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??ll! SxVRJRDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1874." NUMBER 43
UTAH.
New Light oil tho Mormon Ques
tion.
A TR UK lUST?R Y OF THE MA SSA CRK
AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW.
TUE MO/?M(.X LEADER AT.
JUSTED.
HR IG Ii AM YOUNG AND POLYGAMY
DOOMED.
P I- , -f ;
After the JVopJirt Eriyltam?Vfhtitf
Salt Lakk City, Nov. 8.1ST t
? >: ...
Yru liavc. no diult. already boon ml
vised by telegraph of (be arrest of a
man by the name of John 1). Le? in
Cedar Citjv, Beaver ooun^y, on tho
charge ol bavin"; been the loader in the
horrible Mountain* Me idow ?iii:iss:?,iro.
the circumstances regarding which, tho
readers of tho ller.ild not', p?rhip?,
being familiar with, T will relate :
NARK ATI VK OF TUE MA RS A CUE.
William II. Rniiers. a Government
tigont, crossed ihe Plains with General
Siduey Johnson's army in 1S.">7, in
charge of tho treasury train. Honors
hoard of the terrible massier.: ab M ?in
tain Meadow on his way across lh ?
Plains. It was reported that the e ni
grants wire uiurdtr.d by Indians
'1 h> sc cmiginnt.s were white men. Ai Ii" r
tun citiznis of Arkansas. General
A Igt: lion S. Johnson's army was tin
liblc tb reaih Salt 1 i.l.eCitv in season.
:ud was obliged to encamp at Fort
Piii'^tr H>r the winter of 1S.")7. In
lite Fprtug "f 15-S. however, the ar ny
man bed into ihc valley of t he Great
Suit Lr.kc. Oh npproathing the valley
they wore met by I'caee Cuuiurssioueri.
j->iit by our (.iiiveruniciit. who had pre
reded the aru y and had ?ceil tho gie.r
Pn.phot id' tho Latter Hay Sai?U .
re - ._._ ,.1.. l._ i 5.1
.l.ol-iiMiti ami the .Mormon I'rophot to
tl.e tili it that the army .should not
run p within li.'ty miles ol any M.uin in
Settlement QoU5Ctl?Clitly tllO army
; ivtis s-tatioiiid at what is now called
5 Old Camp Floyd,'' a distance ul" fifty
live miles southwettwar 1 iVon Silt Lak>!
( iiy. While located hec, in form it ion
v:as received in rcg.tr! to tho Mountain
Meadow inarsacie, and ih-j action ol the
Government at Washington, appro
printing SI0,000 for the recovery of th.
children presumed to have b -en save I
In di ti e nit fs:.i re. and nippofcd to be
in the bain's of the Indians. .Mr.
Holers, Iciog a] p( inUd Indian itgonl
was instructed, during the. summer o:
18f>8, to irotccd to the scene ol the
mnt-racru und rescue the surviving child
nil. lie lock a company of cavalry
mid left Camp i'luyd for Cedar City
near- the scene of the tun.ss.aeio Ou
arriving on the grouud he fount] the
bones - of a hundred und thirty hu nan
?beings, men. women ijiid children. In
feathering up the remains ior buiial, he
discovered that a large number o' the
iui.rdcrcd persons had been shot through
the head?the bull -c^itcring the back
part of the hoad and coming out ul the
ire-nt. 'J be wolves nod coyotes had
eaten the fictb Irutn tho boues A two
luthel basket ol women's hair that was
.-l re wed around amoiig the sago bru-h
?was gathered up by Mr. Hogers, it
might bo here stated that Mountain
Meadow is situated twelve miles from
Cidar City, aud vlic sauio distance from
a temple of the Latter Day Saints.
Till: CTfAllACTKK of TUN MASS ac It kd
KMICHANTtb
It appears, that iu 18 1!), upon the
?ixcitcmeut created by the gold dis
?covcrics in California, several ptou3crs
of Arkansas went to California iu
search of the precious metal They
wore very successful. Iu the fall of
1856, with their largo accumulated
'gains, they returned to Arkansas for the
purpose of taking their luutlicsaud
seme of their relatives to scltlo iu the
ticw Kl Dorado, iu whioh they hud
? bocu so forluuiitu. They purohas<{d a
largo amount of blooded stock, and
titttd ot t u tiain of about forty wagons.
