Show EXTRACTS of a letter from elder george A smith dated cedar city iron county march 25 1851 PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG by the express which starts today to day for your city I 1 send you a few items regarding our situation location and the facilities which aich surround us for our operations though by the brethren you may learn many minute particulars I 1 have not space to give you for these I 1 refer you tobro anson call and capt A L fullmer we are progressing rapidly in our farm farming i n g operations having already sown four hund hundred ed acres of wheat and they will probably amount to one thousand the soil is considered of the first quality both upland and wire grass by our best farmers farmer no division of opinion regarding soil there have been about sixteen hundred undred acres surveyed il 1 and the probability is that it will nearly ail aal be cultivated this season our fencing and public buildings are in a state of progression as well as private buildings composing f he the fort this will be enclosed either cither by buildings or pickets b by the first of july it is 13 in F a good state of forwardness considering the amount of labor bestowed upon making rod into kenyons kan and our farming operations there seems to be a boox good feeling pe pei va ding the camp we have done but little in makin making cr explorations but from what we wo have hare found 0 of f lime stone alum and timba r the easy access to each give indications of this becoming a rapid growing settlement our saw gaw kilpis arill isalio also aino in a state of f 4 nd ad will soon Eoon be in operation but wd we need a moed rood tood millwright mill wright here very much the weather since our arrival has been very favorable but at present the gr ui und d is 13 dry the health of the camp is go d and two children have been added to our numbers they are doing well if some thirty or armore more could be indic induced d f n come on this spring before high water we could then be secure and I 1 would cocom mend bro call as a suitable person to br by ig g the company through as captin n or pilot many of the brethren are very anxious to return early and get their flu fiu families miles bobre bi f lre ire winter and ani if this addition col coi could iid ild be iole imle im mile m tie ile le to our numbers t tiley irey could be r eased leased I 1 a hud id some thoua thoughts L Is of cornin coining to c conference efer myself but a c ild iid prevent prevents and I 1 trust to the ethren brethren bi to vve you indich information some of them thern however howe huwe ver vcr will plead aluad ve very ry hard to be released from returning out I 1 see no reas n why a man who can live like a prince at home should be released any anre chawa poor nuu nun but ench each fill his millor mis ion lon some in in camp complain of their bread broad stuff being short shott I 1 pre presume sunie it wll wal be before harvest though ue the harvest will pr D dt 01 t bly be early there is is considerable v i at up lip some soine barley and looks well Tho those seLo belo ho come on will do well to brin brie T a supply of pr visions as we may have to subsist on meat alone before our harvest walker informs us ils that brown was v as killed by band of dietes on big bi 2 11 addy in the fight with capt Wint ersan ertan en arant ran t company there were two indians kill kald d ard two wounded I 1 have only icon leon called upon to lap lay hand haiie upon two personal since I 1 left the city and one of these was from pain irom the bite of a dog the other from over exertion and lose loss of tren th they were relieved how different from times at nauvoo GEO A SMITH cheap postage e triumphant in the house of representatives we are happy to have itin our power to inform our readers this morning that postage reform has hagth been carried in the house jf f representatives the reduction oil on til UK rates s not so much as we were in dav cf of but wt are arc satisfied fr foi the tile rit cit w ath til tile tiie rc re f ara that ha been een oen mag mada there 1 doubt f lit that tile the bouse house bill N be san tier bior tie tle v d by the tiie senate T r lull hill did din i that the posta postage c I 1 after sh 1 I ie loas ioas as folas fol foi lows vs 0 i 1 lettel l ittel itei of dist wei wel i halfor halfar half ri ounce 3 f t ild iid nd ay iy r half or orar fr 0 o u it a of halt lial foti ounce lice ilce to v timrod r oil on gre gie rv ri eight t 1 two oi cs one e elt it jt is to be ir iod db i hooks wc weighing ahing Z 1 0 p v th tl i ili iii airty ounces oui ices to be i nal nfl i ii latti att aws vs i dc deli il vit hlll hiti ill ili state I 1 i lo 10 ct cl bcd ild LI with