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BlMLlNGTON, IOWA: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1846.Tkt Lut ItMlcr «( Ik IitUbUM.Oftl where ire those iron men, Who braved I he battled tt«rm of Are, When w**» wild hallo filled the glen, And III each hnmble Hllafo iplre? When Mil sent back the tonnd to bill, And might was right and law was will?Ohl where are they whose manly hreaeta Beat back the pride of England** might, Who* fUlwarf arm* laid low the eteaU Of many and old and valiant knight? When evening came with movderoat flame, Aud liberty waa hut a name.| Ur tnd totttarfcabfe* FowkrAil without 1*1- It required more thank week for them all ants, dangeretts wkhettt br*V*ry,'s*i»wL to cross the Mississippi. A feW days bf. mg without eloquence, unfettered ohedu- ter they had crooeed, my friend observed eatad Uid unrefined—eommencmg rhalf an old rickety wagoh. bound forth# camp, vagabond life, .• a pretended money dig- moving on- 1htn wheel# and an old hied gar in aonaa obaenra village in the State of fUrmar, being appropriated for the fourth (New York. By dint of tasffance, tact,*wheel. Said e^uippngt contained thrfl* d cunning, ha elevated himself m the ' women wrapped In a tattered bed blanket,Eicle of one of* the moit stupendous fle- one of the women laying the * hip on a fit...I »*« them in tha distant fbrm,Like Bpvctrea on the mi»ty thofe, Before them rolia the dreadful ftorw, And hi!la aent forth their nils of garej Around then death with lightning bulh fe twining an immortal wreath.tiooa aver deviaed by manl What peix 'colorbd reule, the other# holding tljbt the will aver faithfully delineate the “royste-1 corner* of the Uttered blanket. The day! waa ona of the coldest of the “ cold Wap»•tilin‘th*r•uwlt;y«toevening, and the setting atm,8ink« ■lowly down beneath tha wave, And there I law a gray haired one—A special courier to the gr#vej He looks around on vale and mound. And falls upon the baUle ground.ries of Nnuvoo?”Bat I did not intend to apln out tins yarn 1* speculation*, or sentimental digression*. And now kirid reader let ua take 'one more glance at the Temple. “Brother” * Robbins will conduct us all over tha nv \ meroua apartments, whether we be Jew or i Cientile, barbarian or Sytliian, always, providing, we ire ready to hand over tlie I “quarter,” which is the regular admission , fee. And here let mo remark, Utay dcite 1 a good busintaa, for as fast at one party isBenMth him sleeps the hallowed e»rth,conducted over the edifice, another is fea-Now chilled like him, ami still and co!dl tb follow. The work is of the best The blood that gave young Freedom birth character and much of the oar\ing both inNo longer warms the warrior old) Ha waves his hand in stern command, And dies the last of glory’s band.For the Gazette. 81* hoars In ltanvno., wood and atone evince great taste and in-• genuity. The roof is enclosed by a dou-' ble balustrade of beautiful workmanship. | The tower or steeple, is chaste and noble , in iu proportions. The vane which sur-bt cuE-Mo-Ko-Morf. ^ ! mount* the glittering demte, supports theSi* hour’s perambulations oVer the wide- f!*urc of an 7 feel io «*W'spread “city ofthe Saints’* afTords one but ,lke bl*r*H4liad gold, holding Urn hook *f a slight opportunity to give anything like Monwm in ^left hand, aud in the right a graphic description of this renowned and l,ant* » trumpet ia the act of proclaiming singular place. Nevertheless, as I occa- lbe (,08P^ lo lbe *nlt;I8 of the earth. The •tonally “talk” with my old fVIends through CftP of cvc7 ^iumn aIkJ througb-the columns of your paper, I willgive them pul edifioef lima Uie symbolical repre-tlie result of my observaliuns—a la narrm- B€,»lrtli',n of lbc aun of righteousness,.