The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-11-20
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UTAH.


nf usAb 10 singular. Iis situation j. IN
iiks shsi az any other section &C Mari
Amrries-iis origin and the manner Of u
settlement no less strange. The nam
Utah 10 given nos ~ q large extent Q
territory bounded BY California. Oregon
New Mexico. and what was frmrrl,
termed The great Western ierriIory. Il !
OF sufficient Dimensions D. be separate,
inia several Siaie-. provided in future age
Us population shall ssirani IL. But ma
ny parts Of Il so Pariake "f > peculiar eon
siruriion a. 10 render il. Tor The present q
lrssi. nninhabiiable. Passes. through pre-
eipi'ons mountains. whose tops are Govern,
siIh snow. and whose SIDES are bal rueks
exist. u is true. bul they are mostly nsr
row valleys Of the most arid snd sieriI,
kind. their surfaces covered with incrus
ntions 81 bitter salt. and their whole srge
% lion q giant species 81 sage. Of no earth.
~ use but b. be consumed ne fuel. In
the midst Of ihese icy mountains. through
which there is M seeess bat By these pass.
IS. arid in summer and choked with snow
for Eve months in The year. lice tract 81
land elevated some four or Eve lhousand
fret aho the level Of the sea. csIlrd the
GsrAr Basis. which furnishes the hlbi-
table part Of the territory. In different
parts ~ this Basin the Normons have e.
iablishsi their home. probably at fret silh
the idea that they would he cut of from
all The resl Of tie world By the natural
difficulties 81 The contiguous territory and
The peculiarly Of lhrir situation. Here
they expected to form. in secrecy and in
silence. The germs Of great. peculiar. re-
ligious empire; but The stream Of Califar-
MA emigration discovered their trail and
inundated their principsliiy. and they are
now The open. exposed /. halfway house
10 The Pacific.
The basin is some FIVE hundred and
sisiy miles in diameter. has It's own sys.
TEN Of lakes ard rivers. and has no known
communication Whatever with the sea, nu-
less the existence Of The whirlpool. in the
Salt Lake which are reported 10 be late.
~ discovered should prove an internal
communication with the Pacific. or with
soine spring or lake in the lower conniry.
10 The Northern part Of this basin lies the
GREAT SALT LAEa. The waters &c this
sheet are shallow. 20 Ear A. explored !:
though probably iis central paris will he
found very deep. lie waters are intense
~ sall. more 30 than The orean--lhree
gallons making one gallon Of The pnr.si.
whiiesi. and 6ne-t sali. Southeast of This
lake. shut IN by the mountains, lies tie
Mormon Poiiey that contains their capi.
tai city. BY some called The Great Sail
Lake City; by others. Mormon Gin.
This valley Is thirty miles Sy twenty-five,
fonnecied 10 another valley which il a.
boni fifty miles by eight. These two
valleys contain the principal body Of the
settlers. 10 The number twenty thousand.
Explorers think thai they are capable Of
population Of million.
Fifty miles south of the city .. The o.
lab Lake Valgey. Here lies ,ha city of
PROVO, on the Provo river. The lake is
purs wafer. eight miles by four, and a.
bounds in fish. There is still another
valley one hundred miles further south.
rallied San Pete. where there is another
settlement; and here we find the hero.
glyphic ruins. the remsins of glazed pot
cry, &c.. that indicates The former exs.
ence Of the outlying Giles OF The Aziec
Empire.
The soil Of all these valleys ia aston.
shingly productive, though requiring con.
sanity artificial irrigation from the NOM.
ain streams. The climate is one of The
ieal,hiesi and the air The purest on The
continent. The neighboring mountains
Use To the height Of a mile anil half above
hevsll y and are ,rerel with perpetual
I4ow.
The city il aid out in blocks Of len
'cres; e.. ht lois 70 The block; an acre
md quarter to the 'ol; the streets eight
'ods vide; each 70 acre block to he sur
'ounded by stream brought down from
he mountains. No f,ro houses front
zach other; 50 that. standing in his own
IGOR. every man looks into his neighbor's
yaIden. Ia The city are fonr public squares,
Q he surrounded by shade trees, and sup
Piled with fountains.
Such Is the delightful place chosen By
me Of the most peculiar religions sect.
which chrislendom contains. Remote
rom the worlil, from the exercise of ex.
ernal tyranny, and We, connected 10 our
reat empire. I;s peculiar locality will
,rove Of immense service as a stopping
lace for rest. refreshment. and provisions
nr The army Of emigrants that will. year
Tier year, seek California or Oregon BY
he Southern Pass; and when the great
ailway is established il will prore Of 10.
alcnlahie benefit as great station house
IN The route.
mammoth pear has recently been
a:sed on the farm Of Mrs. Judge Tom-
ins. in Ohio. which measured little
ver fifteen and q hngf i,,cl,o, ,,ounJ