The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-16

EHects sf Mormon Polygamy.
From the London Chronicle, Nov. 20I
There y . strange compromising power in the
supply Of news. Il really docs seem that tie word
cardinal points Of the compass N. E. W. s. Fall
ing the East, we are sure to get something from
the West-a lull In the Cnmean deserts h made up
for by . stiff breeze from the Great Salt Lake. In
default Of any striking novelty from Balsklava, We
fall back upon Utah. And certainly the last Nor
mon intelligence, which we print else where has its
copgeniaites with at least one aspect OF the sea-
son. At Christmas we are more taken With domes.
tic thar with bellicoss pictures. ALI the tuna
honored traditions of the season btiug out its
domestic aspect. Tho viguettes waicn adorn
the beliman's verses and the lamplig hter's pc
titon-are these csnticles yet extinar-repre-
cent the British table with it, full accom-
paniment OF olive branches. But the bread
finder. as the Germans style him, brandishes his
knife opposite solitary specimen OF the mat only
partner who dispenses the pudding. How. we
should like to know, is the dioner table arranged
at Deseret Here il Mr.. - 1--WE are sorry to say
that he has lett himself q blank) giving us SONS
mp lot little Of the veil OF Lis chaste h1em. Way
does he lot present us with the whole OF his house,
hold experience He tells as 30 much that he
ought to have ted US all.
We certainly applaud the frankness OF the cor
respondent Of the Chicago Tribune. The fraternity
to which he belongs is a prcselytising one. /,
already numbers Its hundreds OF thousands. Rs-
cIuits or converts at the rate Of thirty thou
sand souk-or rather bodics--por year leave our
own shores alone for the Mormon metropolis.
Hitherto the only bar TO their fu Their success has
been the rumor that polygamy Is one Of their in
situations. For long time, the Apostles" kept
this matter very quiet. They yelled Il under mys.,
FERROUS names-they spoke OF II IS spiritual
marriage" refined Platonism, degree TO which
only the adopts were preferred. Somehow. it was
felt that even tie RI NOR OF these po gsmous prac
fore, thankful to Mr. - for his peculiarly frank
admissions on the subject Here we have gentle
man with three living wives at once-the trio all
keeping house together 10 sororal amity, and all
coin, iding in the devout with that their husband
sheuld take fourth. The picture, to be sure, 10
drawn by tue person m ,st Interested in making the
best OF 1t, and Sarah AIMS experience on the sub
iect would Be to the full IS edfying As it |, not,
however, often that We get family picture OF this
extent we may as well analyze IT, especially for the
benefit Of any enterprising young mikmaid sho may
be anxious to better herself, and to complete the
domestic CIRCLE aud respective hap piness oil this
patriarch and his three wives.
The husband, We should judge, is between forty
ard fifty. Some fifteen or sixteen yea rs ago, he
married Sarah Ann, who still retains the ,stion OF
Kadijeh. After embracing Mo- monism, our friend
plan, apparently, is an example OF Adam s nitns
division Of labor. He marks out the househ Did
duties as q nsbob divides tho work among the ser
wants. Mas 8. he marries for the clothing and edu-
eating departments. Next follows q Gsrmsn lady
Of consider able size, whose vocatops not spe
cifed but, from the contour Of her figure, which ia
described with some minuteDess, We presume that
abe discharges the duties of domestic porter to the
establishment. As We have histed, he is looking
out for one " fitted by education acd physically
adapted to take charge Of the dairy" la vision,
We zee tire long procession extend Indefinitely.
Why not wife to brew, and wife 10 bake and
another to make pastry csk.-s laupdly wife, and
kitchen wife, and Q ORA wipgr oom ~ifs-a SPOUSE
for the btehives and another for the basket and all
for bed and boari The only lay which seems to
regulate this reverend seniors matrimonial choices
" m a a In nm mt %
We find, ~ the special recommendation Of No. 8.
that abe is "arger than either Ss ali Eiz abetn."
