, 1869-07-16
: U1AM AND THE M0RMoHs.
A Survey Of Brigham -Youngaom.
The Great Salt Lake Basin.
AormoniGm In itk horal, Social rnd Po-
:" lilittl ,AIpetts. " {
The Future OF Utah aud the
. r.; Mormon Church.

2un EEduemtn-11 largest Es1tu6 G1futNon,
the No1mona teIi Vi, thai ever vtMted tho Great
Salt Lake basn-I reached the hosuon captai on
Friday morning, June q, three and 1nahalf Gays
from Chicago, We LETT the cata 1t uinah tcalted,
By the Anrmonz7 Desve{}, and Wege driven to Salt
Lake City distance OF thtrty-th1ee mtles, u
three hoa11 and twenty mtnatust In Well, Fa1gu
i Co. q Et2Eea. The coach which btunEht u mas
equipped With g1 neet horses, which Were ch1oged
eSery ten Or eleyen mtleA. It appeAn that IN
the Pae,dc stops, laat driving
u conaidered complimentary; and you can tnfer
IN what estimation Jou are held BY tho Gerceneas
with which the Jehu the box applies the lash to
bis smoking horseA Measured BY this tese our
/ party were Judged to be Of fifteen MINUTES less
consequence than Ex-Secretary Seward, who haa
preceded By one 1ay. Up hill and down VIC went
al raging gallop, making scarcely pause 1t the
numerous i7tgnting bitches which cross the road,
bringing the WatetD Of the Wa4atch suoWs ioto the
| Mormon delds, orchards and g1rdeua. Our dn5er.
however. WAS . master uf nis profession lie
sWept hi1 ca1Ayan around corners and oye< bridges
at the fAfe Of ten nlle8 N hour inclndiuX 1tpp-
pager, with gratltJIug dexser1tJ, and ses ua down
| at tte Townsend House, In Salt Lake Ctty, q few
! minutes AFTER sunset
TX aALr lATK HlalN.
The Salt Lake Dx&tn has been 30 often described
that shall not 60 Into It's details IN this Letter.
VIC begin to deacen INTO this wonderful yalleY.
| The ever lAsttng ssEs hruth; which has been On
either eide Of 18 for the last four hundred miles Ia
the only vegetation Visible. Far Away 10 the aooth
| the auo1-clad peaks OF the WAaatch Monltalaa
salute uB. The bGakes sIe applied lightly 70 the
Hheela md VIC glide down 10 swiftly and smooth.
/ u that We ART at the entrance of Echo Canon
<spelled BY the Aormons according to Its Spanish
pronunciation Kanyor}, eefore Nc aze
aNAre Of It. The Salt Lake basin
Is approached On al ddes by nN7ow dedles 10
which tits name Il applied Imagine range Of
rocky mountains, from 1,700 70 2,oo0 feet above
the roadway, through which An immense ploW-
share has been driven : distance Of dfty or aiItJ
miles IN Al irregular line but keeping one general
direction and tofer2bly uniform grade, and you
h1re an outline Of Echo and Weber cauonB, which
| constitute the approach to the great Salt Lske.
II m earthquake had torn open the gorge, BY
particular request to make room for railway, 1t
| could not nAye been more happily oontrtFed.
iiut this route II not more eligible paA8agcway
| through the HaaatGh range than heyeral others
| FfItch might hare beer. .ohoscn. EmtGrnut Canon,
! fur instance, which debouchc8 Into tho palm st
| Salt Lake City, and through which tue Mormons
| made thelr WAY ID ls4d, would have been equally
ayalatle. The confederation which led
! the Union Pacific Company To caH5 their road
thirty Or forty miles noyth Of tho Mormon capital
| WIS tic TACT thAt The route ~ aalt Lake Guy
| would hAyp t1kCn them acr0as desert s0yenty
mlles In width, wholly destitute Of wascr, and 30
| Try aul parcaed TINT not sren tho peEsescr'ng
| sage brllsh can PICK up llrtDg on Il
Kc1,D AND ws1ER CAkoEa.
| Echo Canon L. tic 6Est Of these singular lcGles
which mcets out yiaion. II ls nsfruw gorge run-
ming between Hills about 0ta feet high, covered
for the most part with broken OF pulseftsc gtonc.
| which Ia 81 lAT dccuEnposGd In places ~
10 furnish tootho'd for vegetation. 1t cnds In
ul-s,apct llatu about ono milo In
| d,auIetrr 1t Echo City, Whtro nc
| 0l,tatn auT tfal view uf MurtnotI civilization.
