New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-03
ANOTHER SHOT FROM THE MoRYoys


The leading men OF MornoDdom do no; intend, u
would seem II at their assailans shall go unanswered;
and accordingly they have sent forward 20 The Gov
eminent at Washington duly authenticated doc umenis
which il true must make parties feel very sSk-
ward Judge Diummond has already suffered IN pup"
lie e.mstion from revelations made IN other quarter,
and we DO not feel at liberty TO withhold the following,
which has the official seal Of the United Sfates Sour Al
Salt Lake City mark lis authenticity and wnen bas
been communicated 10 us for publication:
GREAT SALT LANE CRY, CrsH TrRRroRY
To he Hon JEREMIAH bLae. Ai'0's'S Genera! 40
SIN: Nv attention having been drawn 20 the letter
of Jus,iceW. W. Drmmond, under date of March ~,
1857 addressed TO yourself rendering his restoration
rs Associate Justice Of Utah, wherein my ONCE is
calico in question feel IL incumbent IN me 70 maze
90 YOU the following report Justice w. w. Drum
mobd in bis :" fourth paragraph says, me records,
"rapers &c. of the Supreme Court have been de-
soyed by order of Governor Il. Young, and the fed
eral officers grossly nsulted for presurg 10 raise
single qucsfi.n about the TIE asobabe az"
do solemnly declare this assertion Is without tho
slightest foundation in truth. The records. papers,
&C., Of the Supreme Court in this Territory together
with all decisions and documents of every kind be-
longing thereto. from Monday, September - 1851 al
which ,me the ssd Court was first organized, up 70
the present moment are all safe ard complete nmy
custody rpd not of them missiug nor have they
ever been disturbed by any person.
Again: In the decision OF the Supreme Court In
the case Of N, mi Greene, the which decision was
written by Juce. Drummond himself, TOD the fol-
loving words: THAT a. the case for which Greene
twas convicted seems to have been On aggravated
tone this Court does remit the costs OF the prosecu-
"tion both in this Count and in the Conr: below.
Greeue VAS provoked TO draw pistol III seli-deiense,
but did not point il at any He was lad OF Is
years cd. Much feeling was excited in bis favor, and
he wa finsy p,rdoned by the Governor upon petit
ton signed by the judges and members OF the bar OF
the listed Sistes Court the Hon. Secretary Of State,
and many of the most respectable citizens OF Great
Salt Lske City.
Again: In relation to the Incarceration Of i've o.
six Young men from Miss our and Iowa, who are now
"(Blarch 80 1856, in the Penentiary OF Utah. with
"out those having violated any criminal law ID
America" &c. This an utterly false statement
But presume he allades to the incarceration, on the
I'D January, 1856, of three men, aud on the 18th
January 1856, of more II So these are the cir.
cunstaDces There were quite number OF persons
came here as eamsters in Gilbert Il Ger-shs tram OF
goods arrived here in December, 1855. after Winter
had set in. They arrived mere very destitute, and at
that season of The year there is nothing that aborng
man can get to do. Some OF these men entered the
store of s. NJ. Blair d Co. at various times 10 the
night and stole provisions and groceries. Some six or
eight Of them were indicted for burglary AID larceny
three pleaded guilty. and fourth was proven guilty.
The four were sentenced to the Pentsnnary for the
shortest tire the statute allowed for the crime And
lust as soon as the spring Of 1856 opened, and COM
pany was preparing to start for California upon petit
ton setting forth mitigating circumstances, the Gov
ernor padOned Them and they started on Their way 70
California. 1t was matter well understood mere ~
the time that these men incarcerated more par
ticulary to keep them from committing further erme
during the Winter.
Since that time there have been but four persons
sent to the penitt nary for forgery and petty larceny
for terms of thirty and sxty days to wits one on the
10Th of November, 1856; two ON the oath Of Noven-
ber 1856; and one the 26th Of January, 1856. SO
that on the Both of March, 1857 and for several days
previous, there was not white prisoner In the Utah
Penitentiary, nor is there at this date
could, were it my province in this affidavit, 80 on
and refue all that Judge W. w. Drummond has stated
in his letter Of resignation records dates and facts
but believing that the foregoing is sufficient to show
YOU what reliance there is TO be placed upon w. w.
Druumond's word / shall leave the subject.
In witness of the truth of the foregoing have here
United States Supreme Court for Utah Territory, at
Great Salt Lake City, this 18th day Of June A. d.,
1851. CURTIS r. bolton,
Deputv Clerk of United States Supreme Court in the 81
sence ofW ]. Appleby. Clerk