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CLEARFIELD, PA., MAY 27, 1857.
"THAT SAME OLD TENE."
Whenever Locofocoism finds itself short of
reasonable objections to a candidate opposed
to it, the leaders and journals of that party im
mediately call Liu an "Abolitionist," and the
time was when there was potency in this cry,
and doubtless influenced mauy persons, who
may have been favorably inclined towards a
candidate, to cast their rotes against him.
But that period, we think, has gone by. It
would, indeed, be a reflection upon the much
lauded intelligence of the masses of the pres
ent day, to assert that tboy could be diverted
from the support of a candidate by bringing a
charge of this kind against Lira, and we have
an abiding confidence that no man who reads
and thinks for himself will be swayed by it.
To endeavor to bias tneu's opinions in this
way, can only be regarded in the light of a re
proach from those who attempt it, on the good
sense of the people ; and yet, though it is not
ery surprising, we find Locofoco papers as
serting that Judge. Wilmot is an 'abolitionist.'
We will be charitable enough to suppose that
they do not intentionally, in making this as
sertion, "bear false wifuess against their neigh,
fcor," but rather that their seal for party cith
er induces them to condemn Mr. Wilraot with
out reading his views, or that, reading his o
pinions, it blinds their understanding to such
a degree that they do not comprehend the
meaning cf plain English words. In bis let
ter accepting tha nomination of thu American
Republican convention, Mr. Wilmot reiterates
bis views on tbis subject, in the following ex
plicit and pointed language:
"It is not true that the defenders of the
rights of tree labor seek the elevation of the
black race to an equality with the white. They
do not propose the emancipation of the slave,
but leave that question, both as to time and
the mode of its accomplishment, with the
States in which slavery exists. They wish to
teal with this great and embarrassing evil in a
spirit of friendly forbearance towards those
States t but -they cannot carry their forbear
ance so far as to become slaves themselves
ai to surrender the soil and government of the
nation int j the bands of an aristocracy found
el upon property in slaves."
And again, in speaking of the slaveholder,
ho says :
"He aod bis bondmen already occupy by far
the most fertile and genial portion of this con
tinent. Let him rest content with bis territo
rial possessions and power. We do not seek
to disturb him. We neither assail nor defend
bit asserted right to hold his peculiar kind of
property. We simply affirm that wo have
nothing to do with it, and propose to let Mm
and bis slaves alone where they arc. We
make, therefore, no question about the aboli
tion of Slavery in tho South. We but stand
Jo defence of Freedom in the North. Kansas
is in the latitude of Philadelphia. In geo
graphical position it is a Northern Territory.
It was dedicated by n solemn compact in 1820
to Freedom f orovcr. We claim tho fulfilment
of the bond. We defend the integrity of free
Northern soil against tho cupidity that would
subjugate it by violence into a plantation for
laves."
Could anything be plainer? Mr. Wilmot
does not express himself favorabb to tbo alo
lition of slavery in tho States whero it exists
be merely opposes its extension. And who
does not 7
We learn from Washington that tho troops
ordered for Utah w ill concentrate and tako a
position upon tho government reservation,
forty miles South of the Salt Lake valley, and
aaii orders and events. It is suggested that
Governor Young has takon measures to resist
the federal authorities, and to increases his
large military force by an alliance with hostile
Indians. When he shall be superseded as Gov
ernor, his authority will bo paralyzed in the
Territory, and he must either leave it or be
nbjected to prosecution for his flagitious acts.
If he holds his ground he must make open war,
and that Is said to bo bis intention. I7is abu
ses bare been so long tolerated that he lias
gathered endue confidence In bis position,
which may soon bo diminished after the gov
rnment shall take a decided stand in oppod
tlon to him.
Briohax Youxo There teems to be some
mistake about the rumor received by way of
California, that Brigham Young bad been com
pelled to leave Utah. Later accounts state
that be seemed to possess the entire confi
dence of tbe people, and that he was planning
a pleasure excursion to tbe Mormon settle
ments at Salmon river. We tee it also men
tioned that he had left Salt Lake with a cho
mq body of two hundred men, for Washington
or Oregon, and (be belief it expressed that
Young would endeavor to make his way to the
British Possesions on the Pacific.
