Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-07-03

Encifing Horrors at Prouo City WiH not
Allop the Soldiers Among their Women
Poverty in Utah.
The Mormons are busily engaged 10 forti.
flying Provo River, Spanish Fork, and Hob
BILE Greek Cannons and oil the approaches to
the Utah Valley, where they have moved all
Of their families They tell the Indians that
they intend to throw medicine over the
soldiers which will make them die like dogs,
aud also boast to them that it is Brigham
Youngs powerful medicine which keeps the
army from moving.
The Fort Bridger correspondent Of the
Times, May 26tb, writes as follows:
Brigham Young and Heber Kimball are
both building houses at Provo City. Brig.
hams house is about 200 feet long, aud he
has some 100 men busily engaged in its con-
struction. The people are all concentrated
in Utah, San Pete and Fillmore Valleys, and
are actively engaged in planting and sowing
grain and vegetables.
The people ore we'll armed, and guns are
offered Tor sale at low prices.
The printing Office Of the Desert News has
been moved from Salt Lake City to Fillmore,
and that newspaper is at present published
there.
No compromise or peace has yet been ef.
Jected, but in our opinion the Mormon ques-
tion is thus resolved.
The leaders have offered to give themselves
up for trial, upon pledge that they shall be
tried by jury chosen from among the Nor
mons, but they declare that they will never
submit TO q trial by q Gentle jury. They
are still, as they declared from the first, will
ling to allow the civil officers and civilians to
enter the valley and reside there, but they
will not submit to have the army quartered
among them.
TO these they will, have 10 doubt, adhere,
and will allow the civilians to come among
them, but if the army attempt to move into
the settlements, or au attempt is made TO
arrest those indicted for treason, unless ii is
upon the condition which they have made,
they will resist and fight to the last.
They are now prepared to fight, for they
are well armed and equipaged, and their fam.
lilies are concentrated. Their force is va
riously estimated by those persons who have
to credit, at from 10000 to $4,000 fighting
men their numbers have been very largely
increased during the winter by emigrants aud
returning missionaries from all parts of the
world, whe have entered by way Of California.
Ou the evening of the 18th instant, three
wagons belonging TO q party of apostate
Mormon families who have been fortunate
enough to make their way ont Of the friendly
grasp Of the Saints, arrived in camp. The
name OF the head Of the largest family is
Yancy he was originally from Tennessee,
and has resided in Salt Lake Valley for O
little more than year. The balance OF the
party consists Of his sons and son.n law, and
family, named Green. They resided near
Oregon City, and althcaeh they have pass
from Gov. Cumming to come out Of the ter.
riiory yet they were stopped and turned
back twice whilst they were coming through
the Cannous.
These families report that ninety. nine hun.
dredths Of the Mormon population are re-
duced to poverty oven greater than theirs,
Tor they had the means to leave the territory,
and in this were rich. Many of the women
were absolutely naked, aud are obliged to
clothe themselves like Indians, in old quilts
We learn from the lips of one of these
persons, that on old woman and her son, by
whom she was supported, living in his
neighborhood, were suspected of being Gen.
tiles" that one morning, shortly before he
left, the old woman was found lying in bed
with her throat cut, and her son was found in
the garden, killed in the same manner. He
says that he has repeatedly seen dead bodies,
with throats cut floating down the Jordan
River.