, 1863-04-24

Dlltty ana 0dlum Which would attach to the
execution Of their blood-thirsty design.
cd and imprisoned d aIr. William Jones aud
tWO others, on a charge Of forcibly seizing a
quantity Of flour which they had ground at q
mill, and refusing to girc It up or make resti-
tution. application was immediately made
to Judge Kinney, At Salt Lake Ci :, for writ
This writ was dlsrcgarded, and thereupon q
pose co,ntdtus Of some two hundred and flfty
men was missed in Salt Lake City, thoroughly
armed and equipped, and having several small
field pieces, which started for the scene Of the
difliculties to aid deputy Territorial Mar:hal
ment which had been issued by Judge Kinney,
l'f the arrest of the Morrisites fortfcatiug tho
writ Of hdbeds corpus with contempt.
While fta route and upon his arrival at South
Nebtr, the Marshal was Joined by several re.
11.torcements, SO that at the commencement
thousand well armed and rcsolute men, hav
ing with them i've pieces ofarti11cry. Thts
large and formidable force, thus organized on
IN effective war footing, had eagerly 1ocked
~ the Marshars standard with zeal and nlac
,fty, to earry out the expressed will of their
who had dared to dispute the claims Of Brig
han, as being the sole prophet Of the Lords
ltoplo.
EARLY on the morning Of the 18th day Of
June, portion Of the POSE appeared on tho
Ieights overlooking the Morrisitc settlement,
which they killed eight or ten for beef during
the three days conflict which ensued.
I will mt tntion that the settlement was stu
a'cd in the deep valley Of Weber riyer, along
chlch run = range Of biuds On either side'
e7ab1e altitude.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF THE MoRR1sITEs.
,{xa1 = In lint
Of the Third judicial District Court, to be
tried at the regulnr March term, 1858, was
TINT of 1.-THE People rs. Peter Klemgu8rd, FL
al, indictment for murder" and that entitled
"The People rs Peter L. McCue, ct al, indict-
mcnt for resisting officers. In the former
case there were ten parties, in all, indicted by
tile GTand Jury, on the 18th day Of March,
aud in the latter, ninety.two persons were
presented for resisting service Of writs in the
Lands Of officers iu June last.
On Monday the 23d, the accnscd under the
above indictments were brought into court
i and duly aEraigned, when all present pleaded
MT guilty!
as special prosecutor, while Afessrs. Appleby
and Schultz appeared for the defense.
The counsel for the defendants li1ed mo-
tion to quash the Indictments, which, after
hearing arguments, WAS oyc,rulcd by his
Honor, Chief Justice Kinney.
an officer, was FIST proceeded with, and ter
minated in the finding q verdict of guilty, and
assessing q fine Of one hundred dollars against
each defendant.
III this connection His Honor remarked
II desire to eay here, and partly because there
j. large number OF men here, that the court
I htattily approves of the verdict Of the jury.
We cannot, where We have law and those a11.
thofized 10 administer it, tolerate disobedi
| tnce to its authority. And while the iury had
right to imprison and fine you, either OF
bnth, theT have dealt leniently and mercifuily
| bJ you, in assessing tine of one hundred dol
lars. The law is yindicated, aud the Court il
satisfied.
The Judgment will entered up, and 1t i:
expected that you will pay thcscfncs.''
! The dcfendants under The indictment fol
murder we1e then brought into court, jury
WAS empannclled, and their trial proceeded
with. Tie trial occupied two days, and dur
iig That lime the court house was filled to its
| utmost capacity BY vast conc0nrse Of peo.
| pic, who we're intensely interested in the de-
1tlopment and result Of the case. On Friday
the jury came into court and rendered the fol
lowing verdict:
''We the jurors. III the case Of the United State:
a2e1 ress
/ JeL8 christensen, Andrew Lee, and Andrew N
II. Macon, render verdict Of" guilty Of murder
II the second degree, and attach penalty, to-st:
| Peter Klemguard to fifteen years Imprisonment 81
bard labor; Christian Neileon to twelve yeArs al
bard labor; Abraham Taylor, Kadrup Noileon
| Jtns Christiansen. Andrew Lco and Andrew II
Mason, to ten years imprisonment each, at hart
| labor.
JOHN parson and John E. Jones VIC find "So
Guilty.
The Court thcrcupon proceeded to sentence
the prisoners in accordance with tic verdict
Of the jury, Wien they were Immediately con
| ycyed to the penitentiary and iucarcerated
This was on Saturday the 2Sth ult., and or
Monday \ petition praying for their pardon
was dawn up and circulated, with TINT sue
cess that on Tuesday afternoon it contained
some three hundred signatures. Among tht
brated DANTE chief or " Destroying Angel
whose nune Is known from the east to til.
"eet throughout the entire country.
At the sanc time another petition was got
ten NJ, praying tic executive for the pardo,
If those convicted Of resisting officers, ant
| them.
GOV. HARDING r4nDoSs TIE CONVICTED NOR
| R1S1TEs.
lhtSe petitions were presented to His Ey
| cellcncy, who, after that careful consideration
which the grave question demanded, grunte
.}'d! ard unconditional pardon to all The CO.,
.qcfed 1forrisites under either indictment, nj
though he had been thrca- encd by the bfo1
nous that his life would he endangered by s.
doing. Previous to so doing, he endorsed O
each petition the following brief statcmen
IF the reasons for granting tho desired pal
con:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.. UTAH TERnr7oRY,
CHEAT SALT LAKE CITY, AarehS1, '63. +
Before acting in 20 grave matter as that I,
solved in the above petition, deem it my duty
state that in granting the pardon asked fos, d
Int am constrained to believe that they acted III
der y strange delnsion that they were dlschar.iu
duty they owed to themselves and families. an
d init f$FT
high anu solemn duty resting upon nc rcrulrt
that tEoul pardon the offenders.
STE S. HARDING, Gov. Utah Ter
I Thus. after three days confinement, wei
the convicted MOrrisites set at liberty tlroug
the clemency Of the Federal Executive, vi
| granted " to each Of them full aud perfect fre
dom fer the offence Of which they stand col
victed, aEd abso1yed from tie punishment in
posed upon Them"
During the brief term Of their imprlso1
public highway, with Chain and ball attachc
10 several OF them, and that, too, under tt
| charge Of o convict who had been sentence
!: 10 imprisonment for Life for shooting motht
and her daughter, on the pretense that tho Ii
!! Ter was endeavoring to seduce his son, a your
messenger carried the pardon granted, al
demanded the release Of the prisoners,
. found tho Warden absent, and the penitentia]
: III The "sate-Eeepfng'' Of this sc1f-same co,
! vict-himse}f 4 murderer of the deepest dy
holding the keys over others convicted Of
Ike ofcnse. This may be consistent with II
statutes Of Utah, and the practice Of Mormon
ln their treatment Of 5Totacr rcgigionist, b,
is not such as obtains among the more ciyi
lied and enlightened nations Of the earth.
EXCITEMENT OVER THE PARDON.
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neh ~ oecame Known that the GoYern'
nsa Pardoneo a, these men, good deal Of e
Stteu STa. ,eenng %as e1Moated On tAe part OF II