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Show EIXJE Till: ().!." A few dajs ago wo clippc! from tV Utah Kveuing Mail, an autt "Merinou" sheet published at Salt Lake, a statement that, no "The direct tendinis of Christ, less than the text book of the Mormon faith, proclaim true Christian inMrrinr to be a union of one woman and no more.1' man wiih one This we denied, and aCirmcd that there was nothing in either tint would, if fairly construcJ, warran' delighteth in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomonation before ire: thus eaith the Lord of Hosts Wherefore this people sliall keep my eoinmnndmenis, saith the Lord of II'sts, nr cursed be the land f:r their snkes Fur if 1 trill, aitli the Lord, itiise up need lint rwc, wist: I (?uch Rosenthal Jan. Tribute of nested to the Memory of the late lion. Georje 20. Stro'.s A. Smith, an tnianlmonshj Adopted by the Leyhlatite Council. Store is crowded with customers. s4-4- Frinflm 5c. t J'er Ynr!, The italicised sentence At Rosenthal Rro's, next door to Boyle which the Mail left out. 84 4t &Co. Here is a commandment to a peoPkksonal. John 1) Furey, Eq., the ple under certain circumstances tc now Special M nil Agf-ntfor Utah, ISut is the prin reached Salt Like City last eveninj. have but one wife. ciple laid down that true Christian Just llecoiveri. marriage is "a union of one man wiih A cmt load Cook law to the Nephites was to restrict An attempt at f ro. if appears in a themselves to one wife unless the late issue of the same paper, and the Lord should give them a special writer wants the Juncton to copy eommanduMnt to the eoi.trary. And his quotations and admit that poly this brings us to the Mail's quotagamy has not a leg to stand upon tions from the Book of Doctrine and We shall do neither. Uut we will Covenants, which state that a give the chapters and verses when man shall have one wile aud a wothe quotations may he found, anil man but one husLa.ul except The same of death. shew that they do not prove his point in case rule which was to govern in the one in the least degree. case governs in the other. Under Th.j first quotation is the verse of the 2d chapter of (I' tieris. one set of circumstances monogamy a:id the next, which embraces the was to be observed; when the Lord first, the 4th, 5Ui and Oth verses ol commanded otherwise, that he might A care- "raise up seed unto Him," plural the 19iL chapter of Maitln-wful perusal of these verses will show marriage was to be practised. A parallel to this can be found in that they hive no relation whatever Neither single or the teachings of Paul. To the Corto tho subject. plural marriage is referred to at all, inthians, under the circumstances as such. The point touched upon is which surrounded them, he taught divorce, and is an answer to the the propriety of not marrying at all. dequery propounded by the Pharisees Hut in writing to Timothy he 3 "Is it lawful for a man nounced forbiddiug to marry as a to put mvay bis wif for every -- doctrine of devils." The law that cause?" The argument used by the governs in one case may not rule in (treat Teacher is that as God pro- another, and the scriptures abound iu claimed man and woman, when join- instances of a change of commanded ii marriage, ''one flesh," divorce ments under a chance of conditions. is contrary to the divine plan in the Tho Mail also tries to make a union ot the sexes, and should not be point to help sustain its position by permitted except for unchastity. repeating the words, "they twain of the shall be one flesh." But this dees "Moses," says he. hardness of your hearts suffered you not help its cause iu the least. to put away your wives, but from the When a man and woman are married beginning it was not so." according to the law of God they beThe subject of the texts quoted, come one. This applies to marriage then, is not the marrying of wives with a plural wife just as much as but the putting away of wires. How with the first wife. Christ prayed this proves that ''Christiau marriage that all his disciples might become is the union of one man with one one as lie and the Father were one. woman and uo more," the logician of The unity is not destroyed by addithe Mail will find it very difficult to tions, but if made iu a proper way establish. Unfortunate;)' for his po- they help to extend aud confirm it sition the logical sequence of the arThe Mail's attempt at argument is gument is dead against him. Here old and stale, and has beeu frequentwas a grand opportunity for The ly exploded. Its statement iu the Master, who was iutrodacing higher first place wis rash and baseless, and laws than those in the Mosaic code, as we anticipated, it has been comto hare uttered the sentiments which pelled, in struggling to maintain it. the Mail tries to put into His mouth to resort to garbling aud sophistical in vain. Here was a nation of We do not offer the forepleading. and some of the members ol going as any argument on the its chief sect were asking questions question of the rightfulness of about divorce. If monogamy had plural marriage, but to