LOCAL correspondence green river expedition for news MB als Evi EDITOR having been appointed at the 6 last conference held i in this city on tho th ath day of october last to establish a post and settlement in the vicinity of green river river it affords me much pleasure to furnish yon yog with A report of ay Y proceedings in re relation at on to ca carrying Y dg out t the a purpose and object of my appoint appointment ent on the second day of nov dinst a com company pacy of thirty nine men started from this city to cross over the mountains to the place of the contemplated tom tem plated lat D e d settlement ater there e were generally generally rally two men to a wagon the ibs flour fene 75 5 lbs ibs seed wheat half bushel 0 oats 40 ibs a 0 of t the e a seed en ends a 0 of potatoes nice nicely done up to be secure against ainest rost frost and a peek peck of barlo barley to the man one ne mil cow and a beef creature to the wagon all necessary i teams arms and ammunition for defence and I 1 game with seed corn and every variety of farden garden seeds fruit seeds ac ad also various various finds ands of tools and implements for farming and mechanical operations they were organized at the state house and left in high spirits on the day previously mentioned in the following order JOHN capt JOHN HARVEY ast 1st lieutenant JAMES BROWN ad do ELIJAH B WARD pilot and shoshone utah and flat head interpreter john L ivie ute perkins david brinton christopher merkley Merl dey franklin neff john larson granville W huffaker alexander robbins robbing austin G green charles stobert abert P gibson albert knapp wm pierce wm win W sterrett josiah arnold isaac car carpenter john M X lytle william garr augustus augustas bingham wm win elliott leonard wines geo W perkins edmond F palmer john leonard george st ri i h a m wm win H U lee benj W rol roue e andrew J pendleton Pendle tOB moses sanders adam spires reuben W perkins daniel Mea meacham chun wm J smith john alger franklin M perkins this company arrived at fort bridger on saturday dinst ha having V had bad verz very good weather good luck and it bead health t h wi with t h the etc exception eption of Fral franklin aklin M perkins who was sick of mountain fever but was reported on the I 1 mend when this eoin company tany was fairly under wa way I 1 set right about raising another company of offo 10 1 to follow the first and in less than two weeks time 1 I had bad fifty three young hardy hardi men wen fitted out but with large supplies of everything every everything thin g necessary 20 26 wagons nv and from 2 to 5 y yoke ok e ol 01 of oxen to the wagon besides gome soma 50 head of beef cattle and nearly as many dows cows I 1 mechanics of all sorts and kinds necessary 3 tools and implements in abundance besides bead es clothing blankets leather nails ac ac I 1 much of the outfit for these men was raise raised d P in the sessions settlement by voluntary donations I 1 this settlement is forward in many good works the above gave ave flash ault pd and the ward still above gave gaab flom and cattle r and a little money monel r the merchants of af this abi city showed a liberal libera I 1 hand also they gave galve in 10 very necessary articles about 11 I 1 ir mr jones of the old firm of jones bonds kerr ken I 1 of 0 9 t joseph mo mr nixon mr mi cogswell I 1 mr mason li livingston ivin i sti kinkead mr ll it liv hagston mr soul southworth mr I 1 ivens tens mr mi goddard McKenzie Mr and mr the th taftt VA donated the amount mr enoch F reese a fitted out oat two men with teams and e every necessary I 1 mr dustin amy fitted out dat one man I 1 A mo more general good feeling I 1 never witness I 1 ed t at b the fitting out oat of any company I 1 they got fully under way on an wednesday nang naming dinst in the fol following lowin order I 1 if n ISAAC BULLOCK capt capi PRICE ad do I 1 I 1 JOHN L I 1 I 1 fig joseph VV rem henry y I 1 A alexander cowan I 1 peter K easbey janis james cowan ransom hatch t C aeo oeo A leslie F 0 latt j 11 I 1 robert burns 4 wi john lowe 1 levad ma 1 abraham chadwick Chadwi ok george r se a Huto a whim huu 9 daniel D haeft i frederick a gale e davis davia frombois thomas wrisley le pia pierce elder 1 I 1 ai lc I 1 4 7 robert bert AIex iander amenzo baker I 1 charles MeK mckinley Me Kinley iiley baker wm B hutching wm win perkins john jobb dillworth stephen K wilbur immanuel long wm N spafford leonard rice bice wm win D john johnson son george clawson loren H roundy nephi packard A B wild cyrus B hawly john H nooks S J lamb saml C pine john faucett Fau oett ass asa 0 boyce james ivie issue isaac baum C H allen alien silas pratt andrew allen alien thomas daniels geo hawley hawey joseph daniels C billingsly on the evening of the sir mr silas pratt was wounded in the hand by the accidental discharge of a pistol dr dunyon and myself dressed the wound and in the morning he w was as able to join the company and did proceed on with them the people generally responded to my call in a manner that became them some few exceptions it is not always those who are the most able and the most anxious to be thought forward and liberal that really do 40 the most this I 1 found to be true in raising and fitting out this thi Is company it is one thing to wear the name of a mormon aud and another thing to do the