committee of the People's Party