CrnrFnv this pisp, NO enter NCbcs Canon, AMI
thB pcrnrrf at 0ncu bccoi1eH niofe tHh anil ak.
kllnR. Tho valley OF Tho Weber ]urtr, which funs
parallel with tho railway through 10th Echo and
Nrlrr Cai,os, KF0wh rAt5nNcE tho hllls on either
s,lr fsc hghrr, tho raslh an' Graxacs dissrpens,
| nsltt, IN no rDatM URp ptomuutGry Of r'ck after
attttr, hnt1ir now md ;,HEc atattiIHR oxh!llt!atl
Ii trrArHtti to Tho rye. Tho xtratncnt!on ol tho
rocks IN III sona places slglltlg ppc! 70 Thu lns!
Eun, nsht Vt others perpendicular To IT. villa every
variety u! !nrluat"n, nH tftbugh II had tErn ma!o
t' sptri A,tl paElu VI earthquakes 1rutil ilo In.
fuzzy NJ creation. Thu rocks ots lhu north Hdd
t*nr scarcely airy resemblance In respect Of htra-
tstca!lun to tho corresponding ones
III lle south kie. twenty ftslH
sl,.taui. festleui columns rlc In somc pAccx and
| pytutbda III aliIesA on tho summit Of tile clna.
| hftceb hundred feet Ia height; aud occns!oaa1ly
VIZ rec collection OF socls thr1stlnR the emsetYcA
| up through thu moAs Tie the ssumps and stubb!o
NJ tasMera clear1nx. Thu Deg!l's Slide, ~ It
IL called conststA Of two vertical Rtfata OF rock
| tcu ur fifteen feet nrAtt7 exposed ~ the cnnor.
embracing between them = softer rock, which has
tetn partially decompoacd and c1csvated by the
| wulaE. The edges Of tho ha1deF mAtfsiA! stand
| out like the rim OF long CANOE, or Ike the
" "sIdcs - with which mnantatnecrs bring down
logs from the su1nmtts To tho valleys. The name Of
| tA1s singular freak Of nature suggests that when
| tie desn VAS out gathering sucl In the Wasatch
| range he established this slide to bring It down
| into the Weber River. The DEVILS Gate, " Il few
mites further on, ls plncc where ne may suppose
| Tint tic sane pcrEenage, finding the paaaage-
way for bis logs o,structcd by the closing up Of
| tue 1nounta!DB, tore open nayTow gap by main
strength. not leaving room enough for Tue Railway
| to Como after him. which WAS Therefore, COM
pellcd to blast out another with nitruglycerlne.
TIE LEVEL PL4tE.
We emerge from Weber Canon ut rintah, where
the Weber and Bear Rivers now into the Level
ptRlu aEd shortly add their waters 10 tho Great
Salt Like The latter rtyer ls crossed BY the
railway track more than hundred miles cast OF
us, where It Is oaiy brook 1t rows
north, rounds the Wasaich Mountains ter1lltzing
hundreds Of farms, dEalns portion Of the terri
| tory Of Montana, and enters the lake between
{!ntah aud Cortnne Fifty miles sonth of the rail-
WY the Jordan, the largest Of the tributaries Of
tirCut Salt Lake, flowing northWara from tho con-
anes OF Arizona, rnlnglea Its waters With the
bsacEnh and b7ny food, while from all the hull
sides around the lake now l'npid streaHls fed by
the more distant mountain SHOWS, which consu-
tuie the wealth Of Utah. When the Mormons
first rttched thelr tents here, the sage brush.
