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; i :'-' ' -"' i "ii ' ri r '--'-TT- r '-1 1 1 1 1 ' I ''- ' ' " Hi..----. i hi f . -r ' i. lj - T r-ir- t-t i i t ; , - - '-. '-- ; V ' 1 - w M i ; , I t M - ill ii - s l . - x.m. "-a. .- i : JX jSS -SU.V : r - .t f y k VOLUME II!. , ' : : : Prosctut for IS74-Seventh Year. " ;.-. THE .ALDIflE, ki Illwtratcd Soathlr Jonrnl. Bnlvfrnl j limittfd la tc the Bnadwaicst Pe- riodical ia Use World. A Eecrc- ; icntitiTe and Tfeanif ioa 01 1 AmfrJna Taste Nut for Sale in ' Book or Ncic Stores. TltEALDIXp, vneie& with all the 1 renlarUv, la nom? of the tfTnrrary or tiwlv irin-Pft cljarateriftic it ordiuarv .p rimikffls. It In an-lpcaiitiflt.ftUnyrf pure lfht and feraM-fui Klftatnrc ; anl u collection t'Tiict.Mrw, tharariht .ifc!nuiw of artistic in black au1 wtiltf, ,ttikti! I'ar rlsi..' ic nal tmtii!i aluraml naiiroach1 aJw.lnlely wthout eorptition In pnoe or ' character. :T1m tos:r of R.roiiijiU-t vol - unif cannot dup'ftite theqpa.tity of fine pa pet ami npravhic in any oihr sliajv or numtwr ofvoumea for Ij Ji)iu iU cvt ; and ART DEPARTMENT, 1874. The illusl rations of TTtR ALUTXE liave won wor!lr-WfreHitati(ivn, and in the art centres f -Eiinflie it is an a4nntf"l. fact that iti wood cuts' are ''xansrles of the hiphest jmt fertion ever attained. coiumon prejo- dk in favor of "steel pi'S," wrai-Hly yiel dir.R to a;inore,dn-at i and dt-TriminatinR tatte which recopnizct? iueauvnnuir"sor su Prior artNtiemai;tv with cTit-r faert.tv of MiMiict!.n. iw w().MM-uiK oi gun DlXE iMXv-ess all the delieaey ainl elaUiratc finish of tb most; w-it!v steel plate, wtiilw they afford a letter Tewleriiig of the artist's or liinal. ""To fully realize Ui woiuleriil work which THE A LDIXK is loin? for the ran.- of art awl culture 'in America, it is enly - nec esary U con'der the ct to the pvo.pleof an' other ' decent -fepres ntation; of the prMlucti .n's of great a"r.ters. . I 1 In a-intin to d siens 1- the men. rs of th Nat'onal Aeadeiuv. and oth r noti 1 A?: trican rti-ts THE ALl)lXtiti reprodiu examples of -la.' bvt foteii.ii inasters, wlit ted tyith a view to the lr'rhes-t article su.-'ce.-and pr at. f cenTal inte'reyt. Tlftis the j.-tih-miner. htTUS A LDtSR will, at a fxiiic cot, enjoy in his own li'ne the phu-ut. sand r fining infliiences of true art. The quarterly tintivl J:t s for 1M4 p 11 he bv Th. Mi-ran and J, 1). Woo'larl-' Ta- Cl ri-tnuts A. 11 . !Atrr.-:.is '.;"ir UUa- ''PW .Bnglwro, and Johv tf , u not known If livi, ,J haHbetum1upaUloci-fthc yr:- are 8aM lo the smartest ot Brig- Sll II. -n.; .Tn n. While otluT rub WatloHs may ?1rjiji uiirior , , , . ... .. ., , will now ncloubt tuni Dp am claim ema ham's chldrc-n. ... Alice is the wile her$l5,000. ' v.arc.L ' TIIi: ALDIXJJi unifitM and or- II i ram Clawson, and Xuna is also . ; . , . v , f r 1X71 wiUront.;:n.i,.-l there iK-ing ho ixilygamv at that wSiwmss h attract-' l,mi' wa ti the I'rophet. i.ie -oir "best art ssts. a-.d w ii! -sumss ious audfJT its prcl iK-siiv-. Premium for 1874, Evttv vnscrit r t-t THE A I. TTXE.lvx he yrl874.wi" retve a pair otcfciom.. ; ' lw; orir.liai ik'Wn" vei-e iiait'-l Hi fax-' : a1h" Hit)li.1i-rs of 77; A l.DfXh, hy Tl:o. Mtrn, Whose trTrat Vhirado fietr.n-was. piuv'haxetlly t!onjn''-s for t n ihou.md dol irs. The suhlect wre einiii to re)fl-.sA-nl 1 "The East" an"d "Tii - j." Oiv is a view in th White McnrnUhis. New lI.iMtpslure ; the other trivts Tht"T.ff-- . ( Cr-.o Tlv-r,' Wyouiiie T rirt ry. Tl;e iilIiTnce hi the pature of the ! je'sth i,is lvi-,-4 a i-otrast, indaffiT.'s a 5ri-orily of the aWstls si-ok-- and coioriwR. Tllin.iit. tic(-D ,wir?:iil from llwity ivF'nUt j hitt. anil ur- -w4.'