Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-21

SomoWbet ~ 'Sp6'" r.
Of the newly chosen prophet, Joseph
smith, Jr., and all the faithful Mormons
= this section Of the country settling
in and About the city of Council Bluffs,
and making the same the NewJerusalem
of the schismatic Mormons. 1t seems
that . Mr.. Turley, Mormon resident OF
Council Bluffs, attended the late Install
alton of the young prophet in Illinois,
and used his influence to get young
Smith to locate himself at the Bluffs.
At first Smith was not entirely clear as
to whether it was his duty to select
that locstion-as yet he had not re-
ceived any revelation or signs on the
subject. Marshal goes back to the Bluffs
in hot haste, and goes among the Nor
mon brethren, Of whom thore are a
goodly number in and about that city,
and his cry Of sPrepare We the way,
for the prophet cometh-give unto him
of your lands, your corner lots, and OF
your gold and silver, for here in Council
Bluffs he will build New Jerusalem,
and the building thereof will make me
and you rch," was both long and loud,
and all the people shouted" Amen;;" and
straightway Turley took up subscrip-
ton Of lands and valuables, amounting
to the sum of s3O,0OO-to be sign to
the prophet that the place had been
pointed out to him.
1t is probable that the "sign" will be
seen and accepted. And it may be that
within very few months very large
colony Of Mormons will congtegate in
and about that place. The Bugle in
speaking of the chances Of such a con-
summation does not favor the idea at
all. It says, and wisely too, we think,
that while it would make no "distinc-
ton between white men, OIL account OF
the place Of their birth, or the religion
which they profess; yet we would re-
gard it as the greatest calamity that
could befall this city, to have major
ity of its citizens ruled by the leader Of
any religious denomination"
The Bugle does not desire such an
augmentation of citizens, and is con-
vinced that tho most prosperous and
happy communities are those which
are nearly equally divided on religious
questions.
We are inclined to believe that Coun-
Gil Bluffs il much better off without any
such acquisition, and though the form
of Mormonism Of which young Smith
10 the leader is different from that Of
Utah in many respects, yet We have no
confidence and should not like to see its
votaries swarming about here, or at any
point in the State.
Blood and Thunder..Nix K0mm 'Raus
If the old saying that "he who fights
and runs away may live to fight another
day" be true, and we gravely reckon" it
is, then how much better the condition
Of the Hon. Roger A. Pryor, who fought
not and consequently had no occasion to
use his heels in putting distance between
his vulnerable body and that of the
man whose choice Of weapons for san
culinary and perhaps mortal combat was
the blood-thirsty bowie knife. We
would not like to be understood as say
ing or even intimatiug that in case Pryor
had fought Potter, that he pryor
would have run away" but We do claim,
nevertheless, and upon this point We wish
to be thoroughly Understood, that mas
much a. he Pryor saw fit not to fight
and moreover, did not fight, it can
never be flung into his teeth nor yet in
to the teeth of his "heirs or assigns"
that he did run away or make any
attempt to do SO on the occasion Of
fight which never has, and in ell human
probility never will, come off.
If we have made ourselves under
stood-if We have succeeded in making
this point perfectly clear as mud then
we consider that we have achieved an
object which in its proportions is fully
equal to the results Of the late proposed
duel-achieved ali that we intended to
at the outset; and, without egotism,
claim that we have rendered an import
ant service to the entire human family.
as well as members of Congress and 9th
er members of the Prize Ring. In re.
gard to Pryor it will be SCENT has
been seeu-that he is not fighting man
especially, very much especialIy-in
this particular instance. The matter
has been squelched-is mac komns 'ra,ss.
VERY REFREsHISG.-The Keokuk
Gate Gty claims that Luther S. Dixon,
the late elected Judge in Wisconsin, is a
Republican, and crows Justify over the
defeat Of the Democracy. We would
recommend that the editor of that paner