*. s.tire. Being on my way home from Keo* a human face in al-to-re-Heiv curved in kuk one day feet week, I was persuaded *onc\ 8ur™uad*d by a hallo of glory, orby my old friend \T 0fFl. Madison, raclialion ©flight! above is the hand of theto accompany him in a “skiff” to the Holy an«fI 6rasPinR ibclfuiopet.Ciiy. Although I worked roy passage The upper storiea oonUin a vaat numberthere and back again, faithfully tugging at ©payments; soma of them handsomely I the oar, getting aground on sand bars three aru! lt;ven «,fFan*lT furnished. In one I times, and running Into sundry snngs, I ob8crvcd © magnificent anfk and centre ta-ncvertheless experienced a high degree of We» ©wei-al choice paintings of thk ^old . satisf.iction,in visiting, onoe more, this in^ Flemish achool, 1 asked the gnididescribable city, ere theghmy of Mormon- lbe uac '•hieh this spartmeut Was #p-ism had entirely departed. Perhaps I may p™pnated? After a hesitancy, he replied as well begin with the commencement of w Brethren” and officers of the chinrfi my adventures. On arrival, we hauled our have been uccuatomed to nsaemble here skiff wall up under the river bank, lest during the long winter evenings—to holdattbctin Febrnary; yet the Aree Mormon girls were perfectly happy, urging on the mule, fjg and tinging moat merrily, the present popular srmg of the -Stint*,” set to the tune of •• Old Dan Tucker,” which run* something In this wise t ' %i The old 8late« Marshal came to town, v He searched the Temple up atid down— ..S^d he had a writ to* Brigham Voung,So get 9at of the wsy eld Htales Mmrekal,; it .You can’t have the “Twelve” Apostle?* : If So get out ofthe w.y,kc. (Bepta|0 Another stanza concludes with tbs “Ctl-! flr ifornia March•nt*ofInI*’Fah•U“On the road to California,In the Spring we take our journey;On the road,” Ac. Ac. (Repeat.)Mr. Editor- 1 wish I was gifted tvilbtofhold Hogarth’s genius, just to sketch, to the **ttoflotlife, that same old wn^on—On the road to California,” ^c.. AcReader—the skiff is ready* and 1 must bid you adieu. My paper is *• used up,” . jjjso w my pen—so is ICIIE-MO-KO-MON.ohsome wandering “Saint” might, perchance, preliminary mertrngs fir regulating the af-appropriafe it to hi* own convenience and f,*r* Church. I have no doubt theyembark for California. \V« having OT^©»blied here to rtgrJafe the affairs of th*business to attend to, I directed my steps Church ! and many other - spiritual ” mat-towards the Temple. The fimt thing that lerf *he ‘-long winter evenings.”arrested my attention, waa a detachment A. precious set of worlhie# these “twelve” of the Illinois State troops, in uniform rim- aP08*fe* be, to “servfe the Lord” in ilar to the U. S. dragoons,they came dash- lbe *hir«l story of the “Mormon Hsrem” ing down towards me with their “long —reposing on spring sofas, and Iqxuriat-aswords, broad swords,”c., but peroriring ing in all the splendor of * Parisian St-I was not one of the “Twelve,” they passed loon ! !! ’on towards the suburbs of the city, this in- The ^stem of ethics there inculcated cideiit furnished sufficient food for reflect (a# I*1© * Saints’ would express it, “ the tiou upon the pait and present condition of **#riiings ”) sre being daily developed lo liunea here, until 1 arrived at tha thres- the world: “lly their friths ye ahsll know’ bold of the Tevapte. Kxternally this sin- ibem.” [ A few days before iny visit to N. gwlar edifice is finished, and the interior ”Bill Smhh ” arrived, ifceyttnnjer brother is rapidly approaching to completion. It of the martyred prophet. Bill tried hard is in truth a grand arid imposing edifice. *° create a little feeling and