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Show 'ri" rCMEUOY, OF KANSAS, A FUGITIVE Poraeroy, of Kansas, according to a dippatch received has forfeited tho bonds under which he was held to appear before the proper Court to answer to the charge of bribery and malfeasance in office, and fled from the country. Ex-Scnat- or jes-tcrda- y, Another Harry Genet, had the start of him, in the race 'probably for Canada, that hospitable asylum of great criminals' on this fide of Her Majesty's Possessions. Ui tli of those worthies have probably succeeded in eluding the just for retribution which awaited tlif-nithe unholy practices by which they violated sacred trusts, and enriched themselves upon the spoils wrested of people aud. au indulgeut nation. Still another is held in duranco vile, under sentence to expiate his sins in the penitentiary, but the vigilance of his custodians has been hharpened from a tax-ridde- n by their experience, in extending unwarranted leniency to the princvly culprit who lured away his keeper, while revelling amid the gorgeous jiccnea of his enchanted palacy at Harlem. The flight of Pomcroy will not Ktartle those who have observed hi public career, and far twenty years he has been a conspicuous actor in the drama of public life. His many daring scheme? by which he advanced private interests to tho detriment of the public weal; tho corrupt influences he brought to bear to promote bin the aggrandizement; direputabltf expedients to which he unscrupulously resorted for plundering the people of his own State, and fur obtaining largesses by which the nation's patrimony was recklessly squandered, all form a compendium of peculation, fraud and intrigues unprecedented in tho annals of crime. Friendship was a term at which he Bcoffed unices ho used ; it aa a guise for the perpetration of wrong and accomplishing his ambitious purposes. Inplacable in his enmities, narrow minded in his opinions and rolentless in his prejudices, he did not possess even the redeeming quality of good faith to his friends. Pretending to be attached to tho fortunes f his patron at tho head of the Government, ho secretly conspired with Thayer, of Nebraska, to supplant the existing Administration, but failed to secure a pliable tool iu his service. personal Some five years ago an incident occurred which goes far to show the facility with which he was enabled to carry out his nefarious purposes with impunity, at the same time with what ease he could extort the submission of the national authorities to John terms which ho dictated. Speer of Lawrence, was Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Kansas. He proved to be a default- er to the amount of $250,000. Returns were made by him that seriously compromised the best and most responsible business men in that State. Many prominent merchants were set down on the official records ofthe office as abfeor, Ictf, others as bankrupt without available asrctg.and dead. It was stated that the defalca tion would cover half a million if the affairs of the office It was Were - his constituents were justly entitled, lie has accumulated a vast fortune, and through subtle intrigue and cunning device, he has become one of the largest landed proprietors in the world. Jloro than one hundred thousand acres of the richest lands in that fertile State, have passed to him by means of specious legislation. An avBnging Nemesis has overand from his taken the once honorable estate, he has fallen to tbe level of a common criminal. Should he be successful in escaping the penalty which he deserves, he will nevertheless be held up to the execration ofthe whole country, aud in his declining years be fated to mourn, in meritebscurity, over the decree which has Consigned him to perpetual exile. r, depth of sUow ranging from three to four feet. They finally reached Modoc City eafely. Attorney Loeber and Justice Clinton were arraigned before Alderman Felt's Court on a charge of assault and battery filed against each, and both were held He left for his home of information. this morning. W. II. Hooper, W. Jennings, Esqs., of Salt Lake, arrived here last evening on their way to Logan in connection with business in the interest of the Z. C. M. I. and were the guests of Mr. D. II. Peery during their stay in Ogden We are pained to learn that since Mr. Hooper's departure from home, a telegraphic dispatch has been received announcing the death of one ot his children. day for trial, Mr.