The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-08-25
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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

of its Southern rim, and this rim is corrugated
with ridges running to the North, between which
flow streams that empty into the lake. In our
march hither from Fort Bridger, we crossed the
corrugations diagonally in south-westerly direc
ton, ascending and descending continually, like
ships in storm, but finally finding our mercury
(Barometrical) two inches higher than when we
set out. Such is the depth of the bowl-two inches
OF mercury, or some twenty-five hundred feet or
more Or, to make it palmer: lay your left hand
fiat upon the table, with fingers opened out. then
place the end of the dexter fore finger, near the
roots of the thumb of said hand. Or, let the hand
run slantingly down into a bowl; now then
things being thus, let the dexter fore finger rise
slowly over the thumb into the interval between
that and the index finger of the left hand then
over that finger into the next interval and so on
until, at last, following always diagonal south
westerly direction it passes and rests on the
smooth bottom of the bowl near the end of the
little finger
Now, imagine the Uintah range of mountains to
have the form of huge giant-upset-prostrated-
sprawling-by volcanic blow up, and that the left
hand OF the monster fell spread upon the rim of
this basin, and that you have been travelling over
the fingers, twining arond their ends or going down
the river vallies between. Conceive all this, and
our journey hither will be made as clear as day.
llght although lying among vaes part of the time
where even streams lose their way And when the
railroad enterprise arrives here it will know how to
proceed without further deliberation.
We IN fact passed among the widest tumble of
| hills that ever saw. The snow had but barely
melted from their woodess tops, and spring, with
all the freshness of her green and all the choired
music OF her birds, was reigning there she had
| done in the low lands month before. Desolation
in transient smile was the general aspect of the
Not IN meta ofo nj, mol
feathered bipeds was observed, and in fact though
| the grazing good the hills were so steep that
| two of our horses were lost, either by tumbling
down the precipices, or by being crushed by mnia
! ture avalanches.
Finally, the morning of the 26th June we
| debouched from Emigration Canon, and the valley
| lay before us under its dreamy haze of smoke. To
succession of wild hills there succeed broad plains.
| The mountain SUBMITS rise to the height of 10 900
feet above the level of the sea- between five and six
| thousand above the valley, and are spotted with
| snow. We wonder at the imps of winter as they
sit dangling their legs over the precipices above
while summer is toasting us below upon a grill at
| 100 Fahrenheit. We passed through town and
crossed the Jordan, which flows North near its
Western limits, and soon had up canvass city
rvalling that of the Saints. But Zion was desolate
the doors and windows of her habitations
closed, her streets standardization great was her
| grief. Almost all her men, and all her women
fleeing the Gentle wrath to come had gone to
Provo-a town fifty miles to the South We soon
left the dusty banks of the Jordan and came DAYS
march in South-Westerly direction from the city,
with which our troops have had little or no com
munication. Our Governor and his wife are there,
living in the house of Elder Staines Saint of two
or three wives and she in courtly softening speech
terms the extra wives hand-mdidens-a euphemism
which dees not help the matter much, after all.
Our present camp is situated about thirty miles
southwest from Salt Lake city, in valley among
the mountains, called Cedar Valley 1t is closed up
at its western extremity by high ridge of snow
| fecked mountains, while towards the eastward it
slopes down gradually for the distance of ten miles
to Lake Utah whose waters are there spread ont to
view thousand feet below us. They are very
grateful to the eye at this present time on account
of the dust, which pervades the air and stiles every
thing; even ones thoughts feel if covered by it.
The soil is dry light and ash like, and constant
whirlwnds keep the air filled with it. Ones foot
steps even on the grass raise it in Clouds while day
| after day hardly cloud of vapor throws cooling
shadow through the reeking air. The winds are
almost always astir, generally from the west of
south, blowing at times with the violence of gales
| the thermometer in the meantime ranging occasion
ally at 1000, and no perceptible dews falling at
night. The soil, though apparently intrinsically
| rich, would produce nothing without irrigation and
| the supply OF water is inadequate even for that
Moreover, our people are not accustomed to such
modes of agriculture.
