Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 6, Number 44, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 July 1854 — Page 1

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pTAB A WD TBI Government,

ftlofttfMNt.-*-1V Wittory. Doctrines. CuHom* and

JproiptcU of the Laiterlhy Frtm -perianal ob*rrtoiio*t during 0 *Mf m/nlkf* residenet mt Great Sail L+ke "Cif9. By Benjamin P. Fcrrit. late

Secretary of Utah Territory. Harper tf Brothert. ,, Mr- Ft a* it' boolflT"»bl« »od

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fjf* offiefal potiilfln g«*e him «bund«m ft* «illii«$ for ob»«rving fh« practical woHiinj? o( ii)« Morrnpn »y»iein. and hi» in t«ab wat MifBoiMtlf |irotrici«d u» w»«b|« bun to make full u»« o( thww t*cUiu« 'l'b» «ocount of the rU# and earty pro*r«*a of 1h« Mormon Mhl U. tuffioUmly full and cirwhile tb« view he pre*«rtu of their atraoge farrago of tiooinoea—inacle tip of tl»a odd* and e»dt »tolen from every ayatom of religion faith—will aatiafy the curioaity of the general reader. The apt cUI Importance of the volorua, howe»«r, at

Th* Mormon ay»tem bii bad liberty to 4«ve)op Itaelf fully and freely in Utah.-*-It ha« had full'Confrol, without let or hindrance from abropd- and wills all the preatiga derived fr*w, pfraecutioaa undergone, dangera encountered and overcome wiib all the vigor of freah fanaticism. It haa had •II these advaiagea In lu favor, and the result has proved just what might have been foretoM. The great law of moral* haa not been aet aaide in favor of the new aeot

of the Mormon experiment to be wito and just. Governor Swrtir wxa. after all, a mara vol»ar oharlatan and cheat. He never roae to the dignity of a Waa prophet nd Impoater. Mia abiHtlea were those

not a

«hat of a tMioble*rigger or a money drop, per. (^roomstaneeit enabled him to gaihar around Wm a gang of fools the foola attracted the roguea. aa the carrion attract# the vulture

amelioration, I1*at when, in addition J|k« Sfoith'i twteric doctrine resetting "apiritual arives" begun 10 be generally un^ demtood though as yet it was stoutly denied by the Saints, the lead aw ^ad »P*w*d ihem out. /And lightly, for the laat sanctuary of manhood—that which always has distinguished the occidental racee froaa the feted Orienttals—an appreciation of the

niuet fell into fatel oollapee.

V™ Jot SmTtt had brought the Mormon a*ciety to the brink of rain. While he Meed ha could not be disf lecad by a wi*er leader. liia death www Aeir ealvatfoa. Up to that tltne, the name of BawtuM Yacm hardly ntakee ite appearance in the Mormon publtcallus. But Im must have already made influenee felt, for be had attained the poat of "President of the Twelve." tie new made a hold push for the vacant headahip of the community. He waa opj»eod by Stwtcf Hiobwt, lot** «t#. But in *p«te ef hie p*of*c«ic*

te^elatioos, Rigdoo was anwcceeslul.

Prophet had pronuR««d upon his bead liw revelationa were in solemn conclave pre* «*i*6«tftc$e Ihm'tlm 4ee«, Jfb •hoi^ feting he was fbrmaHy detiver^d 0a the ?th of October, 1844, Bripata Yovog was fairly it.ttaUed is Head of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints.

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0—~'—»»•"» rtwvn«iM#d

riDOiura Of (ha condition tti the Mormonal wudom and forecaat. The entigrani. were in^Jlah. In thia reapeot it gtvea information diretrted to bring with tfc«» all ittainable from ho othiif »oorcef while the fruita (hat promtaed W Ua valuable} tool Hd1t known character of the author furnlab*a abundant gmrtniri for the parfeot felt*btlity of bi tiaiement wte

Hie harem, taking fbe place of the family, ingly avowad^and vindicated. Polygamy baa not produced other than its normal ef- waa no part of the original acheme of Joe facta. The common aentimetil of ChrUteo- Smith. H'a atoleo Book of Mormons dedom In visiting with severe putii«hment the nounc«s the old patriarchs for their crimes crime or polygamy, la shown by the reault In this respect• But aa he gathered •round him a band of female dupea, be gave full away to his paaalona end to justify his ex* oeaaes. put forth bia »ew revelation on the sutojeot Of marriage. Thta waa among the later acta of bia life. It waa reoeived on tka 12th of July, l84*» only twelve monlha before his death. Although praotically received by the feideW^rWtf ^hunrti. almost without exception, It remained for mora than fdne years in Motoric doctrine.

MOHAMMED.

CAOLIOBTKO.

