Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-11-19

the r street bdpllSt upon
taking for his text Brigham Young and Utah"
Mr.. Hyde is Englishman by birth, and was
baptized into the Mormon Church, when boy
Of fifteen, in ISis In December Of the same
wear he was ordained priest, and preached the
Mormon doctrine as he believed II to be, In
rious places in England and France, until 1853.
having in the meantime been ordained some Of
the seventies > order Of equal power, but in
frror Jurisdiction to that of lone of the twelve
ON the 5th Of February, 1853. he sailed from Liv-
erpool with nsarlv four hundred Mormon passen-
gers bound to the salt Lake City, INDUCING
hig hopes Of realizing there all that j. desirable
in holiness, purity, and brotherhood. He arrived
an that city in October, and married a young lady
to whom he had been engaged in London, and
began to teach school. He was not long i'm dis
covering the difference between what he had
been taught to expect and what ne saw, but did
not immediatel y fOrsake MoTmonisrn-yet hoping
better things OF it.
In May, 1856, be waSsent on a Mission to the
Sandwich Islands; and, on his way thither, re-
solved not only TO renounce MormOnism, but to
give the world the benefit Of his experience
This be has done by word of mouth and through
an interesting book upon "Mormosism, its lead
err AID designs
Mr.. Hyde is a fluent and agreeable speaker,
has Il thorough knowledge Of his subject, is a
wonderfully good looking young man for an
Elder and naturally is enabled to interest his
audience 10 a high degree.
He expresses the opinion that there can he no
question as to the sincerity Of the MormOns A
community of hypocrites Is an lmpossibility;
community OF fools is quite another thing.
salt Lake City, he describes as having sixteen
thousand Inhabitants, and being surrounded
by mud wall twelve feet high, and which was
built in 1s54 merely to keep the people occupied
fOr Dung, II seems, goes on the Napoconic prin-
ciple that people get Disconnected when they are
idle, and open to impertinent inquiry and rebel
lion. The houses Of salt Lake City are built of
adobe (Snn-dried bricks) and look neat and pref
~, placed as they are on the edges OF squares,
leaving well-cultivated fields and gardens in the
centre.
Giving haSty picture of the industrial opera
lions Of the MOrmons, and their ''mysteres', Ga
prominent feature Of which is a solemn oath 10
cherish constant enmity to the United States
Government; and by every means to aid in over
ruling that Government; and if unable TO do any
thing themselves towards the accomplishment of
these objects to entail IL upon their children as
i-gacy) the lecturer proceeded to give Il graphic
drlineatiOH of Brigham Young as a man. and as
prophet. Hespeaks of Young * a man greatly
moderated; rs man Of towering intellect. He
must Not be estimated by the apparently noGsen-
steal character Of his speeches, which are but
the reflex Of the fdnaticiSm of his followers His
speeches are for his people; be must be judged
by his acts. Personally, Brigham YOun" is
large, powerful man, with light brown hair
carelesSly thrown back upon his head, has quick
commanding grey eyes, and is altogether Just the
sort Of person one would turn TO get another lock
~ in passing. His voice is clear. SOno. Gus and
decided. Brigham was born in Vermont and !,
now in the Eeig hbOr mood of % year. of age
Mr.. HYDE says that in a late visit to Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, ne was struck by the remark
able similarity in style Of speech, &c, between
Brigham Young and Henry Ward Beecher
Brecher resembles Young in his closely shaven
facs; his careless manner OF dspoSing his hair !;
his on hand Observation-Disclosures; his
style OF walking the platform while speaking;
and his power OF imFressing his audience by his
rough energy.