half of the f P PS ijen t zo s no postage is to t ased x edli edil a deliver C el I 1 ihn 11 0 r county in which V t are p 11 hed hod nor within til I 1 v y miles of the 1 I 1 ic place of public lf vo nr i and a dod ded deduction i action of laft lift y per i t on nn the tiie stige s ti of m magities mazi ladines iles ties t t be he niao mac in lou it is pre pro paid II 11 I 1 I 1 ader to miah a et chi ani c i for pos post omo o purposes three c it pieces to be coln coin composed posed of t r ri I 1 fourths s silver sliver I 1 lver iver and one fourth fourt P pr are t I 1 r n made at tho mint t i it which ajl be pun I 1 L c I 1 by fine and imprisonment ther there is alc al a change made in 11 the publication of uncalled for let iet the icv law directs that iett ji that bat may be uncalled for two x beeks shall shail be published but mice i 1 stead of three times as at ars t there is another feature of this law which will commend it to general favor viz the establishing of penny post juices offices in the large cities on the english plan this will be a great accommodation the present bill appropriates the slim of a million anda and a half of dollars to provide for any deficiency that may arise in consequence of or the reduction of postage on tile tiie whole tiie tile bill is very good and andee we have no doubt it will be acceptable to tile the public generally it was carried by a vote of to 75 N cherald NY YH merald Herald erald january IS rj ja tile the national D of the tile esth jan jau says we put into our hands han s a copy of a work just published in in london entitled britain redeemed deeni cl and canada preserved by bif F A wilson K KL L H G S and alfred aifred B richards esq barrister at taw law aw at Lincol ns inn it is a handsome octavo of pages with illustrative plates and a map of north america down to the degree of north latitude on which is delineated the project of a railroad across nova scotia scolia and tile the canadas Oa nadas to tho the pacific le terminating i bating at sound b he island of vancouver the e estimated sri bui mated length being 2800 2 miles of which miles z from halifax tp quebec is already surveyed and in in course of execution the rema rama remaining ining 2400 miles is is in marked out in nearly a strai 0 glit gilt lit line from quebec to the tiie pacific terminus meeting as alleged t with no other obstacle but the tile rocky mountains which it is claimed may be passed by detours through the defiles or tunnelled tunnel led where it may be necessary the tile ability of the work worle is transcendent and the plan nold doid impressive and imposing it will no doubt command the earliest attention of british AERIAL navigation N mr jolin john wise of lancaster pa well known through the tile scientific american has bas presented resented a memorial rialto to congress asking an appropriation of some twenty thousand dollars to enable him to construct a ballon feet in diameter which shall have the power of elevating 16 tons ile he state states that he has demonstrated to his hi own satisfaction and is prepared to demonstrate to tile the world that balloons may bo be made useful and practicable for the transmission of mails and the transportation of passengers that they can bo be made even more serviceable servi cable in war than in peace he will elevate a balloon at any place designated above the reach of gunshot gun shot from whence lie card carf discharge missiles of such a destructive character as to annihilate any fleet fort or army which may be beneath it scientific american henry at paine at worcester has received by the last steamer from england his letters patent which se secure C ure to him and li associate the benefits derived from his grand discovery by the people of great britain sthure is greatly increased agitation in england and Scotland in regard to the anti movement and the tile london news asserts that the attorney preparing a bill to make penal the holding of english titles by the catholic clergy and the T times imes significantly remarks that dr athson Ul is the first as lie will assuredly be the last bishop of birmingham N Y herald STOVE CEMENT crocks or joints in a stove may be easily closed in a mor moment nent with a composition consisting on of wood ashes and common cornmon salt sait made into a paste with a little water plastered over tile the crack the effect is equally certain whether the stove be hot or cold significant the report of the tile postmaster general states the whole amount of revenue in that department from fines for on oney ear car as thirty eight dollars an irishman who was nigh Jed about to fight a ism that lat he should stand six paces facea nearest his antagonist |