Show OUR oun distinguished VISITORS TOns cons late on saturday evening the joint congressional committee on Retrenchment accompanied by a number of invited guests reached this city in three special coaches coache s the members of the committee consist on the part art of the united states senate of hon iames james W patterson of ne new w H hampshire amps hire ilon hon carl schurz of missouri and hon alien allen G thurman of ohio on the part of the house of representatives hon hen M welker of ohio hon ron J B R reading heading of pennsylvania and hon hen jacob Benton of new hampshire also D F murphy esq clerk of the committee and J JI 1 christie esq sergeant at arms the committed committee was accompanied by hon A G cattell U S senator of new jersey hon ion J T S it orrill morrill US S senator from vermont and a number of ladies and gentlemen yesterday the party attended the morning and afternoon services at the tabernacle and today to day they visited president brigham young took a walk round his grounds rounds and were shown the method of irrigation irrigation practiced here in which they manifested much interest accompanied by a number of our leading citizens they also visited the tabernacle the theatre the city hall and other places and objects of interest in our city expressing much pleasure in what they thoy had noticed in our midst since their arrival this afternoon they again started on their j journey ourn ey west westward ward to san francisco relearn We learn that their thein journey has been a very pleasant one thus far and we hope its pleasures may continue to the end utan UTAH CENTRAL CENTRA K R it from F feramorz feramorz little esq assistant superintendent of the V U C it it who returned yesterday evening from ogden we learn that the work on this line is progressing very favorably from the point where the first ground was broken bro kenat kenai at O oden ogden den to the river the grading is completed comple tea teU and ho be expects to immediately commence laying ties there of the feet of piling to be put in I 1 the river on which to build the brid bridge gog one half is already done the heavy cut on this side of the river is completed and indeed all the heavy work on the line is finished and men are scattered all along the track from the city to the fields in davis county the road can all be graded furnished with ties and finished in a very short time whenever the rails shall be on hand for the work which haryet has yet to be done I 1 is very 11 light and any required number of men can bo be put on it to crowd it through ann SERMON today to day the tho discourse in this issue is on the first principles of the gospel as taught by the latter day saints and will wil I 1 be of more than ordinary interest to all who may be desirous of learning the foundation of their faith faith in J jesus esus christ repentance of sin baptism for its remission and the laying on hands for oe yie reception of the tho holy ghost are the four cardinal principles without obedience to which no man or woman who has the privilege of hearing them tham taught byle by legal authority ever can gain admittance into the kingdom of god the most weighty reasons for that faith and the passages plages of scripture upon which they are based may he ascertained by a careful carelus perusal of the discourse in to days dils paper |