The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-10-04
,Poiygamy in Utah.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.

Mr., SAMUEL BowLEs writes to the oPTloSNe1u
AIassA Repee6iicam from Utah:
,sTbe marrying ortwo sisters is very common;
one younc Mormon merchant IN Salt Lake City
has three sisters for his three wi1es. There are
several cases of men marrying both mother (w-
dow and her daughter or daughters taking the
'old woman for the sake of getting the young
ones, but having children by all. Please to cipher
out for yourselves how this mixes things. More
disgusting associations are known-even to the
smarrving ofrl half sister by one Mormon. Con-
slider. too, how these children Of one father and
many nothers-the latter often blood relations
are likely to become crossed again in rev WaFFl-
ages, in SECOND or third, if not the trst genera
ton. under the operation Of this poiygamOaS
practice and it is safe to predict thatsa lew gen
erarions of such social practices will breed phy-
sical. moral and mental dcbasemcnt otthe people
most frightful to contemplate. Already, indeed,
are such indications apparent, toTcshsdo"'HS the
sure and terrible realiZatioM
brigham Young's wives a,c numberless; at
least, no one seems to know no" many ne mas
and he has confessed to forgetfulnesS in The mat
ter. T e probability IS he has from sixteen to
! twenty genuine Or complete wives, and abont as
MANY more women scaled to him for heavenly
association and glory. The latter are most piouS
old ladies, eager Ior his7 seats in the Mormon
heaven, and knowing no Surrr way to get there
than 10 be tackled on to BrighamS angelic pos
session. Some of these sealed wives Of his are
tire earthly wives of other nell but lacking
faith in their husbands heavenly glory, seek to
make a sure thing CT it for the future by the
| grace of gracious Brighrnl. Down East, you
| know. nlanv husband calculates on stealing IN
TO heaven under the pionS petticoats OF his bet
ter wife here the thing is reversed, anu women
| 90 to heaven because their husbands take them
! along. The Mormon religionis az cxceleH: III
| stitution for maintaining masculine authority y
| the family and the greatness Of a true Mormon
| is measured, indeed, by the number Of wives he
can keep IN sweet and loving and especially obe-
dient sul.iector. But President Young Objects
to multpying wives for men who have not this
| rare domestic gift. So there is no chance for
YOU and ME, my dear Jones, becoming successful
MorRons. -. -......
ain many cases, the Mormonazwiyes not only
| support themselves and their children, but he p
support their~huSbands. Thus clerk, or man
with similar limited income, who has yielded to
the fascinationS and desires Of three or Ioar wo-
| men, and married them all, makes his home with
! No /, perhaps, and the rest live apart, each by
herself, taking in sewing or washing, or engaging
{ in other employment, to keep up her establish
ment and 10 be 10 charge 10 her husband. lie
visit and then she sets ont au extra table and
| spends all her accumulated earnings to make him
| as comfortable and herself as charming as posi-
! ble- so that her fraction Of a~dcaT sainted man
! may be multiplied as soon as possible So the
| tclow, ifhe is lazy and has TUNED his piety TO
the good account Of getlng smart wives, may
really board around continually, and live Ill cio
! yer, at 10 personal expense but his own CLOTH
| ing. Is not this divine institution, indeed !
Brigham Young'S Youngest children, as seen
! in his school, TO which we were admitted, look
sprightly and brightly and handsome and some
! of his grown daughters are colnnly and clever
but his older sons give no rlarked sign OF their
fathers Smartness The oldest, Brigham, Jr., IS
mainly distinguished for his size aud strength
! he weighs two or three hundred pounds, anJ is
muscular in proportion. r>He has now taken one
OF his wives ard gone to England with her on
business for the Church. The next sen John, IS
| q poor and puny-lookiug fellow, with several
! wives and an idordinate love fo" whiskey. Brig
hams DYNASTY viii die wi1h hialSelf.
"Therc is no more lGye lost between the sol
diers and the MormonS, tnun between the SOL
dicrs and the Indians. The boys in blue re-
gard both as natural enemies, and the cnemics
of order and the Government, and the feeling is
cordially rcciprocated. There is a provost guard
ofsolders III Salt Lake City, but the rent OF the
building which it occupies Is about expiring, ana
according 10 the Mormon way cf getting rid of
an uncomfortable presence, none other is now to
be had in its place. Every hp lding Singnlarly
happens to be occupied or engaged just now,
and the Mormons hare evidently. hoped TO thus
drive all these standing menaces, and sedace
ofstheir women, as they add the soldiers all are,
ont Of tc%n and into camp, two miles distant.
But when Mr. Collax suggested TO two OF three
6t the elders that such a result could only be in
terpretea a: Washington as compact and con-
trivance to cmbarrasS the soldiers and defy the
Government they seemed TO nc melted to' new
and original lire of thought and the probability
is that the provost-guard twill be able to find
some unoccnped building that had not before
been thought ot.", ....