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Show .11 LH.KS Tll.r'nilll AMI SMITH IlKLLV. Th cir opinion of U'v. (. Slintinii. l'uA- iil riiriicniphfc l rioi al- iti'l I'uinietl. v l!v lAjdt-tivt's Kn-lrsiavtiriilly A.plie,L ho touoiiiw.oM llu-'1'riilh?" ti I K i u;n (tf the li.-v. r nd C. C. Strait, .n. pnb- h.-lud ill the IIl-'.!(U.!i of lhe 'J'Jlld iu.-t., requires an answer. e pro-p.,e, pro-p.,e, then :;.re. to n ply to irt:.n? of it as explicitly and coiieisely eoi-.-i-i- with truth and our wn indication. A pj rl of lid- reinark-abl reinark-abl pn-lnclioii i.- d' Vnl. d to an culo-gium culo-gium of the pla'mtitl' in the Youn-divorce Youn-divorce ca.-e, a great. r shan1 to a il.--fen-e and laudation of himself, ami a vrv cim-iderahl portion to a review, bv no means llatu ring', of ourselves and our associate counsel, Judge 1 lagan. We regret execiding'.y that the temporary absence of .bulge llagan prevents hi.-reply at this time, hut we have no doubt that on his re- turn he will pay his respects in person per-son to t Ttir: m;vi;ii i:nh oknti.kv.ax. With so much ol'lbe card a- i-de-Vohd to the praise of our client we lint I no fault ; on the contrary, we are pleased to know that whenover the eau.-e comes to a trial on its merits we shall have a zealous and wifl witn..s lo testify to her many merits and excellent character. The reverend man, when he asserts that we have defaiiH-d his eharact. or iiijured his reputation, is certainly kd"oring under an hallucination which indicates a degree of MENTAL 1N1 IliMITY That calls for the sympathy of the hu mane ami eharuai-ie. e Kiio" in--i tie of his history in Oregon or elsewhere, else-where, and we care less. Indeed, we did not suppose, until his publication, that he had a history or that there was a record of the gentleman in existence. ex-istence. On all matters connected with the past of St rat ton we rested in a state of ignorance as blissful as it was profound. We are willing to remain in the same condition, and shall not ask to look at his "eertifieat-s of goixl character," char-acter," or write to the learned attorney attor-ney who, be informs the world, can give the particulars of THE "PEAII SCANOAl..'' Persons, less charitably inclined than ourselves, might imagine, from Ihe lenL'thv defense the gentleman makes of hi;- replication against assaults as-saults purelv imaginary, that his conscience con-science was' not ' altogether clear on this question of his antecedents. W e, however, accept the verdicts of the I civil and ecclesiastical courts that have passed on the man of piety, and sincerely hope that the judgment in each court was justified by the evidence. evi-dence. A plain statement of our connection connec-tion with the Young divorce, case will serve as an answer lu the charges against us nmde by this erratic divine. di-vine. Some time in May last, such is our ' recollection of the date, although we made no memorandum at t'ne time. .n noi: iiac.ax Informed us that Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, wife of ISiigham Young, desired de-sired to obtain a divorce from herhus-band; herhus-band; or, if that was impracticable, such relief as a court could afford a deserted and abused -wife. Shortly afterwards the lady hnsv-lf c.llod 'it our office and solicited our services. After several interviews and a statement state-ment from Mrs. Young that she desired de-sired to prosecute the suit, even" if she knew that it would fail, we consented con-sented to engage in the ease. Before giving our consent, we requested the 'ladv,"so that there might be no mistake, mis-take, to reduce lo writing the narrative narra-tive of 11E11 WKOXC;s AN1' IIKK MAKIIIED LI EE. This was done and handed by her lo 1 us as the basis of any complaint that we might have todraw. We distrusted distrust-ed the" lady's firmness," Kit were as- sjurcd that she bad taken every tep advisedly and after consultation with the REV. MU. STUATT0N. This -gave us confidence and we con- t eluded logo on with the business. It. was atMi St ration's residence thai I one ot us learned from Mrs. Young, summoned to her presence by the reverend gentleman in person, that she was readv lo have the household ! goods removed an sold at auction. and I would lake up her abode at the inker in-ker House. That very day, accompanied accom-panied by Mr. Stratum, she went to the hotel named and secured rooms. Soon alter this event an article appeared ap-peared in the Mutiu.; J--nnd in defense of Mrs. Young, written, we have been informed, by THE KKVKUENI) STKAITON, And in replv to some article which had appeared in the lli-:i; li. All these facts led us to believe that our client had a fast and linn friend in the good parson, a friend in whom she " could rely and with whom we could safely consult in any exigency. Mr. Stratton's visits to our office, in the mouth of July last, -were frequent. Occassional one of us called at his house, and his anxietv e-nd interest m behalf of our client continued up to the commencement of the; suit. The services rendered in the ease by the ASITTE ANI ZEAl.OI S MINI-TEt;, Were efficient. His law knowledge, ' it is true, was not extensive, but Ins rcacinos to procure for us important information, his accuracy in detailing whitt he had ferret titl out. ai.d his frompluess in communicating, made him an invaluable adjunct. Indeed, we reganled him rather fraternally in the light of junior counsel, ami expressed, ex-pressed, in ilattering terms, our rc-givt rc-givt that so goo.l a lawver had been -pciicd to make even a di.-lingu i-h-xl preacher. I'-ut. soon A clKOg.- . :m- o'-r ;!- -l-iril -f hi I From the dnv of filing the bill o! eoin-I eoin-I plaint Mr. Stratlou has not favored us wiili :'. call, nor with hi coun-' l in i this most important eae. We have. I however, otten heard of him in the : matter, and always with i t:ty.i:i.T asp .moktiei-'AHuN. Lnmali.uoiy after the eommeiKe-mcnt eommeiKe-mcnt of the suit, rumors of settlement reaihed us. and tiiee reported ellbrts or compromise were always connoted witii the name of tne Kev. t.. C. Straiten. 1 tow much of the inoiicy '. portion of the compromise w:d tall into tiie pockets of tiie reverend gen- tieman we are not advised, bot pre sume tu.il more t:an . v '.-.- will ia.ll to his share. It is true th.at we thought the counsel of Mrs. Young had the right to 1 consulted, and it" is cuiiaily true th.r. we were llOt W-vii pli-lsi J.L Oi Mr. Strntton to take the ense o-.n of our hands. We have never o-.-cct-al to t::c fricmhv relations existing twoen our client and Mr. Strati.'n. 'i n:s is p Ju; i.i ojmp'.ahn ot his h,;, ;-;',-, i:it' I.. M:-'. Y -'V i r ia-r ,:--!; ir--. a ' w isl.td lu |