The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-21

appropriated By The general gogsnsaeai for thai pur-
Pose Besides. the house alluded 10, as having been
purchased by the authority OF the legislature Is mol
worth hall the money said TO have been gwen Tor ~
and be made suitable for the legislature lhe
story OF the purchase is all aerthough, mere sub
erisge we never should have heard OF II bad IL mol
been that Young was charged with having squandefed
this money The truth is in relation to this fund.- II was
used by Governor Young last spring IN The payment Of
the debts OF the church $4,000 paid TO the hrm OF
Livingston Il Knk ead $5. 600 to Tackard Clark, and
81 600 10 Holiday & Waner--he other $4,000 was
used by Babb the Mormon delegate 10 Congress Tor
what purpose do not know, but no doubt by authority
OF Young
In regard 10 the here il is perfect farce Judge
Snow who is Mormon is the only judge upon The bench
Governor Young however controls the decisions Ii they
should be made without his knowledge and according
to his She's he has only to make known and they
reversed changed to suit his views desires
The court has been session since the first Monday in
January, doing and undong Ii seems 10 that the prnc
pal object Is 10 give employment 10 jurors, Witnesses and
officers OF the court, and TO fleece the government The
grand jury has been n session the whole time They will
md presenments the most trivial evidence The case
comes before the court the evidence proves insufficient
TO convict and the individual is discharged not however
without as much cost be made by the various OH
GERS They have presented individuals Tor alleged tres.
passes committed on the property OF persons, nams t
kao,sa Others were presented who proved by the per-
charged 10 have been respassed upon that no tres
pass had been committed and that the act charged as
uespass by the grand jury, with their knowe ledge and
consent Many similar presentments have been made
all however, undergo an investigation by the court more
Tor the sake OF the fees than anything else. case
Spanards. charged with illegally trading in the Territory.
and purchasing Indian Children 10 be taken to Mexico
as slaves Il was in proof that they had bought the chill
denthat they had them possession and that they had
in other respects violated the law After the court had
spent upwards OF two weeks in the investigation, and
pending. COSTS thousand dollars. was con-
vcted. the others discharged The governor, it seemed,
inerfered in way, and the convicted was, with
all their property, discharged leaving the government 10
have heard il said upon good authority, that the
MoriSons intend to form an alliance with the Indians,
and excite them against the government. for the purpose
OF resisting her anhority and that they now pre-
pairing for conflict This report to be sustained
BY the fact that the governor and the Mormon agent
B. Rose, with interpreters, take frequent excursions,
with presents &c.
In relation to the speech of Judge Brocchus, which
IS so much complained Of and which is said to have
that they did not so consider it-a the Geniiles who
were there concur in this opinion. head nothing said
by the Judge which could have justly given offence
to any one the most fastidous The whole cause
OF offence was in his correction and reiutaon OF the
SANDERS and abuses which the heads of the Mormon
church had charged and circulated against the govern
ment. Even this was done in mild and respectful
manner Ii such complete refutaon OF the various
ISLANDERS that they felt themselves convicted before their
own peoples and fearful of the effects and fearing, too.
that the officers OF the general government would continue
TO denounce these ISLANDERS until the people would become
enlightened the subject they determined to put stop
TO all further investigation; and to deter all others IRON
The attempt, they threatened 10 pull hair and cut Threats
II was not until after the rude and ungentlemany con-
duct OF Governor Young and others towards the judge
the sand and not un they rejected on theiT own conduct
that they assigned a for their treatment TO the
Judge that he had made of insulting language towards
their women. They found that they had acted impru-
dently-they were told by OF the prudent
then, relieve themselves far possible they raised
the charge that the Judge had used insulting language,
and made OF remarks which called in question the
virtue of their repeat and assure you, that
there nothing in the speech OF the Judge which would
have been considered improper before any audience oil
ladies in The Staes--mach less in Salt Lake City, where
they are in the constant habit OF hearing Gov Young
and listening with much pleasure TO his obscene re-
marks.
In relation TO the wife system. will begin with Brig
ham, He, as / have before stated, has about fifty
among them two sisters. Heber G. Kemble and Will
liam Richards also have harems OF women, from ten to
| thirty 10 fact, all the leading men in the Mormon
church have from There several instances
here where men have married widows, who have daugh.
ters and now have the mother and daughter both as
wives. Heber c, Kemble has the mother and daughter
NJ Turpin has mother and daughter c. +. Bolton has
mother aud daughter also John Taylor. In fact, all
the head men have lessit is more unusual 10
see family with but wife. than to see one with
from two Yet their preachers, over the country
| deny il in the most positive terms.
To look at Mormonism as ii is IN this valley, one
would think that if there any system IN the wide
world that has been gotten up and propagaied by the
devil. 1t is that OF the people called Latter Day Saints
| JUSTICE.