The Jraulein is ike Tsnny some Prlace, blue eyed,
STd fsit In face with some thing more than ten.
eency to en- bon poinf-or, the husband Informs u.s.
to certain " bsthy kolpis aness.n From which We
conclude that experience In wivedom e,geGders
tsste akin TO that Of George the Magadcent-the
Mormtn liking is for :" fat, fair, and fortyfve"
wives Not Only the more the mertsr, hut the big.
ger the better. Spouse IL estimated by the armful
In DeseIet.
Here, however, comes out the popularity Of the
Mormon temperament. We find that the wife OF
two year, stsndiDg, aud the wife Of twenty years
ex erieDce, and the bride who has seea only three
moons, combine In anxiety that he should get
another" There Is no Jealousy among them, no
disposition 10 tear out each Others nait"-.they
agree IN every thing, even 10 desire TO associate
fourth sister with them. The husbapd rargs bick
with coy, Instant, austere delay. For lis pat,
be Is quite coz tent with tdpicity Of wives-f he
consents, 1T will be entirely out Of regard for
them" Now, this Ia CONTRARY to experience.
Among Mshonets prefer Mr.. Lsne's testi-
nory TO that Of Mr.. Monckton Mines on this
we know, had a strong objection to the pretty
Egg ptian slave-gir. IL s Of the nature OF women
TO object to these rivalries. Or is u that what
wife cannot endure Is bigsmy, All that she takes
cou1ss ON tas pins,p q sSs .nst part rSs
Gar finds rival IN Austria, but makes bis own
game out oftbe German Confederation. Neglect OF
this obvc us rule Of policy was the mistake OF our
fnt.f unsy IT,. - .h.~e - -
domestic bappiness--he should have established bis
six wives esmmaRdite, and t.kea then oil at once
Luiher'A fault was that he did not go far enough
Had be suggested to the elector Of Btandenburg Q
dozen, instead Of brace Of syouses, he could nave
avoided all the troubles Of the divorc, question
Might II net be suggested to certain British legis
lstors WHO are very busy ab ut relaxing the mar
rage laws, that the Mormon precedent which seems
70 Answer 80 well, viii save world Of trouble
Still regret that this father of the flock "a not
even more explicit. He tells us that Sarah Ann
!" hiss the largest share OF his Affections" Has she
the largest share OF the loaf and the new bonnetsl
III go on what principle Ii the remainder divided
DO the other claimsnts share 1t between them or
Goes each wife command 10 turn, like Msrlebo
rough ard EuRebei II q lady consents 70 the frsc.
tional part Of hui band, viii she accept IN equal
division OF the spoil In silk dressesl How do they
settle in pseret the matrimonial difficulty Of as
signing the wings when there IL fowl for dinnerl
Does gavelkind or borough English obtain among
the Mormon wives. II is the wie's privf
lege 70 have the last word does contradic
ton, like matrmoDy, multiply three four fold
st the Great salt Lake! And, by the vas, IL there
any census Of the State Of UtLhl WHAT q puzzle
IL would be for Mr.. Mann aud his staff oil enuue.
rsiors Why does not the Statis,ics Society Nc nd
Gut correspondent across The Sierra Nevada H9y
dots Dsiufe adapt Its laws TO communism
will n0t tsy COMMUNICATIONS polygamy is the
rule Z Are there mole girls bora where thsre In
this anomalous demand for wives 7 We can under.
stand q soc al con iiton where q wdower IL un-
knovn, aud the Chicago corespon lent intimates
the txhterce OF bactflors; but, according 70 the
ex'apt laws Of population, there ought 20 be four
bachelors for every BeLedict. Is this the Gaze
SpiDsters, tf course. extinct and We can under
stand that there sre no ilegitimstes; bat we are
puzzled about tie proportion u bachelors- We
ought tc have known more or lees on these sab
Jects. The TheJphthora Of the MormOns yes ex.