..- ( 12 X l'i) antl apiniTJii'ee va':t fa .-.4nn.-s of tisc oriu'nnls. The pjysiTitatNK f a worthy- , x nmy 1" if AinerWis create t Jaiid-Tiwihit- r to th. suls-cj-ilfrs .f 7.7V A LDIXP; w.t a bold but fn-cul irly han-y id H.inul its sui- , c:vfiit r allrathn is-ntlcstti; !y the t.pr.v ine tcsriamfiia!, ocr tlte sipnatuie of Mr.iJIo . ran himself. . , ' , XKWAiyC N- -f , Sept. V9th, .1875.' Messrs. jAMtiftrrrox Co, 'J Gfj:i'4Wt(UtX lf&n dHijjWbed wiU t!w prrM:fs " Tn:eolor-f viHiV'Vhi otuol They arv"wowl r ful'y.succesfttl reir'Sinttieiishy mihanJc- - al process of ti iw.einHi oamLnjk. j-- - i ViTYScsin-c'Juliv, ' ' (Sigle.-d.)' Tnfi&'MORAy. ' Tiu"e chro'no-5 are in every sense Ataori an. They nre hy an oriji'mil Auu ncan pre--ess, with Huvterialof Anier.can manufacture, , from designs of Auwrscaji scenery ly at Aui-:y- tiean r inter, aiul pu s- i4t-t to" suhscr:i-rs" to the firt Ameiifau Art' J'nmal - If' no tto-r becans of all thK they. Will certainly3 posst'S ah Interest no for"?gii pnaluctlou rail inspire, and nilhcrare "they any the wttMj .if by reason of iH-.cnH.ir; facilities of pr.Uic f tioUwycvttrie pub!i.--h"rs only a tr.ille, tMie rqfrii imicery t-,-j to itti r rhrnnw prii-a vf THE A I. )1XK. 'Pefcsoe.a-of taste - rT.H prize these jjictun-s' for themselves mit t for tlie price tiuA old or did u t cost, and will 1 Ptr'ate the enterprise Uiat tenders their - distrfbutit h f osit4e. ' If auv suberilH-r should indicate a ore'er- .enceiora ngure sunie-t. vue IrUlilUlM TS u.i'.! si nii-inoui.tof Htune-'a i.ewnud auti- .tSSfSfcJJ; . . . i- - - the,loactaioliheru v-v . , . : rn n c 5. w. v... FaroO Cents extra. Me 'cfrrmno trill be rff, m.,uitt ram- 'TllKALDIXKuMU hereafter, le ohtain aM oidy hy sul'Script'r p. There will m I educed or club rate ; eash for suVrriptVius niusi Be 8.art .tolh publisher 'iir.v, or 1 an- ' ded to the- ir-cal canvasM r. trJkvtf r-wnhri- .b&itjf U tXt A;W-r. ec pt in ri s wh r st"nct- is eiv- is, tiari!ic tl!e-.f-4(i: 'signatareof JasftsScrro A Co. ' .- . CANVASSERS WANTED, JttiV'persitn wWdWirto at-t permanently as . hicalraavasseT "J! receive tub airt -iuai.t UiforuiaUonl.yaipljirjrtii , . "; JAMES SUTTON A 0.. Puts. i. . . -a8-.tfZME.vx.-dfiv.-j. v Xov 15 . ..- 'f.4? 'i- ;-'.-. y tf To CvatuaaptlTe. T. .....4.. rlim.1iti w.v n. -. I .... . I , t U IWIIUJ. ' ' mil : cle'reUes LQow ftuTererw.Uie, meaiw of cure. To all i'.'.-whotWire It, li- will send a ifopy.of toe j rv - rctirn..foT pfepricp and uslnj the saute scripuiQi useu tirwor rnnrcr-,. wiui .iiip ui-, nun n uh Dili mm a nir. v t.ns' v ! SUM-mOK. ASTMXA. ISfU.JiCK'.Tl?. vVe. - Parties widaEC th? prcri tion will please! aJdrcss ' Fe kdw akd a. v ilxj.x, t! Penn St Anitoutobuxj-a. X, Y - ScptcxubcxM - lj HIOKOnY CATAVDA COUHH, HOHTB CAnjUNA, .. r ' - BRIGHAM'S WIVES. Vh Rrlxliam Taa, II ?f rrIl-A correspondent of the Ctncflga TWJuirrgive t', fullowinjf sketch of the wirca, of Brighata, Young, the Mormon Propbctt from which wc ex tract the ftdlowring: -: 'J .'