They numbered about oua hit mired and
forty-six, men, women .und children.
Tbey wcro kuowu to boa very wealthy
train, Iu tho spring of 1857, as we
have stated, they starred across tho
Plains. On arriving at Salt Lake City
they were told by tho Mormons that
they were too late to cross tho Siern
Nevada mountains by the old emigrant
route. The Mormons assured them
that there was x
BETTER l'ASS
by going down through Southern Utah,
passing til rough Southern Nevada,
going over the ratine of the mount tins,
and coming out near Los Angeles.
Lower California. This route the Mnr
nioris a.*snrid the emigrants to he praeti
ruble and saf'o. Plioing confidence in
tbc reports and statements of the;Mor
lii'nns, the emigrants starte.1 b> th i
southern route. Passing down through
the si'ttlemruts of the Latlor I) iy S iints
unmolested, they encaaiptl it what is
known as
MOUNTAIN MF.A DOW.
a little narrow valley dividing the bill
ion! mountains on each side, with a
plentiful supply of grass and witor? n
beautiful place to camp Little di 1
there emigrants thiuk that this beauti
ful Fpot would in a short time be their
sepulchre, the scene of a singuiuary
massacre?the worst missacre that wc
have any record of in the history of tin
bloody deeds of the savages upon the
early defenceless American settlements
The horrid story of the Indian murders
in Wyomint! Valley, whi h Campbell si
?dnquontly depicts, affords ti i parallel to
the butchery of those oui?ri!rs at
Mountain Meadow. While on t t npo l
in this lovely spot they w're 'ittiikad
from behind the adjoining hills by, as
ihey supposed, Indim*. Suveral of
their iiumhor were woaiilel. The
pioneers, however, being used to In liau
warfare and well skillcl with th s hi i I
\\n-? of the old Kentucky rifle, were
aid,' to keep their nsa tilings at a Ion;
range. Their Wagnis wore driwn into
a ctirvlc, forming a sort of ibrti.ic uioti
'I he wheels were stinken down to their
axl^tree^. L.irthworks were thrown
f... ji.j. 0,....;.iL. ..r j't.g .v........ . .....!.:.....
temporary but somewhat formidable lie
fence. A ditch was dug from.this fbrti
?uation to a spring ncirathitid to cn
able the omiirnnts to rna di wi'ur und if
cover* K??r live Ion.? diyithe/ woro
able to siistaiti thomsclves here w'thou*
any furtluv loss in w >u i 1 ? 1 or l;il e I
Their stuck hid been captured a id
driven rifl early in tho attack. On the
the flxtli day, early in th ? morning
they discovered a large body of men
coining up the road from toward Celir
('it;,. No firing had been done th it
m ruing, and no snpp ised IndilUS in
sight. A white flat; was hoisted by the
whi c nu'u approaching th on, an 1 these
ilooiiicd emigrants, believing tho new
comers to be friends, dressed
a nKAUTiFUt. rouxat.ini.
in white mi l placed her outsido of the
fortifjeiit'iiti iu token of friendship Tho
presumed friends at once approached
hey \icrc Mormons?Latter Day
Saint? iud headed by
JOHN D. I.KB,
tin* man just arrested for crimiml p.irti
uipation in the miss acre that loll iwid.
A parley ensued. Lee t<?ld the etui
j.'ran tu that iluic w re Itirge nuiribors of
Indians in the hills; but if 'they (the
euiigfau s) would My do.vn their anus
liny would protect theni -tutl take ihem
back to the M irmoti settlement, they
then boiHis .'l')U miles s mthwe^t fro.u
Salt Lake ( i y mi I n sir the Neyad i
line. After a hoi/parley tlij euiig/ants
consented to ilie prop Mitt ?:i of Lie. It
may be here remarked that these ouii
grantb Ii?.I with th m about
ONE UHMHIKD AND FlFTV THOUSAND
DObbAItS IN U >U>,
which* tboy bud procured by tlu ir pre
violin ventures iu California. Leo told
them that if they took their arms with
thoui tho Indians were in such groat
numbers that they would massacre tUotn.
