New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

n an the bufYs back OF the city, hudde around brush
wood fire. plating larias to their lord and master III
the dim distant East, seven-wived patriarch d"ehnh
m his tents amid his hOcks and herds may DO "o''
enough but the same muchmarried" gentleinau,
wearing broadclOth and a machnemade "atoH' auo
keeping hotel near the line OF the great Pacinc o.
is ridcuOusly out Of place. The constant poii'' y -
Church has been TO compel polygamy' anu tiolo
"A man IN Utah who has to-day more wives 'n"" on0'
because he was made TO feel that Ills position anu ~
gpepce depepded upon his obedience to counsel IN
tins a. i'm other matters. And no sooner docs nh
second wife than he is bound to Mormonisuh ~ -,
Of steel This is the position OF the majority oi '
mon merchants. whose business mas poen -
Rrgbap,'s late edcts Many Of them wonld R''Hy C ,
ont and leave were they not anchored 10 O'aA anu ''
monism!by poygamy.
BRIGHAM's FAMILY.
The number Of Brgham's living "INcS = t5 Coz the
elusive OF those who merely seaiou 70 IN e.,
revt world He has been credited with more 'n"n ',
w a, st,c1 mat ne has less Dut am Informed
on ,he host authority that correct census OF MS hoSe
bod would show eighteen wives ana iorlY-ine ciu GU
Among the latter are beyy OF as handsome young gins
can be found anywhere These are OF course ia oo
,pand and they marrying of pretty fast sometimes
he gives more than OF them to the same man. as loI
instance 70 the superintendent Of the Western Union
Telegraph Office who has two Of Bughams daughters
and is doubly sonlnaw Of the Prophet 1t is sald naV
the old gentleman has recently made 1t rule that VINO
ever magres the daughter of one OF ms wives S"'
duced estimate Of his wives, which hasately been gwen
ono NJ the Mormon officials Salt Lake City has for one
Of his wives ms stepsister, the daughter OF MS own
lpotbet while marriage OF man to mother anu her
daughter is by uncommon. An Old Dane hNihB
near ogden has for wives mother and her three oaugh
ters According 10 the Mormon view, this Is commenda
bic As It keeps families together beautiful girl OF
eighteen or nineteen pointed out to me on the street
recently by one who knew her we'll She was brought 10
this Territory when quite child, by her mother who
embraced .he Mormon faith In the West came mere anu
married an The mother is an intelligent educated
woman, the daughter refined and accomplished anu
knows something Of the world having made seyeTa trips
TO California where she has relatives. Yet her step
father in whose house she is living is now urging her 10
marry him. aud her mother Is backing up the SUIT
the arguments being that the marriage will prevent the
separation Of parent and child in this world, and secure
to the latter eternal happiness the next The girl loves
her mother and but the opposition Of her relatives in
California would no doubt have succumbed this TO the
pressure In the country districts it is said women are
really bought and sold like sheep Two old fellows will
make bargain by which each agrees to become father
iulaw and sonnaw to the other, when there is only
one daughter in the yoke Of cattle or some other
equivalent Is given This swapping is not confined to
outlying settlements A prominent Mormon in Salt Lake
man Of intelligence and education-told me that he
only consented let Of his daughters become sixth
wife at sixteen because he himself wanted relative OF
the sutton of the age for his own fifth wife He did
not have the slightest shame In the confession and
seemed to think it good joke,
MORMON SLAVE.
Polygamy in its brutal phases is but slavery OF
the worst description Perhaps the following incident
related by gentleman OF unimpeachaOle yeraciy,
will give more vivid idea of this than any generaiza-
tons Some months the Rev. Mr. Foote the Episco
pal minister here, employed young German woman Of
eighteen OF nineteen. She had to Utah at early
age, and had become the fourth or fifth wife OF
Dane years Of in one Of the Southern settle
ments This old rascal worked her hard in the fields,
treated her as beast and after few months let her out
as a cook to a camp Of railroad graders. From the rail
road line she came Salt Lake. and entered Mr. Foote'S
service hoping to get rid of her husband But she was
not to escape easily In short time her husband fol
lowed and demanded her return. She was terribly
frightened and refused to 60. He attempted TO break
into Mr Footes honse while the family at church
aud take her by violence, but failed Ultimately, how
ever he had private interview with her. and so terrified
the poor girl that despite the assurances Of Mr. FoOte
and her utter loathng Of the life before her, she dc
clared that she must gO-aDd went, though with man
tears.
But polygamy Utah has undoubtedly seen best
or rather its wOrst-days. The effect Of the railroad
already evident aud the influence OF Gentle opinion
even more Gentle contact, IS very slowly, but
Iy doing its work. Newspapers, magazines. and books
easily procurable and prove perhaps, the most
powerful missionaries. Even the "trashest" Of yellow
covered novels are dangerous enemies to Mormonism
Occurrences like recent at BOx-Elder, where q
young girl who had been marked for the harem Of Pes.
dent Snow, ran of aud married Union Pacific Engineer
are becoming comparatively frequent.
A young and handsome woman who is now enjoying
her honeymoon the fourth wife OF Mormon gnitary
was pointed in the theater the other evening
When she little child her mother became the wife
of Mormon leader but she has had opportunities OF
seeing the world such as few Mormon girls enjoy. Her
relatives Boston wealthy and refined and she has
made them several prOtraoted visits. Yet, though
naturally iutellipent. eduoated ACCOMPLISHED and
knowing at least something Of the outside world, she
back here TO enter harem, and is ambush
ingly wearing her orange blossoms. Too many wives
may prove seTiOns embarrassment Mormon recent
ly prominent Gentle by night, to ask advice
He fair sample Of the middle ranks OF the Church
When he adopted MormOnism he had already wife !;
but since coming to Utah has taken another The first
childess; by the second he has several children.
lie now dsgused with Utah, and wished 10 return
TO his native place, where property had been left
him. The problem how to escape without risk OF the
penitentiary To accomplish this he had cOncOcted a
plan, to the feasibility of which he wanted nforma
tion The &" old female" as lie called her, to get
divorce, and then he marry the younger legal
ly. The old female" he had promised 70 take with
him a sort OF granny the children" to whom she
much attached. lie wanted to know whether tins
plan would work, aud informed that it might; but
that he would considerable risk Of coat Of tar
feathers and ride upon rail in attempting TO carry it
out.
SALT LAKE AND THE JOURNEY HITLER
Salt Lake City beautiful at this time of the year
with its trees and rushing streams with wide quiet
streets and blooming gardens and the grard white.
capped mountains encrcliDg all" apple Of gold in
picture Of silver" 1t unfit TO be very City
Of tire Saints" The whole country is a peculiar one,
seeming half made yet, but giving impression
OF great antiquity, carrying the imagination to the times
beyond all history when mighty lived and fought
and sinned and were cut of in their wickedness The
long tedious journey toward the new promised land