Smyrna times., 1859-07-14
Nj | SCELLAN EOUS.
Cor of the ST. Louis Republican.
t10ra Of tae iI9rm1n Massacre.

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GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, }
Jane 18Th. 1850. {
Since the adjournment OF Court at Provo,
JadEe Grad lehaugh has travelled south through
h's d strict as far as the Santa Clara distance
OF near three hundred aud t!iy miles from here
visiting the scene of the MuuntaIn Meadows
&C. tie says that he did not see a BIsbou
Bishops CO lnSellOr or President on the route
although part 10 inquire for them and re.
ports lhai al! have been non est cOmatiLuS, ex-
cePt the shop OF South Fork. a Danish settle.
Lm@nt some twelve miles sGu.h Of Proyo-this
being the only set lement, to It's credit be il
sald, throughout his Journey, in which he was
not sa uicd with reports at aorrid murders com.
HItted within the last Two years. The iudre
took atiidayits, and Issued warrants for abou,
tixty of the Oifenders-furty in the rla3sacre of
the Mountain Meadows, tcu ia The murder OF
tue Aikens and others, making Ia all from "a
u loO persons that he Els issued for.
lie reports thet more than 50 white men
Wre engaged 70 TIE massacre of h. MOuriain
Meadows; that titer retching p4riwar-eO
miles THE side OF the Santa Ciara-at almost
every camp the hcrdcrs aud soldiers GATHERING
wood, would come across skeletons. some midi.
eating that they had been killed last tall and
Winter by their condition. % such an extent
vas tins that the hert'ers with the n,ond
that Judge Z. accoua puuied, could not he in.
uhced To keep the he fds out al night No6oubl
teamsters ANA discharged soldiers wend NO Their
way 10 CpiitOraia, mast Of " HON no doubt had
been killed by the Indians. in pursuance of the
example set them by their Mormon Il aliirs in the
ouatOlh -dead"w H'n-sacre, and vino they see
"S' 'hPeFtihehdy aud ~th lmpCnty in that
matter
Atrocities too horrible to be related, and
winch seemed To shock The brute savares them
selves, are related by persons who clam to have
been compelled to JON in tnal massacre. The
number of persnns in the train was about one
hundred and torty-sevCutcpn small children
alone are saved. Th" property conhscated
amounting from 36O,U00 to sSU, ,OU0, cnuntinr
tuO cattle, horses and mules, some very fine
SOCK, and forty wagons and carriages The
persona! elects were taken 20 tae tithinr Office
IN Cedar CRY and there sold.
Many OF the oihea stripped from the muir
dFrcd persons were piled IN room in The tis
thing Office, bnd, not sell n r, al " on account
OF beng filled with blood, were allowed to re-.
main IN trat condition until tie room has be.
Come 50 much scented thai 1t is very offensive
70 stay N. Nay ii remain stencil in the nos
triis ot such Saints lpr all time 80 come.
ANA here let NE say, aI II time when Judge
Siau'eOduEh mas Oe"n making eNerY eXerIIOu
To expose these harr:bic tran<actiuus. word has
reached here that he h's been removed, aud the
Mormons are conscqn"niy y rejnicing The last
mail brought certain Instructions to both Gov
Cumming and Gen Johnson, the tenor Of which
Is to place The military. for civil purposes. en-.
iirely al the disposal Of the Governor. The ec
feet OF thus. in my Judgment, will be to pa rally 20
TO greater degree than ever, any efforts upon
Tue part OF tue Judges 10 execute the laws.
mere are now several prisoners in camp
charged "lth h"lnous CT mes committed there
because there was no jail 10 keep them in, nd
he has a!rcldy si@nl6ed, suppose, IN view of
ms instructions, that lie would keep them no
longer. Tue question nov arises, y hat is TO be
done
Large numbers are leayng here. bnt they
are constantly harassed. aud Ulcers appointed
especially to spot them, aud unucr valiuus pre-
fences seek To wrench from them what little
money they have got. The perpetual cmi-
grafton fund " aud " tithing," are the brakers
mat are applied 10 many who are desirous of
leaving,