New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-11
UTAH.
TIE CHARACTER OF GEV. 8UaR SUR
YEYOR-GENERAL

On .se 23d Day Of jay, ISL, sevefAI @g''
.ypeNt3 IN tn. MissoU. Republican, rehec''Ds
snoa The ckar.c,er Of Gsa. Da!d Il. BlH' '.o
s.rvsycr General Of Ut.a Territory "ho h'' 10
turned 20 the States at the time Of The exodus Oh g.
,he (,oyercnen. officials IN April Of the sane yes.
rsey ~ers printed esgerly and anhesIaHdsy oy
,hs. paper from manuscripts fu'n'soe1 oy prom
nor. Normons thro1gh Mr.. Surd)ck, the contuc'or
.ftba IT,an rn.l who reschei -. Louis on jay
% AL aho knew Gen. Bar before BE went 70
Uph-kow free his character was from re2rOscn
or .ae suspicion Of dishonor, dUrng Is tFeaty
,ears' residence in Washington, and Throughout.
sis public service in Alabaus, George AID fl'rda
pronounced the publication, a. once gross and
shameful libel All Of Gen. Burr's sss9c!ses 10
aae civil Government Of Ui.h Territory, who were
At Ia. time IN the Eat, united ia placing upon
record on the hles Of the departments 81 Washing
con their opinion that those G6idachs we're the re-
suit Of malice and perjury. The chef ottdaon, and
TIA, which contained the gr0ssest charges, was
by n Inao named Charles w. MOeler. This man
Wa Hungarian refugee, Who had applied 10 Gen.
Burr for employment, in l-53. At that time ne
was in stats OF great restitution. Gen. Burr IN
yes;igated biz case, found that he was indeed an
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ton, possessing remarkable faculty for scq Wring
languages, Of which be spoke no less than seven
fueDtly. lie arranged % furnish him WIN "CrA al
which he could earn, easily enough ior hAs suoS'''
snce, and be supplied him at once ron ms own
Iute with means for procuring FOOD ana ciothlnS
for immediate use. Moeher was Morinoh-f
fact which proves that the General had no prejl-
dices against The Mormon people. lie had translat-
cd the Book of Mormon into the Germsn language.
During the progress Of the Reformation nc received
his endO1ments-at some time during the Winter
<f 1861. lis was indu ,ed ~ take that step by
desire 10 take two women ~ sprltuals," ~ ad-
sltion 70 the wife which be already possessed.
From that time Gen. Burr ceased % be able TO ex
sr, much influence over him for his guidance, and
after the General left the Territory he fell entirely
under the control of the Church, as Is evlnced by
tls affidavit, which Vas as follows
"GREAT SALT LAKE CRY, u. T., June u, 1871.
"I have read with surpri1e the reports OF some OF
the Government officials sent % this Territory 10 III
various fees, and am astopished ~ the mlsstste-
me nts and ialse assertion therein contsned more
speeislly surprised a. those put forth BY Gen.
David ". Burr, WHO was sent here Is United States
Surveyor General
Nov, from having been some ten months 10 his
employ clerk, copying maps, field notes, accounts,
&o sm tolerably conversant with his ACCOUNTS, dis
botem ents &C. feel in duty bound, as citizens OF
these United States ard OF honor, to throw s)ms
little sht upon the proceedings OF this United States
Official.
"Gen. David II. Burr has done things that if prop
cry brought to Ugh. would chow great frauds upon
the United States Treasury pay for work
which he never did, and for expenses never incurred
When be hired me made no stipulation with him as
10 10Y salary. Blu, when the quarter was up signed
voucher for $3.50, and supposed that would receive
tia, amount per quarter which, even in the Eastern
Stetes would have bsen but a medium compensation
but wh.n cnme to settle with him at the end of ten
months lie only allowed me s. per day, also deductng
the days when ! necessarily absent, and 6 en.
Barr OF course pocketed the difference. But this Is
small matter.
According to the statements Of the surveying
pery not one in fifty of the mile and quarter section
stakes were set mounds raised the corners
by the surveying parties, although reported
in the fed notes which lines never were run, although
notes have been sent to Washington certified 10 as
true copies Of the original field notes. know for
fact that Mr.. Hermann Oshme, compassnsn, had TO
fsbricate section-ine fed-notes in camp, while tbs
res. of the hands were asleep, and complained much
70 of the tax on his imagination and seep because
Mr.. Trosk olswski Jumped so much.
at was undoubtedly this fac. which caused Gen.
Bur 70 report to Washington thathe stakes had been
torn up by the people OF Utah.
Residents here offered TO furnish Gen. Burr 81 his
stakes Of cedar wood and deliver them al the points
he shoud designate, at cost of IS per hundred yet,
in his report he asserts that he Obliged TO keep
considerable number of mules and men d. great e1-
peIte 20 provide stakes, &c.
"At one time spoke to Gen. BUR- Of the law in
lstior 10 running lines from south TO north, beginning
On the east section OF township lie answered me,
looking suspiciously at me, that he had right, as
Surveyor General, 10 aoH OILS Deputy surveyors 10
run their lines a. he pleased
The Incidental expenses for surveying, as sent IN
HE returns TO Washington, have been greatly exag
BIN was 5000 for clerk hire, while his actual
expense not 500, a. was the only clerk at that
time. And other expenses were charged IN proper
ton, and great many were charged which were
never incurred at all. And again, the cham carriers
monns-men ax-men, and other hands, received 50
per month"; In the year 1888 Mr.. Troskolanski,
with party Of fifteen sixteen men, surveyed about
two months In the year 1886, there were three com
panies out under Mr.. ioskolsnsk, Mr. Frederick
Burr and Mr.. David Burr alias Mr. Z. l.. Craig).
The fret surveyed about ten weeks, the two others
abou. four months including days they were not able
TO run, although the field notes dstes have been ex-
tsnded much further by Gen. ID. H. Burr and 10 this
short period this vast country 10 pretended TO have
been surveyed according to Jaw,
a man by the name of c. L. Craig has signed the
contract for the surveys in Rush and Utah Valleys
AL persons who know Mr. Craig know that he never
wa Surveyor, or man capable OF snpsrintending
name at the rate of 800 per annum for signing con,
tracts which we're executed by David y. Burr, lsd
IL years Of age, con of Gen. Burr.
"After the Rush and Utah Valley surveys were re-
turned 70 the office, day asked Mr. Craig relative
TO something that was omit Led OF the maps OF
those surveys. He said 10 me- Damn 1t, you know
know nothing about surveyingi have only ient my
name because David A. BUR is too young TO DC
recognizedby the Government as qusihed surveyor.
Gen. Burr asserts that his surveying parties have
been molested by the Mormons while surveying this
il untrue The presiding officers OF said settlements
told the people 10 render the surveyors al the al
needed by them, and to treat them with respect. But
there wss in few cssee trouble oocaslonsd by sur
yeying parties throwing down and Leaving down
knces around heds OF grain, thereby allowing cstue
TO get in and destroy their crops also they turned out
their animals into their fields ard when they we're
requested to be more careful cursed and swore, and
SAID ths, they were United S.a.es officers, and they
woald do as thsy dsmned please.
"While in Gen. Buu's employ, he gave me CREST
cred. for the workmsnlike manner 10 which eXecu-
led everything he gave me 10 do and he discharged
me from bis service accusing me OF having express sd
OFT Of the Office my views and teehags IN regard to