HU natural sphere was

and thua arose the Mormon Onion Pratt.9lHr Au||u«t, I86f, and ]Mf(ntetf finmmunitv »*&«&|0

wHiob they to«»k up their realdenoe. Thelf: commenoea by threatening damnation unwrupulou* neighbori could not,or would

set. dtstinguiah between the fanaiios and d^jtrine about to be pfdmulgated. It then the roguea or rathrr, practically In their

Notwttfcetaadtng a saosMCMary Ml ia the

iick

the Mormom were beyond Its power. Had marriage* ire sealed,

Nauvoo been only an asylum for counter-1 causa they have all power, and the angels fe{tera and borae theivas it might have been ire subject unto then* and no Crime short endured for a while, till time lied brought murder ahall prevent tbelr **0X81181100.** 1 to toia, (if »ben approaches the gi*t or the matter euloglaea Abraham, anu Comrnanda the prophet to go and "do the wotka of Abraham," who received concubines, and they bare him children, and it wat accounted

of.5?^l,tfA

|^depend«Hl

ttwartftj' eoela-- man, Mkd obDdren—««re to be traaaAnrited So a «aair Mreat the deeett ««0(ttrv W^»o ewWe^ mm* They srere divided &ilo hattda. So t&at tfcty rn fwsmmeO* **«jh the Meron- Statiooa wot* Km

warenccoeded at

otknampot-t-i *Mr* My »i«"

JOIB9IAL.! reached the Valley of lit# Great Sab Lak%

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N* p»e«r AHMiiiw^ pomp, toj wlihih 40 hour after abandoned wbo reedn end ebide

propria.***

Geoin#,.

Ttrmt 0/ ... -4-1- £». mmIda Ooe**«e"three week*.- ....•%#» «w CM

where evaporation and precipitation eoun terbalanoed each oth«f. Thecoantr* wa» tuidvr (he nominal dominion of the feebie Mexican Government but there wai no raaaon to apprehend that the new aettlera could arer be interfered with by that Power. To all appearance they were beyond the d* maine of utilization, and could mould their ioauimiona in their own way for nobody then dreamed that in two yeara the Territory would fall under the control of the iame people who bad ejected the Saint* from their midat.

The wbola and entire body of believers acattered over the world were Bummoned by a aol#mn addreaa, to the land ot pfomiaa. The addra»a» notwithatanding tbe verbiage which characteritea' ajl tjie

and implements of every sort, books, acien tifto inatrum^ta, and nfijecta of» Uti. A fund waa eatabliahed to aid the poorer Saints tp rnach thetr new home. Those who re ceiVad aid were to pay back the amount in liibor for which purpose works of public utility were projected. A regular ayatem of taxing was organized, by which all the available wealth Of th members waa placed under ihe control of the governing power.

Thua freed frofn external preaeurw, the Mormon ayatem began rapidly to develop itaelf. Now, for the first time, the Prophet's doctrine of ••apiritual wivea" was unbluah-

hiving been first publicly ffbWaimed t»y

an extra

waa unalfe rule ilia gang 0»at I -f^{, precious document, which Is given to gathered about him. The Mormona f£ by Mr. Ferris, beara evident ma»k« became a pest to every community near

Detret News, a fortnight later.

^«ing the aote cnmposiiloo of the Projphet

tgAi|U,t

all who ahall Opt receive the new

M9Qr(S (t)at

relations to the surrounding oommunity,! prophet for lha »ime being are void in the

the one tela** were aa utienduraWe aa the irther. The ploneert on the border* of civilisation are certainly not nveracrupuloui •e ra the character* of thoae whom they admk to reside amonat them. The Western llfH pnaaeeae* a vital enr^jy sofBcient to at' I inga are very inferior aimiiate very untraetabie materials. But

all contractu not aealid by th#

Future tfcrld and a# It la the' angsli 'tn fti» ture life who do not marry, thoae ^hoai marriagea are not "seslad,** can never be I anything higher than mere "angeli.**^ Now the "angels^ according to Mormon teach tafia ck

personage*—mere But those whose

•ya to the *aalnte.M

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Itoif^ ial-1 (^Mve onto oty aervant Imreah, and elee Wt if aha will not abide ia thk mandment, than shall my servant

Lto. thtReTstate 4 thioge.

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aot out ugoo their jooroey to the jagd

be gods, be

Whim for righteb«*«e**, became ihey were tiven ttdto htm, and he abode in the law.H He then lays d«w the law at to adultery, the substance of which Is, If woman "received Into the iwr# Covenant" tran|iieia aHth man iv whom heiaaat

Ma^poteiid.^

•SM la gwiltv. case tlM htttbaad is guil* ty, aad a special ravaiation ahould be givea

pieoeed—oot of course exoiuding Aimelf. owbiooe,cannot have a vorjr aaoe

rolnd'of the ««w teveta^or thai hie comae Mtf oould not be suiered to axis: ia the mi, oouW ootna auoerea to ««, «v^ ^««^lawt piocoada to lay iotpa aItowimr the boeoin of any tho ge«Mr*l law«aa «l iea®w woesved by tbe jdea was coa«eie^

Independent Sfcatrb«iri»d tb« Rwiky ^oun- mm of their weial jMlUyvt. !trttftt«h«t

pow««of*«a«MiM»iaHilI, f"|f

mA*4^aln

&*t «w™ rtw pMso la foaswit tbeir atraogilk. Tlsa fm T. T1 *"'T"?T! Udy, oooatsttog of tOOO pm**™. mmmma*m m»m MM W |l IbrtwaH to th^rtsoftaisbad lemple io

