Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-03
Life at Salt Lake.

.tleman who has just returned from Salt.
Lake. We give an extract ssts
Our informant states that the famous
Echo Canon iswell fortified, but the want
of artillery among the Morinons render the
Notifications much less formidable, There p
arc deep and wide canals out across thecant
on ina great many places, at some of the !.
poihis tiioTe Ss2 g%!ckcs rnhninSa short
distance into the mountain from the end Of i
the canal. Heavy stone forts are built in
the gulches which command the passage Of
the canals, but in these are nothing but =
small arms. The Mormons depend much &
upon rolling heavy rocks upon tho troops
from the mountain upon each side of the
canon, the sides of which are some three
hundred feet in height, and areof solid
rocSs The canon itself, averages from one
hundred to twu hundred feet III width As
the rock rolling is "A piece of sport net con-.
fined to one parity the american commando
ers may choose oplay at the same game.
We understand that the terrors of the pass
referred to, are much exaggerated, aud that
the troops now at Utah could and would
get through were it not for the snow Cur
informant gives us some amusing Instances
of the working of the " peculiar system.n
He was prcsont at trial in ono of the
Wards of Salt Lake City, each Of which
| has Bishop of the Church a complaint
was made before THO Bishops Court and .
the woman who appeared rs plaintiff was 9
the spiritual wife No 2 of a man who had E
five wives, and she WAS about tlirtyyeaIS .
of age. She complained that the head OF
her family spent all of his spare time With.
| wife No. 5, and had not visited her room
! for three weeks. The husband made no
defence, and, the Bishop, by request of tho
! jury gave her a divorce in about twenty:
minutes. The same woman was narrictlE
| to another brother of the Clurch.as his Mo-
I 2, in less than one week, she herself doingS
the courting, AT the house where ourhoro
boarded, there was young girl OF, segei,,. 3
! teen, and us he expressed it, she was "a
real beauty" A young fellow of gtwentyssa
three was counting her, aud his rival was
one Of the "apostlcs," man of iiftgs The z
old fellow represented 10 her thatif shesbe-.
come his wife (hs twclfth1 she would be
! sure of salvation, assshc would have a
| ."head' that had beon fully tried, and shat
if she married the young man there was no.
certainty that he would not abostatizc and
! go to California, and she would lose her ),
crown of glory in heaven, The arguments
of the old fogy were backed by her parents,
and the young lover lost his bride, who was
duly ''scaled' to the apostle. 1t is said.
/ that this is coninion occuraence s,G
! TIE REVIVAL IN TENNEsSRE---A cor, !.
respondent of tic Alabama Statc ,Sentiaei.E
writes FROM >
LEBANON, Tcnn., March 4, 1889 !.
this morning Witnessed two of the most ir-
/ teresting spectielcs that il has ever been
| my good fortune to behold, and I hasten to I.
record some Of the pleasant imprcssions,g &
now so fresh in my memory ~
A meeting at the Methodist Church was
| held this morning immediately after the
adjournment of the Sabbath school, for the
sole purpose of receiving new nlembers-4.-s
rs soonas tho announcement was made by :,
the minister that applicants were invited to-
come forward, twenty-one youthful conveyts
| all members of the Cumberland UBiyorsity,..
located at this place-7togetlier with a few
others, (citizcns of tho place. presented
I II nseiyes, and were duly received as mein-g
bers of the church. The company being
dismissed Irepaired / to the Cumberland
| Presbyterian Church, where I witnessed ;.s
repetition of the same solemn and Interest,"
| ing ceremony. The number of students
was as large on this occasion as ON the for
mer5 the class. constituting, in each case s
about GvasiStlls 8f s!ss whele auItlberg e. T8
suppose an equally large nnnribcr. VIII join
the BAPTIST Church as soon as MI oSportu.s
nifty lis presented sk
This happy result has been brought about ;
/ by the united efforts Of Ghfistians Of all
denominations Fworelig reviyals have
been gong oi,ah here several weeks, aid agSS
estsll continued Rith increased interest. 81 ,
suppose thenumbcro OF converts cannot be {
less thar 8ixtyf6ve.
THE FoBEIaN ADvIeEse Iie dyices
Isby the Niogara arc unfayoraiol8 to cotton.sS
which has declined. Ebofall,is attributed q
70 the large supply which llas ,rriycd as
liverpool, and (which has hithcfto been *,
taiped by adverse Winds ghc market at
orr Porssias patise5di for some week II,
advance, y ii anticipation Of fhis. decl inc.
This fact has left q considerable inareiI, bss y
tween them and Liverpool, aiscr deduatibe
MI expenses ard cliar8ea Of iransIortetols
I cents Per pound lsyen Tho decline of
to al, announced; but relnoycs Sal thak
lpaFgill The samllneas Of The sales il ths,
worst intlicasioli is dscs not fcfcbose &
rapid lilhinution of the glni Of suprly
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