, 1872-10-18
filed with busy tide Of humanity, and every
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demand WHICH is made upon it in the way Of
supplying the Valley with lumber and building
material. 3lcE seem busy, and money is plentiful.
1t docs ones heart good to see the enterprise and
go-aheada!iyeness which is here manifested
and. outside Of New York and Chicago, I do not
beGe7a there is a more busy and thriving town
in the United States, This year. the people
raised great crops many of the mines are
Welding wonderfully and there is great de-
1nand man for laborers Of every kind. Salt Lake
is q thriving mining town in full blast. Nothing
can keep it back and, whatever may be tho
religious character Of its inhabitants, q very
LARGE AND IMPORTANT CITY
it is bound to be within short time. I heard
some good judges Eay that there are over 20 900
people now in the city. Wagons Of every size
and description swarm in the streets, and q
busy throng ia s11rsinS along the hateful gravel
ly Sidewalks, amid clouds Of fierce Utah alkaline
dust, intent upon getting to the Cottonwood
3Iorn,onisln are tie only topics Of conversation.
Back of the city, and beneath tile frowning
Wasatch range Of mountains, is
CAIP DOUGLAS,
which was built ten years ago by tile Volunteers.
The houses are mostly made Of logs, and neatly
whitewashed. They are comfortable, and an
swer the purpose for which they were erected
very we'll. Here and there, in the parade ground.
are heavy pieces of artillery; and, all in AL it
has the appearance of q Well-conducted military
fnGt. I4Ou llIS lH-CE Q4G t5os5 Lie Qt5b f4NH NJ
the city, as it lies like great map urrolled be-
fore you,-the streets crossing each other at
right angles and the e1liptical domo Of the Tab
ernacle lying like 3 great white-backed beetle
amid the green foliage. City Creek furnishes
to be o goody number Of carts for the purpose
Of sprinEling them, but it is exceedingly dusty,
and the great rush Of business has had the effect
to cut up these streets fearfully. Back Of the
Camp, several canons are pointed out, and one
11c7- will, 1,far
EI1GRANT CANON,
through which the Latter-Day Saints made their
advent into tie Great Salt Lake Valley. They
were poor almost beyond the power Of words to
dence hero was 3 continual struggle against
starvation. Seed corn, wheat, and broadstufs
we're brought With them but the grasahoppers
destroyed their crops year alter year, until they
had almost abandoned hope but they kept on,
and tie result is, the maj jority Of them are now
an independent class of small farmere.
4 visit to Salt Lake would, Of course, be i'll
complete without seeing
BRIGHAM YOUNG.
I saw the old man, nov over 20, and he looked
the brave old lien which he is. Unquestionably
he is head and shoulders above any man in the
Territory, in point Of ability, and leads his
people By kindness and the strength Of his
great will. Such men as he is it is impossible
to laugh down. There ia o grandeur and
massiveness about them that towers above
above q chicken. He is sincere in his desire to
promote the welfare Of his people, and believe
lie is honest III his belief in Nornlonisn. It is
this very honesty and sincerity that carries him
along. He is the leader OF E new religious sect
whose future no man can see at present. It
may be that the Mormons will drop polygamy,
which eeems to be its Objectionable fenturc, and
then will continue advancing until they become
a great power in the land.
President Young is wealthy, and seems anx-
ious to acquire property in order that be may
strengthen his Church.
It sEEe3s STRANGE
that SO manymenwhc are utterly goddess in every
respect should be SO anxious to tear down tho
Mormon Church. Its continued existence seems
to them Z crest wrong. Why is this? Would
they Join any religious denomination on any
terms2 Assnreily not; they wish to tear down
Mormonism and not the people, simply to gratlfy
q wolfsh spirit.
THE MINES N UTAH
are something wonderful and their magnitude
is being made known daily. All along the noun
tain-sides below the city, new mlneB arc being
discovered, which are richer than anything here
tofore known. There is little noise made about
there are many disappointed people, as there
are in every mining community, who cannot
speak well Of anything, when they themselves
have been disappointed; but this does not alter
the case at all: The mines are there; they are
exceedingly rich, and many men are rapidly
making fortunes. Other men start poor, remain
poor, and always will be poor. It does ones
wch hare Fan vor1ad ont of ~ ia Sides Of the
sraaag ".u1t ia 1eo,ntana NJ oneNercent nov.
bans5 f,a ~ onna,s.NTnnrra What ~
1A"eN' A'10 mt r,r.r. wv
haa r,rodnced thonoh NAVY MILLIONS of ao1>ora,
1n Wnrt of s1va,r a-e tnn,Sn 10 lava heen taIen
mi Tho ora from thia m;re 10 a,,;nned
5;rectlr tn Enrian5 where HE n,eta1 Pr1a IL eI-
1900 o,1 +,o9,a ,ror1- dero r. ;a ,1.a1oas -
mant;or He othsr mnns AZ t1,ar tee1 20 to he he
-~aLo~1eea soTna ~ tIa,, @-o5 99+lo. tto.l
a1tb1ass SUI. a'' "a tnam pa, oanots a..Gl
ta ost cs,,t tau 30, Ta;aa ~ t1,a xor1a th;5
hneiness os in evarg athar man rnnat ''..o no
thrnnob The rao1,lar ac7,ooiin .,d Il ia ~ nSa S
than fair that eyery man shonnid nav for T barnp
i,;s ava.teath c,,t Ani then Il does an IA
miner GOOD to rome in . ::smart AlecS" from the the
Stater' No TERn1ToRy rs D1pRoy1So
"A ranid1y IA tis. and the Ute war in tl,e south-
arm nn,ti1n saams tn he "a heen effectuo liz naved
ont. II vas hloodleEs war. and amonntei tn
b,f verv 1iti1a If IN the agorsoate ~
All along through tbe Valley. new farms ara
hei, r. onene1 AMI The nuroIer of acras nni7ar
IpT fon nsreaaed mt the whola H1o1neor u1
conn community % seem to be producers, and thew haya