Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-10-06
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THE MOR,IoN CITY OF THE SALT LAKE.
Mormon City. GREAT SALT LAKE,
July %, 1s49.
shall never forget the first sight Of this
valley. 1t shalleve remain on my mind as
the most beautiful spectacle ever beheld
The Great Salt Lake lies towards the North.
The Uteh Lake lies sixty miles to the South
The valley is watered by the Jordan, Web
Der and Bear rivers, with several creeks. The
whole valley is surrounded by snow capped
mountains. forming complete basin The
land is very rich, producing wheat and corn
in abundance, but there is no wood for IS
miles.-The whole valley is occupied by the
Mormons, who build their houses entirely of
sun dried bricks. Their city occupies more
ground than Pttsburg, but each man has a
large piece of ground around his dwelling.
The bridges are all good, the streets and
roads wide, and the fence very regular
There are about ten thousand Mormons here
They say that they will welcome to their
Society any good citizen, no matter what his
, religion may be. Their motto is, "do right. :"
They are building church of stone, which
is already one story high, and will be fine
/ building They assemble every Sunday
morning Under large shed. The Society is
"orerned by Il President, the twelve, and the
seventy. The President and the twelve oc-
cupy the pulpit, and do all the preaching. I
went this morning, when the bell rang, 10
church, where saw large assemblagc.
some dressed quite fashionably, and all
clean and neat. A brass band first played
lively tune, and then the clerk rose and read
several notices.
One man had lost pocket book-another
had his garden destroyed by cattle breaking
into it. He then read off the names of per.
sons to whom letters in the post office were
addressed and several other items of that
kind. He then announced that on next Tues
day, they would have an anniversary feast,
as it was the day ofthe month on which they
arrived their present snug quarters. He sta.
ted that the city would be reused early in
the morning by the fling of cannon, and the
music of the brass band. A procession would
march out Of town, and at two o'clock dinner
would be served. The emigrants were all
invited to attend
The dinner table will accommodate several
thousand people-speeches will be delivered
-toas,s drank, and the Declaration of Inde.
pendence and the Constitution of the United
States read, In the evening there will be a
ball. The order Of The procession is as fol-
lows :-first, the President then the Twelve
next the Seventy Three; then the twenty
four Bishops; then the grey haired Fathers
next twenty-four young girls singing hymns
and with flags in their hands; twenty-fou
young men with sword in one hand, anc
the Declaration of Independence in the other
The citizens and emigrants come next, fol
lowed by the military with music and ar,l
lery.
This will be great day with them, ant
you may be assured that will do ample JUS
tice to the good dinner which will then be
served up. will also have a dance with
Mormon girl, merely for the novelty of tht
thing.
They are very strict in the administration
of justice. One of their number stole pal
OF boots from an emigrant, He was senten
ced to pay four times their value, fined $50
and was compelled to work fifty days on ,h'
public roads. One of the men was senten
ced to death for borrowing some propert,
from neighbor and selling it; but finally
owing TO the intercession of his family, hi
sentence was commuted 10 banishment.-
When they first arrived, they were yer,
much troubled by some Indians, who killed
their cattle and stole from them. They sen
to remonstrate with them, and the Indians
replied that their President was an old wo
man, and they would not mind him. The,
then sent out company of soldiers and kill
ed few of them, since which time they
have not been again annoyed. d.-Corresp. Pitts
burg Ga-ette.