The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-16
S.. C.
"Wednesday Morning. April 18. 1859.

Wednesday Morning. April 10, 1853.
WHAT BRIGHAM YouNa Has DONE AND
ExPEors TO Do.-The New York Herald
publishes letter from Brigham Young,
dated Salt Lake City, April 10, and
transmitted by telegraph. The ..oele-
brated old sinner. or saint, gives CON
cise account Of his achievements and in.
tentions. He says:
"For over forty years. have served
my people. laboring necessarily, and am
nov nearly seventy.two years Of age,
and need relaxation. My resisnations
as trustee in trust for the church. as
President Of Zion's Cooperative Ner-
cantile Institution and OF the Deseret
National Bank, are made solely from
secular cares and responsibilities. and do
not Affect my position as President of
the church. In that capacity, I shall
still exercise .aupesSisfon over business.
ecolesiasticarand secular leaving the mi
nutiaa to younger men. '''
After referring briefly 10 the SUCCESS
full management OF the Mormon financial
institutions, he continues:
'Our railroads are in good condition.
The Utah Central ia thirty-seven miles
long; its gross earnings for 1879 were
*42O,OO0. The expenses, in round num-
bers, were $210, 600; the net earnincs
were $2l0, 600. I state these facts. a.
efforts may be made to damage the Gre
dit es these institutions. There Ia an
other railroad here also doing good busi-
ness. The Utah Southern is built about
thirty-two miles, narrow gauge. Rosds
connecting with this are being CONSTRUCT
ed into Little Cottonwood, Bingham
Canyon and American Fork, to meet the
demand for transportation to and from
the various mining camps of these re-
gions. The Utah Northern is being CON
structed from q junction with the Cen
tral Pacific, through our principal North
ern settlements into South eastern Idaho,
and other narrow gauge roads are in con-
struotion or in contemplation.
I'VE intend establishing settlements
IN Arizona, in the country of the
Apaches, persuaded that il we become
acquainted with than we can influence
them to peace in accordance with Presi-
dent Grants Indian policy, and open up
thas country to settlement by the whites.
Our cities, towns and villages now ex-
tend about 400 miles in that direction
and, in view OF the railroad crossing that
country. We hope to be prepared to as.
sist in it's construction. and when COM
pleted, bring large portion OF our emf
grafton that way to settle the country,
He next alludes to the policy OF his
Government to promote the agricultural
interest, and its great SUCCESS, and calls
Attention to the iron and coal mines OF
Utah, for the development of which he
relies mainly on foreign capital. He de,
nies the often repeated story that he has
several millions pounds sterling deposit.
ed to his credit in. the Bank of England
He Sums up as follows:
"The result of my labors for the last
twenty-six years. briefly summed up.
are: The psopling Of this Territory by
the Latter-Day Saints of about 100. .OO0
souls; the founding OF over 200 cities,
towns and villages, inhabited by"our
people. which extend to Idaho In the
North, Wyoming in the East, Nevada in
the West and Arizona in the South. and
the establishment of schools, factories
mills aud other institutions calculated to
Senett and inprove;our community"