, 1857-04-10

in the DeSeret News, by George \. Smith
r the church historian, showing the latest
facts of interest connected with the prog
rcss Of MormoniSm According to it the
= church has about ninety five missionaries
in Europe, and an equal number in Asia
f Africa and the Pacific isles besides large
numbers Of native elders in the variou,
fields of labor, and considerable number
scattered throughout the United States
and British America. OF newspapers and
periodicals the chnrch has-of the former
one in Salt lake City, issuing 1000 copic,
weekly; one in Liverpool, issuing $4,000
weekly; one in Swansea, South Wales; one
in Copenhagen, in the Danish language;
one in Australia; and one in India. %.
Beg~ Here is a vcritable marriage notice
Of the oldeIl-tme" taken from the New
York Weekly Museum, June ., 1892 Ad-
jectives in those days were cheap and
plenty -
MAEEED.--On Monday evening last by
the Rev. Mr.. Beach, John Buchanan
esq, to the amiable, adorable, incompar-
able, inilcXible, and non.paraleled of her
sex, Nancy Lucy Turner, both of this
city.
If Miss Nancy Lucy had lived in the
present day, wouldn't she have borne the
additional appcllation of " strong, mind
cd ~
Bey~ An antidote for the effects of that
most subtle of poisons, strychinine, is chic
rofOrm. A patient who had taken strych-
ininc was kept under the influence of chic
rofOrm for eight hours. On awakening,
the effect of the poison was no longer viSi-
ble. One grain of this powerful medicinal
agent is sufficient to induce DEATH
A Costly HAM.-The New York Com
mon Council have adopted plan, previous
y acted favorably upon by the other branch
of the city government, for city hall, the
cost of which is tole s., 100000
The GREAT LAKEs.-The five great lakes
Of North America have recently been sur
veyed, and it is found that they cover an
area Of 10000 square miles. The total
length Of the five lakes is 1884 miles.
Lake Superior, at its greatest length, is
355 miles greatest breadth is go miles /;
mean depth is 0SS feet elevation above
the sea 627 feet area, 80, 900 square miles
Lake Michigan is 300 miles long its
greatest breadth is 1OS miles its mean
depth is 900 feet elevation, 687 feet !;
area, 1000 square miles. Lake Huron,
in its greatest length, is 200 miles its
greatest breadth is l60 miles mean depth
800 feet elevation, 574 feet area, 90
900 square miles. Lake Erie is $50 miles
long greatest breadth, so miles mean
depth, 200 feet elevation, 555 feet area,
5000 square miles. Lake Ontario has
length Of $50 miles, and its mean breadth
is 65 miles mean depth, 500 feet ele
vation above the ocean, 2G2 ; area, 6,006
square miles.
rJ- 1t is rumored that Queen Victoria
will, at no distant day, pay a visit to Cana
da, accompanied by some of her family
PI- According to Chinese notion, the
soul ofthe poet passes into grasshopper,
because the latter sings till it Starves.
DD~ A very serious riot broke out on
TIE works of the Erie.Railroad Company,
near Jersey city, on the l4th Of February,
The difficulty originated by the i'll feeling
existing between the laborers, natives Of
Ireland concerning the respective parts of
the country they came from. The military
were called out and near fifty arrests were
made. Several lives were lost.
Bas~ The United States Attorney Gen
eral has decided that it is no departure
from neutrality for the citizens Of a neutral
State to sell to belligerents gunpowder,
arms, munitions, or any other article Of
merchandise contraband of war, nor for the
merchant ships Of neutral State to trans
port the troops or military munitions Of
either beligerent. Such commerce is per-
fectly lawful in itself, subject always to the
chance Of hostile capture by the other bel
lgerent; and in the present war supplies
of gunpowder or other articles contraband
of war and military transportation have
been furnished Of lawful right by citizens
Of the United States to each Of the bel.
ligerents, and\Abre especially and in larger
proportions to Great Britain aud to France
B6S- The Princess Murat, wife of Lucien
Murat, who will probably soon wear the
crown Of Naples, IS not a native of Florida,
She is of Charleston, S. c., a direct descen'
dant, on the mothers side, of Landgrave
Smith, one of the old Colonial mobiles, and
on the fathers side, the tenth in the regu'
lar descent from Alexander, fifth LORD
Lovat of Scotland. Major Thomas Fraser
her father, having been an officer in the
British army-but after the peace, remain
ed in Charleston aud married Ann Lough.
ton Smitb-his father, August Frazer,
married his cousin, Jean Fraser, the sister
of Gen. Fraser who fell at Saratoga.
A BARNUM PROJECT. -Barnum announce!
his intention to erect a Lyceum Hotel il
New York, embracing within its walls 9
Lecture and Concert Hall, Library anC
Reading Room, Restaurant, rooms for in
struction in music, and adult evening
schools, and large saloon for the socia