Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-30
Later from Utah Territory.

outrages in Utah have been received, stalmr
that armed parties entered the court while
in session, and compelled the Judge to nd +.
Jnurn. Young refused tointerfere, and said
the ooys must have their own way.
There sgrea. excitement prevailing. The
Mormons are well armed, and threats o! rio.
lence have been uttered, especially aganst
the Surveyor General
WAsmNeTeN, May lO.-Despatches
have been received from Maj. McCuloch,
declining the Governorship Of Utah. Judge
Drummond has not been offered the posi-.
ton as stated but this afternoon des.
patch was sent TO some Western man (whosc
name the officials conceal Tor the present, J
rendering it TO him
Recent information has caused a change
OF policy towards the Mo,mons, the condi.
tlon of the country now being such MS to re-
qune vigorous measures. Troops in large
numbers will be sent hi,hpr, who will prob
abl! be under the command oC Gen. Harvey
The administration will lose no time in bring.
ing the Mormons 10 their senses, and res
toring peace to the Territory.
THE LATE MoRMoN OUrRAGEs. "A cor.
respondent of the New York Times, writing
from Salt Lake CITY, the recent ouirnres at
that city, where band Of armed Danites
entered the United States courtroom while
the court was in session and by threats Of
personal violence compelled Judge Stiles
to adjourn the court sine die. The Judge
previous to submitting, appealed TO Brig
ham Young for protection, hut that func-
tionary replied that he would not interfere,
but let "the boys" have their own way, for
the court had already given him too much
trouble. The correspondent says:
All the members of the bar are Mormons
except Mr., David III. Burr United States
suivcyo" general; T. S. Williamson and
DR.. Hurt, an officer Of the United States
Indian Department. It is contended bv
the Mormons that the United States court
has no cognizsnce of any but United States
cases, and that all otfenses committed in the
Territory and all territorial suits must be
tiled before the territorial courts and by the
territorial laws. Starting uponthis pretext,
while the court was in progress onthe 18th
ult., the Mormon members OF the bar and
others of the DANTE band inYeighled Judge
Stiles into private loom. locked The door,
barrel the windows, and then with revol.
vers at his head and knives within sn inch
of his throat, forced him TO promise to up
hold them. IN whatever they did and to
Sustain the laws of Utah !" Thus over
powered. threatened and inundated Judge
Stiles yielded, dismissed the jury and ad.
iourned the coMrt
The writer goes on 10 state ,ha: the Nor
mons then informed the U. S. marshal that
his services were no longer required, as they
had marshal OF their own. On the 18th
Judge Stiles again opened court for terrific.
rial business, when n Mormon lawyer com
rneneed TRADE of abuse against the court
and Messrs. Williams and Burr. When
the latter got up to reply the territorial mar.
shal ordered them peremptorily to stop;
and immediately the whole audience sprang
10 heir feet, and the Dante n.nrderers, who
FLED the court, threw OFF their coats, bran.
dislcd their knives and reyolvcrs. and crea-
ted so great confusion that the Judge Was
obliged to adjourn the court at once,
The next morning, which was Saturday,
the court openednmid immense excitement
The whole q rmon populace were armed,
and had been lnhamcd TO such degree by
the incendiary speeches of Ferguson, Stout
and others, that the least Prctcnse would
have been availed of to massacre every gen:
tile in the place. The names of Messrs
Burr and Williams were stricken from the
list of Attorneys, and the court Immediately
adjourned sine de. Thus closed the last
term Of the United States court that can
ever be held in this territory until the gov
ernment establishes its supremacy by Wig.
orous exellion Of physical force.
Original Anecdote
An IIoNEsr MAS.--Some thirty years
ago, Albert Sears, a native of Sandcrsvile,
IN the State Of Massach setts, came TO this