J?M* If .or mao have ft »fft who holds

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,hinB*« l^n

oecuinga 0 us mwsr. "*wwy 1 •—a-s-- r-

I Momoes as 0*ptim+vttok at their faub, W aeal W» aw» daughter to

ibey ora vtrpoa, 'iboa h« ta jStMMi __ odolt*ry.forCb«y ora ftsosi wo

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A. 1*« Ktfy Saitrte ft'tM* IrtdM IBM**• *oak»»*«•»*• »««W

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Sti riT h^fairs.iU .7^r.i» «t-. aod^afled in by lofty moLtaioa. It once minUiered unto Abraham, acoordiog to the pr«h«n«oo 00 a «^|«H»t which formed but the *a..r l^e «b« I -m-M.Ahr^n l«ke

zsd szz&xirrzzrz.

tbe practioel workings of the ayatem as aoen by our author: \s 4*. *3 no*Mnc acoif oatr. •Polygamy" says Mr. Kerrie »*lainfrnducing a new Style of building at Salt Lake Citv. A man with hall a dozen wivea build* if ha can, a long, low dwelling, M*ing entrances from the outside and when he takes a new wife, if be is able to do ao^ adds another apartment. l*he object fa to keep the women effd batries, aa much as possible, apart, and prevent those terrible cat-fights which sometimes occur, with all the accoinpenimente of billingsgate. TbrtJ caps, and brokirt broom atio^s. Aa the •divine tnstitofion* extends W»*se boildinita tncreaaa.' and in a few yeara the ctfy will lootf.lfft collection of barracks for the accommoditivn of soldier*. ScNfte have neparate buifclinga in parts of the City remote liom each other, eod others here farm hoiiaee, and the. wives are thus kept aeparate, the huaband dividing bis time between them all."^ xrrxcT op

FOLTOAXT

The children ire sufjjebt to a mghttU ai* gree of sfckheSi and morUliiy. Tnis ts tbe on.obined result of gross sensuality of ihe parents and want of Care towarde their off spring. As a general rule these aalntly pretenders take at little care of their wives MS of their children: »tid of both less ttfah Wie careful farmer in the states iroul^WT cattle and Ito' where odl' df thif 'Five pointa' In $ew York City, can a nitfre filthy, miserable.neglected looking atid disorderly rabble of child reii be found ttian In the streets of Great Salt Lake City. Th® Governor again, whose attention't© mufttfirious family, we ere bound to suppoee greater than the average! affords a fair illustration, lie was twice lewfully married, and had eight children, who ere alt living. He has had a terge number of children by his ooo-cubines—-no one knows how many—It Is ouly known that there are orily twenty-two surviving. These femalea do not reside in the 'Governor's house/ stt called, bat in different eftabliahments,* fro to rtia up to a dossb In a place.*"

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"Their aysteea of phirehty hu oblitera ted nearly a** eeaaa of decency, end arooic aeeta to tm test loading to interoours* open

ty, aad a special revelation attouM givaa and promiscuous a* the oeltle inJfco fields. to Joe that the w.fa waa ianoeeot than he Amen livtng i» dowMKMt witb a dcatM tfirty *w*y« i2ku&!5ffi!SLSfEt^ilMNfer WM to have power le give hereto whom he Arah*» wbather be calle tbeai wivea or 00a- att

fjrTroW Mw

BOMO

ThaToafltea a curious paragraph apparent prapriety. It ia difficult to gtvo m. true «o- cIvilw-Mi Arab.really a vapnt In charicter, [Quuman ly to bis wife Besma, who would appear not oooat of th* m&e* wbsob bav. rosultod eod eare to^dla to have beea fully aausfied with Joe'a pro- from tbis ceaso and at cho aaaae time pre- fWlow appfe«tk», who has emidal *ctae. oeedinga in the matter. ^Verily 1 aay un

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Pcahwttbatmad^lg the chtoe bleeaing sryafei thoae that have been given wWow aad her deag^er ai ibo^aaews -tiwa. stick to ooy ooe buMneea }*+I™?™**

»Boa bia bead «nto my aervaat Joeeph.^ And 1 ooeamand Ooa haa a widow eod km two daughters^*- bove q»a»tMed aw ne handmaid, £Sa^»ttWto ahldo and T*e«* at* abo hytaooaa of tfce aaici balog

tenon*

thie coaa

mandment, then »haU my aervant do ell witws fur bet aa he hath a«t4. Let taiae handmaid. Kmma. Ibr^ra my aereaat Joseph hia treapaseM." From this we woukl a Efaiaa *»reia| to afeouid nt* come in-

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Tint* blaapheroooely wiode up thia D#w mature old ag«, andL«Mne ha»e already revalatioo •filial and wmauaHty. 4od#*ow, autik ip an '"Si iK® aa a fitting conclusion, let ue look a little at

ujk»,N ^oroLATtott.