. , First -wJ hayc, Mary, Ann Angll Vounj, who ! tlie first ami legal wife of Brigham Tonng, nnd why ranls a in the Prhophet's hdusehoM. S!ic docs not lira with Bri?ham, but occupies , a rpnrat Iions.' She lia five chiMreu : married to a Mormon gentleman. Mrs. YotingNo. I is a large, fine-biok-ing old laly. with gray hair, hazel eyeaj aixl most) dinitiud' manners. NO. 2 Lucy Pecker Seely Young is the 1st plural. wife of the Prophet. ; llerTJrst linsband. . Isaac Seely, by whom site had two children, was a Mormon and a man of dissipated habits. She left her hiudtfnd to lec'ine a wife of the Prop! iet in this world and a.ftueen in lle next. fMie is UU CWKWialuretl i-uiu e wJinan. witr a fair race, hrown hair, dark eyes, and small features. She has a son by. the Prophet, wjio is calletl Brigham Hcber Young. s NO. 3 Clara Decker Young -la a sister of Lui-y. and said to be tnueli morengive 'able Jn-tclligi-'nt, and. in every way su erior to Mm. Young Xo. 2, She. is also shrt, thick-set, quite godlt.k-, ing, and a favorite of Brigham. She has thrve. children. . , NO. 4 Harriet Ck Young joinel Brigham it Viter-QH-irVrs, on .Ute MiKsouri, is ar liglt li hi r, ohie eyes, lair eompl.-xioii, mul a t!urj ti?. She hajsone- son, Ociif, by the i'ryphet. Lucy Biglw YoHnpr isr'a' Indy-like jvrs4in ainlja sri tidker. She isijuite pretty, has blue eve, brown hair, :ie- quiline itosv. pleS!nt smile, aad atfa- I4e m-tnuer S'tc lresset will, is live- ly, and lo hs S.iCK lV. NO n Mrs. Twiss-Yuiiji- . u1.li !ris jjo,-c is stoiit. low-Hf lVeckl.il, ied-h:iivl. snl a gO'Ml wife.. She dues uj Uh- i n'phet's buesi. N i Martha Barker onng is a quiet wo in:in, .with a quick temper; dresses well,-but i not siu u t ; -is luw-seit, and has black hair and eyes. ' - ' ' J ' NO. 8 I ;" ' ' Harriet B.irney Young is a tall, slen der woman, witli hn'zel' eyes brown hair, ami a'pleas:nt', mild face. In "the world she Would la calhsl handsome. She left her husland t- U-come. Brig ham's wile. . She. had three chil.lren ly her first, husband, but has none by Briirham. 1 no, a; .1 . Kliza Jlurgess Young waa Ian Kngli h girl whom Brigham raised, her parents-both f'.ving at'Nauyoo, where tliey had iinaiigratetl from Manches ter.. Kliza lived v-ven . years T with 'Brigham, and then he couldn't iare her. ' ' I ' . ' " v f ill ' " Kock.;l Vou:,,-,, a l,.l,r .'map, jvyit i g:.c pair. iuon eyes in win m.-xuhi, ami j fair eompl.'xtoii, ' Wan the, itanghl quiet " tnsnnTH. a Lrt?h otlleisl. liter ol SM. ,SlijUc!lU loves mlUwork, and seldom sees Brigham. . She has nu children. ,x o. 11 . ... I Siisnn Snivel Young is an oldish woman, with dark - completion and hair ami st;ad-gray -ye,. . Is very qui et, and has tu civ.I lnn. ; -no. 12 , ' ' t Jemima An U.Y nug is a alf ter f Mr Wmg No. 1. She is old mn-l ft; llcr Urnt liusban 1 t!iel mt oftlie fhureh, ohe wanUtl ti, lv si-:del to Briiam lom-.ke a Mire thing llea- v-wKr herself. ; .'Ur any. .,: Brigham -don't lister N o.l3 fnHMnl ill .. ""X" . . . I ...i .-iiir, ii nill wn) n fl. mU-.,uiU-nm;ed and moih.U,- nivint-m l h-is-h, with light hair and - . cy ts S.ie .jicd some vcars a '. and Icft'lwochildau. , It is Hai I he died tf ftiel tncboly, cuscil by the neglect ol ber lubaml. . ' . ' .' - ; . ,' NO, U . Margaret fkreo Young has a sharp , y nMM, l.liie eye, light hair, amlitiri.v blc Urrair.. t Has Mren cliHilm but the Trophet U said not t curs for Ik.r. c Mrs. Hampton Younj-is af floOwo- man, of noble preseice,. 'with urge ,ves, rmnl features, lark roaics of I4tawl fair complexion. WTas&irid o LefVe he inarrie! Brigiianj,anj hat Vix chiVlrcn l3 Il&mptcn, who diel. aiid tlien Brigham sozed-no sealcil hr., 1 NO. 16 Mary Bigelow Yoang: wni 'teal-d to li ngJrara at n inter-Qaartersf Knd N O . IT - Emeline Free Here is a con Oct ir repressible iu its nature. Two lodi.