Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-27
Daily Sir9iaian.
Interesting from Utah.


A correspondent Of tho Boston 1rocdlier. wri-
tug from Camp Floyd. under date Of August
26th. furnishes some inici cstng details. Tie fol-
lowing are extracts:
Touching the character and doings Of many of
our Morm"n friends the following may afford no
inap, illustration. The incidents, as call them
&, mini were .nld to mo by All officer of the Utah
army. who got his version direct frum the chief
character herself, who is u li,tlc Swiss woman
with whom this officer happened TO meet in one Of
the cities Of this delectRblo valley. As itaprears
| by the statement Of the woman; Of whose truth
fulneSs her own fast falling tears wero the best
| evidence in the course Of relation She was Of
a well-to-do aud respectable family in Switzerland
NJ it chanccd thnt in the Of his perogrina
| tions, preacher of tho Mormon faith had como
to her k~al,ty. and was holding forth in the doc
! trnes of tho prophet and martyr Joseph. Among
other things. he tld Of the power of the present
prnrhet number two. which is 10 sny Brigham, to
procure To living pci SONS the vision Of dear friends
! or relations.
| The woman Ind but short time previous lost
| bath father and mother. aud in her strong love
| and eager desire 10 behold again even their i'm
| aged prcscncc. though 'unsuistantial ns the mir.
| ahe gave way 10 the arguments brought. and be-
| came n convert. Having inherited also some
| rhnr like fair property from her parents, she
became an object Of especial solictudc nnd inter
| ost 10 tho miserable ,agrant and impostcr, IN
whom, in nn evil hour shc listened. Everything
attractive 10 her fancy. or soothing to her deep
:, hopes aud desires. depicted NJ pertaining to
| the Great Valley of Salt lake--the oasis Of tho
| great American Desert the abiding plano ot tho
chosen Of tho Great Being whose name was thus
| blasphcmrd. This woman, in short determined
tn dispose of her substance. and journey away to
! this spcci,us land Of promise.
| Friends and relatives objected, but her deluson
was complete. and after securing whnt she might
for her property shc loft clandestinely and with
| others took her wny hthcrward. Arriving on her
| journey at ST. lonis she purchased the usual out
| III for cmigrnnts CROSSING tho plains, inclusive Of
| n pair of oxen and wagon. provisions, clothing.
| Sr. What. however waa hen surprise, on obtain
| ing all this, 10 br required in evidence OF intth
to surrender 90 the ''church" whatever she had
procured and takc hrr way with u hand-cart 10
bc drawn or pushed forward i,y herself The whole
distance! In addition. she was invited by ono Of
she crew Of scoundr"S having charge of the expe-
dton. 20 place in his hands, "for safe keeping"
her stock Of iewelrv and small valunhles Of what
ever description. not nlrcnhv appropriated by her
| excellent friends aud advisers.
| Foe more thnn eleven hundred miles thop, over
the hot aud barren plains, over tho Wild mountains
and through the wilder gorgcs and canons--"ver
/ in short. nll that the army has trnvcrsed in it's
weary march to Sal, Lake Valley, this poor delu-
dr woman pushed forward, with its lUad the mis-
ernhlo vehicle assigned to her. Tint she pershed
not upon the route. like many mn other. can only
he ncc untel f,r by tho stronger faith, or more
| properly tho wilder fannicism that bore her up
among the living.
Renrhing at length tho valley Of our modern
1 antontel,' the little Swiss woman naturally
asked Of the kind gentleman who Ind VOLUNTEERED
the care If her vnluahes restoration Of the sane
! into her hands Tho reply was characteristic Of
that gentleman's clnss. and tho applicant was in
FORMED that he had one day had the curiosity upon
the plains Ia open the box containing the trnhets
she valued so highly, and take an INSPECTION. lie
| Ind luiu nj Iy ~ bp nd
better to view their pcrirrnns, hut beng sud only
! rnlied away he Ind, lie believed forgotten to rs-
! place them and there could be little doubt they
were even now exactly in the place where he had
| left them. The box, however remained in his
hands, and he took great pleasure in returning 1t
to her quite safe and sound.
Thus, then, she was stripped Of even tho last
resource Of her little property, and left wreched
dependent and beggar. Ia tho tender keeping of the
Williams who had betrayed her. Her great object,
however. was still To see the Prophet, and obtain
the long wished for vision Of her departed parents.
| But stay, it was MT 50 ensy mntter. nor yet No
common n thing 10 achieve access TO his prophet
ship, upon the frat asking, nor WAS IL until con-
| siderable time after entering tho Valley, that she
was favored with mn aulicnce, while even this was
| procured by little css than sheer pertinncity and
entrcaty. The Prophet. Mr.. Brigham Young of
| Oneida (r some othcr) county, New York. inform
cd the wrctchcd dupc, ar in reply to hcr questions
and the promises Of his priest, that she should
certainly see her father and mothcr-certninly--
| but not until tho Grent Temple was finished, could
the exhibition come of
Then, to be sure it wns all to 10 conceded To her
and tho dream Of her heart--which had reduced
her from; afiiucnce to beggary, from homo and
friends, to those wild regions and wilder inhabi-
! tants-that dream 30 be roalizeh. In tho
meantime though, let her continue to show her
faith by her works; and in like manner as sh. had
contributed her property, let her contribute hor
labor to raise up the Church of tho Saints Of this
latter dav-to the end Of Gods glory, and the sal
! vation Of men. And moreover let her marry and
bring forth children, to be added to the list Of
! Saints and to he Of those whose high ultimate
should be her own and their exceeding happiness.
these parts, and might not be wholly known tothe
dashng young fellows about--eyen he the Proph-
ct. would voucbsafe to select for her n mate.
There was n certain Italian friend Of his who
would undoubtedly suit her fancy, though US to
that perhaps she'd better marry him any how and
make 40 bones about it. Under these most agree
able auspices the marriage of course took place,
without unnecessary delay or formality, farther
than her being regularly sealed to the interest
ing bridegroom. The wife, and her husband-
who it would appear followed originally the clas-
sic occupation Of organ -grinding--wer then set.
tied upon any outof-the-way patch Of land, to till
the soil and be happy to the top of their bent
And still the dream of her heart possessed the lit
tie woman. and once again, with the child that
had been born to her, she sought to look upon the
prophet. and inquired if in her day the Temple
was likely to he finished.
Her amiable husband, not seeing very clearly
the point Of matters, refused to aid her in making
her way to the residence of Mr.. Young-some for
ty miles distant-and therefore ponniless, and but
i-clad, aud with three pounds OF flour FOR susten-
ance upon the road, she again set forward She