••The effect upon population ia decidedly deleterioua. The prophet Joaeph had over forty wivea at Nsuvo", end the treet of-tbe prieVhoOd had various numbere, corresponding to their etahding and inc^aattofia and nearly *11 the children of these polygamous marriages died at the same place indeed, it is alleged by Mormone that noi one »f them wai taketi fii Utah.' Brigham Voung has thirty children, of whom eight sre by his first end eeoond Iswful wivee^ the remaining twenty-two are by hie apirtfualt fie has about fifty wives, soma of whom were wldowe of Joeeph Smith, end are probebly peal the time of having ohil* dren but, auppoaing Mm tp have thirty who ere capable of having issue—-whioh i* below the trutf number—the H^uty-tw,o children would be lees than Cine child to the concubine, ir each of thwe degVatferf fi malea could have beea the hooored #tfe of one husband, the aggregate number or chidren according to the usual average famttv. %ould be 'one hundred and twehty, showing a loss in yopiila.n^hiaely-#'

». w.,

of tbo pretstbood unbroksii, marriagee

___ ^woald be confinad to the same fkwUfra as. lor

4.|u»aUoee.

theaoo of o** ««^erw«»w gj-1

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••fba Mfb-pi—tt?ig»itsri*a 01 tbe

as pertsdadog to tbe law of Hte arwsjoemttwg afcifal tw

ArleiMlwod. Wa®y mtA eepooae a virgin, ami M^'Hw 'wIe**. V*#f I deeti* to anwoe* anoiber, aod the first gtv* «|«ndy aieaabors, w«

gtv* iljNaiy mssabars, wbobawi boo* biasrf

aalvertoa tboo tbo yootg, mlmmaf m^mataw*. ao4 a tiiyi wnlfi Htotbaestdfa »*«etbo fofo of osevo bogebj o^oal aMi^ jjouug easaa .01a ftaksd iaao ^sN

Ho arfsn ooa

wd.

AW'TAAMFAA IAMJ—

isar ai*-§lai,i* Mte iite was—.»•— wbiobbe »o^a *o»ab for xt

look fmb one *boo« fourteen years «**.

SrTrm1^^

bT^T become sfaMto SL*. «xi

ri,B|jf|f,r--piff*

of thie !•«. for Mm to rwei»* «H thing* •oeTer I, the Lord hi* God will gw# -vtito jtoiMolt tfirtl

of fourth ledsatv

1* ia

weight of affliction. The man, from the motnenl he makea u'p His mind to bring dne or more concubinea in the family, becomes alwaya neglectful, aod most cases pbusiVe to hia wife."

But we forbear. We sill explore this aink of pollution rio deeper. Ttiose who wish for further details, given tti a manner aa little offensive as the neture of the subject will tdhfltf wllf find t^iem in Mr. Ferrti* volume. Wo wouftt WtA have devb»ed s^eoe to so ref%tiMf st^^rf. hid it nbt been olte of merely specUlatiVs interest, to see to what depths'tfegredatlirtt meti may de^l tcend "Bof the Mormon question may af afty tn^Mertt assume a practical eaptsetv is catinbt belong before the population of Utah will be sufficient to warrant an application for admission into tbe ftnioifc* fete already bruited from certain disreputable qaattivN. ihat we hevo lathing to tio.wiih ihia domeatie iiwtitutkx) of tha Mormooa that We have no right to say to them, whan they apply for the admission of Ikeb. that iboy must first remove thie foal blot they must sand Brigham Voung to the State Prison* not to the United Statea Sensie. By partity of reasea. is ahould be haid that if a gang o^thoives and robtwrs were to settle in new Territo ry, end formslly legatee robbery and thett. w«would have no right ta exclude them from the Unionv For our own part, we wiah that the common lew of Christendom 4rare to*day extended over Utaih. and Morm'Mj heirarcby were punished fot^hi* boasily offenoes against virtue and decency. At all events, when the question of the admission of, Utah oomea up, we trust thai the moral sense of the world will not bf outrsged by an act whioh, sh^l in, effect place the degraded tenants of the Mormon harems on a level wiih the chasteat matrons of Carolina end Massachusetts, of New Yoik and Virginia^

'HI#6#" I .. vp• Stick to Some Oac VnrtniU There cannot be a gfeater error than to btt freqtiandy changing one's busine#*. It any ihao will iook arouiid and notice "who havnagot rich and who have oot, out of those he started lids with, be will God that the successful have generally.**^ Sttlti: mm as «rf"

Two lawyers, for example, begin to praottoa at the aame time, One devotee his whole mind to hie proleesion, lays in slowly a stock of legal learning, and waits patiently. it/nay be fstjiun, tiH Jt* gains an opportusaty tc^ehowhk saperioritytiring of such slow work, dashes into pontics Geticrslly., at the. on# of twef»tyayears, jthe later will t*ot be worth a penity, while the former will bave a handsome practice, and count his tens of thousands in bank stock tnortgfga*. ,L

Tfo clerks attain onsly. Ooa remsine with but former em plovers, or et least in the same line of trade, at first on a small salary, then on a larger, until finally, if he is meritorious, be is ken into partnership.^The other thinks it beneath him to fill a iUbordinate position, now that he has lactate a man. aOd accor-

