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THE INDEPENDENT.
V vTIKO.U, U (.IST :io. imu.
J. C. GALL A HER, Editor and Proprietor.
A Bij E.Tort and a Signal Failure.
We promised our reader* iu our last i
*ue to give, iu this i*sne, the history of
the pvoahccdtng* of the United States v.
J. L.' Sonnen nod othiTS, in Colquitt
ceanrtjr.
Having, to the full **tWotion of our
render*, shown, by n mere recital of facts,
that Commwiaonci K. C. Wade, ami A. N.
Stone, Assistant -United State* Attorney,
have placed thcmf Iren in it mst mien via
tda and inexplicable position, with regard
to the qaeetion of coat* in the ease* of
Ijee and Brown, and also iu our butt, with
reference to tile inquiaitoria! and compul
sory power exorcised by Commissi oner
Wade over citizens, compelling them to
appear Worn hi* aatrapicnl majesty and
tiwtify as to what they may know in refer
ence to certain partit a, in order that a
provoetitn m may bo commenced in hi*
court, be it romambered, under a penalty
t five hundred dollars. Such procood
mg* ww unwarranted by the book*, and
Mtond alone, without a prcoetlcnt in Amcri
can jurisprudence.
While this ia the fimterise In thi* county,.
and without a reliable legal precedent any
where, it has bean followed by a regular
line of successive and vindictive nsurpa
tkm* auti lawless aggression* upon the
right* and liberties of the eitir.en* of this,
CulqaiU mid Thomna counties.
Now, reader, give ns your special atten
tion and read carefully ottr deposition, aome
of which, we confess, is inudmisnhhi in a
court of justice, but the primary cun be
obtained.
AU of the facta which we propose to
give you, wc have carefully analyzed
iu our own mind. Wo have drawn what
wo conceive to he the legitimate inferences
and deductions, both as to the acts and
intentions of the originators of the prose
cution, and-the only logical sequence to
which our mind is inevitably driven, is
that the ehorgos wore never made, and the
warrant never iaaued, w ith the intention
of having them investigated in the Dis
trict Court of the United Mates. But
with the view by a great military display,
fearfully contrasting with the rural scenes
and sober quietude of Colquitt county, to
intimidate the citizens and illegally nnd
unjustly arrest them, nnd compel them to j
march on foot to Quitman, without even
time to change their clothes or hid their
families farewell, and while tlms sur
rounded and intimidated with bayonets
and fatigued from the march, and wholly
unfamiliar with the charge and the pro
ceedings in such tribunals, extort from
thorn unreasonable and unjust sums of their
hard earned money by w ay of compromise
and settlement; pocket the money, nnd in
strict conformity with the system of black
mail, cover these hideously dark transac- j
t ion* with a robe of prenteded judicial an
tbority.
Thi-so, w*s say, are the conclusions we \
have arrived at from tlie fact* which we j
now propose to detail. And, aa wo do not j
claim for‘our opinions infallibility, 4t> ask !
you not to lot it prejudice your minds, but j
analyze the fact* and circumstances for !
yourselves impartially, and draw your own
contusions, aa we have done.
11l tha.llret plooe, Kcgistcr, the Sheriff 1
of Colquitt county, is now expiating the
crime iu .tile Savannah juil for violating u '
law that was not in existence; not known
to the stante books of the United States
when the dew! was done, if done at all;!
but was induced to plead guilty by the ‘
very parties that arrested him, assuring
him if he would do so and implicate oth
era that he would be released. Hut we ;
don’t care to discuss this point. Our oh
jsit is to show how this prosecution was
commenced, and hero it ia; One
Hardwick was summoned by Joseph H.
Cummings, then Deputy United States
Marshal, and threatened by the Marshal I
with a heavy penalty if he failed to ap
pear before the Commissioner and wake
affidavit. And upon his affidavit thus for
cibly procured, the United States Commis
sioners’ warrant was issued for the urrest
of Register and others. This we have
from Hardwick himself.
