Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-05-27
LATER FROM Utah TERRITORY.

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LATER FROM UTAH TERRITORY.
A correspondent of the New York Timess,E
writing from Salt Lake City under date OF MarchE
5th details the recent outrageS at that cty whereE
band of armed Daniters entered the Unltedl
States court room while the court was III seSsionE
and by threats of personal violence compeliedi
Judge Stiles to djourned the court slne d'e't
The Judge, previous to submitting, appealed tot
Brigham Young for protection, but that functioi,E
ary replied that he would not interfere, but lett
"the bows" have their own way for the court hadE
already given him too much trouble. The cor'E
respondent says:
All the members of the bar are Mormons cN-E
cept Mr.. David H. Burr, United States surveyor
general; T. s. Williams and DIR. Hunt, an othcerI
of the United States Indian Department 1T Isl
contended by the Mormons that the United
States Court has no cognzancc of any but Cnlted|
States cases, and that all offences committed mi
the Territory and all territorial suits must bel
tried before the territorial courts and by thel
territorial laws. Starting upon this preteNt,|
while the court was III progress on the lZth uit',
the Mormon members of the bar and others OIL
the DANTE band inreigled Judge Stiles into al
private room, locked the door, barred the win,
dows, and then with revolvers at his head andI
knives within an inch of his throat. forces him to
promice to uphold them i'll whatever they didI
and to sustain the laws of Utah !! Thus over
powered, threatened and intimated Judge STILES
yielded, dismissed the jury and adjourned the|
court.
The writer goes on to state that the Mormons
then informed the U. S. marshal that his services
were no longer required, as they had q marshal
of their own. On the 18th Judge Stiles again
opened court for territorial business, when q Nor
man lawyer commenced TRADE of abuse against
the court and Messrs. Williams and Burr. When
the latter got up to reply the territorial marshal
ordered them peremptorial to stop; and immedi-
ately the whole audience sprang to their feet
and the DANTE murders, who filled the court
threw off their coats. brandished their knives and
revolvers, and created so great confusion that the
Judge was obliged to adjourn the court at once
The next morning, which was Saturday, the
court opened amid immense excitement. The
whole Mormon populace were armed, ard had
been inhamed to such degree by the incendl'
ary speeches of Ferguson, Stuart aud others.
that the least pretense would have been aralled
of to massacre every Gentle in the place. The
names of Burr and Villains were stricken from
the list of attorneys, and the court Immediately
adjourned sine die. Thus closed the last term
0f the United States court that can ever be held
IN this territory until the government establishes
ats supremacy by vigorous cXertlon OF physical
force.
TIE NEW PERIODICAL CoMEr.-By the asss.
tance of e. W. Tuttle, Esq, late assistance att
the Astronomical Observatory Of Harvard
University, now resident III this city, we were|
able to see this comet on Friday last with Mr..
Greenough's IS achromatc telescope. At that tme|
it was on the confines Of the circumpolar COM
stellation Camelopad, near Crsa Mayor. III
exhibited round, nebulous mass of light, slight.|
ly concentrated, of about two minutes OF arc mi
diameter. The clements Of this comet resemble!
those of the comets of 1882 and 1861, and i'll
they are identical, then this comet has continued
to revolve around the sun once i'll every ten years.
since, unseen by human eye till the 25th of
February, 1916, when it was discovered by Bror-I
sen. The dimensions Of its orbit are now well
ascertaincd. Its aphelion is beyond the orbit of
Jupiter by more than thirtysix miles. 1t was
nearest the earth Oh the Sth inst, being them
about twenty millions of miles distant. 1t isl
now receding from U.S. and will not be visible tok
the naked eye during its present apparition;
would strike the earth il June. But in America
it has been coniounded with the great comet OF
1866. which has not yet appeared. The returnj
of this comet, according to prediction, may bce
regarded Us another of q brilliant series fol
astronomical trump -Ne@JuIyport Herald.
SCARCITY OF BnEADsrrrrS-The citizens oil
Huntsville, Ala. propose to call meeting Of the
people of Hancock county, to provide means tori
the relief of the destitute and suffering people,
of her sister counties. In Hancock and other
sparsely populated counties, the destitution isl
such that many cattle and hogs have died froml
starvation, and the farmers have i'll somet
instances deserted theip homes and gone to I
where they could obtain the accessories of life,E
leaving their fields and houses to take care oil
themselves. The movement to assist the suffer
ing, will dou tless be seconded and followed upt
throughout the more popular districts of thes
State
GET MARRIED Marry, let the risk be what
it may it gives dignity to your profession, in-f
spires confidence, and commands respect. With
a wife the lawyers are more trusty, the doctor
more esteemed, the mechanic throws the ham
mer with increased power, and shoveS the planeE
with more dexterous hand; the merchant getst
better credit-n short, man without wife,E
is no man at all! She nurses while sick, sheE
NalCilSS lOI lllL III uCdllu. OOHt'SiASu, SSe
wife-a pretty one if you like them best-aE :
good one if she is to be found-and rich one
If you can get her.
A PRESENT TO SARDINIA.--A cannon has been /
cast in Boston for present to the SardinanE :
government. 1t is graceful compliment from
the great republic Of the new world to the only
free government in Italy. Sardinia is rapidly
improving IN all that contributes to national
prosperity, and is holding forth in the midst of
the despo1snls by which she is surrounded, al
tjying example Of what freedom can do for
people.
PREFEE SLAyERY.-Abo4i three years ago,
Miss Anne ". Taliaferro, of King William
county, Va, emaucpated 40 negroes, givingk 4
each $3.50 They were placed in 9 Quaker SCI
tlement in Ohio, by L. W. Scott, executor Of tAeB
estate. A few weeks since, Mr.. Scott had occa-
sion to visit them on business, and IGpRd themk
in q wretched condition, almost starving. GGeN
of the children had been stolen, and several hadA.
tied for want of attention and the necessariesE
Of life. They begged Mr.. S., to ALLOW them toS
,eturn with him to Virginia and 60 into slavery.
Richmond Dispatch. r.