, 1872-10-18
The SeragIio.--Busy Streets--- Camp
DougIas---The Prophet and
Seer.
The hines...Fruit Raising. appearance Of
The Women..heY Railroads.
From Our Oaon Correspondent.

trees and orchards the Tabernacle while way
beyond glisteu the waters Of the Great Salt
Lake, as it lies at the feet Of the blue noun
tains beyond. It is certainly magnificent view,
and, beyond question,
ONE or TIE FINEST
in America. expected to find trees and run
ming water along every street, but was surprised
to See such MASSES Of foliage and such fine
orchards- Certainly these people are entitled to
great credit, and have made the Great Desert
" blossom as the rose" Everything has been
done BY them, for, when they reached this coun-
Try, in 1847, the plain On which the city stands
Has covered with sage-brush.
The cars from Ogden reach the city about
O'Clock in the morning, and, as they skirt along
near the margin Of the lake, the play of tile
moonlight upon the waters ia as fair scene as
~one could wish to look upon. The grand old
mountains beyond stand out IN all their bold
aess and rigor breathing Of old days, when the
world Was young, and the majesty OF God sat
upon the mountain-tops The air is % pure as
can be, and the moonlight appears very bright,
IS it floods the whole magnificent landscape. 1t
reminds one Of
E1GHT In THE TROPICS.
ind the opening lines Of hymn
heard the traiing garments Of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
From the Celestial walls
In due time re reach the depot, and, after an
unpoetical struggle with omnibus-drivers and
hackmen, are at length eeated in an omnibus and
carried to our hotel. As we go along, TIE are
struck with the appearance Of the trees, which
seem to have attained q great growth during the
last twenty-five years, and show that the Nor
mons are an industrious and painstaking race Of
people, and that they have done an immense deal
OF laoor IN thls valley. ..
After our supper, or late dinner, We stroll
forth, and wend our way to
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as "e o.ot 'a.s Ae"IAo - '1e 4'use'' o"'
noses are filled with an odor by no means from
astonished to see how very We'll - indeed the
Mormon men and women STAND It. The building
itself IS good one and a mas Iour s1ers IN aadi %
taon to the parqqet: Inc o1namentat1on ls ID
white and gold, which has: sometime Or other,
been quite pretty, but ie n nov oizarre. The seats
are made OF coarse planning, some OF them
cushioned and al OF them looking as II
thorough renovation would be the most proper
Irish piece, and then the Macbeth ehoruses
by the Tabernacle CHOIR LIE dresses assumed
by the actresses are sight for gods
and men, and strongly remind me OF
delegation Of Pl-Ute squa"s on an excursion
to the pinery: They sing, and truth compels me
. to gay that they sing very Well indeed Ihey
tre applauded By the people, and, after the
thing 1s over, resume 1neU seats anna tae
audience Some OF them are quite pretty; but,
whether wives or maidena, know not, nor do
care, as it is not my purpose to inquire into
po1ygamy one way or the other, and, whether
care not one straw: That IS bis business, and
none of mine.
: Irenark only that the lady portion OF the
audience ..........
ARE NOT RICHLY CLAD;
Hft1TG
speaks either poverty or extreme 1rugan1y. re
miss the beautiful toilets OF the american laaies,
and have instead an e1eeedlngly plaln-looka1ng
lot Of women; and. how any man can stand
more than one Of them, am free to admit l
cannot imagine.
The next morning, We VISIT the 1abernacle and
the foundation Of the Temple, both Of which are ,
wall. An English gentleman, who las charge OF
the work, kindly shows us through
TEE TABERNACLE,
large organ,-the largest, except one, OF any in
America. He says the whole Of the work OF
making it was done By the members Of the
church, from the chopplng down OF the trees to
the gliding Of the immense pipes. He says
President Young designed the plan Of the Tab
ernacle, which is capable OF comfortably seating
$4,000 souls! I could almost exclaim, ii How is
that for hig 2" Tie benches, rpews, are made Of
plain pine lumber, and look neat and in keeping
with the whole place. The seats for the Church
dgnitaries are ia front Of the organ, on elevated
platforms Of different heights where they can
see tho sea Of faces on the fioor below
In the yard is the ~
FoUsDATIoS OF TIE TEMPLE,
which 's to be built wholly OF granite. Thus
foundation is exceedingly massive, and. SO far
as was able to Judge, Designed N excellent
taste There ls nothing taHary 3 ABOUT 1t, put M al
Is upon grand and beau1liul scale. l. :,a; Is ~
very weli to decIy me Mofmons ana pehttle
their works, but the truth is, they are getting
STRONGER AND STRONGER
every day, and are rapidly aceumulat1ng wealth:
The cry that they are cr1lmbling to pieces Is all
bosh. know 1t 1s not 1ash1onable to write III
this way, but am trying to tel the truth, and
care no more for Mormonl5n than do for the
religion OF the Felee ~ islanders: ! have re no
douDs yh @ pg a3 9 f1an IN 1 T m
strong; hafoy, rlGn, anu vigorous. Mmle LAX
ing with tne English geniiean9, nan, peto5e @ feierfea
TO- seSeI peoP'e came ~ "ltn f,it ihe1 ~ alt4n, a
n 1ne eHape u noAgy anu i191', anu "as