THE ENTERPRISE.
HIT, UttEKO.W JLil 30, I37i.
A Tarty of Isms.
The Republican party is very
properly uamed wbeu termed Radi
cal. It should also bo designated as
the party of isms. No sooner does
it get out of one Radicalism than it
inauages throw it into another.
Tiie negroism got into power, and
now that that question is virtually
settled it is in search of another ism,
and the last appears the public
school ism. Presnmiag on the pre
judices and ignorance of its follow
ers, the party managers are attempt
ing to foist upon the country as an
isvae, the public school question,
and in order they may make it suc
cessful, are endeavoring to set all the
diJereut denominations against the
Catholics, and claim for Radical
ism the exclusive honor of being
oppposed to creating sectarian
schools. This is an ism we appre
hend the good sense of the people
will quickly dismiss, as there cannot
be any grounds for such an issue,
either national or State, and those
who are not blind with fanaticism
f.m hut look imnn the introduction
of this question into our polities
with regret and contempt. Rut
B idicalism cannot exist without an
ism to work upon the religions or
fanatical ideas of its members. This
-was done on the negro question. A
kind of semi-barbarous religious fa
naticism was created against the in
stitution of slavery, which culminat
ed in war for their freedom, and the
loss of thousands of our own race.
This ism is no longer an isstfe, and
now R idicalism must find some other
semi-religious bng-b-ar to frighten
the people into retaining it in power.
"We feel that the American people
have enough sense left not to be car
ried into this sectarian squabble for
political gain.
Before the war and at a tinlo when
the leading fanatics of this country
h i I uluost given up the hope of gain
ing the ascendency through the ne
gro question, this same element was
actively preparing a war upon ' rope
ry" and nothing but the issuo of
slavery has kept this question out of
the field of politics. The people are
rot fanatics, but ttieir leaders, for
tho sake of success, will resort to
any and all the devises known to po
litical trickery, and knowing from
the experience of the past, that any
issue Libeled' with a semi-religious
bearing, will the more readily exalte
the people. Tor in this issue they
hope, to unite all again, t ona class of
religious people. Tins is a question
wiiij'a h ts no il ice in our politics,
and nothing but unprincipled dem
agouges will ever bring such into
pirty conventions. The laws of the
country are asufiijJentguarantee that
BcuaiKtuuiii cannot control our pub
lic schools, and the money raised for
public education will always be used
for the purpose for which it is col
lected. 3
Tho Catholics have the same right
tr miintaih their regions views as
any other denomination, and in that
view they deserve equal protection.
Wo are not a Catholic, but we be
lieve in the princijrte of free tolera
tion and tli.it every man be allowed
to worship God according to the dic
tates of his own conscience with no
responsibility to man, but all to Lis
God. The question of school is not
tho foundation of the ism sought to
bo rai.-e.l this time. It is the old
tight against "Popery." and the Rad
icals are simply using the schools a:
a plausible pretext foi their uncalled
for and wanton attack on a large
portion of our citizens. Using the
schools for a cloak to 'hide -their true
var noon the
issue is nn
o but men
iple of moral
character.
e.
m-ans for political success. The
school question is but a blind
against tho Catholic Church, the
same as tho var to "preserve Mia
Union" was but a blind to free the
negro, and we predict, if th ir.
pie follow the peruicjous and venal
leadership of Radic.Iism, we shall
soon have a more de Aerate and dan
gerous ism in our p"itics than was
ever the negro question. We trust
the good sense of the people will put
their seal of disapprobation on this
piece of Ri.bcal fanaticism at the
very lwjrinuinir. ami Kt it die the ig
nominious .leath it dt ierves
; ' i
D3c.iV2D. The Vancouver 12 "jit
ter s,.eaks its views of budge Bonham
as follows, which wil"j,e approved
by all who kno-.v that gentleman:
On "vW.lnes.lav wh visited the
court room, and founjl Judge Bon
ham presiding whcie appearance
la.licited fiat he. w.A mister of his
pos-.non. S .mo 13 J rs ago jie en-
,e.1'Uv'or llVin the most
1mm l style, and o3 to his being
c , rfila:i an 1 l,ivi -' indomitable
w Lrir! T' 6 Soon relied a point
the J, urhe.t position. Ho is a man
f, Vle;'nmJ-. ffno-i looking. Z
e 1 ti-T I, ; ua e ery way suit
is present position.
