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i e "j-rap TWO DOLLARS I'KIl ANNUM. \ GOD AND.OUR COUNTRY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. ?- ?? ? VOLUME 8. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1ST4. NUMBER 43 UTA If. New Light 011 llio Mormon Ques tion. A TU VE HISTORY OF THE MA $SA CUE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW. TJIE MOn\I<.N LEADER AT. JUSTED. Ell IG II AM YOUNG AND POLYGAMY DOOMED. After the JVophrt Eriyham?What? Salt Lake City, Nov.3, 1ST I j Yru have. nr. ;h ul i. already been ad vised by telegraph of the arrest of a man by the name of John 1). Lee in Cedar Cilv, Beaver coun'y, on the charge of having been the leader in the horrible Mountain Moidow mass a-.re. the circumstances regarding which, the \ readers of tho Herald not.ptrhtp*, being familiar with, T will relate : narrative OF the massacre. "William II. Rogers, a Government j ngcnt, crossed the Plains with Generali Siducy Johnson's army i" 1S?7, in rhargc of the treasury tra'n. Hogers \ heard of the terrible massier.: at M Mil tain Meadow on his way across lh ? j Plains. It was reported that the e ni g rants wire munLr d by Indians '1 b-se cmigiauts wore white men. Ai.*i?* r tau eitism a of Arkansas. General i Alge ii->n s. Johnson's army was uu nl.lc io tenth Suli I.akc-City iusrasuii.i niid v.as obliged to encamp at Port I.-ritLcr n r the winter of 1857. In I the spieg of 1 .?? ?-^. however, the ?r ny mart bed into ihu valley of t he G h u< Salt L:;kc. On approaching thu valley they were met by PeaceCouiiuisHi?MiciS. f ot l>v our Government, who hud pre teil cd the a.rn-y and had Keen the gre-it Pr. plo t of the Latter Pay Saint . Terms Wire made between General J.ol-nsoii ami the Mormon Prophet l" II. e 11.111 (hat the army should not raup within fifty miles ol any M.uiii >n ?m ttlcn.ciit Cotiscfjeciitly the army was Mutiolicd at what is now called ' Old Camp Floyd," a distance of fifty live miles south west war I from Silt Lak-? ( ily. While located, lie e, inform it ion Ttas received in rcgarl to the Mountain Meadow uitifsacto, and jhe action ot the U VVerilUifnt at Washington, appro priatiug S10,00U for the iccovery of the children prcsumeil to have b en save I In di tl.c BiOHtiile, and supplied to be iu tl.c ham's pf the Indians. Mr. Hogers, leing ajjaiiitid Indian agent was im-tructcd, during the summer o: 1668, to i rocccd to the scene ol tho iiioftucr? and rcfecitc the surviving child nil. lie t< i k a company of cavalry ' and left Cau.p Floyd for Cedur City near the scene of the massacre On - arriving ou (be grouud he fount! the bones of a hundred and thirty hu nan fbeings, men. women and children. In gathering up the remains lor buiial, he discovered that a large number o the nn.ldered persons had been shot through the head?the ball sectoring the back part of the bead nod coming out at the Jront. Ibe wolves and coyotes hi.I eaten the fichb Irum the boues A two Lin-hcl basket of women's hair that was t-trcwed around amoiig the sage bru-b was gathered up by Mr. Hogers. It might bo here stilted that Mountain Meadow is situated twelve miles from Cidar City, and tlic same distance from a temple of the Latter Day Saints. the CHAltAOTMt OF Vltjl MA8.SACR1.I) EMKilt A n t'S. It appeurs, that in IS 10, upon the 'incitement created by the gold dis ?toverics in California, several ptbiners of Arkansas went to California iu search of the precious metal They wore very tsuceessdul. In the fail of 1856, with their largo accumulated 'gains, they returned to Arkansas for thu purpose of taking their lauiliesaud ;tuio of their relatives to settle in the new lil Dorado, in which they had Xf becu so ibrtuuhto. They purchased a largo amount of bluudod stock, and '*|("litttd tit a tiain of about forty wagons. They numbered about one huudred and forty-bix, mcu, womcu aud children. They wcro know u to bo