The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-21
MoRMOHs ON THE ATLANTIC.
Crossing the Ocean with n Colony of six Ham
drcd Lnttcr-Dny saints.

Co,veuoHdence Of TIC New Y.rt ksDre".
At SEA july 10.-The Idaho steamed out
OF The MeTscy with about 800 souls on board,
among them colony OF 600 Mormon7,
with chief rricst. msslonpres, gents, and
elder, bound for their Holy Land. l was not
~ All ware II the novel medley Of ships hui
~ n freignt until the vessel reached Queen
WI TIE next day, when q lady told NE hat
VIC Idaho swlrmed with Mofmone. Now, she
ma" yer before seen a live Mormon. ! nad.
We -'pnoarihg woman on board Is acting
VIC 40. to !. ttet-Dty bishop wearing green
gngfl,s aud 'niJyinc hts hf,h honeymoon, but
an t"e wnile imuatient to introduce this last
C ,,}, or, 10 us other four wives left at home
WINE nc mas been dong missionary uuty in Eu-
rope. This reverend uolyg mist is as cobforta-
biz a. could be expected.
The saints perform morning and evening SER
vac ~ hratiug, SINGING. aud treaching with
regularity, wind and sea permitting. The Nor
Drs. watts, Sternhuld, and HopkIns. and liner.
spers d with black cork mins,relsv. Ibis col--
nv - saints are notably tempe rate, for neither
q .theN SMOKE CHEW, nor Drink Liquors. They
rise ealy to ur yers and other devotion TIE
chief pricst and elders repair from the first
ca IN u The steerage aud second saloon to con-
duct public worship among their neOpbytes or
new converts ingath rcd from Norway sweden,
Term nv, ana ENGLAND. They do not pr selyte
In lrel nl. Among the SIX hundred are infants
AID voiv aged people also numerous families
OF BON sexes, rom middle lie downward.
The young people refused 20 emigrate unless
tn. grandparents we're ,iued to the caravan.
Tue grade " Intelligence among the M Iss OF
thi- Mormon brotherhood In vcry low indeed.
Among the m Inagers are active business men of
RS Get Die talents. The SAINTS are exciu-ivc in
their iniercOufse, APPARENTLY distrustful OF Cen
tiles. They seldom open 40 nv conversation
with Us mon Dgamis;s IN the dlho for they re-
gard Us a. iunlels, denying the Scriptures pro-
claimed by Abraham aud solomon, who. they
declare. advised every Christian to marry as
NAM women as could be persuaded into the
plurality system. When approached however.
these Utah magnate. are free to converse. and
yet thov seem to me to have an uncOn. ciuus
SUSPICION of all outsiders. they have a horror
OF the q odsrn school Of wumen's ri4hts. nd
foi iiis reason have ceased to seek for converts
among either Yankee Elrs or W cstcrn families.
Ia the steerase are some entrants vino are
not saints at all-at ieast of the Latter Day per-
tus~lun-dnd some OF them ATE Young men, who,
In suite of Apostles, Bishop, and elders, persist
~ holding converse sweet with Mormon lassies.
By tuiS neas might creep or ne nut into the ears
~ these lair saints. The girls now brought out
TO DC Mormon wives IA the future might be-
come reconvtrted into entities ana ice from
pOlAEainN. TO prevent thls strict guard ls kept
over them. As soon the ste amer reaches u ri
a runway train VIII be In readiness to move the
pilgrims West. Eicn car has a superint cndent
and guard at eacn door to keep the flock from
sldylug.