The Deseret News from Salt Lake City, Utah • 12

THE NEWS may ioa OFFICE JB JS DT bt CASEMENT END OF dracic TRACK trace apr aar 29 69 allor Deseret bewkew within the ensuing fifteen days in alip alap allail probability rob ability wllwil be lie consummated the connectionof we two mighty linesof railway completing the inter oceanic span an of iron road which will bring the hub deni at zen of boston harbor in five days to lave hs his brow in the placid waters of ahe the pacific A nine ninekine miles of track remain to be laid 1 od on what used to be called the union pacific line of the grading there are some two or three miles yet incomplete portion of which is rockwork ork tonight to night the track is laid half a mile west of blue creek blue creek bridge is a substantial piece oftrestle- work some feet in length the graders are busy as beavers immediately Imme immediately diatel at the end of the rails under kill hill green the whole track laying force will mill be consolidated upon the summit to morrow to work backwards or east wards in consequence of the heavy work yet undone in front of course the material must ba transported on wagons eight or nine miles to the summit and alid that over a precipitous road some bome csome three miles of the grade eastward drom arom from theterminal point at the summit are ready for thetrack layers in this 1 little distance there are used between and pounds of iron in round numbers ties will be required for the same distance I 1 need occupy no space in computations it viii vill will i be pe an easy and pleasant practice for me tiie young arithmetician of utah to reduce the quantities given to tons or loads tue khe eat cen central yra mra pacific conlest for championship through arr uan accident did not finally come off tilltilt wednesday it was witnessed by the magnates agnates ag nates of both roads roada thra The aha aggregate grelgrei gaty ului Liui number iber auron nd screw ers kers and supernumeraries em ern sri sTi aloyed pl oyed in laying the track WAS 1 be il 1 sides ninety two horses hor horses ses see the central are in the habit of 0 laying their railrali tallon tall i allsails 1 on but one half the complement filling in the remal remainder fider as th they are bi brought ought to the front on the traina rairal til were da this occasion 2000 chin men putting in the back ties and su sur bur facing thetrack the men and 92 non forsea vo nor nibs hiis ses sea laid the ten hill esat esAf of track in fa 16 19 working I 1 or kaig hours thell their pace at is about rhe the most powe- rfultrack laying force ever organizer zeo mr trowbridge is the superintendent of cons and mr minkler is in charge of tletie tri track ck laying on inn the central Pi pacific Mitic at atno no tinietime lamiam informed Inform eo have the casements had more than menmeuon track laying at onoe once inclusive pf af the tie layers switch or siding has been put in sst sat the low point of bluff where thie the line curves to the northward taking thence a right line over a delightful grade cpr three miles mr has christen christened this siding ALTONA alrona on this linew ltv an inalna a mile of blue creek bridge reposes casements boarding train headed two tto points west of due north here also is a tank of gallons capacity supplied from a spring found in the hillsbills a mile east of the track the spring Js its feet above the grade andadd is conducted to the tank through four inch iron pipe the engineers say this is the only good water between bear river elver and the tie tle humboldt the central folks hild had abandoned it as no not of sufficient volume for their use it is pronounced capable af of supplying to bals per hour imdlind in thissalt alkali mineral region where ere no other but brackish bitt bitter ISM hury hurs stinking water can be pro pared dared culcui red fiorafrom either wells or running runni brunni streams pt 1 eams reams on one begins right sharply ito edhedu i aar adr for a dip into city creek sacramento omaha and chicago are preparing for overwhelming demonstrations st upon the comp completion complexion lelion of the central pacific railroad rall Eail road which implies undoubtedly the uniting of the wo tv lines at of the promontory toy by uy which the central will willibe ibethe completed to ogden at sacramento ane re ij i tobe a jubilee inhi which every everk rilrii i a 1 and child is invited to join 11 I 1 A Is 13 to 16 be formed of the state officialsof california a abdand I 1 city and addi county anty of california the military are compan iesles citizens workmen of all classes the he schools and the contractor sr and epi of therall the railroad road noad the driving of the last spike announced by telegraph willbe acknowledged by these