New-York tribune., 1867-09-05

| fonnd more nutrtive and stimulating under severe
labor than any.other Vegetables were not TO be had
for love or money. Later in the season. u lew ehor-
nous watermelons appeared IN the marHet' selhng
for two or three dollars apiece The cnei fresh meat
was antelope, always abundant at four cents a
pound
Denver society was a strange medley. There were
Americans every quarter OF the umon Mexlcans,
desperadOes, brOkendOwl poHtciahs ana hOhest men
Almost every day cullNcncd hy It's htte shootng-
match While the great gaming saloon was crowded with
people drunken ruihns sometimes ntd nYe or SIX ShOts
IRON their TevOlyer frightening everybody pelne out
! of the room, but seldom woundng any one one day
heard thc barkceper politely ask man lying upon
bench remove. The recumbent replied TO the request
with his revolver Indeed, firing at tns bartender was
10 auginely, hut one day shot grazed ms ear where
upon, remarking that there such thing as carlkIns
joke too far and that mis- about played ont be
bucled on two reyolyers aud svOro he would kll lh9
| aftcrward.
Gaming was universal. Denver and AuraIia now West
Denver contained about thousand people, WIN lce
hi ,c 6ed and Toofss having been erected
/ the previous Winter for speculative purposes. Ihele
very few glass windows or doors ana buU Two OF
three board floors The nearest saWni "ts ioJ his t
away, and the occupants OF the cabins lived upon the
native earth, hard, smooth and CeasWtpt one Iauy,
nv lcina cornsacks Tor carpet and covering
her log walls with sheets and table cloths, gave TO her
iies vct IN come stools fables and polpbc steads
were The staple furniture while rough boxes did duty
bureaus and CupDOaTdS Hearths aud hle-paCcs were OF
adobe as in Utah California, and Mexico. Chimueys
were of sticks of wood pied mp like chdrcns cohouses
and plastercd with mud roofs covered with
shingles split by hand Int most were q logs spread with
prairie grass and covered with earth They turned water
! we'll even during the daily showers Of June and July
| During the rest Of the year ram IS unknown ,o.o.
Between my cabin and the Denver House were dozen
Indian lodges, envened by squawS dressing the SKINS or
wild ANIMALS OF cooking plples iOi ulAcI HtAcd emu
ren playing in the hot sand ana braves lOun@hg on A
ground wearing no clothing except narrow sIip OF
| Hundreds of immigrants passed through daily; their
white unendng caravans stretching across the tNel ~
the loot OF the range Da!N 700, e'i ic@,lueiS @ vi -
rolled in tfoDt the mouhtals-dssalsHtd miners & &wnu
sold their supeIuOus provisions and oo!s NJ less thh
cost and started for California or turned hOmeWao',
| The Denver House q long low, Unc-stOiy edlhCe
and windows and roof If white slcCng In its spacious
saloon the whole width OF the building, the eath was
crowded with swartly ID and IN rough cos umes
The bar sold enormous quanttcs OF cigars ana liquors.
Al half a dozen tables the gamblers were always bue!
| day and evening One III woOlcn shirt ana Jockey cap
drove thriving business 81 thlte-caIu, monte WIN"
| netted him abOu, hundred dollars per Ga!
Nearly six yea1s after his journey to Pixies Peak
and the mining region of that vicinity, Mr. Richard
son accompanied the party 0f the lion Schuyler Col
fax on their romantic tour in Colorado, Montana,
! Utah and California, of which he presents rich
store of agreeable and suggestive "reminiscences
Their road through the desert was not without ter
rors The path was beSot by steathy and fcIocious
savaces Terrible wastes, white with alkah, spread
out in vast extent before their feet. The prospect
was shut i'll by drearv ashen hills of bare drab edr
The parched ground was gashed with deep gulleys' y
few scanty streams mOlstcned the aud pialA5 WIN
their bitter and poisonous waters. There was not a
spec of vegetable life but the asebush and the eac
tus Sury gray wolves stared erccy at The ntlude1s
ersly mot grizzly bears familiar with the
road After many peTils the party arrived safe at
Salt Lake City, where they received a hospltable
welcome from the Mornon saints. Mr. Richardson's
description of Brigham Young and his dcludcd fol
lowers is singuary graphic. and touches upon some
features of which previous travellers have taken but
little notice.