-s cannot occupy the same spactj tt t!ie same time, neither can two wiva oc cupy kthe same hnsband at the tame time. According to ni3 count, Kriie Iine free is tlu sovtuUfiith ,wn"e of the Prophet, .but I suppose w mtht admit Ann Eliza's1 claim to Xc 17, usee" Ktnt-liue, and "raise her ne." Kimline is itall, graceful, mild and sweet as as a violet. Her. haircurls naturally, and 'she has lieauliful rye. The Prophet is very fond of lliu wo man, and sometimes calls heryth; joy of hi heart." ' i NO. IS Kliza Uoxy Snow is a literary wo man, and called tThe Swevt Sinper of Isr.nl." She writes church Tern ver ry well, and is .fond of Ixtoks, -Vins, and flower. Iu tttatuiv she ;s rither sm:dl,daik eye, hair streaked with er;iy. and is, quite ladylike and "t'igni-fii-! in her manners. n o. 19 . . Zina - Huntington Jacobs is a fine, 1-irjri- woman, well f.rmeil, and has liglit hair and eyes. She has thre ehilitren of Imt own. and tskes en re or two others, thci orpUsus'oXa lUivl.wife. 4f Brigham. Her tirt , husband, was l)r. Jiu?olw. who. it Is aaid, . Y jag t!, ?pirtqiriat.st thV'wife-ahV,VjJMreii Jacols was living kot long :egi iu Cal ifornia. '. ' - . . no. 20 ,('. j, ; Amelia Partridge Yong 1 . -a-tall, darki-yed, darU-corapls'xii'icd, -dark-h-iirel womau or most amiable disjo sifi.nw ".-..She w;; a servant' in 'Joseph' Smith's fimily, Amelia lnsJ four children and is devoted to ihem4. iihe is. a goxiaul very l.irableiWoiaaa. . i- N . 21 . ,r . Augustus Tobb Young is a himd wi:ie l.idy. of n liml m.inner atd dig nilied ud.liess. She foimeily. livet-" in lloston, but jefl . her . husband aud a rH.l home to j .ia Brigham."' :ller daughter Clunlotte. was, a few years ego. aid to ! t'.ie handstuiiest .phi in Utah. ' Mrs. ' Cbb is a t.piriUit:wi man, and once, in a-but! -left Brighxm , and went back to Boston, where 'she stayed two years, but finally retnrned to L ta'i. Her son. James t;olu,a Ve ry smart 3011111; man, is also . a .'Mor mon. He came out from .the Kait to 1ring away hi mother and sifter, bui "The hand of ti d fi-U he ivily iqxn him.' and he liiinsclf iK-camo. a devo ted Mormon. N 0'. 22 Mrs. Smith Ymng is an elderly lady who loved and adiuiretl Brother Brig ham, and. to please her, he sculetl -her to himsi-lf for time, and. to Joseph A. Smitii for eternity. He' cares . not a straw for her. " : n o. 23 (,'l.ira Chasv Young b vatne a tnini jic. She in s tid to have been of a sen sitive disp-sitiin. an when she aw Brigham lavish Ids atfrytiniia on otbr women of the harem, it drovw her u.d Brother Brig, was kind to. he'r but tmiild not nconcile her to her twt-ntj--ddid part of a hu-dwnd. She was "sm-dl of -titur.-,' h:id daik hair Aitil cyr.s, low f..rhead aud a. m l.iuclpdy fie-e. Site Irad f.ur chil livn ly .le .Pnq.h-1, two" .r whom nr.- b viiu;, su I are taken can .f bv M 1 . Uui.tiiigt-a. ; no. 24 ' . , Am. li i FoIra Y u:ig Siid t le thefavoriU- w ife or tiie Pr. plu t. u the enh m id tie -wlndr, bitch, 'ex cept1 Ann FdizOif ennnot mrtuagj Mie is young, tall, wll fornie-l,; lt!i lisrlil h-iir and eves, and in.i a:-l I i.l-vs 1!.' She. 1 p-ile audi 'lti H-l.VC " ? 1 I ... I ' " . ! . . . ! I ' . X .1 .t 1 J ! ) KlU'r. till',, lb 3 JO, JJOD 1 lUit IIU I j angiy Vd lmn.ks tSIng .siolly. t Sh I ivesi dteft. lies.t-, .iciety,MgUt- M-iii-,' hu1 i a woman ' liorn: to :atme wbt n'ver ht ir.ies, 1 am told sh Las 4"' nought 14 Brigham out" since she f M, hi atrial him- I Vrtain it i, be d - e- ln-tter, wears jef4ry, an I i more of n man if fMiUn t!tsn erer U fcn.v They say she almost mad Liin go U WEDNESDAY MORHIHQ, H0V.'25. 