New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-06


A rough board, pile Of stones, grave desecra'ed
by wild beasts. crown mauy swell =, me potion
lands along the Plaite; as1 sercss the broad bel,
., mountains which separates this commulnsy
from Christianity there i no spot too bleak ~ y
unmarked by one of these monuments Of the sd-
vance of Normonism. During my return 10 Ihe
Territory last Spring We camped one day foF uil'
ner on A rivuet which flows INTO the Swert"a'o
eight or ten miles west from the Devils Gate. IL was
a most desolate spot, and even the sage,pusno1i
were stunted around If, and failed to keep 'he 'ana
from drifting into waves. We had uhh'lHe' t.
our mules and turned them out 70 pick the scal'!
tufts Of bunch grass, and then dispersed 20 COZ
lect fuel 10 cook 0ur meal. was returning ~ tnc
ambulances with an armful of sage, when 81"
one of the maimen peeling long shaylngs WIN ~ ~,
hunting knife from narrow strip OF pine. 'Hie"
down my load. and then stopped To warm p.y
hands st the FIRE which was just hnd!ed' en- l
noticed on the board some words prnlru 18th red
chalk all of which that were distnguls .ablc were
..Augusta. aged 10" He saw thF.c | observed
tbem- and told me with some reluctance that he
had pulled il out Of grave which had been dug
over by the wolves After dinner, while they were
driving mp the mules, 1trayed to the spot To when
be pointed me. There was nothing leit around II
except here and the - bone and shred oi coarse
clothing As | was turning away | stumbled over
d clump of sage IN which was entaneed mass ci
glossy brown hair, through which ran soft tDich
braid.
Everything j. stagnant in the city except the
stores of the Gentle merchants which are thT0nccd
from sunrise till dark with crowds Of people anx.
ious 10 supply themselves with the necessarles oi
life of which they have been deprived more then a
wear. The prices demanded and paid for goods are
lust about as extrayagant those which the Nor
mons set upon their home-produce, and INDEED,
the cost of living here is nearly equal To what II
was in California at the hight of the gold fever.
great part Of the profits accrue Ia the Church,
which owns all the stores but one: that the Genles
occupy. II has affixed mOnstr0us rents 10 them,
which. of course, the merchants pay; but they
place propOrtonaby higher price on all their
goods. aud they have the monopoly oi the mar
ket the charge falls in tie end upon those who can
least afford Ia bear 1.-THE working people Of the
Territory. store close IN my neighb0Th0od
which the Church bought three years ago for only
5000 is rented BY Brigham Young to Messrs
| Radford 4 Cabot for 50 900 per annUm. But II -
impossible for prices to remain permanently at their
present level. for during the Autumn the Territory
will be flooded with the goods of Eastern mer
chants who have entered during the present year
inconsidcratcy with this Salt Lake trade. Many
of them cannot escape heavy losses
Labor on the Temple has not been renewed, and
the foundations of that building remain covered
with dirt neither has any attempt been made to
refurnish the public workshops within the Temple
square, which were dismantled and unroofed at the
time of the emigration Ia Provo. There have been
no meetings in the Tabernacle, and the order for
the disc0ntinuance of public religious services has
been extended throughout the whole Territory 1t
is now more than month since, among a pOpua-
ti0n Of 10000 souls, there has been public
religions gathering Of any description.
! have heard some facts concerning the Indian
farm on Spanish Fork not at al 10 the credit of
the MOrmOns. Since the escape of DR.. Hurt last
Autumn, most of the farming implements have dis
appeared, and out of II head of fine cattle left
there by him. only II remain. The rest were
taken during the Winter, by order of a. F. Rock
wood, the Commissary- General of the Mormon
army and in their place herd of cattle was de
lvered to the man in charge of the farm, all of
which were stolen from the United States Army
ON Hams Fork last October, and are marked with
Russell 4 Waddell's brand. 4 number of
families were quartered upon the establishment
during the emigration. These facts, and the
knowledge that a great part Of the crops of the
farm Was appropriated last year by the Mormons,
may throw some light upon the recent disturbances
among the ah-Utahs, which have been ascribed
tO Gentle influence.
An express has been sent to the battalion Of the
9Th Infantry which is on It's way hther, to divert
lis march to Fort Hall, where it will be joined by
those companies of the same regiment now with
the Army of Utah, and will proceed immediately
TO the scene of the Indian troubles in Oregon.
This occasions change in respect to Fort Bridger
which viii be- garrisOncd henceforth by two com
panies of the 10th Infantry and squadron of dra-
goons under the command of Lieut.. Col Candy
of the 10TH \ number of officers have obtained
leave of absence and will proceed on them TO the
States. during the Autumn.
BY inguiring the title OF certain street became
acquainted this morning, with the fact that only
five of the streets in the city have names -Four
Of these five are those which bound the Temple
square, and they are known as North, South, East
and West Temple streets, though East Temple
street is more frequently called Man street. The
fifth is Emigration street atO which the road from
Emigration Canon formerly descended from the
bench above the city.
There are parties in the city who are making
large purchases Of oxen from the merchants as
Their trains arrive from the East. They propose
Ia send these cattle To California. and the first
drove, containing 1000 head, started yesterday.
lWtiNe OF hleen families embraced the OppOrtU-
MY 10 escape from the Territory under the escort
of the herders. The principal person engaged in
this speculation is Mr.. Nath'l b. IIarbin formerly
of Tennessee. To whom transfer has recently been
made of all Col. Kinneys title To lands in Central
America