The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-10-26
Six Hundred MOrmOns.

A troop of 600 pilgrims to the Nor
mon settlements were landed from the
steamship Wyoming last week and
bivouacked at Castle Garden. The di-
viding fence which runs through the
center of the Garden separated them
from the unconsecrated emiorants on
the other side, who collected in little
knots and eyed them over the rails.
The Mormon company sat down stol-
IDLY on the benches or floor Indifferent
~ wherever was room. When the 600
We're all seated. they kept their places
as If planted there. The men stripped
Off their coats and rolled them into bun
dies, but the women muffled themselves
up in their heavy plaid shawls and
capes. The whole company were dressed
in thick, wooden clothing wrapped
about them as if they expected to travel
over snow and ice to their promised
land.
The Mormon Quaker meeting was
disturbed by a family in one corner of
the room who pulled out of a shape
less bundle battered tin can and pa
per parcel bursting with sausage. This
WAS the signal for general stir. Bun
die after bundle was unpacked, and a
picnic was soon in full progress. Bread
and sausage were the favorite dishes.
Milk and water We're passed around in
heavy cans.
A fey of the richer emigrants were
not cortent with this simple feast, but
refreshed their dainty stomachs with
pies aid beer, their first taste of the
pleasures of the new world. As the
pilgrims ate and drank their tongues
were loosened somewhat, and u polYglot
murmT arose, as Swedes, Danes, Nor
wegiam, Germans, English, Welsh
and Scotch exchanged ideas on their
surroundings.
A Itorld reporter went up to the
fence to inquire of the obliging gate
keeper if he could point out an elder
among the company. "Elders yes,
everybody with a silk hat on is an
elder. There goes one nowr' and he
singled out tall Mormon who was
carrying a bench on his shoulder across
the rom.
The elder looked like the captain of
a down East coaster. His weather.
beaten face wore a pleasant expression,
and he readily answered questions. This
Mormon company, he said, was the
third which had crossed the Atlantic
this season, and was the largest of the
three. The members had been collect
ed from Great Britain and the coun-
tries of Northwestern Europe.
Are all emigrants brought over I'M
der Mormon leadership professed men,
bers of the church,"
"No; only a portion have embraced
the true faith heartily, but we have
reason to hope for the conversion of
all. No constraint is put upon any of
them, however, and if they do not wish
to join the church or to remain in Utah
they are at liberty to leave our settle
ment at any time. You see we do not
object to the efforts of other mission
aries,n and he pointed to a delegate
from one of the city missions who was
wandering about among the Mormons
with his arms full of tracts.
care any of the emigrants skilled
workmen or practical farmers?n
"NO; the greater part are factory
hands. In Utah, however, they will
be distributed among the settlements,
and many will find friends and relatives
who have been settled for some time
in the country. These will help them
to make a start, and none OF them will
be left to make their living without as
sistance. Our brotherly love is strong
bond"
"What do you do with emigrants
who refuse to work after they have
been transported to Utah?"
"Crowd them out" replied the elder,
with a shrewd smile. "1here are no
tramps or drones in Utah.
The leading elder is a lhiddle-aged
Mormon, whose name is H. w. Nais-
bitt. He has taken charge of the COM
pany since it was assembled at Liver
pool, and will guide it to Salt Lake
City He is assisted by nineteen or
twenty other elders of less dignity.-N.
Y World.