a very wealthy train, Iu the spring of 1357, as we have stated, they starte.1 across the ! Plains. Du arriving at Salt hake City tiiey were told by the Mormons that ; they were too late to cross the .Sierra Nevada mountains by the old emigrant route. The Mormons assured them that there Was a BETTER IMS3 by going down through Southern Utah, passing through Southern Nevada, going over the rnuge of the mount tins. and coming out near Los Angeles, Lower California. This route the Mor mons assured (he emigrants to lie practi cable and salb. Placing confidence in the reports and statements 6f the Mor imons, the emigrants ntarte i bv th s southern route. Passing down through the settlements of the Laltor Dty S tints unmolested, the;,* encanp?! it what is known as MOUNTAIN MEADOW, a little narrow valley dividing the hill* and mountains on each side, with a plentiful supply of grass and wit.er ? i beautiful place to camp Little di 1 these emigrants think that this beauti ful spot would in a short time be their sepulchre, the scene of a singuinary massacre?the worst massacre that wc have any record of in the history of lha bloody deeds of the savages upon (be early defenceless American settlements The horrid story of the Indian murders in Wyoming Valley, whi b C imp hell s> eloquently depicts. aTords n i p inlhil to the butchery of these onijrm'h at Moun'ain Mead iW. While CO :i ape 1 in this lovely spot th >y w 'ft*, att-i'skad I'rom behind the adj.unrig hills by, as they supposed, ludim4. Several of their number were woanlcl. Th.* pioneers, however, bei tig used to In Lau warfare and well skillel wi h tli i hi i I *i?l _r of the old Kentucky rifle, were able to keep their ass lilnn's at a bin j range. Their wag ms wore dr two into a rircle, forming a sort of furti.ic tiiou 'I bo wheels were sunken down t<i their a xl? trees. Marth works were thrown ii.i mi the outside of the wae"iis, makiirin temporary but somewhat r-nuHnhhi i'm fence. A ditch was dug from this torti Bunt ion tu a spring ucirathttid to en able the ciuierauts to ma Ii woer und if unver. K--r five lone; diyitlic/ were able to sustain themselves h Me w thou' any furl he ? hi.ss in w m i 1 ? I or kil e I Their stuck hid been captured a il driven ofl early in the atlaek, ()i the the sixth day. early in th - in unin ; they discovered a largo body of men nnining op the road from toward Celir fit;,. No firing had been done (hit tn ruing, and no s-ipp ised IndiiUS in sight. A white flag was lioi.?tcd by the whi e men approaching th sin, mi 1 these dooii.cd emigrants, believing tho new coiners to be friends, dressed A IIEAUTU'UE VOONOCtHI. in white tin 1 placed her outside of the fortificut'uu in token of friendship The presumed friends at once approached hey v.cre Mormon??Latter Pay Saint-nid headed by JOHN D I.hi;, tin* man just arrested fir criminil parti cipatiou in the massacre that foil ?w id. A parley ensued. Lee told the etilt plants that ilu re w re large numbers of Indians in the bills; loa jf they (the eiuigruu sj would I iy do ^ n tludr inns tiny would protect llieui aud take ihum back to the M inuon settlement, they then Loi11_r 3')U miloi s >uthwe*t fro.n Salt Lake (iy au 1 it e ir the Nevad i line. Alt r a hoi 'parley the eoiig/ant* COlitiCtited to the prop istti ui of L:e. it may be lure remarked that these omi grants lot I with th -in about ONE It UN DU El) AND FIFTY THOUSAND ( DtiM.ARS IN li lEI), which' they had procured by thi ir pre \ious Ventures in California. Lee luld them that if they took their anus with them the Indians were in such grunt numbers that, they would massacre tUoio. Plunder, said tho Mormon chief, was all the Indians were alter. Tho pto ucirs thereupon laid down their arms, taking with them such of their valuables as they could conveniently carry, and consented to accompany the Mormons back to Cedar City?:\vcivo miles. The emigrants marched out of their fimilioa tiuus iu the direction of the ubuvo named pluco. The Mormons, HEADED BY LEE, fell directly in their rear. At this t-itue not an Indian was in sight, and 200 yards, from the wagons of the emigrants was inaugurated the scene of this TKRR1DLE DEED. Lee and his party commenced firing up on th i emigrants, shooting several of the most prominent ui"n through tho head on the first fire. The emigrants being entirely unarmed, the slaughter was an easy ta-lc. After all the men aud most of die women had been killed, ! a young lady of oightccn summrr.