The true Democrat., 1856-11-11
Things at Salt Lalse-Attack on United
 States Officer.


 States Officer.
 We take the following from the Salt Lake correspondence of the N. Y. Herald:
 Salt Lake Aug. 31st--But the event which has created the greatest excitement in this city was most outrageous attempt at assassination, which was made upon United States officer in the public streets under the sanction and countenance of the Mormon church. The facts are these: About dusk one evening" Mir. Joseph Troskelawski, United States Deputy Survey or went to the store of Messrs. Hooper & Will Hams to make a few purchases. Here he met Bill Hickman, notorious member of the !" Da- nte Band,' who engaged in conversation with him in friendly manner, no one having any suspicion that he had the least unknd feeling towads him. MT. T. then left the store alone, to go to his lodgings He had gone but few steps when three men, associates of Hickman, stepped up behind him and knocked him down. One of them then commenced beating him about the head with the butt of a heavy load ed whip and the others stamped upon and kicked him, being assisted by Bill Hickman who had followed him up from the store, and who cried out to the other villains, "kill him. Pll stand the consequences" Messrs. Hooper & Williams, hearing a cry in the street, ran to their door, and seeing these fellows beating a man, rushed to the spot just in time to save Mr. T's life. Mr. Hooper seized Hickman by the collar, when the latter drew knife upon him. He, however, succeeded in throwing him off Mr. Williams in the mean time throwing the other two fellows off liberated Mir. T., who staggered, blind and strangng in his blood to- wards the office of the mail agent, and was caught by MT. Dotson, who carried him n- oly h; .l,a,> their horses and rode off unmolested, yelling and shouting like Indians.
 On examination Mir. Troskolawski was found to be very seriously hurt, having received se- we're internal injury and being dreadfully cut up aud bruised. lie had received heavy blows behind each ear and on his forehead He pas sed four days in the greatest agony, his friends expecting every moment that he would die; but under the care of Dr. Lee, the inflammation was arrested and he is now slowly recovering No cause was assigned for the attack, except that MT. T. had used too great freedom of speech in expressing his views of Mormon re- Hgion. Bill Hickman was in town the next day boasting of what he had done, and saying that he was not afraid, that he could pay da- images and stand a trial, for his counsel was high one. Towards the middle of the day Brigham Young, the Governor of the Territory, sent for Hickman who remained with him some two hours. There was great deal of excite ment ill the city, and the sympathy of the mas ses of the people for MT. T., although many of the leaders said they were sorry the d-d Gentle had not been killed. Hickman was in town every day that week. and no effort was made by the authorities to bring the offend CT to justice It IS useless for the Gentiles to make complaint, for there is not the least sha, dow of law or justice in Utah. Brigham Young is absolute monarch, and his word is the only law acknowledged.
 On the Sunday afternoon following Jede- diah NJ. Grant, the second counsellor of Brig ham, made the following remarks in the Taber nacle, rebuking the people for the sympathy which they had evinced for Mir. T. He said :: " 1 am sick Of this sympathising spirit which you, as individuals, have with the Gentiles and apostate Mormons. 1 abhor this sympathetic feeling you have towards the wretcheS who would cut our throatS, and of whom 1 can say, as have said of Martin Van Buren, that they should be wihked at by blind men, they should be kicked across lots by cripples, and they should be nibblel to death by young ducks, and be drawn through the key hole to nell by bum ble bees Because poor d-d scoundrel will come into our streets drunk and fall into
  pen to stumble over him, you should sympa- thise with him, 1 am ashamed of you. We ask no odds of the Gentiles; we care not what they say or do nor fear what they can do."- Brigham repeated ives, we ask no odds of any of them.") He spoke in this manner for an hour, using language which would not be tolerated among the lowest and most degraded class of persons anywhere in the world.
 After Jedediah had finished speaking, He Der C. kimball, Brgham's first counsellor, rose and remarked that he agreed with all that J e. dediah had said and then added: "This occur renee alluded to by btother Grant, 1 never heard of until day or two ago, and if another such occurrence takes place, you'll not hear of 1t at al' and then continued in about the same strain as the preceding speaker. They then finished by ordering Thomas $. Williams to 20 on a mission a reward for his interter- erce in the affair.
 The above are the passages which are fit to be published for some were too indecent to be repeated. The whole drift of the afternoons discourse was that the church approved of this deed and upheld the "shanpip brethren," (uot Dante as lormerly,) in what they had done that the people had no business to be surprised that they reproved them for the excitement which had been created, and that the next time such deed was committed there would be no occasion for any noise to be made about 1t.
 Bill Hickman was sent out to Green river the week after with a couple of wagon loads of goods for Wash-a- keek, the chief of the Snake tribe. Why he was sent instead of Arm strong the Indian Agent, remains to be ascer- tained; but probably it is part of the excellent peace policy which Brigham has found to work so well, and in pursuance of which he distri- butcs presents to the Indians in the name of the Mormons, (taking care to make the distinction broad between Americans and Mormons,) which presents are paid by the United States govern ment. The immediate cause of these presents being sent is that news has been received from the upper country that the Snake and Bonnack Indians are all ready at moments warning to make war upon the Mormons, and that they are only waiting to hear the success of the war in Oregon to commence hostities.