, 1863-04-24

An answer ie required In thirty minutes attee tho
Should you disregard this proposition, md place
your lives in jeopardy, you arc hereby required 10
peaccably disposed aro notified to forthwith Leave
your sucamrment, and arc informed hy this Pcs.
3sRat0n at w saa saa Rsfola
Per r. T. BuRTos and TuEo MehEoS' Depu'
tia.
It will be observed that no effort whatever
was made to S1y and properly eSecnte the
writs In The B2as Of the Marshal, 9ut that
proclamation by mere boy, requiring them
10 come orZEd surrender themselves, and
giving tAe1f E1rty minutes SO 10 do, ut tue
penalty Of foTcible measures oclng tasen 10
carry out their purpose, shonid they refuse
Tic Deputy Marshal has alse, ~ soms Sv anne anmo
p1cztidjgitationy get remaining a mystery.
TIE ATTACK AND THREE DAT's BATTLE.
Owing 70 the Informal manner In which the
proclamation was sent. 1t vas treated 1or
While with entire Indifference. About m hour
later the posse begnn to deG1e oFcr the blnn5,
and to take up positions c1mmann ,ao
Is but very few of the Morrisitc5 were aware
that any proclamation had been received. At
this juncturc, Morris thought best to call a
mcetiDg Of the citizens, to determine upon
what measures to tako; Aecofdlngiy ms peo;
one Of the leaders arose to read ths proclama-
ton, but had scarcely began his remarks when
"A cannon ball came crashing into their midst,
killing two women and Tounding girl. This
and tie people hastiIy scattered 10 their homes,
Without understanding what WAS the cause Of
this sudden attack.
The cannonading now became general, aud
mnskttry fire was also opened By the posse,
upon the devoted people and town-contain-
irg a population Of about SIX hundred, men,
women aud children. Somo few Of the Nor
.isites armed themselves, and drove back a
detachment Of the possF, who were charging
into tlletoWnfrom tic eastern side and pouring
In yol1eys Of musketry among the women and
children, as they advanced. After this rcpu1sc
the pose kept at long rifle range, and relied
mainly upon their batteries to dislodgc their
crcmy.
The firing continued without cessation dur
ing tie entire day. a MorriHtc woman, sit
ing III her house with nursing child IL her
arms, and likewise another WOMAN, were
killed on that day, besides those slain by the
first shot fired. The child killed had its head
slot entirely away. Ono man Of tho posse WAS
killed in q few hours after the engagement
commenced.
Thus the battle ragged for three entire days,
ccasirg ut nightf,ll only to bercnewed at the
first dawn Of daybreak. During the night the
MoTri=ites were husily engaged in digging
to make more secure their women and chill
dten. Some three hundred were thus hud-
died together underneath the school. house, at
TIE time OF the surrender.
Toward evening Of Sunday, the third day Of
tie fierce get unequal combat, white tlng
tie Morrisitcs became convinced that sue
ccsstul resistance could not be hoped for
against tic overwhelming Numbers and better
a. inament Of their aseailants. They accord
ingly stacked their arms, consisting Of seyen:y
guns, all told, and were arranged in body
on one side of the public square, having q
guard OF several hundred drawn up In line,
four deep, Immediately in their front, and be-
tween them and their arms.
ASSASSINATION OF TIE PROPHET.
The Marshal rode into the midst Of the pris-
ol,ers directly to where Morris, with one Of
! his counsellors named Banks, Was standing
quiet and unarmed, and called out in a loud
and excited manner. "Give yourself up sir.
Ne want no more Of your damned treason,"
| holster, placed 1t within q few inches Of Nor
ris and fired five shots into his breast and head
| i'll rapid succession. 4 woman standing
| ntar exclaimed, "fon blood-thirsty mon
tter..' when, instantly turning, the Marshal,
| or stue one Of his posse near him, shot her
c:cpt, unpcrcciycd, behind Banks, while this
vas occurring, and shot him, assassin Ike,
through the heck; and in the melee which en-.
| sued another woman, with babe in hor arms,
| was also murdered. The escape Of this child
| was wonderful, as its mother was killed on
tic first day, By the first cannon bali fired, and
| tle babe tell to the ground Nnharmcd, ltwas
| tEen adopted and nu1se Il By n Mrs. Bowman,
| and was in her arms when she, ,ftoo, Was shot
| down us just stated, and again it escaped un-
| i1jnlcd.
| The Marshal gavc orders to separate the
| q fTnn ht MOI fln4 c1ff f1,o{ tor
in the excitement If ;Ec moment believing
4 1T thci1abusbandslEere to be massacrcd as
Horris 1nd Banks had been, refused to COM
| }'y with the order. Then the rude and un-
feeling l,osse commenced violently to itear
| item away amid their shrieks and outcrics,
ard to dag thtm by the 1lair Of their heads to
tie place designated for them to occupy. The
scene for u few minutes, at this juncturc, wls
terrible beyond description.
