Show on the ard 3rd of last mouth epou returning hono hon o to dinner I 1 found one of the native l awaiting mo who had cono in from with word that brothers and tho latter a native elder acio iu prison nl that place I 1 went to their assistance and found that they hotd been arrested and imprisoned lor having preached iu tho public square nn kofl anso which according to tho aws of this boasted lind 0 religious is punishable by fino bot to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed six months alter being in custody days elder pratt was released by paying a lino of fifteen dollars elder ciralo was kept confined two at hard labor and then I 1 only procured his by paying a similar amount his only was having accompanied elder as ho took no part iu the preaching about ahat tho above mentioned place I 1 received a letter from a of stants in the detato of hidalgo ling telling me that six of their number had been arrested and taken 25 miles to the county sat where they acro imprisoned and tho following day anti inti court on a charge of members of n society called tho black hand they i ully vindicated themselves and were bet at libo ity I 1 continued to coric them und finally anany an any rd that 1110 of their number should como in on tho of this month aud conduct mo tu village tho day ur ived but not tho on the he came in and handed me a which his failure to como at i ho time pauple liko neach all of the native of live up lauds winch aio by spaniards ards aliu af tho to i in iho generous bilg of sain made ni aels ti auta af hind thu of the lauds by a pu alc plc ali had for them the letter to wa alic chaim auts of alie landa on bici arc lie 1 ho anu r i fumed then ho had heard th t they had irum alio catholic eiith hichi hi cli us ihu nuy jiuu ic aig iou and toncred to upon gibat favors it they would abandon iho moi monism and return tu the lold af tho true if they refused lo 10 would immediately instruct liis attorney to proceed against them and collect the lalio ot ry bicci of timber they had cut on tho moun tain sand every maguey flioy in the valcy A maoling of tho congregation gre gation was called ami it was resolved not to nr abandon the faaili they hid espouse dand that mr sen allies could them as s ion a he saw lit und tacy would do alie best they could to defend themselves in llie to tho lord fur victory wu await with alie result mexican cur utah journal |