Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-09-04
Victim to NiOrman;sm.

On the shore of the lake, seven miles west OF
this in Portland, the attention Of the traveller
would be arrested by the appearance OF a well
finished, neat and conmodous dwelling, the APP
pur,enance of a well cultivated, good condition
cd farm, indicating the abode Of taste, Industry
and happiness. Do you stop TO quatf the cooling
water to enjoy lounge under the D easa nj nj
aZza protccied from tho scnrching sun DIV oeau-
tiiul grove! in vain do you listen tor The domcs-
tic song or lnger for the welcome OF hospitality
Silence and solitude reign there. 1t Is the hour
for busy labor; you look around you see a man
tong in the field alone and he Is the good!y pat
tern of u man, he invites you 10 q conference you
become interested in his his.ory-he tells you he
was the son of a sterner climate, Graded on the
sea dashed banks of Nova Scotia. In rlPer years
his home was tho ocean; the brig OF which he
was owner and commando: toundered at sea, he
was saved by taking Ia tho long boat: returned
to tho land of his birth married his beiroihod:
and in after wears, when the father OF SIX chit-
dren he removed with his family and settled up
on this very farm, eighteen years since, then in
the widest state.
Here he continued in all the enjoyment conse-
uuent upon a virtuous life, possessed of the es
teen and confidence Of his noighbors, of a com
pe,encc Of this worlds goods, his domestic ren-
tions were happy, unnterruptedIy SO, until with
in about two wears since. The spoer A
Mormon preacher appeared In the neighborhood.
The wife, sons and daughte of this now lone
man were among his hearers. Wild fanaticism
fastend upon them; and they became converts TO
Mormonsn. The golden Bible end the 'revela-
tons of Joe Smith bid them prepare to iournev
10 the promised land The husband and father
interposed, but reason aud kind persuasion were
uuavnilinc The pictured scenes Of home were
but the gloom of night. compared with the bright
visions of the Mormon sheaven upon earih.-
And Mormonism required the sacrifice of domes-
tic bliss severance of the coanubIal tie. OF hlIal
bonds. And these not enough to satisfy
the demands of the strange God; pecuniary trIb
ute was exac,cd to the amount Of all the personal
property of the man already heret OF wife and
children. Ueartless and hopeless, he yielded TO
tho demand, and besides his horses and cattle of
the field, he literally emped his house TO sati-
ate the cupidiy of this other Juggernaut They
lef, him alone! Tho wife. two sons and three
daughters arrived at Missouri: IN three months
after their arrival on Mormon ground the mother
sickened and died.
And now, Joshua Chrosbv. widowed and child
less though he be, by the power of Mormon de-
fusion, having recovered from the shock. with the
big heart of a sailor forgives, and stands by
DIV for another pull at the oar, on The ocean of
life Dunkirk Beacon.
Henry w. White, who was sentenced TO the
penItentiarv OF this District for ten years IN
January. 1887. on the charge of being m acces-
SGry Chs brother was charged the principal.
and aquitted,) in burning the Treasury building
on the Is, tav Of April, 1888. has been liberia
ted by the President OF the United States on the
ground of his supposed innocence. after four aud a
half wears confinement. The presiding JUDGE
the District Attorney. the Foreman of The Grand
Jury, who returned the bill against him. all the
Jurors now IN this city, who sat on his trial. and
the citizens of this city now petition for his re-
lease, all being of the opinion nor. that he was
innocent of the crime for which he convic-
ted We never thought he was guilty: and so
expressed ourselves before, during and after his
trial; and therefore not only signed the petition
for his release, but wrote letter to the Presi.