Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1858-08-12
FROM UTAH.
from the n. Y. Times Correspondent
GREAT SALT LAKE CRY, U. T.,
Saturday, july 3. 1883
brigham Young.


/ In one-story adobe BUILDING onnosita
his family block, Brigham Young has his
office. He is a man of business. havino
large possessions, numerous mills and exten.
slve herds of horses and cattle, and en-
ploys several clerks to keep his books, &c.
An hour spent in this office, satisfied us
that Brigham fully understands the value
OF the axiom that "Order is Heavens first
law Brigham came here poor man.
and his adherents assure us that he receives
not cent from the Church as President
or IN any other way. Yet he has become
Immensely wealthy. IF the premises stated
are true, he must have discovered how to
"make bricks without straw"-for his rich
es cannot be the product of the labor of
his own hands, nor the result of specula-
ton, nor the rise of real estate in this Val
ley, where no man holds title to foot of
landed property.
My first view Of Brigham was obtained
at public service on Sabbath morning.
Service was held in Bowery," as it is
called, on a public square in the centre of
Provo City. This Bowery is constructed
Of posts driven in the ground, supporting
frame work some fifteen feet overhead,
upon which are laid willow brush cut ON
the neighboring creeks. The bower thus
constructed was capable perhaps of seating
two thousand persons. AT one end was
erected rude platform or staging for the
presidency, the preachers and elders. AS
the hour of meeting approached, the streets
throngcd with the people of all ages and
conditions hocking to the bower, each with
chair of some sort in hand, as few bench
es had been provided under the shelter.
The City Marshal superintended the seat
ing of the crowd, manifesting quite as
much energy in closing up all gaps and
making the most of the room as would the
most indefatigable usher at the Academy of
Music on Lagrange's benefit night-for
room was "an object" All around the
edge of the bower, within hearing distance
of the stand, wagons were drawn up, their
occupants maintaining their seats in the We
hicleS while awaiting the words of inspira-
ton from their Prophets lips
A Mormon Audience.
A glance at the audience shows us that
three-fourths Of it is composed of women,
all dressed with exceeding plainness, not
to say coarseness, but many of them exceed
ingly pretty or interesting in personal APP
pearanoe, Notwithstanding these disadvan-
tages. | was struck with the fact that all
seemed to have brought their children with
them. There were few among them with
out nursing infants upon their knees. The
exceeding youth Of some of these mothers
could not escape attention. One at least,
who sat near me, could scarcely have been
fifteen years older than her babe, if even
that. l sought the story of the tell-tale
counteances Of this vast female assemblage.
Generally, it was that Of the q miserably
happy"-the only phrase l know of to ex-
press the desired idea. Some few of the
oldest among them seemed happy and con-
tented. The day of earthly joys and pleas
ures having passed away for them, they
seemed to enter really into the religious IA
naticism and superstition of the Mormon
system. Among the younger "sisters,"
however, the prevailing expression of coun-
tenance betrayed listlessness and reckless
ness, resulting from the absence of any fu-
ture of hope or happiness on earth. This,
| know, was also the opinion of other Gen
tile observers on the occasion referred to-
an opinion strengthened hour by hour du-
ring my brief sojourn at Provo.
The Normons Returning.
The people are returning rapidly to their
homes. Brigham himself, informed me, on
Wednesday last, that the people of Grants
Vile, in Loville Valley, had just received
permission to return, and introduced me
to Bishop VIM G. Young, their leader, who
was about to start with his flock The
prophet himself, who was about to start
with seventeen of his families, arrived on
Thursday night, and the road between
here and Provo is lined with the returning
refugees. On Monday next the order is
to be issued at Provo for the return of all
the families, and it will be obeyed with
cheerfulness and alacrity.
The army TO be permanently located IN Utah.
Tho nrnnu Will not rnnrn from here for