Show FOURTH ax gemer gener redal trial al or THE tilt eltz tilt cauncil or juesus crigar or litter day dar ar SAINTS FROM T garat SALT SAL T li LAKE valley vall VAlI ir I 1 trie tue THE state S T AT r or ordiste D esi net nit R Z r ro 0 ani SAINTS ecat tre GREETING cleved beloved brethren another opportunity appo is presented whereby we may way communicate to you what arct wj cat cst things the lord has been for or his people for truly I 1 h has bo he made the wilderness to bud and like ilke the rose rosa and the fruit thereof to come forth in its season while the solitary places of the of ephraim are made vocal with tile the praises of Is raf rails Ls god avice our last law epistle epis tle tie of the of april our heavenly fa ther has bus cheered our hearts and honed our hands and the earth has yielded an abundant harvest on the tha th twelfth of may alay peach trees ot of two years growth were ii 11 bloom bloum and several trees of the tile same ae SQ in various parts of the city alternately bloomed till tile twenty ninth when currants peas beans ac put orth forth f ther their blossoms blos blus and nature smiled wita the prospect of early fruits but oi 01 the of june the snow f fell fre freely ely on oti the surround surrounding ink mountains ns followed by a severe frost on 01 1 the tike and a slight one on the which injured the vi ies les and tender plants morenar more par arly ariy oil on the lowest lands yet we feel confident that this valley will yet produce the choicest nicest fruits fraits ace accustomed to the latitudes as it now does the richest vegetables tle tile T io peaches in ja irro bro 7 young yd ulias garden grew finely until they didy were accidentally accident acci denu denv ully illy destroyed by the sports of tal the e children and tile the california grape gripe is flourishing i alyin the s same garden glarden and abid other places in tle tie city oil on the lath P oc hy may we located a fm firm one mile mlle L by twp tap nar noar jordan jorl 0 brar b dac for the that benefit of if the poor di SI niti 0 tr to build hons hous for the fie of all s sch sich ich loh as were no not atle abo t b i I 1 fr for 11 selves rives 1 but lut ut en ca uv i i v vt learra learta if arnld arnid d th wee wex bit 1 it t tv T sons in the valley who were unable to provide for themselves and the contemplated farm was converted into a pasture for the ti time nie being the Indi indians alis alls have been more quiet the present season than hitherto though the utes continue to steal our horses and cattle more or less and threaten some A baiad of utes killed a small band of the snake indians Ind ihns some time in the summer and one white man mail by the nanie name of baker aas was was killed by them on the twe twenty nty ninth bomay of may mas between between the utah and san pete pate vall val tia les ies though more recently they tiley have been on oil their hunts hunks and manifested less personal hostility for the safety of the people the drill and discipline of the iau N lau au legion is not neglected for we have none to depend bori upon for protection but god and his people and god helps those wilo who try to help themselves emigrants from the states and from almost all nations passing through the states bound for the gold mines began to arrive here heria 0 on n the of may and have con t tinned to arrive till the present time though most of them have P passed assed a month mouth since their numbers have been much larger than tile tiie previous year several have arrived in our city who wiio had been left by their companions to die by the way side and many companies and individuals have had llad contentions tent ions amono among among 0 themselves not very creditable to 10 civilized society and which contrary to tile the wishes of tile the magistracy of our state they have hayle been called upon to settle it is the tile urgent 0 wish of all ali 11 the citizens af de Deser deseret seret ct that t tra ra vei bellers vel lers would seale settle their own difficulties or rather that they mould would have hake no difficulties so that our officers might I 1 pursue t aily avocations in in peace were atie re no travellers trav ellers in our midst we might soon forwe forget t tile the name of lawsuit law sult suit As a people we ure have too ton to do to attend to such stich mat wat rs s SI s r not rot ot hund bund hundreds reds reas of the these emigrants on arriving at the th valley and bind hearing the gospel iii many instances for the first time timm have been baptized for the remi remis sion slon of their sins and gone ti IK further while others have wit vit nesse d our location peace unini and prosperity and though not professing to believe the doctrine 1 of christ are making their way home as fast as possible to bring briny their families hither where they can enjoy health in a land of civil and religious liberty where the they hind find themselves free to do right june esth a mail was received from kanesville Kanes ville P 0 per liand hand cf c thomas S williams containing the first authentic intelligence from the states this season and on the commenced the P printing of the deseret news the first periodical in the state of deseret the nauvoo legion in uniform honored the ath of july with a public parade which closed with a patriotic