Plunder, said tho iMurmon chief, was
all tbc Indiana were after. Tho pio
ncirs thereupon laid down their arms,
taking with them such of their valuables
as they could conveniently carry, and
consented to accompany the Mormons
j back to Cedar City?iwclvo wiles. Tho
emigrants marched out of their fdrtiUea
tiuus iu the direction of th-j ubovo
uamcd place. Tho Mormons,
HEADED RV LKE,
fell dircotly in their rear. At this tiuu
not an Indian was in sight, and 200
yards from tho wagons of the emigrants
was inaugurated the scone or this
t ;.n kl it!,r, DKED.
Lee nnd l.is party commenced firing up
on tin emigrants, shooting Hcver.il of
the most prominent men through tho
head on tlie first fire. The emigrants
being entirely unarmed, the slaughter
was an easy ta^k. After all the men
and most of the women bad been killed,
a young ln'ly of eighteen sum turn
sprung forward, and, clasping her hauls
fell upon her knees in front of Lee,
bni^ine; him to
sr-AUE her life. >?
She then rose and clasped him around
?he nock, declaring to him'that she hud
a lover in California to whom she owed
her life, that she was en gage 1 to tnarr/
him on her arrival there Lee, after
lint rim: her pitiful story, took Ii *r aside
lavished her and then with his knife ^
CUT II EH Tllll OAT,
leaving her body on the spot to bo oai
ten by wolves.
i
SIXTEEN INNOCENT CHILDREN
were saved from the general masioro
Two of the number were seven year*
old, the b.ilaiice between one and five
years ol age.
TO RETURN TO MR. ROGERS* S TAT
MENT
Alter Mr. R >gers, the Indian agent",
had buried the bones of the cnigriuU
that hid been left to bleich withii,
twelve mil ? of tlie M ?r.ro i te u il i. h e
re nin: l to Ced ir City and fomil th|
children in the bands of the; Mormons;
SI
IjC^ bavin ; tw.i of the .luuhjr. Tav
Mormons
ASK KI) PAY
from the .i-^eiit I'.r taking care of the
children. Cp to this time the world
-upp so l the emigrants were
MtltDK.tlKD 11Y Til f. indians,
but the subsequent relition will show
how far the savage Indians wjre really i
eoiiueoti'd with the affair.
Mr. Hogers gathered the ehil Ire i t i
gelber, ruf using to piy the ransom de
um mied lor their release by the Mor
mons. Alter ho had the children iu
hi* Camp, near the Mormon settlement
at Cclia " City, two of t'leiii, then a'o it
eight years of age, told .dr. Hogers that
Lee and the white men.
>IUR DE'iF.D THEIR PARENTS.
Of course Mr. Hogers was astonish od
at this, the first information he bad re
j ceived oflbo real authors of the diabo
i lien I massacre, lie pursue Ibis iiiVcsti
?rations among the children, and their
t. stimoiiy w is corrobor itivc of the in
Icliigcnce be had previously obtained.
It should be here stated that hn Mor?
iiions came to the ten*, of Mr. Hogers at
midnight, about this time, to l tu'. 1 him
that their
HE A UTS WEHE PRESSED WITH ft KIEF.
II he (ihe agent would spire their live-;
they wool 1 give hi n a truj his'-try of
the awful inass.uro. Ro/ers tdl them
to proceed an 1 op?ii their hearts. These
two Mormons (the nimd-i of whom Mr.
It ogees does n a recall i told him they
i were MUiuuibnud by John I). J^ec, the
j t.l e com im nder of the Nauvoo L*gion
at Cedar City, to hppear in
INDIAN COSTUME,
pa'nted with long hair, fully to rcpro
sent the native stvago, prep ire 1 ti go
Mountain Meadow. The Mono ins at
lacked the train of the emigrants in
the disg-i.-o of Indians. Lee, finding
that the emigrants were too strongly
fortified, after five days si?go, retired
back and dro-ised iu citiz ins cloth is, as
wo have above described, decoyed the
emigrants into a surrender ol their
arms. This statcmcut was made iu fall
to Mr. Hogers by the two MonnoiH wc
bavo referred to, thus corroborating ful
ly tho .statement Ii ade by the rescued
children. Further more, they stated
that the blooded stock and wagons of
the emigrants were taken back to Co
dar City to the Mormon tithing estab
lishment, and (hero sold at public auc
tion for the benefit of tho Morinou
Church.
