Show 1 for th the Deseret aseret news CARSON VALLET valley western BOUNDARY JUDGE jurige stile stiles ac f FRIEND carrington Ox dear sir As A you and your youn leadem reada s tarm larm a N ever anxious to know the state tate of affairs in all parts I 1 of lu th territory I 1 cheerfully contribute what little I 1 may ay have haves tog your mutual desires we ait all arrived safely in this valley on the and I 1 rih luh af pf of june I 1 e last found a beautiful valley to look upon at the eastern baso basa of ibe the sierra nevada mounta mountain insy called callea carson valley valey the iest best best portions of it are all taken up by claimants whose modest inclinations towards the public domain have hire led them to 0 o grasp nearly all the th land that joins them this may all be right yet it will preclude the possibility of a dense population such as the valley Is ca pable of sustaining and which Is so net neo necessary necessary essary for schools meetings and mutual defence against the Washa vand pyrite indian indians who are very numerous in this region and nacy may become troublesome this talley valley cannot compare kompare with salt lake laka for wheat gorn corn oats or harley barley neither tor for or vegetables of 0 iny any any kind it but blat in the richness and luxuriance ot of ltd its grapes it far surpasses salt like lake and utah valleys there Is now supposed to be about tour four hundred inhabitants scattered along the river from SO 80 to miles and sparsely through some neighboring valleys when the rain sets iny in caare will lii iii be anany many more people la this county as the mines mirie Alit in gold can then theu b worked to advantage having sufficiency of 0 water r ghea ghen when we camb cama here first the people were much opposed t to organization organizations the majority majority choosing to be bi a law unto themselves in preference to coming under mormon law the doubtful location of the boundary line between bowee utah ma ind Callio california ruia rula was a bar also alo to the operation cooperation co of many however the people soon became satisfied that it was not I 1 the laws oti ott ozithe the mormon church ir or ecclesiastical laws under which they were to organizes organize hlat but under the civil old and constitutional laws of the hand und and being a commissioner stoner on the part of utah appointed by the governor to proc procure ure the permanent establishment of the iines lines line measures were adopted by a joint agency from california and utah to establish the boundary between the golden lands of that noted and remarkable state and the waste and bowling hois ling deserts ot of this thia extensive basin territory nho nhe rhe fhe green and fertile spots that adorn the margin of the thie streams arb caro are lew few faw and far between but it if we had no deserts or barren places neither such as are solitar solitary the tho wilderness and solitary places could not be glad for tor us w neither the tha desert rejoice and blossom as tha the rose by the hand of persevering industry the rivers and mountain streams arp are are diverted from their wonted cours courses esi esy awakening vegetation and spreading fertility over tens of thousands of acres otherwise barren and parching plains the survey surrey Is nearly completed and the people are m mostly 0 a fly satisfied that the entire valley ot of carson Is in utah territory our special election Is set for thursday the last democracy enow know M sm nor anti antl mormonism are hardly named the people will join in and elect just such such inen men as they want to fill the offices created tor for their protection and safety the district court was held here on the first monday in this month in accordance with an act of the legislature there was not much business done at this term yet enough to convince the people that his honor honory judge stiles is ii an able at d efficient judicial officer the ease eabe and dignity with presided the lucid manner in which he esc elc explained every doubtful add and contested point caused all brej prejudice udice to yield leid and melt away leto ielo the most profound respect and anxious desire on the part of the people for the county organization to be gone into at once marshal marshai heywood neywood has visited california with myself and juige judge attles lie ile has been around among us all and has served for acid soda goda and syrup though feeble himself he has lre ire kept pt our spirits buoyant and sparkling I 1 with alth I 1 the mild and gentle hope that western utah would hall with joy and gladness the agents of civil and constitutional law this hope has his proven not nt a vain phie prie the marchal Is truly a son ot of cono consolation lation 9 and moves with a dignity liberality and worthy of his elevated and responsible station for the last 2 12 12 1 2 months I 1 have been and scrambling about in the sierra nevada nerada mountains more or less I 1 tp find the line between the two counties I 1 look about as much like a grizzly as like a white unite man fa laty ragged and saucy we ve have called sun moony moons moun moon and stars to our aids aidy aid ald and invited them to throw a friendly ray upon the angle angles base and summit olour of our operations butov i ng to the extreme height and ruggedness of the mountains