Doing Good WoRK.The ,lor,vw
euited by Mr. D. C. Ireland, is doin
good work toward InjiUing up As
toria. The t-ditor seAn to have but
one obot in view 11 tbftt
"J!.1 l)lace the Mamercial cit
design, they mean ii
Cit!olio;C'aurch. Tffls
unworthy one, and V
iiestitnta of everv pi i-
j'umii-ui or re ii
LETTER FR031 NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New Yobk, July 13, 1875.
lias the millennium at last arrived
and is the lion actually to lie down
with the lamb? Butler and Philips
praise the Ohio Democratic platform,
and that old war-worn Radical and
chronic growler, Judge Kelley, of
Philadelphia, has just been trying to
prove to the iron mongers of Youngs
town, Ohio, that their only salvation
is in electing to the gubernatorial
honors, old father Allen, the Demo
cratic nominee! We are now told that
all the old issues are dead, and the
bone of contention which shall indi
rectly create new parties, is the ques
tion of currency. We shall see
though I don't believe it.
Captain Bogardous, as if anxious
that all our applause be not expend
ed on our riflemen, has just defeated,
with ease, at London, the champion
pigeon shot of Great Britain.
Italy and Greece have been added
to the countries "denying themselves
the pleasure" of participating in our
World's Fair. Their excuse is, their
poverty. A poor excuse.
Bigler, the financial agent of the
Centennial, has expressed his willing
ness to run on the Democratic ticket
in Pennsylvania against llartrauft
for the Governorship, lie has served
two terms in the State Senate, from
Dcartield county, and M-as Speaker
of that body during his second term.
In 1831, he was elected Governor
over Johnston, the AVhig nomiuee,
on the issues presented by the com
promise of 1S30. He owed his elec
tion to what were called the "Cotton
Whigs," and the failure of Filmore's
Administration to support Johnston.
He made an honest and eflicient ex
ecutive, and was shortly after elected
to the U. S. Senate by Democratic
Legislature. Since then he has
eschewed politics, (none the worse
for it, however,) and is considered to
be the strongest candidate that the
Pennsylvania Democrats can put into
the field.
Though the census returns are not
yet complete, the population of this
city is unhesitatingly estimated atl,
200,000. Some portion of tho large
increase which has taken place
must, of course, be attributed to the
annexation of the Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth wards, but the larger
amount is due to the natural growth
of the city, especially above Thirty
fourth street.
Letters from the Black Hills con
tinue to be written with blue ink,
and continue to warn placer miners
to stay at home. "California Joe"
sid to the Tribune correspondent.
'.Thps;2 are no poor man's cli:rinru
OO o
I'll give it a try north of here, and if
it does not pan out better-' than this,
I'll jump the country."
The latest news from the College
oarsmen at Saratoga leads me to be
lieve that this year's race will be the
most exciting and closely contested
ever witnessed on the Lake. Mr.
Breslin, of the Grand Union Hotel,
offered some very beautiful silver
ware to be. rowed for by the students,
but the boys, thinking that prizes
smacked too much of lucre and gain,
when they only cared for the victori
ous laurels, very politely ' declined
tho proffered kindness. The grand
stand on the Lake is more titan a
quarter of a mile long, and will hold
more than 10,000 people.
Young Sherman and Prince Fred
die have opened their game, or rath
er, bank, in Washington.
That personification of a Jersey
mosquito, Brother Shearman of the
Plymouth Church broad- bummed
hat and all has sailed for a few
month's recreation among the moun
tains of Switzerland. It's a pity we
can't tile an injunction prohibiting
his leaving there. Apropos, the peo
ple of Peekskill , one thousand strong,
with tho Hudson River Sheet Iron
Bind at their head, last night gave
Henry Ward Beecher a kind of con
gratulatory and confidence serenade.
Henry made a long speech, protest
ing his innocence, avowing his pres
ent love for mankind, (womankind
too, I guess), and shuddering at the
expense of the trial.
Buffalo Bill and Texas Jack have
an advertisement in the papers ad
dressed to "Gentlemen Hunters." It
seems they are organizing a grand
buffalo hunt, and from what I hear,
they look with the most philosophi
cal indifference upou the expense. I
had some little respect for these men
when they lived on tho plains, but
when they destroyed all semblance
of romance, and showed themselves
void of pride and true manhood, by
traveling around like sheep, with a
theatrical manager, taking prominent
parts in those absurd dramas of "In
juns,"and "be-lud" in the language
of Billingsgate, "I soured."
Mrs. Dancer, the wife of one of our
gamblers, was "esterday gagged at
her residence in Eleventh street, by
a party of men, who gained an en
trance by pretending tojiavecome to
examine into the water .rates, and
then relieved her of 40,000 in Vir
ginia State bond. I urn in coustent
fear and trembling lest I should buy
nome in mistake.
It seems to me that all the church
es, "Homes," Hospitals, and similar
institutions, are on the verge of
bankruptcy. It is one series of fairs.