By this unrighteous i uqnisition, the usu r
pation of authority and the compulsory ■
jarwer usyd, ami the foolish plea of guilty, j
Register is now in jail, and his family in
waut And who is benefited? The offi
eials. Tile XT. S. Commissioner received his
costa, among which items was fifty dollar* 1
for taking u bond for Register's appear
•nee in Savanmdi at the then next term of j
the District Court
Now, reader, what do you conclude was
the object of this prosecution? We have I
no fears in giving our opinion; and this is
it: The Commissioner was anew convert
just admitted into full membership into
tho Radical party, and just made an officer, j
Money or distinction lie must have, and if!
he could not obtain the former ho must do j
•something notorious to gain the latter, and
oouaequciitly promotion. But in his big *
effort ho lias sigiudly failed.
Now for the charges against J. S. Nor
man, Htttry flay, John Qay and James;
Alderman; how they originated, and wliat
the charges were.
On the day that J. 8. Cummings. l)ep- I
uty United States Marshal, was in Moul
trie, with n warrant t> ai-rest Register and
oth.-rs, it being election day, a huge I
crowd was in the village, and a qmirrel
commenced bulaemi Virgil Norman and !
someone else, or. perhaps, others, which !
resulted in a fight—nothing to do with the j
election or politics; no intimidation of
v-itcrs, but a quarrel and fight between !
citizens. For this offence in Colquitt
county, the United States Commissioner
in Quitman, issued a warrant; for what
offence (lod and the C Sommisudouer only
knows It i* said that the Deputy Mar
shal, Camming*, took fright :ind rau uway,
and some of tho citizens pursued him and
assured him that there was no ibmger;
that he was not thought iff in the diffleul
j tj7toid pintoßCd Into to go buek, unci he
| was not hurt; and tig- min engaged ia fin
| quarrel und 1 fight didn't know -that there
waa Ninth n beast on earth aa a United
Htatot Marshal. When he ratorued to
the- At rap In- had to re]w>rt hiisdventttres,
I aud Stated that lie had been ' greatly IB
] timidated, which was true, no doubt. And
; upon this rejKirt one David Norman, a per
!j a red old villain, an incestuous adulterer,
and u notorious hog thief from his youth
' np, wna one of the chosen witnesses, up
i on which tho non descript warrant was is-
I tiled by tho Commissioner aforesaid.
Thi* witness, David Norman was once of-
I fered by agnod citizen of Brooks county
j fifty dollars, in good faith, to quit steal
ing his hogs, lull David assured the gen-
I tleman that he could not abandon so grunt
u luxury for so sruull a sum of money,
j Virgil Norman, his doloctublo son, was
also a w itness in these cases. Ho has also
been indieted for hog stending, and also
| for stealing bis grand father'* gun, wlm
prosecuted him iu the Superior Court of
Colquitt county; and at tho lust tiirm of
the court he was found guilty, and fined
by Judge Hansel fifty dolhirs. Wo refer
to tiro character, of thuso men simply to
show what soil, of material hns been used
to oppress the people in this section of
i the country.
When the warrant wus issued, wliat
course was then pursued? Why.it was
j reported that it was unsafe to attempt to
arrest the parties without United Mutes
troops. Hence a wh<do company of
j United States troops were sent to that rtt
j ral section of the country to arrest six citi
zens for a little affray in the streets of
i Moultrie, under a warrant issued by a
; United Btat.es Commissioner that had no
more jurisdictidti over tho parties than he
hod over angels iu Heaven, or demons in
hell, and he knew it. Then, why did he
Ido iL? Buppose we were to till you, read
ers, that, after they arrived at Quitman,
guarded by United Mates soldiers, that
I the Commissioner proposed to them (the
i parties accused j that if they would puy
him fifty dollars each that he would dis
miss the warrants nnd release them, what
| would you think was the original object in
issuing tho warrants?
