, 1859-08-23

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uIYinvttsd. 1-'"- - N~"s's
ofdenffon As country promptly s.led, nd md III
homthyexp:eA.
Sau'oo"1he Mormon Temple and the
1c4F1AnR~
| lFton thA C-zislan 11mes.l
When one sees for the fir1t time. al he na..-a
Gown the Mississippi, the lofty remnant Of the
temple wall etorning The highest Of the ad;n.
cent nluns, with It's beautiful white stone, and
~ elaborate carvings visible to some extent
esgn rom that distance; while around 1t lie,
smootomed !n trees, the dwellings Of what vas
nnes aour1shing city-covering the bills and
the handsome slope that comes gracefully down
10 meet the noble river-he Is yery likeJy tn feel
as We felt. that Nauroo is worth visit. and he
n@ay decide to do as re did, change his plans 50
ias as 70 spend at least an hour or tse on the
spot where this western Mahomned won and
/ lost his chief fame rs a prophet, He viii find.
however, on nearer approach, that IS distance
lends rcry much of the ;" enchnutment. ri.
true that the risitor is at once interested in the
remains that appear Of the projects Of the Nor
mon lender a very large tract was evidently
laid out with much regularity in CITY ,lots. and
the plan Of them is sill very manifest. At 3
considerable distance from the more thickly set-
lied portions of the town u it now is, one finds
the streets Of the former city not only, but sees
where curb-stones had been placed With view
10 regularly paved sidewalks, the walk itsef in
some places hledin, but in others LEFT with only
the preparation for this, and in ali With evident
signs that the work had been suddenly broken
OF. The buildings Of the city are those erected
By the Normons. They are mostly of brick
ana stone; some Of them in tolerahly good cou-
dltion, others with roofs and windows gone.
!ooklng dilapldated in the extreme. Close
aown bY the river at what WAS once the lower
landing, is the foundation and the first story Of
Whht Smith bad intended for an immense hotel.
90 lar as IT has progressed, both the mai. rial
a1o Inc work are OF the very best description.
. sear by it stands the Nauyoo Mansion, ho-
tel kept BY the present husband Of tie widow Of
Joseph Smith, Esq. With The husband we had
ne pleasure Of forming an acquaintance. The
"ile was invisible: nor. as We were not pre-
pared 70 claim any relation with her respected
hrst husband, did we succeed iu procuring m
introduction: So far the visit Was failure.
We doubt if in oil this western world, d city
sm,tfen with absolute dullness, as Nauroo. It's
auiiness approaches the sublime. in fact the
stiffness Of the streets is much ike that Hex-
pressive silence" of which the poet gpeaks.
We could easily number on our fingers every
hS'ng creature whom we met in the course Of
pteuy extensive perambulations on our way up
to the temple, They we're first IN Irishuan
With scythe on his shoulder, then little boy.
then nervous dog that ran out to bark fur.
ously at the stranger, then girl, who. bowey- |
er, lodged under cover ns quickly a. possible.
and Inst Of all, Frenchman, whose lively talE |
and abundant gestlcuations were like 1esnr-
rectlon- One other parsonage fell in our way
alter our explorations had been finished. He. |
We iancy, represents pretty accurately the r.
nious Of the place.
We al bought ourselves poor, here" Was
his explanation Of the peculsarities we hare |
not1ced. "When the Mormons went away. we !
used all our money in buying their property and /
had none left for improvement. Ne are wa1t-
ing for some capitalist to come along and buy
US out Il would be grand chance Tor some /
body with q few thousand dollars to make an
ansestne t."
We might have said to him if it had not been
SO utterly out Of keeping with the spirit Of the
tlAt Tue best capitalist in al this worlds IRork;
ana II HoTk should happen along in Nauvoo
some day and make liberal investment there.
i would be just about the most Desirable thing
ll'at could occur: Such a suggestion, however,
was not to be thought of, nor did we dare to
realy is: after nil, the very climax and crown Of
III the virtues. So we left him sitting in the
shade at his door, smoking his cigar aud wait-
ng for :" somebody" to cone and buy him out.
ing Mormon temple must hare been noble
building. Only the front is now standing. en-
'tae1ng the porch, With the circular tower at
zach corner, up which spiral stairway ran to
he top Of the building. The exterior is Of
lfessed stone, with handsome earrings. 0fthe
y ymbollcal figures with which the whole build
ng Was ndorned, there remains over each Of
pc ten pilasters That appear on the front and
tdc walls, human head surrounded by rays,
nth two hands aboye each one, reachin. down
rom ADORE and holding what seems the cornu-
'opla- The head with says, they say, repre-
ents the SUP, and the whole is designed to sym
'otIze abundance The edI6ce Was one hupdrel
eet long, and one hundred and twenty wide.
was serenty-tlve feet high to the cares; md,
re are told, one hundred feet above tr at, a1-
hough how TINT could be is not 10 plain. It
'ad tour stories, Of which at the time the Nor
nons we're driven away, the first, second and
ouEth were finished; the third was still incom-
'lete. The building was burned in 1913, In
sao. duE7nga heavy storm, the northern wall
eN IN, ahd as It was then unsafe, the uthers,
TN the exception OF the front, were also.|
aro"n down.
Nansoo mas some additlona! notorlety in hay
" oeeh maoe the place Of location Of French
ommunfty called lcarians: This community
. sas 'oonded IN France IN the year 184B, by b.
;abet: SI4ty-nine Of the number composing
ne original company came to this country ia
lat year, and settled on the Red Riyer, ia
e1as. twenty Days alter they left France the !
evolution occurred, and II: Cabet ard his
F'enas. being unir'endiy 10 the new Govern
1ent, caue to the United States in sufficient
bout Eve hundred. Their original location mi
eng satisfactory they removed 10 Sauvoo in
Wv. Here, alter few years, the community
: eeAme 1ea'oas Of 1he power assumed By u.
'aoe'' ana appointed another superior, u. Gi.
aIo. Caoet, oHended at thu, left and removed
'itn several DINERS OF the Society To- st.
'onis' where ne Died about two years since-
me community has been weakened also by
ther causes until now 1t numbers only about