Oflih II ItMvency rarely this e%ery mwtshant dan testis I

aet* out for the aime restless, discontented and apeculative spfrh, which carried btm

of srewdertog about Hie world. aort Of ae«l

firon Una coaeo ama at *MO aaaae wow pre- vmow ww^^^* TT' rT, i-ana ku-traibmi«w fetfc.,* eafd ibabiter •aana daoaacy of laogtsaga. TbeSaintaara praciisiog *oo«o*.y and working ateadtty wafiopmg Mtn aa« ttes tntw his trndo, baa grow* cosaMferMble ia bis «-s •What Zacbanah

mil. And let tay handmaid, &nmi aamber of oaaaa which a mm baa sofceo loog. OooaBy fc te baaaass .. 1 .1^ clumfuuoded suUtiero,

aookd »o tha wocfo, Mdtboyesoito ao auooaoo tboo an bfdiisary ooso. How th* Las ta littile ssaaio, wtsaa b^sta ^ttwry ^®ea erortb is piague apot ta to aproad its tbi^dtroctioa laai la* ewar» Wo kwaw moa of sMtoe to be oaoo Brtgbem Yooagataiod i« persoaa.. Go srbere Uaa)wilMt, to !tit« that tba tiaM sntghtooaaa, maliy ftod tbat wbeo, for ibe sake of ks^sg tbo liaoaga Jifeoee ihaae a

Uwipwt^H ««ili

fboyh tiot wod irataod owd. oot A«s. -11- *piug omfa.

Oa thasth^liaai-lfar pemfmm* oio* tiosea o«t of Je»« baa always Ifi r~r Jir~mJ more rad asoro

-Ura. Jawta*** aajd a gaodsoiaa fasteotomorwbao raiisaad aoaidaaia .... •00 awme»aa»st toolodya bis a bo^bawd was 0 bihkasaany Jsiafc^defsa oat fael worriad abeet Mr. Joiot arbia bo le am tbe •aeA.bs-elew s^ iba asaoy eisidaoc tba^ore wow 4aify oocsussog «?V....*sJI*w.oo» olL" yftadsboaeassawed lady *farafbai* ktllad 1 koow I oboS get pofcfc-ror H,-1m aaa is Mr. WiMaais §ot foitij diJattMbo^llls/gwaai^fbot

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mmmmm

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as *mp» rq»w.

Oja thejwra that is i«a«B»rtal

strobed baww tbeTeftK, amy eesoHl And Its satght «t»*H,ia»ka j«« JW

Far Um Tnitb, tbaa. Irt ea baUJU, dr-wiiii*ui 1 jm Lw ih« basst that wa art freemee, ba#' Wag* 'ied

:pebtlslleJOtJa.'

F«we tjita* ai*amj«a,

aorn

dingly stsrts in with Geoerai Quiunao Sod Col. Duo own account, or undertakes a new firman the old line 6f Irade, Where does he endl

is atery merchattt can testify. 7.1 a Hern. -a «p £7. A young mao is bred a mtchanfi^He bolted by a ltva gteoral aod a Colonel of ariequlrw a distaste for bi« trade, bi^er. taK8Kf«T I wonder who. be tUoka be ia. and thiols It it ted ions wayto get ahead, ami wttero be got bia impudence, »My Inatta .. a .. .. :^.L. a. AitiihMjiiof) aatfOAAAtl ndV ftAftlflAf Of Is

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go, pie these.* he mattered

»ialf«4dibly MWo big lubbers*to one mutton chop. No wonder tbOy cant re cut invasion/ ifn sines attended to tha order.- *The Lieutenant partook of his mutton obop and coffee, paid bii bfftf jacked teeC adjiisted his cap, and sauttMNri forth td take a look of things. The first ha met. on reselling tbb |data waa •aborty,* the waiter, arm in

aa^ •V wM Ais isn't rushing things/*! may siiootme!' exclaimed the aurprised .sub* *A getter Up bftrfoflf potatoes Sup-

o*o tbiog jfodias anr progfvasfagra^y ^w4io yeawf

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lie wti« Sseki thetratb ««f trswkfew' At tbe itaacsss *a «#Vv%

Ia mat fit la ba.a fr«omaa:

II® wha bears U« trath, aad placaa Its btgh promptly *rtai ALMit aiay WMt«X at) that's jeejtlyw

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Bat can aefar ba a maa. Friead, tbls rinpla U| whp, r^dasu. Be aot thA lika aldiflntbow—

Aitt* tretb tJ«ra#»iaaaVffaa«», And the U4a it raiaea atam. BaM ta spsarb aad bold la action*

B«/or«vr! —Ti»aa w«'t ta«V, ,-r (Jf tha rre«-V«jti»d ahil ttft rftvUh," v* Wbfoblatfillsltfist*a#sstaab«at.||}« Itadat Ba tb«a bka tba nafila Abetmiw

Scorn tha threat that bW» tbea f«a* j* Spuk! aa matter what betide thaa t€^£iet tbeas atrika, bet auka tbaas hsarl l#|

Be thaa Ilka tha first Apaatlae: Be thaa ttke heroic Paat ixtttm lem tfeaaglH aa^ka «*praspt«l». •Ut SwH

th« prl«ow, rack or iro »fc*t Trath ta attaif

itT Spjpki. fadjleeea*be mst ta tipofe

lieutenant fresh from Iowa, made earam W* bi^est dey in p, ha%tng arrived that morning, bj, of an up train, IrocTi U»e Uii Grande

After fooking about for a few minu

utre be took his seat at a marble top table, and commenced 'ordering.up.* •I say, shorty* psss the bill of fare.' «Thiewaakddn*a»flito the--gan^sljsrfl r'liumot thp joke General,' aaid ooe'ol the officers ^he evidently ukos you for the waiter.'

