Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-06-18
SCENES AMONG THE MORMoNs.

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The correspondent Of the New York
Times communicates some startling ac-
counts Of outrages, detailed TO him by
Mr.. Loba, ex-morihou high priest:
= few days before Loba lett the val
ley, a Mormon suspeeiing, with reason,
that his wite-wbo was familiar with
many Of the dreadful secrets Of Mormon
dom--was contemplating aud escape,
went iato her room while she was asleep
aud cul her ihroat Her body, the next
day was prepared dscently for the grave,
and bur.ed-nobody ven,uriug an inqui-
ry, however, as to the circumstances Of
her death. For this monslrous act Brig
ham laid hands en- the murderer. blessing
him in the name Of lsfaefs God be-
cause hc had moi spared tie Sae.iGee.'
1t man has any influence with tho
prophet, be has no difficulty in having
any enemy put out Of the way. He has
only TO so and assert that he heard his
enemy baspheme against the prophet,
and hs doom Is sealed The accused is
not informed of the accusation IN such
case. There Is no investgatiou-bu the
man disappears, and uoboIy inquiries
aloud wha, has become OF him. Mr. Lo-
ba himself had difficulty with ons
Stains iuyorite spy OF Brigham's from
whom he obtained power % take his life.
Loba, knowing SO we'll the under currents
OF the Mormon despo,ism, suspected the
scheme aud getting Stains into corner,
made him confess 1t IN the presence OF
/ witnesses. Loba then went 10 Brigham
al once, telling him what Stains had con-
tessed, and asking him why sentence OF
death was pronounced against him. He
declared the whole story false, and told
him that be shouldn't believe all he heard,
adding, Instead ofkilIing you, my broth
er, | feel to love and bless You which he
did by laying on OF hands Loba
watched him closely, and saw that Brig
ham could not look hun in the eye, and
fell more than ever satisfied that he was
doomed 10 destruction it be should be
caught OF his guard.
Mr.. Loba states that a very brief ex-
animation OF life in the valley presents
ndubitable evidence that polygamy Is de-
slructive OF social comfort aud peace, as
well as OF female deicacy, refinement
and virtue. The subjeclion OF women to
the debasiug and disgusting practices Of
Mormonism, has been reduced TO a sys-
TEN. The process is directed from the
beginning TO the destruction of their del
icacy and subversion OF their free agen-
Icy, so that they may become the msrest
sinvv-. Ihvy uro told nlSseya thgt the
more wives man has the highvi hu es'd
they ara exalted in the kingdom. and the
greater will be their reward. BY argu-
ments like these, addressed to their relig-
nous superstition and ianaticisms, aided in
rsiubborn cases by few screws OF the re-
lenIIes- vice OF poverty, hunger and hope
lessupss, the instructive shield Of wOman's
Idelicacy falls at last aud she is fitted for
the sa.ritice.
Let US look into tie house OF Elder
!. Orsou Pratt, one Of the twelve. You
remember that he started for Utah in
1854, from New Iork, where hc had
been publishing Mormon paper called
g. The seer. bIr. Lola crossed the Plains
at the same time. Pratt had with him
an interesting young lady. his sixth wife,
whom lie had found ut the east. The
knde,I attentions were bestowed upon
her, during the journey, and the elIeras-
sured her Of comfortable, happy home
wiki himself upon Der arrival Ia The val
ley. They drove up at last before the
door OF Iul's house, which Is rather a
iine mansions bus size was greatly disap-
. pointed upon learning that she could rot
Ieyen have the privilege Of entering the
house Ot the man 10 whom she had been
legally united in marriage. She was
shown to a small log house, with cnly one
| room, one hundred yards distant, for her
' future home. Before leaving the man
, sion shs begged glass Of water, but ev-
= en- this could not obtain from Mrs. Pratt
senior Arrived at the log house, she
= found il already occupied by four Mrs.
Pratts, and thirteen children, all occupy
z ine the single room. The poor girl died
SOON after with q broken heart.
Some time after this Mt Lo5a visited
both these houses,in which "a high PRIEST
lie was always welcome. In the man
= sion be found the first Mrs. Pratt COM
Iorla1iy cstabiiahed,s aud surrounded by
= luzurics wish her TWO sons, eighteen and
: twenty years of agcl stretched out lazily
. upon The sofa. ID the miserable single
\ room Of ihe iOg house be .ouud the four
!" remaining Mrs. Pratts, poor, squald, sick
and wretched. with their thirteen littie
children. They tod him that Pratt fur
nj shed lhem Rlih the house, bat 10 way
+, Of subsistence They themselves fenced
= in the lot, dug the soil and cultivated 1t
-. Oac Of them, a milliner and dress-maker
!. somatimes Obtained little corn meal ~
~ exchange for her work, and thus they
ai lived. They apolog.zed for not Offering
a Dir. Loba something 10 cat, bll declared
= that they had 10 bread themselves fol
: several days. Orson Pratt stands high
=. est in the Mormon Church at Sait Lake
~ next to brigham aud bis eounaeii9rs.'
fsE A letter IN the Chicago Tribuno