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


several Thousand feet After travelling ten or
twelve miles A.yond the Sewer, We entered mar
rover valley called Round Valley, and canped
near some sprays al the foot 0t mountain, WHICH,
Ike ALI tbose visible during the day, was well
wooded toward the summit and very rocky Dur
ING the entir. DAYS march We did not see Rouse
ar a cultivated field. That evening, among some
Indians VINO rode into camp, vas brother oi
Arspine. the prominent Utah Chief, who IS bap-
rized Mormon.
Fifteen mile. travel the next morning brought US
IA Cedar Springs q little settlement OF u dozen
families ten miles from Fillmore, and under the
superyison of the Bishop OF that town. Here
si.terin.lsw of Judge Drummond was living,
raw. .honed woman perfectly insane on the subject
of Normonism. On return We camped close
in the vicinity of this place, and she ranted 10 us
how God woud deliver us Phlllstines into the
hands of the Saints 10 be- smitten during the Win
fer A. Joshua sTrote the men OF Al Inls settle
ment il i'm ParaWan Valley. which We had entered
over lofty ridge. 1t is the most extensive valley
4 have seen in the Territory, beng bounded on 'he
south and west BY mountains faint and blue IN the
distance The White Mountains, to which it was
rumored during the Spring that the MOrmons IN
tended 10 make an ultimate retreat, were dmly
visible in the western horizon. In this valley,
about thirty miles west from Fillmore. the Sewer
emp.ies into lake which has no outlet. by
danming the river, which could readily b. done,
the area Of arabic land in the valley might be
quintupled. As it is, however, all the settlements,
as in every other valley along the Wahsatch range,
lie little creeks al the foot OF the western slopes
of the mountains.
Fillmore is so situated. Unlike Neph il is not
surrounded by a wall, although the fragments OF
mud forts erected during the Indian war OF ls53
exist all about the town. The population Is near
seven hundred The Bishop, Lewis BrunsOn, has
also under his control the settlement OF Cedar
Springs on the north. and that upon Meadow
Creek about e0ui-distant on the south. The Cap
to is the only prominent building in the place 1t
stands on a broad open lot in the center of the
town within no inclOsurc and surrounded by piles
of dirt and chips and rubbish. The escort was
halted within the lot, and the Secretary on enter
ing the building found all the doors locked except
those of his own office the first floor, IN which
some printers We're working on the types and ma
chinery of The DcSort NOrS, the Church news
paper. The sight rather astOnshed him, inasmuch
as he had not been informed by the late Acting
Secretary, W. II. Hooper, that the building had
been transformed into a printing Office: but. on
the contrary, had been gwen to understand that 1t
was unOccupied While Il messenger was sent for
the keys, a motley group of Mornons and Indians
collected around the carriage. some OF the latter
were more sparscly clothed than was becoming,
for q band fastened around the waist from which
depended two short wooden flaps, one before and
one behind. constituted their sole apparel. Their
old legs were all shriyeied up, and they were very
ill-iay0red in their features They belonged to the
band of Pah-vantes, or Paravants. The name of
their principal chief is Canosh. He lives on Corn
Creek, ten miles south of the town, where II gov
crnment farm has been established for the benefit
of bis band, and conducted hitherto under the SUI
pervisOn Of DR.. Hurt. II was by this tribe of
Parayants that Lieut.. GunnisOn and his party were
murdered, not forty miles from Fillmore; and they
have been guilty OF more recent crimes.
The keys were soon procured and the party pro-
ceedcd to examine the building The plans of the
architect, which / saw during the afternoon, show
that the original design was for an editice i'll the
shape of a Greek Cross, with u rOtunda in the CEN
ter 90 feet in diameter Only one wing has been
completed. The construction is very substantial.
The foundation was laid with fag-stoncs three feet
wide, on which rise the walls OF rough hammered
sand stone of an intense deep red. The basement
is div yldcd into eight rooms, resembling cells, M
perfectly lighted and wholly useless for legislative
purposes. On the first floor a corridor seven feet
wide runs the entire length of the building. from
which open six well-finished, airy rooms, II feet
high The second floor is entirely occupied by
legislative hail. 60 feet long, 40 wide, and l. high
This is entered by flight of rough wooden steps
running up outside the northern end of the build
inc. There is also private entrance by narrow
flight of stairs from one OF the rooms on the first
floor. The furniture had almost all disappeared.
In the ball none was found except half-a-dOzen
tables as many spttOons few arm chairs and
bass drum. In the rooms on the first floor there
were some desks, most of which had been turned
10 use in the printing Office. In the basement
nothing found except a dllapdated bedstead.
The Secretary is entirely ignorant what has become
of the rest of the furniture. None OF il has been
turned over to him at Salt Lake CITY, and no ac-
count has been rendered concerning II by his pre-
dcccssor.
The result of the examination of the building
was to convince me fully of the uutruth of the lnt
nation in the resolution of the Legislature ot
lr5C-7 removing the seat of government to Salt
Lake CITY that the capitol at Fillmore did not fur
nish suitable accommodations for legislative pur-
poses. II is the most spacious and commodious,
as we'll the best built editice in the Territory
With few trfng alterations II can furnish ac-
commOdatOns 10 the Supreme Court as well as 10
the Legislature. More than S30,0 have been
expended on it by the National Government,
although lis actual cost has not much exceeded
half that sum. The money was paid from the Ma
tOnal Treasury into the hands of Brigham Young
as Governor of the Territory. He then, as the
head of the Mormon Church, set his people upon
il To work out their tithing. He placed his own
estimate upon the value of their labor, and credited
himself as Trustee in Trust of the Church with
the amount. do not assert that all the work was
performed in tins manner but | am sure that at
least two-thirds of il was. The seat of Govern
ment was located at Fillmore in the Fall of I-5l.
but only one Legislature has ever been convened
there---that of l-55-6. The other sessions have
been held in Social Hall, in salt Lake City, Il
building which belongs Ia the Church. and is used
as a dance-room and thcater when not occupied
by the Legislature. For the use of this Hall the
| nited States has been made to pay to the Church
al the rate of annual rent OF more than s. 900
while the total cost of the building cannot have cx-
cceded thai sum, ard while there has been al the
real seat of government building intnitel, more