Now for a synopsis of tlie facts that con
trol our opinion: Two witnesses com
pelled to make affidavit that wore notorious
thieves, and wouldn’t be believed on oath
in their county by a single man; then up
on tlieir affidavit issued a warrant us
United Btute* Commissioner for an of-
fence that hn knew the United State*
Court had uo jurisdiction of, and could
not possibly get into the court by a true
bill. Then, to make, it more terrible to
the accused, nnd give dignity and import
ance to Ilia position, represented thecoun
! try to the U. S. Attorney for Georgia ns
| in u state of rebellion against the United
States nnd it* authorities, and appealed
for troops tii aid tho Marshal in executing
the processes issued as above stated; ob
tained the troops; arrested the parties and
brought them to Quitman. And a* soon
a* they employed counsel to defend them,
lie, the Commissioner, that compelled disre
putable witnesses to make the affidavit; he, j
the Commissioner, that issued the warrant
for tlieir arrest; -lie, the’ Commissioner, i
thut represented Colquitt county iu a state i
of rebellion, and resisting tho United I
State* authorities; ho, the Commissioner I
that appealed for troops to execute the!
process in tho belligerent county of Col
cjjUitt, was the Commissioner that told
them, when brought under a military
guard before him, that he Has their friend,
and if they would give him fifty dollars
each that ho would dismiss tlie warrants
and discharge them. When they refused
to do this, knowing then, as he did at
first, that the United States Court would
not take jurisdiction of the eases, ho dis
charged them, upon their giving bond to
appear before liis sutrapioul majesty at
some period in the future to be designat
ed by himself. We don’t know whence
that authority comes.
Now, readers, we have told you what con
clusion our mind lias pome to in reference
to the purpose :uid intent of issuing these
warrants and making these wonderful mili
tary displays, aud that it is, by the war
rants, the bayonets aud the threatened in
carceration to frighten these citizens out uf
their money. Wind other conclusion win
you arrive at, reader, • from those facts.
Tlioho of you who agree with us will sig
nify it by saying aye! and subscribe for
Tut Indwknuent. Those who differ with
us can say nay 1 and let Tub lNiiKi’KNniniier
uluno, and wo will put their numes on an
other list.
We havu’t the slightest objection to tlie
Morn ini/ JVetes advertising the Quitman
Runner. Indeed, we ure glial to have it
do no. for the Runner is now a well con
ducted paper, and we wish it great suc
cess, nnd we think there is a sufficiency of
matter in the Runner to copy without clip
ping from TuE'LvimruNPttNT and crediting
it to the Runner.
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Poor acquaintances are apt to develop j
blindness. There’s Muggins never sees his j
friends Slender, Short, and Seedy, mid all ;
because t hey have become poor. For affect
ing the sight, it is marvelous what power (
there is in jioor folks.
■ —-*- ■
An old lady was admiring Landseer's i
beautiful picture called “Saved.” "It is no i
wonder," she said, “that the poor child!
fainted after pulling that great dog out of ]
the water.”
♦*.
A doctor advertises iu a country paper,
that “whoever uses the Vegetable" Univer
sal Atiti-Purging Aromatic Pill* once will
not have cause to use them again. ” We
rather think they w ont.
——— - <• • •
A dashing mid fashionable widow says
she thiuks of slicing some gentleman for
breach of promise, so that the world may
know that she is in tlie market.
——
A Western editor says the*, in tlie tow n
where his paper i* published, “a rattlesnake
was killed a few days ago by a man with
thirteen rattles. ’’
Why are horses ru cold weather like med
i dlesome gossips? Because they are bearers
1 of idle tales.
Ooue Glimmering.
- Out. A. W. Stone, Assistant United
State* Attorney for Hie Southern District of
Georgia, whoso official conduct, in connec
tion with the Radical official*, wo have had
occasion to criticise from time to linn
; through ouf piqier, for some cause or
1 causes has left this part of the Radical im
moral vineyard without removing his camp
; equip page; and after travelling long and
far, has found a place anlllcicntly attract
| ivc to induce him to a permanent change
of his base; and he lias therefore ordered
his stakes to be pulled up and shipped to
him at Denver City, Colorado. This cli
mate was rather wurrn for the Colonel, and
we think the prospect of a judicial inves
tigation of his official acts intensified the
, lieut somewhat, and greatly increased the
attractions of the fur West, and he sud
denly became infntuutcd with the fascina
tioiis of the Rocky Mountains, where we
presume he hopes to make more extensive
grabs with less probability of discovery
' than ho did in the Lee and Brown cases.
