The New York herald., 1877-10-30
ARRIVAL OF MORMONS.

MISSIONARIES AND EMIGRANTs IN CASTLE GAR
DEN OFF FOR UTAH.
Tho steamer IdaDo, of tho Williams Guion line
arrived at pier No. 33 East River yesterday forenoon
bringing to the city lao Mormon omigrants en- route
for Utah. represent ntatvs OF this paper them IN
Castle Garden and had froe conversation with the
missionaries, who represented that Mormonism IN
Europe was anything but deiunct institution, and
the doxth Of Brigham Young had impaired nothing
Of the zeal Of the missionaries nor tho faith oil the
people. II there any change at all experienced,
1t u greater desire to get to Utah. Brigham's
name had SO long been a household word among them
that desire to him aud TO know him personally
the heart o every true saint. and now that he
had slipped of without their expecting his death,
there was u feeling OF solf reproacn among tho people
generally because they had not omigrated sooner.
Win such faith AS that nourisned In the Rocky
Mountains II is very natural that they should 10
chagrinou AT not seeing tner great Prophet, aud Il
unlikely, remarked one Of the elders, that his
unlocked for exit from thus vale Of tears would con-
tribute largely 10 swell The tide oil emigration IN
cessive years, tor II IS something 70 the innocent
minds OF the disciples TO live under the teachings
1.-Two prophet, ana not knowing how long the present
leader may live, they want 10 "gather." :"
MORMON MISSIONARY FIELDS.
young man. ol very gentlemanly appearance, who
was before his appointment to mission, the supern
cLdent OF schools in Utah, was among the number Of
tho returning missionaries. Ho had only been le
months IN Europe, and was forced 10 come back TO
him and two three others In group our
reporter learned that Mormonism was meeting with
great success Scandinavia ana in switzerland. The
in those had the fullest liberty
propagate their doctrines, and the result u
large OF disciples IN Catholic
liberty large aud their success proselyt-
ing not encouraging England, that
great stronghold Is not rutfu and the elders nd
II hard neld ot labor. Some oil the rural districts
receiving the now iaith, ana from thcro
elders have drawn the most OF tho enl-
grants; but In the iron districts, both IN
England and Wales, the saints have had
in ''he affections OF Babylon" and been
able through tho .nard timesn TO money enough
emigrate, and their trends in Ctah have mad
time harvest TO render them any assistance,
they usually do. This company the last Of the emf
grafton or this year, making altogether about fifteen
hundred souls who have crossed the ocean 10
mako Utah their home. From what the elders report
rnent, tho persons now coming are OF bet
ter class, both financially and intellectually,
than what in former years
tho Mormon sailing ships. These who we'd
yesterday were very good looking class OF work
ing people, with quite sprinkling OF small farmers
among them. They are The most dociie oil all emf
grants, seemed to be thoroughly trained to rely the
missionaries III coming across the ocean, and more
like well trained sold vile net or they are directed
TO step land Everything is prepared or tboin
before they arrive oy the agent OF the Church IRON
Utah William Z. Staines. They have nothing TO look
atcr III the way OF passage tickets weishing OF bag
gage drayage. The purchase OF PROVISIONS Is tho
only thing that cit Tor them do, and even that
oftentmcs done Tor lnam the agent orders II
bulk and gcIs II Tor lhcin ut a cheaper rate.