New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-08

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GREAT sAIT LAKE, CITY July :, leis
Perbae. e few lines rem stranger N this
strange land an: among still more strange people
will o. judged sufficiently interesting 10 ma place %
your columns
The company OF gold dig.ers which have The honor
to command arrived here tue % inst and iadse our
feelings when after some twelve hundred ues oil irAVo
through an uuculvsted desert snd the last ole nun
3red miles Of The distance through and among lofty
mountains and narrow snd difficult ravines, We found
our.e,s e, ,uideuly and almost unsxPec edly in com
ysrstivc Paradise.
We descended the l4st mountain BY passage 81
cessi,eiy steep and abrupt and continued our gradual
descent through rarrow c0FoH for I've or six miles
gber suddenly emerging rom the pass an extensive
and cultivated valley opened before al the Same To-
slant that we caught glimpse of the distant bosom OF
the Great salt Lake which lay expanded before us 10
the westward, at the o.tsnce Of some twenty miles
Descendlng the iaoc.land which bordcTed the valley
aeusiv. herds Of cattle horses snd sheep were graz
Ing in every direction. Iemirdng u OF That nome ~
civilization from which bad 20 widely depared-iof
"a -et the sclds hogtes weTen the distance fass
ing some miles OF pssuresno VIC atisn sn lOunu
ourselves in brood and fenced street extending "est
ward IN a straight line Tor several miles. Houses 81
wood Or sundied brick were thicsy clustered IN the
vale before U.s. thousands In number and occl'
pync spot about large as the City al New-l ORR.
lhey were mostly small, story high, and perhaps
not more than one occupying an acre OF Isno. Inc
whole space for miles excepting the streets and houses
was ia a high state Of cultivation. fields OF yellO"
yhes, stood waiting for the harvest and Indian corn,
potatoes oats fax and oil kinds OF garden vegetables,
we're growing In proiuson, and seemed about IN the
same state Of orwardness es Ia the same latitude IN
the States.
A, n,st sigh, Of all these signs OF cultivation In the
wilderness, we were transported with wonder and
pleasure Some wept, sOne gave three cheers, some
shed mud some ran and fairly danced Ter Joy-"he
all tt iucxpressibly happy 10 find themselves once
more amid which mark the progress OF sdvanc-
ing Civilization. We passed on amid scenes IKE these
cxpeciiBg every moment TO come 10 some commercial
confer some business point 10 this Great Metropolis OF
The Mountains but we were disappointed, No hotel,
scu.yost cake and beer shop, barber pole, market
suse grocery provision dry goods or hardware store
distinguished part oil tho town from another, moi
even y bakery or mechanics sign was anywhere DIS
cerEDle.
Here then was something new an entire people re-
duced TO level and sll living By their laborsl cul-
tivang the earth, or following some branch OF pny
,cal Industry. At trst thought 1t was experiment
an order OF things established purposey TO carry out
the principles Of Socialism, or "MOrmOnism In
short thought i. very much like Owensm personihed
However On inquiry | found that Il combination 81
seemingly unavoidable circumstances had pIoau9eu
this tlngUlsr OF affairs There were no hotels, be
cause there had been travel BARRIERS shops, be
cause every one chose himself and no one had
time TO shave bis ghbor stores because they h.d
no goods 10 ssl nor time TO traffic center Of busi
pes., because all were too buoy to make center.
There was abundance Of mechanic shops, OF dress
m kers miiDers and taors, etcbut they needed no
sgn had they time 10 paint OF erect one Tor they
were crowded with business. Beside their several
trades all must cultivate the land or die for the coun-
try was new aud no cultivation but their own within
thousand miles Every one had biz lot and built on
it, every cultivated II, and perhsfs small farm
In the distance
And the suangest of all that this great City,
tending several square miles had been erected
and every bouse and ience made, within nine or ten
months OF the time OF our aTTvsl-1hle Al me same
time good BRIDGES were erected over the principal
streams and the country settlements extended nearly
100 miles up and down tho Valley
This Territory state, or, as some term IL, mormon
Empire may Justly be- considered one oi the greatest
urodicie Of the age and In comparison with iis age,
The most gigantic OF all Republics In eXistepce-oeng
only in ts second year since the hrsl seed OF cuuFa
ton wss plsn.sd the fret civilized hsbitarcn com
menced. Il these people were such thieves and rob
bers as their enemies represented them in the states
must think they have greatly reformed IN point OF Ia
dustry since coming 10 the mountains.
