, 1873-03-26

II'huott ntsel, Alout etBhtoon tlaloB west OF
Fioreneo, into companioB Of hundreds, ftftfos,
and tons. Eaoll Hfty hal i blacksmith md
wagon.makor with tools for Bhooing animnla
and @ rorsiring wagons. Throo hundred pounds
OF fbreMlstuffa: wero provided for each porsou,
400 rounds OF ammunition. Many cows wore
worked in tho yoke.
Eaoh family took n supply Of sood-grain and
implements Of agriculture, md every wagon was
carefully inspected to aoe TINT ell sas right;
Pigs and poultry were not forgotten, md wont
smiling along on tlio aorn Of tho pratrieaclloQn-
ers. 4 strict. guard WAS maintained, and zach
ng't tho wagons . zero Tor forod 49,, Into
allowed, M thoro was danger OF mon loning then-
solves, and thus no persou waa lost, and but
tow accidents occurred, and all Of these wore OF
trivial natp59 On Saturday storn9Gns Gen.
baking, mendlng horso.alioeing, and 70.
| pairing woro carried OH. Sunday was day Of
rost, whom prayers wero offered up md ortho-
dox Mormon ac1mona proachea. THUS they
tains, and finally reached tho Valloy Of tho Groat
Salt tnko. For about throo yours aftor their
arrival horo,
! DAILY nAr1oNs wEnE 1ssuED
to each head Of family, varying from one-half to
throo.4uartors of pound to o2c4 Individual, lar
according to tho amount OIL hand: n1S50; thero
| was good harvest md no noccasity to continue
1855, when most Of tho crops woro destroyed BY
| grasRhoppors md dronth, and thoy wore again
Obliged to issue rations In tho wintor Of
1866, great numbers Of thcir cattlo died, md
thoro was considerable suffering. III all these
times Of scarcity, measures were takon to supply
tloso who wero unable to furnish themselves.
Fast-days woro proclaimed n all the congroga-
tions, on the flrat Thursday of each month, and
I Is d sSas II es
who had an abundance Of bread put thoir fami-
lies on rations, so asto savo the aamo for thoHo
who could not othorwiBo obtain it, .Thoso wise
with hunger, md no ono suffered to my groat
oxtcnt. During this eoaBou of enforced abstt-
nonce from food, the pooplo wero remarkably
Tho Provisional Government OF tho "stato Of
Dosorot" Was organized in March, 1915, and
BTATE CONSTITUTION
Was adopted by |. convention. A delegate waH
sent to Congress. with petition for t1o atlmls-
and oil the neeoaaary oillcora for carrying on tho
now State, woro duly elected. But Congress- did
not 800 lt to admit tho Slate, Inns it yet seen
tbs Utah Territorial Legislature, in Docom-
Dor, 1856, passed. sn net providing for tho hold
Ing Of nnother convention, which convention
adopted 4 Constitution nndor tho old nano and
style Of tho "atato Of DoBorot." Congress again
refused and, in 1862, tito asne FARGO wss again
enacted. It would Hoem as II tlis ought to 1laye
boon sufficient, but It WAS not, and again. on tho
10Th OF january, 1872, tho Iogialativo Assembly
OF Utah paseod an net authorizing m election to
bo hold for tic prposo Of olooting dolegatca to
convention for tito formation Of 4 Constitution
AMI State Government. Tho Governor vetoed
tho bill. Tho Mormo,s, however, went OH with
tho election; tho dclogatos- assembled in duo
timc, md adopted Constitution, which was rat
iflol by tho people. a Representative to Con-
greHB and two United States Sonators wero duly
elected but tho scheme would not work, md
Congress- nGnin refused to admit Dosorot to tho
ssterhood Of statoH
TIE MINERAL. POSITION
OF Utah Is by no means we'll defined, now and
rich mincs being frequently found. Tho belt Of
country known as tho Big and Little Cotton
wood, American Fork, Wost Mountain, Tooele,
and 0phr mining districts ia exceedingly rich I'll
worked. This portion of the rorritory occupies
superficial area Of about COO square miles, Sit
unted III tho Wasach range Of tho Rocky Noun
tainB,-tho range running through tho Torritory
in a eouthwesterly direction. That portion
known as tho Cottonwooda md American Fork
is the richest yet discovered.
Tho 0quirrh rango Of mountains west OF Salt
Luke also contains sovcral districts, among
which may be montionod tho Tlntic and Wost
Mountain: Reds of llgnoous and bituminona
coal hare been found hi tho foothills and somo
far up on tho sides Of tho mountains. These
beds sre quito ynluabfes though tho quality ia
Ro Of tho %as St s fb 91 e a1r9gtfs4ons ef s aG d
na), and, IN smelling 1t, tho uorkmon ,aro fro
Quently attacked with load-palay, utterly wreck
ing their ayatoms,. and rendering thcm moro
thing to work 1t ia another. Tho hugo silver
bricks to bo aoon at tho oxpross-ofico are most
cheoring sightB, but We do not know what days
and nights Of toll it took to set them out, nor
how many poor wrotches had their frames Bhat-
tered in so doing.
THE NualnER OF RAILROADS
being built in Utah Torritory il something Rston-
ibhipg. and, il some parties do not got badly bit
ton, it will DO still moro astonishing. Every
canon thinks it must havo its own railroad, and
n1u IN fair
all over tho land. How they are to be made to
pay, IL q thing that nobody can understand But
their projectors are eanguino, and, ii you wish to
30 thoroughly bored, get ono Of thcm startod on
way and subsidies aro; of course, things tIey
fully appreciate and understand and thoy Gun
prove to yon how very valuable q narrow gauge
road will be to Hog-Eyo Canon, whore thero is as
pect; and they will assure you that il you put
your money tlorcn it will bo the host paying in
vostnent ever known.
They arc pushing roud down toward Phoebe.
which is Just over the line, in Neynda and great
things arc expected tllorcfrom. Tho piocho
Mining District has indeed proved n big thing
aud great quantity Of silver has boon takon
out. It is in al exceedingly barron section,
manago 1 to got alo:.g. Il . ~ road should Should
DO built to Piocho, i. might possibly pny ct al
events, aoyoral arc trying to got thore, and each
is endcayoring to ontatriP tho others. spocu-
mon find it quito difficult to deceive tho old
minors OF tho Pacific Slope, and yory fow Of
them llnvo u yot nlado fortunes. It is funny
enough to nee how fully and hoealeHsly
THE " "r1L0R1M9' FROM THE EAHT,
as the A1ontanans call tho groonllornB, fall into
big mining schemes, and how poor they find
themselves at tho end Of tho.year, For good
solf-conceitea mining tlat, give mo MI Eastorn
man who never Aaw IN 0unco OF silver orc be-
foro he came to tho Territory, aud wlo now, af-
six months' experience, tllnls llc knows moro
than ali old '49-er..
On tho whole, tho 1uinos in Utal,
HAVE NOT YIELDED yEnY WELL,
and great many men have been disappointed.
Labor III worry donr aul Hcarco, and, without it,
the best mio III the world is OF but little value
happy feeling is art to como over man'a
mind upon finding n find bod Of orc but, af-
ter It Is found days md days of honest, hard
work arc necosAary to get It out, aud got 1t
. transported to tho Mills There il an old say
ing in California, that 1t takog u silver mine
tn work E0tu fninD,H IhiH trim in facf r.