It is due to C'ol. Stone to stale that the
wn remit* in the Lee and Brown cases were
! issued contrary to liis advice, stating to
| the Commissioner that the prosecution
could not lie sustained. But he didn't re
fuse to take a part of the money extorted
I from Mr. Brown in the settlement of
I tho eases. \Vc see that it was ru
mored on Friday lost in Bavanrah
that Col. Btirne had resigned his position
n* Assistant United States Attorney. Cer
tainly his resignation is not of so recent a
date as tlmt. Col. Farrow, iu his letter of
the 23d ult. to ns, which we published,
says, referring to certain publications in
I Tint iNDKi'KFDitNT: “The article reflects
upon my office, in that it alludes to Mr.
Btone, who was at that time my assistant."
That time was the 15th of April. Cer
, tainly Col. Farrow's letter conveys the idea
that ho was not his assistant ut tho time
jhe wrote, viz: 23d of July. Why have
1 the citizens of Savannah been kept iu the
dark so long in reference to the resigna
-1 tion of this distinguished carpet-bagggar?
Perhaps to let him got beyond their reach.
But Thi: Independent goes to Colorado,
and its readers will spot him out there.
We earnestly hope that lie ninv influence
others to go West or somewhere else.
BRIGHAM’S TROUBLES.
A Talk Willi the Mormon Prophet - Wliat
He Thinks of the Divorce Ca*e.
lIU Arizona Settle-mtnU,
We copy the following letter from tin?
New York Sun, written by the correspon
dent of that paper iij Salt Luke City, iuul
dated August Ist: Iliad a talk with the ,
llomou Prophet yesterday. I called upon
him iu his business office in what is known j
as the Lion House. This budding is situ
ated upon onu of tho cross sheets of the
city, a few steps from the main avenue.
It adjoin* the JBco Ilivn, the enclosure j
wfyore tho prophet keep* most of Iris wives.
Tho Lion House, like tiro Bee Hive, is;
surrounded by' a mussive stono wall about;
twelve feet high. Sectional walls split the
front yard, like the iron fences of up-town j
granite blocks in New York. A wooden
stoop with two long steps fronts the of
flee, or offices, for there are two of them.
Passing through tho gateway and up the
stoop, I entered tho dour on the left
Neither the Prophet nor either of his sons
were in, so I sat down iu a cane-bottomed j
chair to wait for them.
I should think tho room was forty feet
long anil thirty feet wide. A row of yel
low pine bookcases, poorly grained, was
fastened along the left wall. “They were
made in 1857, sir, and tlny’re sixteen
years old,” suid a Mormon brother. Home
of them contained pigeon holes tilled with
documents. Others were piled with led
gers and ucoouut books, the business sched
ules and balauoos of the Groat Church of
•lesus Clirist of Latter L>ay Saints. The
coiling was lofty. A high little gallery,
like the one in Huduut's drug store, or
like tlioso iu tho Astor library, encircled
the room. It was backed by shelves loaded
with law- books. A circular iron railing
occupied the centre of tho apartment
Through it tho Mormon clerks passed on
their way to the desks.
iuuoham's nicciii-TioN noons.
It was about 6 p. m. of a very hot day.
I was accompanied by Mr. Sloan, of the
Salt Lake Herald. Sloan is a genial Mor
mon, with a high mind and forehead, and
a pair of old-fashioned, gold-bowed spec
tacles. "I am afraid,” said he, before we
started, “that you can't see the President.
His press of business comes in the after
uoon. He goes to his dinner after he gets
through. Then right iu to prayers.”
After waiting a few moments we went
out on the wooden stoop. Two handsome
women, bareheaded, were walking about
the narrow yard. I took them for the Pres
ident 's wives. They were pretty enough
to be his handmaids, though it is possi
ble that thoy wore his daughters. Their
silvery laughter floated on the air. A line
looking Mormon seized Mr. Sloan by the
arm ami whispered in his ear. Sloan ma
jestically waved his hand, and I followed
him to a second door. It was the entrance
to tho Prophet’s reception room. 1 saw
the great Ileligioua Chief sitting on a
sofa before 1 entered the room. I recog
nised him from the pictures that I had
seen hanging at the doors of the Salt latke
photograph gidleries. He was looking to
ward the stoop, and evidently expecting
me. He kept his eyes fixed upon me as 1
approached, then he arose, shook hands,
politely offered me his sent upon the sofa,
and sat down upon a chair at my side.