-t sprung lot ward, and, clasping her ban Is f II opoo her knees in front of Lee, bogging h i in to sPAttE It KU LIFE. She then rose and clapped him around ?he neck, declaring to him'that she had a lover in California to whom she owed her life, that she w-iscngigc! t?i marry him cot h?-r arrival there Lee, after hearing her pitiful story, took h t aside ravished her and then with his knife (*> CUT 11 Kit THROAT, leaving her body on the spot to be ear ten by wolves. SlXlEEX INNOCENT CHILDREN were saved front the general masacro Two of the number were seven year* obi, the bad.nice between one and fue yea rs oi age. TO It Kit: UN TO MR. ROGERS* SI AT-. ME NT Alter Mr. It'gers. the Indian agent, had biiriml tho hones of the enigriot.1 that hid been left to bleich withii> twelve mil s of the M ir.ro 1 to n >I ;. h e re mti j l to Cedtr City and lb rid thfi children in the hands of tho Mormons, Lee h iving two of the .lumber. T'.m M Ormond A>K KD PAY from the agent I'.r taking care of the children. I'p to this time the world -upp se.l the emigrants were MURDKItEO IIYTHE INDIANS, & but the subsequent relition will shoirl how far the savage Indians wjre re:'lly| connected with the affiir. Mr. Hogers gathered the idiil Ire ? I ?? R?ther, rufusing t ? p iy the ransom do ma tided |br their release by the Mor moils. Aller.he had ihu children in his camp, near the Mormon settlement at Cc.iiu ? City, two of t'i on, then a' o it eight years of age, told Mr. Hogers that Lor and the white men. MURDEUEI) Til Kill PARENTS. Of course Mr. Hogers was astonished .it this, the first iuloriniti oi he had re cvived of the real authors of the diabo lical massiere. He pursue 1 his iuvesti gatious among the children, and their t stiiiiony wis corrobor itivc o! the in tel'igence lie liari previously obtained. It should hehere s'uted that twi Mor nions came to the ten', of Mr. Hogers at mi lo g!it, about this time, ii 1 toll hi ill that their II HARTS WERE PRESSED WITH OKI EE. II be (the agent would spire their lives ihey wool 1 givj bin a true his'. ?ry o! the awful massacre. Rogers t >1 I them to proceed an 1 opr.ii their hearts These two Mormons (the nnnes of whom Mr. IIogees does n a recall^ told him the) were summoned by John I>. Lee, the tie com nu nder of the Xauvoo Lrgion at Cedar City, to appear in INDIAN COSTUME, painted with long hair, fully to rcpro sent the native siv.igo, preoire 1 t> go Mountain Meadow. Tho Morm his at tacked the train of the emigrants in the disgui.-o cd' Indians. Lee, finding that tlie cnigrants were ton strongly fortified, after five days h.OgO, retired back und dressed in cit'z on cloth es, as wo have above described, decoyed tho emigrants into a surrender ol their arms. This statement was made in fall to Mr. Hogers by the two Mormons wo bavo referred to, thus corroborating fill Iy tho statement n ado by the rescued children. Further more, they stated that the blooded stock and wagons of tho emigrants were taken back to vJo dar City to the Mormon tithing estab lishment, und (hero sold at public auc tion for tho benefit of tho Monnou Churcb. THE DOOM OK MORMONDoN. In connection with this brief recital of the frightful tragedy given abjve for which the Mormons arc substantially rctipou siblo, aud for participating in wlrch tho Mormon leader Leo is now under