New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-21
The Rrsu,,.r Branch Of the Mormon Church.


twill be -ecouected that last July the Brew
ste, R,,ncb Of the Mormon Church, good part OF
II from this citv-left for the Colorado country
Letters from Nj Brewster states thar portion
of the Understanding about one-hah OF u
have located near Sorcora Nalenels county We"
Mexico They have psrchsted large 'Tsc1 OF
land and commenced a settlement. MT Drew
ster says that the land purchased hes III '"e a.
ley Of the Rio Grande. -.
The valley is bounded by lofty buns hom
the SUBMITS Of which back 70 the mountains eA-
tends a vast plsln, destitute OF timber alu uuI'
for cultivation. Il 49, however, valuable Tor gte-
zng land, as it 10 covered with CANA grass "nlSh
might support countless herds OF sheep and cAsue.
Along the river there is some cotton WOOD, oot
the mountains afford an inexhaustible supply oil
pine, cedar and pinon and in some parts Rn soun-
dsnce of OAK and walnut.
The people OF this country never make use OF
wood in building. All their houses are MADE OF
adobes, or unburnt brick These adooes are maae
by working up sand, peculiar to TINS country
into mortar, OF the proper consistency, Anu SIsn
moulded into mortar Of the proper shape, ana ieE
10 dry. In few days they become suincienty
hardened by the heat OF the sun, when they are
laid in the mortar OF the same sand. sucn Is tue
dryness of the atmosphere, and the absence o. 81
violent storms, that walls built II this manner
will stand hundreds Of years
The soil OF the valley Is equal TO that OF tne
Western States, but the people OF the codnsry
cultivate il with the rudest and simplest lnstru'
ments yet they manage 10 RAISE very 8ood crops
of wheat corn, onions, &c. The price OF corn Is
never less than two dollars bushel.
"The climate is very mild. The present " IN
ter, though unusually severe, the ground was not
frozen so az to prevent blowing until the 25th
Of December, and it was again IN condluon lor
blowing on the 10th Of January.
At present We have cloudiess say, ana the
weather seems more like April than Ike January
in fact there is no appearance OF Winter IN we
valley although the lofty mountains lew mics
to the W est are still covered with snow TO the
depth of several feet. This valley possesses an
atmosphere of the greatest purity aud healtniai,
ness far superior 70 that OF any part the United
States There are 10 swamps or marshes mere,
and nothing 10 produce sickness or disease as In
the Western States Such is the purity OF the
sir that objects at the distance OF twenty miles
appear as distinctly visible as they DO IN the
States at the distance OF five miles. The sun ap'
pears Just as brilliant the instant 1t rises above
the horizon as it does at MONDAY. The moon
and stars shine here with uster unknown 10
the States, and are never obscured by togs and
smoke when near the horizon. bat shine with
undiminished luster until hid behind the rocky
summits Of the Western mountains.
The settlement thus commenced being on the
west side of the Rio Grande, IS known In the
Brewster revelation as the Anil country, 10
which the church were directed to repair Tor an
inheritance. So says Mr.. Brewster, who, most
unquestonably, understands all these matters