Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-11-12


Willow creeks, and several other
smaller streams of fresh water, emp
ty into Salt Lake, but do not freshen
the water the least. The plain or val
ley of Salt Lake is supposed to have
been once water, covered like the
lake. The view of the city and sur
rounding country from the top Of the
theatre, or from the military camp
some two miles up on the side of the
mountains one of the most beauti-
ful the eye ever looked upon, or the
imagination ever conceived Of The
camp has been located there with a
view of commanding the city in case
of war. The camp ground is on a sort
of plateau or plain of several acres,
which is fortified with trenches, rife
pits, &c. A neat stone monument is
erecting by the soldiers of the camp,
in honor of the twenty-one soldiers,
lieutenant and.major, who were killed
last spring by the Indians, at the bat
tie of Bear river.
THE TEMPLE.
This building has no particular
form or shape. 1t is mixture of ma
ny styles. 1t was commenced over
ten years ago, and the basement, or
first story, is now only few feet
above the ground In appearance it
resembles Russian fort or fortress
more than religious place of wor-
| ship. The walls average about ten
feet in thickness, built of granite rocks
of immense size, cut and hammered
in the haudsomest style Of workman
ship these blocks are hauled from
Cottonwood canon, a distance of six
teen to twenty miles up into the
mountains, and it takes from ten to
twenty yoke of oxen To haul one block.
The Dimensions of the building as
furnished by the architect, Truman o.
Angel, are as follows: Length, lSl
feet width, 90 feet s inches. There
are six towers, one on each corner
and one one the sides the corner tow
crs are 81 feet square on base and los
feet high. The other two are larger,
being 36 feet, 6 inches on base and
l04 feet high. The main building is
100 feet high On one of the middle
towers is the following inscription on
a table of marble
Holiness to the Lord Jesus
| The House Of the Lord, built 10y the Chrch of
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Commenced April 6, 1883"
From a very beautiful lithograph ta-
ken from the drawing of the building
by an artist in London, the archi-
lecture appears to be of the Gothic or
der. There are now fifty workmen
employed on this building.
THE TABERNACLE
is more of the mongrel order than the
Temple, being in shape something
like that of an egg or a monitor tur-
ret The building will stand on for
ty-six abutments twenty feet high,
three feet thick and nine feet wide,
built of cut stone similar to the "brown
stone" of Fifth Avenue. The abut-
ments are all built. The building
will be two hundred and fifty feet long,
one hundred and fifty feet wide, and
one hundred and fourteen feet eight
inches high /; the roof is to be lattice.
work, with several large ventilators
On all sides, under the caves or cor.
nice of the roof, are to be carvings
representing the sun, moon, stars and
the planets. The building will seat
nine thousand persons. Wm. II. Fol-
son., Brigham's last fatherin-law, is
the architect.
These buildings occupy ten acres
of ground, and, like Brgham's own
premises, are enclosed by stone wall
sixteen feet high and three feet thick.
INTERVIEW WITH BRIGHAM.
l found President Young an agreea-
ble, affable gentleman, apparently not
over forty-five years of age, although
he is really upwards of sixty. He
was disposed to converse Spon any
and all subjects very freely. The
treaty with Japan he regarded at first
as failure, and the character of the
embassy which visited the United
States served to confirm that belief
The war, he thinks, will be continued
till a great part of the North and South
is used up, or, to speak more plainly,
till all are annihilated, when the
saints will be the people to occu-
py the country in peace and quetness.
| The desolation caused by the war he
regards as the Judgment of tue Lord
for the persecution of the Saints.
Brigham was disposed to give any in-
! formation concerning his theatre, tenn
pie and tabernacle, aud about his 9th
or public buildings. The ventila.ing
of his private school room where his
own children numbering some sixty,
are educated. appeared TO be a favor
ite subject of conversation. The cell
! ings of these rooms are eighteen feet
/ high. ventilation from the tops OF all
the windows. His own residences
there are several buildings--aret large
and airy, with double doors, and cell
ings thirty or forty feet in height.
One large building is principally oc-
cupied by his wives.
Brigham sleeps alone and eats his
meals alone. Whenever he wants one
! Of his wives he sends TOR her. 1t Is
not uncommon to see three or four OF
his wives at church sitting together,
and generally dressed alike. A doz-
en- or fifteen children are about his
premises at play. apparently happy
enough. Brigham Young, Junior,
son about twenty-one years old-a
pretty fair chip of the old block-has
just returned from Europe, whittier he
was sent on a mission. Whilst there
he visited most of the countries and
places of interest, being supplied with
as much money as he wanted to spend.
Brigham's last wife was rather an in-
teresting young lady, the daughter OF
Mr.. Folsom.
/ 1t is asserted 10y the Mormons that
the most perfect harmony aud good
feeling prevails among the wives OF