Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-08-07
VOL. LXXIII.
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Tue STORY OF A MoRMuN.-A correspon-
deut of the Cincinnati Commercial, who Is
travelling through Arizona, writes troma Terry
master cabin under date of the I'd instant:
The time has passed pleasantly enough at
this cabin for the past two days, and could be
almost content if my horse was in good pasture
Mrs Doyle is thorough frontier woman and
informs me that Our old gent has had Gig
teen wives. Two LETT him, one went to the
States and another to Montana, and when Nc
kean got up such u bobbery he divided his
property among them that were living, and
nnly % regarded her and Rachel the one at the
rancho toward Kanah Old gent had had hi
1v.two children, mos of en- living; had been
through New Mexico and all that country with
the Mormon battalion, and had been big man
in the church, but was now here on mission,
tendinc to this ferry. The Mornons will es
tablish fine ferry here, and good road, as
they intend to settle all the good country on
the other side, and are now settling into Arizo-
ma as fast as they can. Will settle Potato VAL
lev first, then down in the White and San
Francisco Mountains, &c.
Her own history was both sad and inter
csting. She was born in Brighton, England,
and reared in London. Her folks were well
to-do English, and signs of early education and
L. L., ,r1, tl., ,vh
coating of frontier and Mormon life. She
had embraced Mormonsm at the age OF twenty,
and came at once to Utah-now sixteen years
ago-in the first hand-cart company. They got
through with little suffering. 1t was the com
papy after that that suffered so. She had
gone in second to Major Doyle by express re-
Quest of Brigham Young. They had pioneered
all the new towns south Had a fine place in
Harmony and sold for 81 900 when ordered here
on mission. Was living here in the extreme
Of hardship, and her folks begging her to come
to them And now, at the eud OF all these
sacrifices, growing sceptlclsm was evident IN
her talk. 1t was plain that she doubted scrl-
ously whether all this had not been vain
worse than useless. She firmly believed III
poygamy, she said, when she, came girl from
England, but not now; there was so much IN 1t
that could not be from God.
''What must be the agony of conscientious
soul what has endured and suffered everything
for faith-a lifetime of sacrifice TOR an idea
when convinced at last that the idea is u snare,
the faith delusion
MocKING BIRDS TRlcKs-Mr. George FL
lio,t, of this city, has four genuine mocklng
birds, which he keeps in an attic room OF his
residence, in long cage extending out OF one
Of the windows The birds have become lmta-
tors of all sorts of feathered warblers, aud OF
chickens, ducks and even locomotives, and so
true is their mockng that not only persons but
birds are deceived by them. During the sum-
mer family of robins has been reared IN the
trees at Gen. Mckaig's grounds surrounding
his residence and but short distance from Mr..
Ellott's A few days since the young roolDs
left their nest, and were fitting about among
the tress. Hearing calls proceeding from the
mocking birds, SO much like that OF their par
ents, the young robins flew to the cage, and an
adjoining window being opened, entered the
house to find themselves deceived, when they
flew back to the neighboring trees only to DC
aured again and again by the calls of the mock
ing bird Finally Mr.. Elliott concluded to catch
the young robins when next they entered the
house, which he did, and placed them in u
cage. Soon the old birds found out where their
young ones were, and have since regularly,
brought food to them, and flying to the bars ot
the cage have fed the little prisoners as dlll-
gently as if they had been In their native nest
Another singular instance connected with
these birds, is, that one of the young grobins was
placed in cage with red bird, at which the
latter seemed exceedingly rejolccd and paid
great attention to the new conner. Tie even ted
it as if it was one of his own family. In fact, he
50 far over-fcd, that he almost stuffed 1t to
death. and for fear that he would kill 1t with
kindness the young robin was removed, and
strange to say, the red-bird has exhibited signs
of sorrow ever since, sitting gloomlly on his
perch all Jay long, and almost refusing to eat.
The mocking birds have also allowed canarles
and other birds to their cage, aud even young
chickens have entered the doors, and ducks
p,uckcd around the house in answer. to sup
posed kindred. The mockiug birds take great
delight in deceivlng others, and as soon as thcy
perceive strange bird at their cage, set up
series of songs and warbngs as sweet as they
are astonishing to hear Cumberland Ne'rS
I,rNATlc AsrLUMs.-Th New York lrl-
hunc publishes paragraph regarding the reap
ycarance in the city of New York banker
after sixteen months absence, during which
time he had been confined in the Bloomingdale
iunatic Asylum, though to all appearances,
and according to the admission OF his Keepers
he was unquestonably sane The gentleman
in question was arrested last year while a1 MS
breakfast table. and was taken to the Asylum
without word OF explanation: lie reports that
the treatment of the insane by their keepers
is simply revolving As for himself, he was
never treated medically during the whole pc
riod Of his incarceration. He kept a minute
diary of events as they occurred during impr-
sonmcnt, and this he has given to his lawyer
to be made the basis of an affidavit upon which
to institute legal proceedings in behalf not only
of himself but also of three ladies at present
retained in the asylum, and whom the gentle
man declares to be sane. These ladies are to be
brought before the court on writ OF haneas az,
corpus next week The revelations that VIII pe
made in this case will doubtless prove highly
interesting, The evils of lunatlc asylums nave
often been made the theme OF deuumcatlon,L
,rno,;moS w;fb iustico and sometimes njnStly;