The room was partially darkened. It was
furnished in exquisite taste. There was a
soft etc net beneath my feet, Elegant, or
molu ornaments were negligently strewn
over rich little tables. In the further end
of the office two of the Prophet’s secre
taries were seated at, their- desks and
scratching away on various documents,
j Uulrnm<d oil portraits of Orson, I’ratt,
i Heber Kimball, and other Mormon dig
-1 nitnries adorned the walls. I recognized
■ among them the end fare* of the martyrs
of tho church. All the facial* were life
size. A beautiful picture of Ilonwo Gree
ley occupied a prominent position. Poor
Horace looked <int of place. Hia pleasant
'face and mild eyes seemed like Sunshine
* among the sombre garments, white cra
j vat* und grave countenances of the Mor
' mon divines.
TBi; mnrHKT.
Correspondent* generally do Brigham
Young an injustice. Their personal des
criptions are. incorrect. He is not grave
looking. His fuce is far from sensual,
j Animal passion is certainly more Ntrongly
marked in Henry Ward Beecher and other
j noted Eastern clergymen tlum in the Mur
j mon Saint. Combativeness is strongly
! developed. Brigham looks like a relig
! ions bull-dog. His clear, Mup eves are
< hidden behind glasses, and his bearing,
, though dignified, is social to the last do
j gree. He wore, a white linen coat. A
snowy cravat was wound about hi* neck.
It* folds reached his ears. A cloth hat sat
rqion his hear!. The under side of the
brim was of a green coior. At times he
laughed heartily. The following was the
conversation to the licet of our oorriMqioml
tiit’s recollection:
Mr. Hloan—President Young, I have
the pleasure of introducing to you the cor
respondent of the fhtn.
The Prophet—with good, hearty grip—
! I am glad to meet, yon, sir.
; Cor.—removing liis hat—l am pleased to
make your acquaintance, sir.
Tlie Prophet—without removing hi* hat
—How long have you been iu the city ?
Cor.—About a week.
Tlie Prophet—How do you like it ?
Cor.—l find it very warm. Do you not
not find it so, Mr. Young ?
Tho Prophet—looking into the corres
pondent's eyes with a meaning smile—
Not particularly so. Do I look warm? I
am used to it; you are not.
THE DIVOBCE St'lT.
Cor.-Were the papers served on you
in the divorce suit of Ann Eliza Young ?
The Prophet—Yes, I received them.
Cor. -Did yon read them ?
The Prophet—Oh, yes, I read them
through. They are not of much account.
| Cor. What did you think of them ?
The Prophet—firmly Blackmail! Blnek
' mail! It is not the first, time that they j
! have attempted to blackmail the Mormon !
! church, and I presume it will not be the i
i lust. We have never allowed them to j
blackmail us out of a cent, and wo don’t
propose to allow them to do it now.
Cor.—l think, Mr. Young, you will j
acknowledge that the Sun lias always done .
the Mormons exact justice.
The Prophet in a musing way—Well.
I don’t know. I think the Seat has been '
one of the papers that has tried to set ]
fairly by ns. I don't remember of *ky
positive injustice. It is very bitter again*t
! potigamy; but it seems to understand tile
political i.ituatiou here.
Cor. —Then if it is not offensive to you
I would like to ask u few more questions
| concerning this divorce suit.
The Prophet—Oh,; I will answer them,
though it is really a small matter. This ,
man Sawyer, who sends the press dis-!
patches East, has tried to make a great j
tiling out of it; hut there is nothing in it !
to make anything. He is a notorious;
liar. Nobody behoves n word he says, j
His own paper acknowledge* that it is an 1
attempt to blackmail. The men who are
running tlie suit want our money, and
they won’t get it. That's all there is of it.
THIEVBB AN fOOVNDKZML
Cor. —The complaint alleges brutal
treatment and desertion. Is the allega
tion true ?
