Show tho 0 t city of the tho saints its A GEORGIAN LOOSE AMONG THE t MORMONS great SALT LAKE CITY y i july 1874 18 74 in ih my chiv last letter I 1 briefly alluded to our arrivi arnival il at the city of the latter batter day saints and as it is to bayone of tle tio tie novelties or 0 the con J think a brief account of its ri seand searld its present status will be of i in interest terest to the people in the far south 4 V this elty eitt is pleasantly situated at ot oi of aspur asbur a spur of the ynh Yah wah satch mountains and its streets laid out at liht augles are wide and beautifully shaded by by trees along the ed ede edge I 1 e of bt the sidewalks run rivulets of cold clear water from streams in the adjacent mountains giving to the place a cool repose which mali mall malves malies es one feel as though one was having a pleasant holiday at a quiet coun country try eat reat where a rippling brook murmurs gently by when in real reality ircy llly one is probably sitting in front of a hotel kept by a practical rac go ahead yankee pick picking inglIs his teeth after devouring a square meal the business streets are for the most part composed of good substantial stant ial lal buildings many of which show taste in architecture equal to that displayed in any city east or west the inhabitants are industrious and sober and therefore or dern denn yand tile the city with its ita population is as quiet at night as white blum bluff I 1 was told that before the tho advent of so many gentells Gen tilLs tho tilo people never locked the doors of their houses The tho principal places of interest aro are tho the tabernacle the temple unfinished the theatre and president youngs residence ce not to ipe speak ak of the handsome handsom 6 private resi rest residences den ces which well repay a walk about the city the tiie first place we visited was the temple which is in process of construction st on introducing ourselves to the superintendent we were shown through the yard a number of men and boys mostly the latter were at wark dr arsing ssang stones for the building the first story or basement Is 18 nearly completed but how lonar it will take tahe tto ito finish the work our guide gulde could not tell passing posing to the badr rear of the temple we enter the enclosure of the tho tabernacle situa leitu I 1 abed 11 ted in the same rame block this is an immense building oblong in hape annpe anil and feet from east to west by feet in width and 80 feet high the elliptical roof is supported by forty six columns of stone which constitute the tho walls erom prom these pillars b I 1 allars i the roof springs in one unbroken rok 0 n arch forming the largest self helf sustaining roof on the tho continent in the western end of the building is an immense organ the second in s size 1 ize in the united states jubliee the largest being the peace julia jubilee organ in boston tt it was const constructed ducted entirely by mormon mec mee mechanics hanics the wood from which it is made having been cut in tho tho the forests of utah or of course a small amount of the material had to be procured abroad the bigan is ia feet and the front towers have an altitude altitude of 58 feet vve wo vvo had the pleasure of heaning hearing this magnificent instrument during our visit the organist on the occasion was an episcopalian lady of thil thit cIty the tha theatre is a very handsome building about twite twice the aize lize of theode theono theodo nein Dein in I 1 savannah and is considered onh ono one 0 f the best brest arran edlu the tho country by appointment our party called on president young at his residence in company with mr sam uela echols ond and a number of georgians mr young received us very graciously and after inviting us to seats entered into a very pleasant conversation though what he be said was generally in answer to direct questions mr young is in his seventy fourth year though not appearing to be over nifty fifty nive five or sixty lie he is about five feet ten inches luche in height and inclined to bo be corpulent ills his face shows a great reatheal reat deal deai of determination and he be ilas has the grant like attribute of keeping keepin ghis his mouth shut when he be has nothing to say he is a remarkably in mar well preserved man even if ho he haddad had had butone but one wire wife but when one th thinks I 1 nl s of those fifty ladles ladies whom he must ansome at some gome time have tried wed to please his appear appearance aneg is truly wonderful the president in reply to a question as to what he be thought of the poland bill bald baid said bald it was what was to be expected that though a yankee by birth himself he must sa say bay y that it seem seemed ed that the yankees ees were never satisfied unless they were persecuting some one on being asked what were the politics of the mormons Mor he be reel replied arl ari ed 11 that they had none I 1 jn choosing fag those who shou should ld govern they endeavored deavo red to select the men best adapted to fill each place d that before he bo was waa a mormon however he was waa a democrat in speaking of the war between th the states he be said eald ho he thought the people of ef the south were nere were misled by their leaders and that aping going intha into a war was a greao agrest mista mistake e in u speaking ppe aking of the railroads from the atlantic to the pacific one of his visitors asked the president if it was true that the mormons cormons were opposed to their construction st mr nin young said etwas it was just the opposite that the mori mons were the first to suggest the id e 0 of building this very railroad th that a t as far back as 1852 the territorial I 1 legislature f 0 of utah had lne memorialized moria morla ed congress on the subject and aud had bad renewed the memori lemorl alfrom time to time that he had bad never ceased to urge the necessity of its construction and bad done all in iru ills his power to aid the enterprise mr hir young also gave us an account of the manufacturing interests of utah before tile days of the tho railroad ho erected a cotton mill at salt lake the machinery having been transported across the plains and mountains by ox teams tho the cotton used in tho the mormon fab is grown in southern utah which as mr young stated though not as good as our cotton is fully equal tz to that raised in tennessee besides these mills which have lately been removed to the southern part of the territory so as to tob be more emore accessible to the cotton fields there are a number of woollen mills shoe factories potteries etc in fact it seems the det determination erml ermi of tha the mormons cormons is to develop olevery every branch of industry but to return to the interview the president dent stated that he was now experimenting in propagating fish ano and an ft oysters in the river biver jordan and he wm was in hopes he be would succeed eed owing to the extreme brackishness of the water therease ther theme enre eare are no fish in sait salt lake resources are immense rue ruc mense inse while her agricultural resources sources are not great owing to the mot fact that the lands lauds have to be irrigated fatemi nearly every foot is available for fon 4 or pasturage ragel or is rich with minerals gold silver sliver and coal lie beneath her soil s alliaud and already millions of dollars dollari of capital are engaged in working them to tho the morn gorn mormons cormons ions lons is due the the credit of opening bp the vast territory between the sierra nevada and tile the rocky mountains without their religious faith which made them seek this once far faross oss off spot 1 without their patient industry which made these barren plains blossom like th grose drose ll 11 and produce food for its inhabitants without their discie discipline which made them the superiors in battle of their wily vily foes the indians Ind laus lans this vast country would not have been settled during this century and wo we cannot help sympathizing path izing with them in their troubles though we may m ny loathe the cause of it the fiat however hos has gone forth and tho the latter day saints must choose between their broad acres and polygamy the latter iatter must be given up tip or they must again find a new home beyond the reach of their foes polygamy lii iii like ilke e slavery has bitter foes to fight night and with united states courts and radical judges and other officials on the elde eide of its op ponente they can expect nel neither justice nor m merey mercy erey ercy the bior Alor mormons cormons mons mong have only to refer to durell busteed and woods decisions to see what their fate will be to defend their rights will make them ku klubes the saints might as well weli decide the question for themselves atone at once onee e will you leave the country you have done so much boror give up polygamy the mormons cormons say ay they will have to do neither they say god will avert the hand band of their enemies une one mies ps as he did in 1846 by the war with mexico and in 1859 60 by our war they claim to bo be ills his chosen peo pie rie and that these persecutions prove it t the cormons mormons Mor mons men women and children are a strong hardy and nine fine looking race their young ladies loomand look and dress as well as those of any city A noticeable feature is the number of baby haby carriages about one to each house and au adl in active service and i the vast number of children mr young stated there were attending the sabbath schools J II 11 E Sar savannah annalt gfa ga morning cus eus s |