American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1857-01-24
@MORGAN7OWN MON0NGGAIA CO.. VA. SATURDAY, JANUARY a. 1857

she be, when her feelings, her pride,
and her affections all combine to spur
her ON to thegaccomplijhment of her
iobjcct3 The very next steamer that
sailed brought that motherto this city,
chafing like an enragcd tigress, whose
young had been taken from her. Her
parents who had been made aware of
the circumstances, now determined that
she should not take her children from
them, and that if she was bent upon
dooming herself to destruction, she
should not drag her innocent babes
down into the foul abyss with her. We
pass over the struggles, the watchings
that ensuedin this city, a little more
than one year ago, Oh the part Of the
grandparents of these beautiful chill
drcn of some four or FIVE summers, to
keep the mother from taking them to
Utah, and of her efforts to obtain pos
session of them for that purpose. -
Suffice it to say, for the time being she
failed. How completely her whole
soul had become wrapped in the gross
and disgusting deception which had
seized upon her like a giant, the rea-
der can judge when we inform him that
rather than relinquish joining the vile
horde which contaminate the air Of
Great SaltLake by their denominations,
she actually tore herself from the chill
dren OF her heart, and went without
them. i-H uur..a4s aas#i
D. .|.
She did not, however, abandon her
purpose. Finding herself bafIled for
the time being, she determined to
change her tactics, the more certain to
secure at a future day, what she could
not then effect. She went to Salt
Lake City via st. Louis, and her pa
rents had the melancholy satisfaction
to know that if she was lost, that her
children were at least safe. These,
brother and sister, under the bountiful
and fostering care which they received
budded like the opening rose beneath
the sweet and genial influences of tho
Southern spring.
They heard nothing more ofher till
one day last week, when they were
struck almost dumb with amazement
by her entrance into the family man
sion. We pass over what followed, as
the reader can much better imagine
than We can describe it. She had been
to Utah, had been a teacher there, had
6oardedat Governor Brigham Youne's,
only bearded, had seen much suffering
there from famine, and had seen also
the error of her ways! Said she had
been mad, had now left the Mormons
and had come to live with her parents
and children, and to do what she could
to make themhappy. She asked them
to restore her once more to their conf.
dence. Of course, the delight of her
parents was boundless. She did not
profess, however, to have renounced
Mormonism, but wished not to return
to Utah, and still insisted that the Nor
mons were good people, and Brigham
q his associates in office true prophets.
1t these drawbacks upon the value of
her repentance created regret or a
lingering suspicion in the minds of her
parents, they did not express it, CRATE
ful and happy that she had done so
much as she had, and made even a
quasi confession as to the impropriety
OF her past conduct; and hoping, doubt.
less, that time would accomplish what
was lacking in her complete recovery
from her horrible delusion. n
On last Saturday morning, she re-
quested permission to take her children
into town--her parents live in the sub
urbs--to go shoping and promising to
return by five or at most six o'clock in
the evening. The permission was
readily granted, and they have seen
neither her nor the children since. -
She has accomplished her purpose; g.
she is of course on her way back to o.
tab with her children, to be thrust in
to the opening throat of the grim visa
ged and horrible monster, who sits
midway upon the Rocky Mountains,
tapping his repulsive jaws, and eager
to devour new victims as they became
entangled in his foul, his leprous coils.
Her dissimulation was profound
was perfect. So much for Mormon
ism.
ARRIVAL OF MoRMoNs.
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