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THE MORMONS—THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF GOV. BOGGS—CANALLING MORMON BAR—FALSE 
THEORIES IN REFERENCE TO GOLD DEPOSITS — INFLUENCE OF AMASA LYMAN, “THE 
PROPHET”—EXCITING SCENE—JIM RETURNS—A MONTE BANK “TAPPED”—JIM’S ADVENT 
AT SACRAMENTO CITY. 
My immediate neighbors were mostly Mormons, beaded by 
Amasa Lyman, one of “the twelve.” The person who shot 
Gov. Boggs, of Missouri, was also here, under an assumed name. 
It will be remembered that at the time of the Mormon disturb* 
ance in Missouri, it was thought by them that Gov. Boggs con¬ 
nived at their persecution, and several attempts were made upon 
his life. Scofield, alias, “Orin Porter,” a reckless, daring fellow, 
loaded a pistol and went to his house; it was in the evening; the 
Governor was sitting by the light reading a paper. Porter went 
to the back window, and aiming at his head, discharged the pis¬ 
tol, the ball taking effect in the back part of his head. Porter 
deliberately laid the pistol on the window-sill, and left. The 
wound did not prove mortal, and at the time of which I am 
writing, Gov. B., and two sons, were in California. They had 
heard of Porter’s rendezvous, and were supposed to be in search 
of him. He went armed with a brace of revolvers, and one of 
duelling pistols; he had a dog that was constantly with him, 
sleeping with him at night to give the alarm in case of danger. 
He declared his determination to sell his life dearly if attacked. 
He was much esteemed by the “ faithful ” for his heroism in the 
above act, consequently they kept an eye to his safety, keeping 
him informed of the whereabouts of the enemy. 
The Mormons held no religious meetings here. They believe 
in the inspiration of Smith, or “Joseph,” as they call him, and 
calculate time from the date of his death, as an era, speaking of 
an occurrence, as in the first, second, or third year of the death 