1873. ' the sea-shore this season, and take her to the exclusion of all other Mrs. Youngs. . Only th nk what a sensation "Mr; and Mr. Brigham Young. Salt Lake," would create at Long Branch or Cape, May I People would hoM their breath when the3 read such an entry on the Kegistcr. And then what a time the other twenty -nino Mrs. Youngs wouln have at home while the fair Amelia and her lord were off at Long Branch enjoying themselves. We venture to say Brigham will nev er po to the sea-shore with one wife, and leave the twenty-nine others to pine alone at home. ' LOST PLEIADES. At the time Amelia was married it gru.at t.'ot h was the twenty ninth wife; and, it tMs sUtement 1 correct, we can give no N-x-.mnt of N"o 25, 2, 27 and 25. One orme:masim Pleiades has come to lijjht in the re fractory Kliza Ann Webb Young. lear-! ing only three' to be accounted f.r, 1 and, no doubt, if not dead, they will all turn up in good time. Since Brig ham's marriage to Amelia, the pajn-rs have marrietl bim three times, which would give him thirty-two wtvea in all three of whom are dead; one run awa3. and one acceded leaving hiinadonics ticit3' of twent3 -seven wivi-s. If I am not correct. Brother Brigham can easi ly correct me, aud I know of no man in America from whom the Thhunr would rather occasionally hear than urighatu loung. cuitiosiTT or the atx. 'Almost every eastern woman who goet to Salt Lake neatly breaks her nts-k to fine out how many wives the prophet has and how they all Jive- Gen erally the information they get is very meagre, for Brigham Young is uncom municative, and his harem is a scaled lok to the. wot Id.- Onl Mr. V.iiU Mrs. Sa-uIiousc and one ot!u-r have Uan able t4 get a glimpse of life in the Lion House" Of the ladies I have named, twentv liv, or did live a short time ago in the Pnqibet's Block, of Harem. It con sists of a ihree-st&mcd lutildinz, of (iuthic style, and c-st 30,tiC0. Such a buibibig in Chicago would coat $00,- t'O'J ; s'i it is a vrrvi fine residence fr a private rt-titl-nvm. It has fortv i-t njo'tui .tits, l.i-In ling C. Il.ir, pau-? . 7 . mi try, hul.,, Herv:uitf r.wis dining-7 . uk',, iwiuS ua wiui.g- rooms and pailor. DIVISION OF LABOR. What do the women do? Well, they do everything tiny can to pass away the tiim. and Brigham- bounty hold is nut a'place f idJetu-ss. K:ne-lin- sings and plays; Boxy Snow writes poems; Zina Huntington tak'i care of children and amusts tlu io; Taiss washes and sews. Kmeline Free taken care of her children, ol whom she has or had tight; Klleu Bock wmh! works cmbroiilery ; others spin, some stilTwcave, other sea, read nov els, and s!e. p. j On rising in the morning, each wif cleatiA up her own room, dresses her children, and preearcs for breakfast. At t!ie ringiog of the MI, thu whole family ass-mbleiu the parlor, and sing together; Young prays fervently and they go to break fact.' Formerly the Prophet ate with his wives,' tJiey and their childrcu Mug range,! along the table in the great dining hall ; Uit no Brigham breakfasts alone, his morn ing meil consisting often of only some bread, butU-b, aui a cup of niibc . rtTCRC raosrtCTs. The rlves are "gene rail wcll-dresv el, neat, aiil iVy. Th.v work hard at something, and, thvir ralints -being oiatipiel, tliey'are les liable to le ct)me discontented and unhappy. The women are infatustvd with ti.eir relig ion, and live rather tor the world to come titan this one. Brigham promis es they shall all be queeus in eternity, and, as each woman is to be qu.xn, world without cod, vcr herowu oT spring, it beU.Kvts her to have as ma ny children as vHiMe ' wh;!j ia the 0-sh ihi en i tii. Those who have nj children are in rather a lr fix, but lirigluim sty tltey shall not Ik whol ly ovn looked in the tievt wotld. if