I 1 think we have to run it down tree it or hole it bedorf before we can really lay our hands bands upon the think thing could not congress Con press haye have acknowledged the natural natural boundary which natures god has ordained and thrown throw n up to meet the gaze of every eye scientific or not I 1 mean uhe the he principal range of tha the sierra nevada mountains in I 1 of the moth math degree of west longitude where the wilh p parallel piral lel iel of north latitude intersects intersect it mercy merci this angle drops right into bigler lakey lakes lake and a salmon might ight swallow itkor might not noi from this angle the line shoots off in a tangent to the southeast south east just jilt as some pious folks fulks da do when we tell them that abraham abrahams david and had more than one wife and that polygamy is just jit as scriptural now as it was then why it we tie find flod this iines lines line we cannot see sea it ranting after a salem noth fag far it Is like the idol god neither body parts or pas dilons blons 11 california should never wish to extend her jurisdiction an this side of the mountains where the snows knows of winter biow the passes nearly sit months in the year utah hai has made this not only a county but a judicial district where they can do all their business at homey homes home without crossing tho the ranges of mour mountains mount aIns stains nor even ven the plains to flicmore Fl ilmore limore or salt lake city california is already too larga tor for a prosperous state and has his too many conflicting interests it she attempt to enlarge the south end P rid will drop and even if she ohe do nul nut enlarge the south bait balf will be apt to split spilt orf off unless they handle her very carefully friend carrington Carrin tony tons who la Is to pay me and my friends from utah for tor runn iniz up and ioian own the th e mountains ng after this line tha the legislature leg slature has bas made me roe ite jn ju lee lire in this county and as I 1 am within the limits ot of moy roy m none tan object to the ruling of the court i a mitter matter of right and equity it if congress had bad made madg the sierra ferri nevada mountains the line between utah and Californi california sp every eye could haye have seen geen ity its it and naturi natures Vs god would have been honored honore dj and no need of any search for they tere tare the most conspicuous things thing sta in all ail this country but brit as they have failed to make these the lanca search not unlike that for a needle in a hay stack has lecome become necessary and mind therefore my judgment Is that congress actually pay for all this time and labors tabor for we have worn out oui out too many ables deto to lose the bill then they should make the main back bone 0 of the mountains the line between the state and territory ory ors that would vituld end every dispute silence every cavil tavil and let the we mountains be the witness between utah and california it I 1 were in I 1 would tell them so and so should you honor bonor honorable abier abler mr delegat delegate at from utah truly yours ORSON nyde llyde carson valley sept ept ith 2 a m 1835 1855 i TT 71 pro from fro prom m t the he st L louis luminary ENGLAND LIVERPOOL june 23 1855 1835 1 elder elden ERASTUS SNO dear brother the work odthe of the lord under m my 7 jurls juris jurisdiction dle die Is on the increase I 1 from time to time receive re belve I 1 in n telli gence of a highly cheering nature from those who labor under my direction in this great nield field with the saints more particularly the blessings odthe of the lord seems to abound they appear to bed be dally daily ally aily realia realizing n more and more mora tr ore the magnitude of tha tho work in which they are engaged and making still greater efforts especially in ii alna financial olal olai aft ift airs for the urging em m of the great car of salvation A spirit of union and confidence cona dence pet pervades vlades the saints and they ther teet feet determined to do their utmost for tor the welfare of the kingdom you ton are aware that only now and then arp arg are we treated to events l in the church in this part of I 1 the world vori aorl dl especially in britain I 1 may say in short that hat the truth Is steadily advancing with us in things seems to move verb very slowly you tou are no doubt aware that elder hugh findlay and others have left bombay dombay for the valley elders K X V jones and william rothe fotheringham rIngham embarked marchei march fi on board the american ship baverly beverly Bs verly at calcutta bound for tor sanga singapore and china on their way w ay to the valley they arrived at sin singapore dapore in twenty three days from whence elder jones wrote ma me march 30 they were expecting to th leave that place in a few days elder B skelton instructed by elder jones has ifft left madras for a season and arrived at calcutta to take charge of affairs there merv elder skelton informs me mft that at madras the meetings are improving and there Is a good prospect prope ct of baptisms the spirit of the gathering leathering has strong hold bold on the saints there the only way to be saved is being translated into the native language elder levi savage savages at rangoon ony Is preparing to publish in the birman dirman language