Jo’ Smith, the Mormon prophet, is the most modest man in the country, with the exception of Mr. Van Buren. Jo’ recently petitioned Congress for permission to raise one hundred thousand men, and arm and equip them for the propagation of Christianity, and the spread of the arts and refinements of civilized society, in the western wilderness. Jo’ asks to be made a Major General in the United States Army, with as much modesty as Van Buren asks to be made President. The petition was read in the House on Friday, and afforded a great deal of amusement to the listeners, but no action was had upon it. We are afraid that both Jo’ and Martin will be neglected by the people, and that the truth of the old saying about the ingratitude of republics, will be made apparent in their fate. If we wanted an entirely new state of society two better agents could not be found, than Van Buren and Smith—the former would give us a new theory on government, the latter a new theory on religion, the one as sensible as the other, and both totally subversive of decency, good order, the prosperity and happiness of man.