The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-03-18
The City of the Saints,

/ Ofah correspondents gives The foiiow-
/ ing lively sketch Of that city:
! Salt Lake is probably unsnrp'-Sed bv
any ely IN AI.e'ica for lie beauty Of tie
I1carion and the >ufToahding -.:rnrr, -
When viewed from the first plat All f
! hills eastward the scene IS exquisite; bat,
like AL Der towns close INSPECTION de-
tracts somewhat from the first impression.
1t is stretched out in "A verdaht valley,
surrounded on all sides by lofty noun
tains on the summit Of which snow is Wis
bic in many places durin. the year. The
houses principally are one story cottages
built Of adobe or unhurnr brick. the gray
ish or lead-n color OF which gives to rhe
town an uniform appearance The streets
are wide and well shaded bv rows Of "a
! Gen trees, and a stream Of clear. cold wa
! ter conducted from the mounra ans. flows
down the sides Of every street Each
| house has allotted to it several acres of
| ground. neatly fenced or he lged, which
extends the place over an area of rrnhab
" sixteen square mies The population
| Is estimated at ninetear thnrsand -
! Among the public buildings | noticed a
| handsome new theatre one hundred feet
| front by one hunurel and fifty feet deep
a hore and several school horses 4
! magnificent ,emUie is he ne erected. which
viii cover a square Of ground The site
is surrounded hv q high stone walt. : A. d
hundred Of workmen are kept constantly
employed unon the ei1fce Brigham
| 4oung's residence and gfonrd7 cover y
space IF above halt 4 mile >qper' aud are
surrounded b. HEX wall st rnbhle stone
min" or ten feer high Th~>e buildings
a'e the most magnificent in th- CITY
The principal one is crowned by large
beehive the emblem Of MIN rnism. e.
der klmhall also occupies handsome pile
| of buildings
| have been agreaablv surprised at the
| appearance Of Sat- Lake CITY and the lie
| pertinent Ofits inhabi ants 10 the States
wa are tangh, thai all Mormons are thieves
knavas, or assassins. Such, find. Is nnt
the case The people, three-fourthS Eng
hsh. So"tch and Welsh. with An occasion.
n sprnk'ng Of bastard Anne leans, are
honaS', thrift, and industrious. bnt iunor>
ant. | have never heen in town OF
! equal magnitude whore such universal q
Ger "r~Had-
Evrrl one k,pp,r, have business AMI
/ A ends q, si'h"r' ..ur..4tng his o"i
bNrS nava ,---o u" 't,iars and fnA
ths 'ter~ : nor e,s.c'- wHi,E e, or link
! 40 a Don n he ,.rt> one st III sh,n4nt
/ Il licensed >" "h 'ir-Iie lr!-,t -oir = Eu
none Is drunk on 'hp treTi-p- Woa en-
| promenade h. STREETS after nigh' nnascnrr,
| ed, and wl''i"u' far Of mo'e>teti n
| These things Ger AMY are craii s'r- -
| When nan il caught stealing he i sum.
msrIv dea' with. An Intelligent citizen
! Informed me ths' for n number Of years
after the settlement of the valley, Sal.
| i Ike Git, was manifested With a band Of
! desrradoeS. who murdered Inai,rrin
! ns'eIv, but that they have long since been
| killed "r driven off by he p-ace4ble IN
| hahran's
| Every man has As many wives as he can
support. and inArinr by the juvenile pop
u alton. All arr profit.
have in vain -n,i-.vnre, 10 as,.r.aiu
he nnmber Of Rrigham'~ wives hn' no
one here knows | druht If n. Old -in-
| npr himself can tel Men frpuueity fnaf
nv sl-iers.
The p,pula'ion With hnr few exceptions.
consist. nf unhatursliz-d forei.rers, who
acknowledge n" a -y'anc- TO rh- govern
men, of the ana in which thev live a, q
evidently look upno ra?,re,4n,arv.. -, h,
! Union ~ enenie. Alt QUO, th-y ell nov
-~.r win ,ravsl-r- A ,-nm"nr of nj