Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-10-02
Utah and the MOrmons.

Utah and the Mormons.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati En-
Iquirer writes as follows respecting the Nor
] mons:
t have been agreeably SURPRISED At IA
appearance of Salt Lake City and the de
pertinent ofits inhabitants. 10 the State
we are taught to believe that all Mormon
are thieves. knaves or assassins. Such,
find, is not the case The people, three
:ourtbs English Scotch and Welsh, with al
Eoccasional sprinking of bastard American
are Honest, thrifty and industr ious, but ig
nogant. I haze never been ip . town o
equal magnitude where such universal or,
I der. prevails, Every one appears to have
business, and attends to it without annoy.
ling his ncighbors. I have seen no loafers.
and find that there is not single whisky
or drinking saloon in the city. One es-
tablishment is licensed to wholesale ardent
spirits, bnt none is drank on the premises
| W oman promenade the streets after night
unescorted. and without fear of molesta-
ton. These things certainly are credita
BILE. When man is caught stealing he is
summarily dealt with. An Intelligent .citi-
zen informed me that for number Of years
| after the settlement of the Valley, Salt
Lake City was infested by band Of des-
peradoes, who murdered and pillaged in
Discriminatory. but that they have long
since been killed or driven off by the pea
\ Ia hoh kc h,,t
little field here for the operations Of sharper.
and I advise all indolent persons 70 remain
in the States, where poor-kolses are plen-
tiful. p, 1,s
but little think, however, that barring
their great hobby Of polygamy, the funda-
Mental principles are good. although SUR
rounded by tissue Of priestly hocus pocus,
intended 70, deceive and awe the ignorant
and superstitiops. Every pan has as many
wives as, he can support, and Judging by
tie juvenile population, all are prolific. !
sincerely pity poor fellow who is afflicted
with more than one. however, if those that
| have encountered are . fsir simple Of
mormon beauty. The only, ppassably fair
women that [ have seen are inmates Of
Brigbam's, hsrein While driving out,
some few days ssllnaccss o47errhaualed the mod
ern Solomon, who was going into the coun.
try on bender, in company with num-
Der Of his concubines. The carriages,
each drawn by four fine horses, are accom-
panied by outriders and baggage wagons,
formed train half mile long. | had 9
| fair view of the stock-horses and women
The former were magnificent animals; the
latter from fair to middling.
1Some were fair and some were plain,
And some were frightfully on the wane.
| noticed in the party women of forty
and girls Of twelve or fourteen. have in
vain endeavored to ascertain the number oil
Brigham's wives, but no one here knows.
doubt if the old sinner himself can tell.
Men frequently marry sisters. The popu-
lation, with but few exceptions, consists Of
unnaturalized foreigners, who acknowledge
no allegiance to the government Of the
land in which they live. and evidently look
upon representatives Of the Union as ene-
mics, although they deal honestly with
travellers. A regiment Of United States
soldiers is posted on hill comlnapding the
town, and holds the ''sword Of Damocles'
suspended over the heads of evil-doerS.
Failure fthe Yankee Draft. ).
The New York World of the 18th says:
TIE draft has proved failure. OF that
there can be no sort Of, doubt. 10. raise
800, 900 men 100000 were coDscripted,
and Of these less than 60, 900 will find their
way into the army. either in person or BY
proxy. There was. no attempt at open re.
sistance to the draft except in this city and
Boston, but there was unanimous deter.
mination among all classes Of citizens to in
every way evade the provisions of the law.
This was manifested even more earnestly
I'D StraHg administration States like Massa-
cbusetts than in localities where the opposi.
ton are very much stronger in numbers
The city of New York, for instance, not.
w;thstanding the heavy list Of exemptions
on account of alienge, will send many more
men to the field in proportion to the mum.
Der drafted than any Of the New England
States. This, however. is due to the Su-
pervisor' S substitute fund.
| we Will uUt uUW uiSCuSS tH0 PuAAoooPuy
Of this unanimous determination to nullify
the conscript law Il is enough that it is 9
fact that there has been no public sentiment
strong enough even to shame the most siren
uous advocates Of the administration aud its
nfhAeaSufeS Tito loyalty taking upon them.
| selves the burdens Of the conscription.-
It was universally shirked. and by none
more openly and shamelessly than those who
denounced all who doubted the wisdom 81
such an enactment.
But the question comes up, how is the
administration to ell its armies? t wants
men-eesrftainly not less than $50. 900 more
thar TIE draft las realized. To another
daft there are many and serious objections
Il would be submitted to, Of course; but il
would naturally be looked upon as a great
! Hardship, and would excite serious discon-
tent. Townships and private circles have
been severely tasked to relieye conscripts,
and another conscription would be regarded
as intolerable.
jackson.
We have just returned from visit !. e
this much abused city, and were pleased te
find its people surviving the innumerable
SANDERS which have been, circulated con-
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