The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-04

itself into the Ncoet Lake. Bear river the principal ri-
buary Great Salt lake enters the Territory
gon the northeast OF tae basin Weber river too
TmpanOgas the ws1-atch mountains: the for uer
emptes INTO Salt Lake nod the latter into Iass
Utah. The Ogden Is tributary OF the Weber. East II
the Basin is Gre. river source is tue
southeast of Oregon am Grand river, whose
the Rocky Mountains These two unite Southern
boundary uf Iron county, TO form the Colorado, which
flows into tire GUT Of California. Before taeir Jun oton
Grand river has course OF about 800 es and Green
river about 400 miles These streams with their auent
drain the entire ess.,rn division of Utah
Objects OF interest 10 tourists especially Of sci
euce abound in the Territory In geographical point OF
vew is OF the most intereresting countries ia
the world has al the charac eristcs OF Holy Land
its Dead Sea, It's Jordan, its Sc Of Gaee &c but on
character afording OF tn widest ano sublmss
grandeur. The Businesses and "ges VI the Rocky WAh
satch Humboldt, Sierra Nevad and other mountains
veal scenes, they explore equal aoy
that have yet been discovered ~ civilized eyes Tue
gorges kauyons, some of wach have perpendicu lar
walls from 600 10 So feet high preseut OF
utmost wiidness. They in me nearly half
mile wide and in Others only few rods. which would
II w. enable bau full resoiute mon TO deen
them ugaiI 1T host Echo kaayOn, u which much
is sad 25 mites long, and terminate, the Weber.
The remarkable object OF interest in the Territory
will perhaps be considered the Great Salt Lake. the
lin, less OF its waters the tact of its having outlet
being fed rom another smaller and fresh lake af
ford the scientific abuLG o. material for reflection
Py amid Lake. embos omed N the Sierra Nevada
tDs with its singular pyramca mount rising from its
waters TO the neigh! Of about 600 feet and
walled in by almost perpendicular precpices, in some
places sry 5000 feet high is said u have nothing sim
lar the States. The boiling springs have drawn
the atts ntiop OF the scientific Col Fremont describes
them in about III deg. 80 min west longuie aud 80
ceg north latitude, a. boiling up at Irregular
intervals with much noise He states that toe
largest basin ID several bundred FEET in crcumerence
has "A rCulr space cad OF fifteen feet 10 dia
meter, entirely died with boiling waer whose tenpera
the eoge is 20o regrces. lts depth tho
centre is move than sixteen feet The late Captain Gunn
son. speaking Of the springs, ssysA the base OF the
bills around the lake issue numerous warm spriags that
collect in pools and sDar lakes, inviting aquatic fowl
during the WINTER their agreeable
and where Insect arv9 Furnish food at ali times aud
the soil ia 20 heated that cannot lie in the vic
nifty In some places springs of different temperatures
IN close proximity so no. tina. the hand cannot
be thrust INTO them without PAIN and near tho Bear
depress which three fountains between the
strata within space Of thirty feet of which ia hot
sulphur the tepd and SAT- aud the uppermos cool
delicious drinking water. Tue three Currents unite, aud
flow Off through the plain, large and bold river There
also wa breathing or gas tntermittng 'ounains,
chay beate and gypsum springs OF high and low tempe
ra.ures.
OF the geology and minerAlogy Of the Territory nforma
ton yet necessarily lmi'ed. 1t is stated Ia Captain
STAINS buys work that the specimens collected the
islands and shores of the Grea. S, Lake give good idea
of the general geological features e., presume OF
the neghborbood of the lake Tue referred to
,amorpbic rock consisting of tacpse and IN ca
sstes. hovnbe ode rocks, ana few specimens gra-
mite and sieoitc character. In come localities the
metamorphc strata appear 10 be 0verlaid by u
cong OF sandstone partially altered
and assuming the char OF quartz rock The
elevated portions OF de shores of the Great salt Lake and
the ranges of carbonerOus limestone,
IN places threaded by cacareous Fossils part
cuarly OF the cyathophy de, abound in the lime
stone which Is said ts rest sandstone Near
the Fort Hall road from the States where ntersects the
road to Great SAT- Lake CITY, there's said t. be mountain
OF marble Of almost every hue and color. and equal in
quality to any procured la Italy rich mine Of coal has
been discovered San Pete county and excellent coal
and iron abound Iron county Other minerals OF the
Territory IS psum, plaster OF paris, alum birthstone,
ana sseratus and SALT in great quantities. There now
doubt Of gold being in Carson country.
The Indian tribes which Utah may be clsssi-
fed under great hesdsthe Uahs and the Sh0sh0nee
(or SDal e) Dcgers subdvded into small bands
with then respective chiefs The former range the
country south Of Great salt Lake and from Ne~ McKee, to
CaorDs-,he latter the country North Of the Lake.
especially the vicinity OF Humboldt Mays river The
two tribes have deep grained grudge against each other
and scarcely ever meet without fight Tho Utahs are
united by common angusge and afiintes and numerous
intermar,agAs They are superstitous race aad have
many They have like wise many radiousry
not OF anot all the prominent events in the Bble
world, such the creation, the Hood, Eluah's being
fed by ravens, and the death and resurrection Of
Christ &c &c The Diggers have made very little depre-
daton upon the white settlers, while the Utahs have
veral times attempted destroy them and uproo the
settlements Some OF the bands Of the Utahs are the
Utahs proper under Arapeen and san et,e Yam
pah Utes under White Eye; nmpanogos Utes, under Pc
teet meet Wasbear Pc watts Pauvan tees under
Kanoshe; Pah Utes and Piedes
The circumstances which led TO the occupation OF this
Territory BY the Mormons their travels, the position OF
their settlements their Of procedure, social and
political, must be reserved for future occasion.