The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-09

A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.-The Wheeling LateLiqen-
Ger of Saturday says: Yesterday at the Catholic
church, some twenty persons were engaged in nut
ting up the new bell which arrived from Pittsburg
! the evening before There was a windlass erected
on the ground, to which was attached a snatch
box and shieve. Immediately above the open space
in the cupola, to which the bell was to be drawn
there protruded beam, TO which was attached
another snatchbock and pully, and the bell was to
have been conveyed to the ton by means nf stronr
ropes, working through these shelves by the mower
OF the windlass and cylinder upon the ground The
Dell had been raised in this way almost up to the
| open space IN the cupola, and the men were Just
ready to pull it in. A man named Thomas Newton
was below, guiding the folds of the rope as it wound
| round the cylinder. To do this, he had a firm
| grasp upon the rope. When the bell had reached
| a great height from the ground of the cogs in
! the wheels of the windlass fixture gave way
Another revolution of the wheel ripped off all the
cogs; the bell fell to the ground and Newton, who
had hold of the lower end of the rope, carried
up, with frightful velocity, distance of one hun
! dred feet from the ground, and about four feet
above the aperture where the bell to have been
taken in. Before those engaged in the work could
comprehend what had happened, Newton with
his hands all lacerated and bleeding, worked him
self down opposite the aperture, and called for help
! to those within. Bishop Whelen, who was on the
platform in the cupola, reached out at the risk of
his life almost, and Selling Newton by the waist
! pulled him from his awful position. The accident
struck everybody with amazement, and all but the
eye witnesses were 10th to believe in the incredu-
ous fact. The bell weighed three thousand seven
hundred pounds, and as it fell without hndrance
some idea may be formed of the rapidity with which
Newton assembled. He says he thought of letting
go the rope, but before the thought was clearly de-
fined, he was at the beam, a hundred feet above
| lie had not time to let go his hold upon the rope
| Some cogs and pieces of machinery were hurled n
distance of two squares from the church, and a Mr.
Smith, received an ugly wound in the face from a
lying particle Mr.. Newton taken to the office
of DR.. Hupp, where his wounded hands were dressed
/ hn g
even to the bone.
UTAH.-At the conclusion of the recent legal in
vestigationS against the Mormons at Provo the fol-
lowing order was entered the journal of the
Court:
The court has sought diligently and faithfully to
d. its duty, to administer the laws of the United
States and of this Territory. Ii could not have any
other object. But at every turn it has had to en-
counter difficulties and embarrassments Men high
in authority in the Mormon Church, as well as men
holding civil authority under the territorial gov
ernment seem to have conspired to obstruct the
of public Justice and to cripple the earnest
efforts of the court. The whole community present
a united and organized opposition to the proper
administration of lustice every art and every eX-
pedient have been employed to cover up and con-
ceal crimes committed by Mormons. Witnesses
have been prevented by threats of violence from
Obeying the summons of this court; others that
have testified have been driven to seek safety in the
protection of the United States troops stationed
near here, who, it is proper to say, here
the requsition of the court and for whose presence
the court is responsible. The absolute necessity of
having these troops here has been fully demon
strated by all that has transpred during the session
of the court. To crown all, the grand jury, sworn
to perform a high public duty, has lent itself as a
willing instrument to this organized opposition to
the laws of the country and refused to meet its OBJ
legations most willing inclination has been
manifested to prosecute Indians and other persons
not Mormons, for their offences, while Mormon muir
derers and thieves are allowed to go unpublished.
This court determined, its action maniiests that
1T did not intend to be used by this community for
its protection alone, but that it will do Justice to
all, or it will do nothing. Not being able to do
this, the court now. adiourns without day.
Jno. Cradlebaugh, Associate Justice, Sup. Court,
Ex-Oflcio Judge I'd Jud. Dist.