- Home, for the first time in Salt Lake, will appear this evening in the drama of'Lighthouse Cliffs." The third running laco between the g highest degree. Those who lower themselves to revel in the former, are ashamed of their own lustjind its effects: they who have tile courage to walk up to the latter, are Willing for the whole world to know their position and see tho results of it. The first is entirely selfish, leaving its victims of the weaker sex to perish through its consequences; the second is magnanimous and generous, affording pr6tection, support and affection to the women who embrace it, and to their children, its offspring. One has been condemned by all enlightened, and persons in all the ages; the other has been practised and approved by the best men and women of olden limes, prophets, seers, sages and heroes, and has received the seal and sanction of the only true and living God. There is nothing in commen between them. They cannot be compared. They are in direct antagonist). They ought not to be mentioned in the same breath, nor coupled in the same argument, for God and Satan, light and darkness, purity and filthiness.havo not greater difference than plural marriage and this secret abomination. Eu pure-miftle- God-fearin- d g TWO DAYS' COXFEKEXCE CORRESPONDENCE. g FsnsoxAL. Col.J Spencer T. Avery, wrongs those who uphold the latter" to be least it know, or at believe, right. of. North Carolina, who has been spend-inTbe first breeds disease and tends to some time on this coast, was among second the and health the death; arrivals from Suit Lake last night. promotes lawand increase. is One He is a gallant gentleman and un accomdevelopes life Jlis visit has been less despising restraint, the. other is plished, lawyer. and of law conscience the in fruitful goveraed by giving impressions that will self the control kq God, and requires add much to his already abundant stores under n, to $'QJbo-nd- appear next Wedues- - John" and "Mark "Walking Moore' has been postponed- until Satur- nags day. From this morning's Tribune! Ophir is a wonderful place. The universal cry of "hard times" has very little effect in that district. More men and more miners fire working there at the present time than ever have been before. Tub Battlk or New Orleans. The There are three large groceries, one' eighth day of January was formerly cele- clothing aud variety store, one brated with imposing pageautn through- house, three hotels, three billiard saout the country as the anniversay ofthe loons, one restaurant and several saBattle of New Orleans, when Andrew loons, two livery stables and two blackJackson defeated the British troops smith shops in Ophir, uud all making But of late years Gen. Packenham. money. the strict observance of the day has fallThe District Court has adjourned till en into disuse. It has become chiefly au tbe 14tU. occasion for party demons! rations. ProOi;ikn Tiikatbk Teller's Yavdevillc bably a grand nias assembly will be held ball and au ihe anniversary day, during Troupe will make their first appearance at the thentre. They have given in Tammany Hall hi the evening, and perhaps, excepting a less imposing been performing at different points bemilitary display iu the large cities, the tween San Francisco and Ogden, and day will hardly be noticed. The change have received the highest encomium of political rule since 1SG0 has contribufrom the press. The interesting serioted materially to the sweeping away of comic drama, "Everybody's Enemy," a custom, and the reunions will be presented, to be followed by a of the Grand Army of the Republic, grand olio entertainment, consis ing of which unfortunately serve to keep up recitations, songs and dance.9. The perthe remembrances of the late civil strife formance will conclude with the roaring celehave supplanted the farce of I. I. A. B. We call atteutiou to bration of the anniversary of the the advertisement. dry-goo- uu-d- er The Annual Conference of the Weber Richlands, County Stake of Zion, will be held in the Oglen Tabernacle, on Saturday and Editor Jcxctios: Shu I see in your paper of 13th anil Sunday, Jauuary 18th and 19th, 1871; 17th a synopsis of a bill introduced in services to commence at 10 a. m. and 2 Congress relative to Utah matters, a bill which, if pissed, open? the floor for p. m. of euch day. A very interesting 'Eighth.'' religious persecution, a bill iniquitous lime is anticipated, and several visitors in iis provisions and oppressive to the are expected. A general attendance people of Utah, a bill which strikes a from all parts of the County, is desired blow at American religious liberty, and Tuesday's Fbacas. The examination and invited. The Presidents of Districts