The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1855-06-02

y, gamr among the MorEso1as.

iauu het writes as follows: :,
1 havef esailed to you in previous letters thc
debased ditiOn of the women of Utah. Inc
'MormonS{ q ter Their ,assiOus Cor as they call
It. thei1 ,ly desire to people the earth are
sratihed .dom pretend to support their h'i-
merous es< Brigham Young declared last
confereI that he did not kmo" how many
wives II iad. "Teii the Gentiles," saId ne:
4 do n now half of them when see them.
The ma 4Ey Of these poor women are compel
led to lik for their daily bread, and many OF
! them ar such destitute condition that they
are fore to seek the charity Of strangers. 1t
is an al fact that one of the wives OF the
Chier j hEs postics gains her livelihood oy
washin or tue shoardefs of pubic house III
e t3Aa1 aed it is nothing qpconlInon ter tnese
lords SH :Ftd3xon to sead Their wives out iii
canoes fif w6od, and any day you can see
womenfchopping logs and driving cattle to the
mountJnf
SubeQ1 to slavery worse than can be reali-
zed i'll II South, turned into concubincs and
prostite&fs against their will, denied even wo
mans ef pcrogative the of her tongue,
there Il now hundreds of females who only
await ~ opportunity to abandon forever a
life tn 80 lily belts the proud spirit OF Amcrl-
can VI anhood.
1t " but yesterday that widow with her
daughe& called upon me- and after asking me
to lockaa he door OF my room for fear she should
be surpt sed in the house of Gentle, unfoded
her stor of bitter wrongs and suiferlngs. The
Bishop of her ward had demanded her whole
family Guiding herself, in marriage. She had
given n all she had for tithcs and other TIA Ncs,
and wa; now in the dilemma of either starving
or being compelled to share an incestuous bed
with file daughters Of her own body. With
tears ~ her eyes, she prayed me to afford lcr
the inesns of going to California in the spring
These sases occur every day-indccd the spirit
OF dissatisfaction is universal l have never
conyersed with solitary woman who was not
dScOnt .nted with her situation and prospects.
This 81 eaks more than all the ingenious argu-
merits II favor of polygamy, and demonstrates
that ii e practical working of the ''plurality
sysrH,' is adverse to domestic love and liappi
ness.
Here would be great field for your strong
mii81e women. II few Bloomers and fast
youee ladies would come out to Utah, and
raiSe cry of virtue and independence iii
the&aley of the mountains, the whole Mormon
fennF community would rise in mass and
shake off the shackles that bind them. But
thtSe is no one here to lead them on. The
feakA being cut off from the church. aud Of
bel6 l6f "sent to eternal hell across lots" as
Il Brfx I'M classicaly expressed it, detcrs them
frA3A ..el. ~o~rs~, and the desert plains that
heA Them. in every side prevent them from
sEss.
New Cure for HydrophObia.
fFte Wshingtom Union says it makes the
follcFing Extract from letter received at the
Pit CIT O6ice and dated New Orleans May o
lSH from an officer III the army
I 81 send you herewith some seeds for distrhu-
tidil1 used here in the cure of the bite of the
mAk dog 1t is considered as an etfectGal rCmc-
dWl the1parsh of st. Bernard of this State,
az The cpres which stated to have been
Need hom their certainly very re-
lr.ables regret not being able TO give you
ter boteiGcal name; but the plant is d tropical
CnA cOu4h:g from MeXco-l believe from the
de-, rtnient of Tobasco. The seeds are called
4 ;.xsa '"s' eo"'|' /" r"p''' and are used as
Il IhfSe Of them are broken up or pounded
Ut sm9i pieces, and put into a wine glass Of
beSMsherry, (Neres,) and allowed to steep
i ahoHf twenty-four hours, and then, being
- 4lg'ed up, swallowed by the patient. This
ap - if3epeated three times day for about
r3n' Is, when the person or animal may be
IGp sideled as cured | am told that even dogs
M ch 4ve been bitten by rab.d animal have
I'm c4ed by this treatment, or by putting Il
ger 4elantity of these seeds in their food.
Iheseed must he soaked i'll water twenty
/ fp h03rs beiore planting, and the plant mus
bs projected from the rays of the sun whilst
Est II yo6ng and tender. it resembles much the
! lolra pihnt, and should be planted late in the
s!rny.9
"A
l. lEAPoKAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PORE DENIED
f. Archbishop kenricI, in his pastoral letter,
IJIst published in baltimore, makes the follow
riS aHosion to the temporal power of the Pope:
10 the general and State governments yon
qSe- aileSiance in ali that regards the cIyii
1'der: the authorities Of the Church challenge
Sonr obedience i'll the things Of salvation. We
lave no need Of pressing this distinction, which
lbou iully understand and constantly observe