they Ivhaye wTl mi l help take care of ci'.iidn-n wliilv- ill tfci'ne. ' Brigham has a ktIiimJ f.r bis chtl- I rin, and llicy w taught KnglUJi, French, luu-ic, tuid tiauciug. . . a snatian ocx'ahloN. Mmy euiu-ong tnidetit ia t3c lives of lirg i-iia wivct uiiglit U rvlalol. Isit this k-tter.it aIrc-4-ly to long ti taike rim for any Imt t!ie r!loiiig : On- evening Amelia had a lady friend t ten with Wr, and the f4Viite wife Miavnl qeite ttaugt.tily U Btigiaio. AfUr the tray waa retnovrd, they re tuaincd st. the table'eatiiig nJts an-1 t-onfciti'int.' Amelia threw lift L-jIIs across the rti-mi and Out of an oppo site window. Her hnsband, acfloyc at 'this. . finally -said, rAmelta, dear, don't do tlut: put your shells bv your plite. 1 soAu't do it, replied .... ..,rlf!sl . , . . . -y- : : ' it Amelia; -IU throw tbein wheiv 1 pleat e. Young fr,a time was deul, but, leccming terrilJy aonoyevl, again said, MPlrac, Abelia, 1 wish yon wouldn't do that any more. I dout care," said tle pretty Amelia, pettish ly; --P11 throw my shells .where 1 please, an.1 I II do as I plrav, ami ytm may litlp yooMrlf;, oxlt puKing'thss sleeve of her visitor, she niil aloud, Come, kt cs go up stairs, aod leave hira here to grunt it out!" In Brigham Young's botite, on the third story; in room No. 31, lives, or did live, a Mr. Weston. - Whos!te is, or what she is, no one can or will U-IL Slie may le one of Brigham many wive, bnt neither Mrs. Stcr.hon-e or Mrs. Waite knows anTthingalKnt her; iOMlf it tuey cant tell, who can ? AcnijtTicnucisTi'jir.T. . The 4Central Water Line" la a aub- ject of very great intrinsic and nation al importance IU mere magnitude should not deprive it of appropriate Consideration Tbc science of ciril engineering has demonstrated it com plete practicability.- Ita cost might reach $40,000,000. IU paro Is to connect thewatera of the Atlantic and thoc of tlie Ohio river by a caitaclous canal, which shall le supplied by the waters tf the Jamcsi antl Kanawha rivers. It is propose 1 Jthat it shall follow and utilize as far as practical Je the existing but lEcotn4ete and iosuf-Ccic-t.t Jamea-rircr aud Kanawha canal To this end ' the Common wealths of Virginia and Went Virginia haV of fered to cele that casal to the United Sutec wit!io'.it chargrjor omdilion oth er than that the latter shall accept, it, complete it, own, regulate ami cottro! it, and make it a free high ay for the commerce of the country, subject al ways to such reasonable tolls as may he needful to pay the expexiso of main tenacce. What the Virginians thus jroftMe to de-licatc t th common uve 4 of all the p.op'o has cost then a- bont$S,RCO,ooo.. Thevask no other reward for this aorrender tha the completion and common enjoyment of a great thoroughfare for cheap trans portation between the Kast and the irreat central valley of nr country. i The distance from t-'e ' Oalo ; river, tu Uichmbn-l is 12 tuilcajsi TrZTllcU m(12.i to tha o.u rA. U.mntr.n i-iLT X0l .cilea U.gether 5TC miles. The out jne oftJielaw nresente.1 ti Con- grvtss, presort wngiue raoie ami man- tier of construr-tion of canal, is guard ed, with a scrupulous care sgaiat the dangerous infection of corruption and 3i)Undrotism iu practical management which mar a or dtfcils o many great enterprises in Ihehe recent- ycs.rj. U it no fratnvl as to ilip witV tho ncc-a.tily for a giat a-Jirresp..ai;ble ootptration, ai.d ti reiWT alike from iu a I vtH-acy U-fvirc Congress, tad from its subwqntnt control, every comhlna tt'm, ring or Ubby of wolf tMtking.1 and jo&bing rascals r-ti.! spccdaVtrs in U-g-il:tti.n