The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-19
Mormon Missionaries.

| Elders George Teasdale and John r.
Winder, Jr., from Salt Lake City, Utah,
arrived last Tuesday night at the Nelson
House. They are missionaries from
| Utah to the Southern States, to repre-
sent their peculiar views, wherever they
may have opportunity.
From Mr.. Teasdale we learn they left
Salt Lake City on the lst INST, arrived
at Omaha on the 3rd, at ST. Louis on the
9Th, where they held two meetings on the
| 9TH, arrived at Nashville on the evening
of the 10th, and held one meeting there
on the 18th.
When they left, Brigham Young was in
delicate health, and in confinement at
| his own house in the charge of two depu-
ty marshals, because he refused to pay
the $1,000 AIimOny pendente lite decreed
against him by Judge Mexican, and now
enforced by Judge Foreman. 1t was re,
garded as persecution by the people there
as it was illegal, and it was on this
ground it was refused to be paid. The
reports that the people were under arms,
and very excited, he said was incorrect;
there was no excitement, they believed in
moral suasion, and not in force of arms.
The false reports were raised by a ring of
unprineipled men, carpet baggers and
WIN HCIO bbllflLS W CAtllC
he people of the United States and Con-
gress, for special legislature for Utah.
To take away the rights and privileges of
the citizens of that territory who dared to
embrace "Mormonism," so that "Mor-
mon could not hold any public Office,
federal or territorial. To-day they are re-
moving the postmasters of the Mormon"
faith, and filling their places with those
whose faith is not Mormon. ut is pretty
hard' said Mr.. Teasdale, "for those who
have stood the heat and burden Of the
day, and the sons of those men who have
labored to make that barren desert blos~
som like the rose, and the waste places
glad, to be ostracised, because they be-
ieve in this latter-day-work, say because
we believe little more than our neigh |
bors. We regard it as prosecutions I'M
worthy the representatives of a great re-
public. We are an agricultural people. |
The mines are generally owned and |
worked by the outside and transitory ele
ment. We are counseled to fasten and |
encourage home manufactures; our ex~
ports are wheat, barley, -four, butter, eggs
and dried fruits, peaches, plums and
apricots, which are sent by the carload, /
as far as St. Louis, Chicago, and all in
termediate places We have a very
creditable University, in Salt Lake City,
under the charge of Professor Park and
K. g. Maeser, excellent gentlemen, well
capable of filling their position. Day
and Sabbath schools are held in every
and are well attended. The
first building erected in a new settlement
by the settlers is the school house. Our
children are very numerous. We have
cotton cloth and cheese facto-
ries, beside furniture, boot and shoe, and
other classes ofindustry: Beside build
ing considerable of the Union and Cen
trail Pacific R. R., we have the Utah
Southern, from the city 20 York 1t is the
to take this to PiSche and St.
George some 800 miles south, our south
ern Dixie, as it is called at home. We
have also narrow gauge line from Og-
den to Franklin, through Cache Valley,
which they intend to push forward to
Montana. We believe that eventually
our beautiful valleys will be the home Of
the truth loving people of all nations;
that God will override all things; so we
will not be brought into any permanent
bondage: tor the truth will prevail, in
spite Of all its enemies, no matter how
powerful they may be to-day