of and States' rights cuts the last thread before the Alderman's Court was concluand Elders are particularly requested to local self government. ded last" evening, resulting in a fine of Where is tbe constitutional right of be oo thi occasion. present $5 against E. l'oulter and the discharge bill? suchDid not a Congress to pass the first settlers ef this country flee here of the other defendants. The evidence in order to free themselves from reliwent to show that there was a general gious persecution, and in order to serve Voro Thursday's Daily of Jan. th scuffle, in good humor at first, but reQod according to the dictates of their own conscience? Is it not among the sulting in serious blows. The men at Cheap Coal. W.S. Blanchett k Co., work on J. Horrocks' building became wisest provisions of our Government in our U. S. Constitution: "There shall be are supplying coal of good quality very incensed against Harold Ileninger beno religious test?" Again, "Congress cheap. can be found at Z. C. M. I. cause They tbey thought that while he drank shall pass no law respecting the establishment of religion or preventing the free Oden warehouse, Ogden, and W. Lyle, with tbe rest he did not perform his at the U. P. stock track, will also re- share of the work the exercise thereof." moving of the The Mormons settled at Salt Lake on ceive orders. Try this coal and see if it kind a of When "bee." building being Mexican Territory and tied there to isn't and cheap. good did to him he offer assist told to go they escape religious persecui ion. I am for and on his persisting tho trouble by Congress in Utah A Grand Evkst. This morniftg's away, matters. The Government hns no more commenced. Mr. Ileninger explains i ght to deprive tbe people of Utah of train from the West contained several to had he leave for a short time on their religious notions iliaa it had to rah boxes of fresh flowers culled fronl the that business connected with the store in the writer of his property. I have felt! of California. They are intbe hand of oppression here and I sym- gardens which hi was interested. After Mr. tended fur a grand bridal festival, which pathize with your people. Jones pulled him and tore his coat, Mr. A Government corrupt as this is now is to take place iu Omaha. A consignadministered ought not ?penk of the ment of oranges was also among the1 Poulter struck him "once for luck," and when Mark Elmer came in it was to remoral law. Look at tbe causes in the for the same occasion. freight, e Look their divorces. at store order as a policeman, hsving called States for See their houses of societies. on Joseph Hunt to assist him. Ileninger lewdness and prostitution ! Are the Wednesday was a fresh assailant and authors of these bills without fciii? Do evening, the 14th inst., the First Dis- thought he they not practice in secret nnd iu the trict Agricultural Socity will meet in struck him with aboard, and in turn received a blow from Hunt wbo considered dark, what Brigham Young and liis followers do in the face of dny! Is this Farley's school house, nt half past six it his duty to help Elmer. not hypocritical legislation, and might o'clock, for the pnrpise of re organizing The Alderman could not, upon the evnot the authors of these bills to intro- the Society, election of Officers, etc. This and to such another idence, convict either Mr. Jones or Mr. duce punish purgi is an important association, and it is to of tlicir body as visit houses of ill fame? Elmer, but Mr. Poulter admitted the Vote for a law in tho day and break be hoped there will be n full attendance. blow "for luck," and was fined $5. that law at nijrht? Washington City. We A a Not Wiubiso". Quite hope this affair will now be allowNew York and Boston, are nearer Sodom promising and Gommorah thuu eiihtr Ogtli-- or and happy union at th shrine of Hymen ed to drop, as it is not A subject that Salt take City. wus suddenly broken off yesterday morn- either of the parties should wish to be Will the Govpfnment drive your ing, much to the inffible digust of an discussed any more. The less said about people from thir Loniefj disfrnnchi-- e lord. A young man in good it, the better for all. them, confiscate their property nn de- expectant s and withal prepossessing Your their circilms,tanc hnppinos!'