Show our foreign correspondence SANDWICH ISLANDS by letter from prest philip B lewis dated at honolulu dec we learn that with few exceptions health prevailed in that i mission and it was in a prosperous con condition di the iniss missionaries fonaries ion aries last sent had bad all arrived and some were were making rapid progress in learning the language ars karren keeler and R N allred expect to start home this spring kamehameha king of the hawaiian islands died on on the fihe of i dee dec last and his s son on alexander has been proclaimed king he is said to I 1 be opposed to annexing 0 those islands to tho the united states NEW ORLEANS throb the failure of the eastern mail we are especially obliged to elder james mcgaw for so considerately forwarding us a letter by panama dated at new orleans dee dec from which we learn that he is in that city to counsel such of our foreign 0 immigration as may come by that route when elder mcgaw left texas the truth was making some progress and a few additions were still being made mesmerism and spiritualism were in high favor he adds this is a wicked world and if it would not be shrinking from duty I 1 would soon aga again enjoy the society of the saints in utah but ap a an elder in israel 1 desire to fulfill my mission california elder P P pratt writes from san francisco jan 20 that baptisms pro progress aress slowly but that a wonderful revola revolution tion is in in progress in the public mind at a general conference held in st marys hall santa sainta i 30 ard and br branches anches of the Church were represented viz san francisco union city santa clara st john and sacramento a with members mostly in good standing and active and some are determined to gather father to the stakes of zion and do their duty elder pratt was in good health as were generally the elders of that mission the TG 1 astern mail is answerable for so small a variety under the above heading |