and cotitracts. ,Tt week to avUd all tiivte daggers by commiiiiiii' its con . true nxot.ie cxctive coi trol, u nder all th; strinnt safegr.ards ol t'si'ing Uwj, bf thejengincer eoqs of thcariar Thu cxierience of ..our cointry fjr nearly a century i-ears ain gujatly uniform testimony U the tnit worthiMcsaaod cuipetcney of the mm U-is of that serviov ia connection with lUq expenditure of public money. Xnj mm may count on bis 'fiugt rathe ia stajicei of iuHdelity or corruption oa their part in all that period. ' This great waU?rliie,llte"r thin ' a- ny;thfr practicaUe sefcems cn the cjn ftineut. will meet tl-' universal Uenaai for cheaper freightage . bctwica ? the gre-t valley, arvl Tt!J 6. shore. It will pruvi.io luoro tIfo.;Uvo. cosnjeti ttn in such f.vigiU agiiost exiting roonop-dka than any other sclicne- It will do tuor U 4K-ouiaga and enlarge iuU-rnaU-rtial traJe bi llw pr.UeU of American agriculture- than all o-hrr cofti!in.'L . The tnlargernfent of such idimrnv will be-directly btntCeial to the; coiiivators of its ainl, and to all tlk general interests ofourcurtry iorty million thus er:endc-l will fO inf.niuly morejut anV.Loncst thin tlu- hundred of taRIions, anna u'ly ex- aed in protective ttrifl IrxrS, trib ute, or lunty fnia all clasac?, and as irt -telly and hWCy froo ttt tilkra of tit earth fr .the erruh meat of t!jc ix vured f;w rngage-I Iu tlie leading" ra. chaiacal ladustrksl Iksvk-, thrap Cmfl pi-i-ltKca eh-p labor, atI -ails indlrvetly to enable oar iU-jac-Ttu- ia ln;rii to dfy tlie. cn-U:iou vf lo;k-i;:i priluctioU ia our thrkt-U an-! iuuA t- destroy all decent pr.Unx foif a UrffV yroteriiot.1 'great, free. c titral. water UHiwar U tae x- U-at and tlimtdBsiwas trrJt.iaeS, bt t-V ixirryiog of Vary freiguui stJl nM fail to i:aj oe a mtt ucf:il rVntraiul t;p the uute-n-wri-d CupT P.ty X r3 rid noao;.jlirU. Bot, if lr Iw tree that ruilrotsds ca o.-rwiuea their raV ao much at to juOifjf . th- : ship ment of grain front ths AVt-st to. the Atlantic for foreign markets n that m ach Ejsikrl our cerf rhiy wocv- - .i . J fUlly coaapt-J with thotrtt of th ' BsIUo and : Black sra, then the.-Deccaslty is; nvre Imperative for tlUs canal. Of alL the projected pi ins for tha relief , by reoetai aii ui inter-outta ooraoicrc-9 an-1 traosj)ortati on, in view of the pro-' posed cvotles of . execution, and . thi -prvhabie reuiu, and the extent of country to be served by each, we think. tLe ccutrrd Joler liuaoC-JYirginla ' in , comparatJy Die Leaf, the most xncrito- . nuus. ar.J tbe most corn id etc I r nation - aL Thus much, under a sensa of da ty, we bars said concerning this great . cbe.tnc. " - ' . Before we coutlude tbit article. It is proper for us further to say, that this journal has vcr 3onslstcnUy oppossal , the adopttt-lirMr-J-Tal- Oorcm- - meat of aar craod system ot internal Improvement, or any attempt by tho Oorernment to prosecute enterprise that pertain more aptiroprlately to in- . dividual elforts and Investments."" W'c do not now advocata any rttclt pnlJkt policy, or u-re m it lesa: oLjoctiouaUtf than hitherto; nor are 4-we-anmin-lful of the great burden of public indebt elness, and ttic admonitions of, res traint and caution whkJi it" suggeta; Id this aspect of the auJ ct, tbce aro many grate con.ulerations of. pnblui expelieacy to whiv-U we have no tiuiv to advert. 'Whatwc want to tnak- clear Is est profcuv1 appreciation ot the catloaal ttrportaace of tho water line, and of iu sujurior merits , over other pn-j-VU orintf-5tate conmanU" eationiitKl t!e ls-presUv freed ota of its, pis p. of ewecistign J!Yora -the . tajuft of jhlcty-----LoiUoillc CviiritrrJtfHf, n' , ! - " r ,' .