New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-13

Scott . zi,, ,,,. "hF ~ About dozen were
,,orLing an the farm After tea We took Walk
around fha, part of ~, aud which i under Gl.. ,
vaton. II all lies within the boundary OF th
constructed for the purpose OF Irrea',"u' IL
incoses a Squire of about geo scres. AoIe 20"
300 acres hsse been redeemed oy gruoolng up ,He
qrrasewccd bushes and distributing the water ea'
ONLY portion of these have been cultivated during
III. present wear The crop of wheat this year WI
be about 1000 bushels. Last year u tAceenrI
4. coo. although the Mormon agent. Armstrong, dld
not report 3.000 The Indians the Doctor told us
were not nearly well disposed 70 labor a. before
the commencement of the disturbances last sum
mer After the Mormons drove him from the
farm in September. the Indians saw the crops
they had been taught 70 consider their own
appropriated by the Bishops of the neigh
boring towns the cattle driven away to
Salt Lake CITY. and the farmhouse occupied by
strangers To be- sure. prudence dictated 10 the
Mormons into whose hands II fell. to distribute
the crop among the Indians for whom II was raised
hui there : 10 question that tne distribution "a'
attended b. fraud. 4 great part OF Pet-tete-nelr
hand which received It's chief sustenance from the
farm, passed the Winter among the MOUNTAINS
aud il was hard to induce the young men to return
10 labor after they had enjoyed long taste OF
their former yaCrant life. While walking through
the cattle-yard | noticed that many OF the oxen
bore the brand OF Russell Il Waddei. l nave al
luded in previous letter 10 the fact that the Mor-
mons replaced the iui United States cattle, which
they stole from the farm last Autumn, with lean
United States cattle which they stole from the
army on Hams Fork about the same time. They
Appropriated also about fifty head of stock. the
private property of DR.. Hurt, 10 the disposition OF
which no clue has been furnished and probably
never viii be- According 70 Gov. Cumming
proclamation. the crImlnallty OF such an ohense l.
all absoyed by President Buchanans pardon.
L ~ ,tI ,rodupfS nt he, there 81
several varieties of tobacco, all growing thrifty.
There was alsoa broad field of flax. The water of
the irrgating bitches j. supplied from the Spanish
Fork which flows through the reserve. The Wa
ter the Doctor tells me. s subject Ia very singular
changes after showers on the mountains There
are enormous beds of gypsum ON the northern
slopes of Mount Nebo which are drained by the
stream, and after heavy shower on that mountain
the water becomes almost milky white.
The next day at noon We reached Provo, passing
on the way through Spanish Fork settlement aud
Springyile Bo;h those towns, as well as Payson,
were marked like Fillmore. by fragments of mud
walls pierced with l0op-hOcs. built for defense
against the Indians. In all Of them We noticed
bowers or arbors made by planting posts in the
ground and weaving fiat roof oi willow twgs
/ over them. I'm these It Is customary 10 hold the
religious meriings during the warm weather The
/ most extensive bowers in the Territory was within
Temple Square, at Salt Lake City, close To the
Tabernacle building. There Is, however, no YES
tiga of II now remaining.
The building which Brigham Young occupied
during his stay at Provo has been converted into the
Tihng- Office of the town. l. consists OF "A row Of
rough board shanties running along one side OF a
square which is inclosed within high board fence.
i Several other smaller huts are scattered along the
remaining sides. From the roof OF the principal
shanty project eleven adobe chlmneys. All the
windows open upon the square and none upon the
streets. The occupants OF the harem, however,
/ desirous 10 catch glimpse of the outer world,
crafty their curiosity by punching knots out OF the
pine boards and making reconnolsances through the
/ holes The square is at present half filled with
stacks of hay and grain.
! The same afternoon left the party and rode on
to Salt Lake City, ~ miles distant, where ldrrlyed
about midnight.
/ The result OF the tour was To convince me that
AN intelligent Judgment of the condition of the
Mormon community cannot be formed by obscrv-
ing merely that portion of il which resides al Salt
Leke City. II ls there that the influence of the
priesthood i most intense and precisely IN proper
tion to the intensity of that influence in any place
is the prevalence of poly gamy and the display of
anim0sity toward Gcntiles. knew that the Glad
dunites (who are more numerous IN this community
than is belieyed), assert that majority of the
! married inhabitants of the Territory are mono
eamists. | attach much more credit Ia their AS
serton than before | undertook the journey. |
found a greater disparity in the wealth ot the
southern settlements as compared with Salt Lake
City, than had believed. Throughout them all
there appears tO be- great equality IN the DIVISION
of property, or perhaps / should say. rather that
the population is reduced To state of uniform pow
erty. In salt Lake City, however, there Is col
lection of Presiding Elders, High Priests, Apostles,
&C., who stipendarieS of the Church. enjoy
comfortable incomes from herding grounds, ferry
privileges tracts of woodland in canOns, &C., of
which they have secured grants from the Terrific
rial Legislature, and have large wel-flrnlshed
houses. plenty Of horses and cattle, aud numerous
wives. The presence OF these people forces Itself
on ones notice every day. They constitute an
arstocracy which the common people regard with
envy. Their are not apprentlced 10 any trade,
nor sent 10 the East To be- literally educated.
They grow up generally ignorant concelted and
brutal
Outside Salt Lake City, this arstocracy Is Limited
in numbers. In the smaller towns II Is confined to
the immediate families OF the Bishops and the Presl-
dent. of the stakes" Hence, there is more inde
pendence of character in their population than in
that OF the city although even among them, as a
Mormon expressed To me at Payson. "a man who
" sets himself in opposition to the priesthood might
" as We'll be- in hell"
All the inhabitants of the southern towns are
agricultunsts. In Provo. there are several small
manufacturing establishments, for which the
abundant water power of the Impan0gas River
furnishes great facilities: but from Salt Lake City
to Fillmore. there is not single store where dry
goods or groceries are sold The people have 10
come or 20 send TO this city for their coffee, tea,
sugar. shoes. caic0es. hats, Ac. The backsmlths
trade is the only one which i sesupp0rtlng. The
carpenters, shOemakers. Ac., are all farmers, and
practice their trades only during intervals from
work on their fields. Most of the farming imple-
ments | noticed were of inferior quality aud well
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