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Show !MKWK T0 TH13 FRQjSjPIEittg; , ,0.v Thursday evening wo returned . . fro & ifeoft toar to the far uortU of onr , Territory. Anticipating ati anxiety on tlrtjHirt of our readers to gleart e0rae 1 , , ' itei .front oar, Journcyings, wo presume to give tfaea a brief synopsis. Leaving ' . -, ikt.pn tm cspitol of the Territory on 1 the 4 th, In the fear of President Young, 1 " Kimball aid Wells, autU numerous train 1 ; of carriages, containing Intimate and dear ' frtkby We fcad thrdellghtfal pfcasiiro of ' . ; being1 pleasantly ad quietly rained upon for a distance of some eight or ten miles, i ' . To the kcpltailty of ;our friend Heeler C. ffalght, at Farmlngtow, we Were In-d6Wa In-d6Wa for a good supper sad comfortable bed. The party principally pm up at j Farairigtoa, and were all hospitably B. tcrUlned. JVedrpyetoKaysTUIelnUje raorntng, Md took "breakfast with our old Baltalfoa frlcad,, Csrfc, liay toa, la company with ee jelly souls bf city acquaintance. 'The fatted calf," it k true, ha4 not been 1 killed; bat tha bones of fat wethers left behind, skewed .HoJack of appetite, nor waBt f a profnee spread-out by our host, , , Here at U &.., of Ae 6th, we "fell In" , and joined jlhe large cotapauy for our go- acrtdtour; & passing through the settlements of : y Pava CQuaty, we.coald, not but admire the 1 mrked ,hBd:of 1'rovtdence la the dlstrl- : butloaof hieUuHttc. The grossing- i ,n8f P fresh ad green on the. mountain- I 1 -Bides on Our right; and away towards the west, the wheat and rye, and oats, and t barley gave tokens of an early and pro- s JIfic harveet 'Xho sua had not ret risen whes wo passed through tho northern HmlU of Parmington. All was peace, j pfoiXfOBiid was Ijcaril. save tho tinkling . . . .of ciSw-bells,nndUje.Innoccntfrolicsof the !; . " Uttte bands of horses lhatplayed upon the ; ; benches and orer tae hills around us. As - ' the wb showed hiajself In grandeur over fj.i ;'. tho high peaks of the everlasting lillls, i tc J"' ' aHnatorosccmedtobrc&thofortbathankt- i ': v for the wcicetBo mild ralna of. hca- i :.. . We crossed the; Wber jilgh,- foaming I vs '" .''.'CS m Its' proud, Independence! t ' and fbr'incd bnrcWpnho'dwelitngpt v ?t pur kind friend, Qcncral cst. I'ho -hosV j v .. .pitallty of the citizens bi Ogderi was;'. an- ':':', bounded. All Bccmod to study 16 emulate f kC;" V ' ?no anouer in nets of kindness, and com-ffev com-ffev "t btiiod. to give -the wholacanhp a-hearty j Wh ' wcfrm0-- OgdeU Is not behind tho-chicr- fflfe '. ."" V of the cities of Utah insubstantial If?'- 'S " ' 011(1 dufahlc fmprovemcnte. Tanneries,, ilfe ' " " ""fiwachlncfl, louring and. saw-mills, Mf? . fcd tt uo appendages , accessary to pro- WJ: ' " f -yoV0 i'rosperity and ndvanccmcui, arc to t - booundhcroin alt jrocewary profusion. mf..' r' ,- lwpwrcBcnia of every kind jaultiply year ijp. " Jcar Mttldng it.a rcat pleasure to' visit lif ' raTCl UirooS11 tho And,'bosfc of Me-i ' all,,'the po)le are. eoutentcd, uuitflinppy, ,' I'h, abound of murmur or complaint could, i mr'-llcr :Arid the people seemed. 16 look' i ifpii"; ' ' their presiding officcr8,Jn confidence, I iFpij as.fathcrs and protectors. , wpt'" '!? "c3,t camp was nt Jlox KIder j and ' 41, J- - nil tha't wo havb 'said of Ogdeu mdy be i;"''--. said with' equal propriety of irighaui City, : V' - ' A ktmlw.clcomo: and liberal fare was ready j . fprioll, as.F.e' farmed oar eamp. acar tho bouse' cf lwnlcnt Snow, -tfaion, pcaao, MrS'.' and gro)j prosperity wcro manifest on f t 3P"1- crw-.side. P .9 owralng. bf tho 1th, President lr- Vow,,S,t'hb.wyapIox EW I'l-.-' After, ogradunlasiutorabout four tuilcs, Itlv1'" 0,- f m keoutiful plateaus wo ifC' I'wocVcr seen, .oiwned oat-before a?, it 1.- wasHhe dalry-grbund of Brigham. City; Wtr nd mosfc'cxccllent was the selection, l.-i &a -wo" went; not toilingand struggling -buWraTcUing leisure and happily 0n a M&"-: iJotqurolrip; no wthrough narrow rariucs' tfala avt hSKh m until wo reached the MP" ' dHrUW l1?5 at IctI u to .whttt would I 'C.f V fliwaxt scch aaotker country. !-' ' W lrefe'rctcd iiu5 ahsqaco . of ftU m''' ; iili,' 0?" 0(?r Qvra uaWh'ty "to cketch.ba Ctt,'l'flw. tiJ Ktnes mouicutarily opeuing Ut bcf0Wua UeMng among the. deep 1 ? ' roviuDi, away beyond were tb.bo wen the Im$ '" . l?U- cliffi of the Wnhsntcb, towering I In their sublinio, defiant majesty j unending W : ' groves, of evergreougtviug Yftriety to tho Escape, UUf, though, at first Igkt, W& - only symptom of iife,appcared to bo Jpf the long string of moving vehicles and mf- Wouatcd Bleeds; the real life of anturc, M&Zy wJiC,i aatd morb dpiejy, was in the A'"n hills and .babbling Btreams of the ajqimtafa JauiJr Wk ' . Vdher pVlptcrs on paper or canvass, iB'r ' V we t' forego' a description. Vet -we I : t'llld noM.eny ourwlfei a fs.w rellecliosa. JBrtl" J- " the wild la uratrCTaatton, trod, these k&t and delved among' these kanyoas, tutored, HBdts-, ( turbed, "ow the ptbf tke red-mMi Js i wldeacd outf and; th, ta4str)ou hu. i baudmaa explores the kn'dWKl digs "but i the ItqauiTH dif th8'eairihye4; 'tha t7 1 lireadoflieavcafrtfai jB kkkkn wilder- - After crossing "the divide," wo com- I nenccd oar desccat, and soon catered Caterpillar Konyon. Tho rfomo is most j ippropriato. On every side thla des 1 ructlvo insect had rondo Its marks. Their 1 pldcr-wcb nests were to bo eceu all t troundj aad tho leafless shrubs, dead aod Wfi mo full cyldeaco of their pteience , ind Industry. Vhatatast-peld opened out, a w t sntcrcid Caclie Valley . ( "ilje world setmcd alt Woro,u. rhcr to t cli(jfie i )ar p)a8 f rwtf and ProtWcaco bar guide," The first ecltlemout In CacheWells- rlltewas reached nU p.m, bf tho fth. , J Elder Jianghan, tho presiding bishop , n Cache County, met ns here, and, In tho mme of the citizens of WellsvJIle, aiid In- V Iced, of the whole- coonty gnVo us not )alva lieartv but Itiost itilistantlal wrfcnrnn A sumptuous dinner was prepared, A bowery had beca erected by the .citizens; nd long, broad tables groaned:undcrttho weight of carved joints of fatted becfes nd mutton. Nor were tho more rare luxuries of life wanting. The most crlll- ; yil epicurean could scarce, hayo been llsappolatcd as he scanned tho board. ; Passing' through Logan, SmJthfield, Ifydosvllle, and Itiehraond, wo arrived at Prnnklitf on tho evening of tho 8th, This $ at prcscat the frontier; sctilcmeat.of the forth, and as yet Is but in course of for-, , nation, But the fences and ploughsd ( tolds adjoining testified! to ,bns'y haniis , irid hearty cntcrprize. A lively monn- alo' rivulet furnishes all the water neces- t ary for the irniita. of a largo settlement, rinding around tho village on tho north j and cast. A. little farther north Is. a bold broad river called Cab Itivcr. Its name originated' with a,small party, of trappers who passed there not aiany sntnmers since. On nrrlvlng .,on . ita banks tnoy pronounced i Bear Klvorj but on. reaching, reach-ing, tho ,noxt- morning,;" tlio maternal streamjtself, they corrected themselves sad Insisted-ttiattuVitreamwasftwyrthy :ab. . . . v" 'a'-x " Franklin, :thoogl i at; first eight,: rather pri;iddlng, bids, fair tOjWamongtho fore-nost fore-nost of tho BottlcraeatsfofVCacber -.The jVncafcsna'ttO.untiUiTffc : .he finest grass. IL'hb.