The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-25
LATER FROM UTAH.

The Desert Valley Tan of the 18th March, con-
tans the following news of interest
The Deseret Ne,os is filled with lot of hierogly-
phics, which is styled the Deseret alphabet 1t
seems to be vocabulary in which the Mormons
alone are to be taught.
The Valley Tan thinks that between four and
hive thousand persons will leave that territory for
the States and California al of them apostates from
the Mormon Church, in a few months
Prior to the 22d of February, it had been
storming for three weeks. 1t was the severest
weather ever experienced in Utah. The snow
storms in the neighborhood of the South Pass were
terrific.
A rumor of collision between troops stationed
at Provo and Mormon citizens, prevailed at Salt
Lake City on the 18th. The troops were stationed
there by order of Judge Cradelbaugh, during the
session of his court. The Mormons petitioned the
Governor on the sub ject, and he went to Provo to
examine into it. 1t wasasupposed that the Court
would adjourn on the 18th, and that nothing would
be done except to try two Indians, the Church
hierarchy that controls this people overreaching
the jurisdiction of the United States Courts. Judge
Cradelbaugh thus explains this matter in his charge
to the Grand Jury:
81 was informed that there was no prison here,
and those troops were sent by the commanding
general at my request to take care of the prisoners
now in custody, and not to interfere with any one
They are here to take of and preserve the
peace. If prisoners are brought they will be taken
care Of and the whole authority of the troops is to
detaln those persons in custody that may be taken
prisoners until they called for by the court and
they have no power beyond that"
The Judge, in his charge to the Grand Jury, re-
lers To the fact that attempts had been made to
destroy the Court and its usefulness and even to
bring the Jurors into disrepute. He speaks of the
large amount of crime in the Territory, and men
tons that no person has been brought to punish
ment for two years. He enumerates 4 number of
outrages and murders alleged to have been commit
ted by Indians, but which, he intimates were the
work of the Mormons themselves. The charge is
miserably reported, but we venture to give an ex-
tract
| may mention the Mountain Meadow murder,
where a whole train was cut off except few chill
dren who were too young to give evidence in Court.
1t has been claimed that this offence was committed
by Indians, but there is evidence that there were
others who were engaged in it besides
When the Indians commit crimes they are not so
discriminate as to save children; they would not be
so particular to save the children and kill the
rest. | say you may look at all the crimes that
have been committed in the Western country by
the Indians, and there is where they have
been so careful as to the innocent children!
But if this be not enough, We have evidence to
prove that there were others there engaged in it.
large body of persons leaving Cedar City,
armed, and after getting away were organized, and
went and returned with the spoil. Now there are
persons who know that there were others engaged
in the crime; brought young man with me who
saw persons 60 out in wagons, with arms, others on
horseback We're away day or two, and came back
with the SPOIL The Indians complain that in the
distribution of the property they did not get their
share; they to think that the parties engaged
with them kept the best and gave them the worst.
The chief there (Kanosh) is equally amenabe to
law and liable to be punished l suppose it is
well known that lie was engaged in assisting to ex-
terminate the hundred persons that were in that
train. might name to you persons that were
there; great number of them have had named to
me. And yet, notwithstanding this crime has been
committed, there has been effort made to puns h
those individuals. | say then, gentlemen it is your
duty to look after that, and if it is fact that they
have been guilty of that offence, indct them