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Show H MOltMOWS IN SIIAUO. H A .'mini lgtlnt Iwt.plng ( on Itni BJ nation of tli I aller-ilaj .Nilutl. H t Trog '.l f TW. Wm Whlla 1 tin no arologlur for any H wrong-doing on thojiart of any ruan, BH tin ho Juw or (fentlle, Mormon or JBJ Iiagan, 1 am unwilling lo ten rul.rrrire tentallonaof eole whom I know lo la nt moral nuil aa law abiding m any ollirr cln" lu thn United Hlatn, and among whom t an. i rou 1 lo number muiijr frlviifl. IWim Leen for mauy lean quite tho fl t denounce thn Mormons, Ami thero never aro want, lug writer who am ready lo nil tficlr tills Willi tliolirtiao from tho iular tide, without ragard to the Justice or curreitneaa ot thn ttalcmanla liny mi) make. Korlwoor three genera tlotia nothing hat been loo abu.lvn lo hurl At tho Mormon, but tako thrill as aja-ople, or ruan fir man and Ionian for woman, I liellevu they will roiu. ro faToral ly wlili any other In tho country, Time I fa.t roving this to taa thu owe, au I thn old Mormon. Itattlntr notion U raj lilly lclug relegated rele-gated loUie una noilUon In publla estimation a Iho long 1 an1lu-.l witch burning and nthir Interesting amu.. mollis of our ?ew 1-tiglaiil forcfath Aiiu nrxiimis. for general Information will Ilio evrrrouiteoua edllorsof thn Time r mil mo to give fa w ttatlllct7 I iiuolo from "Dm lllitorj of Utah,'' by llulrr llowo llancrofl, whoiehlatorle of the various Matin and terrllorlce. f the I'acltlo plot am aeknuwledged aulhorlly, wlioi "Native atacr uf Ibn I'acirki Htatca" injuyt a world wlili reputation 1 ll 111 rrfatn to hbl J work on Utah Mr, Bancroft tajii ' In rinrJtollioiualll) ofuvldencu 1 have etuountrretl hi ItivttHgallug the hbdor- of tho Mormon 1 will toy that no er before lias It been my lot to meet Willi rucll A ma" of Uleudatity, Matklholtrm u.i-l ) rhn atlt ni le ifalmntrll who havo wrltun upon thniuljeet tottu lohave beet. I nuke nut a cash rathtr llmi to slain facta Of court, I y nuy religious etct dealing largely In tho supernatural, fancying ! itself under thn direct guidance uf (Jul, HH Its il.illy doing n Hauling' miracle, IB commingling In all tho ordinary atTul.s MB of U'r, prothetlcs, pprtlal lnter.- VMM lloiiiand revelation with agriculture, Ran coramirie an I nmnufarturc, wn VHI iiiuateipcctlorladmuch trrlttrnwhlili U nonn lut that ret can accri t a U Into. And In n lallon to op H K)lnic oTltleuc, almottt otry Ibok 9jB that haa Lieu put forth rnptcllni; tho U loploof Uth by onn not a Mormon Hfl lafullof raluiuny,iach author ajar H enlly on Ivavorlnic to aurpaa bU nilo HI rvaor In tho Iibrrtlnlem of abuio. HI Moitof Ihraoare wrllteu In a aena 9 llonal at li and for tho urpon f ile KM rlrlnj prollt by anderlui; lo a vltlatr I i ubllo ite, and are wholly unreliable HH na to ficta ' H oit.iirj)toii as column, B With thCMi ttalenienU all eara' In BH tlnuite obm-rvatlon of the Mormon lo J In ah 1 their traduciri In Uuh com jela me lo agree. The Mormon hare taken tbu lllbl literally and in a whole na their irul le In life, not niircly fcr mw dnylu tho week but for inTciitAii I Ihrlr traducera havo Tint with each other In their rfTorU to put