The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-31
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As .sImoa Apostle, nder Farley Parker Pau, submit
IssA The following y isci Sss ne New OrlsAa.
Assa Of December 10, 1866, D. With ,hs sxceptsoa of
=. snnport.ri items, correct siasement Of The case
AN ILLUSTRATION On noRnoslss BAD b.sl
We became acquainted few days q ace With short bis
~ Of certain psaG0ns partly In this city and partly
- q H. which sp~ds very fair inmrAaoa Of the prac
~ s1sst Il their beautiful system 06 mposture whoh
en- .ntsins Possibly our readers may Be Interested 10
Especially they should ever, In tn mutations o! tho
sue, be thrown withv the valley where me es sneos
h and reveals The ghasy carcasses which sew ne
Es.HA they may perhaps BIO enabled 70 torn TO pra0-
Nm sh,s object in New We vim briefly state the CIR
substances which Aude, suppresspg names FOR me
that Of those affected, and most gevousy
ssssd by shoee circumstances are Of our own ozeos'
And 10 whom would tender prOfoundo,t BY mpa
htss fe years since, genleman hs wife and tnreo
ns oboren hike thousands Of others, e th, city TOT
No golden Shores n the pacihc, the husband ana vie
aruAmng doubtless that In the hand Of the shining ore e
sad reahxe fo tune for themselves ana sneir Sn
y Ss Ss We nsS Sssn
highly respectable degree by me care on !ono nnu
dsing parents, who little Thought 0. me use 70 .hcn
aa intellect would In ater years, De devoed OF nov
GheAs Devotion would be repaid Aiasi they can feei
shev rhsper than pents t"oth 70 nave thank
~ child " that brings them only sorrow instead
ne family M settled In San Francisco. Some time
sr~.rd the gen man ana ns ch "ms
q . Sunday hear Mormon missionary rom Utah who
vas hoIdine forth in San Francisco They we're pre-
vented by the bad weather and walking from attend
,pR their usual place Of worship, and as the house
Were the Mormon speaking happened TO lie In
snetr way, they concluded after leaving home and
from more curiosity 70 90 and hear him. Fatal curio
uay inans picious day What the particular subject OF
ne dhconrse was which they heard We are not advised
tha hrghnn and
selves very freely upon tho merits Of what they had
Asasd and pronounced of it little any short Of
biasphemy To the utter sstonis Of both, however,
Ne wife and sister expressed herself highly pleased
With As probable solution Of such mystery,
70 may FAY, before proceeding further, that i sub
se<aently turned out that she had heard Mormon
missionary while young lady residing In one OF the river
a0wns Mississippi POygam al that time carefully
aed from the outside Genes by the apostles Of 10
Askh and stoutly denied Probably the young lady
Assna ed by the romance which the Mormon may have
sksy into the DISCOURSE aud the seeds OF blast
ing thus odged Ia her mad spring up, fructfy and
kear apples OF SOdom 10 ashes In the tasting many
days sfter. Be this a. II may, the lady soou became
pes tauty apostle In a short he had
anquired sufficient influence her TO cause her 10
sove to quiz her hasband-if he would not accompany
repair the grand rendezvous OF the Latter Day
SAINT they sty 10 themselves, AT Salt Lake City.
TIE determination once TAKEN nothing could dissua'e
her FROM her purpose BIT the children what wa, 10 be-
ssns of ,hemS The mother devotedly, pa siopaely
AssAched them and sbe deter,niued 10 take them
With her. The father and brother Of course became
would De- impossible, but they resolved 70 save the chill
tres from the ys~rng gull wbcn about opening 10
receive Them and 10 Of this resolution they de-
terined them their grand parents ia this city
they we're therefore taken when the Nher abseut
Yaoed on board steamer ao1 sa'ely reached New Or
leans under he ovog care and hospabie roof
Il th~ir grand parents.
Who however, can battle circumvent q determined
woman fanatic though she be, when her feelings, her
pride her aGecuon all combine W spur her the
'mplehment Of her objec9 The very next steamer
s, sailed br ought that mother 10 this city, chapg like
An AnTn p0 hnop pQuuU tax from
hssi Her parents who had been made OF the Cir
stances determined that she should not take her
children from them and tnst II she bent gpon doom
herself destruction, she should not drag her limo
cent babes the foul abyss With her.