sympathy for The material of which it is constructed ,ba household of the Smith?; but Hwaa no befeg almost as while at.Parian marble, ft°* Although Brigham 'Young is a hun-and situated on the highest eminence of the miles west of the Mississippi, his in-cily, it commands a view of a vast ex'ent H**cnce, in my opinion, reigns predominant of country on both sides of the Misrissippi. a* Nauvoo. When Bill arrri-edan express I have visited many of the master pieces of wa* sent to the “ CaMp” A^8 00 as to what architectural beauty both in Europe and course should be pnrsued towards him.*— America, many of them far more imposing Brigham’s message was, “treathim civilly and venerable than this Temple, but when if he was disposed act accordingly.*’—. I contemplate tl»e strange aud luiique t!yle in But if be began io “ cut up,” to put aquie-which it is constructed and the still stran- I** *• #U hit “ pranks.”* • •ger history of this city and people, were I lt;Understanding that Mrs. Emma Smith, not oonscious it was a reality, I should (M* widow.) kept the Mansion House, fancy it a fiction and a dream.’ While sta- I repaired thither and dined; Mrt S. did tioned in the lofty tower nearly 200 feet l**e honors of landlady very gracefully.— from the ground and looking ferlh upon a ®be lint rather a dignified, matronly ap-panorama of natural beauty unsurpassed in p^aronce. Her featurdf, though course.Tirglnta ( bausquiers.In the last number of the •• Review of ,r the Einpire,” the lferon Felix dea Fortes [** relates the circumstance Which i* thus freq-ly translated!In one of the warmest and most fatal en-emgagements in the Portugal campaign, me , 27th regiment of the line was aortgst the 1 fiiat that gave way, being suddenly sdr-mumlcd and briskly asaailed by a corps of Ivnglisk w hich threw them into a moment's conlusiaii. Their Colonel had, however, succeeded in rallying tjiein, when a shot broke his leg, and killed his horse. Believing him dead, his men thought only of revenging his loss, which wan but the work of a moment. At the point ofthe bay our t they opened a wide passage through live enemy. No one thought, no wever, of the remains of the Colonel, when a Sergeaht of ' * Yohigeurs, by ike name of Chausqtiiere, a ““ hh» .jII delicately formed man, or ted ooi, “What a shame, to leave the remains of the Colonel to tl»e enemy!- Come, tfrthe rescue, and let us show these youngsters who they hav* Uf deal with.” Two brave fel- ! lows turned back with him, but it was only to find a glorious death on the way. He rrrived alone, but all his strength was in- j sufficient to move the body. After many vy Vain effort*, he sat down by the deceaslt;d • •* and cried lik* a child. Suddenly he per- lrl ceived two ofthe enemy’s officers at a die- *n‘ Unce. He made signs with his musket, and they, thinking to make a prisoner, hastened up. One of them he soon disable* with a shot, and commences a deadly en-thebntoaleafdr.ra*caleaisintwwithemacounter with the ctlier. At length lie is** victor, and his wounded enemy aurvender*. * Catching a hors*, he compel* his prisoner!* r '*tt* 'till Lain ... hLm— t V. - J _.V-'_ t ' Ito aid him in placing the body of the Colonel across the saddle: then ties him and histhecompanion lo the tail ofthe horse, and ar-' rivee at the hospital with his two prisoners ' *9* aud his preciou* load. iOn examining th*»° ' wounds of the Colonel, the s*ugeon se*,.(?***they are not mortal, and th** necessary aids ^alowoti*lhabeing administered, he revives, aivd, m-formed of his obligations to Chausquiere, f* throws himself into hi* arms. Cbsusqmere )8 , utters a cry. aud it is only then that they! perceive tiut he is wounded. “Take off afp yo'qr coat and come has#,” pays the #ar | *i* g«*on, “ that I may dreaa the wound.”