Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-04-26
THE MORMON CITY.

We have bee favored. snys the N. Y.
Mirror, with the pcrusal ola letter from
II Young Elglishmnn. who on the 10th
of March Inst left this citv in company
with twenty three others. (American cit
izens) for Cnlifo' nia. ANY thirg relating
TO these strangely energetic and devoted
peopl the Mormons. is just now pcculi-
ally interesting; the more so as The ac-
counts we have received Of their new
city are too vague to enable any one to
form any dcfini'e idea of this new errc-
tion in the Wilderness. After detailing
:he mi>erieS of their journey and the
hard>hipS endured. the w,i,er saws:
About the middle of June was ta.
ken i'll, and with slight interruptions CON
tinued so unil we reached tie city.
Gou will perhaps imagine thrt being So
styled il resembles an American city, but
it is only in prospect. The houses are
either of logs, or built of mud bricks
called 'dobios' and but inn few instances
I are not lirger than one or two rooms;
but time will accomplish much for dis
energetic and faithful people. Each
house stands in an acre and n half of grr-
den ground, eigh, in a tlock forming
squares. The streets, which frr wide.
are {" be Incl with trees. and II cnngl.
for the purpose of irrigation, running
through the centre. As our wagon en-
tered this beautiful valley, with the lorg
absent comforts ofa home in prospect
experienced considerable charge for
the tett' r., nd when. 10 my surprise and
gratitude Imet a pious. kind, and inte :
ligent artist, who took me-, emaciated,
sick. and dirty. to his humble home, my
happiness seemed complete.
You must from their own works read
tn" history of the Mormonites, End YOU
willthen learn how thi, despised PEOPLE
have been d iven om place to place, and
prosecuted until they have at length
found II h,ven in the almost inaccess bic
valley of the Rocky Mountains, where
are gathered together fom almost everv
na'inn, scsne 10000 of thrse who !"lt
happy in sacriti ing all that the world
holds dear fnr the sake of their f,itl and
after struggling with innum rable Difficult
ties nd hardships, are building their tem-
piles in the wilderness, and are rapidly
increasing 9th in spin ual and temporal
weullh The land hrrei> most Fruitful
] am told that it produces eighty lu 'htls
of wheat to the acre; and vine. melons,
with other fruits aud vegetables grow in
profusion. A cnylot, that is, one acre
and half, may bepurchased for one dol
nrand fifty cents, and would produce
{ 'od sufficient for my wants the whole
year. No man with ordinary Intelligence
can he poor in such aplace, and then,
glorious p,i,ilegel he can be free from
I'll" harassment and perplexi;ics which
continually destrov the peace oftho,c g
who live IN an artificial STATE Of society
There are worse places, decidedly. &C
cording to this account of an inelligei Z
Young man. who only ,emained a short
time in il. than the City of the Great
Salt Lake ~ e'slo
Tate$i from N,u N,cico. TIE S..
Louis Revcille lns a le'er dated Santa
Fr.J:n. 81 from which we mike the
following extract. According To- the
showing of the writer, the tenittry Of
New Mexirois ina deploiable condf ION.
y We are left without single fiend
lan1ong the numerous tribes ofIndians
tbai surround US. The Apaciles. Nnsa-
i)rs. and Eutawa. are now in open war
with us. D1ily are thew committing
neutrality-suspicious.; killing the inhabinin's,
and diving off their stock ly thousands.
T'hep have own so bold as 10 conc
within th:fe miles If The Plizi ofSmta
Pc. and kill Mexican who had went 10
the mn,ini,iiD otter wood; and not iong
Since in Dpnana they committed thrfts
within seventy Yards oftbc sentry. n nd
heis the poor Galiforria enisrants, who
Ind passed. the plains in safety, fell ,ic-
tins 10 their ruthless knives and toma
: hawks. ifwe,de obliged to submit to
this stare Of aff irs, we bad better yite
! up New Mexico ag,in to'the McXems,
! nd let them m nageit as best they may.
think the Cove nor intends calling out
a legiment o' volunt' crs To avengc the
wrongs Of the citizens. They complain,
q and justly too. le'l ''''R