Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-28 00:00:00

MORMON DOINGS.

Sr Lours.—A. series of articles on Mormonism is in
course of publication in the St. Louis Democrat. Among
other statements of facts of which the writer was cognizant.
the following is given as having occurred in St. Louis :
" A Mormon elder, whom they call Abraham, outraged an
Indian woman, on the route to or from California, and
fearing that she would report him to the tribe and give
him trouble, he shot her. He was tried for the murder in
Utah, but Brigham Yonng interfered, and in the affray
had several of the officers of the court put in irons, and
the murderer was let run. This same murderer left
Utah in company with the same Mormon elders
and apostles, who have been, and some of
whom are still flourishing in our city, and
came here. He had a revelation that a Mrs. 8— and
daughters (not fourteen years of age), were to be his
wives. In pursuance of the doctrine, he proceeded to the
basement on Washington-avenue, where Mrs. 8— and
daughters resided, at abont 11 o'clock in the evening,
deliberately locked the door and pocketed the key, and
there, in the presenca of the young daughters, outraged
their mother in the most beastly manner, to which
—being a Mormon—she submitted without giving
alarm or notifying the authorities of the city. This
case was repotted to me by another party, who had
by some means got hold of it; and I was informed
that the same vulgar wretch was still prowling about,
and had sworn that he would yet have the daugh-
ters. I went to Mrs. S. and told her what I had
heard, and asked her if it was true. She admitted it all,
but could not or would not give me any information of the
whereabouts of Abraham ; nor could I ever get any infor-
mation from any of the Mormons of whom I inquired
respecting him. To secure the young girls from further
outrages, I had them placed in the house of refuge, where
they are still ; and within the last twenty-four hours this
Mormon mother has cursed me on the streets for thus
protecting her children against such beastly transactions.
Such is Mormonism, even in St. Louis."

Swiennrf.—A Stockholm journal says : —" The Mormons,
who are somewhat numerous in the district of Vestra
Sallerup, near Malmue, in Sweden, have built in the village
of the former name a house and chapeL On the 25th of
June they assembled in the chapel for some grand cere-
mony of their form of worship, and when they were so
engaged a band of peasants, armed with thick sticks, some
of them with guns also, marched on the chapel, and sum-
moned them to disperse. The Morfinns re'used, on which
the peasants expelled them by force, and drove them from
the village. As some of the Mormons were armed with
guns, and made use of them, several of the combatants on
both sides were wounded. The peasants having driven the
Mormons to a tan-pi:, dipped several of them in it, and
then let them go. At Burlof the local authorities have
decided that any person who may lend his house to the
Mormons for their meetings, or may take any of that sect
into his service, or even receive them into his house, shall
be fined 25 rixdalers. Several inhabitants of the district
who had embraced Mormonism have abandoned it to return
to the Lutheran religion."

TILE tSt7 RE TROVE —On Tuesday, while pulling doa
an old stable wall in Meadowside, the labourers found a
number of gold rings and bracelets. On the outside of
one of them is engraven the name of Lady George Ramsay,
who died in J79s.—.Thotdee klverti"

On Saturday afternoon last, a serious accident of an
extraordinary nature took plane on board the Agamemnon,
90, steam-vessel, which left Greenwich ou Friday with
one-half of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph. On Friday
night the vessel was anchored off Gravesend, and was
ordered to proceed to Sheerness with the spring-tide of
the following day.' About two o'clock on Saturday, the
ordinary preparations weremade for leaving, and the three
steam tug-vessels which towed the Agamemnon from
Greenwich had steam got up for the voyage. The order
was given for heaving anchor, and the crew of the Aga-
memnon were busy iri working at the capstan for that
purpose. The anchor was " hard a peak," having a firm
hold of the bottom, and whilst the men were turning the
large iron bars affixed to the capstan for the purpose of
getting the cable secured, and before the anchor was
clear of its hold, in consequence of some misapprehension,
the steam tug vessels moved forward, and the Agamem.
non, of course, pulled against her own cable and anchor.
The result was that the capstan was instantly reversed,
and the men employed in heaving were thrown about the
deck in all directions by the large iron bars, which re-
volved with the utmost velocity. The vessel, as may be
imagined, was in a state of commotion, and the scene on
deck was appalling. The services of the surgeon and
assistant surgeons were immediately in requsition, and it
was found that 15 of the men had sustained severe injuries,
of whom five had broken limbs. The latter, and four
others, were removed to the Widgeon steam vessel, and
conveyed to Woolwich under the superintendence of an
assistant-surgeon. On arriving at Woolwich dockyard
the sufferers were placed upon ambulance beds and con-
veyed to the Royal Marine Infirmary. On inquiry at this
establishment, we ascertained that the worst case is that
of a seaman, both of whose legs are broken, and it is
considered that amputation may be necessary. In the
other four cases the injuries consist of "severe fracture
of the head," " broken ribs," and injuries to the stomach,
The names of the patients at the infirmary are John Mor-
gan, John Gibbs, William Tucker, James Roberts, and
William Turney, all able seamen. The Agamemnon
proceeded to Sheerness immediately after the accident,
and an official inquiry is to be instituted with respeot to
its causes.

FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE FROM

GEORGE PEABODY.

Since the selection of the site fur the Peabody Institute,
architec's of all the principal cities have been engaged in
preparing designs, and it is not improbable that the
structure will be one of the finest in the country. Without
the knowledgo of the Building Committee, and with a
view to relieve it from any emb trrassment on account of
funds, Mr. Peab,dy has added 50,000 dollars to the first
donation, as will 13 seen by the following letter from his
bankers to the committee

New York, Wednesday, June 24, 1857.
Messrs Wiliam E. Mayhew, John P. Kennedy, and
others, Baltimore :

Gentlemen,—Referring to your letter to you of March
11th last, we have the pleasure of informing you that Mr.
George Peabody has reques'ed us to honor you drafts to
the amount of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
(say 350,000 dollars,) instead of 300,000 dollars, as
therein expressed. We now, therefore, increase the
credit which we then advised you we had opened on his
account to the extent of fifty thousand dollars, (say 50,000
dots.) to be drawn for as et tted in our said letter of the
11th of Much. We have the honour to remain your
obedient wlyants, • DUNCAN, 51181111,1 AM & Co.
Mr. Peabody has not interferred with the Committee
further than to express a preference for a locality, and he
has added the addi iou al amount because of the increased
expenditure which will be necessary. An effort will be
made to determine upon a plan and begin the structure
during the appre2ohang fail season.

EARLY CLOSING OF THE EXCHANGE
NEWS-BOOM.

LEDRII ROLLIN AND THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT.

This oelebrated refugee has forwarded the following
letter for publication to some of our London catempo-
raries :

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening

There continues a goad demand for Cotton, and
prices of all kinds are well sustained. The sates
to-day were 10,000 hales, 2,000 of which were on
speculation and for export.

COTTON STATEMENT.
(Froin the iTew York Shipping List of 15th July.)

Exports to 1
Great
Britain. ,

Receipts.

Total I Stocks and on
clearances Shipboard.

2,882,572 I 1,368 692
3,449,400 1,875,044

2.164 965
2,854,633

155,000
120,932

566,888

504,372

68M67

British Australasian Company, for altering the
present deed of contract of copartnery under the
Limited Liability Act, which was agreed to.
There was also a meeting of the Australian Mining
company, at which a favourable report was read
and adopted.