New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-14
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II must be- borne in mind tha, the prices at
which the Gentle merchants purchase the produce
enumerated above average about % per cent less
than those at which they retail them. With regard
TO pork and mutton il is 10 be- remarked that they
are articles which the Mormons wish to buy not
10 sell To complete the record, The Ncies ap-
pends to ils Prices Current the following note:
''Doubless -four will be worth Sl5 per hundred
within six months" There is nOtOrousy no
probability that such will be the ease aud the sole
intention of the remark was to induce agricultu-
ralists 10 withhold. their wheat from sale tU Cen
tiles policy which if pursued will bring disaster
only on those classes of poor industrious farmers
who have been pilhgcd for tbs benefit of Church
dignitaries ever since the settemet of the Valley
They depend on an annual sale of their products
for their yearly supply of clothing and groceries.
Their children, as well as themselves, have worn
rags ever since last Autumn, and there mul-
tiude of families in the Territory which have not
tasted tea, coffee, sugar or tobacco for as long.
Trade, even at the high prices demanded for all
goods by the merchants, is almost Indispensable 10
these people. and the attempt 10 Restrain them
from il by Church discipline is nexplicable on any
ground except to harrass the Gentes. The mer-
chants, 10 be- sure, IN their desire for inordlnate
profits, have, almost without exception, right 10
contest the claim of the Mornons to BE- heirs of the
jews, but they have the monopoly of the market,
and II must be borne in mind that the value of their
goods upon arrival at this city il enhanced from 30
to goo per cent, by transportation more than 900
miles IN ox-wagons, exposed to Indian depreda-
tion, and through country where there are no
means OF repairing breaksges.
1 notice II card III some Of the New York papers
received by the last mall in which J. VI. B.rnhsel
the Delegate 10 Congress from this Territory, asks
of the public d" a suspension of opinion " concern
ing Utah affairs, and denOunces the correspondents
ot fhe Eastern Drpss trnu fhis city .crIa1 and
mercensry." Mr. Bernhisel has been Mormon
ever since the institution of the kirkland Bank
lie Is no~ about sixty years OF age aud is veners-
bic person IN appearance. Two yesrs ago he had
three wives, but am told that since that date he
has taken fourth. He is implicated as deeply as
any other man in the guilt or glory of Mormonism,
whichever il may turn out to be-. The absence of
material witness alone prevented his being in
dicted, last winter, as traitor. He was pryy 10
all the designs Of resistance to the United States
Government, and was present on the stand in the
Tabernacle on Sunday, Sept. IL, lo57, when
Brigham Young declared to Capt. Van V!iet that
he should treat every army and every armed
company that attemps 10 come here, as a mob"
On that same occasion Young remarked concerning
MIR. Bernhse. 'we think that he is the most suita.
:" bic man for us 10 send 10 Washington" He was
indeed. During the entire session. while his con-
stiuents were IN open rebellion, h. did not open
his Mouth III defense or IN apology for their con-
duet. But now, when Mr.. Buchanan's Admins
traton has done almost all it could do to screen the
offenders from punishment, Mr.. Bernhisel asks
suspension oi opinion"
Mir. Bernhisels proper arena Is the floor of Con-
eress. There remain still several months of his
official term, during which he can defend himself
and hs constituency there. But If he wishes 10
enter the arena OF the press, and viii specify any
assertions have made, in all my correspond
ence from this Territory, as cruel mercenary, or
inaccurate IN the statement of material facts stand
ready TO corroborate all such assertions BY c0nclu
siye evidence OF their yeracity.
w Ill make one assertion now on which he may
commence. Within fortnight after had begun
my residence IN this city one of Mr.. Bernhisei's
constituents, d person holding high rank in the
Mormon army declared publicly on the main street
that If | should "say here two months | would
/" get my id throat cut"-an expression which is
common i'll this community. / have stayed here
two months, and IT has not happened, nor do be-
Eeye that il will happen. On the contrary, | am
glad TO believe that have some friends, although
perhaps few, among Mr.. Bernhsefs constituency,
who will believe that any errors into which NAV
be led in writing of the MormOns will be- the result
of partial information and not OF d desire to do any
people injustice. These friends, however, do not
belong to the class Of Mormons OF which Mr.. Bern
hisei is n TsmbeT-a class which hiss ansssed nine
teHths Of the wealth of the Territory and every
member of which has anextensive and carefully
selected harem. | expect from them nothing but
ISLANDERS, hbels and lies, if may Judge from the ex
Perlence of gentlemen who have preceded me.
Two lndians came into town to-day, with let
ter Ia Mr.. David A. Burr, from his brother, who
Vas IN Weber kanyon. They had just mounted
ther horses this evening in front of the store of
Kadiord d Cabot, preparatory to starting back
when one OF Them was heard to speak TO the other
IN the Bannock language, by some Mormons who
near fntua iat.s Oh
caused the Indians to dismount, and undertook TO
put them IN arrest on suspicion of completely with
ihe foray upon the Mormon settlement on Salmon
kiver, In Oregon, last Spring. While some of
Them held the Indians horses b. the BRIDES Others
ran after the police. A group was formed