Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-10-18
From the Cleveland Herald of October 10.
From Salt Lake.

We have received our files Of the Deseret News
fer August; The arrival Of large mail at Salt
Lake City from the States, had afforded 80 much
fresh news that the columns of the News were main
ly filled with that, and there is but little worthy of
record from Mormondom.
The celebrations of the Gath day Of July the ami
versary of the settlement of the valley of Salt Lake.
were very general, and the proceedings and toasts
were decidedly unique. In the procession at Oregon
City we notice the following:
Twelve yonng men, dressed in black pants and
white coats; banner, Kings in embryo"
Twelve young ladies' dressed in white with wreaths
upon their heads; banner, Purity, the glory Of
Deseret."
Twelve old men banner Goods noblemen.o
Twelve elderly ladies; banner, eve follow our
lords"
Twelve small boys in white pants white shirts, and
straw hats banner, "Zion's Hope"
Twelve small girls in white dresses with blue sash
es; banner, Virtue, or mothers pride"
Among the toasts were these;
God and our Rights-We are the boys TO defend
them.
The peculiar Institutions of Utah-Many swarms
The Battalion Boys--God bless them, may they live
forever.
Brigham Young, the Lion of the Lord-when he
roars, the wicked fear; when he speaks hypocrites
tremble; and when he shakes his name, they dee
| away
The peculiar Institutions of Utah--May Saints Iiys
and practice them, warmly and zealously as the
devil and his pious adherents throughout the world
hate and despise them. u
There was a dinner at p NJ, which ives washed
down with "natve wine !" at 4, dancing at the Bow
ery at z, the theatrical representation, beginning
with "Luke the Laborer" then horn pipe dancing,
and concluding with "Raising the Wind
AT Lake City some ofthe toasts were quite signif-
cant of what is mostly running in Mormons head,
TO wit:
The fathers and mothers in Israel May we follow
their noble examples.
The "a young men May they have wisdom and
strength to accomplish their whole duty.
The "a young ladies': Their mothers bave done
virtuousy may they excel them.
At Fort Supply the occasion was celebrated by a
parade and dinner, which were participated IN by
some Indians; Twenty-Five gallons OF native wine
were prepared for the dinner
Baziel and John (two Indians) said they wanted to
drink toasts Baziel SAID
i "I want you to live and never die, that you may
raise plenty of the good things we have had 10 eat
to-day, for they make my heart feel good"
Jehn said he had toast for the ladies, saying
1t would make my heart feel good to see our wo-
men look like the white women"
At Provo, among the toasts was this:
The Mormon Battalion May they be blsst with
long lives and many wives.
There must be sad state of things in Salt Lake
City, owing to the parched condition Of the earth
The News of August 13 says:
Every accountable being in this city knows that
City Greek is very low, that the soil Is very dry and
that many fruit trees and plants suffering through
want of water IL is equally well known to be an ex
tremely difficult matter to divide out the water with
perfect exactness, and we presume that the water
master and his assistantl ociate in this matter with
the best skill they have But now follow the myse-
res Some fnll-grown men, and professed bre'nern.
waehelr gardens profnsey we 'nHse ths 81 vhoss
lots were mostly in wheat claim the same amount or
water after the wheat is cut others SOAK down
very little patch Of onions cabbages beans and afew
SQUASH vines the whole not worth hve oollars with
AZ muoh water az is allowed 10 full lot and others
honntif,llv rrigate potato vines that viii have no
tnbers and cornstalks from which the leaves have
been plucked stealing part OF the water to 40 90