Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-26

The Army FeeIinE---Normsn Rmisrnnfs.-
I,etter from a Mormon Woman 70 her
rents in New Jersey
The Y. Tinss publishes long letter irom
. suecisl correspondent at Camp Scott, giving
t,s Armv view of Mormon affairs He writes
.b.t the Presidents Proclamation rendering
general amnesty to the people of Utah is TeceIS-
ed by the Army with infinite disgust, and that
INDIGNANT modification is the almost universal
sentiment. The course of Gov Cumming mas
not been in harmony with the acts OF the judi
cial officers of the Territory or of the Army ano |
the writer states that from the hour OF his arri-
val in Utah. Gov. C. has shrouded himself IN
mvstery, with policy of his own IT was be
Eeved in the army that Gov. C. had been acting
all along under secret Instructions from the
President. of which it was more than probable
tiat Brigham Young had intelligence Colonei
Kane's mission and conduct, and the Froeiams
t,on horne by the Peace Commissioners, all went
to confirm the suspicious
A party of some $50 Mormon emigrants had
reached Camp Scott, under the leadership OF
NJ, Richard James. Most of the party are
English, and they represent that about one-hai
1.-THE Mormon population would be glad to aee
from the tyranny of Brigham Young.
On the other hand the Times publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Mormon woman IN Salt
Lake CITY written on the eve of departure with
the fieeing Saints, which tells the whole story
or Mormon faith and Mormon resignation:
GREAr SALT LAKE CrTy. May, 1858.
Ny DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER: feel that
must write you another letter before leave
nv home. as / do not know when or where i
nav oct another opportunity of writing to You.
{ | suppose that You have heard by this time,
through your papers, that zoe are leGUing Our
bsa..tifuI ralleV,-to 90 we know not whittier.
When first my beloved husband announced
IN me that il was decided that we should leave,
: I felt panp at my heart. looked out at my
little flower garden, the work Of cur own hands,
and then around me, inside my little cottage,
on the few little comforts which we had aceum-
J ulated through hard labor; then l saunteTed
into the little room which l had prepared for
vour reception this season. / must abandon
Them all, and the hope Of meeting father and
mother and the rest OF the family. And last,
but not least, looked upon our little ones, and
, nv grief knew no bounds In my rebelllOus
heart felt to say / cannot expose my little
, ones to the trials of a wandering life, and ah,
horror perhaps the scalping- knife of the lndi-
ans for we know that the soldiers are bribiDg
, them. l fancy can hear you both say, "ls
not Mormonism worth all these sacrifices, and
even our lives !" Yes, my dear father and
mother, it is. But you also know how very
fond of home l am, and my love for my husband
a Il fals hat
, to see those dear ones suffering again, as l did
i before we had home, was more than my
strength could bear but sll this was the strug-
9 gle of few hours only. When / began TO re-
fect upon nv conduct, felt truly ashamed Of
nv weakness How often had ], in bearing my
!, testimony, said that l was willing 10 make any
j sacrifice for the work of the Lord, and when
, He was going 70 put me to the test, should /
, turn Ike coward and say, Il cannot do IL
Aud then my rebellious heart would turn again
and say, :" Is it not your own house and land
\ did you not toll hard enough to get it did you
not sell all your trnkets, clothing thing,
in fact, that you possessed, 10 get the GdObes 10
|, build it and why should you give it up to a
band Of robbers, or, in other terms, to President
/, BUcHANAN's troops, which are the same"
! But still struggled and conquered l then
!. made up my mind that if 1 had to die, it should
be in the path Of duty and when my husband
. returned in the evening, could talk calmly to
him of preparations for our departure | next
A thought that, as / was so strong, it was my
/ duty to 90 and see Ellen and James; but what
!, was my surprise, on reaching their house, to
= find them ali ready to start and when ] asked
! Ellen If she did not feel little bad at leaving
!. her home, (for you know that she had one Of
the most comfortable in the valley,) she said,
with a smile, These things are not ours; they
are the Lords, and if he requires me to leave
n them, / am ready" | am sure you will think
her most noble woman, as do.
Where we are going, know not; but this do
y know, that if it were not for our own ultimate
c good, we should not be permitted to leave these
le valleys.
:. Go where you WILL you will see the Saints
u making cheerful preparations for their departure
e and word of comfort on their lips for their
e neighbors; notwithstanding which, keen OBJ
! server might see tear glistening in the eye OF
some of the stOutest among Us. We have
4 enough to eat, and for that we are thankful
=, Our clothing Is nearly all worn out, and it moi
, possible to buy sny more here. If we had heed
ed the counsel Of Brother Brigham little soon
y, er. we should now have an abundance of CLOTH
ii ins; but we are like children; We have to learn
> by experience. 1 think sometimes that if you
. could see me, you might enjoy he arty laugh al
NV expen,e, but Fortunately for me, | have now
II.
does not annoy me much. l stIll have in my
Il possession an article for daily wear, which once
bore the appellation of Z" dress" but so trans
e formed is it that it would be difficult for casual
= observer to d tcide which was the original dress
. piece NV husband also wears q coat OF nam
eolors As for buying shoes and stockings
/ they are quite out Of the question. We should
4 have been out Of this unpleasant state, If oul
e enemies would only have left Us alone, for we
. all began to sec the necessity Of manufacturing
= our own goods We have already made somt
e very good flannel here. We have twelve sheer
of our own, two cows, three horses, two o.
which were working on the farm; the Other
was my own private property. made present
, to me by my husband
IA postscript 10 this letter, dated al an en-
? campment thirty five miles IRON Salt Lake City
L adds:l
e We are now 35 miles from the city, and living
l. under our tents. l have nothing particular tC
oi add, save that my little Joseph is sick, but
have faith that he will get well. We do moi
trouble about him, nor about ourselves; we vii
= all get through our trouble some day. Ii !:
: good TO feel that the Lord is for us, though
o men be against us. / am resigned to my fate
!. 1t is all for the best
! Your affectionate daughter,
\ G. R
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