| Show bho bno june jane 9 editor deseret aws sir bir about eleven ocl oci on the ath dinst it commenced raining and continued about half an hour soon after the rain cheated a great body of timber came down the mouth of creek as if it was hurried along by some powerful monster on raising our eyes a little we saw about twelve acres of land covered with moving timbers from the sma smallest liest brush to the largest trees that grow in the mountains the flood seemed to drive everything before it in fact we have never known any flood in this part of dixie that would begin to compare with thib thia As creek lowered south creek emptying into the virgin a few rods below came down with fearful rage one stream after another continued to swell the virgin I 1 through the day and night and in fact tact at this late hour of writing tha tho river carries so much mud with it that it is quite unfit for use about nine acres of early crops mostly corn were swept away by the flood our dam across the virgin li Is gone A portion of our ditches which are about three miles long in tg the sides of the mountains was waa torn away and other portions were filled with rocks and gravel etc fifty rods of fence was wash d away with a large amount of other timber belonging to individuals the whole damage is estimated at one thousand dollars but three able bodied men remain IN ini the place to repair the damages some having left entirely and others gone north to get got breadstuff s 8 K GIFFORD BANDY SANDY STATION june 17 1872 editor deseret news late in the afternoon of june juno we left the beautiful city of salt lake wending our out way westward at the lake we witnessed one of those magnificent sunsets for which our valley is noted soon afterward a nine fine rain tell fell which wet our jackets and hurried us ua into Clin cliftons tons where we put up for the night early next morning we came to one of those beautiful little villages grantsville Grants ville that remind one of the garden of eden but unlike the old garden this has many evea eves and as handsome as the mother of all but still without adams thence to stockton which place is ia noted for jacobs smelt ing lug works a large charcoal bed and a huge swine journeying on we soon arrived at ophir As one goes up the canon cannon he comes in contact with some played out whiskey mills a few charcoal pits and walkers mill this was running and from the looks locka of the tho washings was hinga below the mill red tailings one would come to the conclusion that judge haydon was crushing mormons cormons Mor mons see his speech epe ech next is the toll gate which makes me always feel solemn the many roads up and around the mountains would make a brat class clug place to play maz mazeppa appa ophir city boasts of two butcher shops one ten pili pin alley aliey many whiskey mills one hurdy house and annd a methodist minister silver city in tintic gintic is a place of some bome note the landlord not being able abie to get got water drank whiskey with the usual results we visited the swansea and were shown around by the entertaining foreman mr nir fry we saw the mammoth in the distance but had not time to visit it arriving at eureka city we put up for dinner this thid place is ia principally pali Pall noted doted for having a man for break breakfast fat the eureka hill la Is a grand sight and should have been balha emitt d silver hill this mine minh has the most labor perform pd ed of ary I 1 have seen in the verrl Verri territory tory mr nesbit the gentlemanly foreman was kind enough to take us up the bill which was a continuous deposit of rici rich silver ore fora for 2000 tt 1 dotted with skafti and tunnels all over the hi 1 one shaft ft deep and good ore all the way down in many of the tunnels the orb Is so rich that they have to lock them up Hom homansville mansville Ho anaville two and a half miles from eureka is the place where the smelting smelling sm elting and crushing for the eureka mine is to be done the mill house is up and some of the machinery in judging from appearance it Is in keeping W with ith the rest reat of the companes comp anys works good and substantial from there we pursued our journey to camp floyd in cedar valley vailey this valley Is ia noted for good grass and high winds winda the few people that are left there appear to be good saints we attended meeting and heard beard a splendid discourse from thomas taylor bro bra john carson carbou the bishop of riols place who has resided here ever since the valley wes was farst first settled has a kind spirit spirl and tand speaks well of his hib his ward and as aa far as I 1 baw saw I 1 should judge they are a good people while here a methodist mip mlp ister lster came to huet huat up confessor Ell eli hickman kman he he be can get him fo 0 an object of saving grace whereupon a miner miuor standing stan dlug ding by mafe mape made a somewhat profane prof tine itne remark aften arter meeting wd traveled to lehi lehl thib this ia one of the first settled towns in the country and should be calit caile calad d lehi lehl 0 gret grei of old id as it ha hsi a ve very ry ancient grebs grees Ive lve appearance the county and people have built a new bridge over the jordan the city also boasts boanta of two thriving stores I 1 did hear bear there was a city hall but could