THK DOOM OF MORMONDoN.
In connection with this brief recital
of the frightful tragedy giveu abjvc for
which the Mormons are substantially
responsible, aud for participating in
wb'cb the Mormon leader Leo is now
under arrest by tha Unite I States au
thorities, we n:ay mention sometning
concerning tbc reigning prophet, liri*
ghnm Young, and his adherents The i
Prophet is at tha threshold of death.
AFTEIl HIM?WHAT?
Polygamy is pronounced a sin by civ j
ilization and n crime by the laws of the
United States. As an illustration of
its sinfulncss as practised by one of the
scions of the house of the groit an 1 im
maculate Prophet,
JOHN \V. VOCNQ,
son of the Prophet and expectant suc
cessor of the parental mantle of the
Church, is distinguished for tho ninuner
in which he lias troatod his wives. Some
eii-ht years ago he married two Mor
mon women. They were industrious,
virtuous, good, plain women. After the
marriage to these two good worn in, the
young man makes a visit to Philadol I
phia.?There he happens by chanco to
become acquainted with a young lady, J
whom he induced to accompany him to
Utah, crossing the plains by wagons.
According to the Mormon faith, bcliev
ing that it is necessary to havo several
wives to save their souls from eternal
damnation; the lady from Philadelphia
consented to be sealed to the son of the
Prophet, and thereby passing through
what is called in Mormon parlance
the
ENDOWN M K N'T HOUSE.
For some little time the young Pro
phut seemed t) live happily with his
three wit es, but more recently, finding
that it was a ra her expensive luxury
to support three wives, h : <? inel 1111 to
I discard hi.: first and second wives. * 11 i -i
Grsl wife secured a divorce from the
Mormon Church, the husHan 1 agreeing
to purchaso a house for her her in Og
den, Utah, (where .she now lives ) and
give her $00 per month lor her support
which he has failed to do. Sin has
called upon the Prophet Brigh.i n, the
?father of her husband for aid. Brigham
jpd'usid to aid her, stating tint he was
? Ii.<ii CM ntl/ir I i.?.? r..t>.. IV '?? ?> 1 .-'.P.
.I IO "u* ? ? ?> '?-?'? ? ?
and with the expen-cs of his own family
lie was un ible to asd.st her. Tho two
forsaken wives may mourn the loss of
their husband, but what effect will that ,
have upon Eastern socic'y?
THE DOWNFALL OK MOIIMON1SM
is decreed tho mo neat th it Brillit tu
j \ oung dies, lie ha.* no progeny who
? h ive the ability nn 1 mrvo to carry out
the grand project of his life; In has not
as much property, as the world gives
him credit for; he bus no apostL-a to
propagate his peculiar the tries, au 1 as
the world grows ol lcr fewer f mis I 1
believe iu them.?Hence we infer from
the arrest of the Mormon fiend LoJ for
his participation in the horrible Moun
tain Meadow massacre and the rapid de
cline in physical strength of the Mor
; mon leader himslf, that the days of Mor j
mondoin are uumbcicl.?.V. V Tferabl. '
A man em ployed in a Boltimoro fae
tory committed suicide the other day bv
drowning, The deliberatedess of pur |
pose evinced by him was remarkable.
He first took a drink of liquor, then wal
ked to a wharf, laid his coat and i book
in which he kept some of his employers
account on the edge, and leaped into
the water in full view id' the
crew i f a schooner lying a few yards
distant and of several persons nearby on
the wharf, The men on the vessel throw
lops of wood o vet to him, and once setz
ed a rope ami rosscd it "so close to him
that ho was obliged to change his posi
tieu to avoid it, To all entreaties to
save himself he answered tint he w mid
not as he was determined to die. A
boat ^wns then procured, and several
men got into it and tried to resoao him
with pi boat book, which was wound
abr ut the leg of his pantaloons, After
numerous off- i ts, the unfertun ito man
was drawn out, lie gave two or three
grasps but although every exertion was
made to resusiuitate him. he soon cots
cd to breathe,
There is no tnoro human nature in
thiH remark th .to wo of to a fin 1 iu so
brief a space: * Determined before hind
wo gravoly protend to aik tin opitii > i
and thoughts of a friend ?hould his dif
for from ours ou any proteuco wo pity
his want both of judgtooot aud sonso:
but if he falls iuto ami fl itters our plan
why really wo thiuk him a sousiblc uia i.