Hah wltti. at nad Amoiii? tho coplo of the 1 eat tho ruot wilfully meiidaolotii Hate- HB nienta, dltortlnurery word, thoufiht MT and net of the Mormoua, and Uf J lacing upon tarn the moat aetl mr aatlonal and ml'ltadln; contmo Hx" tlon jwMlblr, until tho lnforma By tlon that tho putllo cenrrally hat Inn a Aiailouiidtorely upon haaUcome a !" tluueof fable and laUlty III (onlar BM lon with which the lalee of llnron H Munchaiieii were Koapel truth. An V rca reporter, a newapacr corroapou t BB dtllt, All editor And A teleicraph 0erA K tor, my facilltlea for KeltliiK at tho true BH Inwardnt-M of the eltuatlon ilurlnic MH my llfo lu Utah weru unusually fa BH vorablu. wa Tin iiuuiii. W ,ow Int me glTn aome tlxaklni; LfB atatUtlra brouirht down to mi, an I QV comj thil f ruin thnieuauiof 11S0, from uB ijho and Multentlary rejuirta an 1 IIH irom the rrporta of thn territorial IV comrnlatlonera aptiolnleu uuder the BB 1 diuunda till, iremUliiir that the Mormon outnumber tho Urntllra In 11 Utah atliaattentooiu, Uf tho dim RE Inala arroitol ilurlut, thu time ii'l-III ii'l-III lleil thero were for murtler, man Bl alaiijtbtcrAnlollAuaulla eiidaneji ring Hi llfeW7 lion Morniona to 41 Mormon, nB for raja , A non Morniona to I Mormon, Hil for roatllutloii and ahnllar crime, Hjl 1UD iioiiMoriuona to i Mormon, Ml for ilrunkenncM, Ml lion Morniona to 1 KOMorniou, fordUlurblngthepeart, Bl , 111 nun Mormoua to hi Moruiou, for B vagrancy, 147 nou Mormoua to 1 Mor HI inou, All i ao on throughout Iho llt, tho En irrand tolaU In tho louiparleou llng BB 1173 lion Mormon criminals t .H IB Mormon, nntl thla In a aiclton where BJ tho latter outnuiubi r Iho former ton to Bl one. In thnfaienf such futa AS Iheiie, jB how aburd to talk alout "(leraona who HI Tlitmtlj defy tioth law and mor 111 Allt),' wl.euthufictaahow tint III a H community where tluae "Hrnoua' ffi numlier leu to every one of tho nou rtt Mormon iU, ti u of the latlar uro ffl criminal to one of the funiu r! H V II L N'lT AIIANIUS VI lit. H Tho Mormon iHoplu hae neverdone Hj or Mid A thing to ludhato anything HB llkoAiitxodus from Utah. And the reliable "newa11 ininufarturera, of BJ whoao alio rerla llaiuroll aiyat M ",NMr Ubro haa It In en my lot to Bl lui et with surh a linn of mi udault) ," H those who for )iara havnllwd li tra iluclugnnd plundering Iho Morniona, B woull be Hie llr.t to uijoiioaucli an nodua. In the words of an milium reprraont iUvi of this cliui, they w mil I H riiat wlut he hlmtelf mil "Ui. J ilou'twant toilrlvnyou Muruionaout. J v wn.it you to go on culthatlng our fa farm an I I ull ling up the Territory. All wowantlatlioonnea " AangarJs m tho Mormon null mint In Mitlco, BJ Jhay oro hu ly and aoh ly thu rmult of n lliooyerllowof an liuluitrlou and en- rgetloimrulollon I neti ail of Hocking S ..", '.''.I fliu tf u" "" ll"'" H" M '' ;' Uf,, liiK.ra an 1 criminals, Ihu m ur i ! Mormon illation, under Iho ffl ";c;louofeiiterpri,l,k.u,ew,movi,) I I .'" , ,"?w1'KrIoijiiriiUrrltofyiiilr?. I Ju1,h"wl"".coiuniMidabliiaUiu 1,1 lliey havoforaimany larsfollowed lu IS ,l,r '? ' " ?"' fowr week ntto liny ll! S'l .""