Ta Mats Lisa Bin, Siosto. Gov. Tol
lock has signed tho bill for the tale of the
Main Line of the public Works, and it is now
a law. The notice for the sale is to be adverti
sed within ten days, and tbe sale itself will
take place within forty da; s from this time,
DDleit adjourned for want of a sufficient bid.
EVVe learn from our exchanges that a
great number of people North of Clinch Mono
tain, laTennetse, are actually starving there
being no corn or wLeat In that section of the
State. One poor woman and her four little
children are eid to Lave starved to death, in
Hawkins connty last week they bad been liv
ing oo wheat bran for tone tint.
Correspondence of the "Baftsman't Journal."
17abkisbc0, May 22d, 1857.
Mr dear JoranAL : The agony is over.
The bubble has bursted. The Legislature ad
journed to-day at 11 o'clock. Before the ad
journment of tbe Senate, the Speaker whose
term expires with tbis year, resigned, and Mr.
Finney, of Crawford ' County, was elected
Speaker.
The Senate did not concnr in the section of
the Sunbury and Erie Railroad bill, guarantee
ing the interest on $3,000,000 so that feature
of the bill is lost.
An act was passed In relation to banks. By
this, small notes and foreign currency are not
to bo paid out in tbe purchase of any bill of
exchange, promissory note, or other negotia
ble paper.
$30,000 were appropriated to rebuild the
Horse race dam, on the upper division of tho
North Branch Canal, carried away by tbo last
flood.
The bill to increase the salaries of Associate
Judges passed tho Senate.
A resolution, increasing the pay of the
clerks and other officers of the Legislature,
was adopted.
Mr. Gregg, one of the most industrious and
influential members of the Senate, secured the
passage of a bill, making on appropriation of
$25,000 to the Farmers Iligh School, and
$25,000 on condition that tho people raiso an
equal amount.
The State tax is reduced to 2 mills on tho
dollar.
Tho bill to prevent the floating of loose logs
died in the Senate.
Yours truly, Ccjus.
Marietta, May 19, 1857.
S. B. Row, Esq. Dear Sir : Thinking that
perhaps some news from this place might bo
of some interest to tbe readers of the Journal,
and having nothing else to amuse myself with,
I proceed to devoto this evening to their en
tertainment. This is tbe latter part ofspring and yet tho air
is cold and raw, so much so that ones fingers
acho while walking the streets, in case he bas
no gloves to cover them, which article you
know most Raftsmen disdain to wear at this
season of the year.
The rain which commencod falling sometime
during tho night still continues to descend
with violence. Much trouble is anticipated in
holding tho lumber at this place should it con
tinue much longer. The banks are low and
sandy with but few trees, which render the
holding of much lumber during a high fresh
et, quite a difficult matter.
There is a large quantity of timber in mar
ket, of which there is very littlo changing
hands at present, owing I suppose to tho unfa
vorable stato of the weather. Tho price has
heretofore been rather favorable to holders,
but this week it has fallen off to some extent,
yet, I think, if owners were not so anxious to
get home to their farms and families, tho pri
ces would still continue good. Tho prices last
Week ranged from 8 to 11 cents per foot for
pine; some oak Fold for 19 cents, but this
week it ranges from 9 to 10 cents, still I think
tho timber is all needed, and those who are a
ble to hold on to it for a time, will bo apt to
rcalsze a fair price.
Boards aro selling at Middletown and tbis
place, at from 9 to 13 dollars, according to
quality. Shingles, from 10 to 14 dollars.
Expenses attending ratting this spring are
almost Joublo what they were formerly. This
is owing to a scries of floods, only one of which
was suitable to raft ou yet. . They were all
used, and mostly to tho Raflsnians' disadvan
vantage. The timber is all here now, except
a few scattering rafts which were stoved in the
mountains, and even those- have a fair prospect
of joining their mates ere loug.
