The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-05-13
The MCRMONS.

The MCRMoNS.
The course, proper, to be pursued by our
| Go, rrnment in reference tu tits people, Is
exciting III this time, very considerable at
,cn,iou. That it is one OF difficulty aud
| great pcrplexity, is freely Admitted, likely
! 10 tax TO the utmost. toe sLgacity and wiS-
down of those, whose duty il is, to decide
! the impurtunt question. Years ag", ii would
have been comparatively easy, and it il be.
! coming each day more difficult, a. the
! strength and Iuulbcr of these people in
| crease. S!r"ugc and iico; sistcnt as IS their
! .rced, and mir;rulous ana unreasonable lis
. grounds Of authority, it nevcrthvicss finds
nun eruus converts. not only ir this country
but in Europe and is adopted, IN many in
stances 1T least, as we have rras"n Ia bc-
! lvCr, un,icr sincere convictions of iIith IN
! It's Divine oligin. We mentioned some
/ time ago. the circumstance Of the arrival 1t
/ New York "f q i,rge number of c'nigran.
| from Europc on their way 10 Utah. We
I find in n l,,tc issue of the { haIlestoa CoU>
rier, The following no:ice Of these
! MANY of the families were possessed of
COT sid, rahlc property. J he captain rs'iin'l
. ted the amount ct British gUId upon the
! passvumrrs at E2O 900, and said that hr
| knew ut more tnan uuc person who had
I ilUOO iur his own use aud iEIt Uf his fam.
ity Several had lrit relatives and FREUD,
htkiud them. Uuc Woman had left Ter hus.
! band that she might 20 To tIe land "a the
saints and thrrs wIs another bcauiiiul,
dark. eyed young woman. with Young IN.
FAINT. " hose story, as tod by the captain.
VAS quite touching.
The captain no iced her. " hCn thcy star
ted. ~ possessed uf great beauty, but lu't
sight at her ia DAY "r two, ana surprising
she had changed her quarters, diG not in
wiz, .f,,a lax. iur ciVht or ten days lie
and WAS sIiE quite feeble. lie hai her
brought ir"m between decks, Whrrc s!Ir
Mas, upon the deck. and Laid on i mattress
got her some port wine and cake, ana trird
To brEg her back 10 tea IN. UuIrr til.
treatment, she improve much, and in rc.
ply I" his questions, told iHn that she h al
l''Ti plvasacl home Ia a Iuict village in
England, and husband 10 whom size had
been manird bu. year - two, Tor this
journey. lie asked nrr reasons She re-
piled that she had done so for Chrisl's sake,
whu had Promised, that If one iUgs. ok i.th.
cr mulhrr and has ard Tor him, she would
receive more Hbuud.,nty in ti,i, liGe, and ia
the world TO come everlasting lllc.
The cunduci Of these VI loTmuns on board
the vessel Was "A"np.!.,ry. Ia ths.r per-
sonai habits They were gIean!y, oGly four
usiug tobacco.
As soon IS the emigrants had left Liver
pool they formed themselves into ciyht ,ii
, Visions, with ab"aI one bundled in each d.
XI-inn. a,,I .hfa., D. a II,
preside over each company. They had
morning and evening s,ryicr-pray.r aud
singug-and in the evening grErnlIy IL
I srrn"n, On Sundays a sermon Was preach.
ed IN each section.
! The following reported sayings Of vari-
J ons persons high ia The estimation Of the
! people OF Utah. are g";ng the rOa.ds of
/ the papers, together with offers Of 4 sinu.
! lar character:
: IL believe 10 marrying brothers aud sis-
, tcTs belhve In the pre-, \ i,tcice of Inan:
! that Adj nI and I've ARE the parents Or all
men. spiritually aud piIy that att the
saints Of ihIs di>pVb-.,tiun uil be tcsHrrrc.
: ted by Joseph Smith, Jr. II am ever say.
! ed, expect 10 be saved by and through The
aioneme0t OF Joseph Smih ."--BTighaB.
4 Young.
! "Wcre my daughter to marry Gentle,
/ would save hVr Ia this Kingdom, namely,
( cut her throat fromzeAr 10 Brighan
! Young
! Means OF defence I'VE have the self
loading twenty fur repeating riticihe Mnie
| rifle, Brown''gs revolving i've shouiii,. Il.
| ho. Colts rite and pistol. aud revolving
cannon, or he'd Pirce."--Eid.r lrring
/ What The Indians are expected to DO -
/ III 0ne United States mail (nlay come This
way awhile ,ei, as they Uhe Indi,ns) uish
TO cut of the mail gong iroE here 20
Elder Ldrkins
! The Sioux, Cheyenncs. aud Arapahors
( have banded together against the G,ntllvs
TO tue aanber nf 1900 warFiOrs."- Walker.
CHEF n he DLGh Indians
THE law aud the prophe,s "a kinc.
dom eau exist within Bepublic" Brigham
Young.
NO one was ever known TO dissent from
the will Of Brigham Young. .'--Orson Pran.
What mry be expected III Govern,
meni officers ever interfere With our women
again, will cut their ihroats from car TO
e"r."-Brigham Young.
~ division OF The Uuited States army
shall never winter in this valley again "
brigham Young.