Smyrna times., 1859-09-15

pies her with cash; when that is gone, heI
people will see harder times She ought tc
manufacture almost everything she consumes
or foreign debt will overwhelm her. Yet, ia
this hour her manufacturing energies have
been most unhapplly directed Some $780,
Uoo were expended in preparations for Iron
making at place called Ceder Cily; but the
one though rich, would not fux, aud the en-
terPrIse mad to be totally abandoned, leaving
the capital dead loss. Wool and hax can be
grown here chraply and abundantly; yet, ow
ing TO The troubles last year, no spinning and
weaving machinery has yet necu put in opera
tioa believe some is now coming up from ST.
Louis. An aiteWpt to grow Cotton Is likely TO
prove failure, as might have been prpdc ed
Inc winters are long and cold her" for the latI-
tuGe, ana the Sam Is must ma kr cloth or snllcr.
lrnst they VIII soon be able to ciothe them
selves.
sugar - another necessary Of lie which
they Have had bad Iuck with. Tbrv can orow
the Beet very we'll but it IS said to yield lGrle
or no sugar, because, it is supposed. Of an eX-
cess OF alkall in the sail. The Sorghum has
not yet been turned to much accJnut, but il IS
to b." Common brown sugar sells hcrr Al GDc.
! per 10 coffee about the same; it the newer
settlements, they are Of course stl ht4her.
am amazed that so much has Le.n we Il done
here IN the way Of bullJug tillng, !eucinp.
planting trees, &c. OF course this c!Iy IS far
ahead ct any rival, being the spiritual lle,ropo
lis and the earliest settled; bat am assured /
that the valley of Utah Lake is better cultiya-
TED than this, though Provo, its county seat, is .
Tar behind this city, which, with its broad, rtgu-
lar streets, refreshed by rvueis OF bright,
sparkling, dancing water, aud shaded by rows
OF young but thrifty trees, manly Locust aud
Bitter Cottonwood, Is already more attractive
TO the eye than an average city Of like size ~
the States. The houses OF adobe or merely
sun1aried brick) are uniformly low and gener-
ANY 100 small; but there is scdum more than
one family to dwelling, and rarely but one
dwelling on lot Of an acre aud a quarter.-
The gardens are we'll filled with Peach, Apule
aud o,hcr fruit trees, whereof the Peach al
ready bears PrOiusey, and the others begin to
follow the example. Apricots aud Grapes are I
grown, though not abundant; SO of Strawber-
rIes. Pums are in prouslon, and The Noun
tam Cu'ranls are large abundant and very
good. Many Of the lots are fenced with cob.
Oies,ones iaid in clay mortar, which seems to
stand very well. That OF Brigham Nounp's
garden and grounds Is nlne Or ten feet high,
three leet thick at the base, and cost some $50
per ROD. UndoubleGIy thus people are steadily ]
increasing in wealth and Comfort.
Still, the average life in Utah is hard one
Many more days faithful labor are required to :
support family here than IN Kansas, o. any of :
The States. The climate Is severe and pri. L
cions-not intensely not aud dry; IN winter 0
cold and stormy aud though cattle are usually
allowed 10 shIrk for themselves 10 the valleys =
they are apt TO resent the insult by dyIng- +,
CricHets aud grasshoppers swarm IN myrads :
and often devOur all before them. Wood is :,
scarce and poor. Irrigation is abOrous and :
expensive; as yet, 1t has not been found prac- +
tlcabIe 10 lrrIgate one-ourth of the arabic and r
at all. Ultimately, the valleys will be gener- :
ally irrigated; but this Will require very costly i
dams aud canals. Frost Is very destructive :
here; Indian corn rarely escapes it wholly, aud :,
wheat often suffers from it. Wheat, oats, corn. r.
barley, rye, are grown al about equal cost per !
)ushel->i2 may be taken their average price; +
wheat Is usually heavy. though thus year it =
hredtens to be relatively light. | estimate that :,
1ne hundred and fifty days faithful labor in
Kansas Will produce as large an aggr, gate OF =.
he uecessurcs OF lIie-tood clothing, iucl-as Il
h:ee hundred just such days work in Utah. =
lence, the adults here generally wear toll. :
worn, anxious look, aud many of them are older :
n frame than in years. ardenly hope it may :.
lot always be thus.
PULYGAMY. pI
| do rot believe the plural wife system can b.
0ng endure; yet almost every man with whom II
converse on the subject seems Intensely, fa-
Iatically devoted to II, de- ming this lie chOc-l le
II his earthly blessings. Wllh the woman. q
IN confident IL is otherwise: aud | watched "