Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-17
The City of Salt Lake,

The City of Salt Lake,
Erfract from a Letter of Lieut.. J. MrrcH-
Ell BRosAuc ,nosc ofCalitornia. to his
brother, J. W. Bronguah, Jr. dated Sail
Lake City, July 25, 1852.
s'Salt Lake City is situated some three
miles west of the Eastern range of
mountains that bound the valley. The
city is regularly laid out, in form that
of a right angle. The squares are i'm
mense, and each house has an acre or
more Of ground attached to it. The
houses are built of sun-dried bricks.
called adobes, generally one story high,
but many two-story houses, and a few
Ithree-story. There are two sulphur
springs in tie vicinity of the town, one
of which is the warm sulphur, tempera-
ture that of the blood, or SO degrees by
the thermometer. This spring is some
two miles north of he town. The hot
sulphur; temperature near tn. boiling
point. This spring is perfect curiosi-
Ity. 1t issues from The base of rock
at the foot of the mountains, and few
feet from where il energies it forms
a pool deep enough TO swim in, then
passes above and under the gruond a.
cross the road, and forms large lake
which covers more than one hundred a.
ores. l noticed duck, curlew, snipe.
&c. on the margin of the lake. Salt
Lake, twenty miles distant, is satura-
solution of salt. 1t is in view from almost
any point without the city. The Nor
mons callect all their salt from this lake
is from $50 10 300 miles in circumfer-
ence and very shallow, and is slowly
receding; indeed, where there is such
an extensive evaporation surface,
the Lake will, in process of time, dry
up; there is no doubt Of 1t. There are
to be seen in it several island, which
are mountainous, and from the distance
| see them they look as high as any that
you see surrounding the basin.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
arrival of the pioneers Of Mormonism in
the valley Of the Great Salt Lake
The procession was formed as fol-
lows: lst. Field music; Cd, the Amer
lean flag; 3D., long line OF m eehanics,
carrying the emblems of their trades !;
18th, farmers bearing bundles of wheat
and oats 5th.a long line Of old women, with
a banner preceding the m, on which was
inscribed 'Zion's Dau gh,ers," tour chill
dren are our glory;' 9th, grown girls,
in white, with straw hats and blue sash
es; 7th, twenty-four yon ng men, in
b lack frock coats and white pantaloons !;
9Th, twenty -four SMALL boys, in yellow
jackets and white pants; 9th, twenty
four little girls in white dresses, blue
spencers, straw hats trimmed with pink
and blue belts; 10th, dragoon compa-
ny on foot, blue frock-ce ats, white pants,
kossuth hats and plumes; 18th the
gowns, each barring banner was car
ried. In this formation the procession
moved through the principal streets, and
then went TO the residence of Governor
Young and escorted him to the Taber-
nacle. The Governor took post with
his Councillors and the Apostles in front
o! the Bishops. Arrived at the Taber-
nacle, songs and speeches were snug and
after this the procession left the church
and was dismissed opposite the State
House. Statutes were fired during the
day from Temple Block. whic IS un-
built, except its southwestern face, oc-
cupied by the Tabernacle.
"The Tabernacle is a singular affair ;,
some sixty feet wide by upwards
of one hundred in depth. It is one
story high, shelving roof, with no O.
penings on its TANKS. On bcthits north
and sonth fronts it has two doors and
two windows. The interior presents an
arched appearance there are no passage
being occupied by pews. | attended
church last Sunday, and the remarks
from those who spoke were Just such
as You hear in the States. The essen
tial difference between the Mormons and
others Is that the Mormons 60 in for an
unlimited number Of wives. A man
can haveas many wives as he can conven-
iently support and satisfy. Gov. Young
has his full share, and has them quarter
ed in different parts of the town. The
State House is very creditable ediice,
two stories high, and upwards of forty
feet square,; the first story is of red
rock, second Of adobe, and plastered red
and white, 10 correspond with first sto-
ry. The Legislature meets here, and
the Courts hold their sessions here.
"Gov. Young's residence is the neat
est in town--two stories high, of "a
dobe, and plastered light lead color.
The Mormons treat us kindly, and
profess attachment to the Government
of the United States. | never was I'M
a place in my Ii fe in which apparently
morality of the most rigid kind is prac-
tised like you see it here. There are no
baudy houses in the town., and swearing
on the streets is punished by heavy
fine. Contrary to my expectations, find
on inquiry the Americans are in large
in tie Mormon population. A
fill all the Offices
ITThe ani,nosity Of the Moslem a.
gainst the Christians appears TO have com
pletely disappeard. The Arabs of the
desert held a general meeting under the
direction of the Sheiks, at which they
made solemn vow to forget there pri-
vate quarrels during the war, and if one
tribe committed any denrpdafions the !