Miscellaneous

Vernal Equinox.-Stern winter has left us, though reluctantly and with a parting frown, and pleasing Spring is again upon us. Business begins to assume a cheering aspect in our city.-As in the day-break of a May morning, light and melody suddenly dissolve the mantle of night, and scare away the gloom of silence; so no sooner is the icy fetters of winter broken, and the landscape fanned by the vernal zephyr, than our eyes are cheered with a scene truly enchanting. Every where we see men of industry, with countenances beaming with cheerful content, hurrying to their several occupations and scenes of labor. the sound of the ax, the hammer, and the saw, greet your ear in every direction. Notwithstanding the discouraging circumstances under which the saints were thrown, shipwrecked as it were, upon this shore, they have indeed wrought wonders. Habitations are reared for miles in every direction, and others are springing up, and ere we are aware of their existence, are filled with happy occupants. It would do the heart of the truly patriotic and philanthropic good, to witness the industry and enterprise which are already manifest in our beautiful city. Though immigrants are flocking in in multitudes, and have their homes and their wants to be supplied, yet all things move on in their accustomed order and with accelerating force. Hundreds of houses, shops, mills &c. are expected to go up in the course of the summer, when our city will present a scene of industry, beauty, and comfort, hardly equaled in any place in our country. The saints have a great and arduous work before them; but persevering industry and diligence, stimulated by a zeal for God and his cause, will surely accomplish it, and they will reap the full reward of their toil.

BURGLARY!!

We learn by advertisement that the store of Mr. Cyrus Peck of Montrose I. T. was robbed, on the night of the 20th, Inst. of shelf goods, &c. of a large amount. Among the goods stolen, Mr. Peck specifies 75 yds Fancy colored Silk.-30 yds black Levatine Silk.-125 yds Mosquito Lace.-remnants Calico, &c.

$150 is offered for the apprehension of the thieves, and the recovery of the goods, or $75 for either of them.

We are highly pleased with the active measures taken by our citizens, and we hope the city and other authorities will continue to be vigilant and active in ferreting out the perpetrators of

the above mischief, and bringing them to deserved punishment; and we have confidence that the saints will be found clear in this matter. If however, any of our citizens have so far forgotten their duty to God and their fellow men, as to have participated in this evil, we sincerely hope they will be detected; and we will not be backward to expose them to the contempt they deserve.-We wish to see the rights of all men respected, and justice and judgment fall where it ought, upon the heads of the guilty.

The Temple.-The magnificent House now being erected to the Lord of Hosts in our city, is in a rapid state of advancement, and will be ready to have its corner stone laid with due solemnity, at our approaching conference.

The Nauvoo House Association, whose charter we publish in our present number, are zealously engaged in erecting a house for the accommodation of strangers, visiters [visitors], and the public, which for magnitude and splendor of workmanship, will stand unrivaled in the western country, and will be a lasting monument of the taste and enterprise of our citizens and friends. It is to be in L form, presenting a front on two streets of 120 feet each, 40 feet deep, and three stories high, exclusive of the basement story. It will be constructed principally of brick, and the estimated expense is $100,000.