-"V ,"!f'"". cultlvato Hie ill .i ' . ' lant !,uU" " ' -'o . changu 111 the barren and ua.te i la. Into gor II di in of umurpawtd fertility, an I to III come the lumen of ilvlii,i0, II) tiaiiMiii inmn ami Miui, IK -Ijojinra i,o the MnicaiiLiMrn U mvnt grintoil a valuable coiici mIuii t0 I'Jrtlea who puruilitlliig lB f,r. B I1",,'"",'-' ,,,,,. Huu "I" Billow and flj Until tlil concettton lell Into the hands of thn Mormons It wk vnl I i ( I '.""!! ., A,'i'"t n ' "'"' Agolhla w-curre I I Mirk the change. A dill atcb nolliig tho tktult tart, "Jlero the Mnrinoni hato already comillhe.l much by tnclr thrift and energy. They have neat and oim forUbln adobe lion,-, wlnlnillla f railing water, loth for conruiu.tloi and Irrigation, well filled barns an com cril, and thriving vltiejnrh Atil orchard. In the lackgnun well militated flella ttrrtch fir nut liter the limlicape, In mit graceful coutratto (ho tlrtiunin niefiiulto an cha iaral which nut a abort Hide lun covereitthn meiwru lu ilacn of tin larrin, Inlea Wlua, are now en thounandtof acre under culllvatlm, hundreds of comfortalln homea aid a few at hool houea, Thn Mormons are dolugAt Dim. what they Acvouipllth eilalHilt Lake, tramferrlng the wll dertief Into a Karden "They have graded aevinty miles of wllroal, which la now ready fur Iho tlta.atidoulheflrttday tfJuiy werulo begin Aflfty mllo hcIioii if the nw I from Ueinlug, New Mexico, which will v) through a nniutry of rhli nn I varied reaoiirce I rum Drmlng till roa I will run aoulh to the l'ana (Iran lea river, crolug thn Mexican Hue, thirl) rivo uilln from Dcnilug. The nad will thin follow the (Jam Urandii vallo unl through the II nn drain! track of furty mllm uf fertile toll 11) 1 1 AIT ttlLll C IXJIIIJC Hem John U. oung, a aon of thu Mormon lialer whi foundeil Utah, will J lant fuurcolonlee Thn mot Important Im-portant of thciii will lat Dlat, tltil nted In a vait i lain of rich, deep a ill, walcre-llytheCaiaatlratidearlYcrand tuTcral larkeaprlug rllug lu Ihu hllla to Iho weal I hi iliilu It lipelially a Uj id to grow lug griln and fnilt an I railing cattle ater rlghti I Hug J7'. to water twent) acres of Ian I, an I real i statu now ratn(i fr in llfty ii nta li "' tier acn. Houlli of I Mi the real will tan through a country uf deep alluvial toll, wnlrh lannot hn ur-iaavJ ur-iaavJ even ly tho famous vnlhy of tin Nile. Thn cunooetlon covireil . 51X1,00.1 nrrea of land, all til which has ,aeJ under Storm ui ion trot. I'd encourage tetlhnionta aloiu I ' frontier Moth haa pet ml a itrlp of country milt I the "free font " Anything minuraotuie I therein may le Impoited Into Mtxhti In e, and an) thing boudtl Ihrough the United Ktatea for tbteo ir cent, uf the regular Mulran duty. Thu uicrcan tlleAUdiuauuraoturlng valuu cf tiuu prlvllegca aro al iindaut) n rn laltl and will be made tho limit of by thn coloolita ltl HAL IIILIIK. Jut aouth of Diat nro many ol 1 aliau loued Mexican mine, nllof which aro Inclu 1-. lu the cotiitMlou. Imvt trade ups lu gnat iiusiitllyaieilM upon tho dump I thti detrted mlnce, and there la aliuiidant'u uf high grade oro lu the oil Aorklng. It la eatd that "an cxatt talciilitlin haa deiuonalrattHl that one of thn ill Cor rnlltoa