Setesclavtpetres, and theatricals, week
in and week out. I Snn ;
genioa catch-pennies are exhibited.
or rather brought into active opera
tion at one of these charitable enter
prises than at any other .place or un
der any other circumstances. It al
most seems that if the good people in
charge, had reserved all their trick
ery, throughout the year, like a sailor
; ' I. ,
ins anuc ou iu.U, uue fciauu
opportunity. A new way, to me, was
adopted at an Orange City Fair not
long ago, of raising much money
with little outlay. The modus was to
send a letter respectively to all the
literary lights in the country (I got
two) requesting a gratuitous article
from each for a little paper which
they intended to publish during the
fair. The result was, that a corps of
talent was repx-esented on the little
sheet, that no two newspapers in the
world could afford to maintain. Mark
Twain sent a double contribution
some scrip and some manuscrip;
Whittier, Gen. Dix, Gen. McClellan,
Gen. Sherman, William Cullan Bry
aud, "and others too numerous to
mention," contributed most masterly
themes. The paper demanded an ex
orbitant prico aud was sold more
easily than a green-horn. This is a
suggestion the the churches of Ore
gon City which contemplate holding
fairs. I charge nothing for the valu
able hint. You see, something new
is needed. Tho old tricks on travel
ers are worn thread-bar?, and the
young men won't so much as nibble.
We have all seen the woodcu Oliver
Twist "asking for more," and swallow
a fortune without a "thank you."
Very likely everybody's experience is
the same as mine; but somehow I
imagine that wbeu I atteud a fair, I
am especially persecuted and marked
immediately on entrance as a victim.
"I scarcely know whether to attribute
this to my wealth or my good looks.
I thiuk it would be a good idea to tell
my tailor not to throw qu:tz so much
style into my garments, eh? I have
seen blonde Rebecca at the wonder
ful lemonade-producing wells, who
spoke tolerable good English consid
ering, but ''no subee (ice clittuyae"
worth a cent. If my biblical lore is
not going estray, the genuine Becky
mddo no charge for the water she
drew and became a bride in conse
quence. I tull you girls, you ought
to look out for these fountains, for-
here it was that Rachel won Jacobs
heart, and Zipporah found her hus
band. Now, don't let this lead to any
wrangling among you as to who shall
be tiie lime-juice Ganymede at the
next fair, for matrimony ij not an in
fallible consequence of bossing the
lemonade, especially not when poor
quality, poor measure and no change
are given. I have been worried into
absolute extravagance by the impor
tunities of young ladies wanting me
to take "chances'
.f -
(in t.iar names) in
a very useful ten-to-tum !iinl l.o I
antiful mersehaum pipe, all made out
oifol-I." Bold beauties have dragged
mo into the refreshment room (where
picnic ice cream of a decidedly bad
flavor was dished out at 50 cents a
thimblefull) to demonstrate the great
capacity and elas.icity of a certain
part of their anatomies. I have been
surreptitiously smuggled into that
antiquated sell, that favorite joke of
Noah's, "The Chamber of llorors
and Art Gallery." Heie have I paid
some intoxicating price for the pleas
ure of seeing some hod-carriers lime
eatea boot, labeled, 'Hop 'o my
Thumbs;" or of spliting sides with
laughing at some old lady's knitting
needle, proclaimed tho bodkin with
which Domitian killed tho Roman
flies. I wonder whero all these
church wits come from? With a
coquetteish smile like the song of
the Syren the unfair fair poat-mis-tress
has informed of a letter in her
keeping, addressed to me. Young
men beware of these letters as you
should of all anonymous communica
tions! Iam surprised at a church
siuctioning them. Beware of these
letters, I say, because they are stamp
ed on the envelope dues enough to
buy a juryman. If you so much as
i
picK up an article atone of the tables,
the
mere fact of admiring or revolv
ing the thought in yourmind of pur
chasing, is enough; you are charged
with it. I tell von it is mouM, to
drive our young men to dog-pits and
faro they like to have 'sone chance,
j-ou know. You must come around
again to-morrow night, Mr. Soandso,
Mrs. Jarley's mix-works and other
attractions!" "Oh, my!" is the en
thusiastic, though non-committal re
ply. "It's too bad Miss Whatsyour
name, that you have not live or six
of the ten dollar season tickets left !"
"Oh! but we have though! Just let
niC!" "Pardon my interruption,
but I regret to hear that, for it im
plies that tho sale of tickets has not
realized your expectations. Good
aSnt." Tom.
