New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-31
TIE GREAT MORMON CAMp-MEE TING

Sat.s Of New Jersey and vicinity began lass Friday
and was announced TO continue through three days.
1t was held in Monmouth County, near the little vii
LUCE Of Hornerstown. 90 Friday the muster was
about three hundred all told On Saturday the gath
e,pg was somewhat lar ,cr but the figure did not 10
crease to thousands until Suoday, when the grand per
formauces came off. We say performances, because
on tina. day the presence Of brass band from Tren-
ton and their summary execution of assortment OF
brazen airs, gave character of worldliness TO the
affair which is seldom authorized by the rules OF
camp.lneetings of those who claim to be the orthodox
sects To the doings OF Sunday, therefore, will our
particular description be confined.
TIE PROLOGUE
il after The usual sly e in such made and provided
The prt paraons for the reception aud accommodation
Of those who are not numbered among the brethren
were no, of the most dainty description so that re-
porte1s aud other urbeleving Gentes were compelled
on the procedpg night to betake themselves to denaey
populated beds, whence they speedily arose With
mott lively sympathy for those earlier martyrs who
were cast to divers merciess animals to be deyoured
alive If any nisanthropic man he possessed Of an
unappea cable spite against his species andof desire
to wreak bloody vengeance upon his fel!ow-nan, let
him go to jersey and keep country tavern. Fearful
indeed, must be that mans missnthropc ire and ter
ribe must have been the injury done him by society,"
WHO could rejoice in retrbutiye justice so sanguinary
When we remember US OF t1e viands where~ith
strangers were served, preparatory to the midnight
sacrifice Of blood, huge sigh struggles upward from
an aggravated stomach; there may be corn and vine
in that Jersey land and perchance milk and honey also
but when these decaces Of the distributed
to the assembled Saints, reporters were not reckoned
among the faithful; the counted out. What
were the ingredients of the served to those
suffering repOrtorial unfortunaes may not be told
hunger barred investigation. When ignorance is sat
isfaciory, It's folly to be inqusve. The price, how
ever, was exorbiant even for the State of Camden
and Amboy.
was all that could be desred-cool bright and breezy,
and could rot have been bettered had Merriam been a
true prophet and made special prediction for this
occasion.
THE PLACE
was pleasant spot in grove Of oak and hickory,
with spripkling of sassaf in the foreground ard
promise Of blackberries in the distance The camp
ground was surrounded on three sides by fields CT tall
corn very tail ard suggestive indeed plenty tail
enough TO conceal man from the gaze of the inqusi.
tive and NEEDING world should lie feel inclined, III con-
tempative mood to withdraw himself from the Gro I'd
and retire TO the convenient cereal shades. The under
brush was cleared away, ard seats were constructed
in tie nconveuient fashion peculiar to wood meetings.
rough plsLks were laiG with the ends resting upon
tmbers about four inches from the ground, .kins it
impossible for people TO sit down upon them with any
comfort until hey shall be provided with some kind OF
patent adjustable legs, which shall be made to slide
together like telescopes. These seats are all on
the same level, so that even people could sit
upon them, the brethren in the front part OF the
meeting would completely Intercept the view of the
brother in the back part of the meciing uness the
eyes Of the brothers in the back part of the NEE p9
were sufficiently good 10 throus GA the bodies OF the
broth err in the front part of the meeting, who,
Saints though they be, not quite ethereal, but
are to all appearances quite US Opaque as other folks.
There was bu, one speakers stand which vas covered
by a wooden shed; single chair was the furniture,
and rough board the preachers desk; this last
was in the esly morning decorated with three for
lOyn watermelon rnds, which had been put there
by some delsive lover Of that colicy frat, Ill
tie place generally assigned to the Bible and Hymn
Book. I'D, ed, wateimelons seem to be q favorIte
food of the faithful and TO have been PROV ien'iay
prevat Ut in thst vicinity, for the ground was literally
covered with the remains Of the succulent vegetable
There were no evening meetings held upon the
ground, and no tents provided for dor ntories
and cooking purposes the crowd dispersng at sunset
ard diffusiug itself through the neighborhood to re-
assemble at the morning meeting Of the next day.
The lack of the customary white tents scattered
among the trees deprived the camp Of one of the pie
turesaue charms usually noticeable at camp-meetngs.
There were no fire eIe cts OF the night fires in the
forest there was none of the usual gypsy wildnes, in
the scene none of the meet tins by moonlight romance
fol- young lovers; in fact, looking at with tho eye
of painter, or draughtsmsn fer the pictorial news
papers it was rather q tame and spiEites5 affair.
There were but two tents on the whole ground, and
these were filed not with bevies Of beautiful Mormon
camsels bourd for tie happy VALLEY and tho de-
lights thereof-happy female Saints firm in the faith
ard intent only on speedy realization Of the earthly
fecities only attanable in that bssful spot-no not
a female; not a Saint. These two tents were the
temporary abidipg.placc of worldly.miudcd men, in
their shirt sleeves, intent only dsposin, OF Root
Beer Cigars, Sarseparilla, Watermelons aud other
"veg etables," to the thirsty crowd at the highest
market price and which shirt-sleeved gentlemen dis
played NOS, remarkable proficiency in giving short
change.
THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS.
Although the preaching, or, as the Saints have it,
the speaking was hoL 10 Ueeiu until iVs VIoCh,
people began to arrive at early hoursome a. early
as o'clock First came number of private car
iages, evidently from a distance. These were filed
with goodly assortment Of ladies' and children the
latter article being visible in great numbers. The
brethren out strong on babies aud seem very de-
srous to place their squsllcg commodities on exhbi.
.iop All sizes there from those whose period OF
birth would no, antedate that of the pseudo Burdel-
,Is hat ~ y uorl to
stray away from their anxious Inaumas and display
their various degrees of vciousuess to unsympathizng
strangers. Long professions OF vehicles OF every Pos