Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-10
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

4irripai Of 552 SCANDINAVIAN Mormons al PdRadphia
en- roate 10 tt0h-ioS a Fhiidaeph,d Reporter tried
10 Erpiofe dsd t0H}dat
On Sunday afternoon, the packet ship Westmore-
land arrived at this port laden with cxtraordna-
ry freight OF live hundred and fifty two Saints, "al
bound tor the land or Utah large portion of this
arrival Is made up oftemales bearing the healthy
aspcet--Aot n small number nre children OF both
sexes and the men generally of sturdy buiidnp-
parcntly able to do n days work anywhere although
II Judged by their conduct in the passengers galley,
Cooking house, they could not he recommended as
willing To obey their wives in the matter OF domestic
duty on board ship. Among this vast hive of Nor
wrgian Mormons, who profess to he journcying to
tile land OF which they believe it has been said "thc
Lord would give it them are to be found II high
priest or president and ten prophets
The name OF the President Cowlcy.-With re-
ference TO tue minor prophets reporter was able
only To secure the names OF four; lnguist Iuut,
Chtistison and Thurston.-These dguitares are pos
sessed OF all power the saints of which fact
the Captain and the mate of the Westmorelnnd are
gladstone witnesses; Tor when either OF these officers
required anything done the part OF the passengers
they passed the commands to the Prophets and I'M
mediate compliance WAS the result Mt early hour
in the evening Mt command of the III Oh Priest Cow
ley the Saints ordered below, 10 select and pre-
pare tor their places OF retirement for tue night AZ
ter o'clock, Z. NJ, woman was all owed to come
on deck under the slightest preieAt Daring the day.
and throughout the night sentres were placed Mt the
fore and main hatehways to prevent others than tho
i"sseugeS k''ic ohiuts) gong below, unless accom-
| panied by nm Elder. This system was also applied
TO the second cabin entrance under the break of the
poop The sentry system prevented our reporter Pc
ramoulating the tween decks yesterday when cx-
| porng the floating regions of Mornondom as found
! on the Delaware. The prophets, some OF whom are
| English and American, looked upon any attempt 10
gain Information rs an INVASION and treated interes-
ted persons rather contemptnously One of the first
| duties performed on board the ship. before leaving
Liverpool, was that of organization which was done
with such perfection rs to preclude the necessity of
action on the part OF the Captain during the subse-
| Guent passage The ship was kept perfectly clean
and, AS the result the passengers all look well and
hearty, and bear the aspect Of cleauness.
| The officers OF the ships could not undertake to
tell how the passengers Saints1 behaved themselves
tween decks although the stringent sentres excited
| their suspicious.
| Only three deaths have occurred during the entire
| passage: two children were buried at sea and n man
80 years OF age was buried shore yesterday hav.
| ing died just as the ship to pilot ground One
male child was born, and named partly after the shin
| and partly after the Captain: Wesmoreland Deacon.
this our reporter informs me- the cause of gen
! era holiday throughout the length and breadth of
the ship. with the exception Of the forecastlc the in
| mates of which stood at Il reluctant distance from
| the associative tendencies of the Saints
| Two women, foreseeing the joys of emigration
| and Mormonism, took voluntary departure from
| their sanity husbands ust the party was about
TO leave Denmark. 1t Is stated that the glorious COM
pany of Saints have heard nor seen nothing of the
! two abscondants since their departure.