The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-03

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stately grandeur An along ne hill sI1s, II The
All 81 de sIty's prosperity. rewsof handssms
sdi6css wsfs terraces, ths fuies only " wbIeh
my now bessen. nstths dsys 81 81 praspeTiiy
ere past, and ruin nov meats yen On every hand
The place now presents The rlfbnee anomaly Of
siiy u recent origin Built u ruins, abd reared 10
dc midst q desolstion. Befors me Mormensl
~sss driven ssay, he population sressdsd thirty
thousand; nov not tsnih III that number can
d found 10 Ne Plsos Many times more build
Ings have been pulled down than are nov stand
ine, and many still remain that have no other
tenants than rats and owls.
The chist object of interest that the place con.
tains u Of course The Temple, or what remains 81
III Itstands, as has been already observed, On
the summit 10 The hiIthat oysrlooks The city. and
y : conspicuous object Al the distance 81 many
miles Years ago, il was destroyed by Ore, and
only the front walls are now len standing. when
hi IL perfect stats II must have presented ! yery
Impesi6g appearances. Ths material used il IL
coasrruction L llmsss0hs, obtained il ihs neiaE.
borhood, and Almost excellent qualify. The por.
lion now standing 4 about SHY feet IN height,
and eehstltutes ths poriico, o. hall q entrince
into the bulldine on either side III The doorway
three pIlasiers inserted their bases resting Oh
aeEescentmoon. their caps surmounled by rising
sun. Just above The ann ! n.I, 81 h.n,ls .,,,ess
each holding with firm grip trumpet. and high
shove sun, and hands and trumpet, . star 81 enor-
nous magnitude scatlers itsdivergent rays. or
what these symbols are typical, those only who
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Ism can explain. The Temple, IS We have stated,
z u 2 state q diaPldation and rnin The portion
not alFeady FALLEN z toits base. and huge
eynrks can. aInrg the - H. fton, t,n Il hafiom
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meath ruined hfchway, and stood VI thin lhe
vestibule "A fIock of partSidges thai had been.
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nov seeking ttipge = Nplns sne punulg ilo'h lne
heat ok the noon day sun, were lrightened at our
iatrusion and daYted, with tnmnltuons hsste and
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Inc place NneIe We $1,000 was hllec N1t masses
Of stone. In The spot underneath them, were
fold. there once yawned deem Dit. the uses Of
nj, ,v.,.. hnown onIv Il tbs .initiat.d IL
Nt'e : Mess - s''e
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that formed part Of The pavement, and until Ihe
IN was revealed 81 The destruction of he build-
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Heaps Of stone rubbish, hillng us depths and
piled high above n have oblitersted oil traces Of
it nav, and lFectnav eholse III ttefance. Ii III
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l y ny $500 II. " I,
On either side q me vesonle are smaI rooms,
from which, eifcniar stairWays aseended 10 the
,sa, Wall ,liIch ,y.s IA ire second s,orvs Aftey
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me o. inc MO- tnis tlan Nas usea
for balls public meetings and the like secular moi
Ia 4 Z profane. ptlrposes and was held in pteat
n m. Il, ~ s,,sl i,s.. TN.
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gallon sWcrshiPPed. ll alarge room. on the hrst
floor. which extended the whole depth OF the
kn;Iaip. IA he basemsnt bansa,h IN. ,ha Rs,.
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oxen neWn on. % Solo stone No sifaee q TINS
font nor of the oxen q lefi, only the well over
which ii stood remains We removed one Of be