The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-08-27

| syowedlv ~ ~ n (. -. tN~N III tho Christian
! World that 0f i 1falil Il wises-is the
elseen of yopr a 1lA - hle y the me
iorily cf IL NccA
b Y.-T6ey cpsld not - more ayerse "a
I Il thah / wss ~ il No. 6rst revealed q
d - lhe Divine will / think they generally
fReccspt ii, ~ i do,os the viii Of God.
| H.G.--How ee1erAl i pdlygamy among you
| B. VI could not saw Some Of those pres
ent (heads Of the IChurch) have each but one
wife others have more each determines what
i i biz individual duty. $500.
I d. G.-Wbat IL the largest number Of wives
belonging TO any one man
B. I'll have fifteen / know no one who hsa
more but some Of those sealed to me are old
| ladies' whom | regard rather ~ mothers than
wives, bus whom havs taken home 70 cherish
n d. G.-Does not, ~ Apostle Paul q, .b.,
Bishop should be .'the husband Of one
vito - ~
B. Y.--So 70 hold. We do not regard any
butt married man - fitted for the Office ol
Bishop. But the Apostle does mot forbid bishop
having more wives than one.
H. G.-Does not Christ say that he who puta
away his wife, or marries one whom another haa
put awav, commits adultery
B. Yes; and hold that no man
should ever put away . wife except for adul.
tery-not always even for that Such 10 my
individual view oil the matter do mot say
that wives have never been put away in ous
Church, but that do not approve Of the prac-
tice.
H.G.-How do you regard what il commonly
termed the Christian Sabbath ?"
B. Y.-As q divincly appointed day Of rest.
We enjoin all to rest from secular labor on that
- haze nra1n I'D a.
Sabbath, but We enjoin oil TO respect and enjoy
it,
Such is o. nearly as I can recollect, the sub
stance Of nearly two hours conversation, where
in much was said incidentally tha: would not
be worth reporting, and wherein others bore a
part but, az President Young is the FIRST min
lister Of the Norman Church, and bore the
principal part of the conversation, have re-
ported his answers alone to my question and
observations. The others appeared uniformly
| TO defer to his views. and acquiesce fully in
bis responses and EXPLANATIONS. He spoke
readily, not always with grammatical ac-
curacy, but with no appearance Of hesi-
tatlon or reserve; and with no apparent
desire to conceal anything, nor did he repel any
Of my questions % impertinent. He was very
plainly dressed in thin summer clothing, and
with no air Of sanctimony or fanaticism. In
1ppeatAHco NC - purify lEduAs BOOu-u6tureu,
rather thick-set man Of fifty Eve, seeming to
enjoy life, and be in no particular hurry to get
to heaven. His associates are plain men, evil
IDENTIFY born and reared to life Of labor, and
looking as little like crafty hypocrites or swind.
lers as any body Of men that ever met. The
absence of cant and shuttle from their man
ner was marked and general, yet / think
may fairly say that their Mormoaism has not
impoverished them-that they were generally
poor men when they embraced il, and are now
in very comfor table crcumstances-as men
averaging three or four wives apiece certainly
need be.
IT hazard any criticisms on Mormonism
generally, l reserve them for a separate letter,
being determined to make this fair and full
expose OF the doctrine and policy, in the very
words Of it's Prophet, SO far as I can reach them.
do not believe President Young himself could
present them in terms calculated to render
them lees obnoxious to the Gentle world than
the above. But have right to add here. be-
cause said TO the assembled chiefs at the close
OF the above coloquy, that the degradation for,
if you please that OF restricton) OF Woman to
the single office OF chi d-bearing and its Access
SORES, is an inevitable consequence OF the sys
TEN here paramount. | have not observed
sign in the streets, an advertisement in the Jour.
mails, Of this Norman metropolis, whereby q wo.
man proposes to do anything whatever. No
Mormon has ever cited to me his wife's or any
woman's opinion on any subject; no Mormon
woman has been introduced or has spoken to
me; and though l have been asked to visit
Mormons in their houses, 70 one has spoken
Of his wife Tor wiyes) desiring to see me, or
bis desiring me to make her Tor their) ac-
quaintance, or voluntarily indicated the exist
ence Of such being or beings. ! will not at
tempt to report our talk on this subject, be-
cause, unlike what have above given, it as
sumed somewhat the character Of disputation
and could hardly give it impartially but one
remark made BY President Young think can
give accurately, and it may serve as a sample of
all that was offered on that side. 1t was In these
words, think, exactly, IF I did not consider
myself competent to transact a certain business
without my Wife's or any woman's counsel with
regard to il, think | ought to let that business
alone" The spirit with regard to woman, Of
the entire Mormon, ms Of all other poly gamic
systems, is fairly displayed in this avowal. Let
any such system become established and pre-
valent woman will soon be confined to the ha-
rem, and her appearance in the street with un.
vailed face will be accounted immodest. 10Y.
fEily trust that the genius of the Nineteenth
Century tends to solution III the problem Of
Woman's sphere and destiny radically different
from this. II, g.
The Two Great Ropc Walkers--yIonx.
BlOndfn Crosse. the Niagara with a
Wan on his Back.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Press and Tribune
Niagara Falls, Aug. II, 1859.
Probably the most wonderful display of real
nerve-not courage--eyer attempted in this or
any other country. Was exhibited at this Mace
to-day. Monsieur BlOndD, otherwise j. +.
Gravelet, actually performed the remarkable
feat, as be advertised be would, Of carving
man on bis back across the chasm OF Niagara
river, on tight rope at an elevation varying
from ITO to 100 feet from the water The place
where this display took place is between the
Falls and Suspension Bridge, about an equal
distance from either. The distance across the |
chasm Is eleven hundred feet from one summit !
to the other. Across this, as you have seen il |
before announced in papers, Mons. Blondia |
has extended rope about two inches in diane |
ter, drawn 10 its utmost tension. The rope is |
SO supported by guys reaching out from the |
PERCEPTIONS banks Of the river a. to prevent /
aqT great vibration Or action. He has crossed |
this, as you are aware, several times-dloae |
But rivals sprang up. A man advertised that l
be would perform the same remarkable feat al
Genesee Falls, Rochester, and he did it. This
was enough. Blondm could not brook q rival
any more than the heroes of old, and SO he an
nounced that he would carry man weighing
LAB pounds across the fearful chasm oa his /
shoulders; and Ne did I'll The announcement |
u tbts apneard Of performance drew together an |
immense concourse Of people from all parts OF
the country, amounting In the aggregate. on
both sides OF the river, to nearly If not quite
twenty thousand. Long before the time named
Tor the performance TO come off, both SUBMITS.
for At least half q mile up and down the river.
were covered with the curious who seemed per |
fectly willing to endure the crowd aud the in
tense heat ia order to witness this periIous and
Tool hardy performance. At each end of the
rope the grounds we're enclosed and seats erect.
cd, for an entrance to which, twenty FIVE cents
were charged, with an additional Quarter for =
seat There canid not have been less than three
thousands admissions at this price on the Ameri.
can side, with perhaps half as many more inside I
the inclosure On the opposite Cliff thus giving
: very handsome sam to the intrepid French
man. At about half past feur Monsieur an
peared at the place OF embarkation gon the |
American side, and after a short delav. he
started for the Canada shore, for the purpose.
- DO stated, of bringing bis friend over, who