Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-10-31
From the y. Y. Courier and Enquirer, Oct. 81
PrngresS of Nnrmanlsm


Elder Orson Pratt has issued one of his periodical Bul
etins 1t published in yesterdays Tribune, and the
interesting portions OF it readers III find below
If this revelation from Tic Ser be true and know no
doubt it. accuracy then i Mormonisn in 81
OF all It's vicious features thriving with lu,y and rapid
growth, and tab sprngns from unknown Territory
into powerful State with rapdiiy unparalleled in the
history Of States, in = lev aud perhaps not more
than single instance The Document is dated at Wash
ingtOm City.
Utah. the great central gathering place for the Saints
throughout the world prosperous and Hour
lshns condition her settlements rapidly extending
throughout the breadth oi the territory, north aud south
by lar the greater portion OF this Territory of
mountain, ai deserts entirely unfit for the ha.atun
animals. la the midst 81 these dreary wastes
nAy he seen, here aud there beautiful aud fertile valleys
Na;cred by cysul streams, formed 10y the melting suONs
which deposited, durHg the winter abundance
seldom that sufficient quantity OF rain falls for farming
purposes hencc the hlJlndndn j. obliged resort To
the process OF irrigation
There several small tribes rather bands of In
daus, inhabng different parts OF the Territory who are
sank in the lowest depths OF Darkness degradation and
misery These bands wander the territory often rob
birg aud numbering another, aud stealiu; whenever
they have favorable opportunity.
The population ul Utah numbers from thirty to thirty
Ave thousand and is annually Increasing by the cmcra
,1u Of the saints FROM the different nations of the earth
chain Of settlements has been formed extending
north and south some $50 miles. Macy small cities have
been founded uut incorporated with certain powers and
Fillmore NJ.
i!t centre oil thS chain Of settlements, is appointed
;he OF government which place the State House Is
being built Gren, salt Lake Cry IT, hy az the larg,s. and
most populous in the territory aea OF several
square miles anu contains from eight thousand in
aabi'aut=
Grca; attention 10 being pail 20 the erection Of school
houses and Tue education Oyoua. A-i IL is be ionGIy
"opei TIA; Tue 'uF e'Hcfaupu 10 tab VII b" generally
aud thoroughly educated iu every useful branch vt learn
inc and science. foundation is uciu. laid broad and
deep, % accomplish ibis most desirable object. IL j. TO-
Uu.F | f.|HrF ga at..
taught.
Jp to the prcsea. time, farmers have fouuia ready
market i0r all rr surplus grain aud other productions
through the increased numbers OF the saints which aunu
silly pour into tie Territory, and also through the overland
CALIFORNIA; emigration which, for the most part pas.
through Utah aui recruit Themselves with ire-h supply
Of provisions Horse, mules, cattle and sheep ind ready
sale 10 California, The grca, facilities presented for raj
sing stock "hOT, much expense viii cause tina, branch
d" business TO be one Of tie most profitable and lucrative
Of any u the country.
At special conference held by tho Saints in Salt Lake
CITY, IN August 1852. ahpgt hundred missionaries
wcr- nj 20 the various nations OF the earth; twenty-five
others were sent forth by tue general conference ia Ap
last.
The Statistical Report Of the Church Of the Saints in
tie British Islands Jr the half year ending Iune 20 <
j3, gives the DIowiug total So Conferences 787 Bran
ches 40 Seventies, 10 High Priests j7S Elders s54
Priests ilG Teacher, s3i DsacOns 10 cxconuuui.
eAiei 2Ii dead, Lee emi5rated, 2byl baptized. So,
In the Society Island, in the Spring Of s52. the Saint.
numbered between 900 and 1000; these were scatter.
~ over some ~ i'lni and greatly prosecuted y
Tue Roman Catholics Iul the French authorities
Al conference held on the gdi Of last March on one
Of the S,ndacl llmi' there represented Is Mis-
.i0uar- from Utah and about 900 Saints Who dsen on
Inherent Islands OF the group Prom letter. dated
April Pa, S53, the work is rapidly progressing al Homo
lulu a. many 20 having been baptized in one day.
ln a letter from Elder Charles vs. wandei dated
Sydaey, Mach 2g, 1858, learn that there we're up
wards OF one hundred s;ipis in Australia. small COM
Paty oil ~ persons were about 70 sail for California
their way % the Salt lake
On the 23i Of jug li- the French mission consisted
Of Conference branches, aud total numocr Of a37
members, including officers
few beuF baptized into the church 10 several Of
Ge Sut-s, aud boz the British Provinces.
large colony OF ihc sIiut, b. founded u Southern
California under the presidency Of Amasa LYMAN and
Charles Rich, tao Of thetgelya.
CUnAS ArrAIRs.-Ezinct from a letter from resident
10 Cuba, to bis mercantile correspondent in Boston:
C.EprS,s. oct 18Th. 1853
"We have had the cholera most dfeadfuly on ZONE Of
tho estates 80 iIis LeghborhoDj. So fr ST. Maria San
Nncnte and Torrouic have escaped. but Mldcl ha. lost
twenty hands out Of about eighty hgrhgs.3 pc. lUst
uriy hands On Iay1rs estate the loss has been eighty
seven out 81 1863 hands. Upon many other c.tatcs tie
mortality among ihe hands has been equal 10 those above
-iated.
Tho brothers Diego have presented Themselves in SOL
vency p5 The round sum os 100 600 They have offer.
cd 10 pay their creditors a. the Of sljuOOO per az
nnn, aud mtcrcs, at US per cent IN the family, once
p1gt tJ bo 30 wealthy included in the assignment
O tc estate Tor the benefit of their numerous creditors
The chance for pr0ht sugar estates grows fainter
every day that the cholera prevails the leland The
y oi uegrpe by death aud the large number O hands
uuao ~ work, have combined 20 affect the price Of labor
20 tat az the prla0u date tho rate charged Tor slaves
upon The sugar cstntca where hey hired to aid the
regular hands i nov s2j per month for each aborer-
The owners sipuae that their let slaves shall work only
upon every other night instead Of every night usual
good healthy times and The Of thirty about
5000 is forfeited IL the si7e dies while let Offers Of
t23 amonth have been refused 10 ihg vicinity. The
want Of hands cannot long be endured here no
estate can stand two years aud pay such
Lucy Stone mentions Of the siS objections to a