, 1863-05-11
OUR UTAH CORRESPONDENCE,
4 Mormon Grand Jury Present
GOV. Harding as Ia DAN
gerous Man." &C.
They also Present Gen. Conner,s Com
mand as "a Nuisance"
The Mormons Set a Trap for the
Governor.---A. Whited Sep
uloher Dressed in
Crinoline,"
LFrom Our Own Correspondent

A%HA ~AA R"4AI4+Lfl
GnEAT SALT LAKE GIFT, Q. TIL
April Is, 1868. J
The latest sensation In Mormondom il the
action Of the Grand Jury in and for the Third
Judicial District Of Utah Territory, In max
ing presentment Of His Exccllency Gov. Har-
ding, ''as not only dangerous man, but also
as one unworthy the confidence and respect
ofa free md enlightened people,"
On Mondny, the 18th inst, as .fnale to
their action, the Grand Jury came into Court,
and presented two papers to the Judge, which
their foreman requested to hare read by the
Clerk in open Court, to which Judge Kinney
asscnted, and ordered them spread upon the
records Of the Court
The first was Ii presentment Of Gen. Con-
nor's command 1t Camp Douglas as nui-
sance, by charging md alleging that. they
made use Of and defllcd the waters Of certain
Red Butle creek, to the great injury and dam
age of some three thousand Of the Inhabitants
Of Salt Lake City, who hitherto had used said
waters for ''irrtgating, drinking and culinary
purposes"
The other document WAS, as before stated,
presentment Of Gov. Harding, and WAS from
e',s :, .zs;'.a.n-oaa..1.;ss ~. ~
A"'sei1oooe s.!o Al1s4epA ASesuI'ston'' s1'o
you some Of the more salient points.
Speaking Of the reto power, they say:
tia aancc,ou. mower when p1.crd in III, handx
OF Wicked. corrupt. OF even i1aprudent man. The
presumption Of ian is, (thoush very violent one
when applied TO tho present Executive Of Gtah,)
that this power will only be resorted TO IN extreme
cases, and never for the purpose Of gratifying ca
p ,t;,1,nn' m ,T na ho3.ao1 ia1iatptnn q IL
the imncratiTr dnt1 ~ thr :nyrnor IL i've ii. a.n
ction to tic laws pissed when ,ho fefuses to do
thie and when he assigns no reasons for withhold
Ing his signature, but with nnn,an.y, stealth poe
kste the aee ol solemn ano F1tal ne oe
comes ] mare tyEa1t, an e;i;emy to G'il go1e;n-
nent, rs aegtaaes n's M n,sm Hosaoh amu
tne .o'ef"t'oh o' u ''co aau en'''nieneu psop1e:
They linen enu1nerate several acts Which
we're passed oGt dld not receive Executive ap'
"rhes, acts and many others, including the Ter
ritoriai Annropriation biI. wsre thfuet into The
let Of Tie Gosenor, without bis Excciency cTen
defining to descend from the iofiy pinnScis Of ex
ec,Giye irnity tn communicate tic reasons fn tI,n
~ hrr rnd III = E1ccn,ixe thvarti3s ieaisiat;nn
destjtnte even Of thc usunl courtesy Of f.tnruin1
TIC biIls with tic reasons for Withholding lis si:
na.u1e M.
Next, felerrlng 10 INC !a1e pardon granted
oy Tue governor 10 the MofflslleS' they say :
But VIC will disnies this part Of our present
$-es fAAc' ~ %sto-
5ner po"ef con1sfrea upom ING Goxesnof oy inc
~ nanrrce9entcd n e1ecmtite ;a.
torr. We refer 10 tx nartIoninT noWcT 4''0'
,Tb,, +hon n,.ar ;nto . rao;ta1 ~ +to o,,oooa
-,aiat;o,, - 1.w h. 4ba Werr;s;ta. ~ 't tta;s
r.et tH;.1 ~ a,a "onyc,;o,, @ "a saH tHeif IL
Ae1.' 3D.. '.N 49, n.u.<a. n.u w. s .,N.ns sAU s
but 1ne 1oserno., s!otnea NJ Wlta tne paraonins
10 rcbcls against tie law. Hc sanctions and sus-
tains Their rebellion and. bT pardonine them. nro
claims to the world that they have acted rightly,
wisely and lawfully. Punishment becomes mock.
on1 to
but but in ns1 nams, " e' 4''' AD' p''p'A '''''
the ThId ucal D1tret o1 ihs TerrtaTy 'o5 Of
| Utah, pTescnt Lis '.ExccIlency'' Stephen S. Hard
| inn Gnyernor Of I7tah. "a Wc ,you11 an unsafe
lives Of ~ who pass over it. 9. we would pes.
fiferous ccespool IN our District breeding disease
an1 dsath. I.
roocc ari 6,nsnrrity of +iia Ter-,Grv. rcf,.;n"
A. he has kis assent to wholesome and ,ccled les;
izlaton treating nearly al! the Legislative acia
with contumc1y; and last Of alt, as tho crown.ng
triumph Of his inelorious career, turning loose
aRon; she community large numocr Of convicted
e1'm'nals. -.
As to the charges against Governor Harding
in the presentmsnt BY the Grand Jury, il is
| enough to say that they arc taise as mnllcc
and determination on their part to 1nisrepre'
sent his conduct can make them.
It Is true that when he first came here Coy
Harding entertained none but tho most friend
y feeling toward them, believing thar, as {
peop!e, IN many instances IN 1helr early MIS-
tfJ toaJ my lna5 ,,tt N.Y. oseh Wlongeu; ou! ~
.rh;c,, cnnt role thn;r ,n';"1 !. td - ~
Ge eontross ~ .S ,,nt po1 IL % ~ as uue 70 ~ M
ecl, ~ ~ ens o ta tha tth ~ u ;aat ~
~, 49,. ~ .tre,,.or T. =; ,t;aa. ~ ,1aa - - J;i;'t M
t%or 4; 4h,t n,,a ns m 49,, ~
da,,arnt;,,T1n-@, thot 1;,,a - Int', ,,a1. J..
ea1,,,. G.taen.;naa ~ n,,os,,e aa', "I ,,an ~
| ecSAS uIeI4WlAIa ~ Pa4eue as cteFy AA