Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-05-22

United States cases. and tbat NIL offences com
mitted i'm the Territory aud that Mi Trrritoriol
suits must be tried before the Territor;SI Courts
and by the Territorial laws. Starting nDon tI,is
pretext, while the Court was in progress on the
iIIf t,e NarmoI1s ffsTnbeTs az ss,5
Others Of the DANTE band inyeipled ,Indge
Stiles into private room, locked the door. bar
red the Windows md then with rev0Iyers A. his
head and knives y,itIir, inch f lie tlirt
forced him to promise to uphold them in what,
ever they did. and TO tsustaiTa Tho laws of
Utnh!r Thus overpowcred; threatened and in.
undated. Judge Stiles welded dismissed the
Jury and nCIinurned the Court dircrtino, liz
crier to pronounce it adjourned sine dis.
Tho crier aeeordingly announced the Court
adjourned siAe die hut also stated that it would
meet the next day for the purnos, of transact.
ing any Territorial business that 1nio,t M,
brought beIoreit. The Judge. at the biddinp-of
the Danites notified the United States Marshal
Mr. Dodson that after that day his presenre
would not be required in the Courf.LtIat 40
Territorial business was transacted. the Terrific.
rial Marshal would. with s1ch bnilifFS and nfii.
GERS ms nc might apDoint to assist him lie con.
sidered. the officers of the Cont and that nm
account of the expenses of the Court would be
kept by the Territorial Marshal and rendered tn
the limited States Marshal for. no y,insnt
The Mormons feared that the United Statcs
Marshal-who is 'tGentilen-would intcrfert.
with the execution of their plans. and there.
fore adopted this method of getting rid of him
and substituting the Mormon Territorial Mar.
shal in his place Juds. Stiles. ON being nsk.
ed by Gentle, directly after the adjournment
of the Court, whether it was possible that he
could Imagine his proceedings and decisions
correct and just. frankly acknowledged that he
knew they were neither, audadlcd: "You un-
derstand my position with the people can.
not do OtheT5eiSe 7
Judge Stiles re-ooened the Court the neyt
day, the 18th of February, in pursuance of the
notice given, and proceeded to business The
Territorial Marshal, Alexander Mckay, occupi-
ed, the proper station of the United Sin+es Mar
shal, thus giving the Court an entirely Nor.
mon aspect, with Mr. Burr as the only Gentle
within the Bar. The journal of the proceeding
lay was then read. Finding that it recorded
the Court rs adjourned "untiI tomorrow, Mr..
Burr asked iG the record was correct Judge
Stiles replied that the crier had misunderstood
his order, and that instead of adiOurning the
Court sine die, he should have adjourned It UNI
til the next mornng,-that lie had adjourned.
the Court Sine dis' only as related to United
States business, and that it was still in session
on Territorial business.
He also remarked that as the Legislature was
a creature of the samepower us that which cren
ted the Cont, 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 Dre.
fercnce TO all others, and that he would have re.
course to other laws only when the enactments
of the Territorial Legislature could not be innde
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 prefer
ence to the laws of the United States Before
any reply could be made an attorney named
Ferguson, jumped up and commenced a foul
and most abusive attack upon Mr.. Burr exhaust
ing the stock of even Mormon billingsgate i'm his
malignant TRADE. He then turned to the Judge,
and told him that il he dared to decide AGAINST
their laws he could sit on that Bench mo INnop-
and that the court room would be cleared id
quickl"
The District Attorney followed in n violent
harangue, in which he accused Mr.. Burr of trv
ing to set aside the Mormon laws and said that
the Mormons had submitted to Gentle interGe.
renee long enough, that they were now going tn
have their own way, and had good authority FIR
what they did, ms we'll as safe bnckers TIe
room was filed at the time with armed rnfinns
who constituted the "backers" alluded to. As
soon as Mr.. Burr aud Mr.. L. S. Williams got up
to reply, the Territorial Marshal ordered ti,en
peremptorily to stop; and Immediately tic
whole audience sprang to their feet. and the
DANTE murderers, who Tiled the Court. threw
off their coats, brandisled their knives and re-
yolYers, and created such great confusion that
the Judge was Obliged to adjourn the Court At
once.
The next morning, which WINS Saturday. tho
Court opened amid intense excitement Tie
whole Mormon popuiace were armed. and had
been inGamed to such a degree by the incen-
diary speeches OF Ferguson, Stout, and others.
that the least pretencc would have been ayaiIed
of to massacre every Gentle in the place. ,F6e
names Of MesSrs. Burr and Williams were stricl,
en- from the list of Attorneys. and the Court
Immediately adjourned sine iio. Thus closes
the last term of the United States Court that
can ever be held in this Territory until the
Government establishes its supremacy by a Wig
orous cxertion of physical force. What a dis
Sorl5i in5@e sorim to ~. e sacrc 10 te
laid upon his shoulders isy the Government Of
the United States, in Tell;fouRded fear for his
me Is SO l 10 yield 20 tne Wl Of igenz
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