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stansbury's Report.
We find in the London Eclectic Review. monthly
Journal Of high reputation. very interesting article in
y,daion TO the Mormon settlement and the Utah Terri
tory The article is based wholly upon the reports Of
Cant S,ansbury of the United States topo graphical
aOesrs, and OF Lieut.. Gunnson. who accompanied him
IN his adventurous and interesting expedition. The title
Of Capt. S,anbury's work is as follows:
81. Expsdon to The Valley Of the Great Sail Lake Of
Jfah Including description OF its geography, natural his
,ory and minerals and analysis Of its wa,ei with
authentic OF the Mormon settlement. Also
nossance o. u new route through the Rocky mountains.
By Howard Sansbury captain corps typographical engi
ueers, Uni,ed States army. Philadelphia LipPncou,
II NAV be remembered that this work was ordered 10
b. printed at the last session of Congress- but the number
of copies ordered have understand. been long since
exhausted and the demand for the report has been
great ~ 10 suggest the idea Of issuing under the same au-
hofy . further edition. With view TO place before
our readers the character of the work. extract from
the Article in the Review the following passages IN
which the objects Of the expedition and the merits ana
iniessa. Of the report OF il are set forth
.srhe discoveries recorded in the volumes now before
Ms ia their bearing upon future history and as unfolding
at once wonders Of Nature, and territory as attractive
az IL is ipoant in exlon with the Held OF human
s,y,t in The West contain much that is calculated to
ago attention. sa.
the results of which given in these books may be
said to of the of the emgra-
ZION to California, while at the time it had direct
reference to application made by the Mofmons, who
have seued In that valley to be admitted into the Union
of States constituting the American republic DESTROYS of
the extent aad general character OF the
roy occupied by that strange community the govern
ea OF the United States charged Captain Stanbury with
the organization of expedition Tor the purpose Of
pIorins region about which li''le II anything was
Known aud surveying that part OF in which the Monon
were laying cities and forming State. The cxped
ton sell from Fort Lsavenworth the Missouri, abou
tho end OF May, lSi9 under circumstances which render
cd suoh duty had been undertaken exceedingly ardu
o,s Sufficient had been ade, aud
siderable delay occasoned by the trouble and
Of fitting out, the impossibiy OF Obtaining guides and
ansers 'he starting point and the consequent
city OF ndng great distance for these indispensable
aurlaries The party, headed by Captain StansbuTy
however the pfaires ADD the immense
deserts which lie between the western States and the
shores othe Pacific AT ths very beginning of the journey
difficulties them every aide, Lieut. Gunnlsou the
officer second ia command was seized with sudden ~
ness. and be carried hundreds Of miles
the DESERT while the rugged and dangerous road
unuaIy causing damage TO the wagons, and OF course
eaonlng very consider bio delay Nothing daun,ed how
ever Captan SGsnsbury. with great energy and deerm-
naon proceeded his journey slowly, but steadily
circumstances would permit untl he reached the centre
Of the Indian territory
The great in portance of the survey perseveIingiy
conducted by Captain SALISBURY, is indicated by
that the CITY founded by the Momons the banks Of
Great Salt Lake. is The only point in the immense
OF county Jinx between the Missouri and the Pacific
which provisions be obtained. lndepe dent
therefore, Of its consequence as the beginning of what
destined be OF the greatest States OF the Union,
and Of interest abode Of people separated
If the world by their religious beei and social
manners, white emplatng iis tnterpsns Inhabitants
in the main eeons OF tits OF the
eut that hitherto tle known territory be consde
any scheme for proper mode OF COMMUNICATING with the
.i California. the tide OF hsman energy,
aud chiefly VI that ndomIable enterprise for which
uans-Aian,ic kin,nen celebrated is fast flowing to-
wards the West In proportion the foot OF viized
roy which but lately sckess for
este, the unbounded pastures Of ionumerabe herds OF
buffalo, their original inhsbitsnts disappear The buffalo
herds which darkrn the wide and beautiful
gardens of the desert far he could reach, have
dwindied down to lew broken aud scattered bands,
willis red mans disappearing with equal rapid.
y whole tribes wing been swept away by the ravsges
OF disease scattered spd all bat annihatcd by ines-
uns dorain then lie, open industry
aud the courage OF The white That he will re-
quc both of these cbsraote stos In small
upon the possession OF the yet Wild county
which the redskins have we'll nigh surrendered il abund
sndy evident from the works before but tina, OF
may ums only be possessed, bni become the
Of busy e, and be dsns-ly pcoped perhaps tbs
II has evss been, very little reason 10 doubt
Could rude indian hunter rise from his s rest.
ing. pscs hs Forest, could the bones which the
plou2nsh,re turns mp the rich pracs Of Illinois
the form or The fesress ee and haugh
y child OF nstuse and the haunts OF his tribe,
how amazing would be the change On the spot oc,
cuped by the Of his tsbs the thronged cities
OF The sases where the buf,o ranged amid his
1owery pasture VIII be found the factory tho work shop,
and the we'll stocked farm while The of many
,.nge n,e, manys mournnl spectacle OF seforure, Is
turned INTO the se OF Christian church. school
hrougsd by those ~ho yen he invaders Of that
snt and Into which their fathers have only penetrated
tussslina pioneers How gladly, nigh, suppose
wodd tbs red shrink more into bis narrow rest
ingpAcs, copso'sd with the OF speedy
hspT,y bu~sinV grounds hereafter .ssa e. s.E
Acousidsrttioc. ho~sver brief of what been
done sxtsnA the Nod Of human effort In The western
territories Of the great republic will show the y,lo.
Of work which has for its object the Of
reaasatus rag rich in ard a
iorAnx ssops for eo'oosaoo . scse commemorate
with ne msennds OF a natural features These remark.
apply almost exclusively the first OF the two books
PLACED the head OF this article. Lieutenant Gum
voids beiLe In either full - satisfactory
record OF the expors thst Of Captain Stan,bury
which w. strictly speaking, official report drawn for
the bureau Of Typographical engineers and submitted by
s,s.n L,eusnaat Gunnison, though IL furnishes
dstail-d Of the Mesoons pecpiisr
sud system Of belief, Is nsi,hor graphic in its s,ys
sofnsresin9 IN i've the other, the writer
having tsken less nen part IN the survey Captain