Show news from elders by letter from elder henry W immier dated grand salina cherokee Chero kee keo nation na tion gug jug rug aug 8 we learn that tile tha mission under his care was well received and had lied full libery liber ilber y to preace preach I 1 I 1 as much as a they pleased sonia some 43 or 50 years ngo ago a cherokee made ail an alphabet for that nation the written and printed characters are alike and ile tie nearly a aly all call can rad and write they hold hoid elections for officers and make mike thein their own laws which are ara plain applicable a ali all ail alj il strictly enforced A clause in their constitution guarantees to preachers of the ilia gospel tha th right 11 to proclaim their view views and their laws impose a heavy penalty upon dis aurbers of reli rell wida gib ji meet maet higi an that their profess professedly more civilia d neigh neighbors boik would do weil wait to p attern after twenty thre three a persons pr sotis soils have bien bi wen len baptized baptie d olm one of them a cher Char olmo and a branch org organized c tiled tha th 3 Chi chirakes Chiru rukes kee brinell there was no dilli dill mits hully ill lit fiig sllyn places pla sesto to preach in or irions lo 10 to pret prot ell cli to austrilla AUSTRILIA illa ILIA elder A writes from fr om sidney may 5 that tint tiie the truth wa wai i convincing tha ilia honest in lit that thai and that thit elder cook had organized a branch in ill new naw south wales thu tile labors labora of the eiders eldera in that region were very arduous owing tu to their small numb number r ag 6 and tio tin ion lon long iong distances between settlements there thera was quite a is prospect for opening new uy fields so soon as us laborers could couls be found br R skelton under tinder date may 18 calcutta writes tilsit tivit lie he ii is laboring to gather out the ilia few saints who are ara in lit that reg loi mid tind probably ill lit in a short till time lt that benighted people ptole will be left to their dirk d irk and loathsome loath soma condition from which it would donld gee get in that lint k hort hont of the judgments of the tiie ati Ali can call awaken them BRITISH ISLES letters litters from ambrie Ar n 1 I f e der dero in Mi bigland giand gland dated july hily 39 30 tad aad lid aug 2 aud 8 bring cheering news of tile the sound prosperity of the work in that c country antry and the brethren who wiio wele were kent sent sent from I 1 utah were hi in the enjoyment enjoy enjoyment men t of goo goodlie aith alth and ab abundantly u blessed with the spirit io to ade ude alegree gree commensurate with their duties A general conre conference rence was as held in birmingham on the and of luly july at which there were 19 american elders eiders and unusually large congregations much inch luch good was expected JF to result from the teachings and spirit them thera en joyed ARRIVALs mr art T S williams of the ilia firm of T S williams co merchants of this city arrived from the tile east on the evening of the ilia of nov lie he left independence on the of oct in company with elder martin H apeck peck and his son edwin peck returning from a mission in fit the eastern states and came with them across the plains as far as fort brider Brid gr where lie he left them and came in fit alone elder peck and son arrived on oil ilia tilo they were all in good health and spirits ani and were not molested by the indians on oil the way they brought the sad intelligence telli gence of the death efelder of elder dider orson spencer at st louis on oil the lath of oi oct the tile particulars of his sickness au and decease have not been received elder amasa lyman arrived from san bernardino on saturday the insi insl list la i company with elder burr frost returning from a missi mission lit in australia elders william and fill hugh gh findlay from the tiie east indie indies and several others whose names we have llave not lea leal learned lied ined |