arrest by tho Unite I States an j tboritics, we may mention sometning j concerning tbe reigning prophet, Bri? J gham Young, and his adherents The Prophet is at tha threshold of death. ' AFTER, HIM?WHAT ? Polygamy is pronounced a sin by civ ilizatiou and a crime by tbe laws uf the | United States. As an illustration of its sditfulncFS as practised by one of the j scions of the house of the groit an 1 im- I maculate Prophet, JOHN W. VOUXQ, son of the Prophet and expectant sue-j eessor of the parental mantle of the ' Church, is distinguished for tho manner in which he has treated his wives. Some eight years ago he married two Mor mon women. They were industrious, virtuous;, good, plain women. After the marriage to these two gaud wonun, the young man makes n visit to Philadcl phia.?There he happens by chanc; to become acquainted with a young lady, J whom he induced to accompany him to Utah, crossing the plains by wagons, j According to the Mormon faith, bcliev ing that it is necessary to lrxvo 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 a hat is called in Mormon parlance thj F.XDOW N M EXT HOUSE. For some little time the young Pro pbet seemed ta live happily with his three wi\es, but more recently, finding that it was a ra her expensive luxury to support three wives, h : <? mel i 1 > 1 to discard his first and second wives. *Hi< Grst wife secured a divorce from the Mormon Church, the has'.an 1 agreeing to purchase a house for her her iu Og den, Utah, (where she now lives) and give her $.">() per month for her support Which he has failed to do. Sh: lias a called upon the Prophet Bri-gh i n, tho ?father of her husband for aid. Hrigham .refused to aid her. stating tb it. he was then supporting John W.'s 3.seo:i 1 wife and with the expenses of his own family he was un ible to as-'nt her. The two forsaken wives may mourn the loss ol' their hu.-dan.l, but what cITcet will that have upon Fustcrn soclc'y ? THE IiOWXrAI.fi OV MORMOXISM is decreed tho mo ue it th it llrigli im Voting dies, lie has no progjny who b ive the ability an 1 nirvo to carry out the grand project of his life; h : has not as much properly, as the world gives him credit for; he has no apostles to propagate his peculiar the irics, an 1 a? the world grows ol lcr fewer fiobj t ? believe in them.? Hence we infer from the art est of the Mormon fiend Pn? for bis participation in the horrible Motlll tain Meadow tna>s:icre and the rapid de clino in physical strength of the Mm mon lea lcr hiiuslf, that tbe nays of Mor inondom tire numberel.?.Y. 1' fferultl. A man employed in a Hoitimore fac tory committed suicide the other day bv drowning. The deliberated ess of pur pose evinced by him was remarkable, lie first took a drink of liquor, then wal ked In a wharf, laid his coat and i bo >k in which be kept some of his employers account on the edge, and leaped into the water in full view of the crew i f a schooner lying a lew yards distant and of several persons nearby on the wharf, The men on the vessel throw log* of wood o vor to him, and once sniz ed a rope and rossed it [so close to him that lie was obliged to change his posi tion to avoid it, To all entreaties to save himself ho answered tint he w Mild not ns he was determined to die. A boat wns then procured, and several men got into it and tried to resc.ic him with :i boat hook, which was wound abi ut the leg of his pantaloons, Alter nu menus efT- rts, the unlortunato man was drawn out, He gave two or three grasps but although every exertion was made to rcsusioitate him. he soou teas ed to breathe, There is no more human nature in this remark th iu wo ofto i (iu 1 in so brief a space: ? Dot.ormined before hind wo gravely pretend to aik tin opini > i nud thoughts ofa frioud should bis dif for from ours on any prctouco wo pity his want both uf judgmeut uud eonso: but if he fulls into aud fl itters our plan why