Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-12

In the San Francisco Cal Of Saturday
Is a very interesting interview with John
d. Lee, who il to be shot on the 9th Of
this month for participation in the hor-
riblc Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Following are the prominent points OF
the letter nom the Cal's correspondent:
Perhaps the only relic Of the past to
which he clings Ia his endowment clothes.
These are quite similar to an ordinary suit
Of underclothe-, and are constantly worn
by Mormons. whsn achsnge 10 necessary.
one.half IL changed at q time, 30 that there
il no momcnt when the wearer IL not
clothed, or partially clothed, with tho
sacred garments. These he still wears.
hut II seems TO be more from habit, or
superstition, than from any fsalty or
allegiaucs which he owes the Mormon
Church. He has written q full confess
siop. and Il Is believed that no man has
been shielded by 10 because Of his relation
sbip with the Church. The part perform
ed by each participant, from the First
Presidency and the Bishops down 10 the
officers and privates Of the Nauvoo Legion.
are faithfully portrayed. Al last the ex-
act messages shall DO published which
George A. smith. Brigham's First Coun-
sellor, carried when. like . merciless fend,
10 preceded the emigrant train down
through the Territory, turning back only
when no had visited the very spot selected
for tho massacre. His case has already
been carried before . higher tribunal. and
earthly courts no longer have jurisdiction
over his perssn. but his name and memory
can DO reached.
TINE TRUTH WILL M KNOWN
Les will tell us all about Haight, Dame.
Higbeo and the other Lesser scoundrels.
Tho testimony. coming ~ 10 does from q
man standing on the verge Of eternity.
will carry force. and rouss the nation TO
the work Of punishing these hends. IL
will tell what the letter contained which
the smigrants wrote In those last fearful
hours, when. abandoning all hope, they
determined to attempt 70 send tidings TO
California telling who they were and how
they died. The Mormons put Indian run
nsrs ON the track 81 the three men who
undertook the hopeless task Of carrying the
letter, and when these sleuth hounds had
murdered the last man. the letter WA
brought back 70 Lee. Brigham Young.
the prophet, seer n revelator, Will not DO
spared. He has not spared Lee. He has
broken his promises, bittsrly deceived the
old man. and. finally. has come forward
and testified for the prosecution. We
shall learn what t~ranspirsd at the inter-
view Leo had with President Young soon
after tho massacre. and at which all the
particulars Of the bloody crime were mar
rated. The replies and Instructions OF tho
great ruler and Governor Of Utah will be
publishsd. Lees confession will tell Of
the honon hesped upon him In years past
by brigham Young. and whsthsr dimin-
ishsd After the massacre. II will explain
Brigham's pet system Of rewards; how.
when any great or arduous undertaking
was performed BY Lee or any other Msr-
mon for the good and welfare Of the
church. . new wife VA sealed 10 the faith.
full dsscipls.
LEE's EionrxEx WIVES
SHOW remarkable fidelity 10 the Church.
and the readiness Of Brigham Young 70
reward that fidelity ID remarkable. His