Show L IT 0 ril rii A L S CH ARLES CHARLES KNIGHT 1 A 1 I ox hange records the death pf af chaido knight the fhe popular and alid en english lish author and anil publisher on the ie oth of march ho he was wa born at windsor in 1791 hij hi ner atner was a bookseller and the son 0 o the bu business budness duess charles ai ht may be termed one of the jei kels icis of popular literature and ovi 01 rider a lar jar of cheap and instructive li e und devoted w the un 0 ue u aul e clr knowledge re and which 1 ti leun leen sen een sun 0 o powerfully instrument i io a on enlightening Lightening tho the masses of t it e british botish people during sho she ho last as t 11 cent century dry an era which so far i ohe the t lle lie people at large farge are concerned lay eny tay in ay iy be termed the augustan age w 0 literature he W was put pub lisheid and agent of the society for t ie io dit ditl lusion of useful know ioie iele I 1 the various various works which ve we 0 written edited supervised or ia dished by charles charies harles haries knight were heiy numerous and til xii all ali conveying ue ul fri formation information among alio those e w v ri ritten tte 11 or su supervised e ri ased by him were rhe rho dle the plain lyn englishman lishman a periodical bommel commencing leing in 1820 knights quarterly magazine rhe tile the london bondon magazine penny lua iua 11 weel weekly lily which attained to a circulation of copies british Al manack almanacs and com tile the same penny cy cio clo e ila iia su subsequently sequent con eon condensed ense as t the e 11 2 cyclopedia clo cio 11 and a an berwar edwards s remodelled remodel led as the english cyclopedia pictorial history of england land 1 by craik and Mp Farlane mcfarlane MF ariane arlane and 11 nd continuation of bf the wt sine sano ua ns 1 rui fHi history story of the thirty yens peace 11 by mr knight and M 4 f neau gallery of portraits io 0 ulvin nihed hlen men pictorial bi buie bule lerr ai pictorial book of common Pr fraer J store of knowledge 1 london pictorially illustrated 11 subsequently abridged as tile tiie the cyclopedia of london old england i a it pictorial museum 0 I 1 dional national antiquities weekly hilf half hours with the be it authors land we live in cyclopedia of the industry of all half hours of english history Il geography of the brit lil 11 i il q E empire ire lre letor pictorial ictor ial lal sl Shak i aks spere perer perel and various cognate editions and blames volu nies results of or machinery A kli hoi hol h of industry capital and L knowledge is hovver power eov Pov ver I 1 lid li lie e of caxton C sab subsequently ena lael la gel gol el under undo r another title varl ivari varie 1 ie 10 once upon a time struggles 0 94 4 of a book dook agya agra against lust excessive f ft iz vision which with other of his w lins lini lin i ings i had much to do in bring 0 in ii abut t the c repe repell tl of the duty on 11 piet history Hi tony tory of en eng laud land lindh dile one of the tho best of all RI his s w ns Cs 41 ru running run n n nina in m mentton n tto tio n 0 of f these pub li 2 luoni ifil wil afi revive in the minds 0 anny english men met and wo iu i a reining su enCel of their early a I 1 i stuns and ariti in the pur sll 0 knowledge and they tiley will S remi ie tided of the many pleasant it i i n i of literary inita instruction action and ea tor for which they are in in tetel lete le tei ted ll 11 to tho the energy enterprise a anity inky and good judgment of mr ani knight ht k a business inan mr ir knight w ws i i es than enterprise la ills ilia long iong life of L upwards of or fourscore years was one continual s ene of intellectual labor of the uce uco uie u o dl al among the noble army of laborers wh who 9 have worked louo lous ably auly and faithfully in that pj cichlar nield field he stands in the mfuat rank rany and holds a foremost pla p ft his wr works alls are his best mon u nent neat r P i ough the influence of lord B ishiah h tm a few years ago lieras he was 1 n i cited publisher of or the loni i y ette 11 nt at a salary of 1203 a v i ind with bittle to do CASTLE S GARDEN of the new zol r t K 7 timers imel ime l makes maket ome some heavy lio tin 1 I v es yes tile the castle garden i t it in liew new york to the detect ia 11 ly iya a IS ew york state law the atie atle A z tle tie garden commissioners assess i au immigrants with head m my m y yra a tertian sum for each in dvid ual arrival ostensibly for the bf taking care of those who my lilvy ba siek sick and very poor this cai eai ca eiji ciji i tation lation tax ag aggregates tie e annum or more and somebody s 4 hokl itom of lor sl it favored nail rall roa roi ld i flats llave ticket ofeleo in cartle cattle x it lon ion ti and they charge the wi ni eini emigrants 0 rants ten per cent iki e for or tickets than the usual p pi 1 v us I 1 money brokers have establishments lish Ush ments in the garden and buy coin of and sell greenbacks green backs to the emigrants at rates one oue per cent in advance of those ruling in wall street at the time railroad luggage belonging to emigrants is charged fifteen per cent more than that of ordinary travelers trat trav elers lerp while the emigrants are allowed twenty per cent less of free luggage such are the char charges es preferred to which may be added