Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30


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peculiarly oppressive to the peorerclass
OF citizens. But they bear their part of
] the burthen meekly and even cheerfully.
= The>Lor,f tells Brother Brigham. md lie
tells the people, it must be right. And
4 there it ends r4s..1rr zsfef1
II Among the attractions of the city. we
\ give preference to the great Tabernacle,
rabeut VIII chs hswechaye all -lleardand- read so
much. The building is a massive strue-
| ture, constructed of adobe, originally
! called dobie for short. 1t is brick all but
the burning, land answers its purpose.ver
well. The building is 126 by "a feet in ex-
tent. The auditorium is large, well light
I Ted and ventilated, and is supplied with
4 seats for between ten and eleyent housantl
I tpersops.s 1t is intended at an early day to
| place in galleries, when between 16, 600 and
/ 5000 can be comfortably seated within
I the walls. The building was commenced
in 1917. = -s5z 10 ri.ssfs.s.f 8sR stetY
4 Within the inclosure of this space there
are other objects of more or Isss interest
1.-the old Tabernacle, or - Endowment
House, y a. it is called, building which
I will accommodate from 3, 600 to !, 5,Ooe wor-
shippers; and the foundation of the pro-
! jected Mormon Temple.
/ These foundation walls are sixteen feet
deep, and are composed of hard, gray
granite. The plan was revealed by the
angel Moroni, and was drawn up by Mr..
lTrurann o. Angel. 1t isto be constructed
of polished white marble and mountain
elder. 1t is planned at 1861 feet in length
and 80 feet in width, with three towers at
each end, one of which, the central, will
be 200 feet, and those on the sides 100 feet
each. Each tower viii terminate in octa-
gon turretts and pinacles. We have seena a
photograph of it. 1t looks well on paper.
Brigham claims that considerable more
! than $3.50, 900 have already been expended
I and the foundation is now only level with
the ground. The reader is allowed to be-
, lieve as much of it as he likes. -
t. A day or two since we strolleil into the IN
I. closure with no particI lar aim. AS party
4 of ladies and gentlemen from California
were about making the strip of the Tab
4 ernaele-3 we accepted an invitation and
accompanied them. Half an hour within
gave ample time for Discrimination. We
then assembled to the top. Here a mag
nificent Yiew of the city and its surround
ings can be obtained. The beautiful roll
ing valleys on the west are abruptly ter
minated twenty miles distant by the hills
known under the local name of the West
Mountains. As we stood here, the even
iu@'s sun disappearing behind these dis
J. tant hills, cast silbdned light on the in
:. tervening space. The merry brooks and
rills dancing playfully overrthe soft car
i petillg of the lowlands lying nearer. gave
i rich colofiLg to the picture, that caused
Us TO linger over it. Commencing little
. further to tle south and, forming a half
circle about the city, are the Wasatach
1 Mountains proper, whose peaks are never
4 free from suow. On the remaining side
Il the azure waters of the Great Salt Lake,
calm as a sea of glass, were spread ont
! before US and still beyoril, but 50 dis
tinct,that they eau scarcely be distinguish
ed. rcpose the massive s,nountain islands
4 on its broad, calm bosom. - The sojourner
i i'll Zion may view. this same. scene on
any summer eve, Take His position
where he may. on the benches, the noun
tain peaks or the Tabernacle, the same
a beauties will be unfofded to him. But we
have not yet seen all. What are those
countless white tents nestled under the
protection of the gray hills, and those
huge ragged gulches, staring from the
mountains to: the south z The sexroIl is
y ready with the infornl.,tion.a Thia first is
Camp Douglas, where the United States
troops are garrisoned. Thea the gapsa
i little to the right-but few miles dis
4 tan-is Emigration canon, All may guess
whence the name came. IT was from t1lfs
\ point that the weary emigra nts gained
their first view of this paradise. 1t was
here that the Prophet, Seer and revelator
proclaimed the Haven of Rest at hand !;
4 here that he urged all who were not of
the same mind to seek further on, aud
return; when satisfied. The sold man
spoke with great reverence of those things
4 told how the settlement was made how
springs gusheds iIofg the mountains
where before all had been dry, hard des-
Z ert lands; and how many other wonder
full things were DONE We respected his
, earnestness and the belief which he held
but soon tired, and were. glad when he
fiat, reached the end. - 80
4 s-g-7-rsf .ai3 ssei
The Lecometiye AEiniE,isfration.
II The vi;is of Democratic.xratll. seasoned
with flavor of Conservative sheers, are
/ being poured out upon the. devoted head
Of the President, for that he VIII not re-
main and bake his executive carcass in
) the house devoted to that reasonable busi-
ness; during the summer. 70 such an ex-
tent has this gone, that one of a. theolosi-
: cal turn of naind might suppose that Gen.
) Grant was the little horn of Daniel, spek-
! en- of in the prophecies of that name. -,
We do not share severely in this indig-
Il nation. y While 1t is a shade funny to
!. think OF the Chief Magistrate at ;lfashion-
9 able watering place, in a swallow tail, kick