The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-13

| his proposal, and became the favorlte OF the
harem. The favor shown her brought on .
row. The other concublnes carried tins Jeal-
ousy to such pitch that the PropheG nau =
private passage constructe from hls bedroom
TO Emeline's room, so that his visits to her,
| and hers 10 him, could be made without oDser-
| vat.on. She has contributed greatly 10 us
glory in the future world by presenting hlm
with eight children in this. w.
The poetess cf the church is Eliza SNOW,
said to be quite intellectual.
Zina Huntington also writes poetry and acts
as sort OF governcss to the numerous chill
dren of the prophet. Zna came TO Salt Lake
with her lawfully welded husband, DR.. Jacobs.
Brigham liked her, sent the doctor on mis-
sionary tour to England, took his wife into the
harem, and became the spiritual father OF her
children-made her his temporal concubine
that he might aiso cxalt her to be o queen IN
| heavenl Inc doctor returned from els mis-
sion, apostatized and went to California, where
| he now resides.
Amelia Partridge has added four children to
the prophets household. She is said to be OF
o sweet disposition, and is not jealous when
the prophet turns his attentions 10 the other
concubnes.
Mrs; Augusta Cobb was formerly a. bosto- ot,,
nian, became converted to Mormon!sm egE-
| teen years ago, left her home, and accepted
position in the haren.
Mrs. Smith, q 6cvout Mormon. wished to be
sealed to Brigham for eternity; but the propll-
| ct did not care to make her heavenly que en.
He sealed her 10 Joseph Smith for eternity,
and to himself fol- time.
One s'poor unfortunate" Clara Chase, be-
came maniac, and has gone where the wicked
cease from troubling.
Amelia Folsom, q native of Portsmouth, N;
| h., is the mistress of the harem. She entered
it on the Goth of January. 1868. She is about
nineteen, ar.,; the prophet sixty-three. She
has things pretty much her own way-prl-
vate box at the theatre, carriage. OF her own,
silks, satins, q piano. parlor elegantly tur-
nished. If the prophet Sights her, she pays
| MIN in his own coin.
Such is an outline ofthis sanity ho isehold-
| thirty women or mere, aud seventy OF eighty
children.
BRIGHAM AT THE THEATRE.
He owns theatre which cost, it is said,
$500, 900, and winch has Yielded o large rcye-
nue.. II is q well-built cdiice, nearly as large
as the Boston theatre, with parquet and circle,
dress circle, family circle and gallery. Cen
tics are consigned to the dress circlo, though
SAINTS also Sit there.
Climbing narrow stairway we iud ourselves
in the dress circle, occupying front scat, Civ
ing us good position to study the audience.
We are not there 10 see the play, but the pco-
pie. The curtain is still down and the audi
ence arc taking their seats. Tie parquet is
arranged with slips like those IN 4 church. At
the right hand side in the parquet circle is
Brigham's family pew-distin. uished from all
other seats by its red plush or Gamask uphol-
stery. In tue right hand side Of tho parquet
is rocking char, which Brigham sometimes
occupies when he wishes to bo on familiar
footing with the sainlss
The light in the building is rather dim, gas
not having been introduced to Salt Lake, coal
oil being used INST cad, but there is light
enough for us to study the countenances Of
these around us. On seats adjoining ours are
two young girls, fresh. falr, rOsy-cheeked, ac-
companled BY young man well drcssed-Gen.
tiles, I Judge, from remark dropped now and
then. st our right hand is q woman with
baby in her arms, three other children by her
side. Beyond her another woman with L baby
and great strapplng fellow With red NhlS-
kers ny her side, Behind us arc three royster-
mG fellows from the mines Of Montana, oglipg
the girls in the parquet, Iney are Gentle
wolves. Elder Williams cautioned the girls
last Sunday to beware OF those who came in
sheep's clothing to lead them away from the
church and down to perdition. These wolves
do sometimes carry off the finest lambs OF tue
flock. Some Of the girls prefer the undivided
love of hardy, good-looking young Gentle to
the fortieth or fftleth part OF wlthercd old
apostle.
Two seats distant is another baby. The
mother is wrlukled and careworl. We can see
lines OF care and suffering across her forehead
and in her sunken checks. u if time had been
turning deep furrowS, and his ploughshare
had gone down into tho. subsoil and mad cut
the heart.strlngs. Not hers alone. We see
the same joyless cast OF couutenance on every
female lace. Art ists who with pen and pencil
paint character-yho can read the Joys and
sorrows of life in The lines Of the human face
should come to Salt Lake City. They would
find 1t one vast studio-every woman a sub
tn Ea
pirate title to their pictures. Sr1ed, rather.
These women never have known what i: IS to
love or to be loved. They: know ouly sacrifice.
Tloy are slavcs-in bondage to the church
and the devil ut the same time. They are
ground t., powder between two mighty mill
stones-the upper one religious idea, the
lower one the lewdncss and lust OF lard-hcart-
ed men. Heaven aud hell together are
brought into action. crushing out human at-
fectiors and the highest and holicst instincts
OF the soul.
The Priests OF Buddal, in China, in one of
Their delineations Of the damned, have accu-
rately portrayed the condition OF these women
OF Salt Lake.
But there is man who runs tho mill--thc
head OF tue church-Prcsident and "cvclator-
!, .he private box by tho side OF the stage.
lie is portly, his hair is nicely bEishcd. Ho
wears white vest, black broadci5h coat, Ind
gloves, puts an opera glass to his eyes, and
looks over to the gallery containing Us Cen
tiles, to see who is there. He has 4 broad
forehead, large nose, aud whiskers turning
white Ability, decision, dupiiclty. shrcwd-
ness, cunnng-,he good and bad clements Of
character-are plsiniy marked i'll his coun.c-
nencc Apostle Wells, q tall, thin, spare man,
nearly as old as Brigham. is by his side.
In Biigiam's family circle we sec two OF his
concublnrs and twenty-five of his chiidreI--
all but thrcc OF them girls. tnc OF the women
is past the primo OF lfe-plain countcnancc,
plainly dressed. She Is sad-sad whcs: others
laugh. The play IS Tho Somnanbulist," bat
the comic scenes which set the crowd laugh
ing brings no smile TO her face.
At the end OF the scat is One OF tho favorito
concublnes-a woman of thirty, pale, thought
tul, with an intellectual cast Of countenance,
with book in hand which she reads between
the scenes. She has large lustrous cyes, dark
brown hair, Jewels on her fingers, and moth
er-of-pear opera glass in her hand. She is
elegantly dressed-weals costly fine cape.
Did not know that they wero Brigham's COLI
cublnes, should set them down as teachers
of girls boarding school, who had come Will
thelr classes 10 enjoy the evening.
It was q molly audience saints, Winners aud
indians. For up IN the gallery see three OF
tue Ute tribe, in moccasins and blankets,
gazing with impcrturbable gravity upon the
scene.
Brioham looks upon the audience most OF
the time. turning his attention to the stage
onIv wh:n something especially attractive or
| lauchab.c occurs. lie talks With brother Wells,
takes kni,e from his pocket, -pares an apple
winch he slowly munchcs. He has the mp
pearuucc Of a man not we'll acquainted witt