Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-06-28


.in Salt Lake City, addressed to her parents in
New,Jefsey was written on the eve ofdeparti
ure from Salt Lake City for the southern settle
ments, and is curiously descriptive OF the
writer's unbounded faithin Mormonlsm ana leF
natural regrets at leaving her home:
GREAT SALT I.4KE CRY, May, 1908.
My DrAK FATHER AND MoruEE feel that
,,nst.yvrite YOU another letter before leave my
home, as do NOT know when or where y. may syI
get another opportunity OF writing 20 you -
suppose Lliat sou have heard ny TINS ahss,s
i through your papers, that tcc are tedclng 0ut
bs1,ItfSfitt paLeY.-to go weknow not WINNER;
When first my beloved husband announced
70 me that it.vas decided that we should leave,
/ I felt pang at my heart. i looked out at my
little foWer-garden, the work oil our own minus,
and thnn, around me, inside my little cottageI
ar tIa fsg liftle comforts which we had accn-
! .nriJated through hard labor; then L sauntered
! into the little room which had prepared Tor
;yonr reception this season. must ABANDON
them all, and the hope of meeting tather ana
mother and the rest of the family AND last2
but not least looked upon our little ones, anu t
INV grief knew no Lonnds. In my rebeliious
heart I felt to say, cannot expose my MUG
ones to the trials ola wandering life, and an,
horrori perhaps the scalping knife ofthe Indians
for we know that the soldiers are bTi6lng them.
/ fancy can hear you both say, is not NOR
monisin worth all these sacrifices, ana even out
But you also know how very tond OIL nome
am: and my love for my husband and children
knows no bounds; and felt that to see those
dear ones suffering again, rs did before we mao
a home, was more than my strength couto
bear; but all this was the struggle Oh lev "
hours only. When began to reflect upon my
conduct, felt truly ashamed OF my weakness 3;
How often had /, bearing my testimony, s .il
Tint was willing TO mako any sacrifice for the
work of the Lord, and when He was gong 70
put me to the test should turn like coward
aud say, 81 cannot do III Ana theh my Eeue..
lious heart would turn again and say, US 1t not
your own house and land? did you not toll hard
enough to geti? did younot sell all your lrilN-
cts clothing thing, in fact, tnat you
possessed to get the adObes to build 1t! ana why
should you give it up to band OF roooers, Or
in other terms, to President Buchanans troops,
which are the sanef
made up my mind that if had to die, It should
he in the path of duty; and when my HUSBAND
returned in the evening, could talk calmly 10
him of preparations for our departure. next
thought that, as was now so strong, II was
my duty to SO anu see hleh anu anu y .Ia;. onss
what was my surprise, on reaching thelr MOUSE
TO find them all ready to start, and when ASK
ed Ellen If she did not feel little bad at leaving
nor home. lfor you know that she had one OF
the most comfortable in the valley) she SAID,
with a smile, ''These arc not onrs; they are
the Lords, anu II ne requires hlS " sAS-Ap
am ready am sure you will think her
most mobile Wonlan, as | do -
Where we are going, know not but this do
know. that lift were not for our own ultimate
good we should not be permitted to leave these
valleys,
making cheerful preparations for their depar-
ture, and word Of comfort5on their lips for
their neighbors notwithstanding Which, keen
observer might perceive teaE glistening IN the
eve of home of the stoutest among us. we nave
enough to eat, aud for that we are thankful. -
Our clothing Is nearly all worn OUT ana II =
not possible to buy any more here. 1t we had
needed the counsel of Brother Brigham little
sooner we should now have had an abundance
of clothing: but we arc like children; we have
to learn by experience. think sometimes that
if yon could sec INC, you might enjoy bearty
laugh at my expense but, unfortunately lot ILie,
have now no mirror, and therefore my own
appearance does not now annoy me much 1
still have in nv possession an article for daily
wear which once bore the appellation of "a
dress but so transformed isit, that 1t would be
difficult for a casual observer to decide which
was the original dress piece. MY hnsnan ma elso
wears n coat of many colors. As for buying
shoes and stockings, they are quite out OF the
question. we should have been out of this un-
pleasant state, if our enemies would only have
left us alone for We all began to see the necessi-
ty of manufacturing our own goods we have
already nlnQe SOME s5uOu
have twelve sheep of our own, two cows, three
horses, two Of which were working on the firm;
the other was my own private property, made
present TO NE by my husband.
a postscript to this letter, dated at an en-
catnptnent thirty five miles from Salt Lake City,
add;l s.....t,. 100
We are now So miles from the city and living.
under our tents have nothing particular to
add. save that my little Joseph is SILK, but
have faith that he viii get we'll " do not
trouble about him, nor about ourSelve' we will
all get through our trouble some d-v 1t is
good to feel tint the Lord is for us, tl.Igh men
be against us. am resigned 70 my e, 1t rs
all for the best
Your afFtetionate daughter, c. L II,
RAILROAD CoNykNTtoN At BUrrALo.- we no.
tee that there is to be another Railroad Con,
vention, to make another set of rules to be
broken, we suppose, in a month or 80, by one
or ali of the high contracting parties The
following is the circular of the roads issuing
the call: $50 fs .eH ~
The recent very great and uncalien-lor feonG-
ton OF fares by the New York and Erie Itgil-
road Company, renders it advisable, in the Opin-
ion Of the undersigned, that meeting Of the
officers of Railroads interested, should be held
without delay, TO consider this and such other
subjects in regard to Railroad traffic and man