Condition of Wheat Chops in the
East. A "Washington dispatch of
the 2tth inst. has the following in
regard to the wheat prospects:
Returns of the department of agri
culture for July 1st. show the condi
tion of spring and winter wheat to
gether at about 82 per ceut. of an
average. Winter wheat, including
California, averages 74., and spring
wheat 9G. Spring wheat, in States
in the northeast au I northwest, is
generally in high condition. Of win
ter wheat, the a - a in the South At
lantic and Gulf St its is getae rally
above the averag-.-. b it in the middle
States the eon.iith.n is verv low,
ranging down to io. West "of the
Alleghanies from Now York, pros
pects are better, the State averages
being between 71 in Ohio and 95 in
Iowa. California reports winter
wheat at 76 and spring wheat at 75.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY.
UNIVERSITY OF CALI?t)HNTA.
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW
MASSACRE.
Trial of Lee Horrible Tale or Treach
ery and ill a rUer Effort to nieia
Hie Chief IuUgator Details of the
JJutcUery by au Ux-JIorinoJi.
Beaver, July 23. At 2 o'clock the
I first witness was called. Robt. Keys
Came fo u 0ctouer- 2, lo7,
through Mountain -Meadows; saw
two piles of bodies, women aud chil
dren, piled promiscuously about
some GO or 70; tho children were
from two months old to twelve years;
the smaller were torn by wolves and
crows, and some of the bodies were
shot, some had their throats cut,
some stabbed and all torn by wolves,
except one woman, a little way off",
who appeared as if asleep, with a
ball hole in her left side; the appear
ance of the body indicated she had
been dead fifteen days; seven of us
saw it; there was a pile of men's
bodies, dead, further on; did not go
to see them; there was no clothing
on the bodies except one sock on a
man; none were scalped.
AS.VIIEL. BENNETT CALLED.
Was at the Meadows in December,
1S57; saw bones there, and the hor
rible skeletons of women and chil
dren, curls and long tresses of hair
and dried blood; the children were
from ten to twelve years of age; saw
some skulls that had flesh drio t on
them; the bodies had been buried,
but the wolves, evidently had dug
them up.
raiLIP KUSGF.X SMITH
(A defendant, of San Bernardino,
California) called. Tho prosecution
euteved nolle prosequi as to himself.
Lived at Cedar City in 1857; the
Ideadow is forty-five miles south of
Cedar City, on the California road;
was at the massacre in September,
1857; heard of emigrants coming;
the peoplo were forbidden to trade
with them and they felt bad about it;
saw a few of them at Cedar City;
this was on Friday; some of them
swore and Higby fined them; when
they went on, I heard rumors of
trouble; on Sundays it was the cus
tom to have meetings of the Presi
dent, council and bishop, when the
matter of their destruction was dis
cussed, Haight, Higby, Moirell, Al
len, Wells, myself and others; there
were some brethren who were oppos
ed to their destruction; I did also;
Haight jumped np and broke up the
meeting; I asked what would be the
consequence of Much an act; then
Haight got mad: the Indiaus were to
destroy them on Monday; Higby,
Haight, White and I conversed again ;
I opposed their destruction; Haight
relented, and told White and I to go
ahead aud tell the peoplo the emi
grants should pass through safe; we
did so; on the road we met John D.
Lee; told him where we were going;
he replied: "I have something to say
about that matter." We passed the
emigrants at Iron Springs; next
morning we passed them agu'n as we
came back; they had twenty or thirty
wagons; there were over 100 people,
old aged, middle aged, old women,
middle aged, youths an. I children;
near home we met Ira Allen; he said
the emigrants' doom was sealed the
die was cast for destruction; that
Lee's orders were to take men and
go out an.
intercept.
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w.hiio ii (in cu-iii!) iii;il iiiev iimh r, rv
along and wanted reinforcements;
that he had been to Parowan and got
further orders from Col. W. H.D inie
to finish the massacre, to decoy out
and spare none but the small chil
dren who could not tell tales. I
went off and met Allen, our first run
ner, and others. Higby came out
and said you are ordered out armed
and equipped. As I went, Hopkins.
Higby. John Willis and Mum Purdy
went along; had two baggage wag
ons; got to Hamblin's ranch in the
night, three miles from the emigrants;
there met Lvo -and others from the
general cmnp, where a large number
of men were then; found the emi
grants not all killed. Lee called me
out for consultation on the outside.
lie told me the situation; told me
the emigrants were fortified and no
o .ance to get them oat; that Higbv
gave orders to decoy them in the
best way they could; that it was
agreed to and command given to
John D. Lee to carry out the whole
plan; tliey went to camp. Lee called
out all tho soldiers in hollow sonare
an;t a.i. tressed them; tliey wcru all
while men, about 50 in ail; the In-
.i: :
ni.iiia eie in auoiner camp; saw
there Slado and his son Jim, IVarce
and probably his sons too, all those
from Cedar, and Bill Stewart, seven
Jacobs, and think Dan McFarlane.
too. Slade and I were outraged, but
we paid what can we do. we can't
help ourselves. Just then the order
to inarch was given and we had to
go, part in double file. Higby had
command of part of tho men; it was
theNauvoo legion, organized from
tens up to hundreds, that marched
m sight of the emigrants. Either
.batemaii or Leo went out with the
white flag, ami a man from the emi
grants met them. Lee and tho man
sat down on the grass and had a talk.
