New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-18
WHAT PRECEDED BRIGHAM Y0UNGS FLIGHT.
From On, Own Correspondent.

many hardshps and priyatons; they had been ex-
posed to extreme cold, and narrowly escaped being
oyerw helmed and buried by the tremendous snow
storms that rage in the mountain passes neverthe-
lees with, indomitable perseverance they Overcame
all obstacles snd arrived safely in this city. They
brought us the extremely welcome news that
United States Marshal had been appointed from
among the Gentle residents Of the Territory, and
il ia some consolation for and the converted Moi
mons who have endured the most atrociOus and hor-
ribe outrages that deyilish minds and hands could
devise and execute to think that although we have
been so long neglected the Government doing some
thing TO relieve us at last.
Shut in. as We are from the world at large BY
he SHOWS of Winter, and unprotected by even tho
show of a Judiciary, the beads OF the Church ha'o
been enabled to perpetrate against us every species
of crime and cruelty. Gentiles have been robbed
of valuable property; dissenting Mormons, who
have become disguised with the fendsh rites Of the
saints" have been outraged and murdered; and
even wcmen. who have presumed to rebel against
the commands Of the msnamed Church, have been
mercilessly persecuted, and driven from house to
house. until they were compelled to yield to tho
brutal demands Of their tyrants seek refuge from
woman cut her throat, as the only way IN which
she could escape from the more terrible fate thas
plainly awaited her. Selt-destructon by the iess
violent n cans Of laudanum is very common. There
is class Of young girls who, too timid to resort 70
extreme measures are driven to become the concu-
bnes of the loathsome vpers who pretend to be- the
Saints" Of God. Their hopes and happiness
are forever blasted, and the consciousness OF
their DEGRADATION is continually gnawing into their
| hearts OF this the following is melancholy
| instance A man named Nash came TO this Terri
| ,o,y last Fall. bringing with him his daughter, q
lovely aud beautiful Girl of seventeen summers. lie
settled at Provo, n town sixty miles south OF this
city, and in consequence of her great beauty, MS
daughter was much desired by many OF the via
pohRamsts She succeeded, however IN escaping
,hem all until the death of her father, her only pro-
tector, which happened in early Winter. The flne-
raj rites were peri rmcd by Bishop Carter, who,
after finishing his prayer over the newymace grave,
turned TO the heart-brokcn maiden and roughly told
Der that she must now become his wife. The gentle
girl left friendlcss, and seeing no place wherein she
couH take refuge and escape condition she ~
much dreaded, was obliged to yield, and ia now
1o,med to a life Of 81, rrow and dishonor. She is
Carter's seventh victim. What an amount oil blood
and tears of agony will call for judgment Against
powerful Government, which has knowingly per.
mitted such yilainy aud outrage to continue tour
years unchecked within its jurisdiction.
One Of the principal features Of Mormonsm is the
constant endeayor of the rulers to make the women
mere creatures Of passion and slaves Of their will
The barriers Of modrsty and virtue are overhrown
by them in all their discOurses and all refinement
and elegance are sudiousy obliterated. They glory.
a. Heber G.. Kimbell snys " in calling things by
their right names" 1t was only few Sundays
800 that Kimball, in the presence Of between two
and three thousand people delivered discourse on
the intercourse Of the sexes, in which he made use
Of language too obscene and vulgar for the most de.
graded to utter literally calling things by their right
names. Frequently. TO further their vlainous de-
signs. they accuse womcn by name, in the ward
meetings" of being prostitutes, thus making
them lo,e all selfrerpect, and inducing them more
easily, as they there is no incentive to
chastity to yield to their opportunities. A GER
tain Bishop in this city took Il fancy to bis
neghbors wife, beautiful woman. Finding that she
was too pure to consent to bis suggestions be deter
mined to effect his purposes by other means lie
told her husband that his wife was unaithful and
that be knew she bad often been visited by other
men " lille be (the hu<band) WAS absent; he added,
that he would not have his ward defed by the pres
ence Of such a woman, aud unless he turned his
wife away his house would be pulled down over bis
head. The husband, influenced either by the sian
derous tale or intimidated by the more powerful
threat discarded biz WIFE when the Bishop imme-
distely proposed to her TO come into his ianlly'
which she Indignantly refused, and took refuge IN
the house Of an acquaintance. The Bishop' now.
ever. was not 10 b. foiled 80 easily. He compelled
all the families who sheltered her to turn her away,
until the poor womsn in her anguish appealed TO
Brieham's sympathies, and begged him to protect
hoy f,om her persecutor But Brigham adcised her
70 he sealed" to the Bishop and in utter despair
.he at length complied. The Bishop accomplished
hi. nurpose. but the connection was OF short dura'
tor and Brigham was soon called upon 10 'unseal
the two.
Tbose who have left the Mormon church are the
objects Of frequent outrages and whenever any
them are suspected Of endeayoring to leave the Ter
ritory. they are Immediately stripped OF everything
tho, nossess Mr. Jarvis who has n store on South
| Temnle street was communicated last Fall on ac
count Of spo-tasy and has been endeavoring to sci
bs property in order to leave for the States IN The
| Spring On the night Of the 18th ult., acme men
entered the store If Mr. Jarvis and asxed for To-
bacco Mr.. j. in handing il to them, VSas seized ny
the hair, dragged into the street, and there most
lnerciessy beaten by some Of tts party "p''s
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