iiiIdc-k J.tn till dMilrtJ hildiun llidumpa over I,ik)vui) tons ot low era In ore, running In silver from Hfttt u to fill) i Ight and tome of It aa high a eighty lx oiiiicci er ton, t-.!Jee lea 1 liivar)lugruiiloni" mis on all bo utilized now under new milling proccaae, and the ground all through tl ruining dUtrlrt U honcycomU 1 with oil nlAtidonetl mlnea holding Uumpa full of IhUclisaofurta. A-COIUCIMIIAIIUV. Corrnlltus Is tweut)Mivtn inllts aouth of Dlat. Dunham, another of theMornionttttlciuetit, li twent) two iiillea failhtrtoulh, Inthemldituf the former farms of the Miirleut Inhal It anti, and live lulka north of tho old Mexican city of Cam (Iran tea. Mm C.a. (Irandrs all.) la rtiletowlth rellra ot a pnhUlorlo clvllliatloii which dwelt Along thn ttreams cf Iixlto, Arlaona and New Mexico, nud of which the flrt modern rtcorda datii from the Joiirnej of t'aUn de Vac i In 151 1 l.vcu at that date thu Indians then ikui llnic ihu val leyahadno knowle Ige of tbnlutory or origin of the -eole who hal built the huge Caua Urau !, the cxterhr walls otaime of which tin n txtenltd north and tuiilh 4.M feet, and from eat lo wet L'ld. About there rulna arufounl to this day ttone hammtrs on I axea, bono a Is and olhtr lul le iiients, trace of Irrigating canal, broken potter;, and earlhrn Jars alii to iiuratlou "Who wt re the pool In who built thelmpMdngtruclurte, Jug the Inline u canals, and redeemeil from tin dthclt audi vat itretchca ( f Ian I" Did war, iatlleiict, faiuluo or "oniu mighty convuUlou of nature dentru) them? Nothing Is left to (ell thn .tot) ol their txUteiice, their customs or their Ulltf" Hut tho Moiuiou, lu Industry an I lu tho eilenco ofagrlrul turn through lueausuf arlllltlal Irrigation, Irriga-tion, aro llielr worthy autcior IlllHIISTUIUO 1 KMtl. Ami tho Hook of Mormon, which they ilitoutly belluvn to lo ln Ired truth, Is the only wulk whlth reienda In give Any nuttientlo Infuriuutlon of thn irehlntorlo iole of IhU contl nout, lit ther It ho true or fu1u mat ten not, ns long as It I I olleM-d I y Ihu Mormons, for It gh ns them it mass uf Information which they conlder red Able,an 1 which the rums of tho alleia they setllo tervo but to tho more firmly t.Udllili, lu that thero la no olhtr miown record of them. A lomsponl out of Ihu Halt l.ako JUrukl, tpeuklug iftheCaiaiUraudia Vallc) of ilex Ho, mi) at "Trou-a aro yet to bo tec nthireubnuti ofthoollnaerrolrs an I lanal, rob-ably rob-ably of the old Iollco clvllliatloii Over Agalmtthetowortbltatho reaont gin i ration havo there Htlhemclviadowii to try thn modern with thu ancient agriculture. 1 1 has bi en dt moiiktratt-1 that cotton will do will lure, and two t ru a y mr of farm I roducta uro common. com-mon. Corn growa hereto an extraordinary extraor-dinary hilghl, n man on hortelack Ulnguiiahlotonaih to tho ton of a tilkuf corn rulf.lund. In thu IU1J " 1111 IMrtAILIKIAII. The railroad now Ulng graded will run Wlnnlea almost direct)) aouth of Dcnilug, New Mexloo, to lluerrerro, whence It w III turn u wtward thrdiigh tlie uitiui talus. Juarex an I I'.chcco, thei itrtmeKetth innli,nru thirty live to furty miles In the inountaliia of (.hlluiahua. At 