Don't know what the' talked about.
Le went with the man into the en
trenchments. After some hours they
came out, and the emigrants came up
with the wounded in wagons ahead.
The wounded were those hurt iu the
three days previous light. Next
came the women; next the men. As
the emigrants came up the men halt
ed, and the women on foot, the chil
dren and wounded went on ahead,
with John D. Lee. The settlers had
orders to he all ready to shoot at the
word. When the word to halt came,
the soldiers fired odiv; don't know
if I killed any one. The men were
not all killed the first shot; saw the
women afterward dead, with their
throats cut. I saw as I came up to
them a man kill a youug girl. The
men were marched in doublo file
first; then thrown into single file,
with soldiers alongside. Heard emi
grants congratulating themsel ves on
their safety from the Indians. At
last John M. Higbv came and order
el .s9al to "fire. Lee like the
rest had firearms. . No emigrants es
caped; saw soldiers on horses to take
those who ran; saw a man run, and
saw Bill Stewart, on horseback, go
after and kill him; saw one wounded
man beg for his life; Higbv cnt his
throat; the man said. "I would not
OO This tn .,., TT:i ...l ,
knew. Aftr t fl-.i t
gather up the little children:
- " J. V I I 1 1 I I 1,11
as I
i Aaw a larSe woman running
l7ttrthe, men' cr. "My hus
band; My husband." The soldiers
shot her m the back, and she fell
dead. As I went on, I found the
wagons with the wounded all out on
the ground dead, with their throats
cut, I kept walking on, and found
the children; put them in a wagon
and took them ta Highland's house.
Saw no more soldiersjdisperstnl them.
Two children were wounded, and
one died . at Hamblin's; think I had
to leave it there. There wer many
soldiers from the counties south
whom I didn't know. Next day 1
and McCurdy and Willis took the
children to Cedar City, leaving one
at Piuto creek. On the. roud wo met
a freight train of wagons'! The men
are living here in Beaver now. On
it I went to old Mrs. Hopkins' and
told her I had the children. .She
instantly rose and got . places for
them. I took one girl baby home,
aud my wife suckled it afterward.
1 gave it to Birkbtck, he having no
children. They were well treated,
I believe; got good places for them
where there were few children.
The question of allowing the state
ments of co-conspiratori as to the
disposal of the emigrants' property
after the massacre, was here argued
for an hour. The court held it ad
missible on the grounds of the case
of tho people vs. Tritna, California
case.
During the argument, Sutherland
of the defence, bitterly said it was
an attempt to fix the crimo on some
one else, Leo being only a figure
head. Baskin, of the prosecution replied
that they wanted nothing but the
truth, whoever it implicated, and
that Sutherland feared his real client
would be reached. (Decided sensa
tion, it being hiowu that Brigham
Young was meant.
Witness resumed After several days
Haight sent me to Iron Spring
where the wagons, cattle and goods
of the emigrants were; got them and
put them in the tithing house: I was
to brand the caitle too; found there
John Urie, and Hunter aud Allen; I
1 put tho goods in the church tithing
ollic-e cellar; left the wagons in front
(f the tithing ollice; branded the
cattle with the church brand, a cross;
Lee was in the cellar with me and
saw the goods. Haight and Higbee
told me that a council had been held
and Lee deputed to go to President
Brigham Young and report all the
facts of the massacre. Lee went and
I followed Lee to attend the confer
ence. October Gth, at Salt Lake City.
Met L-e in Salt Lake asked him if lie
had reported to Brigham Young.
He said, yes, every particular. Tl.e
same day I, Lee and Charley Hop
kins called on Brigham Young. He
there in presence of them, said,
"You have charge of that property
in the tithing otfiee, turn it over to
John I). Loo; what you know of thi.s
say nothing of it; don't talk of it
even among yourselves." When the
tim came 1 had to go to Vegas to
the lead mines to get ore, and while
I was gone Lee look the properly
and had it sold at auction, so Haight
and Higbee to!d mo. Haight sold
part of the cattle to Hooper. Utah's
Congressional candidate after wards,
for boots and shoes.
