The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-28
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SALT LAKE CIrY. December III, 1s7l..sfi
TO the Editor Of the Auant Courier.
The snow blockade of gthe Union Pacific
Railroad is at last broken, and the busy life
A and hustle Of commerce is again active. and
Il and once more assumes its Woiited sway,
i The march of the intellectual man is onward
4 but the elements are yet unsubdued, and
4 these casualties and delays teach the restless.
II ness rs of our nature as well the power pf the
\, almighty dollar. 5s,sssss,t ttaa
Il Since my last | have nothing remarkable
4 to chronicle, save that the dreadfl storm that
III has sisted your region, and the whole conn
Y trv East Of us, did not reach 50 far est, and
Il that while you have been undergoing the rig
Il ors and suffering OF winter. it has been SO
/ mild here that outdoor work has nof hae...
/ imhefard oy coid. Al day long Won hear the
1 ring of the bricklayer's trowel, the ilan,mer
Of the carpenter, and the everlasting cry to
/ the hod carrier. '',nore mort.'''' g..s,.l 8,
! The Politico-Mormon crusade is still the
subject conversation and constant theme OF
the speculative, ..Wliat wilfbe the end?'' ..3si
f i. The appointment of GeueraI Bats, of Chi
fcago, to the place OF United States District
Attorney, instead OF tire attorney recon-
! mended. Mr.. Baker. who has been tie chief
itin procuring the indictments now, pending,
assisted as lie has been by General Maxwell,
1.-THE Register OF the Land Office for this Dis
!. trlct. (who. the telegraph says. has been re-
\ fpoyed.) gives rise to various sspecnlations as
| to the governmental policy in regard TO the
!, extingnshment Of .the relic OF barbarism'
| POW existing with us. zgis,.4sIa on
haaTiine will tell, for on the 9sh of January
/ the Prophet Brigham will be afraighea upon
/ the Indictment for the murier-tnore than
twenty years ago--of Allen Buck, The res
fisuit.I think, from what have learned of the.
case, will be al acquittal. s.# E9a
The courts have not yet moved under tile
actef Congress of 1866 against polgamy, bat
all the indi,tinents found against Mormohs
with plural wives have been brought under
a Territorial statute making lacivions collabi-
| tation crime. I do not know the exact
number OF indictments uliderthis statute that
have been found, but know that one of them.
The People versus Hawkins, has been tried
and conviction had and sentence rendered,
and an appeal taken to the Supreme Court Of
The Territory upon very many points Of law
THAT we're waived in the court helow. #5
Brigham is now on his wry home. as it is
runored. from the South at st. George, where
he has been making his annual visitation. 1t
n. xsrsf1 n s-L
appoint very many who have again and again
predicted that he would never return TO Salt
Lake City again. for the reason that he feared
that Justice would be meted out to him in and
after The mode of 9ehtiles. sAs= ssse
Speaking Of Gentiles reminds me that one
day Of last week attended the cour ty Court
OF Salt Lake county. composed of the Pro-
bate Judge and two selectmen, all OF whom
were Mormons. The matter before them was
= contested water right, and the plaintiffs and
defendants were Mormors. The case was
pat ientlv heard by the court and to ins they
seemed anxious and determined to, II posi-
Bile, to do exact justice to all the parties III
terested, totally ignoring all techniealities or
the usual formulas OF court OF Justice, so
much SO that during the Whole afternoon /
do not remember to have heard the court by
any speaker or witness addressed as 4 court,
or judge. or your Honor, but every salnta-
ton, even in the excitement of debate, was
Brother A., or Brother b., knows thus and
SO, and such law was a Gentle law, or this is
Mormon law. This sounded strange in tile
ears of one educated to believe that we were
OF one language. law and nationality. ss
I see by the Montanian that yon OF Mon
tana are posted as to the Utah Northern Rail-
that the grading is all completed from Ogden
to Soda Springs for a NARROW glage roat.and
three or FOUR locomotives therefor are now at
Ogden. / have not learned why the iron
for the track is not ON hand, but have learned
that from some cause or other the negotia-
tons therefor, which were supposed to have
been completed in the East. have fallen
through. ] suppose little more red tape
and all will be WE'LL hope so.
5 This issan important move for Montana,
and when become acquainted witt, the pro- 4
jectors thereof will do my dest to have them
extend the lire 50 as to tap the North Pacific
at sUiiie point in the Jefferson valley. The
Utah Central road is pushing South as fast as
possible. and will be, by next summer, at (
place called Provo, 6fsya miles from this
place. afg
Its astonishing how rapid the improve
nlents are when facilities are afforded. The
wild, barren, sage brush slopes and hills are
now converted into smiling fields and lovely |
homes; the mountains are made to yield their
hidden treasures. and every resource of na-
ture is at once brought into use. that man
may be the happier and wiser aud better fit /
ted tont the advanced civilization of this APE.
The bold effort Of St.. Louis for an inde-
pendent line to the Pacific coasf-and | be- |
licye the line TO be a success-wili give great
importance to the Utah Central line, for by
it the monopoly of the Union Pacific is bro-1
KEN and though running overa desert. and |
though projected and now being vigorously
executed by, Mormons, without grant OF
land or subsidies of any kind whatsoever, it I
must take its place as one Of the great enter
prises Of the age, and 'sthere shall yet be /
those who shall yet rise up and call the men
who have executed the work, blessed. y
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