The New York herald., 1877-09-03
BURYNG THEIR Dead.
Funeral Of Brigham Young at
Salt Lake City.
THOUSANDS or M0RNONS PRESENT.
Remarkable and Striking Scenes in
the Tabernacle.
The APOSTLES and THE PRIESTS.
Seventeen Wives Mourning for
Polygamous Husband.
NEARLY FORTY CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE
Characteristic Prayer by Elder Frank
lin D. Richards.
ADDRESSES BY LEADING APOSTLES.
Brigham Young's Instructions for
His Own Burial.
AN EASY and COMFORTABLE COFFIN
The Procession to the Gene
terry and the Grave.
PEN PICTURES OF THE CROWDS.
The Procession to the Gene
terry and the Grave.
PEN PICTURES OF THE CROWDS.
Day and Night Scenes in the
City of the Saints.
EVERYBODY SATISFIED"
CBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2, 1877.
The dead body Of Brigham Young, late President
Of the Mormon community and so-called Prophet Of
the Latter Day Saints, buried to-day, in accord
hnce with the programme previously arranged by
the priesthood and the family Despite whatever
reports may now or hereafter be made to the con.
lrary, Brigham Youngs funeral was not marked by
Any very impressive ceremony, and has only been
imposing in point Of numbers. Even this at
tendance OF the people has been large as was
anticipated by the Mormon leaders, though the
railroads ran several special trains yesterday and
this morning, and many of the Mormons came with
their families hundreds OF miles in their own vehi-
.:les from their far away homes IN order to be
present at the obsequies Of their leader
THE WAGON AND RAILROAD TRAINS.
The crowd which appeared in the streets Of Salt
forenoon by the arrival of hundreds and thousands
Of wagons Of every possible description, all OF them
containing men, women and children, nearly all Of
whom were most anonymously attired. Hundreds
Of these visitors from the remote settlements en-
camped last night in open lots in the city proper
on the foothills OF the mountains and in the sub.
urbs, and tonight the same scenes are being re-
peated on a larger scale. There were also the rail-
road trains, each of which arrived loaded down
with passengers OF every grade and Of both sexes,
30 that the multitude, though great this morning,
is an immense one this evening, owing to the late
arrival Of distant visitors who could not reach the
city in time for the funeral
APPEARANCE OF THE PEOPLE.
Early this forenoon the new Tabe rnacle where
the body had lain in state all Of yesterday and DUR
ing the night Of Saturday was approached by dense
masses OF Mormons whose curiosity, 1t was evident,
far outstripped every other feeling. The great
within the enclosure where it stands s thicky lit
tered with large, rough granite blocks, intended to
be in time put into the walls of the neighborng
new Temple, which has been in contemplation lor
many years. On these gigantic nat stones groups
Of Saints disposed themselves looking as unlike
saints and as like figures In early daguerotypes Of
the lower classes of people in the agricultural
shires OF England and Wales as 1t is possible to
imagine. In their conversation could be frequently
heard the dialects Of Kent and Yorkshire
and all sorts Of peculiar Scotch and scandinavian
idioms mixed with Bible Christian Names with
which they constantly addressed their children,
such as Nephi, Levi, Zepania, Noah Aaron, Ruth
and Naomi The dresses of the women were study
ro~
robes OF great, great grandmothers in I'VE or six
foreign countries. Every shade OF color was pres
ent, and the fashions belonged to almost every
epoch SINCE the days Of Josephine and the First
Empire. The men we're, on the other hand, arrayed
In garments of special fashion. Some broad.
cloth, but the great majority dressed in home-
spun, much Of 1t fresh from the Prophets factories.
Looking at the crowd thus assembled it was curl
ous to see the vivid colors displayed while huge
sun bonnets on the heads OF the country women
ioomed up here and there among the sea Of heads
like the wagon tops on the wide prairie. In the
breeze nuttered multitude Of streaming ribbons,
which waved about like the leaves on forest trees.
1t was curious to see the amazing specimens of
Shoes worn by these settlement people and their
children were dull and stupid, resembling dolls
more than human beings, so dazed and wonder
stricken did they appear to DO.
AT THE TABERNACLE
The Tabernacle, In which the services were to
begin at noon, is as great curiosity as anything
else IN this curious city. Brigham himself devised
It and superintended its construction, and any
stranger can see that he could not have had the
Aid Of a sane architect while pursuing these labors
1t ID familiar to many who were never in Utah as a