The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-14

WHAT'S the Mormon population Of Utah,
MIR. PRESIDENT"
81 don't know, SIR"
" This city, we hear, has about sixteen
thous1 nd inhabitantg.'
4" 1t has about twenty thousand" said
Brigham.
when, Mr.. President, do you expect the
Union Pacific railroad to reach the latitude
Of this city 7"
"Anotber season will suffice, | think.
The ninety miles have contracted to grade
will be finished by next September, as stipu-
lated. I have large force at work already,
IA Won doubtless saw when your coach came
through Echo Canon. The sub-coptracts
have nearly all been given out"
"Our party, Mr.. Young, has been look
ing at the foundation of the new temple you
propose to build near the new tabernacle.
Is the beautiful mottled granite, Of which
il is to be constructed, quarried near here"
eyes, the quarry is about thirty miles
distant. Specimens of the granite were
sent to the Paris Exposition. 1t is stone
that has a beautiful appearance in the rough.
but will not take on q polish"
How soon will the work be resumed on
the temple "
swell, it is not matter for hurry, and
must depend on the pressure from other
| and more urgent State demands. Several
hundred blocks of granite were laid in the
temple grounds this spring. An order for
teams was sent out, and within a fort.
night the blocks Of granite were all deli
vered here"
What will the temple probably cos. ?"
ave don't indulge in estimates. Wien
work is to be done, the community comes
forward and does it. All labor is ner.
formed by ourselves, and the cost is not
counted"
MIR. Young" said one Of the visitors,
81 am the representative of prominent
mining company in the Pahranagat die.
trict, and am empowered to treat with Won
for an extension Of the telegraph from your
settlement in Southern Utah to our mines
in Lincoln county, Nevada"
Lincoln county, Nevada, chr" said
Brigham, with slight sheer. "Well,
now, we are not quite sure yet that Your
| mines are not still in Utah.
But you must remember, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that our mines were recently trans.
ferred to Nevada by a special act Of Con.
gress."
81 know all about it. That special act
is the only specimen of that sort on record.
We are not entirely convinced that you are
not in Utah. continued the Prophet, with
the air of Il ruler coordinate at least with
Uncle Sam himself.
81 suppose" chimed in Apostle Cannon
with sarcastic smile, that you had your
selves moved out Of Utah because you
feared invidious legislation"
eyes," was the frank reply.
"Upon what terms, Mr.. Young, will you
undertake to extend your telegraph lines
for the hundred miles required ;"
Well, it your company will furnish the
wire will do the rest
"You have none but female telegraph
| operators, Mr.. Young :"
"No. All the operators in the community
are young women, educated for the bust
ness here in Salt Lake. We are constantly
training them for the avocation, and they
are undoubtedly better suited to it than our
own sex. Telegraphing is Il woman'6 occu-
patton, and in Utah we have made il co."
g | have read nearly all the books writ
ten about the Mormons,' said somebody,
"and have been most struck with llepworth
Dixon's rather elaborate volume on your
community. What do you think Of that
book, Mr.. President
offs n novel; said Brigham, quickly,
" O pleasing work OF fiction. There's a lit
tie truth in it, but mostly it's an magma
| tive creation. There are other works on us
much more correct than Dixon's book, but
as rule they all 90 wide of the truth
| Here he arose, went to n bookcase with
the confidence of man who knows where
he puts things, and got n card skewcred
| with many varieties Of telegraph wire. The
conversation reverted to the subject of the
telegraphic extension before alluded TO-.
Brigham had scented the one grain of bust
ness in our visit, and proposed to dispose Of
that and the call, which had now consumed
about forty minutes. In conversation Brig
ham Young is frank, ready, apt, and con-
else, with no popularity of accent and no
eccentricties Of grammar. 1t may intc-
rest those who hunger for minute details 10
know that he pronounces route as II spelled
root, and that he says neither, not neither.
The Geographic negotiation resulted in no.
thing definite. We arose. The Prophet
followed us to the door, shaking hands with
each one. The young lady, who had re-
NAMED primly silent, conyulsivcly said,
"God bless you, Mr.. President Young
God bless you, miss" said Brigham with
fervent emphasis, bow, and u touch Of l
presumably lily white hand.
As he bid adieu to the mining dcputaton
he said, "Sorry, gentlemen, if my views
about digging silver are not rs hopeful as
your own. | can only repeat that your
dreams of bullion will be shiyered. Good
day, gentlemen, good-day."
The door closed gently, and in few
seconds one of the party said Good gra-
cious we forgot to follow Artemus Ward's
example in asking Brigham after the health
Of his mother-in-law !" My conviction IL,
however, that have never seen u man who
looks better capable Of neatly representing
an impertinence than Brigham Young. lie
is more shrewd than piouB more Of great
man than q good one.
UTAH-TuE TWENTY FIRST ANNIyERsA.
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