Mr. Editor, did you ever visit Marietta for a
week during tho rafting season 7 If not, you
bare lost one of tho best opportunities of stu
dying human nature you ever will havo. It it
quite amusing to loiter around Front street
during the day and observe tho modus operandi
of fleecing the more ignorant part of the wa
termen out of their bard earned money. At
every altcrnato door you will observe a small
board stuck out with the notice that within
the dirty walls cakes anil beer aro sold. Some
of them, and the fewest number too, bear the
look of respectable shops i the balanco are at
tended by ono or more young females of a
rather suspicious character. The Hotels on
front street are crowded to overflow ing and
free fights are plenty beyond conception. The
bad whiskey drank here during the season of
rafting would of itself float half the lumber to
Peachbotlom, or perhaps into the Bay. There
aro several fancy jewelry shops in operation,
in which is sold, any amount of brass in the
shape of breast-pins, ear-drops, lockets and
watches, to the unsuspecting backwoodsmen
and warranted by Simeon or Levi, or some o
tber anti-Pork-eating rascal, to be pure gold,
and in which the poor buyer thinks he sees
quite a speculation. Then there are threo or
four Patent Medicine venders mounted on
chairs and door steps, rendering tho streets
hideous with their songs and gulls, to come
and buy or test the virtues of their nostrums.
And then, such a combination of talent and
curiosity as is offered to the people of Mariet
ta for the low price of 12 cents is astonish
ing. Last week we bad Mr. Edwards and La
dy, the celebrated ballad singers, and the E
thiopean serenaders, and this week a person
lecturing on phrenology at tho Tow n Hall, and
the Mammoth Lady fioru Missouri, said to
weigh 550 pounds. She is certainly a icrouger,
bnt I do not think she would weigh that much,
yet it is hard to tell without seeing her weigh
ed. To-day a cock-fight passed oS in an old
tobacco dry-bouse sear town, on which I sup
pose there wat about three dollars staked. Af
ter pushing them at one another some few
times, Bob's chicken turned Uil to and run,
which terminated the contest. So you see
that the good people of this place and those
sojourning here havo many ways of amusing
themselves, to which the Clearfield people aro
almost strangers.
J must say for the Donegal House, where I
am stopping for tbe time, that ft is a first class
bouse kept by Lewis Honseal, Esq., than whom
there is no more gentlemanly landlord this
side of Philadelphia. I would advise all up
rivermen who contemplate stopping for any
length of time, to give this bouse a trial, tor
tndse who lovo good substantial dinners and
clean beds will find both those luxuries here.
Begging your pardon for so "much ado a
bout nothing,"
I remain yours, W. S. W.
THE ABP0B.I 1 DITME2TT BILL.
The following is tho apportionment bill as
agreed upon by both Douses of tho Legisla
ture. It only awaits tho signature of tbe Go
vernor to become a law.
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
Philadelphia city, '4
Chester & Delaware, 1
Montgomery, 1
Bucks, 1
Lehigh 8c Northamp. 1
Berks, 1
Schuylkill, 1
Carbon, Mont oe, Pike
and Wayne, 1
Bradford .Susquehan
na, Sullivan and
Wyoming, 1
Luzerne, 1
Tioga, Potter, War
ren and M'Kean, 1
Clinton, Lycoming,
Centre and Union, 1
Snyder, Northumb
erland, Moatour 8c
Columbia, 1
CumberlandjJuniala,
.Perry and Mifflin, 1
Dauphin & Lebanon, 1
Lancaster, 2
York, 5 1
Adams, Franklin and
Fulton, 1
SomersctjBedlord &
Huntingdon, 1
Blair, Cambria and
Clearfield, 1
Indiana and Arm
strong, 1
Westm'd & Fayette, 1
Washington &Grecn,l
Allegheny, " 2
Beaver and Butler, 1
Lawrence, Mercer &
Venango, 1
Erie and Craw ford, 1
Clarion, Jefferson,
Forest and Elk, 1
WholeNo.Senators,33
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS.
Philadelphia city, 17
Delaware countv, 1
York, 2
Cumberl'd 8c Ferry, 2
Adams, 1
Franklin andFulton,2
Bedford 8c Somerset,2
Huntingdon, 1
Blair, 1
Cambria, 1
Indiana, 1
Armstrong 8c West
moreland, 3
Fayette, 1
Greene, 1
Washington, 2
Allegheny, 6
Beaver 8c Law rcnc s, 2
Butler, 2
Mercer and Venango,2
Clarion and Forest, 1
Jefferson, Clearfield,
Elk and McKean, 2
Crawford 8c Warren, 2
Erie, 2
Potter and Tioga, 2
Chester,
Montgomery,
Bucks,
Northampton,
Lehigh and Carbon,
Monroe and Pike,
Wayne,
Luzerne,
Susquehanna,
Brad lord.
