Show EXCURSION north pursuant to previous pre arrangements gov young accompanied ly liy presidents kimball and wells wills and many others from this city and the setti settlements ments menta bouthi bouth south I 1 wio who availed themselves of the invitation to participate in the pleasure of a to tour u r i through the northern counties and thence to the settlement melt on salmon river in ore oregon oreon on territory left the city on friday last expecting to b be gone bome some four or five weeks the arduous duties that continually devolve upon him while at horie home and upon those associated with him in the mana management ement of the affairs of the church andoe and of the territory in educed deduced him ba to 1 seek 1 p I short release from iu the cares of business I to refresh and stivi invigorate 0 orate his body and knowing that the object desired i could not be attained otherwise than to absent himself for a season from the scene seen e of his labors labor P be resolved on making this tour and invited those of the citizens that could leave leavo their business without inconvenience and would like ilke a little past time of this sort to share with him in its enjoyment how many I 1 went from the city we do not know but somo some thirty or forty carriages and many on horseback all well ml brov provided i ded W with 1 ith the necessary means of subsistence and in tho the course of the forenoon and no doubt the company i will be greatly increased from the cities and settlements north corps of scientific gentlemen i have ha e gone with the com compana company pank with the feces necessary instruments for taking observations in the mountains and other places through which they expect to pass but if they acquire much knowledge of that kind they will have to bo b very expert if they keep up with the company unless his excellency should shoula travel with mith less speed than usual we shall probably hear from the company before leaving the moet most northern settlements P ta after which nothing 0 further farther may be expected until their return 1 u n orv orr erv 2 during the last eight or ten days the streets of the city have teemed with rf life ilfe e ani and activity to an unusual extent the military parade and election on the the arrival and departure of the men and teams belonging to the express and carrying company that were on their way out to make stations between forts bridger bridget and laramie duri durl during tuesday the the and the two following days the departure of the missionaries and of gov young and his party in addition to the common cornmon business movements and arid transactions of the citizens made things 0 appear lively and i interesting 0 to every beholder showing conclusively that the mormon car was still going ahead and that the backing out of a f few evv faint hearted irresolute and corrupt persons had nos not not noi impeded its progress in the lea iea least s t the only difference is the car runs a little faster after being divested of some of the useless rubbish that was aboard and its speed will be still kill further urther f increased after a few more passenger passengers 3 quietly step off ail all allis is now peace and quietness and no great stir is anticipated till the arrival and departure of the mails creates the usual excitement anion aulon among the people the california mail arall Is expect edon or r before the first day of f may blay and t the he eastern between the first and the tenth tife tiie th e arrival of atch aich al alch will set nearly teve leve everyone ry in motion expecting to hear some interesting i news from the states or from some t I 1 other part of the thi world the presumption is however that nine out of ten will be disappointed i 11 the eastern mail mall will leave punctually on the second and the california on the fifth of bf alry arry ma y and ad thereafter it is confidently believed that their thor arrival in in contract time may be depended upon if the expectations expectation expect atio atlo ns of the public are realized Neali neall zed there will certainly be a great change in postal facilities which has 4 ion lon long iong been looked for and much need nee edn dedin this A T territory e r fl t 0 r y thys this weather continues cool and dry and the amount amou abou nt of water that has fallen of late ha has 8 been so little ildie that with edth all the scientific knowledge M and mathematical skill of the superintendent tend ent of cical ical observations observation g he be h has as not been baen able to measure it ii the ground is be becoming comin 0 exceedingly dry and unless we have rain soon of which there theril is but little prospect there N will vill not be much feed for stock on the ranges ranes during the j but there is plenty of sno sn bowlin ahe mount mountains libis to water the fields of the husbandman if properly p used and distributed and with the blessings t of the almighty who give thi the increase IL plentiful harvest m may ay b be e asp espee expected ted dur dar during ng the I 1 abi abl absence lence tence of the first F presidency I 1 and many 0 of f the principal denof men of the city a strict observance ance of the eleventh commandment by all will insure perfect peace and tran qualify an and d ayery thing thin w will lii ill move moi e along in its own proper channel as heretofore without any material effort being made to keep things right tlde tide up |