the screamingaming ofbf ahe the whistles whistle of every loc locomotive cot mot i steamer and workshop op with the ri ringo 9 i ing of bells 1 fiting of cannon a and rid lid baudabanda a df hshi hibi sl tobe tobee 1 by a grand jho whole city A allail ira I 1 the it is expected there lii ill be early nearly as big biga a demonstration on the promontory upon the same truly important occasion or as nearly so boas sons as the circumstances will admit the remainder of gen Wil wll coxs 18 bom eom command some six companie companies alth ith 6 infantry en route for san Frand francisco sto sio will arrive at altona siding tomorrow to morrow they are tonight to night at wasatch was Waa atch I 1 the camp lights gleam bright from the hills the midnight to their positions tionatlona along the line and I 1 shall court in a casement coach tired natures sweet restorer balmy sleep ANON axon olty CITY april 30 1869 editor deseret mews news wish again to trespass upon your columns to draw the attention of the public to what I 1 consider to be a great evil namely the custom of herding large numbers of horses mules oxen and sheep on the range near the city I 1 have been a personal witness of this practice for the last eight or nine years and have frequently taken the liberty to invite men to take their stuckstock to a range where the feed was better these invitation invitations have ve generally been compliedcompiled with which indicates that the intrusion was not intentional but chave met with some who have informed me pie that this was a public range and that I 1 they guessed they could herd their stock where they pleased I 1 have thought that perhaps you would do the public a benefit by publishing for theth special especial enlightenment of such parties the extract which can be found on the page of the laws of utah sections ath and oth for it is well known that the range adjacent to the tho city clis is limited ear amdx andi think ought to be re serf dix for the city herds aj i 1 korvalnorval I 1 morganville MORG ANVILLE WEBER wener VALLEY I 1 APRIL 9 1 edilou jec jee aa I chave ave learne learned at killkili was offeredfor sale site by indiana last fah fall pi ty on bear pear rf beast i she shu wa wag algut tutee tibee three years I 1 old and they wished fb 6 obtain ponies far ur her aa no ponies were at hand and no other pay would satisfy them the they kept her und land teok berher lier bet away tile tife inu ili rubiana ruU ians tans who had her in to td hake have bought her from of fiero I 1 believe the child was mine minei and in nily order that anether favorably favo rabiarabla opportunity ul- ly of af hermay hen her may not bot be lost jost 11 1 I now and arid aromar a reward 1 il of to any person who will obtain and ahl bring heri heni her hen i to me an and i till will liay pas pay mb more rd I 1 that tha not fic be ti qa benl enl to satisfy any person penson er giving afif af raa fonfob tha that thalmay fmay lead ead recovery shallshail bp amply and satisfactorily rewarded i yours 0 tor TOI ievaleva nevada dapa dawa papers pers verg please copy I 1 cacile cache co cej may blay 1869 editor deseret mems meus the co opera tive tivo AIer cantUe institution in lt this city is 43 in iu successful operation with a good annery jannery jt and shoe shop la in the firm nearly three hundred sunday boho scho school 1 children of this ward gard have assembled to 0 operate cooperate co with the sunday school scholars from hyda park numbering between betwee i one and jwo two hundred with banim and und flamoe every size and description crip cristi tion on bearing appropriateinscrip- tions to celebrate may blay mayday day they were formed into line headed by the martial bands of smithfield and hyde park marched around the city and drewdiew up in hollow in front of surveyor gen foxs fox quarters at eit bishop roskel boskel lys the scholars then sang lovely deseret rhe the volunteers lovely may liceilce jice young mormons cormons Mor mons ac the morning was fine the music musiemusic or bands inspiring and the songs of tae the little folks as sweet and lovely as theal thein selves geri fox pox and otheir short but appropriate speeches prayer was then offered imploring the giver of all good to continue his blessin blessings gs upon israel after which they took up their line of march to their selected play grounds in the karlkari kanyon yon led by their teachers and a host of carriages of various descriptions filled with the parents of the scholars andother spectators to behold the lloil little ones pun eni en i joy themselves the best of order was waa preserved preserved and tWIn too inich tichtieh cannot be lie saidsald in commendationof the teachers in the th performance of their arduousand