Wyoming, Sullivan,
Columbia & Mon
tour, 2
Lycoming 8c Clinton,2
Centre, 1
MilHin, 1
Union, Snyder and
Juniata, 2
Northumberland, 1
Schuylkill, 8
Dauphin, 2
Lebanon, 1
Berks, 3
Lancaster, 4
Whole number, 100
A Cattlb Dkaler Robbed. On Monday
night a man named Patterson, a drover from
Indiana, went to New York, having shipped a
lot of cattle by the New York and Albany Pro
peller Line. He sold his cattle, aud returned
to Albany on Wednesday morning with $9000
in checks and $1C0 in money. While coming
on the boat bis pocket was picked by some a
droit scamp, and as yet no cluo has been ob
tained to the perpetrators of this crime. Tho
payment of the checks was immediately stop
ped. Patterson is quite a joker, by tho way,
and is "well-to-do" in the world. He bad in
the stolen wallet some very nice fish-hooks
being a perfect Izaak Walton which ho re
grcted losing more than the money ; in fact ho
offered a policeman tho mouey if ho would re
cover for him tho private papers and the fish
hooks.
Lumber. Our' cotemporarics published at
points below on tho rivet all speak of the im
mense amount of lumber at their respective
tow ns. There is a very large supply at Mid
dletown larger it is said than bas been there
for a long time before. Tho consequence is,
that at the latter place the price is not quite o
high as heretofore ; but at tho lower ports wo
understand that tho price of ordinary culling
lumber is about the same as last year, at this
time; select lumber commands somew hat high
er rates than last year. Oak timber was sold
at tho last rise of the river tw o weeks sinco
ot from twelve to sixteen cents per cubic foot,
as in quality ; and pine timber nt from nine to
eleven cents. Jlarridurg Telegraph.
What Next 7 A novel suit is before tho
Hunterdon (N. J.) circuit court brought by
tho Union Bank of Frcnchtown against Hud
nut and Snyder, for maliciously conspiring to
draw specie from said bank by presenting its
notes for redemption ith tho object of break
ing the bank I The damages are laid at $5,
000 ! We shall next hear of some debtor bring
ing an action of damages against" bis creditor
for prescuting a bill for payment at a time
when it is inconvenient for the debtor .to be
troubled with such littlo remembrances of the
obligation ho owes to others.
Gekebal Stnod op tiik Lvtherak Church.
Tho eighteenth Evangelical Lutheran General
Synod of the United States, met at Reading,
Pa., on 1 ith May. Tbe General Synod of this
Church was organized in 1820, ond was com
posed of a few district or local Synods from
this and other States. In 1845, tbe General
Synod was composed of representatives from
thirteen District Synods. Sinco that period
twelvo others havo become affiliated, and the
present General Synod stands related to, and
bas representatives from twenty-five district or
local Synods. Rev. W. S. Ilarkcy, D. D.,was
chosen President of the General Synod.
fl7"Among Eastern nations, obesity is tho't
to be the prime requisite of boauty j and the
plumpest lady bears away tho palm. A trav
eler In Africa declares that be met ono king
who had eleven portly wives, all of whom were
weighed monthly, the one that weighed tho
most being invariably installed mistress of the
household until the time of the next weighing.
UTTlour was selling on Saturday in Pitts
burg at from $7,10 to $7,75 per barrel j Ham
at 12, to 13, shoulders 10J and tidct 12,.
Ia New York, flour told at $7,30, and in
Cincinnati at $7,25.
K"Brightening the prospects of Wilmot.
Our exchanges bring us cheering intelligence
of bis increasing popularity.
UTAH A TERRIBLE SOCIAL PICTUBE.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune:
Great Salt Lake City, Feb. 2, 1857.
