New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
The Mormon Observation-Disclosures Of tire
Federal Courts, @


The u s. District Court for Utah commenced it's
. seeding Mormon, occupying the bench. The o. s:
District Attorney is Hosea Stout, an appointee. OF
course, of the Government at Washington, and q
noted member Of the Dante Band. Upon the open
ing of the court he rose and stated that no Grand
Jury would be empanneed, as there were no cases to
be presented worthy of its notice. Thus, by one
stroke Of mastery policy, administered by an officer
of the law and in the name Of its majesty were coy
ing murders, robberies and arsons which had been
since the last preceding term Of the court
Petit Jury was then summoned and sworn, but
every imaginable impediment that could be thrown
in their way to obstruct the current Of justice when
running counter to the edicts of the priesthood
availed Of All the members of the bar are Mormons
General and DR.. Hurt an officer of the United States
Indian Department. These gentlemen were admitted
by Chief Justice Kinney about year ago. in order to
attend to some controversies connected with their Of
then tried and which involved large amount Of
property belonging to citizen who was not Nor
mon. They have not practiced, however, since then,
until the present term Of the court when they agreed
to do at the earnest solicitation of Mr.. T. s. VIII
lams, who had some very interesting cases to prose
cute.
1t is contended by the Mormons that the United
States Court has no cognizance of any but United
States cases. and that all offences committed in the
Territory, and all Territorial SUITS must be tried be-
fore the Territorial courts and by the Territorial laws.
EotarLlnH upon tDlS pfeteXL, WINE t0e COuTL was
progress the 18th ult, the Mormon members Of the
bar and others Of the DANTE band inveigled Judge
Stiles into private room, locked the door barred
the windows, and then with revolvers at his head and
knives within an inch Of bis throat forced him to
promise to uphold them in whatever they did, and to
" sustain the laws, OF Utah!' Thus overpowered,,
threatened and intimdated, Judge Stiles yielded, dis
missed the jury and adjourned the court, directing
the crier to pronounce it adjourned sine die. The
crier accordingly announced the court adjourned sine
DE but also stated that it would meet the next day
for the purpose Of transacting any Territorial busi
ness that might be brought before It. The Judge at
the bidding Of the Danites, notified the q. s. Mar
shal, Mr.. Dodson, that after that day his presence
would not be required in the court that Territorial
would, with such bailis and officers as he might ap-
point to assist him, be considered the officers Of the
court, and that an account Of the expenses Of the
court would be kept by the Territorial Marshal and
The Mormons feared that the United States Marshal
who is a Gentle would interfere with the ex-
ecution of their plans, and therefore adopted this
method of getting rid Of him, and substituting the
Mormon Territorial Marshal in his place. Judge
Stiles on being asked by GENTLE directly after the
adjournment of the court, whether lit was possible
correct and just frankly acknowledged that he knew
they were neither, and added: you understand my
position with this people. Icannot do otter,ose ~
Judge Stiles reopened the Court the next day, the
18th of February in pursuance to the notice given,
and proceeded to business The Territorial Marshal,
Alexander Mckay, occupied the proper station of the
United States Marshal, thus giving the Court an en-
trely Mormon aspect with Mr.. Burk as the only Cen
tile within the bar. The journal of the preceding
day was read. Finding that it recorded the Court
adjourned until tomorrow, MI. Burr asked if the
record was correct. Judge Stiles replied that the
crer had misunderstood his order that instead of
adjourning the Court sine die, he should have ad-
| journed until the next morning-that he had adj
| journed the Court sine die only as related to
United States business and that it was still in session
on Territorial business He also remarked that the
Legislature creature of the same power as that
which created the Court, they were coordinate: and
that in all the cases to be tried before him he should
be governed by the laws of the Territory in preference
to all Others and that he would have recourse to
other laws only when the enactmens of the Terrific
rial Legislature could not be made to apply to the
case. Mr.. Burr then asked him if he understood
him to say that he would be guided by the laws Of
the Territory in preference to the laws of the United
States Before any reply could be made an attorney
named Ferguson, jumped up and commenced a most
foul and abusive attack upon Mr.. Burr, exhausting
the stock of even Mormon billingsgate in bis mag-
nant TRADE He then turned to the Judge, and told
him that if he dared to decide against their laws he
could sit the bench no longer and that the court
, room would be cleared J" Id quick" The District
Attorney followed in violent harangue, in which he
accused Mr.. Burr of trying to set aside the Mormon
laws, and said that the Mormons had submitted to
now going to have their own way, and had good
authority for what they did, well safe hackers.
The room filled at the time with armed rufians.
who constituted the backers" alluded to. As soon
the Territorial Marshal ordered them peremptorily to
stop, and Immediately the whole audience sprang to
their feet, and the Dante murderers who filed the
Court, threw off their coats, brandished their knives
and revover and created great confusion that the
Judge was obliged to adjourn the Court at once.
The next morning, which Saturday the court
opened amid intense excitement. The whole Mormon
popuace were armed, and had been inf1amed to such
degree by the incendiary speeches Of Ferguson,
Stout and others, that the least pretence would have
been availed of to massacre every Gentle in the
lola Ul,n af Dr.
were stricken from the list of attorneys, and the
court Immediately adjourned sine die. Thus closed
the last term of the u S. Court that be held
in this Territory until the government establishes its
supremacy by vigorous eXertion of physical force.
What disgraceful spectacle is here presented to the
world A judge, bearing the sacred ermine, laid
upon his shoulders by the Government of the United
States in welfounded fear for his life is compelled
to yield to the will of frenzied and blood thirsty
rabble; United States court is dissolved and dis
persed by mob of armed desperadoes an immense
territory is left defenceless awess and subject to the
caprices of cruel aud vndictve tyrant, and Ameri-
citizens in the very heart Of their country.
left entirely unprotecteda though in the power
of savage tribes, and in hourly danger of being
sacred
There can be no doubt that Ferguson, Stout and
their DANTE bnlies, were prompted to the conduct
thus related by Brigham Young; for when Judge
Stiles went to the latter Governor and asked him if
he would sustain him in the execution of his duties
and the enforcement of the laws, he replied that he
would not interfere, and would hold the boys back
no longer but was going to let them have their own
way, for the court had given him too much trouble
already. Sulen threats of bloody vengeance against
the U. S. Surveyor, General and the Indian Agents
(Messrs. Burr and HurD are heard all over the city
In of the ward meetings, last night it pro-
posed by the notorious Ferguson to seize the former
and ride him on rail until he should be permanently
!, manned in painful and humiliating manner. The
fiendish proposition acceded to with prolonged
and universal g Amen!i
CHAs. D. DREux.-This gentleman passed through
Franklin on Friday last, on his way to st. Martin on
business connected with his profession 1t is pretty
generally known throughout this Congressional Dis
trct that the of this gentleman will be brought
before the District Congressional Convention fol-
nomination as the candidate of the American party
From all can learn, it is highly probable that he
will be the nominee. The delegates from st. Mary
are favoraby disposed towards him, and large por
ton OF the voters, COMPRISING portion of this dis