The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-07-25
WHAT SORT OF PEOPLE GO To Utah.

WHAT SohE VI EkOtLt eO III 0IAh.
The Boston Courier contains some inter-
es,ing facts touching the heavy cargo of
aormons that recently arrived At that port
ia Liverpool packet: !
There were on board sos Passengers, d.
yided into nationality, Is follows, viz: Eng
Esh, 30; Scotch u; Welsh -: German, l3;
Irish 5; French 4. The English were from
all parts Of England. more however, com
ing from Sp,tinghamshire than from any
Other part. Among the passengers were 10
elder. who had been preaching the doctrines
Of the sec; throughout the old world. One
of these elders, named Mercer, of Phi!adei-
piia. was on his return from the East In
dies. The rest Of .he passengers were col
lecf.d by the eldcrs' representation Of duty
and the promised land Of Utah, and were Of
sill ages aud both sexes. Pour Of the wo-
men were OYER 20 years OF age, and there
10 were "A infants nntsvr one year old.
The proportion VI married men and wo-
men and families was somewhat larger than
is usual among immigrants. The married
men had only one wife each.
MANY Of the families were possessed Of
considerable property. The captain esti-
mated the am cunt Of British gold upon the
passengers nj L2O 700, and he said that he
knew Of moro than one person who had
floo0 for his own use, and that Of his fam
lily.
One woman left her husband that she
might 90 TO the land of the saints; and
there was another beautiful, dark eyed
young woman, with young infant, whose
story, As told by the captain, was quite
touching. The captain noticed her when
she started, as Possessed Of great beauty,
ba. lost sight Of her in day or two and
.apposing she had changed her quarters,
did not inquire further for eight or ten days.
lie was then told that she had been very
sick, and was still quito feeble. lie had
her brought from between decks upon the
deck, and laid on mattrass, got her some
port wine and cake, and tried TO bring back
her health. Under this treatment she im-
proved much, and in reply to his questions,
told him she had left II pleasant home, in Il
quiet village IN England, and husband TO
whom she had been married but a year or
two, before this journey. lie asked her
reasons for leaving. She replied that she
had done 50 for ChrIst's sake, who had prom
lscd that if she forsooa father and mother
ans husband, for Him, she should receive
more abnndanly in this life and in the
world to come everlasting life.
Nearly all the men were armed with from
two 70 four rev divers, which they had pur-
chased at the suggestion Of the elders, who
had told them they would need something
OF the sort ia crossing the Plains. They
had no muskets or rifles.
One of these elders had been acquainted
With Joe Smith nj NauYoo, and firmly be-
heved in his miraculous and prophetic pow
Trs, Tho elder said that on Que occasion,
tus rumscl!crs came 10 Nauvo0 aud rcfus-
ed to leave when ordered hy the "rrophrt"
smith thrn told them he should curse them.
They paid no attention to his threats and
in fourteen days they were blind. The cap
tain asked the cause Of their blindness
nne of them, the elder said, was blind by
Inflammation In his eyes, and the other lost
hts eyes whil" blasting rock. The same cl-
der had his w,te cured of severe sickness
by Smith. Smith came, prayed over. an
oInted her with oil, aud she recovered
As soon as the immigrants Ind left Law
srpaol. they formed themselves into eight
divisions, with about ono hundred in each
division, and chose bishop md an elder TO
preside over each company. They had
morning and evening service PRAYER and
singing and IN the evening. generally
Sermon. GA Sundays sermon was preach
cd to each section.
In their personal habits they were very
clearly. Only four Of them used tobacco.
Very few Of them drank tea. although near
Is all Of them alto animal food. nurir:y
whole passage, the captain said no theft oc-
Cured, and he never heard angry words be-
tween them.
\ considerable regard was paid to exter-
ma morality. M female being allowed on
deck after ) l.. NJ, aud all the single men
having particular apartment forward ON.
y en-" death occurred upon the passage. and
that was man = years Of age The cere-
monies oser his body were very short.