Show proclamation I 1 YOUNG gover Gorer governor nor of the of utah order and direct that a special Filec tien llou be b held la to each of the organized counties of said cald territory on the day of 0 april next at the usual places of homiak elections forthe for the purpose of electing a lieutenant general gentral to command the nauvoo legion said election will bo be held to the existing laws of the terri territory torys regulating general gentral elections la testimony whereof I 1 have hereunto set fet my hand and caused the seal sebit aa ali bald alj territory to le be affixed at great salt lake olty city this second day of march A D 0 ne thousand elgh hanfred nanfred and fifty seven serro and of the abe independence of the united state states the eighty highly second bata Baia nAsr YOUNG toung 1 ily isy y th go governor vernor governor IV II 11 cooper secretary pro tem tern appointed by the governor THE txie DESERET NEWS closes its volume with a steadily increasing number of subscribers bers this is a gratifying t and encouraging ing 11 report rt and an effort will ie be made to make the news though now highly valuable still more worthy of a list of subscribers that will embrace at least every head of a family in our territory which we trust will soon be the case our paper is one in which all who iove lere truth and the prosperity of zion are or should be deeply interested for the history of joseph smith and the public counsels teach teachings togs logs and exhortations of the first presidency dency t the twelve and others at head quarters first appear therein in addition to the important facts perta pertaining inin g to the general welfare and progress of the church elders correspondence ac ard that inter interest st should extend not taking and carefully reading the news but I 1 but bat also to the using all reasonable promptly pay in as available means as possible for as you are aware all profits arising from the economical conduct of the business of the news office are bled by prest B young for the salv salvation atton atlon of israel and the redemption of zion so thail that each paying payin subscriber is accomplishing comp lishing a twofold two fold good by self with the best of reading matter and aad aiding in the spread of righteousness it may be queried by some why we do not print two papers one still more exclusively restricted to church affairs and the other devoted to miscellaneous articles advertisements and the current news of the world such a course has for some time lime been under i advisement and the opportunity waited for but the time and circumstances have not yet transpired to warrant the undertaking before two papers can be profitably printed in utah those who read need to reflect that paper type ink presses ac have to be purchased in the states with cash until they can be produced here and that unless subscribers pay a far greater proportion in money than they have been in the habit of doing the lack of ability to keep up a supply of stock would of itself stop the press so far as light 0 and unimportant matter is concerned it is said that those who dance should pay the fiddler and certainly those who read should pay the printer the more especially when such payments are in so man many ways directly conducive to the intelli intelligence t ence happiness and best interests of those who pay the toils hardships and privations incident to settling so ragged rugged 00 a country after having been driven from their property irethe states have tended to curtail the taste and leisure of many for reading reiding and we regret being 0 constrained to say that too many do not appear to care what is printed how it is printed or who daures the labor ca care k re and expense so ion lon long iong 0 as their nakedness is clothed their stomachs supplied and their bodies sheltered such persons have a wide margin for reformation III in their thoughts and conduct and have yei yet to learn that notwithstanding I 1 the boily and its wants are to be cared for the spirit cannot with impunity be so grossly ne neglected lecter being C anxious to print matter conducive to correct information and gratifying to every proper taste the news has not been filled with duns and complaints as is so customary notwithstanding a few agents and some subscribers bers have been somewhat remiss in complying with their obligations which course we trust they will make ample amends for and do ao better in future as per persons sotis who expect to share in the C common salvation we profess to be beekin seeking beeking and thou though t h their remissness remis ness has cost us and our co laborers some painful reflections some extra care and labor and some uncomfortable for table denial in the matter of creature comforts yet can we readily forgive and forget if jf they will endeavor to amend but we trust that the class now alluded to will not fault our efforts to cater for their good at least not until they do mend their ways in the matter of payment for it ii asvery very grievous to endure carping from those who do not reward the laborer nor so maeh mach as stir a finger towards producing or aiding alding a more beneficial course on the other hand we are ever grate grateful rid fid for suggestions from good men and for contributions either selected or original on all ils lis ful fui fal subjects particularly upon those pert pertaining athing to the spiritual and tem temporal p oral orai welfare 2 progress and movements of the saints in all the world but at the same time we are candid in admit till fill ing that we much prefer PROSE communications particularly from all who indulge in sending t us poetry that til at requires to be remade re made the candor of this statement will be readily understood by our positive declaration that we lay oo 00 claim to a gift of true poetic hire fice and genius and our poetical contributors have no right to expect us to employ a genius oil on purpose to rectify their outrageously faulty rhyme to correct metre as uneven uneven as a pole bridge through a tamarac swamp and worse than all to supply valuable ideas for words loosely strung together and adapted to ideas of the most commonplace character we are zealously in favor of home productions and would not knowingly clip the wings nor dampen the aspi rings of the humblest votary to poetic fame b but tit we ire do hope that unbaked poetry will be retained amongst amongal its admirers at least until we have more leisure and skill for attending to poetical ef fusions whose chief ii if not sole merit is confined to their titles the rne number of subscribers to vol 7 of the news 1 together wih with the times and k kinds I 1 rids of payments ments of subscriptions will tend materially to indicate the progression of oc our com in favor of right education y and to determine the time when n a sound policy will dictate the publication of two papers in utah tue THE EASTERN mil MOL MUL ull L w wa 9 dispatched by I 1 mr thomas on the ad i lastant instant under cb charge arge of mr 0 P rockwell to laramie and of mr groesbeck from there to independence at which place mr groesbeck will tirry for a time to operate for an espre express 33 ii tiie 1 6 of which company he and mr R are members mr 11 II S e who is also a member of the express co and on his way to st louis louls two passengers paga engers eleven employees and 32 animals go out with this mail from the steps already taken in an unfavorable season of the year it can be readily inferred that t the route from her here hereto e to independence will soon be supplied with convenient stations and equipped with men animals and vehicles amply sufficient lie ile lent for the speedy and safe trav transmission mission of mails malls conveyance of passengers 0 and transportation of such necessary articles as we e are yet obliged to procure in markets outside our borders to render the operation still more reliable responsible and intelligent t men will be stationed at all suitable points from froin this city to S sa s1 louis Alis missouri and when this im tand extensive plan is 3 fairly in opera tion ve trust that we bhail shall be done with the hitherto just complaints about abominable mail failures and that pass passenger passengers engers engert and arlit t goods can safely and speedily pass over a lengthy and heretofore expensive rode route at reasonable rates |