East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-20


lowing lively sketch of that city:
"Salt Lake is probably unsurpassed
by any city in America for the beauty
of the location and the surrounding
scenery. When viewed from the first
plateau of hills eastward, the scene is
exquisite, but like all new towns, close
inspection detracts somewhat from the
first impression. 1t IS stretched out
in yerdant valley, surrounded on all
sides by lofty mountains, on the sum-
NIT of which snow is visible in many
places during the year. The houses
principally are one story cottages; are
builtTof adobe or unbuTnt brick, the
grayish or loaden color Of which gives
to the town uniform appearance.-
The streets are wide and well shaded
by rows Of aspen trees, and a stream
of clear, cold water, conducted from
the mountains, flows down the sides
OF every street. Each house has allot-
ted to it several acres Of ground, neatly
fenced or hedged, which extends the
place over an area of probably six
teen square miles. The population is
estimated at 10000. Among the pub
lie buildings / noticed a handsome
theatre, one hundred feet front by one
hundred and fifty deep, hotel and
several school houses. A magnificent
temple is being erected, which will
cover square of ground. The site
is surrounded by high stone wall,
and hundreds of workmen are kept
constantly employed upon the editice.
Brigham Young's residence and
grounds cover space of about half a
mile square, and are surrounded by
thick wall Of cobble stone, nine or ten
feet high. These buildings are the
most magnificent in the city. The
principal one is crowned by n large
beehive, the emblem of Mormonism.
Elder Kimball also occupies hand
some pile Of buildings.
have been agreeably surprised at
the appearance of Salt Lake City and
the deportment.of its inhabitants. In
the States we are taught that all Nor
mons are thieves, knaves, or assassins.
Such, / find, is not the case. The
people, three-fourths English, Scotch
and Welsh, with an occasional sprink-
ling Of bastard Americans, are honest,
thrifty and industrious, but ignorant.
have never been in town of equal
magnitude whore such universal order
prevails. Every one appears to have
business, and attends to it without
annoying his neighbors. l have seen
no loafers, and find that there is not a
single whiskey or drinking saloon in
the city. One establishment is licensed
to wholesale ardent spirits but none is
drank on the premises. Women prom
enade the streets after night unescort-
ed and without fear of molestation.-
These things, certainly, are creditable.
When man is caught stealing he is
eummarily dealt with. An intelligent
citizen informed me that for number
of years after the settlement of the
valley, Salt Lake City was infested
with q band Of desperadoes, who MUIR
dered and pillaged Unfortunately,
but that they have long since been
killed or driven OFF by the peaceable
inhabitants.
Every man has as many wives as
he can support. and judging by tho
juvenile population, all are prolific.
! have in vain endeavored to ascer-
tain the number of Brigham's wives,
but no one hero hpows. l doubt if
the old sinner hhnseIf can tell Men
frequently marry sisters
The population, with but few OK
ceptions, consists Of unnaturalized
foreigners, who acknowledged no al
legiance of the government of the
land in which they live, and evidently
look upon representatives Of the union
us enemies, although they deal hon
estly with travellers. A regiment of
United States soldiers is posted on a
hill commanding the town, and holds
the "sword Of Damoclcs suspended
over the heads Of all evil-doers.
Salt Lake City is, believe, situated
III latitude three degrees north of Gin
cinnati, and in longitude fhirty-six
west, but owing TO its being on the
HSAAAN 9AODC1 lllt Illluult Is IuOTe IcDl-
perate, The valley, with irrigation,
produces fine crops. Fruit is becom-
ing more plentiful. / have seen many
fine, thrifty orchards of apples, peach
es, and apricots, and at this season the
trees are bending beneath their deli
cious freight. j counted on one limb,
eighteen inches long, forty-eight pretty
developed apples. Flour ranges from
thre6~ to four dollars per hundred
weight; wheat one dollar per bushel;
oats, ninety cents; barley, one dollar;
bacon is forty cents per pound brown
sugar, fifty cents coffee, seventy-fve
sorghum molasses, two dollars and
fifty cents per gallon, &c. The large
lake some 20 miles distant, furnishes
a fine article Of salt in ABUNDANCE
There are also many hot and cold
mineral springs in the city. In one
of these, which elects hundred gall
Ions of water per minute, i enjoyed
the luxury of hot sulphur bath
The hills are rich in ores and minerals
of all kinds.
a law against obtaining hus-
bands under false pretences, passed by
the English Parliament in 1870,
enacts: I" That women Of whatever
,or, r.