a treatise on the gospel it Is truly pleasing to me lae to bear hear of the goodness goodne gs of god to the emigrating saints this season particularly those that have taken the new route via the northern ports of theus the S the most conspicuous and cheering facts about the matter are that two of the th e vessels the juventa and 8 curling with near 1200 souls on boards board should make the voyage without a single death and with no particular sickness this manifest sanction by the lord of the counsels coun sels bels of the first I presidency residency in zion alon will no doubt be very gratifying to them and truly all the saints have abundant cause to to rejoice that the lord extends his preserving care to them in an especial manner in delivering them from the pestilence and the perlis perils of the mighty deep an old established emigration nirm firm told me the other day that they never before knew an emigrant ship cross th the ocean with so many passengers on board as had each of the ships named and not lose a single soul even the U S papers are filled with admiration of our emigration tio and extol its cleanliness and superior arrangements for the preservation of health morals and good feelings among the passengers the world doubtless wonder how it Is that the mormons cormons Mor mons evince such superior management in emigration affairs it Is the lords lorda work and it may well be marvelous in their eyes he ire has given to us the patent for conducting the gathering of israel in a cemore more excellent way than the gentiles can divine with all their learning science and skill the disco discourses uries on the relations of the mormons cormons to the government government of the united states delivered ay by president joseph smith at nauvoo june 30 1843 and by president Br ighani toung young at 6 S L city feb 18 1855 are a mine of knowledge and wisdom they are a balm baim for fon the wounds of 0 the persecuted saints and a panacea for all uncle sams sam 3 ailments it properly applied but such guch does not appear to be the cae case jesu wept over jerusalem saying sayings it thou haast known even thouy thou at least in this thy day days the things which belong unto thy peace but now they are hid bid from thine eyes so it seems the saints will have to weep over the once fair and promising republic of the united states in tact fact there seems to be a class of men who are dead set sel upon utah they think that it if she Is not so bad as she Is reported she ought ought to bey hey be and at all events shall be treated as though she were soldiers notoriously the most reckless and dissolute disso luto portion of the community must mut be sent into the P idt of a people preeminently disposed to cultivate the principles of peace industry and public and private ate virtue legal and military gentlemen are sent to utah the one to administer law the other to support such administration three or four days dayo fuddle fuddie and a debauch with indian squaws seem to be necessary to these Immacula tes to properly clear their intellects and strengthen their nerves for the solemn discharge of their responsible duties in lr trying their fellow beings for lifes ilfe life inalie in the midst of which by the bye the said ladies uninitiated in civilized court etiquette but strong in the perception of simple justice and the sacredness 0 covenants introduce themselves and in the silent but e ard and universal language of signs make for wages on account af of delicate services rendered as per said baid debauch when bea ben honorable gentlemen acknowledge the claim and hand band over blankets paints ac in payment for tor said services and such curses are sent to uth amr awl presume to teach her drenthe chil saints of the most high patriotism and virtue and write back to the th states that ar itara young Is dangerous to the nation an enemy to hta hl count country rv and that the latter day saints are worthy of being bing outlawed and exterminated ted because forsooth fo rooth tt it is plain that they will not permit their wives I 1 and daughters to associate iss ocla ocia te with v ith uch such pure minded respectable faill honorable r able abie gentlemen as those spoken ott oft why it la a universal at maxim and all history corroborates it that the greatest prea grea test enemy a country can have Is corruption especially sexual corruption in the hearts ef of its citizens allow me to speak a word ward on myown responsibility my grandfather joseph richardt eichardt took part with the patriots of 76 in three different campaigns in the revolutionary war being on one occasion without food for three days and eights at te tender ageos age of 18 he was at dorchester heights ira ina in a nine months campaign my fatha richards his and marched to bostony for the defence of his country in the late war my younger brothers brother joseph william richards entered the renowned mormon battalion battalions of men meny and fell tell in the expedition to mexico my brother george S richards was shot dead in the blacksmiths blackst hs shop at t the harms mill massacres massacre ant ani and burled in the well I 1 myself and family in common with the body of the saints faints are exit exiles es from nauvoo by the dicta of a moby mob mou 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