Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-14
THE MORMoNS.
Large Arrivals at New Yerk-Their Pam
iliss nd H. nbits

The steamer Minnesota which arrived YES.
were 53i Mormons. The later landed day
a. I2S O'Clock, and presen sed a very motley
group of young and Old male and female They
are chiefly from The manufacturing districts Of
Eneiasd and Wales. UHe 10 an I.alian with
wife and eight children, SIX OF whom are
females. and the oldest is not sixteen years of
age. Ii would scar cely be fair TO critcIse the
appearance of The men, after coming from on
board steamer, but as a general thing they
dId not look as If they would add much bone
snd sinew to the faithful in Utah. grea,
many were very old men snd women, bnt
quite numbsr OF pretty girls-seyeral of
" HON had no male pro,ectDrs-were among
them.
Our reporter got into conversation with a
very intelligent man from Manchester who had
only his wife and one daughter with him. He
stated that another dan ghter had been married
eeme time ago in England, but as work bexau
TO get slack II was agreed between her husband
and herself that one of them should 60 to Utah
The husband " as un willing to go iirst because
he was afraid 10 leave his wife unproyided for
behindhim. She accordingly came out here,
and went 10 work in different families, so that
she saved quite sum Of money and sent Il
home, the husband added bis savings and fol.
lowed, and in less than two years had so well
succeeded as to have purchased house worth
t7e sterling $3.50 in gold) and sixteen acres OF
land, and is now in condition TO care for the
remainder Of the family until they procure
work, which will not be long,
OHr reporter remarked that probably he
would have a second wife pefore they got
there Il have no fear of that replied the
Manchester man. True, we believe a plu.
rality of wives 10 b. holy and useful: but 1
have two daughters there, and believe their
husbands do not care TO add to the family i'm
that way. Men who are in the world, who are
without the spirit of God, look upon polygsmy
with Kind of horror: but the true Christia n
which l con,end the Mormon is-looks upon
II, not only as true religion, bnt as protection
to the weak sex, which they stand IN need OF,
a. they are certainly the more numerous But
i say that 1 should not feel uneasy in the
slightest degree If this girl his daughterl were
TO marry her sisters husband, or any other
man who has wife. when we get TO Utah.
The Captain OF the steamer represents 'he
men as quiet, kind, and of excellent habits.
lie said he had no trouble AT all with either
men or women on the voyage, and as a general
thing their conduct WAS very good.
The proportion Of unmarried men is greater
tnan that OF unmarried women. There are
also a number Of women with children whose
husbands are stIil in England. They intend TO
DO as we'll as they can until their husbands are
able 10 join them, and they intend to help them
10 do so as soon as they can. The young men
All the able bodied men are engaged 10 work
ON the Pacific Railroad, under iSrgham
Young contract.
After being registered a. Castle Garden they
Will be returned TO the steamer, and be taken
to here they can meet the Michigan Central
hne OF railroad, by which they have all con.
tracted 10 Salt Lake City.
The ship John Bright Is below, with seven
hundred more Mormons on board, and will
probably be mp this evening. Those who have
ALREADY landed appear 20 be very anxious about
her safe arrival. From 500 10 5000 more ex.
pected this season. The sailing vessels Emer-
aid Isle and Constitution have been out some
time and may soon b. expected, and the steam
or Colorado viii start from Liverpool 10 NOR
row with large number on board.-.Ntsc TOrk