Show from the daily alta Call forsh the mormons cormons in ban belardino mardino Be among the many singular features of Ca caliber lifer nia one worthy of especial notice is the san bet nardino settlement of cormons mormons genuine gennine tank D day saints who believe that jo smith not join jobs U had a direct commission from heaven to convert the earth and to preach the only true suited to tho advanced position of our times aw aoi who follow his bis evangel as their pillar of fire by bj night and cloud by day through the wilderness dernec wil tf oi life the persecution of the mormons cormons in ohio mk acuri A and illinois made them wanderers pre previous to 45 they had sent forth emmis earies to awk 4 a canaan it being nearly nay plain that they their coq not remain in peace in the mississippi valley some of the emissaries came to california W J made a favorable report in 47 a but bet tallon if mormons cormons came with col cooke to the pacific coast and many of them remained here A M mou discovered the first gold at butters MID kg and the proximity of r settlement at utah enabled them to be among the first to reap the goli boldn liti harvest the families returned to suit salt makelim La lake kelim ant carried back with them the fame of the forth ferth soil and ad sunny y C clime 1 1 M e of the valley on go the callior Call for I 1 nia coast 1 in I 1 1851 8 5 I 1 they determined to nuke makei s settle settlement t near ban diego to which point eq have then shortest and bet best road to the Pa pacific offic amasa lyman one of the twelve and jai C C rich were deputed with the app roti brigham young to choose the new home of n hundred immigrants grunts and they purchased purchase edd t bernardino ranch on the san diego ata la lake road with cattle horses ac forr for 1 in tho fall ot of 1851 the immigrants arria arrived tam in a lot of 2 2000 acres built a fort for pro prot ocon beilin against the indians put in their grain and W houses the large enclosure was wa not looft property but each person had barhto his share to m and reap there were ware some difficulties among the congregation as well as an wants wanta uj aw trials during the first year but the prospered as an every mormon settlement hea roads were made houses bouses grist mills and m w mills were bullit new immigrants arrived and li it 52 before the colony was a year old they out ml sour flour to the san Frait cisco market and ama fajr jaee P purchases u oes of san ban francisco franciaco Franc laco me the he present population is something more mere this A it a portion of the state to in there to morfa more busy or wk ing settlement or one which in III proportion d V number is working more effew effectively ively they promise that san bernardino shall be at 6 in mot 0 at beautiful city of california and to judge by I 1 their beg beginning inning and what they have hare done d where their promise will be kept by the last legislature son san bernardino mardino Be wo constituted a sepa separate county and thus the me M mons have a little government of their owne own jefferson hunt has been beau elected as an their raw tentative senta senia tive in m the die next legislature their spirit spiritual nal leader is their bishop croxby crosby bu aft I 1 in is prino P 8 more influential I 1 the their i ir VA valley is an exceedingly beautiful ft with great natural advantages it is abai i 30 miles long by east and west and 15 mil 11 AA I 1 by north and south onabe on the eat east is th the 6 aur nardino mountain which rises almost to fen W gion of perpetual snow and from the foot fod mb of which now numerous berou to a and ud bountiful springs no besides a multitude of af springs the valley is we watered by the makila aalia river about 60 milo erfia to the gov southwest that is the tha coast los angeles buflo miles san pedro 75 miles and san diego am distant san diego is intended to be the principal wing trading point for the settlement the distance ft IT st salt t lake city is about SW blas iu in a direction the road te good considerably bette baft than any other from bear river valley to the h cine the greater part of the way there fe 6 plenty of water and grass gram and in some llull etaco there is good timber the santo saints have already awakened to tho I 1 to of a railroad to the construction construct iou i wh which ich the route is favorable favo raUe and if once the lebi ore era declare it must be made then own it will be made mad aej andria it is not im robbia that it will be the first sa fished portion W of the pacific railroad Ra Broad the mormons cormons are gen generally amily looked upon 0 good neighbors and are an considered silo as upright sid nil moral as the majority of the citizens of little is said of the doctrines aw and IV i the sake of peace they will val probably not intro dua the practice into the state late our state is ferow fort abely free from the prejudices and hate bate so mormons cormons Mor mons which prevailed in the I 1 ley and it is to be hoped that it will ai con 0 their doctrines will command no Pat if i lt i 1 ence but they are am not be overthrown V oy 7 1 tion or ridicule it is worthy of notice that the discoe disco wt gold the first farmer fanner and the we wealthiest addest sym ab california are or were all mormons cormons r |