Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-11-08

and kicked hinn, being assisted by Blu Illck
man, who had followed him up from the store
and who cried out to the other Williams: xii
him quick, I'll stand the consequences. -
Messrs. Hooper and Williams, hearing cry
in the street, ran to their door, and seeing
| these fellows beating q 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 how
ever, succeeded in throwing him of. Mr
Williams, in the meantime throwing the
other two fellows off, liberated Mr.. r., who
staggered, blind and straugling in his blood
! towards the Office of the mail agent and was
caught by MIR. Dotson, who carried him in
Hickman and his associates then jumped on
their horses and rode off unmolested, yelling
and shouting like Indians.
On examination Mr.. Troskolawski was
found to BIZ very seriously hurt, having re-
ceiyed q severe internal injury and being
dread(ully cut up and bruised. lie had re-
ceived heavy blows behind each ear and on
his forehead. lie passed four days in the
greatest agony, his friends expecting every
moment that he would die; but under the
care of DIR. Lee, the inflammation was arrested
and he is now slowly recovering. No cause
was assigned for the attack, except that Mr.
L. had used too great freedom of speech in
expressing his views Of Mormon religion
Bill Hickman was in town the next day boast
ing Of what he had done, and saying that he
was not afraid, that he could pay damages
and stand trial, for his counsel was high
one. Towards the middle of the day Brig
ham Y Goung, the Governor of the Territory,
sent Tor Hickman, who remained with him
some two hours. There was great deal of
excitement in the city, and the sympathy of
the mass of the people was for Mr. IT,, al
though many Of the leaders said they were
sorry the ID Gentle had not been killed.
Hickman was in town every day that week,
and no effort was made by the authorities to
bring the offender to justice. 1t is useless
is not the least shadow 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 Ia
bernacle, rebuking the people for the sympa-
thy which they had evinced for Mr.. Il. lie
said II am sick of this sympathising spirit
which you, as individuals, have with the Cen
tiles and apostate Mormons. ! ubhor this
sympathetic feeling you have towards the
wretches who would cut our throats, and of
whom can say, as have said OF Martin
Van Buren,, that they should be winked at
by blind men, they should be kicked across
lots by cripples, they should be nibbled to
death by young ducks, and be drawn through
the key hole to hell by humble bees. Because
poor scoundrel will come into our streets
drunk and fall into u ditch, and some of our
'shadpip' brethren happened to stumble over
him, you should sympathise with him. am
ashamed Of you," ave ask no odds of the
Gntes sssy Ga nq What hsy y De- pteg
"yes, we ask no odds of any Of them y lie
spoke in this manner for nn hour, using Ian
guage which would not be tolerated among
the lowest and most degraded class of per-
soDs anywhere in the world.
After Jededah had finished speaking, He-
Der &. kimball, Brigham's first counsellor
rose and remarked that he agreed with all
that Jededah had said, and then added
This occurrence, alluded to by brother Grant
never heard OF until a day or two ago, and
II another such occurrence takes place. you'll
not hear If it at all, /" and then continued in
| about the same strain as the proceeding
speaker. They then finished by ordering
Thomas >. Williams to go on mission as d
reward Tor his interference in the affair.
The above are the passages which are fiji
to be published for some were too indecen,
to be repeated. The whole drift of the after
moons Giscourses was that the church ap
proved Of this deed and upheld the "shanpip
brethren" mot DANTE as formerly in wha'
| they had done-that the people had no bust
ness to be surprised-that they reproved then
or the excitement which had been created,
and that the next time such deed was com
mitted there would be no occasion for any
noise to be made about it.
Bill Hickman was sent out to Green river
the week after with couple of wagon loads
of goods for Washa-keek, the Chief of the
Snake tribe. Why he was sent instead o
Armstrong, the Indian Agent, remains to b'
ascertained but probably it is part of tn,
excellent peace policy which Brigham ha
found to work so WE'LL and in pursuance o
which he distributes presents to the Indians
in the name Of the Mormons. (takng care t,
make the distinction broad between .1meri
cans and Mormons,) which presents are pait
for by the United States government Ih
immediate cause of these presents being sen
is that news has been received from the uppe
country that the Snake and Bonnack Indian
are all ready at moments warning to max,
war upon the Mormon's, and that they ar
only waiting to hear the success Of the wa
in Oregon to commence hostilties