We'll see,* said the General 'what do you wantl*-He inquired. •A mutton chop, a cup of ooffe#. and suddenly too,'responded tbe Iowa officer.

Jamas gat the gentleman what jte dethe Gerieral to one of the resl

sires,' sai waiters. •No, sir,' energ^tioally atd quite iodig naoily responded the subaliero 'that wout ilb. If 1 hid srahted JameS to get my dinner. Iwould bat# gtveri (Iir ord^^fo Isniee 1 want you* old fellow.' he oaotioOed rather facetiously, *to attend to the mailer* It would do me good to see a oian of your build fly ai^oadi tfel bal' 1 *|ku I ain engaged, air, snd cannot pos aibly attend you, James must wait oj you or vou must wsh on yourself,' replied the getiei^ T®*5

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Anecdote sir Oeaernl Taylor, *r"" If there one ihfwg^tnat the latf President Taylor valued less than any oth er ft was dress. This indifTerence fo the Htie arts df the tatior. ai might bsve been A^Mct^d. led to a great otany wmuslng iibMilers qn tlie pert ol- bte eu bard nates *tt Qa the di^y alter the fall of ^nterey, the leAeral was in company with two Other oficers. in undress1 talking over matters in the tfinMg r8tt«l of "dale? "^Ilte g^emV wstt dressed la a white jaoket.atraw hat and aankeen continoatiena. 'D»e party had been in converse but a few minutes when a young lieutenant freah from Iowa, made hj* .appear the camp, (he way of an up He war1, ef coarse unaCqViifWted with sriy tody.

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ho continued accosting anef|er offioer. can vou leil me who that liite did fellow in tt.e v^iite jacket 1*, and what 1* does for a

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flit4!old Zachanah, and he

Aa subaltern

Way old Zaflh Taylor, tkw eonmMtder

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aid left Wo beoed die above fiws oae wbo waa

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tbsseosds grow ibiboer

tbkHMHr oeory dey. Tbey era dleo-g^ptiy| tooordtng to the srttb dMiroyea *Al iQfa «r tbaaa oat a ^aonu «*ca«oo e»eo j^- went lartber tboo tSwa—Ao pre«e«ied bor fbamlkefchlef cwda

^wt t* b»w»otttaf^*baaA taws--. afcle cMortof tba ®srt# ledfoa. lb*

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tw^titv fve ceft ts? 'one bitt Nobody wants i«I OI)!tthank ywn. aid 1 I'.

two at the bods of pure gold.

Who wi|l give two'toilers? oueddlart half a dollar! Why. ,ye long bearded, dirty-faced reprobates,with not room enough "on your phiiezea for a Chinese woman

As her horse foil, enotlier horse directly behind attempted tb jump "over the' fallen horsl, whloh plVtly W thetime, «a«ti Ing th^ Jumping horse to executes petfoot aomerert, also throwing bis ridor abort distance ahead, and then walking over her without aeriously injuring. The rider* who were thrown, were bbriie nut of the rtog f«ei* the pflpe^noe of the hopfied eudiente, manyk«f whom supposed that one or both" were fatally injured. The one who first fel! Was taken to the hotel and hdr wounds dreaaad. The others reoovered ih short time, mounted ber Steed again and to»ktW)S«t fr«aV .w 4' ^.^6^ .it

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Ladies and Woileine^J now have the higher tbaja thcjrnw» of hbnor of piinrnti up a fiha'ftocltet^Vdk^ coats hid«W«tflNt cMI«^*»at|p«gWP•« .... ^....

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»,^N«*t. fot tha ladi-e .won't be permitted lo bid 00 thIH attiole—-IS real si.nonpure tempered, highly-polished, keen edged Sheffield ranr bran epaitkin new^ rie*»r opened before to eon tight esooo* light, star-lighl, daylight, or gss-lighl sharp enough to.ahave lawyer, or eharp enough to Ctit a disagreeable acquaintance or poor relatien handle cf budkhont »with ail tbe riveta butt

kiss. P**

otlWing you bargain at half a dollar! Well, Villthrowio tluaatrapat half .a dollar!—razor and atrap— a recent patent two tuh^^pon will sharpen the city attorney: all for four bits snd a piece of soup— tweeter thsn roses, lathers better than a school-master, and »irot*g enough to w»»h out all Iha eUMOS from a CaHforiua politicau'f cputitenance. all for four biul

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vou have only to put the rsxir strop and soap under our pillow at night, to wake up ib the morniiig clean eheved. Won't anybody ffiva two bits then, for Aa loll 1 kuaw I would sell 'en|"Next. otfer y»u a pair of boots, made •»spacially Tor Sah FranristJo. wiih heels long enough to raise a mad tfp t« floadley grades, and naiU to insure against being carried over by: a la'Hd slide} legs wide -nough to carry two revolvers snd a bowie knife, and the uppers of ^he very %yst hor»e ftrathet-.' A yban In these tetote can wiovo nboiitaaeaay oathb StateoajjiteI. Whossye twenty doUersl the tax payers ought 10 huSL a pair to. kifk the ("ouncil with everybo^ oUf^tTldtisve s'pair to kick the Leg islsture with, end they wlfl be found of as•dstarroe in kiebtn^ the l»ookwt-—eapeolslly if Somebody Miould kick baisg kicked 'Pett "^dollars for iegs, uppers, and aoles! while eolea. bbd miserable soles at thot ore* bringing twentfthtMsand dollars in Sacramento! Ten dollars! ten dollars I ^gohe at tao_dollars!