The fugitive Saints have returned to Zion from
Provo, with Brigham at their head. 1t would seem
to be great want of reflection the part of Brig
ham to remain here in his former empire after the
| departure OF his glory-to survive himsef-to feel
| us SlS"thess power stealing away from him
| day by day, and to know, as he must that he has
formerly excited sufficient ire on the part of MANY
of our semlbarbarous countrvmen to lead to retail
alton whenever the absence of restraint affords the
| opportunity. lie must feel secret conviction that
| though he might remove himself hencewards he
| could not take Mormonism with him. That is a
| growth so peculiarly American that it could not
flourish elsewhere In no other region of the globe
than the United States could it possibly take root
| and even then, an isolated region like this valley
surrounded by deserts and mountains, and separated
by wide, uninhabited waste from the rest of the
world is necessary to its existence. 1t involves a
| principle which is at war not only with Christian
| ity, but with humanity itself 1t is an open and
shameless abandonment of all high hope and aspira
ton. and voluntary turning to wallow in the low
est animal instincts. 1t is artificial barbarisGn
arottenness in the frame work of civilization that
goes far below the natural barbarism of the SAVAGE
| Mormon in high standing in Church and State
was met by one of our volunteer officers the other
day. who had known him some fifteen wears apo
when they were both steamboat captains on the
upper waters of the Mississippi The Mormon hadleft
that region without paying some of his debts and
especially, to the volunteer officer, and hence the
latter bestowed upon him choice collection of epi-
thets more expressive than polite, assuring him
that they had been as thoroughly deliberated upon
| as they had been carefully chosen The Mormon
made considerable show about satisfaction and
| lighting, but at length told the volunteer impor-
lngly that ''the matter ought to be taken in Ma
sonic sense" ''No," replied the volunteer eve are
ordered by the Chief lodge of the United States
not to hold any intercourse with your Mormon
| lodges" This incident reminds me of the story
told of horse thief who fled to Georgia, at the
time when Georgia was the Texas of the day--the
asylum Of the oppressed under the criminal code
On being caught at his old trade, and brought out
of Jail for trial. he nudged by his friends and
told "to put tnow was his time" Where? said
he, 'where shall go? Amt in Georgia."
The whole Of the original army of Utah, togetb-
er with the troops from New Mexico, are encamped
| together in one long line at this point They num-
Der, retainers and camp followers included, about
three thousand persons, and have at least an equal
number OF animals 1t will be difficult to find graz
ing for any considerable length of time for so LARGE
command. What holds us together, unless it ia
| Mormon pressure, it is difficult to discover since
the more we scattered the better camps would
we find. The troops from New Mexico expect to
return soon to their former stations. Their march
| from Fort Union to Fort Brdger was about seven
hundred miles, but they expect to return by new
ana much shorter route We are indebted to them
for some fine New Mexican mutton since under
their escort came several thousand sheep.
LARGE SHIPMENT OF Sperm OL.-Brio Galves-
! ton, which sails to-day for New York has a cargo
OF 1913 bbs. Sperm Oil, purchased by Capt. joseph
Kicketson, I'd, for parties in New York.-Ne,u Bed
ford Mercury.
The army worm has made its appearance at
ManGhac, Louisiana, where they are spreading
rapidly, In some places eating up everything green
at the rate ten acres per day.
The pecan crop in Texas this year will be very
! large one. The export may amount to $500, 900 in
| value.
Business in Cairo, ILL.,, assumes brisk appear
anee again, and freight is moving South with great
| dispatch.
Ofthe As Senators who took their seats in the
eighteenth Congress, in 1923, but two survive viz
Martin Van Buren, of New York, and John Branch
of North Carolina
The Fire Department of Rochester, having re-
ceiyed severe censure from the city press for their
ineflicency, are talking of disbanding.
At Lowell, Mass, the advent believers are hold
ing camp meeting. They have one immense tent
At Burnside, Pennsylvania, resides, probably,
the oldest married couple ali We, a Mr. SNYDER and
wife, he being one hundred and eleven wears of age
and she one hundred and SEVEN
The Memphis, Miss, Board of Health has recon-