this day attended worship with them-in the open
air some thousands OF weildressed intelligent look
log people assembled some on foot come In carriages
and on horseback Many we're neatly and even fssh'
ionsbly clad The beauty and neatness OIL tne iscie'
reminded me Of some OF best congregations N New
York They had choir OF both sexes, who performed
extremely well accompanied By a band who played
well on almost every instrument OF modern Invention
pesls of the most sweet sacred, ana solemn music
He'd the air, after which solemn prayer wss offered
by Rev Mr.. Grant, OF Philadelphia linen followed va
fious business Advertisements reed by zee CleiA'-
Among these remember Call OF the seventeenth
Ward hy its presiding Bishop, 10 some business meet
i,s-s can for = meetiog Of the ed Quorum Of the
Seventy and meeting OF the ocofs oil tns "a 'ohot'
Of the Mi ilsry Legion, &c. &c.
After this came a lengthy discourse from Mr.. BRIO
Ram You've President OF the Society-psrtssing some.
p.lt, ~ PHILOSOPHY. ana
little on the subject OF Colo, showing the wealth
strength and glory Of England growing out oil ner Coa
Mines Iron and Industry and the weakness coffup'
ton and degradation OF spanish america, Span, e.c
growing out OF her gold silver etc and her Idle HABITS
Every one seemed Interested and pieasee Win MS
remarks. and oil appeared to be contented 70 ssy ~
home ard pursue pcrsevefing Industry, tihousn
mountains Of gold were near them. The able speaker
painted In lively colors the ruin which would be brour
upon the United States by Gold and boldly predicted
that they would be oyerthrown because they had Killed
tho Prophets stoned and rejected those VINO were sent
TO call them TO repentance and finally piundered ana
driven the Church Of the Saints from their midst ano
burned and desolstsd their City and Temple he sso
God had reckoning with that people ana gold "ouo
he the instrument OF their overthrow. The Consutu'
lions and sws were good in fact the best IN the woro
hut the adu,inIsraiors were corrupt and the Laws and
Combinations were not carried out Therefore they
must fall lie further observed that tue people mere
would petition to BE- organized into territory unoei
that same Government-notwithstsndn It's abuses
and tina, If granted they would stand BY the Consutu
ton and Laws of the United States while al the Same
time he denounced their corruption and abuses
But, said the speaker we ask no odds OF them whe
Their they grant Us petition or not we never VII
ask any odds of a nation who has driven Us rom our
homes II they grant our rights. weli-ii mol, wen
they can do no more than they have done insy' ana
ourselves and all men, In the hands OF the great
God who will govern all things for good and all vi" De
rsht and work together for good TO them that serve
God ,,.,
Such in part was the discourse 70 which we Listened
In tha s,renehods of the mountains Ihe Mcr7aoHs ar
MOT ceed ncr Is their spirit broken. Aud, II mistsks
not there 10 q noble, daring, stern and Democratic
sp,rt swelling in their bosoms, which will people tnese
mountains with race OF Independent Men, and inns
ence the destiny Of country and the world Tor nun
drsc generations In their Rel zion they seem cnarlta
be devoted and sincsrs-n their Politics. bold dsrlne
aud ds,ermnsd-in their domestic circle, quiet snso
rionate and happy-while In industry skill and ntein
rsnce they have few equals and no suPeriers on tns
earth. -,
had many strsnge feelings while contemplating TN
new civilization growing up suddenly IN the wider
meas slmost wished could awake from my Colder
dream and nnd il but dream while pursued my
domestic duties as quiet, as happy and conien'sd a.
this strange People. =,
Stree writing the foregoing | have obtained :
copy Of one Of the Mormon songs which impressed me
deeply this morning, being sung 70 lively tune, &C
comrRned by the band
10, the Gentle chain IL broken
Freedoms banner waves on high
iis, We nations By this token,
hat vour led ptiop's uisk.