Messrs. Gerrish and Morrell arrived here in
tbo middle of last montb, direct from tbe
States; they had been a long time on the way
and had endured many hardships and priva
tions ; they had been exposed to extreme cold,
and narrowly escaped being overwhelmed and
buried by the tremendous snow storms that
rage In the mountain passes ; nevertheless
with indomitable perseverance they overcame
all obstacles and arrived safely in this city.
Tbey brought us the extremely welcome news
that a United States Marshall bad been appoin
ted from among the Gentile residents of the
Territory, and it is some consolation for us
and tho converted Mormons w ho have endured
the most atrocious and horrible outrages that
devilish minds and bands could devise and ex
ecute, to think thit although wo have been so
long neglected the Government is doing some
thing to relieve us at last.
Shut in, as we are, from the world at large
by the snows of Winter and unprotected by
even the show of a judiciary, tbe heads of the
Church have been enabled to perpetrate against
us every species of crime and cruelty. Gen
tiles have been robbed of valuable property ;
dissenting Mormons,who have become disgus
ted with tho fiendish rites of tho "Saints,"
have been outraged and murdered; and even
women, who have presumed to rebel against
the commands of tho misnamed Church, have
been mercilessly persecuted, and driven from
house to house, until they wero compelled to
yield to tho brutal demands of their tyrants or
seek refuge from them in snicide. On Christ
mas night a young woman cut her throat, as
the only way in which she could cscapo from
the more terrible fate that plainly awaited her.
Self-destruction by tho less violent means of
laudanum is very common. There is a class
of young girls w ho, too timid to resort to ex
treme measures, are driven to becomo the con
cubines of the loathsome vipers who pretend
to bo the "Saints" of God. Their hopes and
happiness nro forever blasted, and tho con
sciousness of their degradation is continually
gnawing into their hearts. Of this the follow
ing is a melancholy instance. A man named
Nash came to this Territory last Fall, bringing
with him his daughter, a lovely and beautiful
girl of seventeen summers, lie seltlod ot
Provo, a town sixty miles south of tbis city,
and in consequence of her ' great beauty, his
daughter was much desired by maDy of the
vilo polygamists. Sho succeeded, however,
in escaping them all until the death of her fa
ther, her only protector, which happened in
early winter. Tho funeral rites wero perform
ed by Bishop Carter, who; after finishing his
prayer over tho newly-made grave, turned to
the heart-broken maiden and roughly told her
that she must now become bis wife. Thc.gun
tle girl, left friendless, and seeing no place
wherein sho could take refuge and escape a
condition .he so much dreaded, was obliged
to yield, and is now doomed to a lilo of sor
row and dishonor. She is Carter's seventh
victim. What an amount of blood and tears
of agony will call for judgment against a pow
erful Government, which has knowingly per
mitted such villainy and outrage to contlnuo
four years unchecked within its jurisdiction.
Ono of the principal features of Mormonism
is the constant endeavor of the rulers to make
the women mere creatures of passion, and
slaves of their will. Tho barriers of modesty
and virtue aro overthrown by them in all their
discourses, and all refinement and elegance ore
studiously obliterated. They glory, as Heber
C. Kimball says, "in calling things by their
" right names." It was only a few Sundays
ago that Kimball, in the presence of between
two and threo thousand people, delivered a
discourso on tho intercourse ol the sexes, in
which ho mado use of language too obscene
and vulgar for tho most degraded to utter, lit
erary calling things by their right names.
Frequently, to further their villainous designs,
they accuse women by name, in tho "ward
meetings," of being prostitutes, thus making
them lose all self-respect, tond inducing them
more easily, as they see there is no incentive
to chastity, to yield to their importunities. A
certain Bishop in this city took a fancy to bis
neighbor's wife, a beautiful woman. Finding
that sho was too pure to consent to his sugges
tions, ho determined to cllect his purposes by
other means. He told her husband that his
wifu was unfaithful, and that ho knew she had
often been visited by other men while ho (the
husband) was absent ; and added, that he would
not have bis ward defiled by tho presence of
such a woman, and unless he turned his wife
away his house would be pulled dow n over bis
head. Tbo husband, influenced either by tho
slanderous tale, or intimidated by tho more
powerful threat, discarded bis wife, when the
bishop immediately proposed to her to come
into his family, which she indignantly refused,
and took refuge in the house of, an acquaint
ance. The Bishop, however, was not to le
foiled so easily. He compelled all tho fami
lies who sheltered her to turn her away, until
the poor woman in her auguish appealed to
Brigham's sympathies, and begsed him to pro
tect her from her persecutor. But Brigham
advised her to bo "sealed" to the Bishop, and
in utter despair she at length complied. The
Bishop accomplished his purpose, but the con
nection was of short duration, and Brigham
was soon called upon to "unseal" the two.
