Show lei a yAte resting description 0 t N antl i pl tha nauvoo aua oo the mecca of the modern 6 os s leins lenis and the 1 jerusalem 0 of f GE to 10 ie latter day saints ili the natu beauty of its posa position tion is without i equal on the river seated at ahead of the rapids on a point of beg nd ad Around which the river sweeps am a gentle curve 1 it commands a ew deiv 0 ot t the I 1 stream extend ing ingmans Many les ills wl without t hout interruption in either rising with a gentle d G N ell from the ri rivers vers bank the land dually grows more elevated as ce tt recede until it reaches its ita tul cul lo 10 0 haddly i d a lofty eminence on oil tow ich ch the temple once boned reared its tg W wl oad apropo proportions r lions in alli stately 1 a i e ly grah grab ur all it a along ono the ho ill 1 side i d in the ys of t the he cites prosper prosperity ty rows rov of ansome adso e edifices were terraced the III 0 ua only of which may now be e to benl enl t bill the days of its prosperity s patt pan arl andr druin uin now meets you on every cv ery hand band the place now presents the strange anomaly of a city of recent origin built of ruins ruin sand and reared in in the midst of desolation before beare the Alor cormons mormons mons were driven away aay the 1 population exceeded thirty thousand a and d now not a tenth of that thai number can be found in the place many times more building have been pulled down than are now standing and many still remain remain that have no other tenants than rats and owhy the chief object of interest that the place contains is is of course the temple or what remains remains of it it stands stand 3 as has been already observed on the summit of the hill that over 01 er looks the city and is is a conspicuous object at the distance of many miles years ago it was destroyed by fire and only on the front walls are now left standing when in its perfect sta stale te it must have presented a very cry impose ing appearance the material used in in its c instruction construction is is limestone obtained in in the neighborhood and of most excellent quality the portion now standing is is about arioul sixty feet in in hight and constitutes the portico or hall of entrance into the buil building din on oil either side of the doorway doom ay three pilasters pi lasters are inserted their bases resting on a cres crescent cent moon the caps surmounted by a rising sun just above the sun a pair of hands appear each holding with firm grip a trumpet and high lugh above aboe sun and bands hands and trumpet a star of enormous rag a 91 include scatters scitt ers its us divergent rays ras of what iv hat these symbols are typical those only who iho have beep been admitted into the mysteries of mormonism can explain the temple as we c have stated is f in in a state of dilapidation and aDd luin the portion not already fallen i tottering to its base and huge i cracks gape along the walls valls broili from clopto top to bottom we passed wit with it some misgivings mif givings of a accident cc ident beneath 11 a ruined arZ aich hway way and stood within the veti vestibule bule A hock flock of partridges that had been feasting ata at a aela neighboring heat stack and were pow low sc ioel e kir refuel gg within thel build a ng from the heat feat of ili ih e noonday noon day sun sua were frightened at our indru iaru sion and darted with ith tumultuous haste ind and whirring sound the gaping gapin windows the place whore where we tood stood was filled wi wi h masses of stone in the spot underneath them we were told yawned dawned a deep pit the uses of which were known only tu to the eniti initiated abed its mouth was covered co ei ed b by y an enormous stone slab that thai formed part pare of the pavement and until the pit was revealed ree aled by the det destruction ruction of the building its its very existe existence exist ree erce had not been suspected heaps heap of st s one ru rubbish abish fillin filling its dap depths fihs ihs arid and piled high above aboe it have ba aerated all ail traces of it it now arid and tholen its utterance it in jl had any secret to d disclose on either side ane or of the vestibule ire are small rooms from afton which circular sl sll slonas n airways nas ascended d ed to I 1 the great I 1 II 11 hall all which hii h vas in in tha second story after he expulsion odthe of the mormons cormons Mor mons this thin hall was as used for balls public and the like secular pot to say profane purposes and was held in great gi eat regard by the tha citizens for suh uses the congregation vor shipped in in i a large dooni loom on the first floor which extended the whole depth of the building in the iho basement beneath vas as the baptismal anal pout foot which was w as supported on twelve oxen hegli out of solid stone no trace of this font or of the oxen is is left only the well ell over which it it stood remains remains we removed one of the planks that covered the ell and looked down donn int into oits its depths but nothing in was to be seen sean but water water and a solitary frog that lay floating at its ease with uth limbs lazily extend pd d but who quickly disa disappeared P feared when his privacy was invaded all aro around in every direction the ground ormound is is