The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-03-21

SINGLE lvag N fuE WoRnoN
Iifg-We lately mct a yoaae anl
interesting ar a. ihe house 81 an nc.
qgWniaac who told o. talo ot wrong
and suffering Chat would furnish ma.
ter.al fer a good izea novel Ono
year agatbis young lady lea her home
n fenns Irnr8--a home where all
taf lusare of iife we're al her COM
maUd le p,ren,s were iuialecn,,
and She an oly child, was loved by
lh ~ With AL Tie iuadc of true pa.
fcaial affection No wish Of hers re-
mainel uHEfaudel, Tor She was Ne
laoi ot those larnts and The Hgh, Of
home made ltslla.o by an act Which
VII! forever cast ils shadow on her
heart ia February, 1864. She be.
came acquainted with q Mormon prca-
cher, VII, painted 10 her IN glowing
terms tie rlories d Utah and the
Mormon religion. lie told Of the
beautiful valleys Of Utah, fortified on
all sides by giant mountains, whose
peaks, Furnished by eternal shows,
looked down upon the vallies OF per.
petuai green, peopled by Gods own
chosen Kindred, who were free as The
mountain torrents that leap the rocks
Of the lony Timpaugos range. He
iold her Of the content aud peace that
reigBed among the saints, and assured
her that the Mormous were God's
own chosen people, and so worked
upon her imagination, that she finally
consented 70 leave friends, family and
all the endcarmcnts Of home, aud 20
with him to the Valley Of the Saints.
Arriving at Chicago, he forced her to
marry him, The ceremony being per-
formed by mock priest, without rec
ord or license. On last April she.lelt
Wyoming, Nebraska, with Mormon
train for the land of promise, Here
she found that her husband bad four
other wives. who regarded her with
no tender emotions, but heaped abuse
and contumely upon her head. AT
ter few months her liege lord told
her he had concluded to seal her to
another, who had taken a great fancy
to her that his other wives were
Jealous, and declared bis last wife
should live with him no longer. She
declared she would die before she
would thus be put away aud forced to
live as the wife Of o man with whom
she had no acquaintance, and bad seen
but onc3 in her life. Her husband
told her il wa, Brigham's order, and
she must do so or lose her lie. De-
termiued not to bo thus sacradced, sho
started TO run away, with the inlen-
ton Of making her way 70 Camp
Breckenridge in Cedar Valley, then
garrisoned. by United States troops,
and claim protection there She star
ted on foot, and after travelling about
ten miles was caught and brought back
placed in dungeon, or rather cell
lar, and thus kept for month, with
Just enough food to sustain life. The
man whom size refused 10 live with
frequently visited her, and besought
her to change her resolution il order
to save her life. Through force Of
circumstances she at last yielded, and
was duly installed in bis family, AS the
sixth wife. Here she found, as before
the jealousics and quarrels arising
were inioeable, aud she again deter
mined 10 escape or die in the attempt
This time she succeeded in reaching
he headquarters Of Gen. Conner, to
whom she told her sad tale Of suffer
ing. The General sent her through
to the States with a Government train
bound TO Fort kearney, which place
she reached early last week. She
leaves this city tonight, arepentant a
and sorrowfai child, for her home in
Pennsylvania home she was
persuaded to desert through the mis-
representation and wiles Of a crafty
scoundreI.-,S. Joskph Herald.