The Prophet—laughing ua though every
body kuew that it was not true. Nothing
of the kiud, (shaking his head); nothing
of tlie kind. She was always treated ns a
wife should be treated. No stipulations
were mode. She had no cause for com
! plaint. She has had bad advisers, and ;
lms token a wrong step. We were driven '
from the States tiy the persecution of
bigoted priests and robliers. Many of ns
were cruelly murdered, and our lauds and j
property seized. Wo wandered off to this
wilderness, nnd tho bigoted priests and
robbers are again upon our track. This
time tlu-y are headed by Government of
ficials. (Suddenly firing up). They will
do well to pause. This is not Nauvoo.
God lias given us these lands, aud they
have been consecrated by the sweat of our
brows. Wo will not be robbed of them iu
silence. It is our laud that the thieves
are after. This suit is of small account.
It is a small attempt to blackmail, but a
greater effort will follow. We are a law
abiding jieople, aud have awlays been so.
We have been loyul to the Government,
and all we ask ia simple justice, aud we’re
going to have it Wliat is law for a Gen
tile ought to be law far a Mormon.
THE LEGAL ASPECT OP THE CASE.
Cor.—What answer will you make to
Mrs. Young’s , ompkuut ?
The Prophet—Of course it is a put-up
job. The complaint is made iu a United
Btates Court, which lias no jurisdiction.
Yon don’t try divorce suits in United States
Courts iu New York. The Territorial law
confers the power upon the Probate Court
alone, and Territorial laws we binding
within a prescribed limit until Congress
anuulls them. Congress has never annulled
this law. Tho Geutiles have brought:
similar suits in the Probate Court. One
of their leading lawyers sought a divorce
for a lady in the Probate Court some time
ago, and afterward married her. Why,
MeKeau’s picked grand jury presented'#
bogus indictment against me some time
ago for wdiat they colled lascivious eo
habitution with this very woman. It is a
ease of unadulterated blackmail, aud the
tlie complaint itself shows it. As it is a
put-up job, I have no doubt but what they
will wrongfully entertain tlie case iu the 1
United States’Court. But that won't help I
! them.
Cor.— Suprising the Judge decides that
he will hear the ease; what then?
The Prophet—lowering his voice—Adul
tery. The facts are plain, aud there is
plenty of evidence.
THE WORK OK GREEDY GK-TTLE.S.
Cor.—Do you think that the United
tatea office holders ore concerned in this
suit ?
Tlie Prophet -Do I think ? Why, the
office-holders have tried to fill their pocket*
ever siitae they have been in the Territory.
They have endeavored to out all oar local
laws aside. They have packed grand
jaricH, und have found any quantity of il
legal indictment* against u*. Scores have
been arfhsted and held in custody on
trumped up charges, until the Supreme
Court of the United States was compelled
to interfere and undo the work of office
..holder*. Look at them. They came here
puffed with piety. Yet. there wasn't one
of them who w ouldn't run to an assigna
tion house within twt nty-four hours af
terward if he had an opportunity. They
have always been a set of canting hypo
crites, and they are trying to get nold of
our lands and property. In tlieir attenpt
to do this they have overridden nil law.
Why should they object to u Mormon np
on a jury? It is a fact that can't be denied
that the Morm-iii juries have been more
honest and just iu their decisions than any
jnries in the land. Murderers and thieves
never escaped when before a Mormon jury
Since these officeholders have got hold of
things all kind of crime is on the ine.reuse.
Nobody is convicted, and yon can’t even get
a criminal on trial. Money will do anything.
They arc all on the make. The law* arc
at a deadlock, and everything is in confu
sion. Tho business interests of the Terri
tory are suffering, and we are all at seu.
A MAN WHO WANTED 8100,000 IN GOLD.
Cor.—Who is responsible for this state
of things?
The Prophet—The roan who makes the
Territorial appointments—Grant, isn’t he?
Cor.—J have heard that the Rev. Dr.
Newman ran tlie machine in this Terri
tory.
The Prophet—T suppose that he keeps
the loafers and thieves iu their positions
but the man who mokes the appointments
is responsible.
Cor. —Have you ever been approached
! by an appointed official who attempted to
blackmail you?
The Prophet—Frequently, indirectly
and by insinuation. Why, two years ago,
when McKean’s packed grand jury found
their bogus bills of indictment, a Penn
sylvania politicians approached me and of
fered to fix the thing up all right if I would
give him one SIOO,OOO in gold.
