The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-19
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune.l
CAMP Soorr, NEAR FoRr BnIaDER, U. T.,
March 10 1885


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CAMP ooorT, NEAR FORT bRiaDks, ~ y,
March ~ 1905.
We are in receipt of important news from Salt Lake
city, through Gentle prisoner who lately escaped from
there which will surprise many of those who still persist
in undertaking the fnatcism which has thus far sustained
the power the Mormon leaders In vain have persons
who resided among them for several years past rep
resented to the public the complete subsection Of tho Nor
to their prophets.
In vain have they rected the evil purposes to which
the prophets applied this power Truth stranger than
fiction and as fiction it was rejected. We find that
it the settled purpose of the aerDy Saints oppose
and resist to the last all efforts which may be made to
bring them into subsection 1t remains to be what
success they may attain in their design f tf3aes
The news which we have received is contained princi
pay in the following affidavit which was taken before
Chief Justice Eckes ait
'.Jlah Territory, Green Rirr County Edgar Brown,
aged 80 years. being duly sworn states on oathThat
he is native and resident Of Madison county Missouri;
that he to this Territory herdsman, and arrived
at Camp Scott In the latter part Of November last that
he left camp in company with John Houck Chas Jones'
and Henry May for the State of California; the LIST
day Of December and the next day they up with
body of one hundred armed Mormons under the COM
mand of , and hired them to haul their provisions
and baggage to Salt Lake CITY, having baggage wagon
of their own and that they arrived at the city the 9th
of December, 1857. a1 Mf af
uThev went from Salt Lake CITY to Provo Valley
when on account of the warlikc disposition of the
it mprdent to proceed further they remained there at
large until the twelfth ay of February 1883 when de-
ponent in company with William Fabns Charles Mills
and Franklin McNcely left Provo in the night and
reached Salt Lake City on the evening of the next ay
where they stad oil night They left tho next morning
for Camp Scott alias Fort Brdge and got as far as Vel
low Creek thirty-nine miles from Fort Bridger where
thew met with four armed men These took then, buck
twenty miles through Echo Cafon to a station in
the Canon three or four miles from its southern end
where six men were stationed Being very much injured
by the SHOWS ON the mountains the Mormons stopped at
this place until they the prisoners could recruit enough
10 he able to travel on ia the CITY On the third NIGHT aft.
reaching the last mentioned station this deponent escapcd
from his guard and from there came on to this camp on
foot where be arrived ON Tuesday night thu I'd day Of
March 1883
"He saw but few persons who expressed any sympa
thy with the United States and even these dare not make
such sentiment known There was a very general con
currence among the Morons in the rebellion advised bv
their church leaders Three hundred armed men were
to start on the first of this month under Captains Lot
Smith Porter Rockwell and VIM IIck man for the
vicinity of Camp Scott to stampede and take back what
ever stock was left and then pass on the road toward
Fort Ira,ne 20 cut off the mails and lesrov anv
plies that might be on the road One Thousand men az
regular force were to proceed about the same time
either for Echo Canon or for this camn dcnonen d not
narticularlv understand their destination a#
lbe Iegsatre adjourned q short time before be ,ef,
He was informed that the Mormons had taken the farr
ing utensils from the Indian farm made by DR. Hurt
and were also taking tho grain This was making the
Utah Indians dscontented; they love and esteem DIR
Hurt very highly and purpose to GO and see the doctor
as soon as the snow will permit
1.-TWO men American tearnsters passed on for Ca,for
mia befor the marty of ticnopent and tor aeo l,;es
were found by two Others who passed on few DAYS after
near Fillmore city The bodies were stripped of all their
clothing and these afterwards saw Mormon with