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TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



892 of winter, wheat, 640,823 of Indian-corn, 

 67,660 of oats, 3,876 of barley, 8,587 pounds 

 of tobacco, 684,930 of wool, 28,856 bushels of 

 peas and beans, 3,102 of Irish potatoes, 19,686 

 gallons of wine, 12,912 .pounds of butter, 27,- 

 239 of cheese, 813 gallons of milk sold, and 4,- 

 209 tons of hay. 



The total number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 182, using 13 steam-engines, of 

 252 horse-power, and 42 water-wheels, of 659 

 horse-power, and employing 427 hands. The 

 amount of capital invested was $1,450,695 ; of 

 wages paid during the year, $167,281 ; of ma- 

 terials consumed, $880,957; of products, $1,- 

 489,868. 



There were 5 newspapers and periodicals, 

 having an aggregate circulation of 1,525, and 

 issuing annually 137,350 copies. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 158, having 152 edifices, with 81,560 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $322,621. 



UTAH. In the early part of the year a move- 

 ment was set on foot to secure the admission 

 of this Territory into the Union as a State, but 

 it did not meet with success. The Governor 

 vetoed an act of the Territorial Legislature 

 providing for a convention to prepare a State 

 constitution, and the appeal to Congress was 

 without effect, 



A decision of the Supreme Court of the Uni- 

 ted States, on the 15th of April, declared that 

 the Territorial courts were not United States 

 tribunals, but " legislative courts of the Terri- 

 tory created in view of the clause which au- 

 thorized Congress to make all needful rules 

 and regulations respecting the Territories." 

 The effect of this decision was, to nullify the 

 proceedings which had been taken against 

 Brigham Young and others for murder and 

 other offences, and they were discharged. 



The Territorial officers, appointed by the 

 President: are George L. Woods, Governor ; 

 William Corey, Secretary ; Mathewson T. Pat- 

 rick, Marshal ; George C. Bates, District 

 Attorney ; James B. McKean, Chief-Justice, 

 and Obed F. Strickland and Cyrus M. Hawley, 

 Associate Justices. George Q. Cannon, Mor- 

 mon, was elected Delegate to Congress in Au- 

 gust last, over George R. Maxwell, the Gentile 

 candidate, by a majority of 19,627 out of a 

 total vote of 22,911 ; women voted very gen- 

 erally at the election. The Legislature con- 

 sists of a Council of 13, and a House of Repre- 

 sentatives of 26 all Mormons. 



The assessed value of property in Utah is 

 $17,590,560. Much progress has been made 

 in developing the mineral and agricultural 

 resources of the Territory, which are very great. 

 The value of agricultural products for the past 

 year was $6,149,925. The railroads of Utah 

 at the end of the year were as follows : Utah 

 Northern, three-feet gauge, completed 40 iniles 

 from Utah Junction, northward ; Summit 

 County, three-feet gauge, running from Echo 

 to Coalville, only two miles finished ; Utah 

 Central, from Ogden to Salt Lake City, 37 



miles; Utah Southern, from, Salt Lake City, 

 southward, completed to Lochi, 40 miles ; Wa- 

 satch & Jordan Valley, to run from Sandy 

 Station to Alta, as yet only surveyed and partly 

 graded ; Bingham Canon and Camp Floyd, to 

 run from Sandy Station to Bingham City, under 

 construction ; American Fork, three-feet gauge, 

 completed from Salt Lake City to Deer Creek, 

 16 miles; Salt Lake City, Sevier Valley & 

 Pioche, from Salt Lake City to the mining 

 districts of the west, under construction ; Salt 

 Lake City & Tooele Valley, nearly same route 

 as last, to extend 100 miles, under construc- 

 tion ; San Juan, San Pete & Sevier, from 

 Nephi, southeast through Salt Creek Cafion, 

 150 miles, three-feet gauge, under construe 

 tion ; Lochi & Tintie, from Lochi to the Cam] 

 Floyd and Tintie mining districts, about 5( 

 miles, three-feet gauge, under construction; 

 Southeastern, from Springville to San Pet< 

 100 miles, three-feet gauge, under construe 

 tion. 



The Indians living in Utah are the north- 

 western, western, and Goship Shoshones, 3,00( 

 in the northwest ; Weber Utes, 300, near Sa' 

 Lake ; Timpanagos, 500, south of Salt Lake 

 San Pitches, 300, in same vicinity ; Pab-Vents 

 1,200, near the Shoshones ; Yampa-Utes, Pi- 

 edes, Pi-Utes, Elk Mountain Utes, and Sh< 

 be-rechers, 5,200, in the east and south ; an 

 the Uintah-Utes, 800, on a reservation of 2,- 

 030,000 acres in the northeast. 



According to the census of 1870, the T.ei 

 tory contained 11,068 horses, 2,879 mules and 

 asses, 17,563 milch-cows, 3,479 working-oxen, 

 18,138 other cattle, 59,672 sheep, and 3,150 

 swine. The chief productions were 543,487 

 bushels of spring, and 14,986 of winter, wheat, 

 1,312 of rye, 95,557 of Indian-corn, 65,650 of 

 oats, 49,117 of barley, 178 of buckwheat, 109,- 

 018 pounds of wool, 9,291 bushels of peas and 

 beans, 323,645 of Irish, and 163 of sweet, po- 

 tatoes, 3,131 gallons of wine, 310,335 pounds 

 of butter, 69,603 of cheese, 11,240 gallons of 

 milk sold, 27,305 tons of hay, 67,446 "gallons of 

 sorghum molasses, and 575 pounds of honey. 



The whole number of manufacturing estab- 

 lishments was 533, using 21 steam-engines, of 

 331 horse-power, and 192 water-wheels, of 

 2,169 horse-power, and employing 1,584 hands. 

 The amount of capital invested was $1,391,898 ; 

 wages paid during the year, $395,365 ; value 

 of materials consumed, $1,238,252 ; of prod- 

 ucts, $2,343,019. 



The number of newspapers and periodicals 

 was 10, having an aggregate circulation of 

 14,250, and issuing annually 1,578,400 copies. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 165, having 164 edifices, with 86,110 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $674,600. 



WASHINGTON. This Territory has an area of 

 69,994 square miles, or 44,796,160 acres, of 

 which 7,100,000 acres are surveyed. The 

 population is 37.402. The capital is Olympia, 

 and the Territorial officers are : Elisha P. Ferry, 

 Governor; Henry S. Struve, Secretary; 0. 



