The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-12-03

""'"'s w '"cfl uifision, and iuieratlng ne
sectional injus;icc. 0uf Union, so dear I,
The hearts Of every true American. can opI,
bn preserved by strict Observance of the
constitution, aud an impartial administration
- ihe laws l am. respectfully, YOU obi sev't
w. :. DERRICK, Acune Sec'ry.
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UsiEg.
hs "ho'e Character Of the Territory Of
oiah IS singular. l., situation is milk.
That ai any ether section nf Ninth Ameuca
lis origin and the manner of il. settlement
no less s.farge. The name Of Urau is DIV
90 now 10 large es,pnt Of territory h. and
cd b. talifofuis, Oregon, New Mexico, aud
what vas formerly termed the great West,
era territory. II Is of sufficient dimensions
10 be separated into several States, proyiaed
"a Iu'ufe ages ls population shall warran, ii.
bH' many paris OF II 50 pa'tako of neculiaf
construction as to reudcr it, for The present.
al leas, uniuhobitahe. Passes, through pfe.
tipuous mountains, whose tops are covered
Win SNOW, atd hose sides are but rocks. ex
1T, u Is true, but they are mostly us,row
valleys Of the most ard and sterile kind.
hl'et salt, and thc'r whole vegetation q giant
species oi sage, OF no earthly use but TO be
Consumed as fuel. In the midst Of these icy
m0Un'airs, through which there is no access
bot hy these p sses arid 10 summer aud cho.
ked with snow lo, five months Of the wear.
lles tract OF land, elevated some four or
hvc thousand feet above the level Of the sea
called the GREAT BASIN, VIII ch Gnrnishe,
'he habitahle part OF he territory. H. dtfT.r
eh' parts of this Basin the Normcas have es.
'aohshed their home, probably at FIST with
'He idea lhat they would be cut off from all
she fesi Of tho world bv tie natural Difficult.
ties ot the contiguous territory and the pe
cu',afIy OF their situation. Here they ex
pee ed 10 form, in secrecy and in silence, the
germs ot great, peculiar, religious empire;
but the stream OF California emigration dis
covered their trad and inundated their prin.
clp'li'y. and they are now the open, exposed
- halfway house to the Pac,ii..
This basln IS some fgc buudrrd and sisty
miles tn diameter, has its own system Of
ases and rivers, nGd has no known commu 4
neailon whatever with he sea, unless the ex
1euce OF the whrpuola 10 the SAlt Lake
winch ara reported to be lately discovered /
'hruld prove nH tnir rna communication with /
he Pacific, OF with some spring or lake 10 .
he lower county. L. the Norihcrn part of
ms basin lies the GREAT SALT LAKE. The .
waters oi th,s shoet are shallow, so iarast
lln'ed; though probably is cuuiral parts
be found very deep. lis waters are 10.
ensely salt, more 50 than the ocean thee
s"ilons making one gallon Of the purest, VIII. I
es' aud finest salt. Southeast &c this hke,
,hnl in by the mouniags, lies the Mormon
FItfey that contains Their capital civ. by .
,omr called the Gred: Sab Lake Civ: hy
'thcrs, Mormon Cuy. This valley u thirty
miles by twenty tao, Connected To aGo,her
valley which is about tltty miles By eight
These two valleys contain ;he principal body /
v The sottlers, To the number Of twcoiy thou
and. Explorers think that they are capa.
bic ~ uFforin2 population of million.
Fifty mlles south Of the city is the Itah
'okc and Valley. Here hes the city nf
Proro, on The Provo tlver. The lake is pure
gaier eight miles BY four, and abounds in
~. There IS It'll another valley one hun
led mtles i0rher south, called San Pete,
'hcfe there Is another settlement and here
re fad the h'croeiyphic runs, the remains
4 glazed pottery &c that indicates the for.
nrr fxis'e0ce Of the oufllyicg cities Of the
tzcc Empic.
Inc soil u all these taHcysis astonishing
y productive, though requiring constantly
r'jhcal irrigation from the mountain streams
The climate is one of the heal,hiesi and the
ilf the purest on the continent. The neigh.
,otlng mountains rise 10 the height of mile
mi a halt above he valley, and are covered
With perpetual SNOW.
The cry is laid out in block. of ten acres
'och, eight lots to the block an acre and a
lnartcr TO the lot; the streets eight rods
yide each ten acre block To be surrounded
y stream brought down from the noun.
ans. No t'ro horSeS frost each other so
hat, stand,nn in his own door, every man
ooks into his ~ lshboi's garden. In the city
re four public squares, To be surrounded by
hadc trees, and supplied with fountains.
Such is tho delightful place chosen by one
It tho most peculiar religious sects which
,htis'cndom contains. Remote from the
/, ord, from the exercise of external .yran 4
W. and yet connected 10 our great empire.
Is peculiar locality will prove Of immense
erv,ce as a stopping place for rest, refresh.
nent, aud provisions for the army of cmi.
grants that will, year after year, seek Cali.
ornin or Oregon by the Southern Pass; and
when the great railway is established it will
'rovs OF lncalculable benefit as gres, station
rouse on The route. = Hartford Courant.