New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-17

Corre,Y.nd.rce of The ". ], Tribuae.
L A..ral 10

ObstTuct0ns aud delays as muse UJuhd IuF tns
place during the last six weeks, You will doubtless
by tbs time begin to feel anxious 10 know what s
trsn,piIing in this isolated Territory
] will begin with the weather, which, from the
last of November 10 the 10Th of February, with
moderate variations continued steadily cold, with
q fair supply OF snow for seighing, wlich was
proved to an extent never before Witnessed IN th-e
mountains. DurBg The lasi Elk or seven Weeks IT
has been miider, but extremely cb.ngeatle, and
storm h6s followed storm in rapid succession untl
the mountains aud caiIons have become blocked and
literally impenetrabl-, while the meltlag of the
heavy falls Of SHOW in the valleys reGd-r It almost
impossible To get from one sett-ment TO another,
and travellers generally have o~en obliged > take
the Paddy : Lew road, which lies three feet under
tie old one.
Up TO this time our gardens are stiil covered
with port 90 Of the old sno~s OF December, and
| fer several days psst u has scafcel! thiHej so
much ar it has frozen during the niltt-
As yOu may well imAglur the result of this tedi
Gus " inter ia total exhaustion of tho W int-rs
supply of fuel AMI forage, a.d fences aie va snl0g
away il smoke and cattle per!.biBg oil arouni US.
| Our citzen. SOud nO~ gladly pay t~o prices #
th.y cOuo recall tie hay snd grain sOd 10 tee army
| il The Fall aud early Winter, as i nov is so much
needed for our sursISiDg tesms While putting in
| Spring crops sn1 rePiici0g fences.
| DrearI as the above picture may appear, there
are other evils at present affecting our Territory,
far more appalling AID terrible Ia tncir consequences
! upon our citizet and be osed cuuDtry. refer
| to the "Roen of Terror" recently inauguratei by
| the United States army in Utab County. a1d the
| judicial is, cr acted by kis Hon Jvhn Cradle
! bauph Judge of the Second Jadlcia District.
| This representative OF the parent G"vernment
csme into our Territory last Fall, sad iustsad of
| \, h. l.. Of -
trict, the law contempstes, ~here the citizens
for hose benefit he Vas appointed might make his
acquaintance 6Dd baye access 10 bin with their
complaints qdariered himself for the Water with
| oil aImy officer III Camp Floyd whence, in ne vs.
paper advertisement, he announced his hrst Court,
to he held az tie City oi Provo the cth of March,
Instead Of al Fillmore, as the law required, last
November. his District ia by far the largest IN
the Territory embracing all the line of settlements
south of Salt Lake Count, as far as Santa Clara.
His object opening Court at its northern extrom
it's. in near proximity To Camp Floyd. though not
generally suspected at The time, may be Inferred
from the sequel
His charge to the Grand Jury which will, no
Doubt reach you In print, shows cOnclusvely upon
its face that be had prejudeed the matter to which
be dre ted their attention. and that ne assumed the
sthiuOe of accnser, witness and prosecutor.
While he was delivering this charge, the jurors
and attendants AT Court we're not little surprised
by the sudden appearance of u body OF United
Stat-s troops, whO encamped IN the courtyard, the
officers quorteIiDg themselves Ia n room adjoining
the one assigned the jury for their deliberations.
The Court, however, endeayOred TO dispel their ap
prehensh us by assuIing them that the troops we're
there al bis request only 10 secure AID take charge
OF the prisoners. The Sheriff presented bis com
mi, q on from the Governor and EXPRESSED hs read
mess and ability to arrest and safely keep aGy pris-
Oners that misLt be intrusted to him. But the
t.ta "A 10. t...tI Ifrah
laws ana Utah officers. RemonstrsUces respectful
and digulfed were addressed to his IlonOr by the
citizens of Provo Spanish Fork and other places in
the county, who felt k eny the insult offered the
corn,y get erally and It's civil officers ia particular
These, remoDstraDces were answered with ten more
compsDi.s Of United States tro"ps including cav
slrv and a,tii,ery, which aas planted on the frst
bench north of l.ovo, ranging directly down State
street mast the Co.rt-liouse- Mesn'imc, the
Grand jury aided in then ihvestigations by United
States Pr, scouting Attorney \, ilson, had examined
some twenty witnesses and iUun0 several true
"bi," ,.nring the first five days, aud sent suope
mas for witnesses IN various parts of the Distrcp
in relation to the various matters embraced In MS
Homer. charge. But it wonld seem That they Ell !
tAar did DOT find S!ll. !-. enough, or against the
right persons tG the Judge arrested these Witness
es on bench warrants M they to he sworn and
placed them in charge of the trocps aud one morn
ing, " bile in a pet or under temporary a,eration
Of mind, he called the Grand jury and discharged
them, with an insulting haIaDgue following ii up
with the discharge of the Traverse Jurors, aud the
unconditional release Of the Indians and Govern
ment tesmsteIs who we're under arrest for theft
rape and other high misdemeanVrs. retaining in the
custody of the army only the Mormon prisoners
who we're arrested on warrants issued i'll Chambers
without the know ledge Of the Prosecuting Attor
Dey. The Court was then resolved into Court Ot
Examination and COmmittal, while surrounds with
bayohets, and the country secured with dragons IN
search of victims and witnesses, frightening women
an0 children and spreading general alarm The
Governors Proclamation against this peryersion Oi
justice and prostitution oi the army does not yet
have the desired effect ~ arrest him in bis head
long course. One Of the attorneys ut Court in
formed me that he heard the Judge say, in public
bsrrOom at Prove thst be meant 10 hang some
body, aud if he got one of the accused Mormons
convicted, be would hang hun qlckly that par |
don could avail him nolbing; and as for kauosh the
Psvsnt chief if he cluld catch hun be- should haug
without judge or jury. Up 10 ihs tune, DO n-
dgntles or opposition has been offered the Court /
any of its officers, ia their strange proceedings
but the aiura rr,ult thereof hss been o drive from
the country OF into hiding places esery budy they
would hke la get either witnesses criminals, |
Who Othrrwisc would cheeriully, as good citizens, (
have responded tO any summons and have answered I
10 aby charges or as witnesses in any case. The :
Court has dishoIored and deprived itself of The /
sympathy and aid Of a ac v;oy,; well di..esed ci,.
zep', Ill caTnir. out its Gods BY wholesale -lau6er
Sh" avuse. And the army has confirmed in the !
hearts Of the entire people feeling of dlstrust and
fear that they are despite the fair promises and
bcpeyed words of the Goveinm-nt) mere In-rcena-
ries in the hands OF iyrants Surely We are fallen
upon evil times. II n blind, prejldiced Judge, or
all ILL., bred Deputy Marshal can summon foreign
merceUsIies, such as compose most OF our army,
W bo have voice in framing lass or eeciing