address by the governor of the state the topographical r engineers rn have clo cio closed sed their surveys for the sea season sn and returned to washington as wo we are informed by way of arkansas rumors having been circulated in the states that the engineers had been received with coldness and the object ox oi the expedition had been forcibly opposed by the inhabitants of the valley we here give extract extracts sr from a letter of catt cast capt stansbury fP resident president of bf the corps arps to the editor of the deseret news dated july 50 concer concen jiing the matter e r how the rumor became I 1 prevalent A 1 I am ig ignorant dorant t mke t take pleasure in declaring that 11 nothing can be further froin from the t truth ru th we were wen p received by the th president and public authorities with the greatest courtesy both officially and personally and wid will remember with gratitude the many tokens of h kindness and regard w we have received from them and the thu citizens of the place every facility has been studiously uy ux for the prosecution of r i duim st of de extence frankly and gratuitously loaned and the able and faithful assistance obtained from their commencement inen men cement here of a gentleman well known as a fearless advocate advocat e of your doctrines and a proa prom prominent inept and influential member of your tom mom community 11 the whole letter ietter is in the ath no of the deseret news and a copy of the same may be found in every newspaper m the tile U S that has circulated the rumors which drew forth the let iet ietter tetter ter provided the editor thereof is an honest man I 1 the third anniversary of the pioneers into the valley was celebrated on the twenty fourth of ju july by the public assembly ina lna in a manner worthy of the occa slon sion with orations addresses songs of praise and thanksgiving and music in which the saints and the pilgrims to the mines seemed alike to participate A synopsis of jofs the proceedings Z were published in the 7 78 8 and ath nos of the news baws inthe on the last of july brothers young and kimball left home on oil a visit to utah and san pete and returned on the of august 0 having found a place for a good settlement located a city at san sail pete and noticed several intermediate sites worthy the attention of smaller colonies anticipate wll will be settled this fall making a pleasant and safe communication from fron I 1 this to our most southern habitations ita eions the sail pete settlement will also be strengthened 4 ened and others will spread on the north to and beyond ogden so that when die dib emigration of this season shall shail close there will be a continued conti nied line of df villages at short distances for more than miles in extent and und a company is already chartered bythe general assembly of deseret for the purpose of running a line of coaches between 0 ogden oden den and san pete to commence as Rs early next spring as the travel ling will permit and to be extended as fast as the tile settlements ex cog tom gd also from the to Pd ocle ocie co by way of t the he are great at salt sait S alt ait lake bath The Government ot odthe union has been very tardy in rendering any facilities of communication between themselves and the state of deseret and having been left to our own resources for information oil on the second of august br john Y green was dispatched to kanes eanes ville with a mail and on the lath elder 0 hyde arrived with a mail from kane post office also bringing with w ith him the frontier guardian the only file of newspapers we are in possession of from any part of the earth for the tiie past year the weather has been more cloudy the nights warmer and the showers more frequent in the heat of summer and vegetation more rapid th this is season than hitherto consequent consequently lk artificial irrigation lias has been less needed which has been a great bles bies blessing sinal for during the jr irrigation season there were here not men enough in the valley to water wafer the immense fields of grain had llad it been as dry as sope some some previous seasons T the he crops have been abundant in all the settlements of deseret I 1 this season and we have made every evory exertion to have them secured for the benefit of all and although from the best information obtained we have reason to expect that our population will be strengthened nearly if not quite fifteen thousand this season season yet ct we are confident if all will be prudent there will be seed grain and bread sufficient to sustain the whole till another harvest the estimated population of fifteen thousand inhabitants in deseret the past year having raised grain sufficient to sustain the thirty thousand for the tho coming year inspires us confidently to believe that the thirty thousand the coming year can raise sufficient fo fb r sixty thousand the succeeding year and to this tilis object and end our energies will be exerted to double our population annually by the assistance of the perpetual ual emigrating poor fund and otherwise provide for tho tild sustenance of that population c c viewing the gt heather gathering r 1 of israel which produce an increased population in t the h e valleys oi of t the e m 0 ull bains an important part of the gospel of jesus christana Chri christ stand and oneff one of the most important at the present time we vve shall shail send few or no elders abroad to prea preach ch the gospel this fall but hut instruct them to r raie rare va le grain gram and build houses and prepare for the tile saints that they ma may come in flocks ilke lidd doves doms to the their fr windows and we wo say arise to 0 your wagons and your tents p scattered israel ye saints of ta tl most high rich and poor and gather to the state of or dese deve deseret r et bringing your ploughs and drills dr lbs ibs your reapers readers and gleaners cleaners glea ners your threshers thre and cleaners of the most approved patterns so that one maii mall can do the labor of twenty in in the wheat field and we will soon send the tho elders abroad by hundreds and an thousands to a harvest of souls among all nations and the ii inhabitants of the earth shall speedily hear of the salvation prepared bi b israels god for his people many of the inhabitants of the city are leaving n their good t homes this fall and taking up lind land in the country preparatory for extensive farming operations and many who are now arriving in our midst are gathering in companies of tens twenties and fifties to act in concert for mutual protection and as ris distance si stance in opening new fields establishing 1 new now settlements and in in preparing 4 to feed the friends we are arc calling dallin 0 home yur our jur messengers who wiio went cas this tills fall to visit the camps of th saints emigrating hither and rr re port to us their situation have ilav dis dip ali covered a new route from kin greed green G r e e river south of the old abad to the th pacific springs on which the tile geed feed arid arld water are improved aiso also ii new route on the north side of tin sweet water river which to gether with the road on the enair north side of the platte platta riv amr r from its mouth westward as 1 1 bated all the distance and trav elied the most of the way hyou byon hy by ou on pioneers i iu 1817 is the 4 best route fo fort althe the saints from the states to deseret Deser ct crossing the missouri hlis Alis river above the mouth of tile tiie platte matte and ind passing the loue loupe fork which is the only river of much mach consequence to cross oil on the north of the and wid which may b ba easily bridged or ferried at still water and a 1 ad keeping I 1 oil on the entire north of the tile plute alsa of the sweet water except near its in fhe die mountains and there are no tio nat ini iril obstruct i ais ils oi wi thu TO rolta toita ite its ti till ill lil y i arrive 1 at gi G eal eel eail eai iriv cr er wll where re i f arry rry nry m nuy ty 6 e ac ted at hlll livai ajo va ald aid a id go 0 o id d f adin irdill is always tou ton id lat ille lile in ai t s 1 is tso i 0 air ir seato si silt it 11 hise rise is t eci e let iel is sd d the w wills r marl warl ie uly u ly y ri rt f I 1 ly v for f i ats 1 is bering aad aud wc v h hive ive lve 1 11 ibi ibl blit bilt tile the sever severi i a nell nosi wj wil h reidy ready for thir th h ir tr s veral voral i s rih vio st vt tal thi ting cr of fi G lerat lenat leral 1 vis kis ss nily ably high II 11 I 1 I 1 S sc c k ia 4 lyl itin 0 ric fie alvi ani aul titi TAti ing 1 pt mid vid id offices cices th ohp cili clit c ni vy g vi lter iter tile the warm S i i bath ouse ousa is is su so neu nen coln coin carn alefi i that isit tants are accorn plaited cited it th the 3 balis balls aid ald ald aid a id duly d id y and hourly levarl y cam cal car can ri s are rui nui ru is from froin the chece ice to vi vinous inous v rious part pans of thle thie city ae a e sev ses ril rii extensive sore store h hins mis vis completa and near conj coni i 1 in w our citer cit ald awl goods lit in entity ild ald iid variety wid wio the nnie exception exe oxe 0 if groceries for foy tile tho n esties ss ties of the people itil xiii tu alother seas he isn m sugar 1 is lot mt int olly only i beverage a hilary lux lax try iry bit but it is ill in its nature and subs tanco taneo tance o oie olp ole le of tip tha coln coin parts of ofir a i stricture strict str ure and a freo frea ilsy thel beof is c calculated to pro note hulti hiitt and could the file hive a more al klamt supply they would nah nab beell I 1 I 1 s mat moat sh nid uld evey vey vc y person m i dt deseret seret oie ote ic third of an buice of pt peet r d iv giroti through ii the coming hiir ft it NV 04 avire e paire about onel i ildred adred i ltv tons gre anre th thin tri til has A 1 il ll I 11 I 1 0 i yit rit by f v our onn mer merchants hants tins season and accor accor diio dant t tim tin best bost est pst imite we can cavi mitte hind hindra rj tt to is w vill ba const consi consumed ime d in this state the next year if it could be obtained i we anticipate some sonic relief in the sugar market lle tie next at season from the culture of tile the seigar sugar beet and its manufacture but bat this can mike but little impression the first year as we ye are not informed of more than one or two bushels of the genuine sugar beet seed in the tiie val ley though we we now enow of no country sherea greater greaten quantity of saccharine matter is produced in vegetables than this about the middle of august brothers young 0 and kimball accompanied compa nied by brother hyde |