There were Indians at the massa
cre, the hilis being pretty full of
them; they were deputed to kill the
women; saw one Indian cut a little
b,i'-':-; t !' 'a? : he-mi no
eiioi t to re-
tiaiu the ludiiiij Si:m of the In
dians were wounded, and thiee died
of their wounds. Tito Indiaus came
back to Cedar, where I lived. One
was calh-d Bill, one Tom. both
chiefs. Saw some of the emigrant's
property with the Indians; s;nv Lre
get dresses and jeans from the tith
ing ofii-e out of the emigrant's plun
der. I learned from Allen that Lee
was the one to gather up the Indians
to attack the emigrants; talked with
Lne about it afterward. Lee was Tn
di.m agent at Harmony. The agents
treated with the trilws and issued
goods and rations of th? government
to Indians.
Witness I was ordered to the
massacre by Higbee. at Cedar City ;
I made no reply; had only to go ais
told; 12 or 13 went from Cedar; I
was enrolled a private in the Legion;
Haight commanded my hundred; or
ders to decoy the emigrants came
from Higbee; he told Lee it was a
duty; I did not hear Lee's address
to his men in hollow squire, as I
was on one pidn; I did say to coun
cil on the field that if it were orders
from due nuthrrPv. to go on and
carry them out; Higbee said as he
went to the front that two emigrants
had escaped from the camp, nnd that
they were overtaken at Richards'
Springs and thus prevent incursions
ot Calilomians to take revenge. I
heard those say who came foimore
troops, that durinsr the first three
days the whites and Indians together
fought the emigrants. I was ten feet
ten feet
from the migrant opposite me w
I fired; can't say if I hit l,j,n
1
hen
ltnf
ii(t so probably; T obeyed orders and
no motive or robbery moved me; bad
mm. nearu talked ot as a motive: of
tue ll children saved the oldest
was a bov two or thre and a half
years; I kept nn: TIamblin got th.
wounded ones; Higbee got the old
est boy; Ingham got one; don't re
member who got the rest; did not
talk to Brigham Young of the mas
sacre: t1d Charles" Dal ton of it in
Salt Lake; had no right to speak to
Young, Cannon or George A. Smith
of it unless tliev asked me; I first
made public about the massacre
thrre years ago at B il'ionville, in an
affidavit to Charles Wandell. sworn
to before tl.R county clerk at Pioche;
was out of the Mormon church five
Tq-qS a?ro: r'Snl bishop in
I80S or 1839: never considered it
self in full membership at that; am
not now a Mormon, and never
expect to be; Haight sent me
to the esras load mines: l.rnnr)a
ore to Cedar and smelted it, nr,,i Kpnt
the lead to Silt Lake; do not know
that the Indians had gathered at
Cedar inst before the mn.ni
bad a dance and feast, nor that they
diM after the massacre. rhittrtr.'n
delivered-the children to Doctor
Forney. cr-vernmenfc nwnf
year after tho massacre, but gave no
wounded children to tho Tndlina
bo killed; neither Dame nor nnv
ouh ele faid to me wo would
rather have Buehamn hear of death
to all the men in TTtAh f 1...
killing of women and children, nor
did I reply, if you break out in this
way we will have to fak care of yon
I hare talked with the United States
Attorney: am a witn minni...-i..
U- - - 'Kiuuiiuv:
was not promised me that a
prosequi Rhonld be entered as to roe
in 10 it ont if I was in it or
ont of it; did not come on lh rm.
Je K&9 Pt0mis I
On Monday the trial of Lee was
resumed. Joel W. White, a Mor
mon, still belonging to the Church,
testified in substance tlia same as
Smith. " -
Anna Elizabeth Hodge gave her
testimony in substance tue same, and
said: Lee put a handkerchief on a
stick and a man came out and said.
"What do you mean?" Lee said
that be promised peace if the emi
grants would give up their arms. At
last they agreed to it and marched
out alongside the soldiers, who shot
them down at a given signal, and the
Indians killed the women; he said
one man held a baby m his "arms
after the first tire; Lee said: "Give
up that child." Tho man replied:
"if I die, the child dies with . me; I
know you, John Lee, despite your
paint." Lee said he had to shoot
the man, and at the same time killed
the ciiild, and thought the meeting
should hold him guiltless for shed
ding iunoccut blood, because he
couldn't kill the man without it.
While Lee was wi reporting, the
return express from Young arrived;
saw the children in the wagons in
front of the meeting house. One
1 v, 8 years old, pointed to Indian
Joe aud said: "That man killed my
papa; he s got my papas pants on
now." Never saw the boy after.