He had seen Young sway an audience of &, 900
people to and fro If by some superhuman
s-ency. His power OF vtupeTstive eIo1uencs
was described something terrible and some
singular instances Of its crushing force upon
tumacious =" Saints were mentioned by the lee
tareT- Young Is supreme in Utah, and should
ARy prominent Mormon undertake to surpass him
IN any speciality, he is forthwith baniShed on
- nlissiOl, - and thus by the PROHIBITS astute
policy the aspiring leader, instead OF being per
miiteG to ferment trouble at home, is furnished
with another field in which 10 expend his sur
plus energies, thus in fact. strengthening Nor
mOnsm and the authority of Brigham. Brigham
Young has now twenty-five wives, and might
have a. many more. but does not care to extend
the number further. How many children he Las
the lecturer thought, would puzzle the prophet
himself to say. in Utah the old provsrb was re,
Hersed, and II was wise father who knew his
own children
Mr.. Hyde thinks il is a mistaken policy for
our Government to send out men to deal with
Brigham Young who have not the ability to
cope with his mastery intellect: and he dill atrd
upon the notifying history Of United States OIL
rlaiS who have successfully been sent to Utah
and completely outsens raled by this shrewd and
aole tdctlclan. Some he intimidated by insinu-
ating what might happen TO them should he
= crook his finger :" and some he Completely
bamboozied BY smooth speeches, social courte-
sizes. DC. dc
In the case of Col. steptoe an officer of COURAGE
VINO was sent out in lisa 10 take Brig hams place
of Governor Of Utah. the Colonel and his frlIov,
"McerS were so blarneyed, fascinated and be-
fooled, that he. after keeping his commission of
Governor ia his pocket unpresented for siY
months resigned his office, and got up petition
which he Induced all the other officers and his
civil trends to sign, asking the President to re-
appoint Dung Is Governor, as the prope.est of
men To NIL that Office. This, too, in the face of
Dung open avowal Of PURPOSE to oyerturn
the Union. YOung'S doctrine is that the time
Will come when national dissensions will so
weaken the Mon that an united Mormon people
under an able leader, can easily oyertnrn oar
'IoyeFnment and plant Mormonism in its place
Mf, hyde gives Brigham the credit Of sinceri-
~ in his faith, and desigDates him as the LIMA
fluS llOy0la OF MOTmOnism
Inc lecturer, in his concluding remarks upon
tir InonstfOus nature Of the Mormon deIUsion
alluded feellngly 10 the fact that his wife still
chung TO II, and, with his infant child remained
Al salt Lake City.
bis next Lecture. he announced would be on
and its Remedy. - 'Sv
or the large audience present last night the
taoles rather Outnumbered the gentlemen show
ing thai The lair sex have some CURIOSITY 10 oct
posted IN the mysteries OF Monnonism
CIRCUIT CoUET.-W hen our report closed vex-
teiday, the Court was engaged in the case Of Ar
Mold Harris, administrator of X ebert Armstrong
was, as stated yesterday, brought to recover the
sum o. eI,1O, the alleged price and value of A
NdfIef printing press sold TO Messrs WalIach x
Hope by the deceased Armstrong with Interest
rom July ,, 1883. Radcliffe and Kennedy for
plaintiff; Davidge and Ingle for defendants
The case occupied the Court up to the hour
OF adjournment. The defence urged, was that
no Pihs had been s9reed upon, and that the
amount claimed was largely above the yaIue Of
the property When the Arguments Of NesSrs
Kennedy. DdVidge and Radcliffe were concluded
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JOurned.
This morning, upon the opening Of the court,
the sealed verdict of the Jury ia the above case
was read The jury found d verdict for plaintiff
and a>srs>ed the damage at SI7j with inferred
from the 9Th If July, I-53
the Court then took up the case OF Charles
Bruce rs George T.. kirch AN action i'm TepIeyin
% recover The Ealu" OF a bare mare, levied OH in
execution Of Judgment. Martin and Giberson
ior plaintiff: Davidge for defence Verdict OF
ynry Tor pIaintif-damages SJl On, with interest
on 50 fsOin 18th November, ISL
The CASE Of Robert l.. BrOcket as. Augustus 6
Seaman, was then taken up This was an act ION
roo.