-irowlinds accm; to )e for -thoi plough and seed-grain, and iromlsoirich tclarns. , An almost interminable sea of land ap-cnred ap-cnred to openroat beforo us. But hotnc'r jusihess forbade tho iengthenirig .ont .of )nr lour; aud on tho morjilng of the.' 5th 1 Ko bended our teams ;f or home - v . y Saturday night, Sunday,.ond VSnhday light were spen nVjjogaaj and thefesi- i lent, h(s ,Coiuicll, and sonie of the Twel ve, J uldrcsscd tho. people uuder a; very, ncat ! jud conirapdloua bowcry,prepnrcd-fQrtho purposeC.- , ' .. " -vI;cnting JiOgan orj the morning of tUti 1 Ith, lib.company divergedfrom the t regular' line of travel and made a pssing 1 :all ai ProvMonee, a amalt bat very lourishing and, promising settlement; nnd J rornicd camp for the night at Wellsvillo. ( Lime did not permit a call at tho three" ii )thcr settlements of tho valley paradise, I VTcndou ami Hy'runu Reports, however ji veil authenticated, satisfied us that they f vcro nt least up with their nefchbors. Ucrowonro about to take, our lcavo for tho present of Cache,, and cannot de-uy de-uy ourselves a word at parting. Wo have travelled through the most, If not all, of the valleys of the Territory j arid, can say conscientiously that for natural .advantages, .advanta-ges, Caqhe Valley-is faraheaWf tdt that wo have; scca. Industry, patience, nad perseverance alone nro necessary, with tho favor of a' kiad Providence, to" pay. back, in tao rich bounties of tho soil, the HbOrp auff.tbils-bf the farmer. The name of ilia taiiey Is scarcely appropriate, Instead In-stead of being calicd'Cache, from the ch qumstaucb o,f the burial of government log-chains and brandy, it should bear the title It deserves -tho Valley of a Thousaud Springs, In one small settlement, eleven rarras are laid out, side by sldeaud on each farm a, spring sends forth Water enough for the land and owaora. It it also peculiarly favored with spring raius, and houco tho labar and oxptnso of Irrigation is 'much Jes3 than in Other portions por-tions of tho Territory. The valley is in a fair way to rival. San Pete as tho granary of Utah. Previous to our visit, i2l3$ bushels of wheat, 385 bushel of corn, 89T bushels, of oats and barley, and 405 J bushels or Potatoes aod other vegetables, had already- been sown aud planted; and tho plough wua still at work. Nathing or ' imporlanc tranipirod oa our rstirahoiM. Thru floariag aid two laiviuma wcru lucaieo uuuur luoum-tvivu jf jtfr; Kesleri tlzi onq, flouring , mjll .nt Scntervjllo fer M. IsaaS Chase nuotlicr; it l?rkiiiBgtti for Mr. i D: Richard motherit iibgan for Messrs Tliatchcr ind Bensoaj (taw-mill. at Legaa for Mr. itlckaj and. another at Ogden fdr Oeu We.; ' . ' .: ., , Oii our return the company partook Wntlrully of tho hospitality of tho, people peo-ple of Kaysville. Never Was ft more j pleasant and ftgrceablo trip made at' ni? lime or in any plaeo. Nor evct a warmer I welcome, or moroi hearty Ood bless jjbu' ! jlven by the cltiscns through wlioso cities' j knd hamlets wo-travellcd , , |