Show case through abo of tho cor we aro to publish tho following ing tho namo of tho party addressed mrs nud miss belle onuis mother lavo been enuco belle s carla SALT LAKE penitentiary 25 SISTER favor of alio ilsk reached mo and was welcomed with pleasure I 1 should like very much to sec you b ut as that privilege is denied 1110 I 1 musac content myself with ling slow way of my thoughts aul it will bo but a kiino now until I 1 hope to bo allowed to again my friends though I 1 feel that it was tho extreme ot cruelty to detain rue hero so long yet I 1 do not regret it for which I 1 have and tho many who have boon added to my list ot friends repays mo in a great measure for nil I 1 havo suffered tho thought that I 1 was a prisoner and was coming to the penitentiary almost took away my breath at first jet I 1 found it so much better than I 1 had tint I 1 rather the novelty of ho situation I 1 should have been to havo seen and thanked bro for tho book which ho sent me I 1 value it very highly not only for its true worth but tho circumstances andor which it was renders it of even greater value I 1 do not think that mother will bo able to meet me at beaver but PA will return hero and stay to accompany mo theio which will be a source of great comfort as I 1 do not quite lilo the idea of going among entire strangers though I 1 have as yet found all universally had annl courteous and have had no difficulty in winn ng friends yesterday tho anniversary of our pioneer day will long bo remember cd be mo of course I 1 was not permitted to boiu my friends in celebrating but I 1 at least enjoyed the privilege of witnessing tho balloon which camo directly over tho pen so close that wo could see the lady vao her and by the way I 1 think that lady possessed and daring for my parac I 1 should prefer remaining on yet it must bd a novel sigal to look flown ou tho multitude from such a hight today to day I 1 havo been by several labios but tho time the yaro permitted to stay is so short that it is almost an lion oh I 1 do so long to converse with my friends unrestrained by the of a lard antl shall soon bo at liberty now and you may be sure I 1 shall visit you at the earliest opportunity in the meint iuie I 1 should bo pleased to heir from you again and now rood by with best wishes for yourself and family I 1 remain yours truly BELLE ILu irig alic foregoing loiter tells its own senry and shows lot only the refined feelings of tho her true womanhood in being reconciled to her lot From caily childhood sho has been a true devoted christian the hand of divino providence iu trials and afflictions as well as in prosperity and although sho aukes no outward show of devotion and reconciliation ti whatever persecution aho must necessarily suffer for the sake of country or religion all her intimate acquaintances know that sho would sacrifice rather than submit to what her conscience lauglin her was wrong whatever view may bo taken of her caso by ho most prejudiced aiho is justly entitled to sympathy so freely bestowed upon her As to the merits of her case whilst wo have alwoyn and do still main tain to a groat extent the sincerity of judge twiss wo look upon the action towards her as ono of tho greatest mistakes and most cruel and unjust judicial acts ever committed in our territory and heaven knows we havo been cursed with a plenty of them from alio fact that the court has sustained tho second district court in this case in chich no man was legally connected iho presumption is not farfetched far fetched that the male portion of our citizens arc lo 10 have a and a more heavy persecution se is to bo waged against tho females than tho males havo hereto should chiy view provo to bo correct wo may look for latent and integrity that our outside friends have not anticipated as existing among tho down trodden women of utah perhaps nothing short of euch a test will convince tho world that tho mormon people as a aholo aro sincere in their devotion to tho constitution of tho united states and their whether alic case of miss hams will hang until on appeal is had to tho court of last resort is not quite certain it ia generally conceded that the case will terminate with dismissal of abo grand jury yet wo cannot what a grand jury ling do with n anso of contempt when tho court passed sentence for and imprisonment alio mitter then with tho court and tho grand jury could have no further juristic juris dic ion over tho matter no dmd jury has any jurisdiction in tho case miss was found in contempt of tho second judicial district court and ft penalty was and put into execution and a very penalty at that tho grain jury camo into court and made its report and bifid court there and then by its action ook tho matter out of tho hands ho inquisition and on its own volition the witness certain questions which slie declined to answer to the cor jhc was fined for contempt tho matter was then and over has been in tho arc of he court only and whatever laurels been attributed bo awarded to that functionary alone the court found tho prisoner in contempt of tho second district court and not of tho grand jury if the caso was still in 10 hands of tho inquisition it might go over to a second grand jury unless the present one withdrew tho question which of course if tho court liolis that it lias jurisdiction it would have a perfect liht to do as it may withdraw any question it has a right to ask wo lopo however abit the court will feel that its dimity has been fully vindicated and the prisoner |