Thus ended this tragedy, and the "majesty
ted. Two Of thc::Eosse were Killed. aud ten
II all, Of the Norrisites. The houses of thu
latter were plundered, and property carried
0tf to the amount Of many hundred dollars
The cold -blcoded murder Of Morris and Bank:
was an unparalleled atrocity, and is only tt
rcnt belief that the Marshal received expires:
instructions from the head authorities Of the
Mormon Church, when about to start from
Salt Like City to execute the writs, that h
""sf"ot, IN any csta', take TIE Prophet and hi
cennselor dire.
EXAMINATION OF PRls oSEHs.
About one hundred Of the MorrIsitcs vert
Judge Kinney, when examination was had
and all but two were bound over. Those
tWo-Neileon and Klcinguard-both Danes
were committed to the custody OF Marshal
Burton, with Instructions By the Court to Ill
10" them so1no liberty, and permit them tc
tske Eome exercise sufficient to retain thei1
hs alth. On the strength Of this humane or,
der they we're put to work and kept at hard
labor, at remuneratiTc wages, for the exclu.
siyc benefit Of said Marshal Burton, for pc
CONT at which their trial took place.
Their fare during this period Of time
was Of tho scantiest is to quantity, and infs,
rior In quality, and Its effect became plainly
evident in the haggara and half furnished ap
pcarancc Of the unfortunate victims Of tic
most diabolical and relentless Of all human
passions, that Of religious persecution, engcn
dcred and guided by the fiery and fanat1cal
z.al Of new converts to some crude and half
: aeagtd dogma.
; Tho settlement at South Weber Was en-
J tire]T broken up, and the community VA:
tl:e Territory. Many Of the families located
here in this city, but the Bishops Of the ya1i
ous wa1ds soon received Instructions to driyt
them ont from their respective jurisdictions
! This Was carried into effect to the very letter
J Of tic edict, and men, women and children
were ruthlessly driven out from their house!
which they had rented Of the owners, ant
thus forced into the streets to live as bes1
they might in the midst Of enemies the mos
bitter On the face Of the earth. Even widow.
with families were not excepted from thi:
Outrage, ard in some instances their children
receivcd blows from the unfecling wretchc!
who we're driving them from the shelter O
tEelr tircsldes and their homes.
SITTING OF TIE FEDERAL COURT.
The Federal Court iu and for the Third Ju
! dicfal District commenced Its annual session
In this city on Monday, the 30th ult. Their.
we're present, at the Organization Of the Court
His Honor, Chief Justice Kinney; Isaac l.
Gibbs, =. 8. Marshal; Patrick Lynch, Clerk
J T, T. Burton, Cr1er; G. q. Howard, J. D
Foss and William Lynch, Bailiifs; Aureliu.!
Miner, esq, Prosecuting Attorney, with yari
ous other members OF the bar.
In Ills charge to the Grand jury, the Judge
~ the following remarks, called their atten
ton to the
LAW or CONGRESS- AGAINST ro11aAxr.
"9entlsmen. desire 70 call your attention tt
a. other statute Of the United States, which wa
tle Territories Of the United States and other p1a
cfe; IN ana d'ssPpF1vipg and snnnllIng certain act
%,hs n hs AeeH1as''c Assembly In the Territory Q
Byt the provisions Of this act every person h.vin,
Is deemed guilty Of bigamy. This is ofdina1il, f
, the Territories Of the United States Il was de
) Tiah: Il is public statute upon The records .
the Government, and Congress has seen tlt 10 pas
thIs law toF the purposs of getting at the cases
It Is said that this statute is Unconstitutional
es1rying Out Of this stf tie people, ta
TarrS ha%1 t. A1.nI- =.