Brigham Young who succeeded Joseph Smith iu the
first presidency OF the church was also born an or
mont. He is SIX feet hlg portly, weighing anOut Two
hundred, in hs sixty-sxth year aud W0noSrtulK wen
preserved His face resembles mat OF me ale i!1uia
II. Benton, thOugh W lh al-Ss .oi oi ~, ,,,, @
the pued cheeks and huge ~ tck which Old l}uoh uc'e
gave. His check fresh and ulwIinled; h7 step agc
and elastic; his curling auburn haIr 3h4 Whisngs & i
tinged with gray. is ne Ponce dc Leon, VINO mas
ioIU TI has m ic Serrcve etcs eagle nose and
mouth that shuts Ike wee, indicating tremendous
rmness lie uses nc thcr Tea nor Cohee Srn's no. to
baceo With an diabe and d ied manner hc manfesrs
the unmstakablc egosm OF one having authority. Ia
s,g f t, i c vim gsfn,rL throwing his ann
caressingy about them and asking carefully aiter the
Provncalisms Of his Vermont boylood and ms western
manhood sijll cling 10 him 'Iic saws lcet!c ueyeud"
and diSremcnOcr' Al ifrciWessnlc conihri hetWCrh
his noninatiyes aud verbs, crops OUT m expressions Ae
He has observed much, thought much, and mingled
much with practical men; but seems unfamiliar with the
usages OF cultivated society. Yet those who hold him
cheap charlatan wilder II possible than tAe SAINTS
who dcnounce Inn Is a goblin damned \ striking cm-
boliment Of the One-man Power, he holds hundred
thousand people ID me hollow ~ fla hahd. "athe'tu
from every nation always poor usn"ly isn0iahi some
productive, honest ma homogeneous eoinmnMit A1 \
class thev have doubtless improved thcr condition by
settling in Utah owning the most desirable prorcriy IT
home ana wellhuShahdcd investment lh I-ne,4 hl ne =
one Of the mllIOuaes or the United -ta'ct He s uni
versaly popular among the sams, and rules them with
utmost Sese' he j. man ol piah> VINO Wouli nave
achieved great success IN any walk OF ,r Many believe
him an impOser ana an atheist But fancy he j. that
halffgnatic.
lie has great knowledge OF human nature and rare
business capacity aud j. iepuied hud hearted and Just in
his commercial dealings All Mpi1n0HS required 10
pay Onc-tenth OF t'i Incomes annually 10 tne Church;
ana, so lar a. Genue can see, Brigham is The CDurch
and the Church is Brigham
surrounded by wall eleven feet high, OF bowlders
laid in mortar II contains his tHO chief dwengs the
Lion House ard the Bee hive Mouse Them reside most
of his wives, though few ayOre occupy separate
dwellings outside. The inoosrre contains vlriOu other
buildings for his domestic ana Du,noss purposes and
ample. wekept garde oboundrg IN hovtis and fruits
Babies seem 5cn0u 10 salt Lake. Their abundance
through all the streets wonder til remembers
that they are the only product which does not require
BY Brgham's invitation spent an hour IN his school
Its register bore the names OF ur'yfOur pupils thrae
Brgham's grandchildi.n an the rest his and
daughters There were tweiyeelt present. from four
10 seventeen years Old the whole looking brighter and
more intelligent than the children of any other school
| ever visited.
With three of the prophets daughters had some con-
versaon Their Language Is good, aud their manners
graceful has classic face and another Is so pretty
her AftefWaId 2.ici The ws schools Of the city.
There, the forehead' are narrow and the average inte
gcuCe Tuition costs from four 10 dollars quar-
! ter. There no Free SttoDis II, Lidh.
Though Brigham has bu;ied eight cons and two daugh.
tiers, he has fifty surviving children and several grand
children. His wives HurbeI about thirty: he increases
the list by two additions yearly. The first and
eldest Inatronly aud we'll OOkiug all the later
saw are exceedingly pain aud ungttactiye Among the
present generation OF Mpr0us the men far III
teligent and cultivated than the women
The Gcnes relate many stories ~ tie OF the
leading patriarch OF the SAINTS He IS the grtnd supreme
Of all hS people; % him they carry their troubles
for relief and their dIs gecMeuts Tor autut u II X
said that day went 70 Brigham fOr counsel
touching alleged oppression hy officer Of the
church. Brigham like politician assumed 10 know
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