Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-15

the cities NC hare visited vest Of The Missouri
river. Approaching this on Sunday. weary. sun
Drowned and dust begrimed, We found the Com
mon Council AID q committee OF citizens await
ing Us on q neighboring bill. Mr. " IL Hooper.
ex-delegate to Congress. babe Us veicoms TO
their mountain home 10 note the beautiful city
the hundred villages, the two hundred mills and
the thousands of farms they had established IN
this remote basin. Here, in the early days thsy
had aaf1Tled The stars aud stripes from Ensign
Peak; here, they had mourned the loss Of our
beloved President; here, they bad reaped the
benefits OF Mr. Colfax's life long fidelity 10 from
tier Interests, here, they bad once welcomed hr
Greeley. an honored member OF that profession
which directs public opinion, and always true
friend Of the Territory
Dir. ColfsI. the while. stood in the blazing
sur. bis head covered by white handkerchief,
his face wearing The meek and resigned expires
sion Of q blessed martyr. At the close, be re
sponded 10 one Of those easy, pointed speeches
which without moments preparation, How from
hip Just as water gushes from a spring. fer
vid eulogy upon Mr Lincoln; a warm recon-
mendation OF the boys in blue who have fought
and won our battles; a brilliant picture OF our
country's future. in whose prosperity and honor
Utah would share If her people were faithful 20
the Constitution, devoted to the Union and ODE
dent TO the laws.
Speech making aud hand shaking ended. We
we're driven 70 the Warm Springs mile west OF
the city. 4 stream redolent OF sui phur aud
large ones thigh gushes out OF the hillside
into a plank basin FIVE or siT yards square. four
feet deep. and surrounded by high fence The
water Is 50 hot (l20 deg } that one shrinks from
its first touch but on familiarity finds IL delight
ful TO plunge and swim 10. Irrten minutes with
out the aid OF soap, we came out clesnsei from
head 70 foot, every muscle relaxed, every nerve
psrvaded By delicious langor.
Two miles further. is tho Hot Spring. spouting
from under the rock in q column OF water foot
in diameter. which will boil egg. Among the
ancents, iss strong sulphurous smell and its
great clouds of mist and steam would have
marked IL the vent hole from Tartarus.
Implying into Sulphur Springs Lake. il warns
the waters so that they do not freeze in winter.
The lake IS smooth and lovely. mirror OF silver,
rejecting wildly row Of green poplars ON one
of It's islands. and the purple mountains beyond.
with their soft white eorOnet OF clouds.
We rode back to the city in glorious stmos-
phese. under skies OF wonderful blue. Behind
US was the Great Salt Lake and the greater
mountains. Ga the right Was the shining Jor-
dan-tO the Mormons, az least better than Aba
Ia and Pharpar. all tie other waters of Da-
mascus. Beyond it strip OF valley. then smooth
mountain slopes, bencing aud iuteTmingligg.
sea green AZ the base. dark slate toward the
mi,s Before the city. with it, flushing
streams. It's low drab abode houses with ,rellised
veranjas, is sreea gardens. its deep shade trees
of locust, aspen, poplar. maple, walnut, elder
and cottonwoOd its busting marts OF trade. and
its ci0isiered retreats for the Offices OF strange
religion. Beyond il for many nile stretched
the green. ll0wery valley, With ia blue lakes
shimmering in the sun, and bounded At last by
abr:pt wall Of mountain. And on our let slill
lowered the range, rough. gashed and jagged
with cseyices that would conceal New York and
all its euyrous-its solid base green aud gray
it, rugged SUBMITS white with eternal SNOW Side
by side, grouped and blended were summer and
winter. Italy and Switzerland. the dreamy Orient
and the restless heart Of tie West
In the afternoon, We attended Mormon service
at the BOwery-a great aTbor With seats OF rough
piue boards. and low Hat roof Of branches with
wthered leaves. supported by upright poles
For the warm season il IS far peasanter than any
buildings good artificial substitute for the
groves which were Gods first temples The
congregation numbered fully three thousand in
which women largely prdominated They were
neatly bat very plainly dressed Kid gloves were
few silks and satins were fsF between. Hoops
abounded in all their amplitude At FIRST. as
am told. the preachers denounced them very bit
,erly from. the pulpit But female persistency
tEumphed, a. it generally does, and crinoline
proved more potent than the thunderboits Of the
Church.
Among tie apostles. elders and bishops on
the platform were Heber Kimbsll sixty four
years old tall and stout. with bald. massive
head, and rudy sensuOus face. and D. Bern
heisel, formerly delegate to Congress, slender.
venerable looking, with mild countenance, bald
crown and thin silver locks The sermon vas
by Elder Samuel Richards, native of Nsssa-
chusetts who at present relOices IN SIX wives,
and has propogated the Mormon doctrines ia
nearly every quarter of the globe Ii
rambling. Conversational discourse fthTee quar-.
tiers OF an hour, claiming incidentally that his
church Is the church. because its organization
and mode OF working arc Biblical, and its teach
srs directly inspired by the Almighty. With
these exceptions. his remarks on life rnd
dnty. such as form the staple OF orthodox dis
courses in New England. While he spoke the
sacrament administered to the entire Assem-
bly,. bread being distributed upon metallic plates,
and water instead OF wine in porcelain pitchers.
Many infants AZ tue breast we're present, and all
permitted to Quaf the water freely. The poor
babies were thirsty enough. but il detracted
little from the solemnity OF the ceremony. Al
ter a prayer by Elder George ID. Watt. the choir
sang Daughter of Zion. without any instru-
mental accompaniment, but with more beauty
and impFessveness than any music which ever
heard AZ religious worship, Then uith the ben
edicton the people dispersed
Nv chief interest uas in the faces OF the con
gregation saw only two women who could be
called coDeiNs bot1 sat IN tue SholF, ana one NSe
daughter OF Brigham Young. recently married.
Few, II any. couutenances impressed me as
vicious All were plain, many extremely 40
As one might expect from human people gathered
from eveLy nation of the earth. they bear The in
delible impress A poverty. hard labor and stinted
living In those faces l could read little
breadth. though. or seli.reliant reasoning but
much nArrosness. grave sincerity and unrehect
ing earuestness
ln the evening We attended the service OF the
Rev Norman Mcleod lie IS . Congregation
alist: but all the anti Mormons worship 81 his
church. The congregation was small. but one
of unusual intelligence. embracing citizens off
GERS from Camp Douglas AID twenty or thirty
ladies' The "Geonle' population of this city.
exclusive of ste soldiers numbers from 2Oo 30
800 Tbs includes the merchants OF Abra
hamic descent. for Il : Of the anomalies Of
this anomalous community that ali the Jews are
GeBuies.
Yesterday visited the theatre which 5 owned
by Brigham. and which wi.l cost. whea compile
ted. $3.50 OOO. Ii Is OF brick and rough stone
TO be covered with stucco Il will seat 500
persons and 5 the largsss building OF the kind
vest of New York. except the Cincinnati and
Chicago Opefs Houses. The proscenlum $
sixty Tee. deep In the middle Of the pArqustte
Is al arm rocking char. which brigham some
times occupies though BIZ. usual place j. in one