The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-05-31
Important Cores pOnde nee beiw cen General
Sherman and Brigham Young
GENERAL SHERMAN TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
ST.. LOUIS, April 10, 1868.

| GENERAL SHERMAN TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
81. LOUIS, April 10, 1868
To Brigham Young:
! Sir: telegram comes to me from re-
sponsible officers that four men, styled
"Gentiles' have been murdered by NOR
mons, and that there is apprehension OF
further danger from this class. BY Gentiles
understand American citizens not of your
religious belief. am hound to give protec-
ton to all citizens, regardless of religious
faith, and shall do So These murderers
must be punished, aud if your people resort
to measures of intimidation, those must
cease All Of our people must have equal
rights within the limits of our national do
main know little or nothing of the caus
es of local trouble i'll Utah, but it is well
for you to know that our country is full
of tried and experienced soldiers, who
would be pleased at a fair opportunity to
aveuge any wrongs you may commit
against any of our citizens, even in that re
mote region will soon have regular troops
i'll Utah. and on the road leading there,
when | hope we shall receive reports on
which to base accurate opinions and
send you this message, not as threat but
as q t1db BStlEiOlS man BIOEiu
heed. w. Il. SHERMAN
Major General commanding Department
BRIGHAM YOUNG TO GENERAL SHERMAN.
GREAT SALT LAKE CRY, April IL, 1866.
Major Gen. w. t. Sherman, St. Louis, Mo:
Sir; Your telegram of yesterday is at hand,
and contents duty considered. The reports
that have reached you are not reliable,
satisfactory evidence of which I will tele-
graph'you as soon as the testimony of relia-
ble gentlemen, not Morlnons can be had,
say within twenty four hours.
a v4 b. You've
GREAT SALT LAKE CRY, April -.
Major General w. Il. Sherman
8 SRI am under many obligations for
your kindness in telegraphing me respe ct
ing reports which have reached YOU from
this place. as it affords me opportunity of
stating facts .-
as nigh as we can learn there have been
kilograms sent from here to the East
which have not been reliable
Your telegram gives us some idea of their
purport. There have been no such assassi-
nations as a !uded to in your despatch On
March q a soldier shot gentleman named
Mayfeld, and Mr.. Brassfied came home
and seduced Mormons wife. and was shot
on the street by some unknown person
but neither nor the community at large
know any more about it than an inhabitant
OF st. Louis Citizens who are not of our
faith do not suffer from intimidation here
In no other community could men pursue
the course many do here without experiein-
cling the vengeance of vigilance commit
tee. The outrageous ISLANDERS they have
circulated against us would have provoked
such an an outbreak elsewhere.
There are few spectators here who are
anxious to make it appear that American
citizens lives are in danger through relig-
ious fanaticism, hoping thereby to have
troops sent here to make money out Of con
tracts. GentiIes' lives are as safe here as
Mormons', and acts of violence occur more
rarely i'll this city than any other of it's size
in any of the new States or territories.
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oITT zENs OF UTAH To GENERAL SHERMAN.
Major General Sherman
Sir We the unpersigned, residents of
Great Salt Lake City, aud not members of
the Mormon Church, have read the above
telegram of Mr.. Young, and freely certify
that we fully believe that citizens of every
class who simply attend to their legitimate
business, are as free from intimidation and
as fully respected in their rights in this CITY
as in any part of the United States
w. Willard Smith, Lieutenant Colonel 9th
United States volunteers, commanding
Camp Douglas Captain f J. Bennett, G
IS. volunteers n S. Ranshaff & Co, ner
chants; Ellis & Brother, merchants j B
Kimball merchant +; Rodenburg & Kahn.
merchants Walker Brothers, merchants :
! F. II. Head. Superintendent Indian Affairs.
Nouman, Orr & Co bankers j. H. Jones.
merchant, G Hughes representative OF
! fIolladay & Halsey bankers j. W. Calder.
late Captain N G volunteers NJ. G. Lew
is. ex Assistant Adjutant General. United
States volunteers Stebbins & Co mer-
chants
4 GENERAL SHERMAN TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
Brigham Young;
SIR Your despatch is received and an,
much gratifiei at its substance and soirit
Essa W. I, SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding Department,
MIXING PoTAToEs I'VE met with farm
er last week, whom we know to he very
successful in his agricultural operations
but who has some notions of his own abo,,,
farming Among other, things, he say.
he always gets a better crop of potatoes
4 when he mixes together several kinds. HI
says that if YOU take the several kinds anc
4 plant them separately on the same piece
and then plant another similar with then
mixed, that the latter will be a larger croV
than the former, The idea was new to US
Can any OF our potato raisers tell us abou
lit, We thought it at FIRST only within, bu
: as he always has good crops we did no
! like to let him off without an investigation
What think you brother farmers ?-jfuin
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