The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-07-21

and bath hoass The warm spssas and i, In oou,sm
pAton 70 erect another pie larger and more nsgnid
osnl than .hat which formerly baiIs =, Nsayoo The
houses have been erected, il being intention have
school N each ward - the pablo expense Las. winter
valley al some which ~ss BESIDE. ,ns oan.y
branches Of an Enallsh education mahenscs the Latn
oieek ench ana German Languages And me language
Of the Society Islands Here i may not DO out Of place
distinguished chief Utah tribe, residing about two
hundred miles south OF Salt Lake ct'y requested our pso
plo to make settlement IN his valley The reasons which
he assigned making this singular eques, were that he
and his people wished 70 learn the arts otciylzed e and
bring up educate their children brought
and caed Alter duty exploring the region OF
Try 10 which he resided his request complied wih.
The number Of acres under cultivation in Dcseet
unable to state bni very large considering tho shou
line that la elapsed since the first settlement made
There Is one field which contains six thousand hundred
and sixty evea acres aud the nce around which about
fifteen miles in length
There isa printing press in the valley There moreover
Jour gris mills and six saw mills in successful operation
aua psposea 70 erect paper NIL and aiso 10 manu-
ictnte linen aud wooIen ciohs sufficient for home
sumption.
general impression exists that property is held In com
mon "a Desore bnt this is very grea, Every man
holds his properly in his own right
These settlements being the highway California
tens OF thousands of emgrans from The Untol ind
thefsn place 10 rest their wearied limbs. well
entering th deserts which they have before
ing the goal oi tiatr desires,
h. yn Of great respect hays BE-, the homer to
Hon. TRUMAN SMITH.
MIR; Erasus Snow, from the Salt Lake city, visited
this city early the present year He WAS OF the first
party who entered the Salt Lake valley, with view 10
settlement about three years ago. and is intimately
acquainted with the country than any person with whom
ton, which believe to be perfectly reliable and which
submit to the Senate
WASHINGTON Cry, March Is, 1850
Sia In compliance with your request beg lea
years experience and observation that potion of Cali
forna known as Desere Including large Of terri
nj
Indicate serli and totally unfit Tor agricultural purposes,
and is nnhabiled and unnhabitable, except by lew
uappas and sonic roaming bands OF indians, who subsis
chiefly upon game hsh. reptiles and mountain cricke
The little which there may DO found the sides
Of the high rocky mountains and in the canons deep
STREAMS On the table lands the gently andaatins piains,
and the isolated hills there are none There are however,
The grass which grows only the bottoms of streams,
legs, is Of kind peculiar cold climates and elevated
counties. and Is exceedlnsly nutritious It Is light and
dries 10 june Yet il retains all its nutritious qualities until
species Of arcinsa, generally known by the name of
wild ssge, and bush called greasewood abound in most
OF the country where Of kind exists but
particularly where there Is not warmth and mois,ue
sufficient 10 produce grass
attributed to two the first aud prime pal
that It seldom between April ANA tober, except
qu~n in summer and in winter These sho
OF course, produce numerous springs and mountain
tine so disappear during tho thoughts which
thus country subject And even larger than these,
unrequsny The second Is the
great altitude Of the nor hern and portions Of IT,
the regions perpetual snow The Great Salt Lake b.
INK the reservoir OF tue BASIN probably the lowest point
Utah valley, which has probably milder and uni
form temperature than other this region Of county,
last OF May aud early first OF september, and
slight ones during the n'enediatc months therefore, In
md fnrF rfni
from tho observations OF the last three years thai the ex
zero according 70 Vahrsnhes shsrmonssr The vara-
tion IN midsummer in the temperature Of the day and
that Of tho ngh, Is from ~ W ~ deg.
every portion Territory where agriculture has
been attempted, artificial irrigation has been found TO be
il. however Jsre will crops without except,
perhaps, on some small patches on low bottoms.
But limited PORTIONS. therefore, oi the most fertile
and valleys in this region. DO made
available Tor agricultural purposes aud only such sd
valleys surrounded by high mountains the abun
dandy supplied with water, hs streams being led by the
melting snow and summer showers Baosd extended
plains, whether level broken, generally arid and
productive Such the whole portion Of De-
iributs,ies, which extend from Sierra Madrs the
east to the Bear river DIVIDE the aud from the
Wind river chain and cascade on the morrill, TO point al
tho south where Green river passes through the mountains
descending over .p'ds aud cataacs 10 The plains Of the
lower Coarado Green river valley about one hundred
and fifty miles square, and though larger than several OF the
badly wateod that II Is doubted whether single spot IN
IL IL adapted 10 agriculture.
CAptsin bdgc oil the nrm OF bridKer ana VAsques VINO
have trading post of eligible points on
Blacks Fork oil Green river where several unsuccessful at
temps al agriculture had been made, remarked to me, IN
the spring oil eH, hat he would give thousand doila
whether OF Indian could be raised IN
Great Salt Lake valley
There is, however, small valley tho v,ntah river
abou, sixty miles south OF Fort Brdxer which perhaps
and inviting in this portion of Desec'
and in which a settlement viii probably be made
The Gfss, Basin may he regarded AS the northwestern
quarter of Descrct aod although warmer Than me no
eastern, great equally arid and unpro
ductve portion of large desert. extending hrouHh
OF the Basin from north SOUTH and from the
western shore OF Great Sail Lake toward the Sierra
Nevada evidently The bed OF tho lake for various
of covered with ucruststions OF salt and
abound springs destitute Of IRE sh water An
which have their in the eastern deev
OF the Sierra Nevada Tor distance OF five hundred mics
ppea beneath the surface and oil them ARE
known dsembogne themselves either into the lakes OF
small valleys and along the eastern base oil the Se
Nevada, the lncinded within the hinis oil inc
proposed STATE OF California.
By the desirable portions OF the Great Basin are
range. which the mouth OF Bear river TO
the Rio Virgin. -
The present settlements which extend from the Weber
tho sand Pch valley the south-a DIS
fifteen thousand souls and large scccssons TO tbs popu
tM'ion expected every succeeding year.
ERAsTUs SNOW.
Hon Truman SMITH
The statement OF Dr. BernhiseI touching the wonder
full progress made by the people OF Deseret within
space Of time incredibly bre abundanty confirmed by
letter which received from Gener John Wilson, dated
al Salt Lake city, September 8. s49 from which sub
mi, the following extract;
more orderly, earnest, industrious, and civil people