Year: 1865

| 11f- on Lne Lake are al prOQucuVe, DUb
have to be irrigated. The City OF Salt
/ Lake contains about twenty thousand In
habitants. The houses are substan-
TALLY built Of adobe brick the streets
are wide and regular, and, to add to the
beauty Of the city, a beautiful stream
Of pure, mountain water runs. through
each avenue. The city is laid out in
blocks of ten acres each, eight blocks
constituting ward: there are twenty
one wards in the city, each presided
over by bishop; the bishops rule the
people; the apostles rule the bishops;
the councillors rule the apostles, and
Brigham Young rules the councillors.
Brigan's will is law with the Mormons,
and wo be to the unluckey saint who
disregards his counsels.


The only public buildings in the city
worthy of.notice. are the Temple and the
Theater The Temple has been in the
process Of construction about twelve
years, and the foundation is hardly fin
ished. TIE walls Of the foundation are
twelve feet thick. built up Of white and
black granite; the granite is Of q very
fine nature, and is procured from Cotton
wood Canon, about fifteen miles south
east Of the city.


The correct Dimensions Of the Temple
I am unable to give; it does net exceed,
however, one hundred and thirty feet in
depth by about seventy feet in width.
The Temple is enclosed with a massive
stone wall, about ten feet high. At the
southwest corner Of the Temple block
stands the Tabernacle, the Mormon
house Of worship, wherein holds forth
Brigham and the Apostles to delighted
audiences Of. dcluaed followers.


The Mormon Thcatcr is the great at
traction OF The city; it is a building
Of which any eastern city might be just
ly proud and which rejects great credit
on the industry and skill Of the Mormon
people The building has ample accom-


nodation to seat comfortably two thou
sand people, 1t has three tiers Of gal
leries and a parquettc. The house is
splendidly decorated in white and gold,
most artistically doue The actors are
Mormon amateurs, without any great
amount of histron;c ability. The Gle
gancc Of the scenery makes up for the
deficiency Of their acting Two per-
formances are given each week, Wed
ncsday and Saturday evenings. Every
seat in the house is taken bcfor the per
iormance commences. Every night nun
dreds 90 away, being unable to gain
admission The actors play for the hon
or and not for compensation they are
working to build up the terrestrial zion,
and Brigham very coolly pockets the
proceeds, and gives them his blessing as
the reward Of their labor.


The discovery of mines in and about
| Utah Territory has given to Salt Lake
City new impetus. The Mormon farm
ers have found a good market for their
grain, at enormous prices. Fine sub
stantial stores and dwellings have been
built up, and the city can now boast Of
having among her people goodly share
of "Gentiles, and among them our best
and most reliable business men. Among
the other tokens of "Gentile" influence
and civilization during the last year, are
the number Of grog shops, billiard saloons,
restaurants, and gambling hells, which
in the last ye@ have made their appear
ance in this land of sage brush and
greese wood but | regret to say that
the most of these places derive their
custom from the "Gentile' portion
of the community. The ''Gentiles'
Of Salt Lake can bear the palm in
drinking and gambling but the Nor
mons take the prize in industry and
perseverance. The people Of Utah
really deserve more credit than the
outside or ''Gentile' world give them
credit for. In the short space Of twenty
years they have made a garden Of the
most uninviting territory in the Union;
they have built fine villages on every
river and creek, from the northern to
the southern boundary OF Utah; they
raise their own cotton and wool, and
spin and weave their own cloth their
orchards are laden every year with the
choicest fruits, and their farms yield
plentifully of the staff of life. The
Mormons have in fact everything that
goes to make up happy and prosperous
people, and were It not for the infamous
doctrine Of plurality Utah would now
number one Of the loyal States in the
Union. The Mormons still pretend to
retain the gift of miracles, of tongues,
of healing the sick. visions, &c; they
still profess to talk with angels, visit the
third heaven, and converse with Christ,
face to face; they pretend to have in
their temple the Ark Of the Covenant,
and other religious curiosities. but they
can only be seen by the elect; the
people must obey counsel, and put i'm
plicit confidence in their rulers. At no
distant day they expect Christ will re-
appear to live and reign with them
!. thousand years. Such are tAe present
: Mormons, and such is their new Jerusa-