Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-27
IMPORTANT FRoMUTAH..
Revolution among the Saints Mass
acre of ApostateSi

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+ The Sacramento Union contains
important news from the Valley ofthe'
Great Salt Lake. 1t will be seen that:
the Mormons are not only waging
war against peaceful and unolfending
citizens, bat that serious dissensions
are rapidly thinning their own ranks,
and that many of them have already
left for the Atlantic States. The
Union says:
Brigham Young Gas heretofore re-
pcrted) had gone North with his ex-
petition, fully equipped. with three
mouths provisions, and train of so
wagons. Various rumors were aaoat
as to its object. The most important
land conclusive is, that he has gone in
search Of another locality to defend
the faithful against the expected
troops from the East. He exhorts
all the Saints, if it comes to a fight,
to kill each bis man, and his salvation
is secured. -
I The destroying angels are busiIy
engaged at their hellish work, MUIR
deripg and robbing those who are
Iapostates.
Wilkins and his party is composed
tof twsnty-six persons eight of whom
are women. After leaviug..SaIt Lake
they were arrested by a large body
OF MOrnions, and taken back on a
charge of horse-stealing. As 10
evidence, even for Mormon court,
was offered against them. they were
discharged at the request of one
Meslck, who knew three Of them in
San Francisco he being the CT .rk Of
I the court. After that they were
hunted like wolves, night and day
until they reached Goose Creek
mountains, over one hundred miles
from Salt Lake, when the Mormons
made charge on them, and killed
six Of their animals.
i One-half of the population would
leave, and will do so if the Govern,
ment sends a sufficient force to pro.
tect them.
i Brigham declares that if the Saint:
, will stand by him and the Church, be
will be President of the United
States in ten years.
j Williams, the lawyer, had fed
, The destroyingang We're on bis TRACK
and it was not known if he ESCAPED
, them. Open and avowed murder o
|. all who have and are becoming OBJ
3 noxious, is advocated in public ASSN
blages; in fact an offer was made
IN meeting, by ons of the faithful
TO murder two gentle traders at 30,
Elder near the city, who had incurred
the displeasure Of Elder Lorenzo
, Snow, if they did not leave by Jun,
: LIST.
New dissensions are continual,
arising. That which causes tbs mos
ill-feeling is Brigham selling young
girls to old men. Several heads O
families have been put of the way, al
they call it, on suspicion of being
apostates, by which means they pre-
vent the family from leaving. Sew
raj who heretofore have been in the
confidence of the high priests, arr
known to have been murdered ia at
tempting to leave secretly.
Several ladies, with their families
whose husbands made til cir escape
begged to be taken away by Wilkins
. party, expecting daily TO see some O
their number dragged away to the
: harem Of some of the anointed.
: Brigham breaches open rebellion tt
all attempts on the part of the. Gov.
: ernment to establish foot hold in hi:
territory. He has inaugurated anew
law, by which he governs disobsdient
; wives, by degrading and making me-.
malls of them, depriving them Of the
right to marry or have a protector
1t is called Earthly He'll"