Ace a eat ot tbe Ilipps4r«Be, Tha Democrat, Madison. Wisconsin, gjvfi tha following psrticulsr« ot *n accident that happened at the exhibition of the Iiippodran.e at that place:

All passed off* satisfactorily till tbe racing by the ladles who were passing the 3torf stretch at the corner, wheu one of the horses stumbled and. want over, carrying the rider with bim. He rolled completely of af her, by, whioh her ankle was badly hurii the Ugament being torn off from one »i«je of the joint, leaving her foot dangling loosely and helpless. Iftr thigh' alio rean «gly &<#** Wound, her arm end abouiders woraepcaioad, and bar face b#Mia* adfjonsidefably,

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ISlsltjilt CuftotKKrt —The lowet orders Of th« H«s*ian Ctergy must bcratber a hard aot, ff aU aodeoota be true* Snd bave »Mi«tb need of the apiritual adviainga of Father Matbfw* 'Toe Pays tails a story of a Russian traveler, who while passing through a village, saw a crowd of Peasants foffilg a revaraod gentleuua intv the barn and baring ihe doors after him On inquiring the cause, one of them ssM: "(jit Its only the priest,whom Wo artrlacking bjp id the ata^ bid" ^'And wby do you aerw bim in that way!"

it Saturday." "And

why on this parliculsr day!" "Because be i* a drunkard, aud we alwaya look htm up on a Saturday, Iti order that he may be able to perfbrnt dMfie service oft Sunday. On Monday wo cen begin fats spree again, end keep it up through the week!' f«ir drinking flueta era |hsa, fiuasian priests-,

f^rjSfic^Maa js New Ekoiukd—The New Hsmpshire Superior Court, ef its late term, j^eld at doocord, beard arguments in eightythree divorce suit a. Thfrty-throo of tbe applcenta we/e granted. aeveb denied, apd tha decision of forty-three Reserved. Tbe 8*porkn Co«rt of Ehode Isfand: If Its feet -sera* bod aewwaty^breo etmifor o*ae« before It. at wbiob foity^tww rooatvad judgmaat af^4i*a«e*. Je*r, wow 4«aMI» thtrn wtMf Sei lb* samaiadae oooiiaasd for ***s»AeaiiaiWNiiN- mt-*

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b«r ewtber, -anai tbe do«r/' hi peering into tb* K* vista *4 tba bet**** a*

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wa t—Ut eda tbis asm* .roong Udy fecllmng ii a ii^y bashfoB, bet attifa, mm 'la|Qpi abSdrab ebyiag dboot tbe ra*sa, «mt oiliiog tba katbor at tbaai. saying.

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Wosriai Apfuwol wt tbe Tiaw wf Mevolw* anaiwi .•»»» nmk1 »*y»vw» e-*-* wis if'. .-.• 4MMS those oava. twen wore wi#s sunnnuw-^ tjjsv* Do

'hree-ciwoere.1 or cocked

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cbi«f a ^vd tong. ar«i alswai Tard dricbt oootbolf floiiM. wd t'other heW co»ton. too beaait^uily printed with ate/* aod atripes on one side, and the atripea end stars on t'other* It will wipe dual Troth the eye completely is ha dest««t«r ^pmag«glle*. and «aakopo!iiiea a* bed a buaidi'aa a* pvoitiiwi papers^ 1 at graiM iength. brao^th. andthUsk««U. TOGAJUER it to hide ^irl^and never need washiof t#0| II pi»afl« newr w»wi «V injfat one dollart seventy-five oeuNf l«f bnel plaits aleeves. but no collars

and volumnousskirt",lii.«ii a#ii*Uiff*d *i"h buckr«M»^ Hiat af the beau h*i. IhtOa or fiur large platta in the akM^s. JM1^

Tbey wore ahoes orpdmp*. with ailw^ bucklfjf vsriout sites and paterns Whan" riding,hunting, die., tbey wore long boot* or leather leggings. The boys weredt*aaed like the men, even to the ahavad beed and, powdered wigs. Tha ladies all wore o«p*v stiffstsys. hoops extending from six inithe* to two feet on each sMe (causing ahill ifeeaed lady to enter tbe door *ideways« tike a oral*,) and high healed ahpes nf. Ulack atutr with white silk or, tbrf^d^toQ^ inga. In the miry time of winter they wore ologa or pattens. Thrlr hair was most «daboratety arranged, being powdered, pfcv maiaoiad end drawn over a pad frequeutlj# three or four inches high, As aoon S"

AN "lnraaitAi. MA0UI.NII:'.