uie useful labors by the topographical survey of utah kindly furnished by the surveyor general clark dark to 19 19 tg the territorial arito surveyor gen general blaibial fox the latteriatter is enabled 1 to identify ya a certain 11 corner where a public well was dug lu A IN es tins 1141 1 ii to from vh which 16 wb tan pay isy last general fox located wellsville town site on tuesday mendon on wednesday hyrum and millville milleville Mill ville 1 thursday providence and logan fri- day hyde park and smithfield leid town sites were located this marn morning ing he leaves berohere for richmond and frankl- in may god speed him in his labors for they are highly appreciated in this valley bp bpi and his brethren of smithfield have haye got nearly all the telegraph poles set from their city to lo 10 gan gails a distance of seven and one half miles on a straight line being determined to open up communication with with the rest of the world grasshoppers are hatching out by the acre and have already commenced their ravages on the grain in many places notwithstanding the reappearance of these pests the citizens are busy bugy in planting the balance of their land an trusting in the future thisina thib this is a move in the right direction for if we do not plant we cannot expect to reap PETER MAUGHAN 1 for the deseret eveni event evening ng news divination and the magicians did so with their enchantmentsenchant ments merits 11 no doubt of it those were palmy days for divinersdividersdiv iners egypt was in all her glory hadbad attained to an intellectuality which I 1 if it did take ft a differentdirection to that of our oar day will certainly bear comparison with it it was in the direction of divination thattie current of mind ran nothing of importance was undertaken eitherelther by king attain ilg priests klests or people without first obtaining ng information respecting re- sultssuits sTo to satisfy the requirements of the age a class of men arose who wiio made it their busibuslbusiness less tess to gratify the public taste by cultivating their powers of mind with a avim vim to get an insight into the future it I 1 is hot not fair to assume that these men were mercenary i in ther motives although some may have been so they seem seepa to have devoted themselves to study with a determination and bisin tere stedum euchsuch as usually characterize the earnest enquirer af after aften ter ten truth they were temperate in their lives and even motti mortified aled fled their bodies by an absten piousness iouslous ness nebs which would have been trying tb to the sensualist and this was all done with a desire to find favor with the tho the boog to whom all secrets are known 11 men of this stamp were likely to get got information from the unseen world and in their researches after truth as they understood it they could hardly failfall to stumble upon some of the prin caples which influence if they do not control human actions and arrive at a knowledge of some of the great but simple natural laws which lietie at the foundation of things no stone was left unturned by them in their pursuit of that kind of knowledge they sought after magic in the use of numbers and cabalistic characters divining by omens I 1 as the flight of birds traces of i which practice remain with us in the old saying one crow good luck two crows sorrow there is a luck in odd numbers etc As ai to the cabalistic marks they are still used on the eastern continent and traces of the same are found in the practice of hoarding a crooked sixpence or any coin with a bolehoie in it for luck and in marking potatoes and other substance characters to act asa 9 16 ich charms a rm 3 11 matty very curious things were discovered by the magicians as they were called the memory of some of which has been preserved to this day by tradition and in the learned books by those who dabble in the same sciences I 1 but it appears to have been more by communications with the unseen world that they obtained intelligence concerning things about to transpire on the earth not that such kindol intelligence was at alltimesreliable dellab it was not so go but that a great many things were revealed which did prove true there is abundant evidence on record this was indeed the secret of the success of the soothsayer or as the word implies truth teller for by a an infatuation which appears natural to man that which really occurred was believed to be the result of the prediction and that which did not happen was attributed abed to a lack offaith in the people but that great wonders were wrought by bv the skill of the ancients in divination there can be but little doubt it could not all have been deception any more than it is now they may have had althey have now in