The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-07-01
LETTER FROM UTAH.
BINGHAM, June 18th, 1871.

BINGHAM, June 18th, 1871.
Mr.. EDITOR Truth says that one OF
! Brigham Ioung's sons is received as cadet
ut West Point, to the dissatisfaction of ali
| the Gentles in Utah and elsewhere. Could
| there not be found an orphan son of some
heroic dead to have been placed in this
! young mans position? Shall the illcgiti-
mate sons of violaters of the statutes OF
the United States shut out legitimate sons
| of loyalty especially those who have
poured out their vengeance on the Gentiles
in such diaholical manner that propricty
will not allow me to mention it, without
making even immodesty blush and cruelty
shuddcr Volumes could be written con-
corning the acts of this people, which will
erelong be exposed by the intervention of
the U. S. Supreme Court ; and many of the
saints in whom there is humanity, hail the
glorious anticipated day, when they shall
be able safely to shake of the shackles of
Mormon deception and be robed anew with
liberty. The majority Of the English who
were deceived by the leaders allurements,
are backsliding and siding with the Cen
tiles Before silver and gold said to Nor
monism, thy atrocities are ripe, the subjects
of this one-man- power were worse than
fiends-were compelled to commit the most
barbarous deeds on dearest friends Think
of a son forced to slay his beloved mother
father, or sisters, or the parents the chill
II &C
or even backsliding yet such are unim-
peachable truths hence, with the influx
of other denominations, they are doomed
to dwindle. Therefore, the leaders would
day, if they saw the least shadow of
success, try to expel every Gentle from
Utah's soil but they fear the power of the
mighty. Some people sympathize with,
and say the young Mormons would side
with the Gentiles but l say trust them
not, for "ther fathers have eaten sour
grapes and the children's teeth are set on
edge" l could fill your sheet with some
of their internal acts, and then it would be
but the beginning of an ending. On the
other hand, l cannot say that the majority
of the Gentiles are what they should be,
on account of drunkenness, &c., &C.; and
the Mormons therefore point out those as
an example of the Gentle civilization.
religion, &c. Would to God that every
drunken sot were sentenced to Greeley col
ony for five years which would be to them
worse than death itself. There is Metho-
dist camp meeting now on hand in Salt
Lake City. ....
The weather is very warm-from 90o to
110o in the shade ; and since 1 wrote you
last, old Dame Nature has robed the land
scape with "vernal delight" On the
mountain sides the busy hand Of man has
never disturbed or demolished except the
trees her beauteous works as per conse-
quence | see thousands of acres of goose
berries, raspberries, currants, &C., with
hundreds of different kinds of flowers
growing wild, all mingling in harmony, cast
ing out perfumes rich, and to me unknown,
ooh for longer noseD from whose petals
the birds sip their fill.
You have heard of scorpions being poison
Gus. Well, sir, l learn that they are here
so coming from a jaunt, a few days SINCE
all alone, l was arrested by host of what
| took to be scorpions. They filed the
road for many square yards, so that could
not step, and kept up deafening chit-chit.
| was so scared that could see my wife in
a widows cap, but on inquiry found them
to be crickets, three inches long, having
six legs, which were about two inches long
each.
Last week six Cinnamon came here close
to me. They are our washernomen. Perhaps
few of your readers, especially the boys
and girls, ever saw "hathen Chinee > so
for the information of the curious, | will
picture him to them. Now, fancy you see
person about five feet, four to six inches
high, with a clean shaved face, which is
yellow. just as if he had washed it in nitric
acid instead of water; part Of his head
shaved, taking care to preserve the top and
back part, which is of great length, and is
plated and twisted around the head some
people call it a tail but whoever saw a
tail on the top Of persons hcdd?-the
proper name is cue. The Chinee is pecu-
liar. He does not wear his clothes like us,
either. He wears them exactly like pap
would, if in midnight hours, some one
should hollow fire. Such is John China
man.
" IIo for the cotton woods and the Amer
lean Forks, in the Wasatch range ~ is
every prospector's cry. The snow is fast
disappearing, and there they are rushing,
in search of mineral veins, like ants in a
hill. This canon is become fixed fact
Purchasers are coming from all parts. An
English company will pay down, in a few
days, rumor says, from $1,000, 900 to 3d.
600, coo, for mine in this canon, and are
going to put up some more smelling works,
&c, in order to properly develop it. There
are great many mines here, rich. and still
in the hands of the miners, who are want
ing purchasers. A geologist said to me, a
short time ago, "This is very peculiar
region, for the veins run semi-circe with
the mountain range" This find is mac
curate for these, like every other lead or
galena vein vein Or lode, l have observed
everywhere I have been, run or are traced
in the course of S. w. and N. E., or n.
w. and S. E., having a dip from almost
vertical position to 45O.7 Here those veins
are embedded, either in a calcareous or
siliceous formation, consisting of lead ore,
producing from $25 to $50 per ton in
crude state and of silver from $50 to $500
per ton.
Theoretic biologists or minerologists,
without practical experience, are consid-
cred here as they should be-a perfect
nuisance. l have heard so many i'll
grounded remarks from them of late, and
have observed so many errors in geology
and geography, that l almost side with
DR.. Franklin Taylor, and discard books
and maps. Oh, can see how ignorant we
are, yet how wise we seem to be.
Great preparation is being made in Salt