Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-03

THE MORMON HAND CAET IRAGS.-FredGrlck
Loba, cx.High Priest OF the Mornons, who es-
capped from Salt Lake with his family, is now in
Ransas. He tells some terrible stories OF Salt
Lake. OF the Mormon hand cart train that suE-
fered so severely, he gives the following accounts:
Young sent Franklinand Samuel d. Richards,
two of his most INSCRIPTIONS minionS,-tO
Liverpool, to superintend the emigration thence
to Salt Lake, Of the numerous pTOselytes made
in Europe. These men collected large sum Of
money from the faithful, in sums of e53 each,
which was to purchase wagons and other outfit
for the passage from New York to Utah, each
sum of :e59 providing for n family,-or if the
man had none, for himself and associates. a
PARTY of abont 800 souls, collected under this
arrangement, set sRil with their faces towards
| Zion" On their arrival in this country how
ever they were informed that Brother Brigham
had received revelation from God, directing
that in order to try their faith and thus test who
among them were worthy the honors of the
faithful, they should journey to Salt Lake in
hand cart trninsl d.
Accordingly, their pilots and leaders-fillcd
with the grace acquired at the feet of their
Prophet Brighanl-kindly purchased the hand.
carts for them at n cost of eight dollars each,
and generously put them at the disposal of the
newly arrived brethren at exactly double that
sum. Of course the entire party were compel-
! ed to go on foot six to each hand-cart, which
they dragged along with its contents, consisting
of seventeen pounds Of luggage to each person.
/ All the property of the emiSrants, over and
above this they were compelled to throw away,
Ol cOurSc-thus losing the little remnant of
their savings after having been most religiously
! robbed Of all their cash. Now discussions rose
among them, and the result was that they did
not reach the banks of the Missouri, from
whence to start westward, until the LIST Of Sep
TENDER
Here, then, they stood. with twelve hundred
miles Of weary travel on foot before them, and
| the mercilesS rigOrs of Northern Winter star.
ing them in the face. The commonest human.
ity would have inspired the leaders Of the delu
ded band to stay their steps until the opening
spring. But they seem to have been oblivious
to any such sentiment. They got up another
revelation from on high, in which the travellers
were hidden onward, and assured that the an
gels of the Lor | would be upon their right hand
aud their left, shielding them from harm.
Thus twenty-five hundred honest, simple souls
full nfhOneSt faith and zeal-Old men aud young
gentlcwomen aud tender children, plunged into
the wilderness, never doubling the result Sad
TO relate, of that entire band, only about two
hundred frost bitten, starving and cmaciated
beings, lived TO tell the STORY Of their sutferings
Mr.. Loba, himself witnessed the entrance of the
SurvIvOrs-Iuany even of whom were compelled
to submit TO the rudeSt Kind of surgery for the
anputation Of limbs already frozen to DEATH
Twenty three hundred OF the devoted band had
fallen b. the way, tortured victims of hunger
aud cold, some of them, indeed, torn 10y famish-
ed wolves willis life still struggled for the victory
over Punishment and froSti The picture is too
horrible to COntemplate-but my informant
states thatits truth is well ntteSted.