The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-07


reveiIls, and ID 10 va III sIpccdk -taIlt "
che .taps
me enrekrsof d No IN !. EcIiels, sinre
81 htAt pItched his ttHt ii emp scott,
has been one 81 unproyoked, nnmitignted.
objectionable ana uncensing insults, not
10 the citizens 81 Utah alone, but ID every
honest citizen n the United States. En-
sconced behind tie batteries 81 the army,
his first step was 70 tall around him snsh
convenient individuals as would consent
70 perjnrc tllcinselvrs, and diEnifying them
with the title 81 4 grand jury, indict
through them score Or more and s'sixty
Others 81 the best and most loyal citizens
Iof Utah. pardon our mOdesty! one of is
was On the lat. Himself III the warm
real 81 his patriotism noted IN the treble
capacity of judge, prosecutor and witness
10 the better feelings Of tho Territorial
Executive, and the calm good Judgment
of Col Johnston. may Be II ameasurs az
[tribdted the war,ling on feucouhter,
perhaps, d bloody and q desperate one,
THAT EekeIs struggled and perspired 10
urge uponEthe army and our citizens. He
issued bis writs upon indictments Of bis
own dictation, prepared tie regnisiticn
for the power 81 tie army. and laughed
at tlic anticipated Slaughter. What q
picture Tor nm artist be mhst have been
inst tlisn; bis rycIiIs batting over his III
ItIe wandering eyes; thcIafboard side Oi his
lpIebeianlips compressed. 70 give the better
chance for his venom 10 hiss ont on the
lee; with all The etcetera coneomitants Pc
culiar 70 himself for 4 back. ground How
he gIoated on the prospect II ropes IN
nulnerable. and scaffoIds III the score. and
the pre,doomcd victims with which be
would adorn them.
The arrival of the Peace Commission
iers. and the Presidential Amnesty, broke
the spell of The bloody dream. md rope,
galIows. and imagined victims vanished
at once and together into noncntity.
Yet was not his honor entirely dis
couragcd. Ills farorite schemes for
wholesale butebcry, general hanging, and
|pronniscaoas ravislment were frustrated.
hut though the 'honorsr were against
him, he lad yet, lie supposed, q trump
and an ace III his hand, and resolved to
plny desperately for tie lsodd trick.
DISAPPOINTED ii securing FOR in,n,oIatIon
The victims Il his choice and defeated II
his attempts 10 stranale honesty and Vim
tue On the ralIows. IL taeks abont and
tries another point 81 compass. Heading
! parade 81 apostatcs. iit synlpathizers
with him n his cIagriu. he steers back 10
the east. hopine 10 gather materials for
another and i iiereer storm. His last
ace il tralnpcsl at the cnnital: and back
10 Utah he returns To test II, despair the
! virtue 81 his sole remaining card.
T n i,,oc.,. m, l,,,al Il. honor ,l,ad.
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ran.,,.,, ,..,.,.,..l IL l,,.. $4,000 VI, A.
N. r.,,,,,, 80 g ,, ~ !. con,;r,e,l
mr,,I,.reys - ,,,cst him finn; ,,,e inf
,,en.,,v e Il. ,a,' a,,Il .ena him ahroad
/ fogil;.e and 8 vagab,pd a,nopp men.
lstaiped NTH The unutope,I- ror blood a n.
j frlIou-,a,.r TWO thieves Il C,c,la,
4 County next share his liberatinc patron
lage, and 10 abroad under the protecting
i mris 81 his sacred crmine 10 follow ii
.ltheir prcy And now this week our war
B aen Z relieved through his kindly inter