Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-05-02
EASTERN DISPATCHES
THE MoRMoNs.
A Largo immigration Expected
Nissiensrles-Interesting Items.

NEW Yoax, April 3o.-The steamship
Wyoming yesterday brought to this city
about 200 Mormon smigrsnts. They
are the frs. company arriving this year.
and the irst ins.sllmsnt Is generally
smaller than the parties which follow.
Four or ave Of the Mormon colonies are
to arrive during the season 1t intervals
Of q month or so. Mr.. stainss. Mormon
immigration agent, says that the Euro
psau missionaries Of his church report
that they are having excellent su0o'ssin
winning converts. There are now ll,ooo
Mormon resident In Europe. A party
Of thirty.Avs Mormon missile nariss. now
On route from Utah, will leave this city
early next week for the Old World, and
will bs scattered through Scandinavia,
Denmark aud Great Britain. where they
will remain two years. Another large
party OF missionaries will BE- sent abroad
In the fall. Evarts' anti Mormon circu-
lar was . dead letter; It bad no effect ct
al upon Mormon prosslytism In Europe.
except to stimulate it-and the foreign
governments which were urged to inter-
isrs with Mormon propsgsndists took
NO steps whatever 10 the matter.
In spite OF ths opposition Of the Dol.
ted States and Territorial authorities.
the Mormon Church has never pushed
its interests more vigorously than II has
this spritg, nor has 1t sver bad spros-
poet OF achieving greater results for its
iabors. The immigration bids fair 10
become this eason larger than usual
probably about $500 people. A good
deal Of missionary work 10 being done
In Southern States. and with large sue
cess. Mormon colonies, composed OF
hardy young men and women. are NOV.
ing from Utsh as q center In oil direc-
lions, and are rapidly transforming the
valleys in Idaho. Wyoming and Arizona
into we'll titled farms. In answer to the
correspondents question, Mr.. Stains
said : "All talk about the Mormon peo-
pls taking up arms against the United
States government 10 sheer nopssnse.
Our opponents, some Of them, have init.
mated that we would hght, but no such
talk has been heard from rs. Such Q
course would be worse than folly-it
would be criminal; It would be Q crime
against ourselves. Whatever extremity
came, We would have everything to lose
and nothing to gain BY such Q course.
We are pssceabls people. We don't
wish to force u opinions or our rsli.
Rion on any man. but we wish to live at
peace with everybody"
Correspondent May I ask. II the
United States government passes . law
against polysamy. will 1t DO obsysd to
any extentf
Mr.. ST. will speak frankly to you
about that. When I am at home no one
tells that he has taken another wife. /
ask NO one II he has taken another wife.
I am witness TO no marriage ceremonies.
II I talk with unmarried ladies / have
known. even II I suspect that they have
become one Of the wives Of some one. i
address them by their maiden name.
and they cannot tell from my CONVERSE
ton that I believe them married. All
our people follows the same policy. The
reason 10 obvious. II We bad knowledge
Of the occurrence OF po%lygamous mai.
riaees we could be used as witnesses
against those who transgress United
States laws, however proper their action
might be In their own eyes. We. there.
fore, studiously avoided acquiring any
information that would be compstent
testimony In court OF law. As to the
question Of polygamy, It 10 . tenet OF
u faith O. much as any other article OF
our religion. In our social relations We
are % pure and happy as any people on
earth. / will not say that polyRamous
marriages have not occurredin our midst
from improper motives. but such mar
risees have been rare exceptions.
Mr.. Staines also told ihe oorrsspon.
dent that In the farming districts, whsr.
sver Mormonism has spread, q large part
Of the agriculturists had two or more
wives. The Mormon immigrants this
year are going West via the Pennsylvania
and Northwestern Railway to the Union
Pacific road.