Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-28
The Glory OF the Mormon Hlerar.
chy Departed.
No More Preaching or Rere.
lOfiOnS.
Brig Ina mn and the Elders shut
up in their Harelns.

Horrible Suferings IN tie Hand Cart Trains
"a Citizens of Utah" formerly Mormon
writes to the N. Y. Times, under date CT
July ~, as follows:
TIE GLORY DEPARTED FROM BRIGHAM.
Brigham Young is in an exceedingly un-
comfortable position. On the first rumor of
the advent Of the United States Army, he
was going to hide up the people in the
mountains, the recesses which he was ac-
quainte1 with, where no human foot could
track him; and one old lacy very gravely
informed me that he knew Of one cave alone
capable of containing ten thousand souls
Upon the nearer approach of the u s. A.
1t was stated that a valley somewhere be-
tween the confines of Utah and California
was their destination. The road to this
valley lay across q sandy desert, where, of
course no troops could reach them There
was but one known entrance to the valley.
and the Indians around had never seen a
white mani This information must have
been gained by revelation, another serious
but rather strong minded woman to me;
since it cannot have be explored, or the In
dams would have seen white men
Poor Brigham! All his boosted projects are
blasted by the unbelievcrs. The Gentle is
lording it over his fat possessions as lord it
he most Enthusiastically does, so far as free
speech and the protection Of life extends
His Notifications in Echo Cannon are the lest
of the meanest soldier in Uncle SANS camp
at Cedar Valley. The weekly Express to
the States over which so much gas was ex-
hausted year ago, in putting the Mormons
as the city people who could accomplish,
and Brigham the only man who could drive
it, :s, without word, quietly running to
and fro, as indifferently as though it had
never been mOoted till the Gentiles accom-
plsh it GENTLE merchants insinuatinp
their insanity faces right under his prophe.
tic nOse in sinful defiance of his declara-
tons
LOAD ON THE CONSCIENCE OF THE pRornEr-
THE HAND CART TRAINS.
"Many among Them" said an ere witness
to me, an intelligent and fragile looking
young girl, who fortunately and almost mi
racnlously survived, Many among them
died from modification of the feet. through
travelling twenty or thirty miles a day,
Dragging handcart with 400 or 600 pounds
over loose sandy soil, sprinkled with prick
ly pear and burrs of different kinds Their
shoes were all worn out, their feet swollen
these burrs would pierce them in every d.
rection, and under that burning sun starved
as they were, no wonder these sores ended
in modification and death. Others worn
to shadow from incessant fatigue. unable
to sustain life upon the miserable pittance
Of eight or ten ounces of flour daily. wonld
eink down by the roadside to die or be de,
vOured by wolves, when the captains of
their companies would tardily and grude-
ingly afford the relief, which, earlier given
might have saved their lives, and order
wagon to take them up but we generally
saw them next time. dead. and lying for
burial-while seated upon the corpse, per-
haps. was another wretched being deyour-
ing the miserable morsel he called break
fast They seemed to lose all human feel
Ing; they would snatch an cid bone from
each other - greediIy ~ pack Of starved
dog might be expected to do-and elose bv
ct the time, others would b dleains :
gave h which fathers. mother Or 6us-
beeds Wsrs - TAKE their lsss lone Clsen-.
hevs sssi =. many u a1tssa SsdlE iaia
= ~ ssatels