Show MILITARY MOVEMENTS I 1 IN N CACHE COUNTY EDITOR deseret NEWS after the pressing jabors laborg of the spring rig gen E T benson issued orders fol for a drill and inspection odthe of the cavalry and infantry in every sett Bett settlement lement ot of this county coun take taue place place on theist the thu and alad ad I 1 ast accordingly at 10 am the general escorted by maj NV budge and capt W K robinson and the logan brass band reviewed the troops at smithfield the cavalry under maj winn and the infantry under mal maj maybar bar bor laor Richmond at I 1 ata at 3 pm the cavalry under maj hyers and the infantry under maj merrill and at Frankli nat opra gpza the cavalry under capt head and the infantry under maj hatch there was a good turn out at each place I 1 and a spirit of earnestness in the drill evinced by both officer sand men truly encouraging the arms inspected at each place were generally in good condition especially at richmond etch Elch mond uail Matl many yare are armed with the improved breech loaders aud and those who were not seemed anxious to get them As as soan as p possible oss ible ibie returning th through h hyde park the general was t there her met by col H hyde de and Brig Adjutant martineau who had just returned from a tour of inspection in the southern part of the county and aud bf by robbins col crockett alais farrell parrell robbins bobbins and lewis surgeon cranney craney ey and a detachment detachment of cavalry from logan after receiving the general and ea escort cort eort the cavalry under maj farroll farrell and the the infantry under lt lit col molen performed a series of evolutions in ht the 13 skirmish kirmish drill in a highly creditable manner gen be benson sol and escort then returned to logan having had bad a ve very pie pleasant as ant and interesting tour try the e will willing ing escorts from place ta p place manifested the good feeling prevail prevailing irig ilig towards their general farrel fargel at logan the cavalry under maj parrel farrel and the infantry under col crockett Crocket fc were reviewed and inspected by P Maug maughan ban hau brigade quartermaster as tisted aisted by ool col crockett and lt col molen at providence and millville milleville Mill ville the troops under capt munro acting major were inspected at 10 am by col ada martineau at hyrum at 2 0 pm the cavalry under maj mj and iu iti fantry under maj liljenquist and at wellsville at 6 5 pm the cavalry under maj baxter and infantry under col Mau maughan glian the inspecting off officers leers found the men well armed and steadily improving in discipline and general efficiency clene Y the e troops at paradise Peters petersburg bu ra blackston ciack Clack ston aton weston and oxford were inspected a by their several commanding officers til cers the whole brigade ing one regiment of cavalry and two of infantry were found in a highly creditable condition possessing many able and efficient officers ta v we have several good bands in this county an excellent brass band at lo 10 g gan gsa seldom surpassed in the territory also a good brass band at wellsville there Is 18 besides beg bes idesa a good martial band baud at weli well mile wille one at smithfield and one at logan the bands were all out on on the day of inspection enlivening the troops with their spirit stirring music J H MARTINEAU scandinavian MISSION I 1 I 1 no 17 norway april 23 president B youn young t g jun dear brother TI thinking lInking that afew a few items of news from this thia country would be interesting to you I 1 will endeavor Ao ito give you a brief account of the present state of affairs in norway your short but to us very pleasant visit here last summer sli nimer is still in dear remembrance and no doubt you yott sometimes think of us we have been striving to magnify our callings as elders of israel and messengers from god with with good tidings to all men although we have many obstacles acles in hi our way the prejudice raised by lying reports not being heing the least traveling alao alwo ao has marly many and in winter time tima is almost impossible to any great extent on acenan account t of 0 th the e country being cut ent lip up with mountains valleys rivers lakes and long bays our traveling therefore is done mostly by water agthe As the people and scattered on the few tillable places among the rocksy rocks wo we are indeed performing the mission of hunting israel from among ithe the rocks ft and anil gathering them when we ge get gel t them emigrated the saints bere here being As asi in all other places mostly from the poor llave hive a very poor chance to raise naise means for their emigration although alth aith gugh pugh the norwegians Norwegia lans ians ns as a people ate are are anxious to get out from here bere and are emigrating by thousands every year to the states stages I 1 think one small family will wilt emigrate bozion tills this year yea r and a few ew more would have esteemed it a privilege to toj emigrate to the states this sea season gon ion to vork word mork for their deliverance from babylon whole the they would have a fairer chance than hez heg here I 1 have more trouble to keep them from aping than thail anything else norway constitutes but one cunfer ence called Christ lania iania conference and we three elders from the val vai vailey valley ley have been labor laboring ng here viz I 1 Falkmann in the north and sven larsen in the ahe south as traveling elders last winter elder eider falkmann was tried b by Y the courts at Thrond heim helm for preaching mormonism and ano an was fined he appealed higher to courts but to no rao avail and will shortly atone for the crime crimea 0 preaching by being irn imprisoned prisoner four or five days on bread and water this being 13 9 our usual mode of paying for that oue one fenee fence nee nce at present elders Elder 6 larsen is in prison for pre itching in Frederick shaid and will according to 0 law be fined and treated to bread and water As E eider elder ider iden larsen is released release to go home to zion tills this season and elder falkmann la is callea called to preside over go enborg th con ferene ferenc ein eln Swe sweden deil dell I 1 shall be left alone with the native elders to enjoy all the blessings blemings that our christian brethren will bestow upon us u according to law but thinking a great deal more of those blessings that always are arel the fruits of righteousness in time and eternity our aim I 1 is s to abt obtain aln ain them by doing dohig the will of god lest I 1 shall be two lengthy I 1 will draw to a close bee beg begging ng you to give our kind love to our highly esteemed brethren 0 pratt F D richards john W young and W B Pres preston toni tonj and should I 1 have no other opportunity please receive my best wishes for your safe re turn to our mountain home most respectfully your brother and co coworker r 0 C A |