added the fact that baggage smashing is by no means a rare occurrence in castle garden reformation of these abuses abuse Is 13 not an eay eawy busin busnes bus but bosnes nes esq it is uphill up hill work the garden ring and their friends succeeding in counteracting the attempts made to correct abuses president grant asked congressional attention to the matter the indianapolis immigration convention of two years ago gave some sound advice to a castle garden delegation but it was a as 3 the giving of of good advice frequez frequently ly is laborin labor in vain wain inthe in the last session of congress a bill was prepared and urged involving a complete change in the manner of receiving 0 and caring for newly arrived emigrants but somehow or other its passage was prevented ALL ALT QUIET AND prosperous everything seems to be quiet and prosperous in this city and t the h e neighboring settlements and in the territory at large so far as we learn le lttie amand and saying nothing of a little littie ittie ittle smallpox small pox or other sickness in in places the farmers are busy plowing and sowing building and gardening are also going on briskly and people eo le generally appear to be min minding ing their own business busine sv we hear little ittle rabidity now very little it doehri does not seem to pay very well in fact we have never yet seen a rabid anti antl mormon who did not either fall or play himself out or materially modify his song and his action and lalk talk and act a little more like a decent man and a christian THE SANDWICH ISLANDS IN TN the hawaiian gazette published at honolulu are some interest particulars ing concerning the census of those islands taken in 1872 contrasted with that taken in 1861 1868 the census of 1863 represented the total inhabitants of the kingdom at of which were males and females that of 1872 gave total or males and females a decrease in totals of or a little over eleven percent per cent in six years iche rhe difference in the excess of males mates in 1872 over 1863 is accounted for by the immigration of chinese nese males maies the total native population in 1888 1835 was in 1872 a decrease of the full blood na tives having decreased while the half hair caste had increased in 1860 1833 the foreign population including chinese numbered femali 4 19 or males and females 4 11 in 1 1872 tile the total was or 4 5 males and 1071 f females emalese a total gain of 1172 thus titus while in six years while the native population has decreased about aboul 11 per cent the foreign population has increased about per cent the total of married persons in 1833 1868 was in 1872 I 1 a decrease of Un unmarried marrie d persons in 1833 numbered in 1872 almost all the decrease being belp g among the married people 1 the I population under 15 years of a age e had slightly increased since 1863 wh while I 1 ae that above 15 10 5 had decreased in rather larger proportion in 1806 1863 there were freeholders in 1872 6 proc professions kesi fesi lons ions in 1866 numbered numbered in 1872 1320 20 a marked if not promising increase agriculturists in 1863 numbered in 1872 plantation laborers in 1863 were in 1872 mechanics in 1863 numbered 1146 in 1872 2115 nearly double the census of 1872 classifies foreigners as follows Clil chinese nese 1938 american british gig olg german french 88 portuguese other of or full blood foreigners Ha hawaiian wallan wailan born bom there are or 4 18 males and females of full blood natives the males are largely in excess while of half hair foreign or full foreign of hawaiian birth the females are sll sil slightly atly in excess excels in 1832 1932 the natives numbered in 1872 full blood natives numbered only a decrease in 40 years of nearly 61 per cent bertz according to the census statistics since 1832 the percentage of d decrease e of population is as follows i lne lue to 1838 I 1 4 years id per cent 1836 to 1 K years yeara at per cent 1850 1830 to 1833 i 13 per cent 1853 to 1 1 ayea years rs 4 per cent 1811 told 8 6 ears lu 10 per cents ism 1603 to 1672 6 years 11 per cent A the san francisco Chroni chronie ae gets off the tha th a following lamentation upon the evil days ana and and evil ways waya of the present box the national debt la Is increasing our nat national fouat securities are arc de olf elf ning la lu price abroad and confidence in our system la to on the wane our mr railroad bonds do not filid iliad a ready mark market etin in europeo europe the balance of trade runs against us one hundred thousand americans are grolig abroad to aped a hundred millions at vienna our imports largely exceed our exports gold kold has baa advanced to its lis extravagance runs riot in the land laud and we are impoverishing our country in the purchase of luxuries and gewgaws gew gaws we are living extravagantly and beyond our means monopolies are sapping sap gap lin fl the foundations of our prosperity r an and 1 mii gli political is undermining the tou fou aaion of our government our statesmen are becoming corrupt our bur office hold hoid ers venal lenal and our legislatures are easily bribed murder runs riot through the land our people are becoming demor demoi demoralized alfrod our women arey aret are some of them not as good as they ought to be our preach preachers ersy erso some of them are not as a