New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-07-09
Affairs In Utah.
The Utah correspondent Of the St. Louis Repub-
lican writes under date Of the 10th ult from Salt
Lake City:

The Utah correspondent Of the 81. Louis Repub-
lcan writes, under date Of the 10th ult, from Salt
Lake City:
Since the adjournment of Court at Provo, Judge
Cradlsbaugh has Travelled south through his district
as far the Santa Clara distance Of near three
ndred and fifty miles from here-visitng the scene
OF the Mountain Meadows, etc. He says that he did
not see bishop Bishops Counselor OF President on
the route although particular to enquire for them
and reports that all have been nan est conofibus,
except the bishop of Spanish Fork, Danish settle
ment some twelve miles south of Provo-this being
the only settlement, to its credit be it said through
out bis journey, in which he was not saluted with
reports Of horrd murders committed within the last
two years. The Judge took afidavits, and issued
warrants for about sixty Of the the
massacre of the Mountain Meadows, ten in the rsnr-
der of the Aikens and others, making in all from
eighty to one hundred persons that be has issued or
he reports that more than eighty white men were
engaged in the massacre OF the Mountain Meadows
that after reaching Pariwan-eghty miles this side Of
the Santa Claraaat almost every camp the herders
skeletons, some indicating that they had been killed
last fall and winter by their condition To such an
extent was this that the herders with the command
keep the herds out at night No doubt teamsters and
discharged soldiers vending their way to California
most of whom, no doubt had been killed by the In
dians, in pursuance of the example set them by their
Mormon allies in the Mountain Meadow massacre,
and who they see act imper.inenty and with i'm
punity in that matter.
Atrocities too horrible to be related, and which
seemed to shock the brute savages themselves, are
related by persons who claim to have been compelled
to join in that massacre. The number of persons in
the train was about one hundred and forty-seven-
teen small children alone saved. The property
confscated amounts from 100000 to $4,000, count
ing 700 CATTLE horses and mules some very fine stock
and forty wagons and carriages The personal effects
were taken to the tithing Office in Cedar City and
there sold out. Many Of the clothes, stripped from
| the murdered persons, were piled in room in the
tithing Office, and not selling readily account OF
being filled with blood, were allowed to remain in
that condition until the room has become so much
scented that it is very offensive to stay in. May il
remain stencil in the nosrils of such Saints for all
| time to come
And here let me say at time when Judge Cradle
baugh has been using every exerton to expose these
horrible transactions word has reached here that be
has been removed, and the Mormons are consequently
rejoicing The last mail brought certain instructions
to both Gov. Cumming and Gen. Johnston, the tenor
of which is to place the military for civil purposes,
tirely at the disposal of the Governor. The effect o.
this in my judgment, will be to paralyse to greater
degree than ever any efforts upon the part of the
Judges here to execute the laws. There are now
several prisoners in camp, charged with henous
crimes, committed there because there was no Jail to
keep them n and be has already signifed, suppose
in view OF his Instructions that he wonld keep them
no longer. The question now arises, what is to be
done! The humane laws of this Territory provide
for no compensation, and they will have to go OF
Mormon parole. The probabilities, therefore, o
justice ever being done extremely remote-iL
fact, they boldly talk about the Presidents procla
nation.