New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24
Utah.
SHORT CROPS-OBsCENE SAINTS
WEALTH OF TIE Church AND
CHURCH DIGNrrARIE5.

Mach ,porebepsion is felt by the Mormoo' GU
eerpipa their crops throughout si 'ne
-, - p,ovo 7 an satisfied that the average
,,.,d e vs.st .mops al those settlements SIi not
.a steeo bu,tsls to the acre. Mos. Of the
feeds REQUIRE irrigation at least iou. times IA or'e'
4. b.;pr tho crcp TO perfection, and very ie" haze
,s.,;ved IL more than tEice, on account OF tn7
removal Of their proprIetors. 1t seems th.t the
fuu extent Of the misfor,1nes which the Mornons
brought on t5em,elsss BY their movement son'n-
ward remain. 10 be developed, for if, the Caa'ca
has indeed on band three yean' supply OF p'o'
visions for the whole pDpastoo, IS h,s beea 80
frequently asserted there would be no o;cason Tor
such expressions Of alarm ss hear from the farmers
alno,t every dsy. The presence OF such immense
herds sccomp the army viii ma'era1y eiect'he
supply snd of course the price Of h'y, and nosI'e
that many Of The sbresdest SAINTS are a're.1y isy
ing in their supply for the coming Winter. Gen.
,Jobpston's Quarterms,ter, Capt Dickerson, has
adyertised for proposes to NOV and stsck all the
boy In Cedar and Tlntck valleys, as well az on tne
military reserve in B1sb Valley.
The probability Of shlr. crop lie invanAoy
topic Of discourse at all the Mormon meetings
whose proceedings have become Known V mc.
One was held on Sunday evening ID S'ciai hau' =
which a speaker urged the audience 70 save al
their nrovisons trading selling 'le as possible
to the (entiles / am told that his language was
moderate but very forclblc.
The Utah expedition has annlbllated project OF
the leaders Of the Church, toward the accomplish
ment of which they had msde rapid progress, OF
educating this community to produce all the neces-
saries of life and TO become independent OF Eastern
manufactures. Ii was not new project, but one
which had been carefully matured. Scattered
through all the dscourses preached by Young, KIM
ball and Grant, in the Tabernacle aud the BOwery
since the first occupation OF the country, you will
find inculcations Of the doctrine that Gods PeO-
ple' must become independent OF the Gentle world
in respect to nutrment for the body well as for
the soul. These injunctions are clothed very ire-
quenty n vulgar language, but the speakers under
stood the caliber Of their audiences, and adapted
their words TO SUIT It,
believe that Brigham Young ia now aware that
the profanity and obscenity OF many OF the remarks
which were uttered in dlscOurses pretending to be
of a religious character, have done more to disgust
the intelligent people Of the United States with
Mormonism than anything else except polygamy.
The fact that the Tabernacle has been closed every
Su day since the Genties entered the city corrobo-
rates my belief; and il has often been stated by
Mormons within my hearing that it will not be re-
opened until all Gentle reporters aud correspondents
shall have left the city.
When sermons sre again delivered there whether
"Gentile reporters and correspondents" are or are
not present believe that the language employed
will be more moderate and less indecent than here
tOiore. have been amused at the lnvarlabe an
swer Of MOImons with whom have cOnversed on
this subject, and to whom l have represented the
impolicy as we'll as the improperly OF such dis
courses AS have been printed in The Desert Noes.
They reply: "We grant that they are offensive to
your notions of prophecy, but thnrn Is great
deal of false delicacy in the East We speun
"here lust what We thiuk. You think there a
great many things which you do not dare "
speak"
There is another matter to any question concern
ing which the Merruons have an Invariable reply
that is, the great disparity in wealth which Is eyi-
dent throughout the community. The best houses
In every ward are those which belong to Bishops
and other Church dgnitares The best residences
in the city are those of Young and Kimball. l have
sometimes said to MOrmons, 90 You tell me that only
five or six years ago property was equally distrlb
I" uted among this people, that the principal men Oi
Z" the Church had no more commodious houses, no
"more horses or cattle, and lived no better than
"the majority of the population. How, then, dc
"you account for the fact that Brigham Young
a. displays now all the appurtenances OF million
"aire 2" The first answer is, always, " 1t IL the
work Of God" Press the question, and you Obtain
. second answer, BRO. Brigham has received a
great many gifts" In one instance / gained a
frank reply "Bro. Brigham is very sbrewd
6nancier." He has the management of the Per
petual Emigration Fund, which amounts no" 10
certainly SO, 1000, 000 and the entire property OF
the Church is subject TO his disposition. lhls
affords him ample opportunities for speculation. l
have made constant endeay0rs to ascertain what ls
the value Of the property which Brigham holds as
Trustee for the Church, but / am unable to OBTAIN
any intelligent estimate Of its amount. l am salts
fed, however that it equals if IT does rot exceed,
the Saue of all the rest OF the property In the Terri
tory. All the Church property, of whatever de-
scrptoD, is exempted from taxation, by clause IN
the act incorporating the Church. That act proves
TO be the stontest buwark Of MOrmonism. If Con-
gress should exercise its revisory power over the
Territorial statutes and annul it, the repeal would
inevitably break the authority of Young, and per-
haps preciptate & collision. Such revision and
repeal, sm Informed, will be urged upon Con
gress at its next session, by gentlemen whose ad-
vice the Administration cannot afford to disregard.
In my strols about the city i have been aston.
ished at the number OF detormed persons who are
visible in the streets. L have never walked half a
mile without meeting hunchback or u cripple.
am informed by MOrmons that the cause Of the as
semblsge of such people in this Territory is the
claim of the First Presidency of the Church to the
possession of the power of healing all diseases and
curing all deformites BY the laying on OF hands. On
referring TO the published dscourses of Young and
Kimbal find repeated instances in which they as
sert that il has descended to them from the Apos-
ties Of our Savior, but unlike the miracles of the
Roman Church, can hear of no instance in which
they have attempted to deceive the public by ypreten-
ded cures. Most of these deformed unf0rtunaes are
Welsh and English, who have spent their all in
journeying 10 Zien. There is nothing remarkabl
IN the appearance of the remainder OF the people
except the coarseness and simplicity of their dress
The women cannot afford to indulge in silks or even
muslins They all wear cheap cahcOes and sun.
bonnets and until the recent opening of the good,
of the Gentle merchants, hoops seem TO have been