Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-01-13
THE FUGITIVE OFFICERS FROM UTAH.


!ony document is Published hv Chief Justice Sanic D.
Brandetury Judge Perry 4. B:nccius and B. D Harris Sc
:reary Of the State uf Uh in ree!rce I" 'he that
led them nbaron their official posts 1t SAT- Lake City,
aud Washington. 1t is addressed 10 The Ptes
and IS repetition, in extended FORM Of the state.
men,s ha have already been mlds. The !iose ana scd
ous feeling Of the Mormon werner Brigham Young, and
he Mornipns generally, tho United Sa'2a Government
md its officers said 10 have been scn as IL make long
| cr stay there not only dangerous but npra>ea'!".
The officers cpca, the charges OF profanity basp pemnns
aI!usons hy Gov YoGny the death of General Taylor,
and contcmf,uonz ct,nce of The Government of The L..
States The Mormon Governor also stated have abused
Washington public meeting, saying that h gr't
er man than George WashngiUn;" that he "krcw than
George Washington ever diI" &. Tie excitement Of the
people became that the officers feared or Their lives
Misappopfiapn Of The United States funds is anori:cr Of
the charges Brought ag.ius, Governor Young The vice Gi
ooypa,ny according these fccusant officials has reached
an Outrageous height. We extract the foliowry in re-.
ference TO this point, their lei: - The President:
sWc deem our daiy 10 state in is official communca
uD thai rGygaHy. plurality ut ~."rs i openly avo"-
cd and practised in lc territory under ne sanc''n ana IN
obedience t" the direct com;'rri- OF the Ch'rh ," ~"
vcrsa is this practice, that ", il any leading men ia
that community can b" found VIII" have n more than one
wife each. which creates Unupnly aud wiiC' "dS cc-
ariy hard upon the ofes reside there The prom
in lie churcD whose example IN AL Iihes u Is
the ambition G the humble initiate have each many
wives OF them are crtdlols hlUriGd ana Oc"Vc'
as many us twenty thirty. and Brigham uuna, the Cow
even greater number Only few das before t tie ttn-
torv the Gov. seen riding through lie streets o! me
city in omnibus, wit, large company OF his wives more
than wo.iirds OF whom had infants In Their arms sHfe
sign that the evil is increasing
at is not uncnrnnn find sisters i'auicl
~ The same man; and INSTANCE least mother aad
her two taugh are among wives leading member Of
The church. This practice. regarded and punished "a ii
aad revolving crime in j! civilized counties, wori ol
course never made statutory offence ty Mormon Le-
gislaure and crime nj common law the cauFi "eu &C
uowpress 10 rnrroct the evil, with Mormon JarIes.
The document shows most monsrous Stale Of socal
us 10 afford satisfactory r thee prominent United
States officers abaadning li"iF ;'s's anl flying N' 50
mach haste :hc seat II: government.
EOSSCrH AND CAPT. LUNtf.--A Washington ear
respondent OF the Pennsylvania Inquirer has most reliable
authority to contradict tie published in the Bait-
more sun that Kossu.h had challenged Capt. Long, Of the
L. s. steam ireale Mississippi. II is wholly untrue.
THE PRoMETHEUS AFFAii;-I'he statement pub
shed in OF the papers, that dispatches had been re-
ceivcd at Washington, announcing that Lord Panerson
had disavowed The affair Of Inc PTonhcus wholly untrue.
No communication has Sctn rcrciv, cn the subject.
PATTERsoS'S GREER KTURNplKE.-Thc report OF
this local Improvement highly valuable the upper parts OF!
Hampshire and Hardy appears in the Romncy Argus The
whole length the Road is 35 miles OF which 81 made
aud open travel The whole expected be completed
hY the Is, Of May Innc and the siGnuir small cost o!
SIG 500 The receipt for tolls far larger than was
anticipated.
TIE LIBEL CASE OF MADAME TOCHMAN.
WAsHSaToS JAN 9.-The Grand Jrry have found tru9
bill for libel against Capt De Ahua in tie matter OF Madame