Sir, By the p[r]ospectus of the Bee, I discover a disposition in that useful creature to spread its wings over the whole earth, eye all the various scenery of its surface, and gather the precious drops from every flower, whither on tree, shrub or plant, to fill the golden bowl of inteligenc[e] to the brim; that all variety of appetites may be gratified, and every epicure may be sated with the abundence of the delicious fluid in your market. If I may be permitted to add one drop to the great fountain in the store house of the Bee, you may expect more anon.

One of the greatest curiosities in this day of Inteligence, is, an Editor, who appreciates the high and re[s]ponsible nature of his calling, in giving tone to public sentiment & feeling; and, rising above all party prejudices, sectarian dogmas, and political intrigues, emits light on every leaf, and furnishes an intellectual feast at every sitting that exalts, enriches, and enobles his fellow man, raising him to the high dignity of “Lord of the creation.”

There is a great complaint that it is “hard times” and difficult “to get up” in the world,” and “the less a business man makes himself busy with business the better for his Estatee,” which, true or false, is surely a grand apology for a Lazy man. When rags become tender legal at a thousand times their value, and all the fasheionable becomes bankrupt. I fo[u]nd trade of little use, and resorted to the popular method of travelling to & fro, from one side of the to the other, till I come to the far famed “ of the Mormons,” The capital of “the new Western Empire,” & residence of the great prophet of the 19th Century “Jo Smith.”

From what I had heard and read, before my arrival in the golden , I might well have expected to have met with a band of outlaws, Maurauders of the forest, ruffians of the darkest die, Midnight assassins, clad in skins of beasts, with horns and hoofs more ugly than Lucifer himself; with a mighty chieftain at their head, desperate and bloody, before whom Mahamet or Nero would fall into insignificance; yes, the visions of Daniel, & John; with their beasts of seven heads & [p. [1]]