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Show AS ILL Cb TK ATI V E Ll'ISODK. Salt Lake City, Feb. 1-, 1T3. Editor t Iltraltl; Your r'.'n;ark in thia uiornieg's pap-;r, in regard to the g'v:nior, the thp-e jmiyju aiwi ti.e marshal ot Utah, t):lt "by .aid wi'Ii th--- cjo-t :-t and advice ad-vice j1' th-: nug lh'-y fhall do they darned j-lca-e in that Territ'jry" brought to wy iiiiud a inlie epi. dc that tran-pird in the Turkish empii, aud winch 1 have trau-latcd lor the delectation of j ur read--r Irow "Journal "Jour-nal du Voyage au Levant; tome III; Pari-, Ul - :" 'Thia morning, ou fjnr riht, v'-ry ' near to vtv. the rtsidnoe oi Lady , .Stanho-e. It is one of th'jso bills which form the avan'.-poui of Lebanon. Le-banon. An old wall covered with tree. The improvements improve-ments ot Lady tjtauhope appeared through the openings. It is impossible to imajjino a hiht M'Tb smiimii aud , beautiful, or that exhiyi's a more ex- , buU,-rant civilization. It is liko a beautiful villa on the banks of a vreat lako. The top of tho hill, as well as tho original buiidinir. belonged to a Christian from Damascus. Ho had built tho one and planted the other, to make for himself a beautiful retreat. One niht ho saw a caravan defiling 1 on tho bide of the hill J'jouo. The caravan approached, and stopped, and they pitched their tents not far from the dwelling of tho Christian merchant. A lady decended from a horse. The merchant on discovering her, partly out of curiosity, aud partly impelled by oriental politeness, approached the lady, and anted her if die , would do him tho honor to take a cop of colfto at his house; which (die accepted. " She pas very much pluased with tho houso, tho beautiful ardeua and the enchanting view. . After bho had taken her oottee, tho lady did nntr nt-tempt nt-tempt to go. The merchaut thcuichl that perhai)3 she was waiting to he invited in-vited to diuner, ho therefore invited her, which invitation tho also accepted. The lady of tho house, tho children, and tho servants all did their best to' please her. The dinner over, the lady reclined ou a divan, and com-" menced smoking. - "Ho, ho," says tho merchant, " doca who intend j top ping tho night here ' .Perhaps it is tho usago in Ku-rope Ku-rope to stay all night with thoso who invito you to dine,' aud turning to Lady Stauhopo, said, 'madam, if wo have tho honor of pleasing you in our houso, I aud my family will bo vory happy to mako you wolcotue aa loug as it will suit ycur convenience' Tho lady answered, 'your house pleases mo so much that I do not propone pro-pone leaving it as long as I live,' :- , "This is a form of politeness-thought politeness-thought tho good man an agreeable manner of expression used by Europeans, Euro-peans, when they find things in accordance ac-cordance with thoir- taatcf. They prepared an apartment for . Lady Stanhopo, in which she established herself. This continued throe tour ten sixteen days, and mi-lady did not mako ono aiuL-lo illusion about her departure. Ly this time tho merchant began to feci a little un-uaay. un-uaay. - Jb'or no -earthly consideration would ho have it euspooted-that ho waa deficient in tho observance of- the laws of hospitality, nevertheless, the joke seemed to him rather long.-, He spoke to her of Europe, of its distance, and of tho impatience with which her friends would bo awaitinur her return. " 'Wo return I 1 shall not return 1 t shall remain here," I think J;haye told you so "'Hero? Iu thia ncighboorhood? cortainly, I understand, milady will build -a palace on thp .uouniaia of Djonn or in the valley ?' - - - " "No ! I will build after a while. This will do for tho present. I can arrango for tho present. I will enlarge en-large it after a while.'. ,. , ., , . . " 'Hero ! But this, milady, is lriy1 home 1' ; ' 'I will keep it, you understand,' said milady. " 'Hut, milady, I do not wish cither to sell or to let it.' : - " 'I do not propose cither to buy or to rent it, but to keep it !' "The merchant felt very much ar noyed, for which he had good reason. Thia Christian merchant sent an ospress to the Emir Bcchir (tho governor). gov-ernor). Tho emir came and road tho firmans, of which lady Stauhopo had her pockets full: Ho - then told her that he was roady to place her in the valley, tho mountain, or where she preferred; but to drive away the proprietor pro-prietor of a houso, and placo lady Stanhope thoro, was not possible. Lady Stanhopo, who believed lliat she had powor to carry out her point, took possession ot the house, and wrote to Constantinople. On tho return of tho courier, tho following order was sent to the emir: 'Do all that you wish lor tho European princess; drivo away the man who attempts to resist her. She must have tho houso. Remember that sho is a great princoss l1'' "The unhappy christian merchant w ent to Stamboul aud embraced the faith of the Musslcmans, in tho hope of recovering , his propcrfy ; but his apostacy was gratuitous, lady Stanhope Stan-hope kept possession of tho property. Alter tho death of tho, usurper, however, how-ever, it naturally fell into tho hands of tho heirs of tho merchant," I think, 'with yon, that we ought to havo a chango of government. It would then bo so much easier to arrange ar-range matters. And when men are bent on robbing why not fix up. the government to suit. It would be so much easier"you know.'' At present the supremo court ia very much in the way. That Engolbrecht deoisioa interfered inter-fered very much with the plans of tho "ring" judges and parson Nowman. And then it is too humiliating for the president to be under tno necessity, of log-rolling his pot measures through, congress. If we had au empire, a firman issued by his serene highness would accomplish everything without tho foolish form of law. Besides, the President has been creditably informed by a very honorable gentleman, Sam Mcrrit, "that the demoralizing effect of corrupt Mormon rule excludes ail others except iMormons from a share in the liches of Utah." Now, nothing could be easier if wo could get tho government gov-ernment changed to an empire, than to do things us they do (hem in Turkey. At present congress is in tho way ; States and Territorial government! arc in the way ; the supreme court is in the way, aud it is extremely ditlieult to got a private mat toi passed. The Mormons, like the christian merchant, have good plaee. The "risg,,'SatuMorrilt,Olagcctand parson Newman want "a share in tho riches of Li'.ah " Is not that Quite as reasonable reason-able as that "ruilady"t-iioutl desire the Christian merchant's establishment ' Certaioiy. 'J hen why not take it '.' Tho law, the lecisUture. congress and the court, stand in the way. Then why not change the government? Let us have a coup dt it; turn congress out of doors, oust tho supremo court, bum the constitution, acd proclaim the empire. em-pire. Then we can divide the Mormnn spoils amooc the "loyal and peejabie and honest"' citizens of thoe United States. e can then go and sit down on their pmnriies, as the Christian lady did on that of her host, and fur kindness, courtesy and bo.-pitalny, return re-turn robbery aud "fraud I bcz pardon, "reprisals" would be the better term. And it there -.Ci.- inejmpetcat cmir who was no: properly inincted into the laws of the emnir-v n!! t!nr ir.vH be necessary would be to issue a di-man, di-man, and a.l would we settled. Vive rempirc ! Kcspectfully, . Joun Taylor, |