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Show A WAHSIXG TO 111 1 1. U' ULINU-1E. ULINU-1E. S .11 1111. " Salt Lake City, Oct. 1, 187:2. Mr. Pat. Holland Dear Sir : As you will probably know tho whereabouts where-abouts of Smith, who mado the celebrated cele-brated affidavit respecting the Moun tain Meadows massacre, I wish you would caution him about a man named Springmyer, alias McFarlane, alias McPherson, alias Missouri Bill, who is reported to be in Nevada 'or the purpose of making way with Smith. When last heard from he was in Eureka. He is 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, rather roundbeaded; 35 to 33 years of age; blue eyes; brown hair; nervous and disconnected in his talk; fond of lelling his Indian adventures, and easily pumped. The Mormons here say he has gone to fix Smith, and they brag that the affidavit will never do aoy good, as he never will testify. 1 have reason, good reason, to believe that Mr. Smith should take more than ordinary care of his person. Will you see that he gets a hint ?' The above is not intendedjfor a sensational sensa-tional item, but is undoubtedly well founded. The writer is personally known to us as a gentleman whose facilities fa-cilities for obtaining reliable information informa-tion of that character are unsurpassed by those of any other individual in Utah Territory. That there is a movement on foot to assassinate Mr. Smith we have not the least doubt, and it behooves him to be vigilant to defeat lL Aoy one having lived among the Mormons as long a? Smith has, ought to know that his life is in danger, dan-ger, and govern himself accordingly. The best thing that Mr. Smith can do lor himself and tho government is to go at onoe to Salt Lake City and place himself under the protection of Gen Morrow, at Camp Duugias. Wc hope thatsomo of Mr. Smith's friends will cut this article from the paper and forward for-ward it to him as soon as possible. Tioche Record." Now, wo clip the above and publish it, pronouncing Mr. Holland's informant, inform-ant, who says "tho Mormons here say ho has gono to fix Smith, and they brag that the affidavit will never do any good, as he will never testify," an unmitigated liar. And when Mr. Holland says that there is a movement on foot to assas Birjate Smith, he may mean, while ocn-Teying ocn-Teying a different idea, that the same bind which arranged for the affidavit are prepared to put their tool out of the way eo that they may havo a chance to lay the accusation of some more of their infamous deeds upon innocent Mormons. We think, though, that gmith should bo at Camp Douglas, or anywhere clso where he could not eseape until thero would be a fair chance to have him tried beforo an honest tribunal. Kino Lynch. It used to be Judge Lynch, but now it is King Lynch, and the monarch has ascended his throne from tho bench of a Utah federal judge. During remarks by Judge i Toohey last night, some person in the ! orowd audibly gavo him the lie, when Obed F. Strickland, Associato Justice of the Supreme Coort of Utah, and judge of the tiret judicial district, proclaimed pro-claimed that if any person created a disturbance or words to that effect he icould order swh person thot ! Will it be believed that such language could fall from the lips of a sworn couscrva- tor of the peace and a federal judge, '. simply because of a verbal interruption of a speaker? It could not bo thought of anywhire except in Uuh ; and even here it was so glaring that Toohy couldn't help profiting against it. |