American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-06-06
FROM UTAH.
GREAT SALT LAKE CRY. u. T. }
Wednesday April |, 1857. I

WIN the mail that lett for the States
was Horace S. Eldlidge. ..r
y just before leaving us he had two
young girls (sisters) sealed to him a.
gainst their will aud in spite Of their
tears aud remnnstrances. Their fathe,
was IA bigoted Mormon, and compelled
them thus To become &concubines to
man who had several women in his ha.
rem already. Wha, else could be ex-
! pected from devotee of tMormonism,
whose religious belief is that women
should be the passive instrument tor the
qualification of mau's sensual appetite,
aud who laugh tn scorn the, idea Of her
moral or intellectual worth.
Women in this community hre con.
siCered llItle more than household druid.
ges, or mere toys, To be disposed of as
the prophet dictates. 1t is vain for
them TO assert rights which hea,tless
tyrant disregards--in vain to raise the
lmpl"ring yoice-in vain are theft anx.
'"us prayers or ag"ui2ing tears. .,
Alice Young. The daughter Of Brig.
ham, who was last winter sealed" To II.
T.. Ciawt"n. pimp of the Prophets
who had previously three other wives,
sh"It time since packed up her effects
preparatory to leaving her husband. but
The rstormtwas blown over, or was still.
ied hy the ice of the Prophet. ! a,n
told that Clawsnn now seeks "A Younger
sister to be sealed" To him. The moth
err Brigham's FIST wife-is almost be-
side, herself with fear that he will OBJ
tain the fathers consent to it. per
feet happiness reigns in all the families
in Utah -
An elder in this Church short time
ago, disregardiug the circumstances of
wife, was sealed To q young woman
one "f the arrivalslast season. The 0c-
curiance had such an effect upon the
VIE that she became sick and gave pre-.
mature birth TO her child. The newly
'sealcd" woman on being brought INTO
the family and witnessing the misery
Ishe bad wrought in it, became SO dis.
Egus'ed with the man that she left him
immediately, declaring her intrnrion not
to live with such wretch. Truly ''lhe
women are the strongest advocates for
p"iIgamy.' '....
, "A part of Mormon creed is "baptism
for the remission of sus," and this bap-
iIsm IL going on by The wholesale. As
often as man sins he must br baptized
with water or with blood. If a mans
stu be very great in The eye of theChurch,
his blood must atone for it. This is
called baptism with blood
! We have received the report and par.
tlcu'ars of the mnrder Of Parrish and
two other men. A party Of FIVE "apps.
tatrs" M"rmnns, Parrish. his two sons.
PorteraDd Dorgcr, having been stripped
OF all they possessed 10y Mormon pro.
cess and open robbery, determined TO-
leave The territory al all hazards.
: The party had hardly proceeded a
bundled yards from the town before
they were fred upon by band Of dis.
guisrd Daures. Porter was killed Out.
night, having been pierced by five balls.
Parish and one of his sous were wound
ed. Tbe. mprderers then rushed upon
them, and cut Parrish's throat from eat
to ear. and tipped open his boweIs.-
Other wounds upon his person showed
that he struggled hard. His son. though
severely wounded, ran abou so wards,
when his throat was cut aud his bowels
were ripped open. The other ;wo men
being little in the rear ESCAPED.
As s9ou as it was known that the vic
Tins of this terrible crime were making
preparations To leave, an express was
sent TO Brigham, which pc,furmed the
journey aud returned in less than TWEEN
ty'fonr hours, although the distance
travelled was about 125 miles-bring
lng "fdcrs the nature Of which may be
res"nably Inferred from the nature of
tho results, The Bishop laid his bands
on The heads Of some men, (the suppo.
sod assassins) previous to their stating
ont, blessed them aud prayed the Lord
TO give them strength to perform the
work Of the Lord"
One Of the Bishops, tho other day, in
preaching 10 his congregation, said that
he "wonld cut tho throats of tho apus-
tates with as little compunctinn as he
would g" into q pen Of hogs and butch.
er them."--N Y Times.
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