Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-24
VISIT no THE MORMON
CAMP NEAR IOWA CITY
IorA Gr1r. ,Iuly g. 1855.

5CosrsEpan6enee Of he Eyenins ReEts
Iowa GTTr, july Ii 1856.
wrote Tpu, some weeks sinee.aan account OF
Mormon HloEelnents: so fAr IS their arr1yai ana
encampuaeat 1t this place were coneeEned
They have lieer. objects of interest and curl
osItS With US iror1 the time Of their inst appear
snee and on every fair day horses and wagons
- nut IN reauistion for the qualification of the
numbers who desire 70 look upon McrmoalSzn
II traASSta.
Having BEEN q frequent visitor TO the camp.
both pleasure znd profit for my otject have
tIo,,et that sketch of the facts as they exist {
there luilIt yl7JTe interesting TO your readers
The eFies.nptnent Is beautifully located on, q
grassy knoll surrounded ON every SIDE by the
j picturesque unevsaneSs Of eToiting prairle
with the Iowa river close st hand and eEeEs "a
eiity thus afforded for supplies of wood and wa
ter. They do say thzt the neigh6cEiag farEn-
Yards furnish involuntary dornents 70 tue IA
Z bic Ia the shane Of chickens eggs. etc. Vi the
i truth of this, however, have no prof..
The camp. as viewed from the brow OF q neigh
boring hill, which commands wide sweep Of
| country. presents Ene spectacle. 0Ter one hum
idred tents. and perhaps as may covered wagons,
! with their spires and arches of dazzling white
lSoutrast wei with the green sward OF the pTslr1e
| and the sparkling Tpples Of the river running
close beside
The camp is reached by q side road, diverging
Froui the gfeat highway Tfiichleads to Fort Des-
InOiOcS GTlIls COUNCIL s4IoHS 80
4 thousand haverendezy oussdin thlsspot OF v nom
some eighteen hundredstillr remain in expectation
4 however, of soon striking their tents for their
long march Three separate divisions have ale
ready gone forward The remainder VIII sttart,
It Is supposed in about fortnight and the lead
i ers are nux laying in supplies for the journey
4 The tents arranged In rows, with wide streets
: between them-the wagons generally in rings,
with an entrance at one side, and sleeping tents
on the outside The party Is divled INTO TWO
: lconIianies one under the control OF the Per
petusl Emigration Fund Company, = the other
E and most numerous company IS composed o. me
/. moor Hook The former have have secured their
passage from Europe through to sthe valley,
lby prepayment Of Els EsS75.j This amonnt
also ensures to them team from this city TO the
y end of their Icurney-no mean advantage by the
t way.
: The aforementioned party are sort OF ssec-
9 ond cabin" set travelling along on small caPl-
tai and all being fed from the public crib; and
t having invested all their funds before starting
= thew indulge in few luxuries outside OF the Dill
Of fare furnished BY their leaders. On the jour
new these .LOrd's poor are provided with hand
earis 1--we men to each, on which they are ex-
T tpected to carry their luggage through fourteen
> hundred miles of weary wayfaring.
I'll The present stock Of cattle in camp is hume
q rous sud valuable There are in all four hun
) dred and forty five oxen, twenty mules and a
Z, few horses Really, when in motion, such train
II must make display of no ordinary character.
Thereisseen, as you enter the camp, smlthery,
e a workshop and store, all full OF business and
T industry. There seems to be no disposition to
y shirls duty, however laborious. Women and
N children appear alike interested in getting all
! things in readiness for a start
- Speaking Of the fair sex reminds me that
ne saw some really handsome females, and many
le good-looIin ones during my visits 70 the camp
re FL learned that few Of them were Of highly cul
tiyated minds and one (the prettiest too, by
curious anomaly was pointed out to me as an
accomplished poetess. al their beauty and tai
emit. however, are consecratcd to the interest,"
to of "the church," and the whilom lady will pull
he the haudcart cheCrfuIly with women OF no ed
/, iucation or refinement No distinctions seem t
!. be made c1noug them, except SO far as money
III can make them. Children absolutely swarm II
"a and around the encainpment, and have Otter
re come near trampling upon the small Try as
u, rode through the camper my Indian pony. =.
p, / would have been glad to write more FULL
~ respecting the organization and government q
these religionists / have made the scqualntanc'
ar of their leaders, and have found them courteous
nh cultivated, and in business Transactions uncom
monty sharp" They converse freely Wlu
- those in whom they have confidence, respecting
lis their plans and prospects, and strangers sometl
mes canlearn news of Mormon movements wEll
,+ the people in the camp itself are in blissful ig
80 norancc of their fate.
az -Ifanything new or interesting should turn III
in this quarter, will keep your readers advise
its thereof
nd In politics need only say that Fremont an
-. DAYTON are ahead, and will keep that posltlo
'u- through the canvass. F. w. D.