Those who have left the Mormon church are
the objects of frequent outrages, and whenever
any of tlicin are suspected of endeavoring to
leave tho Territory, they are immediately
stripped of everything they possess. Mr. Jar
vis who has a store on South Templo street,
was excommunicated last Fall on account of
apostasy, and has been endeavoring to sell his
property in order to leave for the States in the
Spring. On the night of the 13th ult., some
meii entered the store of Mr. Jarvis and asked
for tobacco. Mr. J., in banding it to them,
was seized by the hair, dragged into tho street,
and there most mercilessly beaten by some of
tha party, while others of the villains broke
op the counteri and shelve!, built flrct on the
floor with tho fragments, and threw the goods
into them. They then repaired to tbo cham
bers, whero they also built fires, burning the
furniture and clothes of the family. Some fe
males who attempted to give tho alarm were
set upon with revolvers ond knives, and fright
ened into silence. Having made a wreck of
everything, tho ruffians left, carrying away all
the portable property. The fires which were
smouldering on the floors wero finally extin
guished by tho females, though tbey were
much burnt as well as personally injured by
tho demons.
Mrs. Sutherland, a "Gentile" lady of great
rcspcctibility, and widow of Mr. Sutherland
who was killed on the plains with Col. Bab
bitt, had been driven from her borne by threats
of violence, and had fled to Mr. Jarvis's for
safety. She was in the house at the time of
tbe attack, but succeeded in making her es
cape therefrom ; some of the gang saw her
when in tho street and gave chase. In turn
ing a corner she fell in tho deep snow, and
feeling exhausted did not attempt to rise ; the
man happily not seeing her passed on, and she
sped in another direction, wandering through
tho streets all night, covered only with her
night clothes, barefooted and bareheaded, and
afraid to ask for shelter tho snow being at the
time over two feet in depth and the mercury
below zero. It is almost needless to say that
Brigham was at the bottom of the affair, and
that tho Danites committed the deed by bis
direct orders. He had previously said iu tho
Tabernacle that Jarvis should never leave the
Territory, or if he did he should not tako ono
particle of property with him.
On tho 12th of last month the bouse of a
man was torn down because he had presumed
to disobey orders and refused to turn away
some Gentiles who were boarding w ith him.
Attempts have been mado to fire the dwellings
of T. S. Williams, the Attorney, and Judge
Stiles, the United States Judge, for the part
they took in the Hockaday Tannery case.
Both have been cut off from the Church, and
denounced as apostates, for daring to do their
duty and trying to enforce the laws of the
country. It was the anxious wish of the Mor
mons to destroy tho records of this case that
induced them to burn the books and papers of
the United States Circuit Court. Tbe U. S.
officials, Gen. Burr, tho Surveyor General, and
Dr. Hart tho Indian Agent, are now in a very
dangerous position. Open threats of burning
or tearing down their offices and killing or
maltreating them are daily made, and in owe
of the southern settlements nt a Sunday meet
ing it was voted to raise a party to come and
cut their throats. Unless the Government
sends a military force here immediately, it
will bo impossible for any officers to remain
through the Summer, and it is constantly said,
in the streets and in the meetings, that all the
Gentiles must leave in the Spring. At Social
Hall a fo.v evenings since, thcSpeakcrs, Messrs
Wheelock and Clinton, declared that it was
the intention and purpose of the Church to
drive out tbe Gentiles in forty days.