We the struggles the wstchings thai eusued
b tbs ely little more than one year ago 90 the part OF
Me grant parents OF these beanfa child en- Of some ten
and twelve sum mrrs, to keep the mother from taking
them ~ Utah. aud OF her efforts 10 obtain possession OF
em for that purpose sSfce n say for the time being
she tailed How compeiei her whole foul had become
wrapped up In eross and d,sg istug deception which
Aad seized npon her ike giant the reader jodgs
~bes we iuform him that rather than relinqush ning
the vide horde ~hch contamina'e the air Of Great Sail
Lake ny their abominsu she actually tore herself from
ne children OF her heart and went without them.
She did not, bo~ever, abandon her purpose Nndiog
herr elf bsed for the time being she 70 change
her tactics future day what
abe osud then effect She went 70 Salt Lake City via
know that II she lost 70 tbem her children were at
least Tbes brother and lister, under The bJupful
and fostering which they received budied like the
speo,os beneath the vet and genial Influences Of tho
fhsy heard nothing Of her Till one day last week.
when they were struck ainss dumb With smssemcns By
her entrance into the family msniou We pass over What
followed, he reader much better imagine than We
de- crbe IL had been 10 Utah, bed been teAsh
er there, had boarded n, Governor Brigham fooogs-
only boarded--had seen much suffering there from f.
sins and han Alo The OF her ways s~d sne
DO sa
could 10 maxi them happy She asked hem 70 restore 70
hsr once more their oonadrnco.
on eoar me light Of he. oarcnss Was e'undiets she
GOrmnntrfn.
bu 30, 70 return 10 U,ah and s insisted thn the
Mormons good people, add Brixhsm and hs asst
me value OF ner repentance created regret lingering
sicop 10 The minds OF her parents they did no, er
prsss H. grateful and happy tast she hAd done so 'ch as
sbs bad and even quasi confession - 70 the I'm
,,ousefy a her pest copda and hop pg doubtless that
ape would accomplish bat was lsckiag IN her complete
recovery from Der horrible delason
On ast saturday mcrnHg rec tested per mission 70
Sake her children into towp-her parent, i've IN the
snburbs 20 shopping, and promising to return nv he
81 most by ain o heck 10 The evening me ps'nssos
her Oh I en- since she has accomplished her purposes
snd shc Ia Of her ~ay back 10 Utah ~ her
shiidren 20 be thrust into the zen throat OF the gm
y,.zed and horrible monster, who sits midway upon the
Rocky Nouotns tapping bis repusive Jaws aod eager 70
dsvour Dew vic inns =. they become en~nsea DE- ,ou
fea 10 much for hormonism -,
nrs ncisans brother arrived In New Orleans tho next
morning Aer her departure, wrote Me- Mclean morning
ttm Of her proceedng and started At once IN Pursu OF
her Having Obtained what be supposed 70 bs yeo' eS
sspoe of her having S. Louis he came on here,
Bringing letters from respectable parties ceryins the
high responsibility OF Mclean, aud slso 81 he family OF
Mr. Mclean, all ~ VIII we're eq'aly Interested sith
The uuoran tie father 10 rcscung The children from he
6esu ucton that awaited them
But her rlans Of operation zero deep laid and ven ma
tpred 10 Mormon ooupc both Ia Salt lake CITY and IN ~
Isus And ! speak advi-ea'y when say II, for have
the evidence Of the fsc that the Mofmoo loders,
thee and In this city, we're busiiy engaged IN aiding
and abetfng those parties In their nsfArOus work AMI
snhnnsb he dlgent search made In every DR.
re~ou o we're unable ASCERTAIN with any degree 81
seaipty the whereabouts 81 the ~sman and cnildnen
anti The qtb 81 harch vhen We recfved intormunn of
,hsy seug 10 Houston Texas Mr. hctean, the father OF
the Children had arrived IN this city Zee days previous
~ Pratt Was then here, but on being Informed OF
ncIeans arrival he con ealed himself warrant ~as
,bsAined for h and dsen, search made but, with the
"A Of his fecw apostles, ne succeeded In making his go
nosan proceeded al IN rer~, hat on hs arrival
here und they had been gone some three weeks
ryt fortunately he Obtained t Of fictitious names which
she bore and found from Pratt, " Which here
VIA furnish you copy directed TO her ~ Mrs Locy r.
Parker. .
puaR Nlpls-f am well exoep' colds have i1st 70
esved yours u February is Your corresPruieoce With