- . .' ; ,.t .... t r ; i i, . . , r " -''Tlie? errors of erery man are 'more tbiux Le -cut' at i ef Soi f aod there, to more in tlu vorlXfar avery man to do for himself than belt capable ofao co.nplUhing ia a iifc-Umiv .". If man is anxloui and .truly ambi tious to get alocg In LMs world, the great leason for hint to, learn j in JLhe tmmctKementof his cirwer.Utomind hUowa buslnena, to -seek Crr himself some honorable ami L-gitlmata eailiag, or occupation, .'and to .make the beat use of bis time In failhfull j following lU Sueti V.t n rarilr fall, and, with Ufffta wcr! l!f 'pra;-,my 1 ct e-.iy Oa.i great secret ot man's QlaueceM inlifo is thi - failure or. negligence to attend Lo Ms' own aCaira. He waste , so moch Yalsable time In aeeking to find flswa in the lives' and rharattcni of his neighbors that be, tinronsniooa ly, snZer. his own conceras to go.to ruiTi. , , , . . , .... i ... ., rf ' All i-copTc have ll;e:r dtfecta and imperfections, for, to'bo human is 13 U fsi:;i!e. and the lesa there is aaid about them, the better fur aociety, ao long as they have no injarloua isfiu-, cr.ee upon the lives of, ether peopla ; and, if every ittan would sir! veto know himsel:, to sect oct Lis own . fkilhig r..l n n . vnf rw rA th-rrr: with half I the teal with which lid goes to work-to r.nu xuws iu ir.e aautsaivt cuaractera wf others, he would do ttiora to create worthy, attclol . i r form, ' anVl to rcflno and elevate society than all this inter meddling and fsnH-finding he could do with others in a life time.' ! .i 'A Ail aeooaatable being aro more of leas euvi'ous, scIIUh, covetous and uxv grateful; ci any . ioa no openly ex LtUt the-e odloun attribute, but they lave them 3I, down deep In their ho suu nature ccvertLtIss ami. from . tim-j Ut time tiny fvtl . and. exhibit their tstu-uCe and their power, ', t ' If one,' Chen, would get along la the worM, wuul t hope to win prosperity, frienda and a fortune, wool. I bo, to make for hur.K-l ' a ptvad an4avktXl0 name aud a Cir fume axwl tsorUiy rep utaUoa, k-t Urn miad his iwu lsUvas, fet Li m . "cotter. tralo all Lis pora.tl bis whole tt-nergy ujw-n Lis ' wtwki afl with strtfo; baa lsai.lau at'tire saisvt, pxh forward to tki 4ncc-fal ace -pliCu i.tof all Lit tuvkrlakias.. Let tilm Hvc and, so fir a be i .Uc, act 14 depm lexitly of others, atl let his alms I- lofty, sd ht cptubjd be taftUased by all om2ictini iiljrai that Wf a T V beu his nefuliess ,rpoer fw g.-l la Lhe wvrld J-H hjji to.d.llj jsiih Do tnin's fuusinoss'eotirenis, cnncctin with fJJifwI iericUa- of Li own, and be will prospr. ami be retiect-l. and mtBZMd,-vhtre bnn drcds of other sil-upiJj because La tai'i-d Lis pss bn4oe-, , Busy tu 4 y ourscl Tt-s, t'-'en, in m arch tag for rrfora (a other mev'a lit a, for yoo ean&ot fiffAt tt 'watt your turne rt i wura, and yjuct Wit pnortttnk tic !r such ojf.k. 1 proSUess nn dertakbig "Il"Vd greater coovis ti a man tn ninl cue little fault oft use; tu -wT-t rne e rror and o r r3cti'fterir.Itag,.J!n t see k m:t and .-Xis a tuu !rrl th life and clar acteir of M tK ighbor C-r the errors C t srr titsu life are tur- tVaa ls can aalaer r, and there ia o-r if Ihe worH for huo to door Maself than be ttfcapa14eof acoouipiisii-?; ia a lile-tfaa-vjr?-fc : t, 4 a V I i t i 1 -' f - ... fcs-s " - - ' ' r i : ' .: - t v? v I ys u.
Hickory Democrat (Hickory, N.C.)
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Nov. 26, 1873, edition 1
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