Lee said we should not talk to the
children, and wanted them to forget
about the massacre.
Thomas P. Willis testified to see
ing the property of the emigrants,
and that it was sold at auction by
Lee.
John H. Willis testified as to hav
ing some of the children.
William Young, a Mormon, aimed
by his testimony to show that the
Indians were troublesome and it was
necessary for the Mormons to join
them in the murder to protect them
selves. Samuel Pollock, in his testimony,
attempts to lay the butchery on the
Indians, and is in direct conflict with
all the testimony thus far given.
John Sherrett swore that he at
tended tiie auction sa'o of the emi
grants' goods, and bought some; the
sale was made by Lee.
Mary 'ami Iemocra!.ic Convention.
At the Democratic Convention held
in Baltimore on the 22d inst.,-John
Lee Conoll was nominated for Gov
ernor. Leven Wo! ford was nomin
ated by acclamation for Comptroller
of the Treasury; J. M. Guinne was
nominated for Att'y-General. The
nominees addressed the convention.
The following platform was ado2ted,
the financial plank of which firmly
opposes any inflation of currency
and favors the resumption of specie
payments at the earliest moment
possible:
We hereby declare unfaltering de
votion to thu cardinal principles of
republican go-.erninent as enumerat
ed by Thomas .Telle r-.mii ; the preser
vation f t;;e Gener.il Government in
its w hole irontitutionul vigor, as the
sheet anchor of our peace at home
and safety abroad; supremacy of
civil over military authority; econo
my in public expenses, that labor
may be lightly burdened; hone.-t
payment of our debts and sacred
preservation of the public faith; ar
raignment of all abuses at the bar
of public reason; freedom of religion
and the press and of persons uuder
protection of the habeas corpus, and
trial by jury impartially selected.
Heolct, ' !, That we protest against
the burdens of a high protective
tariff, as needless exactions from a
people tolerably oppressed bv a gi
gantic national debt, nnd we" insist
that the tariff be so regulated as to
provide only sufficient revenue f r
general uses, and not for the purpose
of enriching the few at thu expense
of the many; that we protest against
the multiplication of l ederal officers,
and assignment to them of unusual
high salaries, and alms; of federal
patronage, which tends to dwarf
States and corrupt free institutions;
that agriculture, manufacture and
commerce should" be the equal care
of well regulated governments. Ob
structions of them, to-dav, should be
iemooil, nut no
be extended to ei'
of others; that l.o..
favoritism should
' at the expense
' .;n 1 '.otif;iI .,--
mutually depended and equal. Jus
tice demands that legislation .as far as
piacucai.ie, should Jiarmon ze tiiem,
and prevent one from oppressing or
obtaiuing undue advantage oveAhe
otner. j. hat we protest against the
increase of circulating currency, but
demand such measures by Congress
as will result in the resumption of
specie payment at the earliest possi
ble moment. We are opposed to
grauhng subsidies to monopolies.
.
His Scccessoh. The latest politi
cal on (1,7, . briefly, remarks the
Springfiald Republican. Mr. Morton
spent several d..ys in New Orleans
soon after the adjournment of Con
gress. It was given out that he was
detained by tho sickness of his wife.
As a ma to.' of fact he was endeavor
ing to m iko Pinchback see reason.
His efforts wero ultimately crowned
w ith success. Pinch, agreed to re
sign his Senatorial pretensions in fa
vor of the Administration's brother-in-law.
Mr. Jim C1S03-, and to deliver
the colored vote of the South-west to
Mr. Morton in 187G tho considera
tion being tho berth of Secretary to
the Senate, now tilled by Mr Gor
ham of California.
We Endorse. Wo endorse the
following complimentory notices of
the Faculty of the Willamette Uni
versity, taken from tho Vancouver
Jxegisler of a recent date.
Prof. T. M. Gatch, President of
the University, ls a native of the
State of Ohio, a man of high culture
or hne attainments, genial in his
ty,e universally popular, and as we
think excel, as an educator. L.J.
Powell professor of mathematics, is
a man of large experience, as a teach
er, a proiouud scholar, and a superi
or educator. T. IT. r.mrn .
feasor of natural science i. . rV.;.in.
ate of this institution, ami has but
few equals as an educator.
Convention. The Democratic
State Convention meets Thursday, at
2 o'clock. We. are compelled, in or
der tOmeet the mails, to go to press
i libera..
Resolutions of Respect.