show been the system of marriage he wish- that the Mail's boasting is without ed to introduce, He would have been cause, aud that from whatever in faver of these polygamic Jews it has Lad tc say, the Junction has putting a"vay all their wives but one not the slightest reason to "admit But instead of this lie forbade di- that polygamy has not a peg to staml We therefore emphatically vorce. And while announcing bettci upon." decline to "acknowledge the corn." precepts than thoe accepted by "them of old time," he never inter See advertisement of Railroad fered with the existing system of Lands for gale, in paper. marriage, nor uttered oue word pro Owners of odd sections had better atclaiming true marriage to be xaowy tend to this matter at ence. . erse poly-gamist- to-da- gamouj. The Mail's next quotation is from the Book ot Mormon, viz: the firt and second chapters of Jacob, aud particularly page 115. In order to make the point desired, a very important sentence is purposely omit ted. We will give the quotation as it is, not as it is garbled by the Mail. IS MEMORIAL. ITEMS. From Thursdays Daily of thlivjt is that inference. ing. I will command mij people, other " lltexc llvy slmll hearken unto We called for one woman and no more?" If so, for the proof, hut requited the what kind of marriages would those writer in quoting texts not to urbo.'. he, when the the Lord commau led and to abstain from sophistical p'ead his reoiIe to take more wives? The any LOCAL Iluilt'oad Extension. The directors of the Utah Southern Railroad contemplate commencing work in the spring, on an extension of their line to a point one hundred miles beyond the present terminus. The movement is one which cannot fail to bring about most important results to the Territory. The vast fields of coal and iron will be opened up and utilized and the mining interests of the South, which are xceedingly va'uable, and now but. e "Wherefore, my brethren, hear m worked, can be made available and and hearken unto the word ef the Lord; awell up the aggregate of our mineral for there shall not any niun among you productions to gigantic proportions, have have it be one wife; and concubinei-hdouble its present amount wiihin shall have none; for I, the Lord God. two years Salt Lake Daily Times. lit-l- per-uap- tf and Gmtlnncn of the Mr. Council: Pn-snh'ii- t Weh.'ve lonrned with deep regret of iln death of George Albert Smith, of this Legislative Council, which sad event occurred on he liit of September, 187;. lniheeitn of President Smith we, of and Heating Stoves, and the whole of Utah, have susand tained un almo-- t irreparable litest patterns, nt bet rock prices. in held ever be will his hij;h memory W. G. CII1DD, and reverential esteem by 'hos- - who 0' porninity to become ncijua'ntrd with Tun Jtn-.is his irreproachable life an-- character. Mark Hall the List. Without attempting to give a c insect only citizen f Ogden drawn on the jury ed sketch of 'he unusual y aciive life oi list for the February term of the Third a few incithis distinguished citiz.-nDistrict Court. lie is d: av;n to serve on dents may. with prefi-'- be placed on record. We find linn at an ar y age ie the Grand Jury to the V'iti?ig all hix time and advancement of thoe principles of frui li, EJp f and right, which foimedin utter Unheard of Low Prices at Foulohr's. justice life so marked a characteristic of hir A Fact. Go and sec. s4 4t public enreer, and which will ever shea so bright a halo about his name. Tiiu What in; n. i'he snow storm thi't He was ever particularly interested in set in yesterday morning continued all the subject of education, wherein he ex practical and night. It was accompanied by a strong hibited a strikingly of his character, as an evitrait south wind. The weather is fine over dence of which in 184G, when our people head to day, but the clouds still look were driven from their homes and were black and ominous. Lovers of sleigh-ridin- journeying towards the setting nun, it was his almost constant endeavor to or rejoice in the prospect of travelfor the young a system of comganize ing to the jingle of merry sleigh bell, mon school in which he sue au opportunity not often enjoyed in ceeded admirably, and nightly arouud the camp tires of the weary exiles, was heard his cheering voise calling the 8! Vtut children to come with their bosks and No complaint of dull trade at Foi:l-- recite what they had learned during their day's journey. Kit's, because he buys low and Bells as His name is recorded on the pages of cheap any house in the Territory. history, as one of that noble and heroic band of pioneers, who, in 1847, marked t the way across a thousand miles of 11 1. A n L E G ARUBN Skeds I). C. trackless and unexplored country, seekin the wilds of what was then known Garof lliverside the ing proprivtor as Great American desert, a place of the New calli York, dens, liinghampton, rest a home for a loyal, though exiled attention through our advertising col people. He was among the first to ar umns to the fact that he has a full stock rive in this valley, then a wilderness, inhabited