Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-11-30
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THE MoRMoNS AND THEIR POLYGAMY.
Whether the aornons do do not allow polyg has
been noocd question. The following letter from Wis
consin overland traveller the milwaukee Nclcs says is ao
dressed to the mother of The writer and has been furnished
for publication 10 that paper:
"SALr LAKE CRY july &c, 1852.
II arrived here before grand jubilee OF the Mormons.
They celebrating the Anniversary OF the arrival OF the
PioneeIs first planted their colony, and believe fre
discovered the wiley The procession magnificent.
will give il to YOU saw Marshal OF the day presiding
followed by flags, baud, and large painting exhibiting the
pioneers oil 1873 cossne the Gpae Jerry Of Platte tvcr
Pioneers then folio wed Pen ana scribe every is
taken down. hand and inscribed in the Big booa
men with The dill, implements aud TOOLS OF ainos
every profession ia the woId forty Old men and a
forty old women representing Inc Mothers IN Israel he
flag being Inscribed with Ga! Children and our Hopes;
twentyour young men wit' i"eit oanne-mo.o, Union
and Liberty twenty -four young ladies', Daughters OF Lon
twenty boys twenty girls an soldiers and elsh
teen bishops bringing up the rear an quite confident ele
were seven thousand persons present; and altogether
il sight well worth seeing out amidst theso MIS- IN
the evening, balls and parties prevailed all over the city.
Yesterday Orson Pratt OF their apostles gave US
er Reveato! and head OF The Church He is assisted ~
Two Councillors, twelve Apostles and eighteen bsh'ps..
The Prophet, (aGd under Wing ule) the Goverpot was
present with oil his wives, who came nd wen. IN
large elegant open carriage He has living "in mn ~ 'e
city, in one house. sixteen wives and th'ny euen
wife, with her progeny lives in he sepsfase FURNISHED
apaYtment and spins sews, wea:es &C., &C. All this is
vent over the pS aIiasa WIN view 70 en-
terrain you Tor an hour an o''''e 81" Pe' MUCH eve
The person bod with has two wives Dr.. Richards,
= conncnr has TX, and all Of them goodooking, healthy
.omen TIL you pcygamy is openly allowed and sup
nar,od by ::hese Mormons. man, having right to as
5es as he find and support takes fancy, gee
and swears he is able TO support her. al inc
rage comes Of with due ceemony-and goes on
J he grows richer, wi,hou, limit.
Mormon moving into the valley give: TENN OF ms
property to the church, aEd oneenth his productive In
dussry yearly, whatever it may be. : ooo
he city contains popua,;n OF 200 souls and in The
whole valley there are prohoy l5OOO which will be largely
increased this season.
here are wurp and hot springs here the last boiling
heat Salt is manufactured from tho lake water, which
yields ono oo~ Of sal; from three of There also
mneS of coal and IRON Lumber is $50 per thou
sand. The city is watered by more than one hundred
streams brought from the ncghborng mountains, Of the
puresI water
This country is certainly beautiful and fertile as any
ever They raise all We do in Wisconsin, and IN far
greater poportlon Vegetables peculiarly excellent and
after the hard bread and bacon of the plains very WE'LL
assure YOU
"rhe III prmons find quite kind aud obiging. Brigham
Young nc looking man, resembling little Judge Il,
bis wives are mostly pretty and the little cgmates whom
tho people here cal young prophets all good locking and
well dressed"