Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-12-26
brigham Young's Family.

U0tIltll Wll6 u DIlSlldlu Dung, uGllVtIcu
her first lecture upon the Mormons in Den
yer, Col, on the evening of the 9th instant.
From the report in the 'sNews" of that
place we take the following as the most in
teresting portion of the lecture, treating
as it does of Brigham Young himself and
his family
Brigham was seventy three years OF age
last June. He has nineteen wives I; fifteen
of these are his own for time and eternity;
the other four are proxy-wives, being wild
ows Of Jos. Smith. The children of their
union with Brigham are accredited to
Joseph Smith, and go to swell his kingdom.
All plural wives are known by their maid
en- names to distinguish one from the
other. The following is a correct list Of
Brigham's wives in the order of their mar
riages Mary Ann Angel, Lucy Decker,
Mrs. Augusta Cobb, Harriet Cook, Clara
Decker, Emeline Free, Lucy Biglow, lima
Pierce, Mrs. Twiss, Emily Partridge,
Martha Boxer, Eliza Burgess, Eliza R.
Snow, Harriet Barney, Amelia Folsom,
Mary Van Colt, and Ann Eliza Webb, the
the nineteenth and last. Brigham has two
large houses called the Beehive and the
Lion House. There is one wife in the
Beehive and six in the other. The rest
are scattered throughout the city and Ter
ritory. His three eldest sons have follow
ed the polygamous example of their father.
He has forty-tive living children the most
of them are grown and married. There
are twenty-nine girls and sixteen boys in
his family. His son John w. has renowned
| polygamy by discarding his first and Sec
ond wives, and retaining his third. Seven
of Brigham IS daughters taste the sweets of
plural marriage. Two Of the seven call
Hiram B. Clawson husband, two are allied
to George Thatcher, and two to Mark
Croxall; the seventh is the second mate OF
Thomas Williams. Brigham's sons are
Joseph A., Brigham, Jr., John W., Heber,
Ernest, Arthur, Ferry, Oscar, Alpillus,
Morris, Mahouri, Morianchamer, Hyrum,
Lorenzo, Willard, and Howe. The daugh-
tiers are Elizabeth, Vilate, Alice, Luna,
Fanny, Mia, Clara, Nettie, Nabbie, Lulu,
Eva, Dora, Susie, Tootie, Ella, Miranda,
Louisa, (nick-named Punk by her father
Emma, Emily, Carry, Mamie, Josephine,
Mary, Maria. Phebe, Zeva, Ruth, Della,
Baby, (the youngest, who will be three
the only wife Brigham lives with at pre-
sent. He has forsaken all for her. Upon
this favorite wife is lavished all the care
and attention the most devoted monogram
| list could possibly bestOw upon his compan-
| ion. At present he is erecting a mansion
| for her that will cost at least 500, 000.-
| Brigham loves her better than all others.
He is afraid of her, and this is where lies
| her success over him. In closing her lee
| ture she remarked that she had not been
| actuated by any malicious feeling toward
| Brigham in speaking of him as she has
| He put polygamy before the world as a di-
vine institution, and she felt moved to tell
the truth about it. She knows that much
of the system is delusion, and part of it
a crime. If it has a gilded side, she has
| found it cheat. 1t wrecked her happi-
ness, and will that of every true woman.
GENERAL HooKER's OPINION OF JOE
JOHNSTON AS A GENERAL.-The letter,
an extract from which is given below, was
written recently by Gen. Joe Hooker to
Gen. Mansfield Lowell, and is published in
full in the Nashville, Banner" It is I'M
derstood that it was elected by the intend
ed publication of General Johnstons cam
paigns in the Southwest, by Appleton &
Co. The passage we are tempted to print
is a detached one, but bears such testimo-
| ny to one particular point that it is COM
plete in itself. The battle Of Gettysburg
|
in the West broke the military strength Of
the Confederacy. Says Hooker Of John
ston's retreat previous to his being super
seeded by Hood:
| General Johnston, however, as he aban-
doned his entrenched positions, conducted
| his retreat, in my judgment, in a prudent
and consummate manner, both in strategy
and tactics All the positions chosen for
making a stand were selected with the ut
| most sagacity and skill, and his defences
were thrown up and strengthened with the
exercise of marvellous ingenuity and judg-
ment. This was the case near Dalton, Re
SAGA, Cassville, New Hope Church, Kene-
saw Mountain, Peachtree Greek, and other
! points which [ do not now remember
| Considering that JOhnSton's army was on
| the retreat, think it remarkable that we
| found no deserters, no stragglers, no mus
| ketS or knapsacks and no material of war.
| Johnston troops also covered and protec
ted the citizens living in the vast district
| in which we were operating in carrying off
all their property from before us. In fact,
it was the cleanest and best conducted re-
treat, as was remarked by every one, that
we had seen or read of. Wherever we went
we encountered formidable line of battle
which all commanders were inclined to re-
! spect. / know that this was my feeling,
and other officers in command Of armies
and corps appeared to feel as I did. Indeed
this retreat was so mastery that / regard
it as a useful lesson for study for all per-
sons who may hereafter elect for their call
ing the profession of arms. After having
given the subject good deal Of reflection,
| | unhesitatingly state as my conviction,
that this retreat was the most prominent
reflects the highest credit on ii It's author
| The news that General Johnston had been
replaced in command Of the army opposed
to us by one whom we considered very
much his inferior in military capacity, was
received by our officers with universal re-
joicing."
| BITTEN BY A MAn.SrnNE