Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-05-07
Utah. The Beginning Of tie End.

Under the appropriate phrase Of
1.-The Modern Sodom," the National
lntelligencer has some earnest and
timely remarks on the condition Of
things in this Territory. The Intel
ligencer also gives anable and long
communication from correspondent
("Verastus,' who as a mail agent
spent twelve months lately In the
Salt Lake Val ey. He was engaged
in the transmission of the mails
through the Territory to the Pacific.
We last week spoke of the letter
of resignation Of Judge Drummond
and gave an abstract Of certain por-
tons Of it concerning the principles
and practices Of Mormonism. They
seemed incredible but from the high
authority from whom they came, and
from the fact that such evil doing of
the Mormons must to the mind Of
every man Of common sense grow
out Of their moral creed as naturally
rs poison to mans physical nature
arises from miasm.
The Intelligencer's correspondent
sustains all that Judge Drummond
asserts. Such state Of things is
terrible, For instance "Verastus"
gives the following account Of the
sayings and Goings Of the leading
Saints, which be says are
taken from mass of information col
,cted in lS54-5, during nearly a
years stay in Utah, all of which
came under my personal observation
and was noted ut the time it was
spoken
IA Gentle shall not board 10 my
family, and if one Of my houses Wa:
rented to Gentle, after the time
had expired ] would burn it down
That's the doctrine. '-Jededigh II
Grant.
| "lf n Gentle we're boarding in my
family, and | should bow down t,
pray, aud the Gentle or hattie
should hesitate, would say to him
bow down, you devil This is tn,
doctrine, and know it; and any NAL
who shall oppose it shall be destroy
ed. '-He6r c. X mbaH.
/ Their religious tenets may be in
ierred from the following:
! 81 believe in marrying brothers an,
,sie..rs; ! believe in tie pre-existehc'
of man; that AGam and Eve are In
parents of all men, spiritually ant
physically; that all the Saints of thi
dispensation viii be resurrected b
, Joseph Smith jr. IF l am ever say
ed, ! expect to be saved by ant
, through the atonement of JOSEPH
Smith, Brigham KOung.
1 "Were my daughter to marry
Gentle, / would save her in THU
kingdom, namely, cut her throat from
ear to ear. '-B1glam Young.
Their advocacy of internal i'm
provements may be inferred from ths
following:
"Mr. Lee, who plotted the Govern
ment troops through on that route
(south side of Great Salt Lake, las
spring (1S54,) wished to publish {
book-a guide of the route-but
was prevailed on not to DO it, as the
Presidency there carson Valley
did not wish the emigration to pass
that way. Elder johnson.
/ Object of missionaries: "Alost OIL
the foreign missionaries will be called
home. They will be sent among all
the Indian tribes to teach them agri-
culture, the mechanic arts, and MIL.
tQry tactics !r--Bnqh0m YOuaq.
Means of defence: "We have the
self-loading twenty-four repeating
rifle, the MIME rife, Browniog's re.
volving five shooting rifle, Colts ri
fe and pistol, and a revolving cannon.
or field piece. '-Elder LENS
! Ali of the above named firearms,
powder, ball, &c.are in process Of Sc.
cret manufacture.
What the Indians are expected to
do: at (the United States maiD
may come this way awhile yet, as they
(the Indians) wish to cut off the
mail going from here!''- Elder Ham
kins
"The Sioux, Cheyennes, and Arap-
ahoes have banded together against