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for 1859 C THE business and delivery office of the deseret news is removed to the northeast north east room of the council house u up stair stairs sf where the news will wiil be d delivered henceforward jh there ere la is probably no language living or dead at once so perfect and presenting I 1 so i many any imperfections and inconsistencies inconsistent cies cles as our own sown dear english when we talk our ideas we we can find no language nor ever heard of one ain lin i I 1 ca can be so clearly presented it 1 u I 1 18 is composed of the ibe very pith and marrow of the tongues which have found their graves ia in the tile advancement of civilization like truth e i it ilas has no period no stopping place but not content to cull cuil the flowers found blooming over the g graves raves of past generations it gathers albaitis al batis good and serviceable from what is I 1 still idill found in life and not many generation sj ashall khall shail come and pass away before in our ours I 1 opinion as the anglo saxon distributes distribute his conquering progeny abroad and from island to continent and continent to island sways his liberal sceptre tre so hi his bis language shall crowd out and annihilate or cause to tobe be forgotten all others the history of the past bears us out in these speculations 0 on D the fut furuie uie ule the tae languages Agu ilges of the ancients where they are not entirely forgotten are confined to bairow narrow circles even the language of the romans which at one time it was supposed would demand the homage of ever every Y tongue is now almost limited to cloisters cloister rs or monasteries in fact like I 1 an insatiable insatiable conqueror we th e E english language yields to none but tut as it subjugates all othera of hers hera adopts as its spoils whatever inay toay b be I 1 tur turned to good account but when sheh we come to the orthography of the language we find in multiplying numbers im imperfections and absurdities which bad fa failed lied to obtrude rhems themselves elves in any other to talk the language and write it as it new is are two very different things not to correct nor make any innovation upon the language its itself alfis is the present intention the chancellor and regents or of the deseret university have now before efiem ilem tiem its orthography and propose its correction ti on in fact an entire revolution in it we give them our heart and hand in their under taking T we trust they realize how herculean I 1 the ii e task they have in hand it is a great one atit bul but they have set about it right for tor many years h great and wise scholars have tried it mr pitman among others they broke the 1 8 apell 11 and made many improvements Our Regency have struck out for themselves a new pw path they present ua us with now characters each character ha has hag sits its own independent sound that sound is arbitrarily retained in the words where the character is found the characters will appear crude and impracticable adf at first bight eight we deemed them so achen hen we were first shown them buttil battit was not I 1 ong before we sa baw saw w our our error we do not say that they are perfect in fact we ben beu believe leve we can see where where improvements might be made but we have so far s aruti nihed then them f ar a h ey a are r e now presented th tha a i we rc acan n say sy unhesitatingly abey Ubey hey are not ohly only a great improvement pro nt but lat easy of adoption we look for improvements and earnestly commend the subject to ahe the further careful study and unremitting attention of the ch chancellor angellor anc ellor eilor and regents they have been selected with whom to the watchcase watch care eare of the peoples education we are fully confident that they will do hon bon honor or to their heir important I 1 trust at the same time we urge d nour 0 ur fel fei citizens to encourage and support rt them in their labors A few men can do but little in such a business it requires nay to be effectual must have the popular support it must have it heart and soul without squirming and hesitation it is the flood tide of improvement and we strip off our traditions and make the plunge surely it does not require long arguments arbu merits to prove the superiority of a system which gives in a common tuition perfection of orthography to a child over one around whose labyrinths the maturity of solle college e bred manhood can scarcely wind itself I 1 we shall from lime time to time present preson t our readers with short articles or selections in t the he new characters together with the alphabet we give this week the first 15 verses of the oth chapter of at present we give pre preference ferenc i e to selections from the old br or new testament ent as being being in more ore acce accessible s kib sib le for comparison I 1 to all I 1 parties week by week as the mail arrives is beard the quick sharp question the news and to those who have not opportunity for perusing papers from abroad the artmier answer nothing of any importance does not always seem to be entirely satisfactory to the enquirer when in fact it is strictly true and of late par ticul arly fly so our western neighbors are en wrape and enraptured with their commercial and golden dreams and labors while our eastern in 16 addition to their characteristic tireless vehemence menee in social and industrial pursuits are strongly absorbed in the various political questions so enticing to congress and the majority of our nation president making so far as congress C and cliques and parties are concerned apparently taking the tho lead the nicaraguan Kicara guan filibusters are slightly aun under the weather and no fighting has transpired in kansas since our last notice of events in that region though 0 there is still mush disquietude and some hard threatening the reputation 0 of the pikes peak gold goll mines increases with each mail ald aad so early as the middle of january many companies were starting and preparing t to start from the frontiers in quest guest of the yellow dust so plentifully scattered in western kansas and the next springs population is already estimated at in foreign countries affairs are much the same as when last noted j the weather has been cold and the snow deep in portions of the states as will be found elsewhere in this number as will alo alpo aio the few other items of interest wi we have been able to glean from the last mails |