, 1863-07-04


Dead rides Sit Morten Of FogeIsaug.
K1re Olaf crossed himself and said, !
"IEnow that Odfn The Great IL dead;
Sure fe the triumph Of our Faith.
The 'xlite-hsirrd stranger was his wraith."
Lead rides Sir Morton OF F0 .eisang. |
UTAH CORRESPONDENCE.
An Interesting Habcax Corpus Cakc- |
Ihe Spirit. after Brigham Young
, Dead 1.oafes lfound-Goy. Harding
Suyterbct1ed-A Case
Especial Correspondence Chicago Tribune.1
GREAT SALT LAKE. CITY, June Is, 1868.
Considerable excitement has prevailed in
this city and vicinity III regard to certain
case Of habras corpus, which came before Judge
Drake few weeks since. As 1t involves some
of The s<puints Of difference" between "this
people :" and the rest Of the world. 1t may in-
terest your readers.
In October last, Mrs. McMillen and her two
daughters, by former husband, arrived In
this city. They left Scotland devotees Of the
Mormon faith, and expected to find on their
arrival here, that peace aud purity. which
Mormon missionaries 60 persisteutly preach.
On arriving in the Valley, the family found
difficulty in obtaining the necessaries Of life,
and The old lady, being rather more energetic
than her husband, made application at several
places for employment for herself and dauSh.
tiers. Among others, she applied to an "El.
der In 1e,ae1," and in answer received q
proposition from this charitable parsonage to
take both herself and daughters as tcires, In
addition to several others which he already
"or,.ed." When the woman told him she
hcd husband already, he said, 81 know It,
but If he cannot support you he snot worthy
Of you, and you should marry some one who
can provide Tor you-" Ti1s aroused the in
dsgnation Of the mother, and the delusion in
to which she had fallen about the peace and
happiness, the fullness Of joy which she had
the Holy City, began to give way before this
demonstration Of brotherly lore"
Mrs. McMillen secretly resolvedto preserve
the chastity Of herself and daughters, aud at
the earliest opportunity to leave the country
where such degrading vices were tolerated.
She came to the city to find employment, md
WAS induced to 60 to Camp Douglas, where,
through The kindness of Gen. Connor, she OBJ
49, eoon os The o,d 1.dr hec,me comf,-tah,v
e,tn,+cd she .ndeavore5 tn o.t 1,ar rd,ngh+n,:
The Mormons had worked hard to prejudice
the children against the mother, telling them
lint sbc wax living in state Of omen nro,t1-
tnt;on md wonld sacrifice them also If thev
wont IN her Rnt ,be> cncrp;cs and affection
of the mo.her were not to be overcome in
flat w.v. she nrocceaed to the settlement
and viii, little torce md n ,uotber,s Strata
,.m epccecdcd IN eett,no the vonnrest
doucbter nTav The Mormons had locked
,,o. T., . roo,, far eo,ne time nreriorp h,t
W - =. - 4.4Ns
On tms OCCASION sne was al 1ae taeat7e' ah"
tic mother took her away from her conpan-
ions and bore her off in triumph.
&C. co.uo, w.. ot+,,r ~ , +~,,,, fo-
49, oe .,'e 1ss, .a-es,x -
Ruby Valley, she resolved to avau herself OF
this opportunity to leave the country. Her
a,das+ a,nrhtcr Arres 1,oErv hnd heen left
eloss1 oausn'cl' ASues 1o"t,, Iaq rssp - 49,
al 1he setue"en1 III LUZ IMPLY - 'ouu ~
On the Goth OF April, the mother went 70 1ne
house Of John Pack, and to her surprise
or,a III ot her dauphter xns not there. she
49, ~, -. * a.. 80.
mad gone 10 "a1o race =, eoa u 'ne lofmef.
She then went to Wa:d's, and from the con-
yersation perceived that her daughter's mind
taa n hasn r,re5na;cca ac,;nst hcr she how-
ever, warned her against polygamy, and re-
cciyed ASSURANCE from her that she would
.,-,.., .o,,,+o.,o,,o ~ o,,br,,o;+ Tin na+h-
ne'e' eouu'eAuuse ~ 'Anpt"e ~ eu0 tao@u
er then lett and returned to Camp Douglas.
The expedition to Ruby would move on tho
ftb If Nav and m tbc o7th of Anr;l. aceom.
~ .-s.- ~. rre,F:,,s-
panied W 1our persons, mrs. McAu1en went
again to the house OF Ward Pack, and en-
drayored to obtain her daughter. Agnes came
49, ~ 49, $50 .,,a IN. 17o+,ar o,e,,,aa N.
W. y. a0 no.oo "N1 ~ e.os4 4s>M--.s ~
right 10 take her away sne tn1ew ner @rms
around Agnes and drew her towards the gate,
came out, threw both mother and daughter
violently to the ground, tore the girl away
from her and took her into the house.
The old lady, bruised and beaten, Tas pre-
further Communication with her daughter, by
Pack, who stood in the door with q revolver
in bis hand.
Pack alleged that he was married to Agnes
the Friday previous, at Salt Lake City, and
promised to go down and produce the certl-
ficate, and convince her that such was TIE
fact. This Information 60 astoundcd the old
lady that she was induced to say, that If Pack
could produce the evidence that they were
legally married, she would go away and give
herdaughter up.
AE she was leaving, abont l0o Mormon'e
| from the settlement surrounded flck's nonse,
aud III due form ol mop, TOOK into CUSTODY
rack and Agnes 70 tne CITY: Ihese men were
threatened VITA deatn oy que mon, anSattea 10
various why's, oeiallea ny slo1ence al ingal
and ncat morning tastn pelofe mlslsdta ~ 1s1
secusea u a4s.u. t n,,1as "uu tr;,i %o
10 sna sIe cp 4oe ~era isancd ~ Acncs .na Par.