, 1859-01-07

paay, he Gsnsrl Assembly should be careful
.o oxseoueca MAs not only HOW, but In all future
VIZ, 20 long q that company hzs corporate
Pofaou OF ths taxable resources of the Et4to
NM! ne under it, 'ooatrol and ownership, aud
notnlng could be more dangerous and suicidal to
no lasore intereats of the people of the State,
unoes Suggestion ns however speciou9 they may
taoM o sppfst Tor tho Staso to surrender to thia
IT my ~oshef eofporaton,- tho Rreat constitu.-
uona privilege Of taxing its property seeotdlng
10 III Falae- JEssE E DoBcs,
Auditor Public Accounts.
UTAH AND TIE MoRMoNs.
Troubles between s.ilts md eent1,es, 1t.
fo's'0ndtBss sss: Fl ,se;p e; u ?'5ss ss7 J. ,.
It Ia currently reported u camp, and on What
aPpeara to Be good authorisy, that Briehsm
Young has positively and peremptorily refused
- OBEY the SUMMONS to appear before the Dis
tslet Court, except npon condition that Gov.
SanuluG shall furnish him sufficient etcort to
protect biz sacred person from harm. Accord
inK to the accounts We hare in camp, Marshal
Dodson and hia Deputy have Ind the door Of
inc Lion House shut in their taeea three several
nnsa- As Jet no requisition for military aid
has been made on Gen. Johnaton. One thing.
think, may Be assumed as pretty certain. and
tnat ls, that Cor. Cumming will never call upon
ne military for aid to enforce the laws In This
Iert1tory az long AZ he can, according to his
own conceptions Of proprietv aud otlcial duty,
sv9ld ~ 10 doing ao- Whatever view may be taken
OF Utah matters at Warrington, it il certain
that among al the Genties here, whether in the
military service or not, it would be difficult to
md half q dozen who do not consider that
Coy. Cumming ID disposed to take entirely too
!enlent and charitable view Of the political Of
tencea and social enormities which hare charac-
terlzed thu Mormon community Of late yearx.
oar camp was thrown into quite state of ex-
clsement, night before last, By q report, since
iullJ Vetlhed, that one officer of the army had
been shot in Salt Lake City, On Monday night
last. aud smother frs. knocked down by = blad-
geon, and then carried to Jail By the Mormon
police The circumstances appear to be these:
Lieut. Saunders, OF the I'd Dra9oons, was ope of
tue officers attached to the command sent sons
time since in the direction Of the Humboldt, to
look after certain bands of the Indians who. it
had been reported. had attacked and annoyed
tho California mail party. While On this expe-
dltion. Lieut.. Saunders was taken very ill ot the
typhoid fever, and on the return OF the com
mand it was found necessary to Leave him in
SAT- Lake City, under the medical care OF A.
that purpose.
Ga the evening of last Monday. Dr.. Corey,
who ia known to be one Of the mildes. and qni.
etest gentlemen in the service, and Lieut.. Sauu.
ders, who has recently recently risen from bis
Eck bed, were at or in the vicinity of the store
Of heasta. Livingston, hinkead Il Co., in CO :
psnY with Mr. hinkead OF that firm. The party
were laughing, talking and enjoying themselves,
"hen policeman stepped up and told them they
weze making too much noise, aud must quit il,
To this hi. hinkead made some reply, which
drew forth an insulting retort from tie guardian
OF the night, Nhereupon the latter was knocked
down BY Ar. ktnkead. 4 melee easued, seve-
raj other policemen coming up on the instant,
and some sixteen or seventeen shots were fred
". Corey Was slightly wounded in the arm, aud
HT. Saunders was Knocked down with blud-
geon, and then carried of to jHil. Fortunately
ios the asaai'ants. neither gentleman was armed
Lieus saunders u q powerful man, and one
whom should think could not often he knocked
down With impnni.y. But the typhoid fever is
no. exactly the thing to prepare q man for
"travelinE on his mnscle'' through q crowd
Of assalants armed With bludgeona and ak
shooter1-
A few nights ago, whi1e Vim. uohaou. H. 8.
