<​Brick​> building was assailed by the Mob and down and with its valuable appurtanances destroyed. They next proceeded to the with a like purpose Its owner in part agreed to close it and they delayed their purposed. They then proceeded to the dwelling of the beloved of the village <​ there​> dragged him and his family to the Public Square where surrounded by hundreds they partially stripped him of his cloathing and tarred and feathered him from head to foot. A man by the name of was at the same time treated in a similar manner. The Mob <​then​> dispersed with an agreement to meet again on the next Tuesday the above outrages having been committed on Saturday Tuesday came and with it came the Mob. bearing a red flag in token of blood— They proceeded to the houses of and others of the leading men and seizing seized <​them​>, telling them to bid their families farewell, that they would never see them again. They were then driven at the point of the bayonet to the public Square <​Jail​> and there amid the jeers and insults of the crowd they were Stripped tarred and feathered <​thrust in Prison to be kept as hostages in case any of the mob should be killed defending themselves they was to die to pay for it​> Here some two or three of the Mormons offered to surrender up their [p. 4]