(’or.—Was it Wm. H. Kemble?
The Prophet—laughing- I can’t give
his name.
Cor.— Wliat answer did you make to
him ?
She Prophet—laughing heartily -I
asked Inin if 8100,000 in greenbacks
wouldn’t do as well. (Shouting across the
room.) Wasn’t that, wliat I Haul, Sloan?
Mr. Sloan, who waa talking to Mr. Jo
seph Young, but who had heard the re
mark, responded in the affirmative, and we
all hod a jolly laugh, the Prophet laughing
harder than any of us.
BLAINE AND THE MORMON DNOBLEM.
Correspondent—Did you see a dispatch
sent to the Eastern papers in w hich Sjicakcr
Blaine is said to have fiercely denounced
murmonism while in conversation with
you?
The Prophet-Let me see. It appears
to me that I do remember something aboat
that (starting up.) Yes, yes, I remember
now, but I don't believe that Blaiu had
anything to do with sending off that dis
patch.
Conresnondent—Did you have any such
conversation with Mr. Blaine?
The Prophet—No, nothing of kiud. I
tell you that you can't believe unyt hing that
the telegraph *ay übout the Mormons.
Why, tlie Speaker came down here and I
went with him all around. He thoroughly
enjoyed himself. We went down the
Southern road and atnywl alt night, and
were together most of the time that lie was
here. Of course wn had a g<ssi naauy htttv
chat* together. He said that he had been
Irving for the last twelve years to solve the
Mormon problem. I explained to him the
situation, nnd told him that nil the Mhr
luimn wanted wits to have the Gentiles keep
their bunds oft’ of them. Congreasini u had
tieen puzzling their brains over the Mor
mon problem, nnd the more they tried to
solve it tho worse they mode it. “Now,"
Haul I, “Mr. Speaker,when you go buck to
Washington, just plant your feet on the
floor of tho House and shout tb it you have
found a solution of the Mormon problem.
Tell them that tlie true solution is this:
Let the Mormons alone.”
Temptation.— Alypiua, a friend of Bt.
Augustine, was accustomed to hold in the
utmost horror and detestation the gladiato
rial combats which were exhibited in the
ago in which ho lived. Being invited one
day by his companion to be a spectator of
those inhuman sports lie refused to go.
They, however, insisted on his accompany
ing them, and drew him along against his
will. When they had all taken tlieir seats
the games commenced. Alypiua shut his
eyes, that scenes so abominable might not
pollute liis mind. “Would to God," said
Augustine, “bt> bad also stopped his ears!”
For. having heard a great cry, he suffered
himself conquered by his curiosity, and
opened his eyes to see what it wus. One
of the combats was wounded. No sooner
did he behold the purple stream issuing
from the body of the unhappy wretch, than,
instead of turning awuv his eyes, they were
fixed on what he saw, and he felt even a
pleasure in those brutal combats. He was
no longer the same man; he, by degees, im
bibed tho sentiments of the multitude
around him, joined in their shouts and ex
clamations, aud earned away from the am
phitheater a violent passion for these gar
incuts. And not only did be go the second
time with those who ensnared him, but lie
himself enticed others. Y'et this man be
gan at first with an abhorrence of such
criminal amusements, nnd resolved to take
no part in them. But sad experience taught
him that the best resolutions are not al
ways sufficient to withstand temptation,
and that the only way to escape danger is
to keep at a distance from it.
Caesarian) is the only political topic ex
tant, and the patriotism of political editors
is taxed dreadfully in trying to make some
thing out of it. And still in the face of all
this danger, Grant calmly smokes bis cigar
at his cottage by the sea. It is a terrible
state of affairs.
An irate man who was disappointed in
hi* boots threatened to eat up the shoe
maker, but compromised by drinking a
cobbler.
If your neighbors hens are troublesome,
and steal across the way, don’t let your an
gry passions rise. Fix a place for them to
lay.
An epicurean has discovered that the
pleasantest way to take cod-liver oil is to
fatten pigeons with it, and thou eat the
pigeons.
A Des Moines woman gave her husband
morphine to cure him of chewing tobacco.
I It cured him, but she is doing her own
i ploughing.
Matchless misery—having a cigar, and
' nothing to light it with.
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