Show HUGH one of the tha famous secretaries of the united states state treasury died at wash ington on the instant hugh mcculloch aged eighty seven yea the deceased had been twice secretary of the treasury his hie first appointment being made by president lincoln about a mouth month before the batters lat ansas assas nation si in atlon thirty years yean ago at that time the government was in great financial straits the treasury was wan nearly empty and the expenses were enormous mccullochh first work was wai to raise money with which to pay the half bait million soldiers who were about to quit the service for private life in less lem than six fix months montha ibis ble money was raised railed all the national obligations met al 4 maturity and the work of debt reduction was begun the conversion of short abort time bonds into a funded debt was wa also accomplished on highly favorable terms and io in a couple of years yeara the national finances finance were placed on a satisfactory bair secretary mcculloch retired when president grant took office in 1869 and in 1884 was reap re ap pointed by president arthur after relinquishing the office at aba later period he retired from public life his career having baying brought him to a high degree of esteem both in this country and in europe utah people will think of mr me ale culloch as a man who was willing and had the courage to do them justice at a time when it was popular to condemn without stint the inhabitants of this territory he was a warm personal friend ol of the late W wm m H hooper hhooper who served utah so long and well as delegate to Con congress grear nineteen years ago mr mcculloch visited this territory and mingled with the people after he be departed he be related his impressions pres of those who lived here and made a statement the truthfulness of which is in receiving recognition nearly a score of years after be gave it utterance io in his bis letters to the new york triune he be declared that the people of the united states were under obligations to the mormons cormons for what the latter had done to in these valley here is an extract from a letter be wrote at san francisco march 29 his view of the situation here at that time the ride from ogden to salt lake city over the U C R B R built and owned by the mormons Mormon Mor mons sis is a pleasant one I 1 forbear a description of ibis singular and in many respects beautiful be dutiful ob ony y I 1 have to admit I 1 never gazed upon a scene so charming or so picturesque as the one presented in looking over salt lake valley from the bench behind the city there are among the mormons cormons many clever people scientific architects ful artisans and tasteful landscape gardeners this to is indicated by their public buildings their workshops and factories their private dwellings and their grounds thereof the roof of their tabernacle feet rests rents upon the walls with ot 0 t any other support the granite temple when completed will be surpassed amed by no building in the western hemisphere in solidity or appropriate 0 beautiful the organ built entirely by the mormons cormons Mor mons la in second in size to only one in the united states and is excelled by none in tone or beauty many private dwellings are handsome and gardens are models of taste and culture everywhere there are indications of neatness and comfort the people ot of the united states are under obligations to the mormons cormons Mor mons they have made salt belt lake valley once a desert a garden one can hardly repress a feeling of admiration for their courage patience and power of endurance which they displayed in their march the most wonderful of which there is a record from missouri over the trackless desert with their wives and little ones the aged the sick nick and the infirm in search or of a home where they ibey could enjoy without molestation the faith they had embraced they have opened and improved a region which but for them would have been neglected they have brought to the country many thousands of industrious peaceable and skilful people and addea added largely to its wealth good judges and honest officials should be sent them and in other respects the federal government should let them severely alone the their ir history will afford abundant material for philosophical speculation but there is no danger of their being a political or social disturbance toe the wort work of such men as hugh mcculloch McCullo oh side aids in bringing to utah the fame it Is attaining for the beauty of its scenery and for its desirability as a place of homes made apparent by the industry and skill of its people there ban baa been much ol of material prosperity here since mr mcculloch is visit but the occupied part of salt laki lake valley was more of a garden then than now though not more than it ought to be and perhaps will be in the future when its inhabitants again generally Kene rally realize the necessity of a more ih thorough orough cultivation of their gardens and of ornamenting the grounds about their homes |