Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-18
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Salt Lake and the Mormons.
Johu Hyde, Jr., late of the Mormon
| church, but who, because of his renouncng
the faith of the Latter Day Saints has
fbccn by Brigham Young and his followers
delivered over to Satan to be hiffeted-in
the flesh delivered very interesting lccs
turc at San Francisco short time since on
Brigham Young, Salt Lake and Mormon
ism gencralIy. Ile spoke of the Lake as
being 1000 feet above the level of the sea
10 miles long and so broad-and that
three gallons of it, boiled down, would de-
post one of salt. A negro bathing in it,
said he, would come out perfectly white
with an incrustation of salt No human
body could sink in it, and myriads of grass.
hoppcrs, which had been blown therein,
had been thrown upon the shore imbcdded
| and preserved in crystals of salt In speak.
ing of the city, he said ::
Salt Lake City contains miles square,
incloscd with wall. All kinds of manu-
! tactures are carried on, and all kinds of i'm
dustry that can contucc to comfort and
wealth are prosecuted there. Fifty thou4
sand people, the most industrious in the
world, live in thnt city, shut out from the
world, and ruled with dcspotc power by
Brigham Young, the Prophet"
In speaking of Brigham Voting, he de-
! scrlbcd him as n polite shrcwd man, we'll
dressed and tall and statcly--onc who had
the faculty of leading weaker men Brig
hams age is SO, and his food is bread and
milk. He accuses the Missourians of suoil-
ing his appetite, and says that /" Uncle
Sam, the old ctss," gave him great troub-
lie. He always carries his revolvcrs, and
swears by the Eternal that he cannot be
killed
The lecturer spoke of the great immo-
rality and indcccncy of the system in which
so many people lived, and of Brghan's
claims to infallibility. Brother Kimbnn
had preached that mans soul was as safe
in the hands of Brigham az in those of the
Almighty. The lecturer said that the only
means to stop the progress of Mornonism
was to open tho great avenues of travel
through the middle of the continent and
suffer the food of enlightenment to flow into
that bcnighted country. Thousands Of
ffittingUo,r, said he, were ready as soon as
Utah and rcnource tllcir errors bit fif1GSSS
were shut up in their mountains, and
nurscd their infltuation because they had
no hope in ANYTHING else" 4.
MARIETTA, Ca July 2.-The express
train which left this place yesterday morn.
ing at i O'clock for Cincinnati, when
passing over lrestle work about / | miles
from this place, was thrown from tie track
by some temporary arrangement of tho
wheels. One car fell entirely of, and went
down nearly 80 feet When the car reach
cd the ground, it was much broken, and
the roof was underneath. There we're 24
persons in the car Mt the time of it's fall, of
whom three only were instantly killed, and
one has since died.
1Aws,-In a period of 1873 years, com
mcncing with the settlement Of South Car.
olina, 2,059 laws were passed OF these
1902 were enacted in tbs 10G years of the
Colonial existence of SoIth Carolina, and
8a7 in the first 81 years of its freedom and
independence. We should like to know
how. many laws have been enacted since.
That nmIber, we presume, would lie legion.
The present Inhabitants of South Caro-
lima will be perhaps a little surprised to
hear that the two Oldest acts arc us follows.
Ono "for the observation of the Lords day"
and the other "for the snppressing of idle,
drunken, or swearing PERSONS" We are
disposed to think that it would be we'll to
enforce these acts at the present day.
Rising SIN.
/ DEArn OF MISS CoCrfs This wealthy
English lady, who has rendered herself SO
notorious by lier love for the singer Mario,
died recently in Paris from injuries recev-
ed by the burning of her clothes. She was
dressing for his hcueft, and mounted
chair to look st hersefin the mirror, when
| her'dreSs of light muslin caught fire from.a
eandle.as She threw herself o0 the bed but
other dresses were lying there, Which
caught, and she was eiivelopcd in flames,
which could not be extipgui<hed 'hunl she
was fatally burnt. Il Is said that the ori.
gin OF her passion was.a dream, in which
tho form of young man appeared to her,
and she recognized Mario subsequently TO
be their reality They have never spoken
together, but she followed iith in his trav-
els throughout the world, attending all his
performances, and inspiring him With en-.
thasiasm. -Ae,Sarh Daily 1ideetti$e
y Al GALhANT IsDTToR.---Onc of our. CO.
temporaries clueidating The, Woman Qucs-
ton says; 20 / confess, In all sincerity,
that have never yet seen an ugly woman.
| This may appear paradoxical, and it il the
pure truth, 4 never find,aBy woman en-
ltircly ugly. / enlarged tpon This idea once
before an audienee of womens sOne who
was extremely flat-noscd, /, spid tonne, Sir.