not find it from this place we saw much of the utah southern the work la Is be ing pushed DEMOCRAT june 4 1872 editor deseret news Pang la assuming quite the appearance pe arance of a city A number of the fort houses have been removed to the city lots and some new ones have been buitt built on the city plot there are about 50 60 falles and goo souls here we have a well weli directed well attended sunday school under the supervision of bro bra bochner Coch ner I 1 am informed that there are biome home fifteen hundred acres of land sown gown here this season and that the crops never looked better nor promised more fairly for a plentiful harvest har veat the recent rains cause the fields to smile smite with verdure and thel the husbandman to smile with satisfaction the old neld held contal contains ns 2500 acres of land well adapted to farming the new nield field that has recently been taken lb in contains about 1200 acres good mechanics ovall of all ail trades I 1 think can do welthere welk weik here and farmers too 1 I think I 1 have never seen a better place inside the mim irim for an industrious honest people to tor prosper osper from the abundance of ringe range and aud and timber the thie sevier sevien is booming some somme of our citizens on orl their return from sanpete with bread breadstuff got completely blockaded adai with wagons in the kanyon 20 miles below here they made the second attempt to bring their wagons but failed ailed and will have to remain till the river lowers have been 23 births here sancer april 1871 and 4 deaths 3 children and I 1 adult brother price formerly of harmony cau can cause ae he heart art disease we wb had a tw two b days meeting on the ath and ath dinst the first forenoon bishop bunker banker from sinta clara addressed the meeting on the 06 duties of husland husband and wife parents and children i to each other joseph W young followed speaking at length on faith and the duty of man in the afternoon several elders spoke the second forenoon elder joel johnsoa addressed the meeting on the word of wisdom brother J W young took up the sama same subject in we the afternoon brother bunker banker gave a good gospel sermon brother J W young addressed the assembly very humorously on different subjects we had a good time and every one felt glad WILLIAM H PACKER philadelphia penn june ath 1872 editor deseret news the rain iraln of yesterday dampened but did not quench the enthusiasm of the ibe delegates and their friends today to day the weather IP IF fine and the sun shines with june power and its bright beams are accepted a i ominous of victory for the candidates to be nominate d today to day outside the academy of music the streets are crowded inside or of the building almost every overy foot of if available space apace is ia occupied the heat beat of weather combined with the heat of t the he lights light which burn brilliantly in every part of the building Is very oppressive pho phe riemen men who occupy the upper have taken off their coats costs as have in the tier below after the convention had opened it was ex peeled b those not acquainted with the result the labor of the committee on reola resolutions that the first busi busl business f nibs would the presentation of the platform that important instrument was prepared ared the committee had separated at two this thib morning and yet their work was waa ina ina ins very backward condition the committee credentials had only one contested cabe oase before of the delegates from utah considerable excitement prevailed in the committee room among the members in deciding which were entitled to sea bea beats seats t a in the national convention the dele delegates gAtea elected by the republican non office holders or those chosen by the officeholders office holders several gentlemen took strong ground against the admission of the officeholders office holders delegates denouncing noun cing their election as the work of a clique prominent in defending the rights of the hons frank fuller faller and geo A smith to seats beats in the convention as aa the regular delegates was a colored delegate from arkansas by the name or of J J johnson though ig noi nol ant of the merits merita of the case until kiihl he entered the commit committee tee teo room he grasped the details very quickly hib bib experience among carpet doubtless enabled him to detect the class more promptly than a man from another section would have done Hew he wab was asvery very outspoken in his bib utterances and stood up manfully for the regular delegates the contestants had a printed statement which they handed around to we tue members and in which they set forth reasons why the gentlemen elected by the convention held in salt like lake city should not be recognize recognized ad by the national convention this was read to the tho committee probably no document of its size was ever penned which contained so many falsehoods hon louis Hi hilliard wililard lilard of north carolina a member of the committee heard beard this but did not hear fuller failer and smiths arguments but he be was so go disgusted with it especially with the endorsement dor of the officeholders office holders which accompanied it that he contended wrongly strongly tron gly for smith and ful fui zerla right to the seats on the ground that