1 I Valle the low grade sllvt r nrra of Corrallloa aro du 11 (ate.1 In jiiantlty au I quality. Otir 1U ) miles uf the dhtame Is tnveicd with dime forests of pine, oak, sycn more, ah an I wiilnut, throuch whloh the rallrttl will pi AUmernrro, tin ixtrtineia utherii ilut, the rual I to iro thu HhrraMadn liiouutalus Into thn coal fields of tho rUatenf Hlnn-loa, Hlnn-loa, down to the lort of lojmlubanilio on the (lulfol L'ailfurula,whtrenarly of Kama if)onlta Is licattd, an I tin ureal inn tlio gulf toat nnrtlinnnl tiCluayuirta, while It will con nit with the I errororrll do cliiuora, which 1 lilt of tho AtchUin. rnpeka an I Kanta Kus)tem, re-ichluglhe-4oulher i raeltlo r ia I at Itenuu, o 17 nilltn north of (J iA)ina 1 roui (luerrtrroa brtiich llneulllUilulltto(.hlhuahui, lanital of the ttaleof the tame name, win re the Mexican Central rual p.ieafrum 1 I rati) to thu City uf Mexico, lu ull t (here will Le Mill ly tint Mor in I u) mllea if rallroliu; t Nil IT! 11 lilt I HI KJ1 J. tewMti Hnillh, civil engineer thla roa I, ays "I lell you lu nil i libora as civil t nglneer, 1 can malt in othor return on Mexico, ao f ir a 1 have teen It lhall that It lemurc. re unlimited " Dining n wage Irlvn Ihrough the valley of W Uratiha lit taya Intrude thruuiih am in lugly llmllleNi Held if will clovn a id mil vi grar, i high n to I rut the bottom of the waggon box aa li taNieil Alitelotaa around ovir) whert will turkiya leeiu to 111 Ihu blithe, Alt 1 ducka Alouf; (ll couriu of the Caaa (Irandee rlvti number Ihounanii lu Ihu inouutalii gime la Atiuudant, white and black tailed diet an I Hack broau and cln Ininoti Ixara are numerous I he ill unite la dtllghtful, an 1 when Iherit tleuieiita number loouou thrlfiy, In-duftrluuatllhabltallta In-duftrluuatllhabltallta uill aa are the turlllolul, thfi iHeullar tvle will again rect Ivu u crtttit the) tti now t lalm lu Utah, uf mlbdulug thu wll 1 wnttt-a nud changing Ihu tlcttltluloa garden. 1 I vmtn IB III in. It may tan utility natural (n Abuc a 1 1 oi lo who have been laui,ht tobt llevulf one wife waa n good thing lo pomes, that three wlvts were Hire ilmeaaa gooil Hut the Morniona uf today nut the future will be ennilleil iiomorultgal wlviw than any other clotaof cltlnna. rubgaui) 1 dead I'ractltally It never attained tho ruur tlon In Ulih Ihat have midu ll mi grtal a nightmare lot -lrii Ifoj 1c At Judge ( arltuii of the I uh ( omniiMlon ateer talne I and a linlttetl, In Ida own word 1 Of the whole Mormon eulvtlnii of I'lati oiilyn very amall per ivnt.are In polygani) (ml of tl e adult ma't from eighty llvu to nliitt) live r rent aro not living In a polygani in rilitlou" Hon John P. Calm, Utah llelegattt to ( ongrctr, ta)t "rolygain) haa teen in rnnfacligto ua than an ol I Ilinf hiinli got along during Its lint )ott without It an I I io red I havt had I ut i lie wife, an I mm ramlly was nil 1 could tup port ilford Woodrull, I reel lent I f the hurch, tayt I now Aibllel) detlau Ihat my alvltn to thn latur-ila) latur-ila) Haliit Is turvfialu frouicoutratt luxe any marriage fori 1 Iden 1 y the law a of (he land " And a Mormon ctiitirmccnf latt (Molar furmtll) re iiiuuttd "ilural mairlait " IS UTAH ID TA. Thu Morniona are lu Ulah to stay Thtlr towua all I ttttleuieliU exlenl frum Idaho and oniingUowii aling thn valle)a of tflah Into Arlxulia, New Mexhviitn 1 llx1l'0. Anexodut woull 1m Impracticable. Thn latiite would not desert tht Ir homta and i.