The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-04-27
MOUNTAI NEER.
CHEAT slITukt tlTYt
sATURDAE APRIL p, 1861.
CORRESPONDENCE ---.r FR0M
UTAH

IS 40 4tf' ,f4..ra4 UIAHsD t;sA .g,3.
UNpKn the above titles We find among
our exchanges Two communications. bear
Ing dates 81 February 2lst and March
lth. The former appearing in the Eren.
iiar Star wsshington, d. 9. y Of March
Goth; the latter In the Paimyra cosrier,
No, ofthe slst nltimo.
Al truly technical regard 10 our self
respect Il frtt suggested that II not the
papers the correspondence was BY far too
contemplate 70 be noticed. Upon further
reflection We thought itnot very improper
7 to give 70 onr reedcrs j glimpse Of the
scandal scattered abroad and Of the char.
aeters a those who fawn GROUND them to
suck their blood. The more ready are
We TO Do %, - We arc well aware who
are the brilliant authors 81 the two de-
licious Istters referred 10; OF 81 least who
the dietaesr, and who the amanuensis; for
Il b evidenk both letters can claim bu,
one oriein- II 4. III Y, 4. IA. n.
To the one u the latter dats wewill
take the liberty 81 arst calling attention
The correspondent In this letter, after I'D
mitting that be went 10 what should b,
considered everywhere sacred as 4 place
pf public worship, Tor the sole purpose d
measuring o. contemplating the kinds
sorts. and sizes Of people, and not Il
hear what might b said from the pulpit
and pass candid opinion ihercupon. goci
On tccriticise the nationality or the con
gregation Knowing as We do the char
setter offhe writer together with Ills nm
fortunate friend. We cannot be astopishet
ihAt b would pursue such course. lie
eheroas IL bic eli degraded nature; and
Ms morals n ever 10 had any) forever
deeompoted. be abherred. ID an imaginary
mirror, bis contsmpiible self
The remarks made IL this letter are 81
20 coarse and hackneyed . character that
Il would be but waste 81 time to reprint
them. They are mere cuttings from the.
hosry scandals Of . score Of years, bearing
no claim 70 originality, and long since
simmersd down to nOnentity. The great
bug.bear he endeayors 10 give birth 10 Is
Gin hisown words that .'the words OF
Prophet Brigham are received as inspira.I
ton, and strange a. L mny appear, every
command given by him, evento the TAX
ing Of human life, i "a promptly obeyed
= 4 God himself had said such things
floAld be done = FL.
Onthat point We win have no contro-
rersy. Not q whit shall We retract from
oar often expressed sentiments that every
command given BY him would be prompt
y responded 70. And whyi Because we
hare known him long enough to know.
. that he gives no commnnd that Is not In
! tended TO benefit bio fellow man, be he
Jew, Greek, or Barbarian. Many indeed
might murHur. even among Utahltes, that
10 this respect he rather run contra TO
their feelings 10 times Of insult and the
yilest sggraEaticn. by saying: Spare
them Jet . little longer; they know not
what they do ..; II
Mr.. Morping goien,on-tkc Piaszd seems
10 hare selected some; one NAMED Alma
rim Grow {who is q lawyer. and has been
one of their principal travelling mission
aries in foreign lands as the hero Of his
tragic epistIe. The former and present
character Of this Grow are such as 10
mike Il q Humiliation 10 mention his
name. We should not do so but that in
orr professional capacity We would eorn.
Gel the formation Of a copartnprship be-.
tween himself and the AMERICAN CIT.
1Ks,D who writes to the Courier, scondi.
toned, however. that Grow shall be the
senior partner. on account of superiority
Of what We will IN charity allow to be
called brainsi ,s..s~ ~
Not for the enlightenment but for the
amusement Of our readers We will quote
further from our "ANRRlcAS CIrIzES:':
The reference 10 the man, Grow, caus.
edssR immense sxcilsment, and although
Grow stated To Young that he, Grow,
was IN knglaRd preaching for two years,
before the United States Army came
here ARd was taken prisoner by tle army
on his return here md could not have
caused the army 10 be sent here, the ex-
citemeut accumulated into q whirlMind.
aud Grow Is to day Monday missing.
whether be has fed or is murdered is now
q question, knew him well. He has
told me before this, that they have plot.
teh his destruction from some cause mn
known 10 him, He is o man Of perLaps
thirty i've years, very mild and meek Ia
bis detneanOr and q very fluent sneaker
~ " IS said they ordered him TO pull All his
his own teeth out within the past year
which be did, they then required him 10
cat on his wife's hair, which was, very
black and curly, and was greatly admired
hy him. This he also did. They then
said ne was crazy and took his wife and
Two children from him, and have conceal.
ed them, be knows not where
Were the character Of the correspOn
dsat - well known to others who kaow
him not. as TO those who have but a short