Rblrdaf.- large chickens these

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sref* Landlady—*Yes chtekent are larger bow a d«ye tbso f^pey ueed to ba tea ycare ap» we couln'i get chickens as l«rg« as ihieaau'

Boarder—(quite lnnocantly—'No I sup* pose o^d-s-they must bave growjn some lo that UfiefCiT »vi _• ,#"

The landladyWked as (hough she had $ttb/t*t*tt#4arei*fc!/ »•.»"» 1,4

Fawrcfl Wmowuoq% op Ahk*ka lloto tiie agreeable Paris cnr/eapondeui of the Mew York times lb hi* fsat foner, aeysi ••'Pba Frsnob papers hsv«

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ineMo quantity of wadding to keep jbetn aotooth cuff* extended to the elh«w*. open bilow^iuoU *l) towo. ailhlewi tter {.*d a vape worn tow. so, as to expose the utoeely platted neck of fine linen oaiHbrio, aud the Itirgo silver stock buckles o»tlhe ^t of !(h» neck. The .ahirt^had trtlli. aid

and silver paste buektefe'a* tta»4(ne«. (Wi^lUilU were unknown anl it waa oonaid«ra«l. the M»t a welt as the pril« of a well formed man when he could keep bis breches above .hi*, hips, and his stockiugs above his calv^ without beit or garter. .1 «rt

aaigE&iO^g

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were abandoned by the mm. the tiMuial hair was partiuulatly cherished, and it came customary to plAit it or w»»sr it.ltijf olack bag or Sauk, adiitAfd wiitr .a, tsrjje.' ulack rOssf.- in time wllrulus haads"-* whioh consisted in discarding powde*, pevy I'uine. sacks, queus, .Vc —-osine in vogu«f Those who first brave«l public "pinion h£ adopting this tashloti were considered V«»"ry couregemre, end the old man were psrttcularly obstinate in thair opposition to it L)aath, howavfli1 lessened their nu*nber, ai,d they .more gradually lire#of popular,^

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trsfion of (lie suspicip with whioh, little -quare boxes, left al luues by liulq bovs.^ are regsrded, since the recent terrible affVi'r iit CindrtVia'tl, we were yeslurdsy told thefollowing history, which io vouuhed for by our Iftformat^:.

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A physician pf Allegheny, whose nnme, we withholl, while very much engaged inreading the Ml perticulsrS of the Infernal DlaoMneofCl iolt ti 1 ot.wl« wisfnte ufS ted by a smell boy, who slipped up wiih a" little, squsre, varnished box, lid pulling through a groove on the lop alating that lie. was ordered to leave with him, and thai a letter inside would explain all. Th4 Oiii-' cinnatinfftirfiashed through his mind, and he' was horror struck with the conviction that the box before bim wsa intended for hi*«dt" ntruoiioo llis presence of miiid soon rari turtle I however, and lie detfruiinuij, to sit prudently. He carefully bored saveral larga, holes through the end of the box. Snd then sunk it in psil of water.' Uefnravopiiiitng it, jbowever, he called in ««vor^l of bis ae$ quaintances and neigii'jors. to vhooi he,tpidi his horrible suspecion* and his subspquent acflon They "were of course all ouTWu* to sesutba.boX opened. Tnettd was ^llelt ofT.^WheO beboidj, aa for rom nonMlitiWf powdpr, b\lle, qvg^hea, aod. jwber, d**dltf spplisnces which usually fill sn •'lulerus^ machine,.' the l»ox conjoined several beautiful presents for his Wife, all Utterly ruitfitl by the water. The latter .aJHtu*mob osre was dded^ufficteaily to beopaned aod read# when, sure enough, the whole efl*ir wu» «iv ru^.ir-rm.hur, c„f»8 _, Huifo- 4fT|m AM-~-*3V#e was a gres) disappointment iu Carlinville, Illinois, on FHfday last. A man by the nsme of Nash had been sentenced fo be hutng for murder: A great crowd was collected 10 See tfce exaoatioa but thay were idisappo^ntad, in ss qnucb as tbe governor thought proper, to commute .his punishment imprisonment for life. The populate resolved to lyndh hint,, end broke open tha jail for. thai purpose but on reaching hini they faeud that he bad committed aelitBurder IJe huug hima«|f to a rafter on Si»drdtty.*-S/. Louii Re pubHean.

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ideae 0*.A**arioao (reogrepb*. aad *mm'

of.one Of the Amarca« ftataa iha Qoaioi^^ Tna rays laments aootiier railroad auoiOiUtbd States, Which happ«,^. oo toeey, upon a road iu Vptfo 4 ,fi.

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Tba editor of tbe Bottoa bee has -#e*£i' mtapplS tree to the garde* of UrC Bi-by.' Cb^#**. Maaa.r*^wMJ 4b»4aM»«f-^iMi,

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'tjrnrfomm maa make IW*6f them' »^«se by tb* foby*g g}Ma« and ttto ys**i% and ttto _2rw ".) r)t by 1st iiaite*, *r With a tbu#s wl«

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