Tbe contract for carrying the overland mail
has been bought by Brigham from Hiram Kim
ball, tbo original contractor, but w ill bo run in
Kimball's name. So the Government, altho'
it nppoiuts a Gentile Postmaster to protect the
mail from depredations, intrusts it to Brig
ham's emissaries to carry a distance of 1,200
miles, on any one mile of which they can find
a spot where, completely hid from mortal eye,
tbey can destroy and suppress such letters as
they please. The fact of their opening letters
is too well known to dispute, and it is openly
avowed. The Territorial Marshal, Mr.McKay,
the Clrk of the Court, Mr. Cummings, and
tho District-Attorney, Ilosea Stout, nil mem
bers of tho Danitc Band, called not long since
on tho Surveyor-General and told him that
they bad a copy of a letter written by bim to
tho Department of the Interior at Washington,
and moreover that he could not send letters
from Utah without their first seeing the con
tents. An immense quantity of snow bas fallen this
Winter, promising abundant water the coming
Summer. A mill was destroyed by an ava
lanche of snow in the Big Cottouwood Canon,
and many roofs have been crushed by its
weight. Thero has been a great deal of suf
fering among the hand-cart recruits, and they
continue to die daily. Not ono-half of those
that left tho States are now alive.
Later from Utah Tcrritort More T'io
leuce and Bloodshed by Mormons. Wo have
dates from Salt Lake City to April 1st, with
accounts of moro violence, ond even bloodshed
by the Mormons. It appears that a man nam
ed Parish, a seceding Mormon, left tho wall
town of Springvillc, to come to the Slates on
foot, his wogon and horses having been stolen
by Mormons the night previous to the depar
ture. Ho was accompanied by bis two sous
and two men named Potter and Darpcr. They
had not left tho place moro than a few hun
dred yards behind when they wero attacked bv
a number of men armed and disguised, .ot
ter was shot dead, fivo balls having entered bis
body; Tarrish fell wounded, when one of tue
assailants rushed upon bim, and, in bis disa
bled condition, cut bis throat frcm car to car,
and ripped up bis abdomen. . One of Parrish's
sons ran about eighty yards, when ho was
struck down, his throat cut, and his abdomen
i ipped tip. The other young Parrish and Dar
pcr contrived to escape. The only notice tak
en of the matter by the Mormon authorities
was the summoning of a coroner's jury, who
sat upon tho caso and returned a verdict of
"assassination by some persons unknown."
Potter was a brother ol one of tbo men kill
ed in Gunnison's massacre, and was one of
tho very few who knew the secret history or
that sanguinary transaction. Parrish and his
sons were also well acquainted with the Mor
mon secrets, having onco been in full Mormon
communion.
Another tragedy, not very dissimilar", is also
reported by the last mail from Utah. It oc
curred about seventy miles from Parowan, on
the California road, and tho Tictims wero a
imall party of weeding Mormons emigrating
to California. Four wero shot as ty sat en
camped at the foot of some rockv hij'n. Tho
names of two of these men wero Tobin and
Peltro. They too were wall appruej of tho
aims and secrets of tho Mormons. ni there
fore too dangerous to bo allowed to emigrate.
LYKCH LAW ITS KENTUCKY.
Tho trial of the four, negroes, accused of
murdering the Joyce family, came vB in Lou
isville, Kentucky, on the 14th. One of the
negroes turned States evidence, but bis testi
mony failed in its illegality, and tho prisoners
were acquitted. Tbe result occasionod great
excitement, and attempts were made duriDg
the altcrnoon to get the negroes out of tbe
hands of the officers. About dark a crowd
seized a cannon and placed it in front of the
jail, from w hich a number of shots were fired
and returned by the mob, who also attacked
the jail with bricks aud other missiles. Tb
jailor and others who were defending the pris
oners, finding that further resistance would
endanger thcit lives, as well as free more tbaa
fifty prisoners, finally delivered up tbe negroes.
Tkreo of the prisonees being delivered np, a
razor was given to the fourth in jail, (Jack,
tbe property of Mr. Samuels, of Bullitt coun
ty,) and be cut his throat, severing the jugular
vein aod w indpipe and producing instant death.
