Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-11-09
THE GREAT SALT LAKE CITY.
Correspondence Of the Western Christian Aduo.

Correspondence of the Western Christian advocate
Early in April, ls47, hundred and fortythee men,
two women, and two children started pioneers from
Council Bluffs, Iowa. These Mormons made an entire new
road on the north side Of the Platie crossing Ekho to
Fort Laramie they then took the Oregon trail to Fort
Bridger, when they commenced route through the
Rocky Mountains On the 22d of July of the year they
say first man. Professor Olson Pratt entered this valley
On the 23d Of July the first camp moved into and halted
what is called the centre of the city. In the afternoon
of the day they had three poughs and one harrow
work
At two o'clock P M. of the same day they commenced
building the first dam for irrigation The next day, Satur
day. the 24th they planted five OF potatoes On the
2sh Of the month, what they style the quorum of the
Twelve Apostles assembled and laid off city as follows
Block Of ten each eight lots the block and
quarter in each lott the streets eight rod, wide the side
walks twenty feet wide the sidewalks be beautifully
shaded the blocks be surrounded by pung brook issu
ing from the mountains every house be built twenty feet
from the front No houses front each other stand
ing in his door, every may not look into his neigh
boris door, but into his neghbos garden They have four
public squares which hereafter be adorned with trees
from the four quarters of the globe, and supplied with ou
tains of water.
On the temple square they intend to have garden that
will cost at least 100000 at the Their
missionaries have already made arrangements n The Eastern
States in Great Britain, France, Italy, Denmark the Ger
manic Stae and in the Islands of the sea- gather the
choicest seeds and fruits, and every thing that beauy
and adorn the garden At first the city laid off con-
ton of sixyfve blocks has been made the east and
sixty the west They have laid off mile square on
the east Of the city for University 1t will not be years
until next October since the first house built in this city,
and it numbers nine thousand They already have con-
venen houses built Of doliesdried bck-and of the
luxuries Of e They expect emigration Of at least
Of their people this year.
The only method Of cultivation is by irrigation from what
they call "Cy Creek" Just as this creek opens in the
valley from the snow-capped mountsins it divides into two
the mountains to the temple block has average fall of
inches in rod for distance Of than miles, with
greater fall the further you advance into the mountains AT
one mile and third from the city sulphur spring.
which possesses great cleansing and purifying properties and
which, it is affirmed. most Jiseases Of this climate
About mile and half further hot sulphur spring. On
the south side Of the valley hot spring of pure water
The water Of this spng is twenty feet and three inches
deep. a
The city located about twenty-five miles southeast of the
great Salt Lake. The lake is considered saline than
the ocean, three gallons of the making gallon Of
the pures, whites finest salt The valley is about thirty
miles by twenty-two joining TO valley of about fifty miles
by eight in width From the north to the south these
two valleys studded with settlers numbering from fifteen
to twenty thousand The Lieutenant Engineer, Mr. Gunn
SOD, estimates these vaeys-having explored hemas
pabe Of supporting population Of from one and half to
two millions y
On the south Of this valley lie the Utah valley and lake
about y miles from this city. The name of their city
Provo the south side Of the Provo river The lake pure
water eight miles by four, aboundng with fish. Abou, one
hundred miles south Of this they have established settlement
Of about hundred and fifty families This valley is call
cd San Pee Here there many ruins covered with bero
gyphcs One place in particular s called by the Indians
/" Gods Temple" Here also many remains Of ancient pot
tey both glazed and ungaze found in great abundance
and here ALSO mountain pure rock salt and an abun
dance Of bitumnous coal.
During five months Of the year there can be no commun-
cation with the norh east west the mountains being
rendered impossible BY the snow This city situated about
forty and haf degrees north latitude and one hundred and
eleven degrees longitude west Of Greenwich
The productiveness Of the soil Is astonishing We are
here the midst Of their harvest and never have we seen
such wheat We will give you out Of many authen-
tic accounts M Holiday, from the south of this place,
raised upwards of one hundred and eighty five bushels Of
wheat from bushel of the seed and three hundred
bushels Of potatoes from one bushel Of the seed.
This valley egaed Of the healthest portions Of
the gob, the dir certainly the purest breahed Is
altitude is four thousand and three HUNDRED feet above the
level Of the and Of the mountains the Of the
vsey more than mile and quarter high, and are
cred with perpetual snow while n the valley the thermome-
ter frequently rises above enc hundred degrees
So much for this city and valley As to the moral and
write any thing. II is due them to ssy that have
y thing vicious since my arrvs They are very kind
and hospitabe to emgrsnts. The emgrsnts drop them
thousand commodities for small consideration as hey change
om the train to the packing method Of accomplishing the
hbnder Of their journey while they turn are greatly
commodated in obtaining supplies and refreshments this lit
lie more than halfway house plains and deserts
The discovery has recentbcen made that the State Of
Arkansas abounds in valuable minerals number Of silver
lead god and marble mines have been examined Some Of
them already worked and arrangements are making
prosecute mining opcfsons to considerable extent.
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Il has been very generally stated that Amin Bey, the
Turkish Envoy, visit to this counsry, had six
wives plurality Of wives being allowed BY The laws u bic
native country He ha however, requested the editor Of
the Christian WstchmA 70 coetf this txsek and 70 say