New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-27
The.RearerIslhnd Arrests


From the Detroit Alvertiser. 24ih
The |. ;. iron steamer Michigan ar
nved at Detroit on sunday Afternoon, bringing [. ;.
Deputy Marshals BcaTdslcy, W II. COyle. William 4.
BOyt and Kin : DygeTt, having IN charge as prison.
ers Rice, Miller Post Brown, Wm Townsend, Asa
b Field, SeymOre Page and Finley Page. who are
under indictment with SiTang for making and pass
ing counterfeit coin Of the United States and OBJ
stnctng L : Mails, and for stripping Government
land Of timber. The steamer also brought down, at
the expense Of the Government, thirteen witnesses
for the prisoners who are claimed by them to be ma
teual a. their defense.
A man purpose on the part of the Government, n
ordering the steamer 10 make the last trip TO Beaver
Island was to enable SiTang TO examine IN person,
and by counsel, the witnesses claimed BY hm to be
material TO ms defense the dispositions Oi forty Of
whom were taken at this time. before l. :. Com
missioner. William ID. wilkins, presence Of Sfrang,
under the charge OF Hon. Geo {. Bates l :. Dist.
Atty. on the par OF the Government. and "a. i.
McReynolds Esq. on the part OF the prisoners fuN
minutes Of which were taken by Commissioner
wilkins, and by w. II Coyle, ESQ for thq use Of
the DIST Ally. From the outset of TINS invest atIon
the demand for which, on the part of the Govern
ment. was rendered lmperOuS by public sentiment
the utmost enly has been extended To the prisoners,
consistent with the preservation Of the rights OF pub
hc'-uSuce.
Tie President Of the [ States has used The ut
most moderation consistent with an efficient myeS
ucatou of The rite rated complaints of citizens Of
Beaver Island. and the same course has been ad-
vsod by The Attorney General HIS Honor,
Judge Wilkins has uniformly extended every
ClemenCy toward Strang and ms followers. IN
which course be has been seconded by Mr. Bates.
who has used the power and influence OF hls OH
clal position. upon the SIDE Of lcnlty. The DIS
patch of the steamer 10 Beaver Island the pro-
CCedng by which the testimony of Sirang was
taken, was affected by AN order of Court made
win the consent of the District Attorney, and the
whole expense dcyovcS upon the Government
The preCnSe of persecution which has been setup 10y
Strang, and ndor>ed by the demagogues who seek
TO make capital from IT, IS therefore shallow and
false The parties now arrested for the hTst time
have been 20 large during several weeks IN which IN
dictmcnts have been hanging over them. and might
silll be al large had not MANY of them made their
escape ehcctuaily fiSiiyng their boosted claim as
martyrs TO religious persecution The parties arrest
I'd are, or claim TO be, important and influential men
u the Norman organization, holding various Onces
therein. such as Apostles. High-PrcStS and Elders
On Tie examination Of tho witnesses, It was sworn
10 by StTang's witnesses that he Is Prophet, gifted
by a divine inspiration ana clothed with miraculous
powers, among which Is the CW Of Prophecy One
of the witnesses who calls himself a High Priest,
being under examination upon o3tn, IN answer 10
Strane's mleuogatones, Swore before the Commls-
siouor that " ne kpcW Strang to be Prophet of the
Earth, gifted by divine inspiration, with miraculous
powers, and endowed with divine grace mat ne
(witness) High Priest had taken the covenant
from St James, (Strang by laying hands on the cross
and by signing n. And al TINS point the witness
identified the covenant referred 10 by hin te be
the blaSphCmouS document heretofore published Dy
us I'D the testimony of Adams This witness went
on 20 say.
Il believe Strang 90 be a Prophet whose mspira-
ton comes from Tod, IKE mat OF lsdldil, anu lut
other prophets OF Old and that he can orsel things
of the future ard that when inspired, he can speak
from and trans late unknown tongues ~ the witness
aided" tie reveals himself sometimes n the pre-
stnce Of others Ihare Witnessed communications OF
inspiration between God and others, and would re-
card such communicates as law ~ The COmmls-
siouer District Attorney. and others. were employed
two sessions. IN of which they occupied ~ hours
almost without intem>>lon, and IN the other about
l3in the examination OF Strang'S witnesses, during
which time every possible obstruction ana hnirance
10 the dispatch OF business was ntcTposcd by
Stangs tlenCS.
Notwithstanding the lenty extended 10 these men
from the outset Greg VINO styles himself Bishop pro
tem IN absence Of Srang, has had the hardihood 70
address letter 70 C. ii Knox, |. ;. Marshal, or to
eof ms Deputies IN which he sets up the pretense
thai they have been driven 20 starvation and rum by
the persecution of Government. From the mouths
OF all who visited the Island. We have tull and par
tcular confirmation of tbe murder OF Bennett, IN all
lis unpro,oked cruelty, Is well a OF the hendl>h
scene which followed called the "COroners Jury, ~
IN which the heart OF the murdered man was toutout
by McCulock and twlTled m derSlon upon ms unger
and Mcleod. Prosecuting Attorney - and q seRyer
ofthe JTUi washed ms hands IN the hearts blood -
When the Michigan len Macklnaw, Mcleod was ~
ine at the point OF death, and scarcely expected 70
survive al hour