Marshall. and Ar. Hartnett. Secretary OF State.
were walking after dark on one Of the most puh
NC streets OF the city. pistol ball whistled BIZ
them, tired, it il supposed, by one of the poliee,
In the preseut state Of affairs. should not be
surprised at any moment to hear of blood
the city.
l know Of nothing that displays in more
striking light the brutlAhness Of the Mormon
character than circumstance have heard in
connection with the recent catting of from tie
~ ~SAatA~A a0l0 AALAue[ VI lH6 HGME0s
AoEhere else, | venture to say, on the Continent
OF North America, are white women 10 be seen
working like slaves, baretooted, iu the field.
1t ls notorious to all here thst large numbers
OF the Mormon women are in state of great
want and destitution, and that their husbands
do not pretend 10 provide them even with the
necessaries Of life. The Gentle merchants Of
Salt Lake CitT gave employment in the wsy of
needleWork to considerable number OF these
poor women, thus enabling them to earn do
cent support for themselves and children.
have been assured by d lady, who has her
self been excommuu;cated, that every female in
Salt Lake City who took in sewing from the
Geutile merchants hns bsen cut Of from the
Church. Nearly every Norman woman obout
Cur camp has shared the saue fate.
Brigham Young and his confederates know
full we'll that his system cannot continue to
thrike or to exist except By being isolated, and
thu nJth.ng like free or general intercourse
between his people and the army would tend
directly and powerfully toward the overthrow
Of the most objectionable features Of Mormou-
nm: Hence no pains are spared, by \ system
ofthorough and searching espionage, By an e1-
tensiye and ubiquitous police organization, by
anathemas and accommodations from his con.
venticles, to prevent aavsh,pg like free asso-
citation Of bis people, especially Of the female
portion, with the Geu.lles now in Utsh. think
i 10 much to % regretted that the policy of our
Government officials here has from the first
views aud play into hia hands n th;a ,1at,sr
The troops have been kent "a far avav f-nn, r.
uasses OF the Mormon nnnu1nt;on =. nrae,;e.his
sud the intercourse between the a-pv ~ ~.
population Of the Territory has BEEN of the most
limited character
Qaxr F1ofn L. T. nrce,,hera TX,
Brigham Young haa nat vrt an,a.rsa l.,
Court, nor ha, t6e M.,sh.i .o 5sr appssfeb -. ~
been able to learn, yet succeeded in serving =
ssna upoa u'4. ~ appears 70 oe generally
onoels1o9a now: however, upon What grounds |
nave not n:en aole 70 ascertain, that whenever
II Is intmated to him that his presence is re- |
qunea, ne WILL appear and take SWAT" His |
at.enasneo WALL oe needed next Nondey, il the |
su11 lot talse imprisonment brought BY Mcneil, |
Mho was put ln jail and in irons for attempting |
9 70 .esTe ;ne alle5 last Hinter Wlthouta pass
pols eoi taoens, McNe'is companion IN mig
loisune, disappeared some two months ago |
cery mys'eEloualy. and MS most. Intimate
tIlenos nefe 90 NOT KNOW what has become OF |
nam.
Is 9As1ng been 1nslnased to Gen Johnston
tnat Judge Sinclair was under the impression |
tnat troops would not be sent into Salt Lake |
ulty except upon a rtquistiou from the Cover
nor, the General addressed letter to the JUDGE
assuring him that troops would be- rent in at
once upon an iutimatioa from the udre h;mse1f
that their presence WIS needed. To provide for
any such contincercy. the horsea befnnoiro n
Phelps light battery. which had Bean turnnd
over to the Quarteruaster and sent tn Rnsh
VALLEY to winter, hare been brought bsct and
Winter has set in hare at 1a.t :, oood ..~r..t