The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-11-09

80 "EstsANAt ~ - = tNttNA foNh ~ tAtt'A W
NJ Piu-balrh Gazette, dased Warsaw, M,
ooh August, 1873, and bears stronger cvi-
dsncos q accuracy than any acconat Of the
PFopho, and hispeople, than We have seen.
Nauvoo. AZ most % our readers probably
knBa. q cont 20 miles above this town, on
l.s Mssissippi; Warsaw lying At tho foot OF
tae Dra AIonics rapids, and Nauvoo AZ tho
head. Tore are two roads--onc BY the rivcr
haak ard one by The ppiro. We toos the
latter, although a i some four or Eve miles
huhcn hausoo lies about north Of this point,
hui 20 6sat took due east course IN order
taRsl M W prairie, a. the hlnn which d.
videl NJ rmire from the liver. an lhrough
this tg.1n, consists Of wooded bills and "a
pinoa. eruanlly from three 70 Eve miles wide.
Our end. ihorclofc, Coz the FIRST 4 miles was
vcfy ouph. aller which Nc GOT out on the
open. ll.mllahlo prairio, when We altered our
coufsc % iac north, ard stretched away foe
Nauyoo, yer one Of the finest road in the
world. vas much surprised on arriving al
The pft'ue, 70 witness The gtoat changes that
had taken place within three years. Three
Year belaFo, on prairie some fifteen miles
NNAfHNNf
a house was 10 be- seen, now the. whole pra-
Ire appeared 10 be- aeitled, presenting tho ap-
psamncc ~ an OIL inhabited county, with
The cxcopu1n that not tree was to be seen.
| was lnlorncd that twenty-five farms conld
b. counted liom ono little hllock on this pra-
ne. Bat ouf course north soon took ne from
this settled country, and No travelled ovcrvas
plaiiica, ending IN every direction a. Gar a.
tho ere could reach, oxccpt on oar right,
wlcfc hg ITO bluff which interviewed between
- and lie dvcr Herds % cattle could oc-
caslonslly 10 noen doliing the surface Of the
eam| and d wanted bot asInall stretch OF the
mMn'nslon 10 fancy these tho primcval lords
~ tle rlaifie, the fierce buffalo, that Few
years no roamed IN solitude and security
aYortlnaa inland oceans. A &c approach
"a IN sklneiom,n a. Nanvoo i donomina-
ed Nev. lhc county aaain began 10 w. SET.
ll6d, uhlle ihc laxuiiani hcslaas ofthc prai-
ue vas cropped quite sl.ars ~ he hords Of
eaitlr heluugina N the Mprnuaa. Most al
tl.e rrsifie. arar N-'isoo, 4 Fenced with lurf.
a f..l rof 100 l.e deep s. dog 80 s.ri
Fsis .nce. and ~ iatl pllod aa 81
i~cer. uss.aaa sesy eooland dsaab.s ienos
tsc bIosd cAouef uu lAe ~
sse - ........z -. -. 49,
fn wtl.. tho inhah.ianls nn ~
Nf 10 also uladc ~ taff sud 81,
eI.a A.fa pboafd.. A This uld = blscL.
Asa .0 I#s aoll a. the pfarics, theac bus pro.
sent . ssIy somhro appearance, and a. there
= uoi e uuc, and scarcely q hillock 70 ward
"a Tie seafcling suu u summer 90 the cold
hllai al winter, they present vcfy bleak and
desolsfo appcanncc. A We ncafed tbe
ciiy aboal 81 o'clock IN the evening, Nc
pastad an immense herd "a cows which were
Icing driven iaio the city. from the psafio, ~
anprf 10 inhabitants with milk. We also
ptsacd large numhor of wagons loadcd
with htY. tho produce Of tac mutual grass II
ita pfalaa. About three miles from tho riv.
~, wc entered tho ~kingdom of Nauvoo:~ y
beng aboui four miles long. up and down
the rtcr. antthF miles bruad. The part
near ile l,rairie, about mile and halfifom
the nvcf. Is quito broken up with ravincs
nevertheless u j. ell laid ont IN aero lots, and
mere o. less settled. We dove down near
the rlsei, and pat up a. very respectable
tavern, kep, By ono Of tho cldou-a tenn
pennce house. Amer tea We walked oui
pasl The house oftho prophet, who has very
good garden. containing about an acre, with
very hnc fence around II, painted white, az
Is also BIS house, moderate sized, and bum
bic booking frame dwelling. Near the pFoph.
ets, on tho other hank ofthc river, u tho site
oflhe ~Nauvoo House" building by rcvc-
latioa The basement Is finished II j.
hait "a good. hard, white stone. The
front on Tho liver IS about li0 feet, aud 4
entirely shove ground, of cut stone. II has
awing luuning back about 100 fcci. All this
worh a a tho best and most substantial char.
actor Whom this building Is finished il will
o. oq.ltI 10 any hotel IN tho western country.
~ spec Al revelation, tho prophet and bis
hoiu are 10 have a suit Of ICONS in this house
lofcycf
The noxi morning ahor breakfast, VIC paid
avia'i n the prophet. We were received IN
common sitting room, very plainly furnish
81. uteao the prophet and the other mem.
Der oiIho family had Just been brcaklastinQ
and hs lumerous children and dependents
were IN sitting At the table. He received
us I'm Cuito a good humomcd friendly man
Nor, ed as 70 sit down, and said he hoped
g. 3 otter acquaintance. On the gentle
ma. no accompanied me asking him how
be prosporcd, he replied, ~None can GET
ahead ofms, and few can keep behind mo. ,
lie tecmed 10 think he had said something
yey witty, Coz he laughed very hearty. We
apeuI aboul an hour conversiur on various
lr4iecfa, he prophet himself with amazing
sela y, occupying most Of the time, anc
biz thole theme was himself Lot M give
what lun We would 70 tho conversation, ID
void sdroiiiy bFins u back 10 himself Tn
R1ntlnmam who accompanied mo isa strong
Why. md a. ne Mounou vote had been NV
e. Al lhe rcccnf elecsioa % ne Incofoc,