A Liu end About Lawyers.
Flow One Game to nr. in Heaven.
[Translated from the Preach.]
A journal lately announced that the
corporation of" sheriffs had aidressed a
petition to tho ministers of justice, re
questing that the office of justice of tho
peace should hereafter be accessible to
rotirei sheriffs, an 1 uot pertain esclu
sively to lawyers and attorneys who
have left the bar. I was rccontly talk
ing ?beut this request with a sheriff.
"Why not?" said be, with heart.
"We are as good as the lawyers. Per
haps we tiro better. Of what nre they
so prou l ? It is true, they sty, that
the sheriffs have never furnished a saint
for Paradise. I do not dispute it. But
Ibe lawyers ! they have furnished one,
and even he entered Heaven by a trick
wot thy oT his trade."
' Ah !" Faid I, "is there a lawyer 1 si
Paradise / I avow this surprises me. I
believed the celestial dwelling guarded
ngninst lawyers as firmly as against res
taurant keepers au 1 tailors ! Rol ito to
me the history of the lawyer who has
forced the celestial guard."
??Willingly. About three centuries
ago, a lawyer slipped into heaven under
the name id* his cousin, Abbe de
('itcattx, who had just died in the savor
ol h din -s; All wont well for two or three
day-*, and no one suspected that there
was an intruder iu the celestial dwell
ings. Put at the end of two days our
lawyer was homesick for the oui't. He
set nut, therefore, to survey th j court of
heaven, staring at the passers by as he
had formerly done in the hall of Pas
Per.In. in order to plan. hin 1 upia a
good client.
"A cause! a cause'. I tnu-il have a
cause !" said he. clenching his fists. "I
want a cause! ou^ht I to plea I for noth
i:?g!" But all the pa.-scrs had a joyou?
air which hardly den ited the prrticcupi
lions of chicanery. He whs dismayed
?furious. All at ohec ho espied a
young woman clothed in long morning
robes, who, with eyes cast down and
mciuuthnly brow, walked slowly along,
leading a child by the ban 1.
? Victory !'" cried out man, making a
joyous gambol "Behold the cause!
Bch >ld ihe widow and tbc orphan !"
With a turn of his band he adjusted
his band, draped his rojje elegantly,an 1,
presented bims- Ii' i> the widow, miking
one of bis most amiable bo.vs. ".Madam
is a plaintiff," said ho, iu a honied voice .
Oh ! you may have, madam, all confi
dence in my ability. Por the rest, I
have the ear of the tribun il. II ive you
the papers!' As for jus?"
T e 1 idy raised h :r eyes an 1 title red
a cry of terror. "Mon Dieu 1" said she
??but this man is Metis. ParUcroux." At
the cry raised by the widow, a groat
crowd gathered They fiurrotmded her,
they questioned her, they un dcrstooi
tho truth. Immediately a general clam
or resounded under the whole celestial
vault.
A lawyer! there is a lawyer iu Para
disc! But what is St. Peter thinking
of? St. Pctorsoon arrived on the spot.
He i creeived his error, and commanded
the intruder to leave instantly a dwell
iiig that was forbidden bim. M. Par
Iccrcux, intimidated for an instant, vor}'
quifkly iceovors his assurance. He
mounts a small hill, turns up his sleeves,
coughs, blows his n? so, then extending
his hands towards the auditory, he
cries? Quid* Cm.' Qnomodo? Quirn
do ?"
"You tire me," bluntly repliol tbc
euardian of heaven. "(Jo hence I
! have already said it, I repeat it to you."
'?I consent to it, if only the thing is
legal. I demand oi tho tribunal per
mission to put ore question to it."
"Put it, bu! quickly."
"(lentlolien, if there is in the un:
verse a place where the law ought to bo
respected, it seems to mo that thero is
tho sauctuary of eterouljustice Ah,
w ? 11, gentlemen, according to tho law a
proprietor is uot to expel a lodger with
out tending a summous to him by a
sheriff. I await my summous and I
make my reserve."
