Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-06-13
LIFE AMONG THE MoRMoNs.

LIE Il hmON6 IdE mUhmUNSs
From adviccs a, Washington communicated the New York
Times.I
Although large numbers OF the "saints' are
disa6ected towards the leaders, there are few
seceders, for the simple reason that since Breh-
ans despotism has accumulated its present
strength and bodness, il is as much as mans
life is worth 10 rebel against it. Late advices
from Utah state that should a military force be
sent into the territory, strong enough to afford
protection 10 the seeding 'brciheren' and isis
ters," the church would lose at once a very
large per cen,age Of the former and nearly all
of the latter.
Mrs. Sutherland, lady ofeducation and re-
inement, whose husband was killed on the
plains last summer, in company with Colonel
Babbit, fonnd great difficulty in getting shelter
in Salt Lake City, from the inclement weather
Of last winter. After being driven from door
to door all over the city, she was at last afford
ed home in the family of Mr.. Jarvis, a mer-
chant Of Salt Lake, who had seeded from the
Mormon Church, as also had Mr.. Sutherland.
Mrs. Sutherland, by the way, had never been
a member, but had followed the fortunes of
her husband with the fidelity of trusting, low
ing woman. For this act of common charity
Jarvis's store and dwelling was attacked, sacked
and robbed, he was himself abused and badly
beaten. his dwelling was fred and burned, and
the females OF his family, with Mrs. Souther-
land, we're turned into the street without other
clothing than their night dresses, although
snow covered the ground TO the depth of two
feet. Mrs. Sutherland had provoked the ire
of Mormondom by declining 10 receive as
suitor for her land, certain Mr.. Howard, who
had been her husbands friend and employer.
Within few weeks previous to the last ad-
vices, numbers of houses had been torn down,
and their occupants thus turned out into the
open air, TO suffer the rigors Of the past servere
winter. Among these sufferers was one wo-
man who was entirely without protector, and
with three little children, one of them nurs-
ing infant The house occupied BY Judge
Stiles and Thomas S. Williams were also de-
s,royed by incendarism. Mr.. Stiles is the
only federal judge remaining in the territory,
and Mr.. Williams, lawyer who had incurred
the dispeasure Of The heads of the Mormon
church by his manly independence.
A man by the name Of Nash emigraied to
Utah last summer, and settled in Provo, a
southern colony, taking with him his daughter,
beautiful and interesting girl of seventeen
summers, who had been much sought by the
propaeators of the celestial kingdom" She
succeeded, however, in battling the antiquaied
and anoinied roues among the "saints," and
preserved her purity until after the death of
her father and only protector, which occurred
during the'past winter. The bishop of Provo,
a creature named Carter, officiated at the funer-
al of Nash, and, after concluding the prayer
over the dead body of the father turned to the
weeping girl, informed her that she was now
unprotected, and must become his wife In
less than ten days she was forced to yield, and
now swels the number of Carer's "sprituas"
to seven
At present the mails are entirely in the
hands of the Mormons. Some months since
the route from Independence to Salt Lake was
let TO mormon named Kimball, who, however,
has never yet applied for the mail to carry ac-
cording to the contract. II is rumored that he
has sold out his contract 10 Brigham Young,
whose object in buying il can be nothing more
or less than 10 have entire control over the
mails, and over the mail road, along which he
will unquestionably establish chain of Nor
mon colonies to commend the emigrant route,
and so hold the passage across the continent
Certainly the existing contract was not taken
from pecuniary considerations, for the price
at which il was awarded is not half sufficient TO
pay expenses The Postmaster General has
il now in his power to annul the contract for
for non-fulfllment, and il is to be hoped that
he will embrace This opportunity TO remove
the mail as far as possible from the control of
such doubtful santr.
There have been threats of late 10 murder
the Surveyor General, Judge Stiles, and the
United States Indian agent, the only acting
United States officers remaining in the Terri
tory, and their position had become so precar-
ious at last accounts that in all probability
they are now on their way 10 the States
Thus is extnguished the last glimmer of ted
era authority 10 Utah.