New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-18

~ puPpes; N another, three or four Snske slasws
we're gazing stohdy at little Jet Of fame which
dubbed on pile Of greasy sticks, two haIfbr.ed
children we're the occupants Of the next. and were
gnswing the hsfcooked legs Of a rabbit; and the
fourth and last wss tensnted by pretty Sioux
squaw with little speck Of tattoo on her forehead
Who was lying on pile of neatly folded blankets.
cutting the bends from an old pair Of moccassins.
At the end Of the line Vt lodges common tent waA
pitched and in front of II pretty girl OF sixteen
or seventeen was extricating q tea-kettle frou
under the front scat Of wagon Determined 70
INSPECT all classes and qualities OF csmpfollcwers.
oyened the tent door and entered, Inisu fashion.
unlimited. expected TO find another nest of
squaws and hsfbreed children but the only person
there was womsn Of iorty.fve or City, whom
recognized at once by her accent As an emigrane
from England She asked me TO st down, and
handed me blazing stick to Ugh, my pipe; the
girl cane in with the tes.ket,c; then the husband
made bis appearance, stout honest faced Enzlah-
man; and the family told me their story.
The girl was the niece, not the daughter, Of tho
old couple. They had lived near Sheffield, in Eu-
plsnd where the man, whose name is James
Wadsworth, had charge Of shaft in mine On
Lord Fitzwilliam's estate and was earning COM
Portable livelihood William Young, Brishsm's
nephew. on his mission TO Great Britain in 1855.
finished their conversion TO Mormonsm, and in
duced them by false promises and representations.
TO emigrste to the Great Salt Lake. They sailed
from Liverpool in the ship 0risou, and arrived at
Boston with 900 fellow Mormon passengers, in Mag
or June, 1856. They were all kept on shipboard
until arrangements could be- made to transport them
| en- masse to the great Mormon camping ground.
near Iowa City. There they remained u few weeks.
purchasing cattle and wagons, aud then Travelled To
Council Bluffs and started across the Plsins--tho
old man, his wife, their niece, and boy nine years
old, whom they had brought up as their son. This
was an llegtmste child of an early friend of Mrs.
Wadsworth. Five months after its birth, its
| mother married George, nephew sf James Wsds-
worth. and died few months after, intrustng heP
child on her desthbed to the of james and his
wife, After her death, her husband renowned all
claim to the child and it was brohght up by James
WalswOrth ms his own. George Wadsworth be-
came Mormon, and emigrated to Salt Lake City
| in 1854 or 1855.
James, his wife, niece and boy, arrived at Fort
| Bridser last December. When they landed at
Boston he had owned $1,000 in gold. When he
crossed the Utah line, it had all been consumed in
| the expenses Of the journey, ard in satisfying
assessments made on him by Mormon Elders at
Iowa City Council Bluffs, and along the road, for
the benefit of the Church. On arriving at Salt
Lake City he was sent with his family to settle at
the town of Payson, near Lake Utah. He was ex-
horted to take another wife, and his niece waa
mentioned to him an eligible person to constitute
his "second." 1t was only under the pretenss
| that he WAS reseryng her to seal to himself,
that he was able to protect her against insult.
Last August having in the meanwhile been un-
| deceived concerning the true character Of Nor
mouism and having been pillaged of his property.
ana disappointed in his expectations, be resolved
to quit the Territory and apostatize In order to
leave without exciting suspicion he pretended that
he wished to 90 to the town of Newton, in Iowa,
aud fetch from there another niece to Utah befors
the beginning of the Winter. After he had paid
all demands made upon him, and deposited notes
due him, to the amount of about $780, in the
hands of the Mormon Bishop Of Payson, Mr..
Charles b. Hancock that iunctiOnary gave him
written permit to depart. lie had reached thc
Devils Gate, on the Sweetwater about the begin
ming of September, when he WAS encountered BY
party of MOrmOns, with whom were George Wads-
worth, William Young, and Phineas Young, Brig
hams brother. They informed him that he could
not prosecute his journey further, and turned
him back, with his wagon and his fam-
lily. On the return, they had all resched
Hams Fork, where advanced detachment
of Col. Alexanders command, headed by Lieut..
Desher, had arrived week before, escort
ing Capt Van Vliet, and had remained to guard
supply train. An opportunity presented itself FIR
claiming the protection OF this escort which no
improved. On the evening of the same day, Capt.
Van Vlet arrived at the Fork, on his return from
the city, accompanied by Porter Rockwell and
Lewis Robinson The next morning the tw0
YouDgs, Rockwell and Robinson, finding that il
would be fruitess to attempt to force James Wads-
worth further back toward Salt Lake, supported
George Wadsworth in demand which he made
for the possession of ,he boy 20 whom havo
alluded and assisted in taking him by force fiona
his adopted parents and carrying him away to salt
Lake City. James Wadswortb, with his wife and
niece remained with Lieat Deshlers party. Their
only wishes now are to recover the boy, and then
mistortunes Of the past
Such is the history Of this family. Distressing
though it il, il is not without its parallel in tho
records of Mormon emgration;. and know from
the unanimous testimony OF all intelligent GeEsies
Who have resided in Utah, that these Wadsssrths
arc mara fortunate in their Dresent restitution than