deviated as in the oden olden time our children are fast and riotous hio rio tous toua we have departed from the simplicity economy and find honesty of other davs dars da s the only remedy we can suggest Is the we respectfully submit that as it proved a success once anc el it y N worth a second experiment THE TRE AND JORDAN VALLEY RAILROAD by BV invitation the following gentlemen accompanied prest priest brigham young ou on a trip to cottone the granite quarry in little cottonwood canon yesterday afternoon hons george Q cannon and win wm jennings bishops L D young and john sharp and H B D clawson jesse W fox pox david meke McKe mckenizie nizie rizie thomas thomaa williams T a web er orson oraon arnold and W rossiter ros Bos esam tho the party left the depot depo lt of the utah southern at I 1 and in good time reached sandy where they alighted and gol got aboard a car ear on the wasatch and jordan valmy railroad a narrow guage line now iii in coune course of construction from sandy to alta city in littler bittler cotto cottonwood n wood canon a dis distance Lance of 20 miles mile s and of which six and a hallare half are already completed no time was wag lost by delay at sandy but as soon as all were aboard the trip to granite or rath er to the quarry commenced it was of a very exhilarating charac ter the road being a continual ascent until you are fairly in the mountains T the he little littly steamer did her work gallantly running along at about twelve or fifteen miles an hour about five miles from san dy the form of the road is that of a perfect horse shoe the ends or of which are probably a mile apart in about hair half an hour the quarry was reached hedani and there a su superintendent PC rin james C livingston with a force of men are busily engaged in quarrying rock for the and a 4 the railroad has now reached that point the transportation of the rock will henceforth be an easy matter and a very large largo ar amount of stone will we were told speedily be transported thence to the temple block in this city every stone is quarried the size required and then numbered and it only needs di dressing ess when it reaches readies its destina deatina destination tion belore before it is ready for its place in the structure for which it is intended the first piece plede hauled from the quarry by rail was brought yesterday day on a flat in the train which president young and party traveled it was an arch stone 51 5 feet long 3 feet fee wide twide and 2 feet thick and weighed three and three quarters tons the party left the quarry a few minutes to 4 reached sandy Saudy a few minutes after and arrived in this city at a quarter past 5 having had a very pleasant journey the wasatch and jordan valley railroad hlll the second narrow guage line in ut utah i will pr prove 0 ve an immense benefit to the miners of little cottonwood affording annl them a ready means of transporting their ores from the tiie mines and thus helping immensely in the development of that enair en tire tiro region of country the company was organized about the beginning of lait last novem N ber bar with the following officers president and superintendent of construction wm win jennings board of directors wm jennings H S eldredge james T little littie warren hussey and H hooper secretary frank fuller treasurer jame i T little the capital stoa stock was twenty five per cent cont of which has haileen been alread already y asik arhl hessed essed in that portion of the road now completed there arm are aref everal several heavy cut cute from one of which just beyond yord the quarry seven thousand cubic yards of soil idil were taken the work in the cuts is very veery hard the subsoil containing a great amount of 0 gravel r vel vol and many targe large the ib e highest grade of the road ia 19 feet td to the mile the lowest in the first mile from the junction at sandy the rise is nilet feet mr charles charlea hardy i ia the surveyor of the road the company have now one lo 10 co motive one in mail mall all ail and bagga baggage go car and ten hats tiey they have in course of construction at connorsville Connors ville pa two first class passenger cars cara ten flats bats and another engine which will p possess assess colonel frenches invention to aid in climbing very seep grades the engine they rl now w possess has six drivers and weighs seventeen tons they can run from fifteen to twenty miles an hour with ease and have hauled a load of forty five tons up a it grade of feet to the mile the thoi iron on the tho road weighs ten pounds to the foot the severe weather of the past winter suspended operations in building the road but they are now being resumed wun great energy mr jennings jenning informed us that thao it would be finished to granite mout about three of a mile beyond the quarry in about ten days and the intention was to push it through to alta city by the fall fail it ii is ballasted ballested bal lasted thus far with gravel and granite and judging by the character of that portion of the road alrea already dy completed which reflects I 1 great reat credit on the com company compardy parly it will be one of the best and most alost substantially built bulit roads in this or any other part of the country tim THE countess th tins is celebrated character recently died at romme borne |