New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-16

n s..5Da e, Fisisu All is, 1866
i From Utah
We find IN the omaha Nebrassian tetttr 1880
J to distinguished gentleman Of tie Territory =
adds that the writer b an " intefligent gentleman
Of high standing ard an officer in the United sa<es
! Army
It contains details of social lifc ID Utah 81 H.
most sickening character, and. what il more, 1sv
, are true.
The letter is dated Great Salt Lake City, January
5, Is6o. The letter was private one and not In
tended for publication. The writer il At fault IN
only one instance, ID estimating NE population III
i Utah at only 10000, unless, he probably does,
he excludes the Carson Valley region, which d now
endeayoring to cut itself loose from Utah, and has
already been organized AZ 4 Territory, under The
title Of Nevada.
4 We subjoin the following extracts
ALI Offices, from Brigham Young, who claims to
| be the Vicegerent Of God. on earth down to the
as they are capable Some Offices they have not
4 the requirements To fill; for example, the number
Of clerks connected with the financial departments
# { The Church : ne banking departmsnts :, q
i Church, ETC., etc. In these latter, Engishmen,
wha have either escaped from or served their time
in prisons in Europe for yarious osenses, IN the
mediaera-Iear circles Of lfe, are placed. This
4 Legislature is now III session, and performs III
functions under the English Coat Of Arms, with an
Englishnan as Speaker, an EHglishman az Clerk,
an EngiishInan as Sergeant-Arms and an English
i man as Chaplain. There Is no civil government
here. outside Of 1.-THE Chnrch.s, Il Il the alpha
and omega in all cases of law and equity. 1t cr-
dams and executes its trainers are supreme, and
combines the power of filthy ueTeH Witha1 It's
fund now reaches the enormous amount Of fire
millions of dollars, all Of which is the control Of
the Vicegerent Brigham
Y The money is mostly on deposit about al fol-
lows IN New York city, 500 900 ID other parts
OF the United States, about s2DO089 !; in London,
81 600 COO in Liverpool, $500 900, and the balance
and other portions Of Europe Now, tie pr0fsssed
objects Of these Mormons In assembling ouf here
are to enjoy their religion their real object s and
was from the beginning to plumber, rob- murder,
, and baser passions Of corrupt nature. We, who
have studiously studied their daily walks examine
ed their Legislative grants, their Church crceds,
and practses, their secret and terrible executions
their midnight assassins, and the aHsecedenta and
character of their leaders, strikers and assistan9
know this to be true You IN the States, living
under reasonable laws Of restraints, enacted and
acquieseed in, by the popular voice. think the par
tiai revelations have made are too Iuonatrons to
believe. Several Of the old members DIX the once
famous band Of robbers, under the leader Of John
Murrel, known in history as the land Pirates Of the
West are now in Utah. aud are the fearful and mid
night executioners of the will and behest Of g The
1 Church. 49,
4Tbe Church y mas ordered and executed two
v hundred and sixteen murders within THE sound DIT
e cannon Of this city since the LIST of March 1887
!" The Church y has ordered and executed the mur-
der Of seven hundred and eight emigrants passing
from the East to California since 1850. :. The
d Church accumulated by the operation one mil
lion two hundred thousand dollars worth Of money,
n goods and live stock. Z The Church Y ordered,
and its Bishops and strikers executed the dreadful
massacre at Mountain Meadows, two hundred miles
south of this, of one hundred and sixteen emf
4 grants on their way from Arkansas to California.
q The Church y ordered and executed the massacre
/ NIL at IuV layid frt.
gust, one hundred miles north of this, in which
many lost their lives, among whom were Mr. Milti-
mere, Mrs. Miltimere, and three daughters and two
sons, that making Their escape, one daughter and
three sons, ranging from eleven to eighteen years
of age the survivors were living the charity of
the army at Camp Floyd, and On that of the Chief
II Justice, Judge Eekels.
, aThe Church robbed and plundered e1nigrants
of large numbers Of cattle the past summer within
ten miles Of Camp Floyd, by running their cattle
off ct night while in camp and coneeaiing them for
several days in the rayines and mountains I'LL the
owners had to give up searching for them and go
their winding way, The cattle, mules q horses
were then quietly driven in the s Church Herd. 9
which delectdbte herd now numbers its thousands
: of cattle. The plant tools who execute this work
y is composed of what known as Danites y or
d the Herds of Dan, or, as " The Destroying Ang-
IL els' headed and commanded by tried and chosen
z leaders, and numbering at present about six hun
dred and forty rank and file. They have lately had
la some private trouble in their ranks.
Tie private trouble referred to relates to the
l. and which in correspondence heretofore publish
ed the conduct of theiatter was justified. Although
expressed no dissent at the time, in relation to
the views of the author and the course pursued by
the present editor Of the F1est 7das yet we have
never entertained doubt bnt that the Church was
an instigator Of this scheme. Bill Hickman, with
all his faults, is not the worst DANTE il Utah, and
moreover, he Jotcs too much, and it ia policy to
get him out of the way.
In referring to this matter, the writer says:
Their long tried and favorte leader, s Bill Hick-
man, appearing to be not SO jealous in plumber
/ ing for the Church Of the Lord was placed under
Gentle merchants in this city had all their animals
stolen, the night of the 18th of December last
!, Hickman, on learning it, ordered them brought
back, which was done in eight hours. But in eight
hours more poor Hickman suffered the penalty OF
T The Church" being assassinated in tie street,
and badly shot in the abdomen and thigh.
In regard to the social condition of Utah-their
domestic relations the correspondent adds:
Ihave not mentioned the factthat z The Church i
requires BY its creed, revelations and teachings
polygamy and incest. / have not mentioned the
fact that uncle and niece married, cohabit and
breed children; nor that half-brother and sister
stepfather and daughter do the same neither the
fact that widow, with all her daughters, by de.
ceased man, are married to the same man and
breed children by him. / have omitted to detail
the extent and character Of this incest and brutal
ity first for want q time, and lastly. because yos
friend is imposing on my creduiity.n I say, mi
dear sir that You would not believe the truth weri
to tell it to you, and therefore say unto thee
come hither and see and then examine thine owl
eyes and understanding. Our wives and children
in the East do not believe when we tell them TIL
!, trutha The Government don't want to believe th
whole truth; the American people can't believe Il
So mote i be-. Nevertheless, the day will com
Y, when the United States will blush as a nation d
the fostering fsl gosrn ulcer that Utah is destined
TO become in the body polite, in the social fani
J and domestic circle.
J = <,-------
A CouNT IN TRouBLE.- the Washington State.
Of the 10th we find the following
Yesterday afternoon an Austrian or Hungarian
gentleman, who has been in the city for severa
weeks, and whose name is given as Victor Emanuel
Count de Saza, was conveyed before Justice Dom
by officer King, who had arrested his Gountship OF
warrant issued on the complaint of the proprie,
tors Of the Lafayette House, who charge him with
false pretenses and forgery. After an examination
II Of the case the magistrate required him to give
n bail for further examination to take place to.
10 morrow, and in default, he was conveyed to jail.
d He had been on very intimate and friendly terms
with both parties until within the last few days,
escorting the lady and riding and walking with her
! husband.
= His appearance on the avenue invariably drew
> attention, owing to his somew hat martial appear
ance his riding WIlip. gloves and iiuginG SPURS,