thickly s strewn tre wn with broken stone arl an enor enormous amount of material must have chiv hiv e been used in in the construction of the build building illg two large bous houses s have already been a built from its ruins and enough still remains to furnish material I 1 for or the erection prec erection tion of two tw 0 or of three others equally extensive within a stones throw of this V fane ane dedicated to a hea heathenish heathenism thenis it fanaticism nati cism and now inow happily a mass of shapeless ha ruins a christiam temple lifts its modest spire and looks as with an a eye of pitying wonder on the humiliating witness s of mans mans folly and his blasphemous presumption the ithe family of the great droplet prophet still still dwell in in nauvoo no persua ions can prevail on them to remove 0 utah his adow widow has married again again and with her husband keeps the he mansion house the th only hoyad house if entertainment that the city affords the rhe oldest wn son aho vho ho bears his big fahrs name of jose joseph is a justice atice of f the acate and a useful az and or cry respected citizen great ind induct ments nent have shave heen been offered him to remove to great salt lake city hut but he ie steadily resists all such importunities bilies for the purpose of gratifying a curiosity uno sity general if not commendable we asked to be shown the spot where the prophet wis was buried but received for answer that the grave grae of joe smith like the sepulchre of moses was vi as known knon to no one to no one at least except the immediate family who keep the knowledge kno cledge of it i a profound secret the mormon temple with the buildings adjacent were purchased some years 5 cars ago by an as association S on in in new york with mth the design of devoting them to purposes zes of education the night preceding the day that the transfer was to have talen taken place the temple was vas set on fire and des troyed tro ed with it perished the pros pacts of damoo from that da the town has tho the origin of the fire is is still a mystery some attribute it to the fanaticism of ahe the mormons cormons themselves who ho not bear to see their sacred edifice e pas into th the e hands of unbelieving gentiles 0 hers charge the act on oil the heretical abid and disaffected among the Alor mormon mons while yet others taking a more business view view of the matter in atiT are sure that the destruction of the ei buil building dino in ma may be traced in ibe bealo jealous jea loua I 1 the rival in in the beig neighborhood ig 0 0 hood d of the rising ang greatness of nauvoo nau oo 00 it is is not likely that the origin of the fire will nill ever eer be discovered all uial ith a is is known is is that it was as the act of an incendiary A comm mity of Ica nans un under je r the leadership of AL cabbe their founder soon afterwards removed to the place and became the purchasers of the property propel t the ica are french socialist and hold all prop erty arty in in common on two sides of temple square their dwellings have been erected on the other side they have bare built their store stor 0 h rj bet their schoolhouses school houses bouses put punt of the ruins of the tet Y 0 they numbered at first about six hundred persons but by death and ad desertions the community has been reduced to less than three hundred their leader al cabbe died about a year ago since that his place lias has bo lioen x supplied ly by ALA mi harchand Har larch chant ant socialism they say is the only true rue democracy and th this they profess to practise tiso in letter fetter and in spirit all are required Vired to N work vork ar and id jh ahe position of leader carries with it no exclusive privileges privilege leg when wo we were presented to we found him it in a cooks dress busily ell engaged g ag in preparing dinner fr for the whole community their number at present at nauvoo is small not ex exceeding c eeb in fifty fly or sixty the others of the crim community n iy ay ba b being a in adams county iowa where here they hold a large tract of land some few are at chel ton stonham hain near this his cuy city where they are eng engaged agett jn in the manefa manufacture clure af f I 1 fire brick the property of the community in Nauvoo has been sold and in mcember Dyc embe the whole society will be united on their farm in iowa all the time that they have been in they have been distinguish ed for industry neatness anc an good go id conduct and barring their lecul r notions of government and re religion li kon they are good citizens and excellent neigh bois jio A NEW dranic the TI evening ming post says that they a new drink in new york which it describes as follows minme rifle brandy lulling killing two hundred yards offhand off hand must yield in pote potency riCy to tangle foot whiskey a drink now in general use it is made of diluted alcohol nitric acid boot legs begs and tobacco and will upset an all individual at the distance of four huna bulla dred ed yards from fro the demijohn a con taming it you are an old sheep said a promising specimen of youn young america lea to his mother well you ou little ras rascal cal exclaimed e she seizing the broomstick if I 1 am an old sheep I 1 hamd you and ill lam you again lou israle journal |