Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-29

THE SCHIsM AMONG THE MoRNoss.-Ta,
following IL an extract from q priv ,t- letter
rom well iaf1rmed gentleman living in Sal.
Lake 70 one Oh the editors OF the Chicago Irib-
The schism of which You may have heard
While here Is working. Stenhouss and ali the
have been suspended. and II they stand firm
tand they WIN they Will be cut or
This information Is only valuable rs show
ms what may be expected when the ovsrpo ~
eripg will ana intellect OF Brigham Youn,
shall have been removed. The revolution pro-
Ceeds from the heart of the Church itself Letting
~ni. n are ossed polygamy and tue preposte-
ious scheme OF empire. to which the Mormons
are now 50 fanatiealiy devoted"
Mr. S'eHhouse, named IN the above ex
uaci, tdi,or OF the Salt Like Telegrs ph, and
las been :Or many years one OF Brigham
houpgs " Oct trusted friends and aruenr ad
mireis- HIS daughter Is one of the wives Of
Joseph founS. Brigham Ioune's eldest son.
The editors o. the Magazine are wealthy aud
Influential"
We fnd the above afioat in our exchange.
IL Mr.. Stenheuse u now an opponent OF poly.
gsmy he las made a rapid change of base since
July last Then, as we happen to know, b.
was one OF its most eloQusnt defenders He
defended II on ali ponts, and siren uously as a
neral and religious Insulation He maintained
tnat he practised polyg amy as a matter of reIi-
sion at heavy expense in the support of everal
families The idea that Mormons practics No.
lygamy for the graIification of the sensual
appeties be secuted as absurd In the last de-
gree sensual men, be said, could supply them.
selves much more cheapIy than by bur Ienipg
themselves wth the support of Numerous
wives snd Ianiiies. He had then three "; YES.
enc at Ogden. where he published a paper, and
two nj Salt Lake CITY. His frss wife Is a ysrv
pleasing aud accomplished lady. an EaxIi,h
woman, snd 10 Is a daughter OF this wife WIN
married oLe Of Brigham Young's sons. Stem.
house l. Sco,ehman, but IN Impuisiyeuess
ana nnency OF speech appears more like a son
% the Enersld Isle.
" - no. quite correct that for twenty Years
lie has been one of Brigham YounE,s most
trusted frisnus aud ardent admirers. A wear
or two sgO Ne managed to incur Brigham
1oung's serious displeasure in some wav
while Publishing the Telegraph in Salt Lake
City, and was "sent on a mission" to OGDEN
AFTER the way the Mormon autocrat has of
hanlshing an objections BILE or rec alcitraut mem.
Der Of 1.-The Cnursh-" Stenhouse found n
losing business to run q paper at Ogden, and
after sinking considerable portion OF thu
money be had previously made, hs got FESTIVE
10 the traees, and bolted back to salt Lake
City with his types, in the teeth of Brig.
hams anthony. 1t is probable that find.
Ipe himself under the ban Of Brigham and
his elders. he has gone over to the smith
party. who are raising the standard of
revolt 10 polygamy in Mormondom We
doubt, however, If with this accession to its
IsnKs tie smith parry will make any imme-
dia'e inroads ufon the ranks Of the polyga.
mists. 1t Is astonishing how fanaticaI the Salt
Lake Mormons, as body, are In defence OF
poly gamy, though only about one tenth of the
community are practical polygamists. Still
the asiiaiion OF the question will pave the way
for the DOWNFALL OF poIygamy, which Will
come at no distant day, but probably not be-
fore the death Of Brigham Young