Mormonism: its leaders and designs./ By John Hyde.

SALT LAKE CITY.
singular system of book-keeping, are always found heavily in
debt, should they wish to quit and find other employment.
I an give instances of these thlings by dozens. It is universally known at Utah, and almnost universally reproached. I
have seen many tears, heard many groans and curses on
D. H. Wells, the Superintendent of the Public Works,
general business man, third President of the Church, and a
prophet, seer, and revelator forsooth, for the misery endured
by the suffering " hands." In some cases such pretended
balances of account have been collected by law with monstrous officers' fees, from persons who were disgusted with
Mormonism, and who were leaving Utah.
But here is the Temple Block. Tbis is a square containing ten acres; it is surrounded by a ten-foot wall, with four
gates, around which are planted some handsome shade-trees.
We enter at the south gate, and to the west is the Tabernacle.
This is an adobe structure, 126 feet long, and 64 feet wide.
It has the inside shape of an elliptic arch, the width being its
span. Here Brigham and the other leaders give the word
of the Lord every Sabbath to the people. It will seat over
2,000 persons, and is generally well attended. They have an
instrumental band that plays marches, and even polkas to
enliven the feelings of the people, and get up the spirit; besides a choir, who sing from original Mormon songs in the
tnue of "Old Dan Tucker," to Bach's chants and HIandel's
oratorios. They pretend to give to their meetings a religious form, always commencing by singing and prayer, but
discourse on adobe-making, clothes-washing, house-cleaning,
ditch-digging, and other kindred subjects; advertise letters,
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