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Show SEKIOIS A.D I'M'RIIVOKED OUTRAGE IX PKOVO. The quiet of this city was disturbed yesterday morning by the receipt of the following telegram from the Mayor of 1'rovo : Bj D.'a;ret Telegraph to the Uihjld. Prove, Utah, Sept. 23. A company of about forty U. S. troops from Camp llawlins made a raid on our city last uight, between twelve and two o'clock, and before the police could rally and check their progress, they broke into the residence of Alderman Wni. Jliller, firing several shots into his bedroom, smashed in doors and windows, win-dows, took him prisoner and held him about an hour. Thence passing up the centre of the street they stove in the doors and windows of the Cooperative Co-operative boot and shoe shop, tore down the sign and stoned the doors of the .Co-operative store. They next surrounded the new residence of Councillor Coun-cillor A. F. McDonald, who was from home, and completely demolished every outside door and window on the first floor, and sacked the house, scattering the substance over the yards and sidewalk. side-walk. Alderman E. F. Sheets' residence resi-dence shared nearly the sums i'ate. Their progress was here partially interrupted. in-terrupted. They, however, proceeded to the meeting-house, broke in the shutter of one window, and attempted to fire the building. The raiders were armed with U. S. guns, with bayonets and revolvers; and during their career they captured several citizens, parading them through the streets, some of whom were severely beaten and bayoneted bay-oneted before they could make their escape. A. O. Smoot. Some little time after, another telegram tele-gram was received, of which the following follow-ing is a copy, which gives a little more light on the matter : Provo, Sep. 23, 3 p.m. There is no apparen-. caue for the outrage except that some soldiers had a party at the Bachaian House, kept by J. M. Cunningham, Cun-ningham, where they got whisky and beer, and made a raid through the town. They were quelled by the assembling as-sembling of the citizens, and the tiring of a few shots, after which they made for camp. We have had an interview with Major Ma-jor Osborne, commander of the post, who seems to regret the occurrence very much. A. 0. Shoot. This is one of the most dasurdly outrages that we have been called upon to chronicle. It was brave work for United States soldiers to be engaged in, to attack the residences of peaceful, quiet citizens, drag men from their beds prisoners, sack houses, wantonly deitroy property, and inaugurate a reign of terror in an orderly city at the silent hour of midnight. It was not su:-h cowards as -.hee whisky-besotted brave 3 who bore the "stars and stripes" over the Sou'h and crushed its g:g-intie rebellion. This miserable fee u in, from Camp Rawlins, could attack at-tack defenceless women and unarmed men in their i.e..-., but fled to Camp when the citizens aroused from their !araber.s appeared in threatening num-lers". num-lers". Major Osborne, commander of :!u post, regrets the "occurrence very much." But will the Major explain why his men were attending a party and indulging in "rot-gut" having their arms with them ? Was the raid a planned affair? and did the cowards engaged in it have to borrow ".Dutch courage" by liberal potations? Coning so soon after Governor Shaffer's proclarnations"squclchir)g the militia," this outrage is significant. Does his Excellency see the connection connec-tion ? He proclaim? that there iniiHt be no gathering of militia and no gathering of armed men, and within le.-s than a week after, an armed mob of United States soldiers, probably supposing sup-posing the people were buried under the weight of these proclamations, makes a midnight raid upon a sleeping town. We hold his Excellency responsible respon-sible for this and for all the trouble that may result from his autocratic productions. pro-ductions. We un IeiV.an.J a soldier hull in this city on Tbur.-!.i)' nirht late, that lively news would soon be hoard from J'rovo: and that Salt Luke was next in order. Thin looks as if the affair v.;m a planned thin j? determiti'-d on by the privates, who dou!;il:si lujiponed his Excellency, the ' vernor, would b :ar them safely off for th'-ir exploit. We direct tin: attention of General De Trobriand to tlii l iU'-r statement, satihfied that he will do bis duly in the matter at an efTi' iviit ofJWtr and a gentleman. |