The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-01-18


iha 18th cpniaibs tie F1l.oairE
TIE Hoo ID X ABep, 10 his caqueut
aad drilling lecture upou Utah and
tbe M0tmcus from 81 outside stand
point We 6ud 4 territory ulth en- ares
q $1,000 square males. with every va
ueiy Of climate, from she perpetual
summer % the sugar cane aud cotton
blossom a. The eternal SHOWS o.! tbs
mountalu ranges Her landscapes ste
unexce'isd in beauiy. varying from the
barren wastes of the Humboldt Desert
her naiaral pastures, iertIio fields aud
gardens. loaded with golden harvests
incions fruits aud rarest flowers.
This is Utah. and Row with her 100
GOO inhabitants, with ibeir herds Of cat
tle. horses and sheep, houses aud barns.
mills and factories. tuo farms snd pleas.
ant roads, she Is more beautiful than
ever.
The Mormous have l50, 600 acres Of
the soil under cultivation; Of this 100
GEO acres are devoted 10 cereals; 2.OW
70 sugar cane; 1000 TO root crops,
200 TO cotton; 900 20 apples; loo 10
peaches, rs to grapes; 200 to currauts
and the balance 90 gardens, dc Wheat
is the staple product La favorable sea-
sons "a bushels 10 the acre is fair
crop, although GO and 10 are the fire.
qnently Obtained. aud sometimes as
/ high as so bushels have been harvest
ed from a single acre. Oats, barley,
rye aud corn all grow 10 maturity aud
I produce large haryests. Vegetables Of
all kinds ripen early, grow very large,
and Of the best quality. Figs, indigo,
madden and other tropical products are
raised with great success a the Dixie
Of Utah The Mormons have 1S6
school districts. containing 226 school
schools, containinr 226 schools. They
have - 294 children, of whom l2,5l6
are IN the schools, taught 10y BOG teach.
ers who receive for the same SOL, $50
yearly, or each male about 1913 aud
each female S1S5, They have ninety
churches, 60 saw and Touring mills, IL
cotton aud wooden milis, 10 tannerles,
2 sugar rehnerles, 2 carriage factories,
q distilleries manufacturing "Nally Tan
/, Whiskey," ! Commercial College, ]
University ns well as other manutac-
turing interests too numerous TO men-
ton. The value of property in Utah,
according to the Auditors report III
1868, was $l,533,S72, upon which the
amount OF tax levied for the same year
was S52,G69 This does not include
the church property. The territory is
out Of debt, and has $4,000 in its
Treasury. $4,000 acres of her soil cul-
tiyated had to be irrigated, which in
1867 cost nearly $4,000. OF the in
habitants, 10000 live in the valleys
north of the Pacific railroad, 10000 be.
tween the railroad and Salt Lake City,
which claims 25,000, and the balance
600 live south Of Salt Lake.
Gold and silver are found in Brig.
ham Canon. on tho Sewer river and IN
the Wasatch range, in large quantities
which only need time and capital to
deyelope them and thus create home
market for The products of the terrific
nv. The Union Iron Co. have three
furnaces in successful operation IN Irou
County. Copper lead, iron and Goa
are found IN large quantities III Sum
nit County, also in Echo Canon, at Sar
Pete and Pharanaghat, but Brigham
has always forbidden his people tc
work these mines and on this ques
ton is based the rebellion among tn,
Saints, which tonight threatens the
destruction not only Of the Mormon
church, but the downfall Of Brigam'
> power.
About one in twenty of the Mormoni
. are polygamsts. According TO thu
best information l can gain, there arr
about 1000 men with eight or more
wives, 500 with five wives, 1000 witt
four wives, and 5000 with more thar
one wife. Total, $500 with more thar
10000 wives. Anna Dickinson say
that there is one man who has owe
two hundred wives but for the trutI
of this statement / cannot vouch. Th'
! inhabitants OF Utah are mpde up of {
{ few Americans, large number Of Eng
lish and WEIGH Of the poorer classes,
sprinkling Of Scotch and negroes, an,
the balance of Danes, Scandavlans, o
l the lowest classes, and one Irishman
I who, by the way has nine wives Tn
e masses, gathered as they have beef
from the dregs of society in the oil,
world, are IN much better condition
financially, socially and morally thar
. they we're there, in fact no situation il
Y life could render them much worse. --
They are industrious, frugal, temper
> ate, nest-hearted and sincere AM
only for the robbery called tithing, aut
a the fear that enters every household G
J, the foul and Shiny embrace of polyga
+. my, thoy would be free and happ
4 people, deyotedly attached to thei
mountain Zones, and deserving Of th
admiration OF the civilized world fo
n the manner 10 which they have convert
: ed the barren wastes into fertile fields
II left free from the bondage whc
Mormonism imposes upon them j
another decade they would become
$ people Of great wealth.
The Tabanacle in Salt Lake City cos
u about 100000 1t seats 10000 pee
f pie on the main floor The gaIlarie
when finished will seat 5000 more.
has an organ costing 100000, and th
largest self supporting roof in thi
c country The CITY Hall cost $4,000
!. Court House 500 900; City Prison $3l
q 600. The Theatre seats 700 peopl'
aud cost $250,000. The Temple cor
ers q $50 square feet and is estimate
d 10 cost when finished $500 900 1t
Il built Of birds.eye granite found in I'll
z mountains thirty miles away Brig
: ham Young as looked npon by the MOI
mons, is the President Of the Chnrc
II Latter Day Saints Of Jesus Chr.