Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-15

The point was knotty, because if Abraham,s example justifes polygamy, evidently his ex- ample must justify such marriage.
 The girl was rather handsome; and so. to se'tie the whole matter etfectualy, and to spare lhe necessity of George Watts being still more Aoraham'c than his brethren, Brigham took her hlmseil! So tar so well. But he was not con- tented; and so, after all, there was much force III "aetS argument and Abrahams example, anu ne toid " att he might take her then, if he wished. Of course he wished, and Brigbam divorced Ter in order to effect this con,.onia,,t compromise Now Mir. George Watt is one of the faithful saints," and quite nrominent person n the community Since this unfortu. nate cont'etemps, which was unpaatabe to the toughest conscience of them all, Brigham has de. clared that he will ",ake no more wives. as his family IS large enough" This declaration. how ever, does not save him from being asked by many. remember one young lady who is trying to pine herself miserable for the love of Brigham
 Signing and weeping for love of him. and although she has been directly refused, is just as obstinately determined to "hope against hope," and says, She'll have him or nobody, She Is proving her faith by her works.
 We bow to the ladies; and Brigham conducts t"'"oN1 We enter on corridor with two room doors on each side. He opens one, and we peep in and see very neatly, but plainly furnished apart ment. We notice that everything is in the best order and dazzling clean. He opens another door, and we observe this apartment is the exact counterpart Of the first. With a slight gesture and a smile, as he indicates the rows of doors. says he, Gentlemen, they are just aliken'- lhese are the sleeping apartments of his wives, of which they have one each.
 THE WORKING ROOMS.
 We are taen conducted to a noisy part of the house. here Tn busy work room, is a bevv oi industrious ladies-some at looms. some at SpInmng wheels, some at quilting frames; and high above the clatter of battens, shuttles and wheels rises the sound of women's voices They hush into silence on seeing brother Brigham. who then tells Us how many pounds of wool they have spun, knitted and Woye; the wards of lnsey, flannel and carpeting they have made. Stockings and quilts are at quite a premium in this private manufactory. Brigham makes all hlS ladies work. They have to bring samples to all the women of Utah. and Yourg's hobby cry Is, " here must be no idlers in Zion,
 He Is working man himself, and they must become so likewise. |" If woman can't do more than her share in sustaining herself" says thls domestic economist, "ohe aint of no ac- count" Expensive though his family might otherwise be, it is thus made, in reality, produc- tive of wealth. Dressed in calicoes, or on ex traordlnary occasions in muslins aud dtlainps they are rot very expensive to their lord and master Indeed, Brigham has the conscience to preach that the prophecy of Isaiah, shuold be literally fulfilled. See Isaiah, w. l.
 THE NUMBER OF BR1GHAMs WIVES.
 The number of women belonging to Brigham IS not really Known to any one except himself tie has some twenty-five around him. These i've m his two houses and in some adjacent cot taSeS. lie intends to sec them all once day. It possible; Ii not, then at least once a weok- Should he be sick, however desirolls any of his wives might be to attend on him, of course they have to be excluded. Twenty five women in sick chamber would be no trifle for deranged nerves! They generally eat at one table in the dlnmS hall, and that dining hall is a curious sight. He keeps ho female servants; his women have to be his servants and their own. The domestic labor is shared among them; cooking, washing, repairing and dirty work is distributed according oindividual ability or in case of diff terence, the absolute dictum of the prophet is appealed to, and that is final.
 or course, Brigham does not love all his wives equally, and necessarily they are aware of it, but they all love and believe in him: and if they cannot share his love here, they hope to be able to participate in his glory hereafter: although distributed among so many, it can only come in homeopathic doses to any one of them. That they are sincere in their faith. their sufferings and prlvations evince. It cannot be hcentious- ness that induces twenty women to share one husband; to have their woman's love neglecteJ then Womai's heart crushed, their womars ea- lousy constantly aroused and yet continually Stliied Deluded-outrageouslv morStrouslv deinded-they are, but their intentions and their conduct are pure
 THE CHILDREN.
 He necessarily must have many children: but for the number of his wives, his family is com paratiyely small. Very many of hjs children are dead. Hardly one of Smiths children by his extra wives has survived It was so with Mohammed, and 1t Is so with Young. It is natures argument against poygamy. Brig hams houses are filled with his children: their offspring arc in their graves, Of those survi- vlng, he has had several married
 Boys aud girls surrounded by such llustrious eXampIts, constantly hearing the most shame less conversations and allusions, cannot help but De precocious They hear and see till they thmk, and think till they try to initiate Some remedy has to be adopted. Brigham has adopt- ed that oi early marriages. "Boys ought to be marTed at fourteen and fifteen, girls at thirteen and fourteen" says Nmball sBovs should be married and still live with their father" says the patrlarchal Brigham. That neglect of off spring, inability to provide for and educate them great mortality among the children of these juvenile polygamists should be found, is not surprising. They are the inevitable results natures penalties for the infractons of her laws. SLAVERY
 As he not only initiates, but far exceeds Judaism in polygamy, so Brigham attempts to surpass Judaism in adopting the institutions of slavery. On this subject he is pointed and l characteristic. Isaac, very smart colored man. was one day holding favorite horse of Brig hams who remarked, "There's my horse, and there's my nlgger; the horse is mine, and Ike is mlhe, too; and l would just as freely shoot the rascal who would pursuade Ike tc run off, as would were he to attempt running off my | horse."
 Brigham is very fond of talking about shoot ing. He once remarked, "I always carry two loaded revolvers on me; and the man who touches me, to take me as a prisoner dies. In the name of the Lord have spoken it!o On another occasion, he commanded man named Albert Smith, to clear out of the Territory. and that right straight too," and threatened most brutally to kill him if he refused to con- | ply. He confidently anticipates trouble, and boasts, We are raising up set of boys here who will carry blood and thunder to the very gates ot the capitol, if needs be-"
 | We were struck with his coarse but nervous languaSe--his wild way of talking; but yet ad- mire the practical cast of his mind when action IS involved Deceiving himself, degrader of women and conspirator against his country, he certainly evinces administrative genius of a strong character, in Lis singular, arbitrary and absolute government over the affections, credul- l ty and even lives of his adherents.
 Measuring Corn in the Ear. Having gathered and safely housed his corn, the farmer wishes to ascertain with some de- gree of certainty what amount of shelled corn there may be in his pile. There are various rules for this, all of which are more or less ser viceable The following we find in the Valley | Farmer and if Is Opa vrh;ch oop bo o,c;I .,