New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-03-10

THs MORAOS TEHPLE.-By letter received
rom our brother ?. w Cook. who was ore that LET
Council Bluff last Spring for the Salt Lake, dated Aug
ID written while encsmpsi the Sweet Water River
At the south Pass, On sight Of Frrmonts Peak We
1sthsr some Information which msy uot BE- ubnteres'
lng 20 our read-rs The new Mormon Temple at th'
SALT axe /. % BE- q splendid building They enclose =
l0t II miles long aud u miles wide, with mud wall
feet high and four feet thick. There are 10 be four
cities made. They have discovered mountain rock
that resembles Come ian stone which Tue writer says
/. beautiful for temples and pillars ine sire OF the
temple 10 not stated, but I've highest point 10 10 Dr.
zoo feet and be eighty miles either way
The party that out last loot many OF their
oxen-hsging died with What Thy called the swell
had Many Of the streams which they crossed WEIR
strongly impregnaed With slssli that they dare not
lei their cattle drink On the shores OF many Of thu
lskes crust Ia formed irch and bali thick They
break up this crust scra2e on the DIT On the bottom
.na TOD and ind pure s.srstus Strange a. this may
seem il 10 nevertheless snd the writer collected
In a short time Is pounds mountain OF pure rock
ALT has been discovered The Mormon settlement
The NormOns have discovered q rich gold mine 10
milss south from the Salt Lake The lsst end u
the journey to the SAT- Lake 20 miles 1. attended
with LITTLE fatigue. Nearly al the way the roads are
a. good any prairie Ia Michigan. The writer was
hvnk on the % bears antelope and oufsoes-ssi
mails very numerous on the route lie recommend
mule teams instead Of and ,nst cows be driven
along for their milk. and for beef II nscesssry
Niles Republican.
RAILROAD AccIDgST--An accident occurred &
The freight sn the Fl,chours Railroad, yesterday
morning about O'Clock When this side " stony
Brock the sxeires Of the forward broke, and the
whole trsin thrown Of the track the shattered
fragments wing up the rails Tor some distance Two
VI the smashed 10 pieces, bit no persona
Injury sustained BY soy one. Boston cou sIo
" The President Of the United States and bis
family are new established 10 the Presidential mansion
and though the multitude Of strangers has been greatly
diminished since Monday oy the departure VI thou
SANDS for their homes enough yet rensin % iurnsn
continuous stream ~ visiters, whom 10 occupies N.
Presidents whole time 20 receive. his Occupation
however agreeable encroacbss 80 far upon the time o.
the President lrat In order 70 enable him 70 do The
business Of ais Office he nncs Absolutely necessary
70 limit hs reception of visiters 70 certain hours
Henceorth he viii receive visits from - q O'Clock
and =. no other hours Nat la.snigencsr, stn.
r. James L. Morrow the telegraph operato
a, Hsvre De Craze has succeeded 10 stretching Tbs
wires scross the Suseuehsnns al that place, thin
that hss been tried several times before but nss Al
ssys tailed The wires AZ present srs taken aounC
by Port Deposit and down the Canal a distance o
twelve or Eiteen miles
- The American Baptist Home Mission As
sOcistion instituted In l-52 mas now l40 nssiOnsre
.oorinz in the United states and Canada Rev. q. {
Wheeler 10 preaching 10 California. and Rev. Aessr'
Fisher Johnson scd smelling Ia Oregon. There AZ
100 members Of tae Baptist Church In orssoo
- building at Morrisiopn, y. J. bsonsls.
20 Nr ROsers, va. burned lsst Tburstsy. Loss ~
NJ Insurance. -Four new frame baldlDss were dss'OJ
ei OF IRE at Wilmington, Del. lsst Tuesday Loss
stated Insurance 500.
~ A Transit Instrument Of the De" coos'la.
tion has oeen lifted on the top Of me Ia'''H
N-vbnryport Mass