-tetnlou, i.-tetnlou, au I tin y colli I nut tekn them to Mixlco uuhw they ci ul I transport Utah nnd atuon of the It aky niiaiit tain If they could do Ihl they would flud no tact hi Mexico for tin m (Inn might aa well lalkuf inn dua nrsmi.taiii of thu i lo of New . ork Htatu to the weettrii rwlrlm Why thoull they havo their clllea and homea, their fatms nn I tin Ir ln Is and go to Mexltti or elsewlure' or ilghttenyeara IhlatxiMluahaaiierloll tally cruMt out na news In ls:i It wn rrirteel Ihat "llrotlnr llrlghtni and u chneen tihort of tevtril thouaanls are lo Itee to Mexico riilaboh wa telt grat hid and I'll tlahe.1 1 roadcat ovt r ti u i.al llut,(llrothir Ilrlglnm'' nevtr wtut, an I Ihu "l,1ou of Hot lord" tvintln ut I ti ri.Meln Ion" H alt Lake 1'lt) until thu day cf his tliith, Allglllt.7, 1S77. I XTI SIHNU Till IIMH, In 1572 l1lilonitr nttli-1 In All-toua, All-toua, an I Lraduall) 'l.n line haa lieeii txlenleil into Mexico. In I VII tho Hrtt Mormon colony waa titablbhed lu K inorj, Mi xloo. I n I ss3 an Iht r colon) wat ct.labllhcd at L'urrallto, Chlhtu hua rhiMianl Iho iretent moroex tended aittlemiiitaare lit a -artrf a rt gular t) at m of coloulattlon begun In IMU when Halt lilu City was only a lllage. At that time tliui hurch tilth urltleaient out exiilorlng utrtlea mil colinltt, liutealof em lUlng aclui lerlngln thu tubiirbauf Ihat clly Iho centre of Iho tutlrn ayttt m Thla poll hit It in coutliiuid until Ihu iriMiilda). When u icttleiiuut la deltrinlnetl uiwu to many toluntetrt, luiiir.iiOaitliHiaema) l, ro mil tdfir. I he) mint In rovlJ.-l with to many pound of Irtalaluir, to man j taihel of whetl, to many plowt, hore,l-f-fnUle, row, oxtu, tpade, shovel, hut-, gun, small aimt and amunltlou. I'liom mutt la to iniuy cart entt ra an I Jolmr. a mill w right, niurvcjor, tliitktmllh, shoe rntkt rv, ma tut an to on, and no more riiero I inthlug hiiji-liiiriril abou It. riitmlt uoiioiiua about It. Ilia growth, an I nothing morn or lean, the Mormon lea lira are tho t an kyloneeriRttltraof Mexlio, as the) wcruuf Utah, A HUNal I ANTBI) I 1101)1 crriDV. Their religion la n tritui lanltl latttru prmhicllou. Without pol). Gamy It lsjut as good an Inn as any of the hew 1 ngl-ind lams. I hi fact I njiiellro will Ui forcitl tundmlttflt will give up what Ilancroft calls 'thn libertinism of abuio" an I dhpattloii attly luttttlgale. lor in)clf I can tndonothe atateuienta of John Ol. nun, a MawmihunctU geulleinan who tayt "I havo Ucn lullmately ao lualnled with Iho Murmon i-niito fir tuvtnletn )tnra, traveled tlirt tic.lt the liiigthand breadth of Hit Ir I mil u foro tho railroad cuinu there, and havo ha 1 1 uilnit n latlona w Uh Hum lu which I alwaya fiuul them Irtitt worthy. Harrlug thtlr iroctlto of oi)kaui), ii iw filleri Into 'Innocuous dtuictuletheru I not tuch a law uhllluu laHiplu within the limit of IhCMl Ulllled ritatca." W 11, II, |