St. Pctor was moved by this re?30u
iug. "So bo it. Lot somo ouogo after
a : h* rift to wake tbo summons." Five
or six officers immediately started in
quest of a sheriff. But after a long
search they earno back without briagiog
with them the civil officer. "Ah, well/'
said St. Peter, ''where is the sheriff
"Impossible to fiud one la P:\radiso"
"In fact, although Ihavo not thought
of it bcrore, there hoi never b?oa Oao
admitted here What shall wo do not to
violate the law ? A burst of loir cunning
replied to him It was M?ns Parlocrous
who nearly, swooaod with delight oa
seeing the embarrassment of the celes
idol guardian "I shall wait my sum!
mnns a long time," said ho, making ft
victorious gesture "The sheriff who
will bring it to mo is not yet born"
St Peter was token aback
One of bis advisers whisperod to him
tho idea of allowing a sheriff to entsr ?
Paradise for a fow hours only, in oriar
to hasten the departure of tho lawyer
'That would bo a bad expedient/' re
plied he, "you do not kadif lad/era
Ours would God means of cavil n$dd tin
legality of the summons fie woull
plunge ut into tho trdabhd \7 ?t ?m of th l
law, and finally he would not loxt) a?
After that I should find mysolf with a
lawyer and a sheriff on my hands Tho
first is enough," And this 1* ho* thsra
en mo to bo a lawyer in Paradise
A correspondent of tho Erie, Penn.,
Observer, sends to that journal tho fol
lowing anefduf?: Mrs. J; has for some
time past been the owner of a fiao Kf?
quimaux dog. A few months ago, Mrs
J. became the {mother of ft beautiful
little little girl, of whom tho dog at first
very jealous, II U better nature, how
ever, soon assorted itself, an 1 he^became
very fond of the child. A few weeks
ago baby was crying loud and Ion?.
Doggie came upstairs in evident dis
tress of spirit, whined in answer to the
child's cry; but finally, as if sudden
thought had started him, trotted quick
ly down stairs. He presently returned
with a bono, well picked, of courso in
his mouth, which, standing on his hint
legs, ho gravely presented it to the little
Stones about theWe Ilorica QrceTey
and his hand writing nrostill "gjoingthe
rounds. This is the latest from the St.
Paul's Press: "Horace wroto a note to
a brother editor iu New York whose
writing was [equally illegible wltii that
of his own The Tccipiont of tho note
net being able to read it, sent it back by
the same messenger to Mr. Greeley for
elucidation. Supposing it. to be the
answer to his own note, Mr. Gre?ley
looked over it, but likewise was unable,
to read it, and said to the boy: "Go
back with it. What docs the d?m fool
moan ?" "Yes sire," said the boy
"that is just what he says."
At a recent New York funoral, wh re
the deceased was a young and .beautiful
girl over ?'.1000 worth of flowers wore
distributed in and around tho Coffin. A
chorus was sung by hired vocalists. On
cither side of the coffin stood four young
gir's dressed in white, each holding in
hei hand a wreath of flowers. While
the minister prayed, a bell wastolel in
the hallway; and a ohant smg by' the
b red vocalists. The lady friends of
the deceased thought the cntcrtainraint
'perfectly elegant.'
Mont Blanc, it is said, has bo a dwaf
cd by the discovery in Europe of ft Ul
Icr monarch of mountains. Mnunt
Klburz; on the Kuropcan side of tho
C uicasian j water has been found to
be 18,526 feet high, or 2742 feet high
cr than the greatest estimated heightot
Mont Blatte. The mountain is in shape
a flattened dome, and although posses
sing tho Alpine characteristic! of snow
field, ice lakes and glaciers is oltmbod
by experienced mountaineers:
Rub'nson Crusoe's island, in the South
Pacific ocean, is now peopled by ft Oer
man colony of about 70 souls who lan
ded upou its shores in 1832. On their
arrival they found large flocks of goats,
30 halt wild horses, about 60 asset and
a number ot o.her domeitio animals,
They brought with them cows, hogs,
fowls farming utensils, small boats, and
fishing taokle,
Two hundred and forty cambric haul
kerchiefs says the Herald, were catura
ted on Friday evening at Booth's while
Jefferson was performing iu thu last
sccno of'Kip Van Winkle.* *