? people stroy the' in send to out States lecturers in and address ought appearance, led a youDg and appeal to the populace, for that miss iu From yesterday's Condensations. teens to the altarf there, as her bill disfranchises and proscribes you for News : he to receive the boon fondly hoped opinion's sake. It is bill of religious The second presentation of "Belshaz-zar- " intolerance, a bill conceived in iniquity which was to seal Lis happiness for all and brought forth in sin The national future time, but it was not to be. The and "Temptation," in the Eleventh legislature ought to hesitate, then Vote damsel was inclined to be capricious, Ward School House, was attended by a the bill down. and, as sho contemplated the awful re- large audience. Mr. G. G. Taylor gave "Alpha " The above expresses tLe feelings of sponsibility of giving herself up, her excellent imitations of Salt Lake actors. Residents of the 19th Ward, bench, thousands of persens in both the north heart shrank within her, and before the and the south who do not believe in the words were uttered that should unite the have been without water since the last storm set in. religion of the "Mormons." There is twain in one, she refused to plight her Judge McKean has appointed a Comone question propounded by Alpha, vows of obedidnce and love and all that however, that we must answer most em- sort of thing, thiukitg that she was too mittee of three to examine such students phatically in the negative. "Do they young, as if "sweet sixteen" were not of law who wish to be admitted to the in secret nnd in the dark, enough for a girl to marry. The minis- bar of tftah, and report to tho Court upnot time-honore- Onslow Co., N. C. Doc. 30ih, 1873. ever-memora- LOCAL ITEMS. I)i. This mwning, at the residence of her daughter Mrs. Martha West, iu this city, Mrs. Elizabeth Joiner, aged 72 years, nine months and eight days. Deceased wis boru in Montgomeryshire, North Wales. She joined the Church of Jesus emChrist of latter-daSaints in to America with her husband in igrated 1840, and came to Utah in 18o5, remaining a faithful member of the Church until the day of her death. Com. Dcscrtt Xetft, please copy. 18-12- y ; ESTRAY XOTICfi. IN MY POSSESION THE nnimnl, which if not claim.!, aud taken away within ton day" from present rlate, will be roM at Osden Es tray Pound, Saturday, January 17th. 1S74, at 2 o"i:lock, p.m. One red 2 year old bull, white under belly, small wliito stripe n rump, Illegible brand on left hip. IIIAVK Ogdon, Jan. W.S. FIFE, District Puundkwper. 9, 1S74. n4-- NOTICE. free-lov- 1 practice . in the face of day?" There are these great distinctions between the secret acts to which our correspondent alludes, and the practice of plural marriage: Ou3 is illicit, the other sanctioned by religion and the public sentiment of the community amoDg whom it is practised. Those who indulge in ihB foimerj know it t be do to perform the coremo-n- y. on their qualifications. The prospect of finding coal in the viThe lover was not disconcerted, however, and before the couple sepera-te- cinity of Butcherviiie appears to be she promised to e'ope with him some growing better. GIVE THEREBY my wife., jJiMau J. baring separated. Willard City, NOTICE THAT I WII.l, for any rtbt contracted l y Dudloy, frein this date; w IIF.CKH W. HUBBARD, J.-.- n. 5th, 31 A IN fCK.t 1X7 . City Drug Store. ST., OGDEX. Win. 3J III VIST?, Prop, Dealer iu DRUGS, Patent Medicines ! PUKE WINES, GINS, WHISKIES, FINE COGNAC BRAND V, Case Goods, PaZijis, Oils, AND GKOCERIRS. Fine Stock of Perfumery and Toilet Articles strictly what Brigham Young and his followers ter refused then evident that poor made the unsuspectBpeer had been ing dupe of whilom friends. Senator Pomeroy and Representative Sidney Clark were the principal bondsmen for the embezzler. The former at once proceeded to Wash-ingtcand assisted by Clark, euc- examined. teeded in preventing an investigation and effected a compromise for six thousand dollarst Speer had previously assigned to them all his property, which was valuable, and he was consequently reduced to peunry. Pomcroy has represented- the State of Kansas from the day of its admission to the Union. He perverted the trust confided to him by turning to his advantage privileges to which L' CONSTANTLY OS HAND. d, day next week. Arrangements were all made, and a second attempt to cement the boud3 of union will probably be unless some obdurate parent be cruel enough to interfere atd break the two f.nd hearts. sue-cssf- From this morning's Herald Three adventurous miners tried to reach the Scott mine a day or two since, when one of them was attacked with rheumatism of the heart, and his companions Were obliged to wale through a Prescriptions Accurately Prepared. l&F Call at -- a THE CITY DRUG STORE! do07-t- f Igin Cache Co,, Jau 1st, A. CROCK ET, District Poundkecper. 1&74. i Jt |