The New York herald., 1871-11-02
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Brigham Young Wants to Negoti-
ate with Congress for Peace.
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Hs Proposes to Abolish Polygamy for Admis-
oTci " siea Of Utah Into tho Union.
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Congren 10 Be Pounced Upon at the
.sS Opening Of the session.
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Gentilcs To Bo Made Senators. and to
41 Fill the Fattest Omces for
3 srcen. h Their Help Now. lh


cial crclea they are scornered.r In the incipient
phases Of dticuisy there is more or less OF anxiety
about the direction in which tine trouble Is to
travel and It's cxtent;. hut when the diGnculty
becomes overwhelmingly certain q sort OF
"who cares' ensues This Is the precise
position Of the Mormon people to-day. They re-
alize that blind submission TO the dIctum OF their
priests mas brought them TO this condition, and as
they had nothing to do with creating the trouble
they fully'comprenend that nothing they can think
or do WIN deliver them from It's consequences
Never did any community present such spectacle
OF slavish dependence. In every portion Of
the United States with community as
large as this there would be manifestation Of
public sentiment; here public opinion u unknown,
There is but one man In Mormon Utah--that Is
Brigham Young. When he says 60 they 20; do this
and they doit Think this. see this, say this, and
they think, see and say. stt4 sta tf stsgssr
With this introduction your readers Will be pre-.
pared for the announcement tnat Captain Hooper,
the Delegate from the Territory quietly left the city
. day Of rwo ago. with proposition in his pocket
make President Grant tor the settlement OF the
Utah di1lculty, proposition in which the entire
people are interested and one In which shey nave
never been consulted, but treated as mere chatels
to be used rs the great Tycoon may direct.
BRIGHAM YOUNG PROPOSES TO ABOLISH P0LYGAMY.
Startling as this announcement may be 1t Is no
less fact that for the future Brigham proposes to
make no extension OF poygamy II Congress will ad.
init Utah into the Union. Encouraged by his sue.
cess with Mr.. Buchanan In obtaining full pardon
for the little rebellion he created here in 1S57-a re.
bellion that cost many millions to the Treas.
ury and caused vast amount OF suffering
to our soldiers In the wahsatch Mountains
the Propher King thinks that he has now only to
propose, and General Grant will come up In humil-
ity and graciousy grasp the olive branch. The
fiatterers who surround him have unbalanced his
head, and he really thinks tnat the nation hangs
upon his dictum. He has trouble to realize that the
law must take its course, ana that his polygamy,
disgrace though Il may have been to the nation for
Its lengthy, ,9 existence, is but feather
in the scale with the murders that
justice now demands shall be atoned for. Win
multiplied agencies at work and the grand system
of espionage that reigns here he learned II early
enough to get out q the way that the Grand Jury
der, and no left suddenly. Anu, besides that an
nounced indictment, he heard Of four others tnas
are accused or committing the daring deeds.
With this buzzlng In hts ear he calls upon Hooper
assembling or Congress 70 prepare the way for the
grand petition that s to De presented on the meet.
TING 81 S State Hs nons
ward to the needy and the ambitious, and Is In this
way that the Delegates back s scarcely well turned
THB REvsALMESrs OF HrcKxAs.
When this notorious DANTE was approhended and
Of so desperate Of his ii and sSs % multi. @
and expressed the general hope that he would make
clean breast OF lr Hc comes MP to the most san
and dstInctness the circumstances that hundreds
OF persons here Of the time Of Their occurrence re-
ttlen unknown Who had colnmissed CO the deeds and
why the persons were ''put out OF the way"
THE MURDER OF BgcE.
The details OF the murder OF Yates have already
been published. The circumstances In which Buck
lost his life have never been given TO the public /
personally acquanted with him ana his three other
companions, who all were victims in the fierce
M e Of 1857 wen e ynsd states troops
were on the march to this place. Brigham Young IN
his capacity OF Governor, put the Territory under
into se northern sesle%ent rom Nevaaa with WITH
pack mules. as was the custom In those times OF
good deal or money. When they arrived IN Brig
ham CITY, sixty miles to the north OF this place. they
money and ontfit ut were taken rom them. The only
charge brought against them was that they were
dangerous characters and as they had come into the
Territory while 1t was under martial law they might
they were detained. A foolish report was circu-
Of spanish nies, for q ulsionorabie purpose. they
were detained here all winter IN an empty building
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answered negatively. In the spring, Is the troops
certain TO coEie into the CITY, THIS party were
the southern route" an expression wnicn
in those times had the significance OF certain death,
dans to "Mericats,h but friendly to and in arms to
support the Mormons in the anticipated war wlin
the United States. These nve men understood all
this and knew wei enough The danger 10 which
they were to be exposed; but 1t was stu cnance
they had OF lie and liberty and they consented
nrfA Nnfh Inn
occurred I'LL after they had passed through
the pOpulous settlements and got to Chicken Creek
or 1p ihe nSn ey n had their rs as
which the five men nuddled together IN their
RockWeli, mad cnarge OF them and was conducting
them safely through the settlements On that night
ana sSs ne s az distance from
i've prisoners During the night tine lndians''
made q cash upon the prisoners and killed one OF
ing. the Two wounded men anu the others who
were uninjured succeeded IN reaching the nearest
had the best attendance that their situation de.
manded and the people could give. The wounded
ysss cscs e ,Ss cs 0nse se iwo psope IN
whose house they were left were kind to them, and
Lhey were considered certain OF recovery. some
man Of that house lost her reason, and the family
altogether left the Aiormon Church and went easI.
Keeping ont OF trouble FOR several weeks but they
were decoyed 10 make visit with presumed lrends
TO settlement thY.y miles SCUM Oh thl5 AS snoy
were all together crossing hign ridge OF the BASIN
called ssTne Point OF the Mountain, :, where the base
TO the west touches the Jordan River, ab0ut ave
hundred feer below the grade OF the wagon road on
the brow OF the mountain tine two men were sud
denly attacked BY their presumed friends. a
scufie ensued One got o severe cut on the neau
with pistol but he managed TO get ont OF their
hands and rolled down this high embankment TO
the rivers edge. He was severely bruised
by the decenss among the gravel ana rocks
at the bottom, but he struggled for life and got on.
The other one was less fortunate; ne was found
some time after with his throat cut, noating In the
Jordan. The one who escaped was this Buck. for
whose murder some distinguished men are said to
be indicted on the confession oil Hickman. IL would
have been dangerous TO have let him escape aud he
also was s.dispJsed or near the warm springs, o
little over mile to the north OF this CITY.
Tho tales OF murder now beng dragged into day
gnt are perfectly starting and horrifying, ana ~
Is TO stop investigation that the proposition ~
now made 10 the Congress OF tho United states on
the part Of the Mormon leaders, that they Will now
drop ppOlygamy--extend II further II they can be
admitted into the Union and the business OF the
courts arrested.