asiatic countries their sleight of hand halid conjurers of tap ward ard ete fie north genus still the fact tact of their having deceivers dec elverseivers mr or imitators shows that the popular bellefbelief was in favor of those things being possible and it ia is strong evidence that real miracles were performed not that there were tb enany more than ther aare now miracles in that impossible sense believed in by the ignorant something done without a cause but there were acts performer performed which were the result of natural operations not then understood by the masses there is strong presumptive sump tive evidence of the fact that the prophets of baal for instance did at times obtain fire from some supernatural source bourcq to con consume their sacrifices or i it is not reasonable to suppose that that 1 four hundred and fifty men would have been so unwise as to expect such a thing it was in the presence of elijah that they failed for which there must have been a reason reabon the sequel informs us what the rason reason ason was it is not loglug logical ical then to deny to those ancient magicians the powers which both sacred and nd profane history ascribe to them neither Is is it charitable to attribute I 1 it to venal or corrupt motives As a class they were kept about the courts of kingi kings and great men great things were expected of them and no doubt were realized and it appears that they did not hot failfall except when they were in the presence of beings who had higher powers than themselves by taking this view wo ive get rid of many difficulties which present themselves to the reader of ancient history we can understand how it happened thatthatah iliill the courtot baby ionlon the magicians a gi astrologers sorcerers and ch chalchai al deans 11 were baffled lut ini the presence of danlydaniy daniel and to com come 0 nearer to our own timesthe bowerhower powerlessness of such men ill in the presence of jesus and his disciples I 1 at As to our denying the existence ot of great powers of divination in ancient times because we cannot understand how they were attained ta it would be quite arjust as just badeny to deny the existe existence neo neg of these things now for the me same reason teason ifir the aric ancients lents hild had their soothsayers andadd astrologers themoderns have their fortune jie jib letters and Zad kielskleis if the for I 1 mer had their wei bel hela 4 communion with the of thede the de parted so have the citver lattery millions of them in the spiritual ests if they believed in sorcery many now belbei believebelleve levellevei thattheir eattlecattle or themselves catlcati bel be bewitched if they had those who by their incantations could i command 1 the sick to be healed in these days davs therel therea ara are Zou aves and ana it 11 they had their witch of ta callcail up the shade of samuel there ther therease eale eafe araare those now who claim to call up moses juilusjulius caesar cregar or any one elseeise when wanted if they shut up their mediums in the tho secret recesses of the to commune witwith lithe the deady dead there are inow in our oui day bean sean se ances cesly in which the davenportii or others are shut up in a cabinet for a less laudable purpose the ancients sought in the secret chaff ber which was to get information now it is ts reasonable to believe that a al these things are by the same spirit fd the works are the same never dil di this spirit shine forth more corf eoncon than tham when the authority oi 6 the living god was upon the earth with that authority if the spirit irit ft 0 divination is not coeval co eval in thetha heaved it appears to have always been content pora neou on the earthand it has al sl ways been antagonistic to that author i ity fifty years ago there was a gres greg lack of naith faith in thesupernatural it 9 i not so now men bien had by science ev err to explain away allthe phen omena ascribed to spiritual ln fluence nobody comparatively believed in ti th spirit 01 oi prophecy eitherelther in a good 6 bad sense there werewem no mediums no se ances no 0 spirit rapping ai an table turnings no interior jeveli eions no divination in its man mar 0 forms now these things ard are fashion able how is it if that this spirit whit haabaa sleptsiept for agdes ages is again evoked like causes produce like effects i is tho the antagonism brought to bet against the authority of god calls forth these manifest manifestation atioatlo when thab thai Is not on the earth A spirit of divination slumbers it only when prophets and apostles sa among men with a view to bring abo aba the government of god when tk power aa well as this authority 1 made manifest the power of tf opposite te is needed to dech deci lveive I 1.