*(The manner in which Artemus uttered this joke was peculiarly characteristic of his style of lecturing.  The commencement of the sentence was spoken as if unpremeditated; then when he had got as far as the word "Newgate," he paused, as if wishing to call back that which he had said.  The applause was unfailingly uproarious.) The American Overland Mail Route commences at Sacramento--California--and ends at Atchison--Kansas.  The distance is two thousand two hundred miles--but you go part of the way by rail.  The Pacific Railway is now completed from Sacramento--California--to Fulsom--California--which only leaves two thousand two hundred and eleven miles, to go by coach.  This breaks the monotony--it came very near breaking my back. This edifice is the exclusive property of Brigham Young.  It will comfortably hold 3,000 persons--and I beg you will believe me when I inform you that its interior is quite as brilliant as that of any theatre in London.  The actors are all Mormon amateurs, who charge nothing for their services. You must know that very little money is taken at the doors of this theatre.  The Mormons mostly pay in grain--and all sorts of articles. The night I gave my little lecture there--among my receipts were corn--flour--pork--cheese--chickens--on foot and in the shell. One family went in on a live pig--and a man attempted to pass a "yaller dog" at the Box Office--but my agent repulsed him.  One offered me a doll for admission--another infants' clothing.--I refused to take that.--As a general rule I do refuse. In the middle of the parquet--in a rocking chair--with his hat on--sits Brigham Young.  When the play drags--he either goes out or falls into a tranquil sleep. A portion of the dress-circle is set apart for the wives of Brigham Young. From ten to twenty of them are usually present.  His children fill the entire gallery--and more too. The East Side of Main Street--Salt Lake City--with a view of the Council Building--The legislature of Utah meets there.  It is like all legislative bodies.  They meet this winter to repeal the laws which they met and made last winter--and they will meet next winter to repeal the laws which they met and made this winter.