really wo tbiuk him a sensible ma i. A Lo-;cud About Lawyers. How One Came to ijf. in Heaven. [Translated from the French.'] A journul lately onnounced that the corporation of sheriffs had addressed a petition to the ministers of justice, re questing that the office of justice of the peace should hereafter be accessible to retire I sheriffs, an 1 uot pertain exclu sively to lawyers an 1 attorneys who have left the bar. 1 was recently talk iuj? about this request with a sheriff. "Why not?" said he, with heart. "We are ns good as the lawyets. Per haps we are. better. Of what nre they so proud ? It is true, they sty, that the sheriffs have never furnished a saint for Paradise. I do not dispute it. But the lawyers '. they have furnished one, and even he entered Heaven by a trick worthy of bis trade." ' Ah !" said I, "is there a lawyer in Paradise? I avow this surprises me. I believed the celestial dwelling guarded ngninst lawyers as firmly as against res taurant keepers an 1 t iile:s ! Relate 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 of his cousin, Abbe d? Citoaut, who had just died in the savor ol h din -s< All wont well for two or thre? j day-", and no one suipoetid that there j w is an intruder in the celestial dwell ings. Pot at the end of two days our lawyer was homesick for the ciurt. lie set i.ut. therefore, to survey the court of heaven, stating at the passers by as be bad formerly done in the hall of Pas Perdu, in order to pi ic ? hi? h in 1 up in a good client. "A cause 1 a cause ! I must have a cause!" said he. clenching his Gsis. "I want a cause', oiuht I to plea 1 for noth i:>g!" Put all the parsers bad a jnyoiM air which hardly den >ted the preiceupi tions of chicanery. Ho whs dismayed ?furiuus. All at ohec he espied a young woman clothed in lo;ig mortiiug robes, who, with eyes cast down and melancholy brow, walked slowly along, leading ;i child by (be hind. ??Victory !" cried out man, making a joyous gambol "Behold the cause 1 Reh >ld ih>? widow and the orphan !" With a turn of ins hand he adjusted his ban 1. draped his rujte ehgatr.ly.an 1, prcM'tited bints- li" i) the widow, making Otic of bis most amiable bo.vs. 'Madam a plaintiff," said he, in a honied voice . Oh ! you may have, madam, all confi dence in my ability. For the rent, 1 have the ear of the tribiin il. Have you the papers? As for jus?" T e lid, raised her cye3.ini utle red a cry of terror. "Mou Lieu !" said she ??but this man is Mo us. ParLcreux." At the cry raised by the widow, a great crowd gathered They rmrrounded her, they questioned her, they tin dcrstooJ the truth. Immediately a general clam or resounded under the whole celestial vault. A lawyer! there i.-? a lawyer in Para disc! Put what is St. Peter thinking of? St. Pi tor soon arrived on the spot. He ieiceived bis error, and commanded the intruder to leave instantly a dwell ing that was forbiddeii him. M. Par lecrcux, intimidated for an instant, very quiHtly iccovcrs his ass ur a nee. He mounts a small hill, turns up his sleeves, coughs, blows his I), se, then extending his bands towards the auditory, he cries? Quid? Car? Qnomodo? Quan do r I ' Vau tire tue," bluntly replio 1 the ! guardian of heaven. "l?o henoe. I ; have already said it, I repeat it to you." ?T consent to it, if orily the thing is legal. I demand ol tho tribunal per mission to put ore question to it." "Pot it, but quickly." "tlentlo neu, if there is in the uni verse a place whore the law ought to bo respected, it seems to mo that there is the sanctuary of eternal justice Ah, will, gentlemen, according to tho law a proprietor is not to expel a lodgor with out heading a summous to him by a sheriff. I await my summous and I make my reserve " St. Peter was moved by this reason tug. "So bo it. Lot socio one go after a sheriff to make tho summons." Five or six officers immediately started in quest of a sheriff But