New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-04


nists generally, is the wife, and assumes the hns'
bands name and title Her plurality partners are
called sisters, and are the aunts of her children
The first wife is married for time the oineiA
are sealed for eternity. Girls rarely RENAL" 81.
ole past sixteen. Divorce is seldom obtained u!
the man who is ashamed TO own that he cannon
keep bis house in order. Wives are "ho".u "
claim it for cruelty, desertion or nesec'. VI i"'o
veors Mormon women married To Gentiles arc
cut off from the society of the faithful. Inc
widows Of the Prophet are married to his success
sor Cant Burton praises polygamy on the score
of economy. Servants in Utah are rare anu oos"!
Injuries. II is cheaper to marry them. Ahou'ei
recommendation, in bis eyes, is that IL aisPensos
with love. That choice egotisin OF the heart sub
sdes into calm domestic attachment. Romance
;s transferred from affection to religion. Instead
of tbo "tender tie which must be confined TO two,
there is "household comfort, circumspect friend
ship, aud domestic discipline" "Womanhcod IS
not petted and spoiled as in the Eastern States;
indeed, she is placed rather below par; but nap
pier than when set up on an uncomfortable aud
unnatural eminence."
On the whole, Capt. Burton, with whom we
part company without The slightest regret, con-
sders it abundantly evident that Utah has been
successful in its colonization. Mormonism is
emphatcally the faith of the poor; and physi-
cally speaking, there is no comparison between
the condition of the Saints and the class from
which they are mostly TAKEN In point OF mere
morality Capt. Burton maintains that the
Mormon community is purer than any othef
of equal numbers. Their materialistic vaea
ries are too strong for him to accept without
dluton but he comforts himself with the re-
Election. that both with mind and body, bad
food is better than none. In spite OF his ab-
surd fancies, and bald paradoxes, which he
sports with certain refreshing GOODNESS, bis
book contains not little information, which Is
not easily found elsewhere and although dif-
fuse and often sovepy in style, many por-
tons are to the highest degree, entertaining
JOURNAL OF ALFRED Ely. PnisoyKK OF wAnIS
| KcgnoSD. Edited by CHARMS LASnAS. lime Fp'
The curiosity of the member of Congress, whose
name is now famous as one OF the prisoners oil
Bull Run, has furnished him with series of the
most unromantic experiences which are here EN-
bodied in volume of quito remarkable interest
His party consisted Of the Hon. Lafayette Foster,
lU. s. Senator from Connecticut. Mr. julius Bing,
L" an Italian Gentleman, and two others, who
had obtained passports from Gen. Scott to visit
fhe scene of action near Fairfax Court-House,
where battle was expected speedily to take place
His departure from the capital on tie ialai Jul!
Sunday is thus described:
We lief, Washington at O'Clock a. M, in double
cariiage drawn by fine horses, with our provisions
for the day laid in, and our company apparently ia
fine spirits. After crossing the Long bridee ana
catching glimpse Of VIM IL RUSSELL esq', OF Lon Lon
don travelling in the direction, we met Win
few Interruptions from pckets, and nothing OF
special interest took place the ROME, until afer
our arrival at Fairfax Court House-which we
thought was at least twenty miles from washington
and where we arrived a little after noon: we
halted there for three quarters Of an hour and looked
81 the Federal troops then in possession OF the place
Il il small village containing lees than Elk hundred
inhabitants; all tie buildings, dweing'houses, and
the general exterior indicated just what 1t was-a
mi.erably poor ind dilapidated place. 1t ls, how
ever the shre-own Of Fairfax County, Virginia
where are located the county buildings, the Court
House. and different clerks Offices all built OF brek
Main and apparently qnlte ancient ana III OF tb"iH
then occupied by the Federal troops. With Senator
Foeter viied the Court House, and found ts Inte-
rior n cal curiosity. /, lie said 10 be the building In
which Gen Washington received hisirst conniss'on
local tradition, however, states that TINS ceremony
was performed in an old dweling.hcuse near by, IN
the village.
The interior of the courtroom was from forty-fve
20 ffty fee, in length and from thirty TO thirty five
III width At one end was raised platform against
the wall, stretching to either side OF The building
IL. in frnr a.
vance Of this was plank, forming, as we supposed
TIE Judges bench, or the wool-sack. Beneath tlis
beach was the lawyers bar, formed by platform
raised some eighteen inches from the main foor and
also surrounded by a railing; the Enclosure berg
twelve feet across, ard entered by gate. AT the
right Of the bench the witness-box ocagonal IN
@ shape, and alec entered by gate; gallery faced
the bench capable Of bolding perhaps fifty sleeta-
tors, in the Of which were two rooms, used ne
Jury rooms, and scarcely large enough TO no fu
:, panel Before leaving tie courtroom, MIR. Foster
and myself franked some letters for the troops to
! send 10 their friends.
While at this place, the Hon. A. II. Rice and the
Hon, Charles Delano, members Of Congress from
Massachusetts, rode up in carriage their way TO
the battle-ground. Shortly aiterward our party re-
entered our carriage and proceeded to Centrevie, a
small settlen. Mt some four miles distant, where
troops had been concentrating for some days, III an
tcilaiion OF the conf ct that expected 10 take
place on that day. We arrived there and halted At
about Lali-past one, perhaps two O'clock on all
Ieminence from which we could see a great distance
and especially the Bull Ran ridge of hills in front OF
which the battle Was already raging, although the
thick woods bid from our view all tie troops, and
every thing having the appearance Of war. The
smoke, however, was plainly seen, and the deep
toned roar of the artillery distinctly heard.
1t was about o'clock in the afternoon, when,
having left the carriage and his companions, lie
meets with an adventure not laid down in the pro-
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