only by the savage Indian and of fresh and reliable flower and vegetaless wild companion, the howling ble seeds, plants and flowering bulbs, his not wolf. Reneath the stars and stripes, fer sale at his establishment; all of with the love of couutry as warm in his which he will sell at low prices. For fur- heart, at when wiihin the confines of ther particulars cue his advertisement in christiau civi iz.ition, he was among tho first to solicit the general government to to day's paper. extend its dominion and authority over this region, at that time the soil of Timr U lUfr Mexico. To buy goods si 50 els. on the dollar, Subsequently, under the provisional at Rosenthal I5 o's, next door to Doyle government of the Sute of Deseret. he ably represented in the Legislature tha & Co. t citizens of Iron county, which county Tub Trmxs. The U. I'. U. R. was an he had pioneered aud founded Upon the change by the Congress of the United hour Ute last evir.rig. States of the State of Deseret into a The U N. R H. ws three hours late, Territorial government, he served tho arriving about 7 o'clock The Company same constituency in 1851, in the coundeserve credit tor their exertions cil of the first Legislative Assembly, and continued his labors iu the same capain keeping this road open, and we are city during the secend, third, fourth pleased to note the enetgy with which and fifth annual sessions, and as early they battle with the suow driftg. They as 1852 he aided in memorializing Conhave a good enow p'ow, powerful en- gress, asking that honorable body to take immediate steps for the construcgines, and are better prepared in every tion of the great railrespect than uvrr before to keep the road roads, by which the Atlantic and Pacific over the divide free from snow, and no- oceans have since been united. The memorial clearly set forth that the prothing but an unusually severe storm will was not only feasible, but that its ject occasion more than a temporary delay in early aocumpiishmeut would become a (he arrival and departure of their trains. necessity to the government. In 185(5 he was elected by a TerritorThe C P. 11. 11. was two hours late ial convention one of the delegates, to this morning. present to Congress a constitution and memorial, praying for the admission of ESoseiitliiil ISros' Utah into the Union. Are selling Thirty Dollar Suit3 for Duriug the uinth. tenth, eleventh and sessions of the Territorial Legistwelfth t Dollars. Fifteen lature, he served as the councilor for The Elgin Almanac We acknow- Iron, Beaver and Piute counties, and iu the fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, ledge the receipt this morning of a copy seventeenth, eighteen: h and nineteenth of the Elgin Almanac for 1876, contain sessions, he was unanimously taining besides the usual matter found president of the council. Iu 1872 li be, in almanacs, notices of the business of accompanied by our honorable president, Lorenzo Snow, and others, visited on a of the Elgin watch factory, and the adtour of observation, all the prominent vertisement of S P. Teasdel, of Salt cities of Europe, and places of interest Lake City. Mr. Teasdel understands the throughout Asia Miuor, also Egypt and value of printer's ink, and takes every the land of Palestine. While in France in December, 1872, he and his party legitimate opportunity of making his had a pleasant and interesting interview business known to the public. As a con- with M. Thiers, president of the Frsnch sequence he never complains of dull republic, who expressed his gratification in meeting a delegation from Utah, with times, failing trade, &c. Ilia house is the history of whose people he said he always full ef eusicmers, and his busi- was familiar. Mr. Smith remarked that ness prosperous. He has always been a the people cf Utah bad been twenty five liberal patron of the Jt NCTto.v, and his years laboring under every possible disadvertisement appears regularly in our advantage to colonize that portion of our American desert, m order to make a columns; read it and patronize his csiab destitute people great aud prosperous; and that, in connection with other oblishment. jects relating to his lour he wished to gather information and statistics of the At Clarkston, Cache Co., January 4ih, progress of older nations, that through the.r experience, the people whom he 187(5, five days nfter childbirth, Nancy and h, s parly represented, might derive Ann Homer Harris, wife of Martin liar benefit. To which M. Thieis replied, ris. Deceased was born March' 23J, that while they remained in France, he would take great pleasure in 1841, at Middlelown, Logan Co. Illinois. rendering Jtiy assis mice they might require ;n the A faithful wife, a mother dear, promotion of the tbject in view, and exIs called to leave this earthly sphere, pressed :i sincere desire that the peaceful rel.ition then existing be'tveen the Togo and minjle with tl.eju-t- , two would never be government Aud live with God, her only (rut. interrupied. At ;he clo.e. of the interCom. view, Mr. Smith saiJ: "Presi leut Thiers t (17-2- t t i , erv-rgipe- i the Time. aJ-mir- g educ-uion- ()g-de- range, , n. True. o s4-4- K. Mc-Jra- 1 Time s4-4- The honesty may God bless you!" and earnes'ness with which simplicity thisi sen iment was expressed, excited the emotions of M. Thiers and his rain, isters, who were crowding around, and he requested ti literal translation of the exp-essio- n. For a period embracing over nineteen years, George A Smith labored diligently and ably as a legislator for the people; arid the general of our citizens to day and the present development ot the material resources of our interior couu'ry are directly traceable, and in grei part due to the untiring efforts and cwaseless labors if that ijood arid great man, to who-- e memory language tails to convey u b tiiting tribute. He lives in the huaiis of thousands wi;o lovel hnu; and history will cUiss him anion,; tl;w great and true, for he was honnst in the bro leM n.cviriincr ot the word, upright r.ixl iia from fraud. The purity of his motives was Wis conduct always abovn suspicion. was never ir:!lu,-nec-d by prejudiee, party bins or the hope i f ei sonal interest. He wa deeply iuteies'ed in nil questions affecting tb development of our Territory, of which lie wh- truly one of the founders. He was a warm friend to the poor, even aiding with his wise counsels to place in their pis'Sion the best gifts of our common country: and he was pure, as uii;i'!s tiiiderdiaud purity. For twenty-ninyears tle recrl cf his public life is the history of our Territory. He took part in all the leading events, and his name is indelibly associated with all the great rcsul's which that period has produced. And when the close of his mortal career was announced, thronghout the entire Territory and the world where he was known, there was a wail of sadnes. which bespoke deep feelings of sorrow. The pro-perit- - e shock, though by cmnv antidp-itedwas none the less severe, nor d.d it lessen the Ik reavemeni and sense of grout, loss, for the public heart was moved, deeply moved as evidenced by the gathering of the peonie from almost every part of the country, and assembling by thousands in the Tabernacle, to perform funeral rites, in honor of the great councilor, tUllen in sleep to rise again. He was borne from the scenes of his public life, and committed to the select grave, one cf earth's foremst public men and best beloved citizens. Such are the simple outlines of his official life: yet how full a control, hew lofty a purpose, how rich a aature, how widi an influence, how pure a conscience, hew perfeot an integrity, a name, haw affectionate and how tender a heart, belonged to the man who has filled out such outlines to thft full measure of a noble and brave character! As was said of George Washington, "He needs no monumental height with which to perpetuate his memory, for the living. th- dead and their posterity shall, by the recital and praise of his deeds, cast around his memory a halo of light and glory which shall never , how-endurin- g - die." ict trans-contiaeiit- s4-4- d l)ieI. y TENTH DAY. Wednesday, .Jan 10th, 1876. . Council: Councilor Woodruff presented a petition from Fldwurd Hunter and seven other prominent citizens of Salt Lake city, setting forth that it is alleged to be a common custom for butchers in this city and vicinity to huddle large numbers f beef eattle in small pens, keep them without food or water from three to fix dnys before slaughtering, and Miggfsting ihu such treatment was a specie of cruelty to animals and a disgrace to the community, and called Tho loudly for legislative interference. petitioners asked that 'an act in relation to butchering and meat markota," etc, approved jHnuary 11, 18(55, bo amended so as to make it a peual offense to keep animals more than twenty-fohours without food or water previous to slaughtering, or to keep more than forty animals ut one time in any p;-containing not more than 2,500 square feet of ur!ace. Referred to the committee on agriculture, trade and manufacture. Councilor Thatcher, chairman of the special committee appointed to draft a suitable tribute of respect to the memory of the late Geo A. Smith, ex president of the legislative council, submitted a report. accmpasied by a eulogy embracing a brief sketch of his lite, which was read and ordered to be spread upon the minuted, aud a copy engrossed and to the family of the deceaswd. The memorial will he found in thin issue ef the Junction. On motion, the freedom of the council chamber was extended to School Superintendent Riggs and Prof J. R. Park, principal ef the University of Deseret. Councilor Harrington, from the judiciary committee, reported titles 13 and 14 of the penal code, which were read A conimunicati.tn wus received from tho house announcing th.it they had concurred with the council's amendment to the concurrent resolution for printing the journals of the present ur n fur-ward- ed Adjgurned to Thursday. IIot Mr. Preston presented the renort of Cache county for 1874 75 Referred Mr. Penrose presented the financial report of Weber county lor 1874 75. Referred. SK: |