Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1851-08-07
From Utah Territory.

From Utah Territory.
The last mail from the West brought,
us letter, and some papers from the
Great Salt Salt Lake City, up TO July
LIST. The news is not of remarkable
interest. No rain had fallen for the six
weeks previous to the Is, Of July, and
still the gardens and crops in general
looked fine and promised an abundant
harvest. There were some exceptions
in fields Of wheat which had been
burnt, or persisted for want of irriga
ton, as The streams were so low, that a
sutficien, quantity of water could not
be obtained TO supply all.
Mr.. Livingston, of the firm of Kin.
kead & Livingston, arrived at.the Great
Salt Lake City in advance of his train,
about the 18th June, and had been so
sick with the Mountain fever that his
life was despared of, but he had recov.
cred almost entirely.
Judge Brandenburg and Mr.. HoIli
day arrived a few days before Mr..
Livingston. One of Holidays trains
arrived the las, of June-the other train
was still behind.
Trade, it is said, opens dull, and it
was feared that there was not money
enough in the city to buy the merchan.
die that was coming. There was talk
already of taking part of it 10 Oregon,
or some other quarter.
The people have had considerable
difficulty with the Indians by whom
large numbers Of cattle and horses had
been stolen. The Mormons collected
a party, and pursued the Indians into
the mountains and among the Cedars
They killed about a dozen Indians.
broke up their encampment, and de
stroyed all their provisions. The In.
dams have stolen, at various times,
great numbers of mules, horses and
cattle.
The emigration to California is rep
resented as quite small, though the in
teligence from that quarter was very
haterng. A very large emigration to
California from the States was anlici
pated this season, overland; and it is
said, unless this takes place, and money
becomes more abundant, pecunary
affairs would be seriously affected.
Flour was selling a, SO per hundred,
and it was supposed that it would 60
down TO ST.
A few days before the date of the
letter, the President of the city gave
party 10 Judge Brandenburg, which
was numerously attended, and every,
thing passed off very pleasantly. The
music of the dance is said TO have been
the best the writer had ever heard in
any place.
In the diary of President Young,
who during the spring, visited some off,
The distant Mormon settlements in "lhe
South countless" it is stated that he
visited the ruins Of an ancient city,
where he found immense quantities of
broken burnt earlhenware, painted &C,
cordinS 10 their tastes; arrow points,
adobes, burnt brick, a crucibIe, and
every color of flint stones. The ruins
were about two miles long, and one
wide; one of them appeared 10 be the
remains of temple, and covered abou,
an acre of ground. In digging into
one of the ruins, pottery, adobes, a
fire place, and The burnt embers of the
fire, were found.-[Republican.
GI.soow DEsERTED.--A telegrnpeic
dispatch sent from Boonvile. 10 the ST.
Louis Republican. dated July 29lh,
says -" Persons down from Glasgow
report business suspended there, on &C,
count of The Cholera. The town was
nearly deserted by the inhabitants, many
having fled TO the woods TO escape the
ravages Of the disease"
We should Judge The "persons" who
gave The above information must have
been INDUCING pretty freely in brandy,
as preventative.
T,The Cholera has almost entirely