hiis works work of 6 anorton I 1 but I 1 have no complaints to make time i will wila prove who worships the god of this world and who the god of tle world to come I 1 hope hop to overtake this last company before they arrive at the place of their destination or very soon after I 1 god bless the pioneer find and the hand that upholds him in that which is just and good I 1 have the honor to be most abst respectfully your abt st at and brother in christ ORSON HYDE communication from elder P P pratt G S L CITY nov 21 1853 ED news on the of nov dinst there arrived in this city from new mexico cenores senores jose damian giron tomas ciocon becinte 1 charves and othere other they have for sale some hundreds of woollen blankets or ser sera paa apas some of which are manufactured by the nacijo indians indiana As a specimen of the arts among that people and as in an article of home bome manufacture they are worthy of patronage they they have also for sale a number of horses and mules they have bave taken a room in the ad ward the they were thirty four days on the journey which the they 7 have sometimes performed in sil sixteen they live at a small town some 50 miles north or northwest of santa sainta fe on a stream called the chama a tributary of the rio grande del norte I 1 they traveled northwesterly from their town crossing the river stjohn t a tributary of the colorado Colom doi which rises in the mountains northwest of santa fe and pursued a southwester south southwesterly weste r I 1 course enter entering ipg the colorado below the mouth of grand Otan driver river where they crossed i if it wa was about the size of the jordan opposite 0 our r city 0 on n the south of this stream is the country of the Navi jos and further down on the same side are the villages of the uis built of they 1 the principal I 1 ci I 1 of which is called 1 yh the e country of the and Moqui is a fine good so soil il well climate not much winter abundant in pasturage and produces large quantities of cattle horses mules sheep wheat maize peaches peach Qs melons etc the country on the north side of the st john is well watered by tributaries tributa ries of that river which fall into it from the anamong Na mong which isel rio de los ion of Sto kio de los pinos river of pines el rio floreda Flo redo river of flowers el rio de los anemos river of spirits rio de la plata river of silver averaging the size size of the provo in utah valley and numerous smaller streams after crossing the st john their road continued westerly a little north crossing al all these streams the country is well calculated for cultivation everywhere abundance of fuel and va in places good pine timber but above all abounding in fine pasturage their largest distance without water being eighteen miles they crossed grand river a little below the river dolores then over a worthless plain of about 25 miles to green river which th they ey crossed a little below the mouth of white river and above the san raphael both the grand and green river fords were good being about mid sides to their animals on green river at that point is a fine valley some ten or twelve miles long with a good soil and well timbered with cottonwood and limited by kenyons above and below from this ford on green river they passed over table lands of a worthless less character till they struck white river a stream the size me of big cottonwood Cotton which heads on the other side of the mountain from spanish fork following up white river they crossed the mountain at a very good pasi avid ad down the spanish fork to utah valle valley e the whole route is abundantly supplied with grass and water at proper distances and ami the valleys have but little ehnow now or cold in wi winter titer the rains in the nacijo country and on the st john and its tributaries tributa ries tire are said to be sufficient for cultivation without irrigation such is the account in part which we hare been able to gather from conversation with the I 1 traders above named which is at the service of the editor of the news respectfully K P P PRATT TO THE EDITO R or OF tue THE NEWS sir hay having wg just returned from and intervening seii settlements where I 1 have been to fulfil fulfill my appointment made at the october conference to 0 make ceils on the in utah and this count county to strengthen tho settlements in millard and roil counties in doing sr am it has taken my entire time since ference e and I 1 have succeeded in gebing families under way amongst whom are the ahe following fel lowin individuate individuals iz charles hopkins president of lehi george S dark clark bishop of et pleasant grove williarm william miller lite late 1 bishop of hiiter quarters to iron county and wm win walt wair bishop of provo to millard county and I 1 would just say that the whole of the company were men that would be an honor to any settlement and went with the best of feeling determined to obey council and build up op the kingdom of god I 1 accompanied the ahe honorable A W babbitt secretary of the VM en atory ito adjutant general fer 9 guson guion 6 P ato ell esi I 1 st kay ac to 10 more caf where we ve fluid all ali taw ane fart progressing resting a good sabi school kept by mrs MM hoyte in a room mom fitted up by her expressly I 1 I 1 understand that mr Rabbit was looking