Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-22
Important from utah.


The Sacramento Union contains impor-
tant news from the Valley of the Great
Salt Lake. 1t will be seen that the Nor
mons are not only waging war against peace
full and unoffendng citizens, but that seri-
o,s discussions arc rapidly thinning their
own ranks, and that many of them have
already left for the Atlantic States. The
Union says:
Crandal's pioneer coach arrived in our
city, at one o'clock this afternoon, from
Carson Valley, with the express matter,
the mails and sscngcrs-travcling time
Is hours. Dates from Salt Lake are to
May ~.
Mr.. Wilkcns, who came passenger, is
direct from Salt Lake, where he had been
residing for nine months, having had to fee
with his family to California.
Wilkens ard party is composed of TWEEN
ty-six persons, eight of whom are women
After leaving Salt Lake they were arrested
by la g. body of Mormons, and taken
back, OH charge of horse stealing. As
no evidence, even for Mormon court, was
offered against them, they were discharged,
at the request of one Mcsick, who Knew
three of them in San Francisco-he being
the Clerk of the Court. After that they
were hunted like wolves, night and day,
until they reached Goose Greek Mountains,
over one hundred miles from Salt Lake,
when the Mormons made a charge on them
and killed six of their animals
One-half hopopulation would leave, and
will do so, if the Government sends sulfi-
eient force to protect them
Brigham declares thatif the Saints will
stand by him and the Church, he will be
President of the United States in less than
ten years.
Williams, the lawyer, had fed. The de-
stroying angels were on his track, and it was
not known if he escaped them. Open and
avowed murder of all who have and are be-
coming obnoxious, is advocated in public
asscmblagcs; in fact, am offer was publicly
made ina meeting, by one of the faithful,
to murder two Gentle traders at Box FL
der, near the city, who had iponrrcd the
displeasurc of Elder Lorenzo Snog, if they
did not leave by June ].
| a train of one hundred @aoons lad left
Salt Lake, bound for the STATS all Of
which belonged to Apostld
New diSsensionS arc AsiAlhas &5sine.
That which causes ii Ie s;s gaefi4ie. Is
Brigham selling YOU 81
Several heGLS Of fauilf e lio&A 3iit out
of the way, as they eail Suspicion Of
their being apostates h which means
/ they prevent the familyffesi leaving gsey-
eral who heretofore have been in tfss, ss,confi.
'dence ofthc high priests arc known 70 have
been murdered in attempting to laave &C.
.crctly.
Seven ladies, with their families, whose
husbands had made their escape, begged
to be taken away by Wilkens marty, ex-
pcctlng daily to soc some of their number
dragged away to the harcm of sone of the
anointed
/ Brigham breaches open rebellion To ali
attempts on the part Of the Government ia
1 establish a Roothold III his Territory. IIe
has inauguritcd new law, by which hc
governs disobedient wives, by degrading
and making menials Of them, tlepsiyino
themof the right to marry or have a pyo.
tactor. Ii is called an !" Earthly He'll,
n r -sk ~- --ss s.----e
| FEDERAL CouRT. The Federal Conrt
i for tho first time, was held in Grcenyill,
iast week, by his Honor Judge A. e.. Ma
grath. The following lawyers, ss w0iearn
from the Enterprise, were admitted 10 ia
4 pnetice
! g Maj. d, i. Perry, G. n. Sullivan, Esq.
! CD. Elfcrd, Esq, Col tts Il. Townes
Col. u. PsJones, E0i.W. III. Campbcll
Gen. 5, nj, Wilkes, q ~ Stokes, EsQ.
Moi "A, D, Broylcs, Maj. w. * Easley, s
ID, goodleft. Fen. and 4 n Gtoan ~,