—, * lie hesitates and his Lice become* *uBused.“ Come along,” cries the surgeon, “do you euppose that I have guy time to threw a-way P” In spite of. the sergcanl’a resistance, they take off his coat, aud expose an; arm plump, round, and well formed os a female’s. A lady, in fact, it was. The English officer! wept with rage and mortification at being Urn prisoners ef a woven.The explanation was thus: Virginia Cfema-quiere, of Diliaont, near Lisles* FLnders, seeing her young brotlier, incapable of eus-whJtence*rabnotlaslthe world! Imagination involuntarily car- are Ngultf—and but for the corroding ried roe back to that lonely rtfght ‘ when1 wks of care and anxiety tliat are exhibit- ..1! years ago I rode along under the river *© h«r countenance, might pass for rath- ^kan by theiit t t .. ... i . I conscription, liad obtained lier parents per-laftk on horse-back, “■nJilary and afene,” «* • »ookmg woman. I found1 her L,Wu|1 pi|l hert€lf in ^ T\searching for the cabin of some hospitable 9uil« communicative, and look occasion ii were twins, and of much tha seme appear-psonaer wherrin to feat tny weary limbs.il8^ ber aboul gcnuineoeat of Usoi lei- tnce. She took his place ©a th* depart- ParI.t length di«coTered the .tone hou« ,nlt;l' “r, public not long .inc. in U* N. Y. I r« of lh« •'« I [’£.h,„ or U dwellingt. T„d., I Wa S-, i. . h.v. h- )Z^'^TSSlt!S7l 1 ^a suburbiaa city, a clustering of hamlets, M her. She said it was ft folgery/ahd gives her her discharge, with theoverspreading the whole country dround, tJleer febric*lj*ni fetk .«4*dM flhat some Cross of I be Legion of Honor. The youngand said lo contain a population of 15,(k'0 Q[^ thf, seotimenU contained therein were souls! ^ ( similar to her views* expressed a eo»-What a,.change has ft. duxen years ver#«*io* with Oen. Arlington Bennett, of wrought! I thougkt. t*o, af the aeenet I New York. ' ^ '* , *had witnessed on Uiis devoted spot, du- I asbed her if she intendai) emigrating to ring the ihtervening time*. J had beheld the Cglifurnfe with the M Twaive ” and Alicdr Soi-disnni Prophet of the 19th century foUowern. She said no, unless the suthor-basking in the meridian of his glory. 1 Wfti of lha State comjxiUd her to lesre—1 it Was the very article he wanted, be uni-had behfld him en the plains af Nsaroe, th*t she had no BnUy or fellowship with ^^7^^*n sqj irxjnired th# prlc* like anaSker Alexander, proudly seated 'oa the Twgtv*.weman returned lo her hornet and * out*er-»... jogglysally cited as a modeler personal and of feminioe propriety*©oarage.k» . Half Fries. •* * !*'•An Irishman, Just arrived in “*wate Afhlrica” saw in a shopkeeper s window, uThis superior llanket at half price.*’ Aphi* spirited charger sod revfewir.g hi* Le- J J. bad abundaot wdaw#ataaanviaoeMgidn of ffOOO strong! J had beheld him . wkife al Nwv©o^that all'th* cervupHeh preaching (if you oould call the jxrgsmtbftt *©d licefrt!ott*4fe beett practicedof It. “One dollar,” replied the seller, •'Chap©' enough, too, aq by the powers anwb WltiJ hfi Ure, wTWo.lt* •iarenup:lt;pirituW, «4»UiUrjrui*r,-Uh .pp»«f prfrollj hippy In tlelf jnfaqry. 1 UkM bofor* . «^rtr.t., .nd rfter ,.n*rianaor«h a'Ul * tt® ‘efZSKMMS i SpuJoS^^.UwrMc^oooYrophrt. Hi* *md4 » K«kuck reUud to ». du™* „V,.r .ore to Ucket hi, ™od* i« .11I rhort career, like hisebaracter was ringu- (their recent reabval to th* encampmeot. whxfew for mle at half priea. lAi
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Burlington Iowa Territorial Gazette and Advertiser
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Apr 18, 1846
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