the others were elected by the officeholders office holders he said he was with the people and against the office hold erb ers every time when a conflict arose between them several other members held the same views and voted for smith and fuller eulier but they were in the minority E B stoddard esq of mass said he would not exclude these men because they represented the mormons cormons Mor mons as he did not consider the religious subject a proper one to introduce into a political convention ven tion but as the other two men had bad the endorsement of the officeholders he waited them admitted thos fallon fallen E esq eq q of california char the exclusion of smith and fuller as aa an outrage A proposition was made by hon L D shoemaker of pennsylvania to mr air fuller failer and one of the contestants asie asle as the delegates but thia thib was prompt m pt ly dealin declined ed b by y mr F if mr smith could not the admitted as a dele delegate yate lie he said he should decline to a be if one was entitled to a seat both were to exclude his colleague would be an indignity which he would not permit I 1 have alluded to the endorsement of the officeholders office holders bolders which formed a portion of the circular printed and und circulated by their delegates the readers of f the N NEWS aws may take some interest in the perusal of this endorsement I 1 send it to you yon as it appeared in the circular italics and all SALT LAKE CITY UTAH may to the president of the republican national convention philadelphia SIR bir at a regularly called republican convention at corinee Cori Cor inbe utah on the dinst 0 J hollister and A 8 gould were elected delegate to represent utah in the national republican convention to be holden at Phlin phila philadelphia delphin on the ath of june 0 G sawyer and dennis J were elected alternates these gentlemen represent the genuine republican party of utah wo we under stand that thomas fitch and frank fuller have been appointed delegates to said convention by the cormona mormons and a few gentiles sympathizing with them these men do not depret represent ent the Re republican party of utah they have allied themselves with and have been appointed appon ted by the mormon pol poi theocracy chica is hostile not only to the republican party but to the laws and institutions of the united states thomas fitch has said he bad no doubt doaby but that the supreme court of the united states would decide the law of con gress against polygamy unconstitutional and void because polygamy was a religious faith in utah fitch and fuller failer were selected by the mormon priesthood who believe in and polygamy and who 11 V J uis abw pretend to be republicans to deceive the party in power hoping there thero by to procure the admission of the state of deseret De aerel inta the union and fitch and fuller faller are their willing tools for the sake of the spoils of office which the priesthood have promised them for their aid in this behalf we therefore affirm that these men do not represent the Rep republican ubil party but that they simply represent a tyrannical le theocracy which is condemned by the republican party as a relic of barbarism we therefore respectfully request the national republican convention at philadelphia to recognize as delegates 0 J hollister Holli ster ater and A B S gould es 8 the true representatives of the republican party of utah 0 0 CLEMENTS surveyor general of utah geo oiso R MAXWELL register of land office 0 B OVERTON receiver of land office al PATRICK U 8 marshal for utah GEORGE L WOODS governor of utah GEORGE A BLACK secretary of utah ter J H n special agent of P 0 dept J M MOORE alnore postmaster of salt lake city J P TAGGART assessor of utah this document leaves no reader to doubt the position which the officeholders of utah occupy over their own signatures they here publicly proclaim their deadly enmity but this Is not all if I 1 am correctly informed the few gentiles of whom they speak as being present at the convention at salt lake city eltty bew lew though they might be outnumbered the same class at their convention this being the case which did the officeholders office holders in signing the endorsement intend to do to write that which they knew to be false in saying that these gentle men were not republicans or to convey the idea that no one can be a republican in utah who is fiot riot an officeholder charity would suggest that the possession of office is in their view the true sign of genuine republicanism for the perusal of the names of the non mormon gentlemen who took part in the salt lake conven convention tion would satisfy any person acquainted with them that in every essential of true republicanism R they are at least the peers of the officeholders office holders who malign them mayor wells who was one of the signers of the call for the republican convention to be held in salt lake city was I 1 know before coming to utah an active thoroughgoing dyed in the wool whig politician I 1 have understood that he has always been remarkable in in utah for his hib strong sympathies with that party and since the formation of the republican party for his predilections in that direction men who know him laugh at the idea of such persons as the signers of this 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