Tho wound was of the most horriblo character,
and a more ghastly spectacle was scarcely ev
er witnessed than tho dead body, when it was
brought to the yard and exposed to tho view
of the crowd. Ropes were obtained, and the
other negroes were marched off to tbe court
bouse square. At the west end, George, tbe
slave of Mr. Samuels, was bung upon a treo, a
mid the hootings and execrations of tho multi
tude. The other two wero then marched
through the square, and near Fifth street,
were likewise executed. One of them, the
slave of Mr. Brow n, protested his innocence,
and plead piteously to be released. Ilia agnuy
of niiud and sufferings were very intense.
Mr. Pendleton's Bill, the one who was the
State's evidence in the case, was tbe last one
executed. .We understand that Lc and one of
the others confessed their guilt. Fires were
kindled under the suspended bodies, but they
were not consumed. Large numbers of persons
lingered about the scene of this awful tragedy
until a late hour. The excitement, in soi.no
degree, subsided, and tbe turbulence gave way
to a feeling of silent horror at the lorriblo
scenes that were witnessed. The rioters, them
selves, having wreaked their vengeance upon
the victims, appeared to be more awe stricken
than exultant. Mayor rilcher attempted tu
calm the mob, and was "outrageously assaulted,
receiving a severe wound in the face. OCcer
J. A. Wcatherford had one of his fingers thot
off". We heard of no other persons being injur
ed, though there were rumors to that efi'ect.
The Louisville Journal of the 15th says :
We hardly need say that we regard this pro
ceeding as one of the most deplorable in all
the history of Louisville. We presume tbo
negroes, or at least a portion of them, wcra
guilty but there were no legitimate grounds
for their conviction, nnd the jury which pro
nounced the verdict of acquittal w as remarka
ble for its intelligence and respectability. Un
der these circumstances the violent uprising of
tho mob against the civil authorities and pat
ting of the negroes to death, was an outrage
which cannot be too severely condemned. It
has done an injury to tht good name of our c'.ty
which ycurs can hardly wipe ouf. It bas cau
sed a feeling of deep grief and poignant regrt
in tho breast of every good and ca'm reflect
ing cit izen. Some may think that the lives of
four persons are a matter of little consequence;
but tho law bas been put to death, an ! that s
a matter of momentous consequence. Good
men have been zealously laboring to re cstiL
lish the prosperity of Louisville ly re-establishing
her character for law and order, but by
the violence of a mob the results of their labors
havo been swept away in a single night as by
a whirlw ind. Those ore some of the horrid
fruits of the bitter seed that was planted three
years ago. It is a sad thing to have to state,
that in the midst of a mob, there were scores
of boys, some of them scarcely ten years of age
all shouting "hang 'cm !" with a fury not sur
passed by that of their ciders. Such an exhi
bit ion of bloodthirsty rage on the part of mcro
children, is indfed shocking to contemplate.
It is a deplorable augury for the rising gener
ation. Smtt ix Wueat. Much has been said and
written about smut. Many experiments have
been resorted to to discover its cause. The
most enlightened inference seems to be that It
is a disease, but what, and how cured, are the
important questions. We do not propose a
discussion of the subject here, but only to
quoto from the Wisconsin Jcrmfrthe experi
ence of a wheat grower. He aays : "But as I
have ever, in regard to all diseases, considered
an ounce of preventive equal to a pCUnd cf
cure, I have, therefore, from careful investi
gation, Ixicomo satbficd that tee most fruitful
sourco of smut is the heating of the seed ia
the mow. With this view, my preventive for
some years past has been lo let my wheat for
seed stand uutil quite ripe for butting, and
then I advise to put tho same on a scaffold un
til fully cured. Since I have practiced this
mode of savicg seed, I have had no smut in
my wheat, although my neighbors complain of
their wheat smutting." Valley Farmer.
James Vesch, Esq. The Genius of Liberty,
a Democratic paper published at Uniontown,
Fayetto connty, tho home or Mr. Veech, in a
review or the characters of the nominees f
the American-Republican conventivu, thus
speaks of Mr. Veech :
"James Veech, Esq., one of the Opposition
candidates for the Supreme Bench, oui readers
all know. Against him personally we havu no
word to utter. IU it an alU lawyer, and has
the qualifications to make a good Supreme Judg
i :. every respect except his politics. If he vert
tht Democratic instead of the Black Republican
nominca, Ae would bt elected, and would do
discredit to the Supremo Benoh."
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