Show f N FROM SANPETE COUNTY MANTI sanpete Count county yUT UT july ath 1862 ED DE SEXtET NEWS 1 I embrace the opportunity offered as a correspondent r pon dent to communicate rome few items touching matteis mattei 8 pertaining to the interests 0 this county in ay my last communication I 1 gave some account of the extent and effects of the winter and spring rains which have since been suc buc succeeded ceede by floods and freshets fresh ets that have exceeded anything of the kind within thi th the e n memory of thell tbell the old oid oldest eat Inba inhabitant bitant even eyen V nt nh the e 1 indians say they never knew the w aters waters to have been beed so bakh blab before the ile bottoms or orlon lowlands lands in this county have all b en completely submerged ed and anil had bad so much the appears appearance n ce ot a la lake e that a citizen of manti laboring under od old impress impressions ions lons constructed ted a boat in which p provided provided with sails and ancho rhe sailed for and made the port of moroni twenty miles distant the said city of being remarkably adapted at pres sen for a sea aea 1 ort orr as its outskirts are sub j merged so that vessels of no greater conage han than the one referred to like the celebrated gondolas of 0 far famed tamed and beautiful venice can sail through her thoroughfares I 1 am happy to state that as far ag as I 1 can learn but little loss or damage has ben be n sti sustained excepting the washing down of a few woth wo teas leas buildings beyond which no serious calamity lamity a has befallen ug us but how bow damage would have been done had bad not measures been adopted and carried out by the united exertions of the peonie people in the various settle mants im ants to avert ignot is not for me to say in man i particularly has watchfulness and energy been requisite to prevent destruction the grain crops of this county were never more premising ising than they are the present season indeed we have had a remarkable acting and summer so far for refreshing rain descends every few days in this region making everything smile with gladness particularly in mal mai ai I 1 mention that the prospect for fru t is greater than ever before known in mantl manti 1 I see trees laden jaden with apples plums cherries goos goose gooseberries berries english and even peaches thou though h some hae have thought the latter could cou d not be raised here but prest preat kimball said they could and here they are in irv several different orchards tue altitude of sanpete to the llie contrary notwithstanding surely the iod lod lod is changing the season seasons to favor the saints I 1 greable gre able abie tn he predictions of his bis servants it a fiords fiordo me pleasure to state that the anniversary niver sary sars of independence was celebrated in the various towns and settlements throughout the county on ane ath with all an unusual degree of enthusiasm for as we are not at war we have bave time to be loyal F C 1100 INSON i |