after a long search they came back without bringing with them the civil officer. "Ah, Will/' said St. Peter, ''where is the sheriff "Impossible to find one in Paradiso" "in fact, although I have not thought of it bcrore, there ha4 never been doe admitted here What shall wo do not to violate the law ? A burst of low cunning replied to him It was M?ns Parlcercur who nearly, swooned with delight oar seeing the embarrassment of the celes t-ial guardian "I shall wait my sum mnns a long time/' said ho, making a victorious gesture ''The sheriff who will bring it to me is not yet born" St Peter was taken aback One of his advisers whispered to him the idea of allowing a shariff to entar' Paradise for a few hours only, in prior to hasten the departure of the lawyer 'That would be a bad expedient," re plied ho, "you do not kodw lavf/era Ours would find moans of cavii u?ou tho legality of the summons Flo woull plunge u< i?to tho trdubhd w -.t ,M of th i law, and finally he would not loivo Ul After that I should find mysolf with a lawyer and a sheriff on my ha&ls Tho first is enough," And this is how thsro e.iTuo to bo a lawyer in Paradise A correspondent of tho Erie, Penrj., Observer, sends to that journal tho fol lowing anceduf>: Mrs. J. has for soeva time past been the owner of a fiae Kf? quimaux dog. A few months ago, Mrs J. became the {[mother of a beautiful little little girl, of whom the dog at first very jealous. His better nature, how ever, fio'in assorted itself, an l he'be came very fond of the child. A few weeks a go baby was crying loud and lon ?. Doggie came upstairs in evident dis (res? 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 bone, well picked, of course in his mouth, which, standing on his hin I legs, ho gravely presented it to tho little Stories about ihe%te IlnracoQrceley and his hand writing orostill "gjaing the rounds. This is the latest from the.St. Paul's Press: "Horace wrote a note to a brother: editor in New York whose writing was [equally illegible with that of his own The rccipiont of tho note net being able to road it, sent it back by tho same messenger to Mr. Qreeley for elucidation. Supposing it. to be the answer to his own note, Mr. Greeley looked over if, but likewise was unable, to read it, and said to tho boy: "Go back with it. What does the d?m fool mean ?" "Yes sire," said tho boy "that is just what ho says." At a recent New York funeral, wh re the deceased was a young and (beautiful girl over S'sOOO worth of flowers Were distributed in and around tho Coffin. A chorus was sung by hired vocalists. On either side of the coffin stood four young gir's dressed iu white, each holding in hoi hand a wreath of flowers. While the minister prayed, a bell wastolel in the hallway;and a ohaot sung by" the b red vocalists. The lady friends of the deceased thought the entertainment 'perltctly elegant.' Mont Plane, it is said, has been dwaf ed by the discovery in Europo of a tal lcr monarch of mountains. Maunfc Klbnrzjon the Kuropcan sido of the C lucasian [water has been found to be 18,526 feet high, or 2742 feet high cr than the greatest estimated height ot .Mont Wane. The mountain is iushapo a flattened dome, and although posset sing tho Alpine characteristic! of snow field, ice lakes and glaciers is climbed by experienced inountaincors; Ttub'uson Crusoe's island, in the South Pacific ocean, is now peopled by a Oer man colony of about 71) souls who Ian ded u)iou its shores iu 1852. On their arrival they fouud large flocks of goats, 30 hall wild horses, about HO as.?es and a number ol o.her dotucttio animals, They brought with them cows, hogs, fowls lurming utensili, scaall boats end fishing tackle, ? .IB" i ? tfJBBUUiLi"! I. Two huudrcd and forty cambric ban 1 kerchiets says the Herald, were satura ted OQ Friday evening at Booth'a while Jefferson was performing iu the last sccno of'Hip Van Winkle.' ?