New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-19

actually accomplished wonders in tho way ofms-
terial improvement. They have various maouhc.
tories-wool-c ardng machines cloth and blanket
factories, tanneries, . pottery for coarse brown
ware, uschiue shops, iron and brass faundehes-
beside the usual mechanical trades. An attempt
has been made to manufacture beet-root sugar, but
hitherto with only indifferent success. Distileries,
Of which there are several, have been more pros
pertus.
Utah 10 rich in mineral resources, which, with
greater degree Of skill on the part Of the Mormons,
might DO made productive Of immense wealth.
Iron is found in almost ine1haustible quantities,
together with abundant coal, about two hundred
miles south Of the city. Silver and lead have been
discovered in another region. Near the Valley are
vast quantities Of alum sulphur, and boraI. Salt.
peter beds have been laid down, and the manufsc-
ture Of gun.powder commenced on large scale.
Nuskets, rifles, revolvers, swords, and lances are
also made in great abundance, and every Mormon
is compelled to have weapon, to be well supplied
with ammunition, to enlist in a military company,
and regularly drill.
The Mormons have labOred with energy and dill
gence, and are therefore, prosperous This is the
only policy by which they could be kept together,
and made contented and happy. When they show
symptoms of restlessness Brigham only makes them
work the harder. 1t is his plan to keep them from
thinking, by allowing no time for thought. Making
them merry when not at work helps to make them
satisfied. Hence the Mornons are set Of jolly,
careless, registering blades free in their hospitality
given to singing, dancing, and excessive whisting,
and dearly loving adram-whetheri in the mornings at
MONDAY, or night. Their kindness to strangers,
their general affection for each other their devoted
obedience to the authorities their rigid adherence
to ceremonies their lax code of morals and yet
precise restriction to the limits Of that code, are
said to attract the attention Of all observers and
are expressly testified to by the author. He states
that there is less public drunkenness, less monsrous
crime among the Mormons than in any community
Of equal size. They have no houses of ill-fame, no
prostitutes as a class, and their degradation and
wickedness assume other forms than those of the
rest of the world.
The black spot on the social condition of the
Mormons is the practice of poygamy. The practi-
cal workings of the system, which they endeavor to
conceal from outside inspection is the strongest
argument against the religious doctrine on which
it is founded. The Mormon has no home. Some
have their wives otted off by pairs in small discon.
nected houses, looking like row Of Out-hOuses.
Some have long, low houses, and on taking new
wife add new room to them, so that their rooms
resemble range of stalls in constable. Some
have but one house. and crowd them all together,
all decency, and not leaving even the
afiectation of convenience. When they live in diff
ferent houses they usually have different tables and
the husband has to give each house its turn to cook
for him, and honor their tables with bis presence in
rotation. The distribution of his company among
them in the evenings at his disposal, has to be by
rule. The most bitter jealOusies and the most vio
lent reproaches are the inevitable consequences of
the slightest partiality. The Mormon polygamist,
has to maintain constant guard over
himself. AS our author rather quantity remarks,
" Any husband might feel to kiss his wife gladly,
but to 20 round a table and kiss half dozen is no
Joke" With such perpetual causes of Jealousy and
ill.feeng, the idea of enjoying domestic happiness
is openly ridiculed. Brigham Young is the model,
and be has adopted the maxim that the highest
heaven is repOse. He holds it as the part OF the
true man to perform every act Of Kindness not from
q sentiment of affection, but from principle of
duty. Warmth Of feeling, tenderness of attach
ment deyOtedness of attention to woman, is
called by that worst of Mormon epithets Gentilism
L" Man." says Brigham, "must value his wife no
more than anything else he has got committed to
him, and be ready to give her up at any time that
the Lord commands him." To love home, or seek
to find in il your Joy and rest, is called squeamish
ness, and you are urged to "take another wife, aud
that will cure you"
The utmost latitude Of choice is permitted to
the faithful in the selection Of their wives IL is
very common for the same man to marry two SIS
ters. Brigham, indeed, advises that they both be
married on the same day, as that will prevent any
about who is first or second. The Nor
mons are taught to believe that all their honor and
glory in the kingdom of God depends on the number
Of their wives. Hence, they desire to obtain as
great variety as possible, and spend much Of their
time in counting. The expense of living is not
taken into account, and if they are poor, they ex
pect that the woman will be able to do enough to
support herself If their tempers are incongruous
they boast of their faculty Of government, and
according to one of their favOrite expressions,
intend "to break them in, like horses, to the
harness"
The secret of polygamy, our author Justly sup
poses, is to be found in the intense fanatcism Of
the people, The sincerity of the women is proved
by the aufierings and the sacrifices which they
eheerfully endure. They are taught that poygsmy
is an ordinance of the Deity-that their natural TO-
stncts which rebel against it the results Of ira
dtion and false education-their pride 10 fsttered
hp the idea that the exaltaton Of their husbands