out a location for the erection of a penitentiary he seemed to he be much plea pleased with nephi city at fillmore there were a agreatt L areat number of indians indiana w who ho profess a 0 to o be f r k i ft no iti d doubt doubt made so by the exerts th mr 4 ra 11 utia gion jog 9 I 1 a considerable number were at t who seemed beeme to haye hae listened to mr Hunting tona kind talk and counsil the Fil fillmore linore kr brethren grethren had all their wheat in bins nephi musters about men and their fort fori if nearer hearer completion than any other Thel they have have a grist mill in operation and a new ach schoolhouse school house use 20 by 40 neaily neady completed payson contains NO families has two sawmills in operation about six mites miles up the kan kanyon 0 n the walls of a 4 new school boue 20 by 30 feet feet have been ered erected ted about L houses i have been lately erected in four lines forming the fort a very large amad commodious mal in the centre captain hancook hancock bof tae of the abt forty is A a very energetic mant man and 44 has men under b eom command mand well armed et 7 r 4 the brethren nt at palmyra palmy urn ara arnfast fast progress progressing ibo in their fort fed which is ia ving being erected in ia the lot let W ward of I 1 that city bishop markham is ia also building a tithing house Spring springville ville is nearly enclosed in a fort it also has a schoolhouse school house in the course of erection and contains many good houses I 1 the adebie work of the provo seminary is completed comi I 1 the building is 30 by 60 feet and is two I 1 stories and two schoolrooms school rooms on each floor I 1 mr holdaway is 13 building a woollen factory near the centre of the city also mr bell is building a social hall 26 by 40 feet mr Red fields hotel is so far completed as to be ready fur for visitors A timber slide from the top of the mountain about abou 1 t two miles in length has been completed and works work admirably as far as tried the settlements on the north end of utah county are completing their forts and for improvements such as school houses ae compete with their southern brethren unless the settlements at san pete county are strengthened 9 the brethren who are residing there will ill be left in rather a precarious condition and I 1 wo would id recommend the bishops of each ward to urge those brethren who are without work and have no means to subsist on through the winter to go and build up san pete county where there is is plenty of wheat wood and timber I 1 would tilso also say that there is abundance of emi and plenty of provi provisions ions in all the settlements south re respectfully pet fully yours ac 1 I 1 I 1 G A SMITH P S ATI all who wish to go to san pete will adf aptly ay t ti bishop allred john D chase lyman stevens tind bid caleb G edwards who will give the necessary information G A S I 1 from the statesman MR EDITOR from frodi fd a favorable reference in the pacific a jew few weeks since to the system oy of phonetics as also from a cong confidence of its ly great imbor importance taace in the circumstances in which we are placed in california I 1 have been induced to present for publication li the following in respect to it its gradual spread through england and parts of america for the last ten years the n number of books and papers now printed in the new character the high literary standing of many of its advocates and its claims t to 0 great advantages arising from its general or oven even partial adoption render it worthy of the careful examination of every man of science or philanthropy anth ropy about one third of the inhabitants of california cannot read the english r language thou though 11 h of this number camber many can it so as to communicate freely their tho thoughts lights on common subjects now it will readily be admitted bv all that it is of immense importance that this large portion of our population should be taught to re read td our language I 1 how much more quickly thon than would they come to speak our language generally to adopt our habits and views to i imbibe in V the our spirit and the g genius genins on af f our institutions and become all which constitutes an american but so singular and anomalous is a our common system if a system stem it be e af pf of orthography that not one single sing Z e word in n our whole language can bo ba from its spelling pronounced correctly with certainty by the most educated american P foreigner he must be told or hear spoken every word if he would avoid jo error flow exceedingly diffie difficult tilt then m must u st it betor for a foreigner to acquire pur language it is ia necessary for him to be told every word separately and in general told and over and over again requiring q tin an ex expense of time and money which few very few I 1 foreigners foreign eis particularly in this count country fy wit wih consent to subject themselves to but the system of phonetics Pho naties removes entirely this great barrier to the acquisition of our lant lan t guage jt it consists iu in such an I 1 increase nerease of the letters of our alphabet by a slight change of a few letters letten to express sounds analogous to their own with the addition of a few new ones that the number of letters shall equal the number of elemental sounds in the