The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-23

a Mormon family. Agents are stationed in all
narts of Europe. whose duty IL is to SEND to
the United States such OF the laithlul as are
ready and willing to travel westward toWaru
Utah, their promised land. M9st Vi siienl SaS arc
Swedes. Germans, Welsh, English and Scotch,
and have no friends or relatives in the
Atlantic States. They were regularly con-
signed by the European to the agent
In New York, whose business II is
to look after and provide them with
boarding places until they can shit lor them-
selves. Like most other strangers in our city,
they often fall into the hands of the harples
who are ever on the watch for like unsuspect-
ing prey, and are mulcted of their money, de-
spoiled of their effects, and left TO wander
houseluss and homeless through our streelS.
With men this is bad enough, but with the fe-
males it is terrible. Their miseries IN many
instances only began with robbery ana starVa-
ton. The fate of living death is often thelrS.
These dangers will be lessened, if not entirely
obyiated. at the existence of the Mormon Tenn
ple. Emigrants will step from the ship 10 IL,
where they will find warm friends ready 10
shelter and aid them. The Mormons are last
becoming a large sect among us. Ihey are nu-
merous in t.lis city and Brooklyn, althouSn ~
quietly has Mormonism grown up IN our
midst, that it progress has been scarcely op
served by the general public. at present
there are upward of three hundred families
of I.atter-day Saints in Brooklyn, and as many,
if not more, In New York. They have
church in Brooklyn, which is open 10 all com,
ers. and are governed by saint and severai
elders These people ever look forward to the
day which will see them located in The city of
the saints and their prophet Brigham Young.
They are all well off and In good business CIT
cumstances, and bear excellent characters
among their Christian neighbors. Every sun
day is spent in devotional exercises at their
church. which is well filled from A. VI. untn
9P NJ In their business TRANSACTIONS WIN
Christians they are scrupulously honest, anu
where they deal once they invariably strive 10
keen up the connection. 1t seems 10
be their object, however, to trade q.
little as possible with those who are
not of their creed, in consequence oil
which they do not come so much uhuer
the notice of outsiders. and are so little known
TO the public. Some Of the men, it is said,
have as many as four or five wives living IN
different parts of the city, No doubt ii may
seem curious to the reader that polySamy can
be practiced in city where the laws against
il are so stringent. But the Mormons do not
marry their wives according TO the common
law Of the State; they live in q state OF concu,
bina~e, amenable to no law. Our reporter had
an Interesting interview with celebrated
Mormon dignitary yesterday. This gentleman
is an elder and 4 practical polygamist, having,
we were informed, eleven wives at present
He was very aflable and communicative, ana
spoke without the slightest embarrassment on
some of the most delicate topics connected
with his religion. He invited investigation,
he said, and had no doubt of being able to con-
vince the most skeptical Of the truth Of the
Mormon doctrines.
Speaking OF the Temple, he said that the
committee had orders to push the enterprise
along as fast as they could and to hasten its
completion. Being asked how much money,
if any, had been appropriated for it, he an
swered that no fixed sum had been yet set
apart for the work, but that whatever he COM
mittee having the matter in hand considered
necessary would be Immediately forthcoming,
as the Mormons were well off, many of them
wealthy, and all prepared TO furnish any sum
commensurate with their means.