The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-14

"A LETTER FROM BRIGHAM YoUNa-WHAT
us has DONE AND EXPECTS TO Do.-The New
orE herald publishes "a letter from Brig.
nam Young. dated Salt Lake City, April 10,
ana transmitted by telegraph. The celebra.
eeo ola sinner, or saint, gives O concise ac-
count OF bis achievements and Intentions,
He says: 'o'' N''.'
For over forty years have served nv
people. laboring necessarily, and am now
nearly sefentv-two years of age, and need
relaxation. My designations as trustee In
trust for the Church, as president of lions
Cooperative Mercantile 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 shall still exercise supervi-
sion over business, ecclesiastical and secular,
leaving the minutin to younger men,"
After referring briefly to the successful
management Of the Mormon financial institu-
tions, he continues:
"Our railroads are in good condition.
The Utah Central is thirty-seren miles long;
its gross earnings for 70 were 1000.
The expenses in round n nbers were S21o,-
| 600 the net earnings were $4,000. lstate
| these facts, as efforts may be made to damage
! the credit of these institutions. There is
/
| ness. The Utah Southern is built about
thirty-two miles, narrow gauge. Roads con-
| Meeting with this are being constructed into
Little Cottonwood, Bingham Canyon, and
American Fork, to meet the demand for
transportation to and from the various
mining camps of these regions. The Utah
Northern is being constructed from juno
| ton with the Central Pacific through our
Viii mi,
eastern Idaho, and other narrow-gauge roads
are in construction or In contemplation.
eve intend establishing settlements In
Arizona, In the country of the Apaches, p er-
suaded that if We become acquainted with
them we can influence them to peace in C.
cordance with President Grants India n
policy, and open up that country to settle
ment by the whites. Our cities, towns, ar d
villages now extend about four hundrt d
miles in that direction; and, in view Of the
railroad crossing that country, we hope to be
prepared to assist in its construction, ar d
when completed bring large portion of o, IT
emigration that way to settle the country
He next aIudes to the policy of his go
vernment to promote the agricultural m
terest. and its great success, and calls atte n
| ton to the iron and coal mines of Utah, for
the development OF which he relies mir ;ly
on foreign capital. He denies the often re-
peated story. that he has several milie
pounds sterling deposited to bis credit in the
Bank of England. He sums up as follows:
"The result Of my labors for the last tU en-.
ty-six years, briefly summed up, are: The
| peopling of this Territory by the Latter Day
Saints of about one hundred thousand SO uls
| the founding of over two hundred q lies
towns, and villages. inhabited by our pes )ple
| which extend to Idaho in the north, w yom
| Ing in the east, Nevada in the west, and Arr
IONA In the south, and the establishmt mt Of
schools, factories, mills. and other IN stitu
tons calculated to benefit and improve oul
community"