The members of the Supreme
Court, now in session at Salem Le1
a meeting last week aud appointed
committee to draft resolutions of
spect to the late Hon. G. A. Lai)
Eulogistic speeches were ra-ij 1 '
several members of the bar
and th0
following preamble and resolution
were adopted:
-
lion. Gecrge A. LaDow, mend.,,
elect of the Congress of tiie Cnitt T
States for Oregon, and a xncin her rt
ine un ui iiuj twui i, oieu at
home in Pendleton, Uregon,
the last term of this court; and
us
since
Whereas, Our departed brotI,er
possessed those qualities which great
ly endeared him to ns, his associates
and at the beginning of his honors'
aud in the midst of his usefulness
he was suddjtnly cut down by death'
aud '
Wiiekeas, By the death of Mr
LaDow, the State of Oregon has lost
au upright citizen and an able and
faithful representative in the halls !f
Congress; the bar a useful member
and his family a most kind and in
dulgent husband and father; there
fore be it
liesolreil. By tho members of the
bar in attendance at the present term
of the Supreme Court, that we deeply
deplore the untimely death of out
brother, ai.d hereby teuder to Lis
bereaved family our most sincero
condolence.
Jtesolred, That a committee of three
be appointed to present the forego
ing preamble and resolutions to the
court now in session, and ask that
the same be spread upon the journal
and that a copy of the same, under
the seal of the court, be transmitted
to the family of our departed brother.
Levying Assessments. A Wash
ington dispatch under date of tho
23d "says that the Congressional Com
mittee has collected thousands of
dollars in. the shape of political as
sessments. Clerks propose to resist
assessments of the committee upon
the ground that it has no legal exist
ence. It was appointed by the -i3d
Congress for a specific object. That
object is fulfilled, and the 43d Con
gress no longer exists. Until tho
meeting of the 4ith Congress, and
another appointment by it, thero
will be no such thing as a legal com
mittee, and the men who are at pres
ent robbing clerks in the name of
the Republican party, a re no moj-
authorized to do what they do than
ordinary highwaymen. The assess
ors have yet avoided pressing thosa
who object to their demands. The
exposures in relation to the standing
of the commit te"e make them fearful
that a good, honest prosecution
again -;t them, by ir.en who had no
thing to lose, officially, would Iai;d
them in the penitentiary.
WiiEVT P:tospr:cT.s in L"i:orE. A
Xew York Herat, I'.i dispatch frua
London, under date of the 23.i iijst..
I f.ij .1 m il nn: i;oe i-s.-.a:.l l:;i.s
j caused considerable damage to i'.;u; s
throughout tue kinglom. The en
tire advance :n wheat has b-en m
per quarter since the recent excite
ment respecting crop movcrnc-::'
from America and elsewhere set ia.
In respect to any further dv;;r.c
much will dv'peu I upon the still
ness and sound judgment of operat
ors. It is regarded, however, as im
probable that even favorable wer.tiier
will operate to produce any consid
erable decline. Advices from Hun
gary report considerable damage to
fields, without advance of price. J:i
South Russia there has been gieatr-r
damage from drouth than wet. wliic'i
will, however, limit the Odessa ship
ments. In riai;ee, besides i!..(1s,
the harvest is later than lastviar,
and not so good.
Mountain Meadow Massk i:r.
We give np much space to the news
from Utah in regard to the Monr.uin
Meadow massacre and the eviiler.ee
in tne case. It is the most horrible
case of cold-blooded butchery that
has come to our knowledge, aad
should tho facts be as stated, no
punishment could be too bad for
any who wero concerned in the ter
rible deed.
Not Enough Practice. Such
Democratic Governors as Gaston
-and Tilden, the St. Louis Republican
thinks, do more for the party tLan
all the stump speeches which can he
made, or all the buncoml e platforms
that can be built. Talking Democ
racy is a good thing, but acting it is
luhnitely better and there is to
much preaching and not enough
practice.
Appointed. We are pleased to
learn, says the Albany Democrat,
that Senator Oilie d, of Clackamas
county, has appointed Aithur L.
Doolittle, son of the late L. W. Voo
l'ttle, deceased, a student in the
State Agricultural College. Arthur
is a bright, promising lad, and will
doubtless improve to the fullest this
excellent opportunity for acquiriug
a liberal education.
Sounded the Knell. The KaI
ical members of the Alabama Legis
lature have resolved that Spencer,
Sheats, Force-Bill White and their
other old leaders are a bad lot, ar.a
that the Federal offices in Alabama
need a thorough overhauling
ing the third term in earnest ha'
sounded the knell for tho carpet
baggers. Who he.is. Mr. Sheppard Lef
fler, tho Democratic and Libera
nominee for Governor of Iowa. 'llS
a member of Congress in 1811). and
is a life-long farmer. He was educat
ed for the law, but preferred farm
ing. He has had no connection with
politics since his term in Congres3
till within the past few years.