Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-06-08

! following:
One of The dread mysteries of Nor
which the United States judges in IT,
endeavoring to unravel, greatly +, -
| sternation of the Saints" Is Tho
massacre, of Mountain Meadows w
| hundred emigrants, on their way 3.
kansrs 10 California. At the tir'e ~
/ told that the unfortunate victims en-
[ the Weapons of the Canosh band Of D :
/ Indians; but various subsequan, ,i'@
ments have established the convict, s
these are merely tools in the b,nS. !, s
Mormons themselves, An eye-v;t..
the transaction has been found = - -
we have received from an Official saS ,-s
| Salt Lake. a statement Of his accom-. -'e' y
affair.
The whole fearful truth stand. -,
presenting one of the most sboel;s- :. ..7 q
cruelty aud crime that e.er sts;,65I - -
cords of civilized community ~. 'ae
says:
While l was residing at Cedar g.
was called upon by Messrs. Isss, NJ
John ID. Lee aud Je-4digbee-to 60
miles ont of the Cit, BIShich be did T E
l found thirty or fortg others. selee,si = E
different settlements We were all
by the above officers, who told uS ,b,.
had sent Canosh, the Parayant Chief
| his warriors, to destroy the ArkaD,s.
3auy, and that if he had not doraS
must, and that if any OF Us refused OF -
ed them 10 the Americans, they wogli
good care of him hereafter. Here vsr
all ordered on the quick march to the "
tain Meadows, where we found the emip--
| with their wagons formed into two e.
with their families IN their midst. t-yi,,
! defend themselves against the n,e-cilss.r
bloodthirsty savages, who lay around n ;
bush, killing them IS opportunity rrsasI
/ ted
Hight and Lee formed their men iao
| companies. ard made precipitate Us
the poor dsfenceless victims. T5g
inside of the circle rose up, but iustas.
| fell dead or mOrialiy wounded under &,
| the wrctches who - cruelty sought I
/ lives Nothing remained 10 De done. sz-
To kill the frightened females and thsir +,
/ cent children clasge IN their arms. OI=
! c.ung with d,sg alton 10 their bl5e5,
! dying husbaD Is. pleading Il =-4iu E1r-...I
at the hands Of the Christians. Eb9 ID
/ Z ii
John d. Lee now sent % the Ia
chief AID his men in ambush to e7us
and finish the survivors, directing Liu j
spare only the little children. who chi "a:
talk The sayages came instantly. VI.
| knives drawn, and speedily flushed tie Ia, 4
work The scene beggars description a
! dem0uie yells OF The savage monsters. ui,:.l
ed with strieAs anI prayers Of helg
mothers aad daug Aters, whilst the de1i
blows were dealing with uuainchiug hs,i
| and scalps were torn from heads which BID
ed with beatty aud innocence a few m7usu
| before. Now ,h work of lutchering end
The murdcrcrs threw the dead into two bsz
| covered them slightly with earth. and
them 80 feed the wolves and birds Of PIE
and returned home with their booty Of c.
tie. and wagons, and great guautity
goods. &c.
TINS TERRIBLE D.sAsrkE 81 WHIRLwIyy
the 24ah May. has been briefly chronicle
telegraph We are indebted TO Thomu
Shepard. of Iowa City. for a copy Of 4
| Republican extra. of the 25lh list. VI
gives the details as follows:
There occurred on Tuesday afe.lal
!
destructive whirlwinds that vas ever 7isl
upon any people. The path Of its dss-u
ton commenced, as far as we can n
about one or two miles from Iowa jrT-
When first discovered IL was about wsi1z
the residence of Gen. Powell Soon isa
was first noticed, it moved in Z south sssE!
direction to the residence of Gen. M1-rs-
rs force was very considerable there, ,UbFo1--'::
barns, sheds. upsetting buggies, &c TIE
swept along In nearly al easterly direc1''
sratberints N intensity and destructive iu,a
Reaching the residence Of Nr MorgaH-l
shiverei his house to atoms. not leaE'Eg q
pieces of timber: or sticks togethe-, kil-
Mr.. Morgan, son AMI grandson The bo-=
of the son and grandson were found n
two hundred to five hundred yards fron 2
house This was about three miles r.
Iowa City Mrs Morgan has her thigh 2
ken, and is otherwise badly injured.
4 man by the name of Wolfe. ras--
beyond Mr. Morgan's house, is repCrisi
have been badly injured, also his wis
little child Still further on some SIX =
from Iowa City, Jesse Berry and BIS :.
aged about 16. were on the farm Whz' 2
tornado swept by. Mr.. Berry. an cd 8
highly esteemed citizen of this city. VS.
stantiy killed. His body was brought :
city about four o'clock this morning. b
: son has four of his ribs broken. and IS oi,s
wise seriously injured, and it Is thought
his attending phy sicians that he-e~Hns-1T
sibly live. We also learn that tens.,
Jesse Berry had one arm brosen-hls -
head severely cut-aud an infant c1l'
the arms of its mother was also most sa'S''
: bruised
Further on. near tue Seveu-mile-h'-,S
: new brick building was entirely destTo!s-
In the wreck at this place, six were lnla''
four very baby, some it is feared ore u
tally.
We hear also, that man who yesis'..
accompanied Mr.. Berry to his farm loI =
purpose of buying it. was badly hurt = 2,
another man in the barn where Mr. Dc
, was, saved his life BY crawling unaei
mauger in the basement He IS eonsiu'
hurt
It is stated by those OF our citizens .