the symbol Of poverty and dcso1auou,
wGs tho sole tenant OF tho soil With no rain from
april to November, any attempt at cultivation
without artificial Irrigation would O! course, be
useless. During the nrst two ycars Of the settle
Ineut the pioneer Aormons sancsesi everything
short Of death. They barely escaped starvation,
mud only the most hardy constitutions survived
the desperate pr.satlons Of the Initial colony The
r{pccss OF Irrigation has been often described In
the co,uipIa OF The TRIBUNE. Salt Lake City Was
nrst laid out In garlen plata, aud the dtches we're
cut regularly Oh either side Of everJ
street. City Creek runs through the mldde
Of the central street, hroad mountain
torrent clear as crystal-ant after yielding sup
plies OF water for 4 whole chess.board Of Streets,
Inns 1ood left largc enough to turu the machiu-
ct, OF New England village These cveE-present
md rnpluly allowing rtlls keep the whole city So
etean and fresh O. the orchards which they nour-
tsh. or late years tho rains hnyc become more
trc1uent, The BtrcaIns larger, md Salt Lake has
risen IN height eight feet In ten ycAss causing tho
abandonment Of d nu.ntef Of farms 1t Is now
rising at the rate u one foot per year What Is to
bc ahr cntt OF this ntT phenomenon Is IN lmpoF-
tant question for those who own rca estate On its
margin.
We we're politely received by tho Mormous. but
left their capital with deep a11 lastinE ahhur-
renee Of their system. Can any country excite
different feeling where women arc treated rrll-
tiouay II RtAvea1 aud regarded In the light OF
breeding catte, aud kBuEht to look upon their lot
kfA ahn Ahaf fhHH f0F
rarad,c: 3lormonlsm Is founded upon ignorance
and 'leentiousncsA Wiino1t poJgatny It would
be In no visa different. In its public nslccta, from
Mcttpdtsr1. or flrtstJtcraAism, or any other form
Of rrligtsus belief. And in whist shall BAJ here.
after tho fCadcy will undcrptauu that Norm 1onistn
neshs tol5gamY. Tho twain hAye tecome - ia-
tertw!ncA thAt there u no separating thon. NoF-
noulsu without roiyEauly tas It cxsts In t1llnoIs
md 1onn> Is . hatrnirss nIld unoGcnding insi!tu-
ton. MorFnon!sM with rolJgntny. a. Il c1sts In
Utah, IL ,ocal dcspot!aiu ot tho WORT kind. nnd
pl,t,llc so:e OF the most Irritating description:
not large enough, indeed, 10 he dAurtrpuA tut
nit siuat enough 10 bc foi gutteu- brigham j"uu,-
to1n h The lrDIer Nomenclature fur EtAh Terrific
r. mi, the Mormon Church. Thete two h1r one
kD.l thai IL II! t;han Young. No Ca1Irh OF uag.
haIl waa ever murr implicitly otcJnd. or ever hAd
Ai his command moro CfIicltnt tue4ns OF enforcing
obedience. We Nesc lnF&tcsi to N entertainment
given bt Mr. Head, superuIcnuen. Of Indian
4AGAIrs for ttr Territory, Mt which triRhnru md
three Of bis wtveA wttc presenter, ~ would fc
eai hut where clse, one wife Rud Two lnfsircssca-
1if. Young impressed inc as mAn Of more cun-
u!ng than strength nnA more aensu2ity than unc~
ton. There Il nu sountfy where Intellect aclis for
No Ennch ~ In rtah. A vcrJ little GOES great
way. Ut eourtc ilcrc arc shrcWd ulcu among thr
Mor1uuns tcsI1ts brigham Young, Tnopc who
arr .coniCut 70 bc 1ubservtent 10 hlm share his
ronrr 70 long "a they rrtnaln snbscsticnt They
ART the aute1rrsidcpia, bishops, Elder, etc II
ttc1 manifest any symptoms Of insubor41lnatlnn
ihry arc "callc.l Of the lori" 10 foreign mis-.
lion IN Inrtitt" fqhIt1iHn- Nobody was crct
hHown IL dttrut" such cal un1c.s